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Arcadia

*Arcadia* by Iain Pears

Published in the UK by Faber & Faber, September 2015; in the US by Knopf, February 2016

This novel was conceived and written to be read interactively via an app. Author's article on the subject.

Publisher's description: *Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the future—or the past?*

*In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive young neighbor Rosie. One day, while chasing Lytten’s cat, Rosie encounters a doorway in his cellar. She steps through and finds herself in an idyllic, pastoral land where Storytellers are revered above all others. There she meets a young man who is about to embark on a quest of his own—and may be the one chance Rosie has of returning home. These breathtaking adventures ultimately intertwine with the story of an eccentric psychomathematician whose breakthrough discovery will affect all of these different lives and worlds.*
Joe Monti

### Joe Monti

Publisher: Saga Press

2016 Novels Edited:

* *Roses and Rot* by Kat Howard
* *The Medusa Chronicles* by Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds
* *The Cold Eye* by Laura Anne Gilman
* *The Wall of Storms* by Ken Liu
* *Dark Run* by Mike Brooks
* *Mechanical Failure* by Joe Zieja
* *Titan's Fall* by Zachary Brown
* *The Forgetting Moon* by Brian Lee Durfee
* *The Last Adventure of Constance Verity* by A. Lee Martinez
Shadow Police

Series: Shadow Police

Author: Paul Cornell

Eligible Publication: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? Pan/Tor UK May 2016 (First US publication)

*Someone has murdered the ghost of Sherlock Holmes. As a fictional character remembered by the people of London, Holmes’ ghost walked the city, and now someone has put a ceremonial dagger through his chest. What could be the motive? The small team of Metropolitan Police detectives who have The Sight find themselves pursuing a criminal genius who soon lures them into a Sherlockian maze of too many clues and too much evidence. Ross finds herself drawn to an actor who may or may not be a deity, and goes on a quest to win back her happiness. Lofhouse seeks the answers, finally, about why she brought the team together. Quill battles for his sanity. Costain battles for his soul. And Sefton just wants to bring his team back together, even if that takes him to the edge of death.*
Iron Chamber of Memory

**Title:** Iron Chamber of Memory

**Author:** John C. Wright

**Publisher:** Castalia House

**Pub Date:** March 14, 2016

*The small island of Sark in the English Channel is the last feudal government in Europe. By law, no motor vehicles run on the road, and no lights burn at night. Only the lord of the island may keep hounds.Into the strange, high house of Wrongerwood wanders Hal Landfall, penniless graduate student at Magdalen College, looking for his missing friend Manfred Hathaway, who has just inherited the lordship, the house, and the island. What he finds instead is the lovely, green-eyed Laurel, a beautiful girl from Cornwall who is Manfred's wife-to-be.*

There is said to be a haunted chamber in the house, erected by Merlin in ancient days, where a man who enters remembers his true and forgotten self. When Hal and Laurel step in, they remember, with fear and wonder, a terrible truth they must forget again when they step outside.
The Ballad of Black Tom

*The Ballad of Black Tom* by Victor LaValle

Published by Tor.com, February 2016

*People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.*

*Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.*

*A storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?*

Reviews: Barnes & Noble, Diabolique Magazine, The National Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Slate, Tor.com

Excerpt: Tor.com

Author Interviews: Fresh Air with Terry Gross, SF Signal
Three Paintings

**Title:** Three Paintings

**Author:** James Van Pelt

**Published:** Asimov's Magazine, April/May 2016

*The studio is set up. The refrigerator room is stocked. You've got breakfasts and lunches for at least two months in the pantry, as ordered, and the catering service will provide hot dinners each evening. I double-checked with them that they know they will be dropping meals off, not handing them to you personally. No conversation.*

*You already set up canvases and art supplies, so you're okay there.*

An artist performs an unusual experiment. Inventive, fun and intense.
Richard Man

I have exhibited the following works at Sasquan and Mid-Americon II. These portraits are taken on 4x5 large format films.

Worldbuilders of Science Fiction and Fantasy - portraits of genre creatives

http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/WorldbuildersSFnF-Portfolio/

Transformations:Cosplay - portraits of costumers in costumes and in their "civilian attire"

http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/TransformationsCosplay-Portfolio/

(Samples below are small number of images, please click on the links above or go to my web site http://richardmanphoto.com for complete slideshows)

Maral (The Moon Dragon)Karen Schaubelt (The Black Queen)Travis and Mom (Azreal and the Queen of the Dead)David GerroldMary Robinette KowalJohn and Krissy ScalziJoe Haldeman
Invisible Library

Series: The Invisible Library

Author: Genevieve Cogman

Eligible Publication: *The Invisible Library* (excerpt), Roc/New American Library, June 2016 (first U.S. publication)

*Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission -- to retrieve a dangerous book. But when they arrive, it's already been stolen. London's underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book.*

*Adding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested -- the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. Irene's new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own.*

*Soon, she's up to her eyebrows in a heady mix of danger, clues and secret societies. Yet failure is not an option -- the nature of reality itself is at stake.*

Eligible Publication: *The Masked City*, Roc/New American Library, September 2016 (first U.S. publication)

*Librarian-spy Irene is working undercover in an alternative London when her assistant Kai goes missing. She discovers he's been kidnapped by the fae faction and the repercussions could be fatal -- not just for Kai, but for whole worlds.*

*Kai's dragon heritage means he has powerful allies, but also powerful enemies in the form of the fae. With this act of aggression, the fae are determined to trigger a war between their people - and the forces of order and chaos themselves.*

*Irene's mission to save Kai and avert Armageddon will take her to a dark, alternate Venice where it's always Carnival. Here Irene will be forced to blackmail, fast talk, and fight. Or face death.*

Eligible Publication: *The Burning Page*, Pan, December 2016 (UK publication)

*When it's your job to save the day - where do you start?*

*Librarian spy Irene has standards to maintain, especially while on probation. And absconding from a mission via a besieged building doesn't look good. But when her escape route home goes up in flames, what's a spy to do? However, it seems Gates back to the Library are malfunctioning across dozens of worlds. Worse still, her nemesis Alberich is responsible -and he plans to annihilate the Library itself.*

*Irene and assistant Kai are posted to St Petersburg, to help combat this threat. Here Alberich emerges, as Irene tries to save her friend Vale and foil assassination attempts. Then one incredibly dangerous opportunity to save the Library emerges. Saving herself would be a bonus...*
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Creator: Pedro Aguilera

Directors: César Charlone, Jotagá Crema, Daina Giannecchini, Dani Libardi

Written by: Jotagá Crema, Cássio Koshikumo, Ivan Nakamura, Denis Nielsen

Produced by: Boutique Filmes

Distributor: Netflix (US release: 25 November 2016)

Starring: João Miguel, Bianca Comparato, Michel Gomes, Rodolfo Valente, Vaneza Oliveira

Eight episode series, total running length about six hours

A world divided into progress and devastation. The link between the two sides - Offshore and Inland - is a rigorous and painstaking system called The Process. Everyone in Inland has a chance to go through The Process to live a better life in Offshore. But only 3% make it through.
Ninja-Team (Der Hüter des Amuletts)

Dieser Artikel enthält Informationen über eine zurzeit laufende oder zukünftige Fanfiction (Der Tempel der Luft).

## Auftritte

### Spezial-Fähigkeiten

Elemente:* Cole-Erde
* Jay-Blitz
* Kai-Feuer
* Lloyd-Grüne Energie
* Nya-Wasser
* Zane-Eis

### Verbündete

* Meister Garmadon
* Meister Wu
* Misako
* P.I.X.A.L.
* Skylor
* Ronin
* Dareth

Das Ninja-Team ist eine Gruppe von Kämpfern, die ihre Heimat, Das Land Ninjago, immer wieder vor finsteren Machenschaften bewahren.

**Weiterer Inhalt folgt demnächst!!**
Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

### 2016 work:

Cover for *The Dinosaur Knights* by Victor Milán (Tor Books, July)Cover for *The Grimm Future* edited by Erin Underwood (NESFA Press, February)Cover for *Time Siege* by Wesley Chu (Tor Books, July)Cover for *The Burning Light* by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler (Tor.com, November)Cover for *The Last Mortal Bond* by Brian Staveley (Tor Books, March)Cover for *The Glass Galago* by A. M. Dellamonica (Tor.com, January)Cover for *The Forgetting Moon* by Brian Lee Durfee (Saga Press, August)
Parasol Protectorate

Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.

Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.

With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London's high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?

The Parasol Protectorate is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.

Other books in the series:

*Book 1 - Soulless*

*Book 2 - Changeless*

*Book 3 - Blameless*

*Book 4 - Heartless*

*Book 5 - Timeless*
Ghost Talkers

**"Ghost Talkers" by Mary Robinette Kowal**

Published by Tor Books, August 2016

Editor - Liz Gorinsky

Cover Artist - Chris McGrath

*Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force.*

*Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence.*

*Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiance to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing.*
Arrival

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve

Written by: Eric Heisserer (screenplay), Ted Chiang (based on the story "Story of Your Life")

Produced by: 21 Laps Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, Xenolinguistics

Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker

*When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team - led by expert linguist Louise Banks - is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers - and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.*
Victo Ngai

Victo Ngai's website

### 2016 work:

Cover for *Everfair* by Nisi Shawl (Tor Books, September)Illustration for "The Great Detective" by Delia Sherman (Tor.com, February)Cover for *The Cartographer's Daughter* by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Alfred A. Knopf, November)Cover for *The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe* by Kij Johnson (Tor Books, August)Ilustration "Above and Beyond" (*Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art*, edited by John Fleskes, November)Illustration for "Clover" by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com, October)Illustration "Humanitarian Raid" (*Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art*, edited by John Fleskes, November)Illustration "AMEX Green" (*Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art*, edited by John Fleskes, November)Cover for *Forest of Memory* by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor.com, March)
John Picacio

John Picacio

### 2016 work:

"La Botella", Illustration for Loteria (Lone Boy, October 2016)"La Corona", Illustration for Loteria (Lone Boy, October 2016)"La Pera", Illustration for Loteria (Lone Boy, October 2016)Cover for *In the House of the Worm* by George R. R. Martin (Baltimore Science Fiction Society, May 2016)Illustration for "The Thing About Growing Up In Jokertown" by Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com, December 2016)Cover for *The Last Advenure of Constance Verity* by A. Lee Martinez (Saga Press, July 2016)
The Jewel and Her Lapidary

***\*\*\* moved to Novelette category; story length is 16880 words \*\*\****

**"The Jewel and Her Lapidary" By Fran Wilde**

Published by Tor.com, May 2016

Cover artist: Tommy Arnold

*From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of*Updraft.

The kingdom in the Valley has long sheltered under the protection of its Jewels and Lapidaries, the people bound to singing gemstones with the power to reshape hills, move rivers, and warp minds. That power has kept the peace and tranquility, and the kingdom has flourished.

Jewel Lin and her Lapidary Sima may be the last to enjoy that peace.

The Jeweled Court has been betrayed. As screaming raiders sweep down from the mountains, and Lapidary servants shatter under the pressure, the last princess of the Valley will have to summon up a strength she’s never known. If she can assume her royal dignity, and if Sima can master the most dangerous gemstone in the land, they may be able to survive.
Naru Dames Sundar

Eligibility: Second Year

Works (also see website):

* *Straight Lines*, Mothership Zeta, July 2016
* *A Handful Of Dal*, Lightspeed #73, POC Destroy! SF, June 2016
* *A Revolution In Four Courses,* Flash Fiction Online, January 2016; Daily Science Fiction June 2015 (Was available in Up and Coming)
* *Copyfactory* Nature: Futures #526, October 2015
* *Broken Winged Love,* Strange Horizons, October 2015 (Was available in Up and Coming)
* *Infinite Skeins,* Crossed Genres #32, August 2015 (Was available in Up and Coming)
Likhain

likhain

## 2016 Fan Artist Work:

Cover for "The Terracotta Bride" by Zen Cho (*Smashwords*)Cover art created for GlitterShip: a Queer Science Fiction & Fantasy Podcast Zine (Kickstarter)Cover for *The Towers, the Moon* by Andrea K. Höst (self-published, October 2016)Illustration for *The First of Frost* (*Lackington's*, July 2016)*Sigasig*, Cover for *Lackington's* (April 2016)Cover for *The Lilies of Dawn* by Vanessa Fogg (Annorlunda, July 2016)
2016 Art Sampler

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The Arrival of Missives

Published by Unsung Stories, May 9 2016

Reviews:

* Tammy Sparks, *The Speculative Herald*
* Jack Messenger, *The Compulsive Reader*
* Joel Schanke, *Andromeda Spaceways*

From Aliya Whiteley, author of the critically-acclaimed The Beauty, comes a genre-defying story of fate, free-will and the choices we make in life.

*In the aftermath of the Great War, Shirley Fearn dreams of challenging the conventions of rural England, where life is as predictable as the changing of the seasons.*

*The scarred veteran Mr. Tiller, left disfigured by an impossible accident on the battlefields of France, brings with him a message: part prophecy, part warning. Will it prevent her mastering her own destiny?*

*As the village prepares for the annual May Day celebrations, where a new queen will be crowned and the future will be reborn again, Shirley must choose: change or renewal?*

The Arrival of Missives is a unique work, deftly marrying literary and genre influences. It heralds the arrival of a major new voice in speculative fiction.
All the Birds in the Sky

Title: *All the Birds in the Sky*

Author: Charlie Jane Anders

Publisher: Tor Books

Release Date: January 26, 2016

*Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. After all, the development of magical powers and the invention of a two-second time machine could hardly fail to alarm one's peers and families.*

*But now they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco, and the planet is falling apart around them. Laurence is an engineering genius who's working with a group that aims to avert catastrophic breakdown through technological intervention into the changing global climate. Patricia is a graduate of Eltisley Maze, the hidden academy for the world's magically gifted, and works with a small band of other magicians to secretly repair the world's every-growing ailments. Little do they realize that something bigger than either of them, something begun years ago in their youth, is determined to bring them together*—*to either save the world, or plunge it into a new dark ages.*
Firefly The Gorramn Shiniest Dictionary and Phrasebook in the 'Verse

**"Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Dictionary and Phrasebook in the 'Verse" by Monica Valentinelli**

Published by Titan Books, April 2016

Insult your enemies in magnificent style and learn brand new declarations of love! This comprehensive Firefly dictionary and phrasebook takes in both the history of language in the 'Verse and modern usage. Explore all the terminology used in the show, be it spacefaring-speak, medical jargon or frontier phrases. Plus, get the inside scoop from the show's language consultant, Jenny Lynn. Includes all Mandarin Chinese phrases and their English meanings.
Elizabeth Leggett

Elizabeth Leggett

### 2016 Professional Artist Work

Cover/Illustration for *Charlotte Incorporated* by Rachael K. Jones (Lightspeed Magazine, February)Illustration "After Hours" (*Infected By Art Vol 4*, edited by Bill Cox and Todd Spoor, December)Cover for *City of the Edge of Forever* audio book (Skyboat Media, July)Cover for *City of the Edge of Forever* audio book (Skyboat Media, July)Cover/Illustration for Those Brighter Stars by by Mercurio D. Rivera (Lightspeed Magazine, August)

### 2016 Fan Artist Work

Cover/Illustration for *The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie* by A. Merc Rustad (Mothership Zeta, January)Cover/Illustration for *Nobody Puts Baby in a Chamber* by Alexis A. Hunter (Mothership Zeta, May)Cover/Illustration for *Dear Future Customer* by Darin Ramsey (Mothership Zeta, November)Illustration "The Secret Broker".Illustration "Wisdom's Wing".Illustration "Peek-a-boo".Illustration "Learner's Permit".Illustration "Hotspur".Illustration "Zoom!"
Camestros Felapton

Blog

Featured posts:

* The Cat Equations
* MetaReview: Dave Truesdale Reviews Diabolical Plots #21
* There Will Be Walrus FAQ
* There \*IS\* Walrus FREE BOOK! on Smashwords (pdf, epub, mobi), Nook, Kobo
* Review: Night Without Stars – Chronicle of the Fallers part 2
* The Thermodynamic Model for Distinguishing Fictional Science from Fictional Magic

### **2016 SFF Book Cover Awards**

* Book Cover Award Thing 2016: The Results!
	+ Best SFF Award Nominee Book Cover Award 2016: longlist
	+ Best SFF Award Nominee Book Cover Award 2016: Criteria
	+ Best SFF Award Nominee Book Cover Award 2016: Revised Longlist
	+ Best SFF Award Nominee Book Cover Award 2016 or thereabouts: The Great Cover Culling!
	+ Best SFF Award Nominee Book Cover Award etc: Institutional Sexism
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 1.1
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 1.2
	+ More on Gender Disparity and Book Covers
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 2.1 Functionality
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 2.2 Functionality
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Redressing the Balance a Bit
	+ Best Cover Award Thing: Round 0.5 Catch Up Round
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 3.1
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 3.2
	+ Book Cover Award Thing 2016: Round 4 maybe? Relevance!
Galen Dara (Fan Art)

Portfolio

## 2016 Fan Artist Work:

"Bubbles and Blast Off", cover for *Uncanny*, Issue 10 (May/June)Cover for *Artemis Rising 2* (Escape Artists, February)Illustration for "The Right Sort of Monsters" by Kelly Sandoval (*Strange Horizons*, April)Illustration for "Iron Aria" by A. Merc Rustad (*Fireside Magazine*, July)Illustration for "This is Not a Wardrobe Door" by A. Merc Rustad (*Fireside Magazine*, January)Illustration for "Forever Now" by A.E. Decker (*Fireside Magazine*, April)Illustration for "Haunted" by Sarah Gailey (*Fireside Magazine*, March)Cover of *Strangelet*, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (January)Illustration for "Fairy Tales Are for White People" by Melissa Yuan-Innes (*Fireside Magazine*, February)
Fireside Magazine

* Illustration for "The Middle Child's Practical Guide to Surviving a Fairy Tale" by Mari Ness (May)
* Illustration for "Your Body, by Default" by Alexis A. Hunter (August)
* Illustration for "Emergency Management Protocol" by C.C.S. Ryan (September)
* Illustration for "The Get-Get Man" by Melissa Moorer (October)
* Illustration for "Dragon Soap" by Megan Hutchins (November)
Foxfire, Foxfire

*Foxfire, Foxfire*, by Yoon Ha Lee

Published: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 3 March 2016

Length: 7,880 words

Reviews: Tangent, Quick Sip Reviews, Rocket Stack Rank

Description (from Quick Sips):

*a fox trying to become human runs into a bit of a snag in a war-torn future and is forced to make a few…adjustments in order to survive. ... the fox a creature of magic with ninety-nine of the hundred kills they need to become human, and for his last victim he hopes to take a mech pilot, a woman on the run and with a mission of her own.*
Impersonations

Title: *Impersonations* (excerpt)

Author: Walter Jon Williams

Series: The Praxis / Dread Empire's Fall

Publisher: Tor.com Publishing

Publication Date: October 2016

Reviews:

* Liz Bourke
* James Patrick Kelly
* Publishers Weekly

*Having offended her superiors by winning a battle without permission, Caroline Sula has been posted to the planet Earth, a dismal backwater where careers go to die. But Sula has always been fascinated by Earth history, and she plans to reward herself with a long, happy vacation amid the ancient monuments of humanity's home world.*

*Sula may be an Earth history buff, but there are aspects of her own history she doesn't want known. Exposure is threatened when an old acquaintance turns up unexpectedly. Someone seems to be forging evidence that would send her to prison. And all that is before someone tries to kill her.*

*If she's going to survive, Sula has no choice but to make some history of her own.*
John Joseph Adams

Publisher and Editor:

* *Lightspeed Magazine*
* *Lightspeed Podcasts*
* *Nightmare Magazine*

2016 Anthologies Edited:

* *The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016* (with Karen Joy Fowler), Mariner Books
* *What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre* (with Douglas Cohen), Saga Press
* *People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction*, Lightspeed Magazine
* *People of Colo(u)r Destroy Horror*, Nightmare Magazine
* *People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy*, Fantasy Magazine
Transgalactic

Title: Transgalactic *excerpt*

Author: James Gunn

Published: March 2016

Publisher: Tor Books

Series: Transcendental, Book 2

When Riley and Asha finally reached the planet Terminal and found the Transcendental Machine, a matter transmission device built by an ancient race, they chose to be "translated." Now in possession of intellectual and physical powers that set them above human limitations, the machine has transported them to two, separate, unknown planets among a possibility of billions.

Riley and Asha know that together they can change the galaxy, so they attempt to do the impossible--find each other.

Russell Letson, reviewing for Locus Online, says: *Transcendental echoes Olaf Stapledon in its embedded pilgrim-tales of alien evolutionary paths and ends with scenery and action right out of the SF-pulp version of lost-city adventures. Transgalactic continues that latter line, interleaving images and gestures from earlier cycles of science-fictional storytelling with more contemporary devices and shaping the whole concoction into an old-fashioned interstellar odyssey.*

Paul diFilippo, reviewing for Locus Online, says: *When I reviewed the predecessor to this book, Transcendental, in this very venue, I said: “It is wise, exciting, clever, surprising, hip and au courant (or perhaps timeless is a better word). Its technical craftsmanship is subtle and awe-inspiring.”... Gunn is bucking the current publishing tide, yet there is nothing forced or labored or disingenuous about this book. He sells the hope. It reads as a sincere credo from someone who has seen a lot, lived a lot, meditated a lot, and wants to share that wisdom in an artistic manner. The novel ends on a highly satisfying note, but leaves the horizon open for further narratives, on which we can hope Gunn is already working.*
Summer In Orcus

Title: *Summer In Orcus* (full novel)

Author: T. Kingfisher (pseudonym of Ursula Vernon, used for her adult fiction)

Publisher: Red Wombat Studio

Publication Date: 2016

*When the witch Baba Yaga walks her house into the backyard, eleven-year-old Summer enters into a bargain for her heart’s desire. Her search will take her to the strange, surreal world of Orcus, where birds talk, women change their shape, and frogs sometimes grow on trees. But underneath the whimsy of Orcus lies a persistent darkness, and Summer finds herself hunted by the monstrous Houndbreaker, who serves the distant, mysterious Queen-in-Chains...*
Reiko Murakami

Website: Reiko Murakami

Artist's gallery on DeviantArt

Artist's gallery on ArtStation

### 2016 work:

"February", Cover for *Nebula Awards Showcase 2016* edited by Mercedes Lackey (Pyr Books, May)Cover/Illustration for "The Show" by Priya Sharma (*People of Colo(u)r Destroy Horror*, *Nightmare Magazine*, October)Cover for *The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories* by A.C. Wise (Lethe Press, October)Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" by Caroline M. Yoachim (*Lightspeed Magazine*, March)Cover/Illustration for "See the Unseeable, Know the Unknowable" by Maria Dahvana Headley (*Lightspeed Magazine*, September)Cover/Illustration for "Dinosaur Killers" by Chris Kluwe (*Lightspeed Magazine*, November)"August" (*Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art*, edited by John Fleskes, November)"Love Your Neighbor" (*Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art*, edited by John Fleskes, November)"The Scar" (*Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art*, edited by John Fleskes, November)
Sarah Gailey

### Sarah Gailey

Eligibility: Second Year

Works (see website for more):

* "Rescue," Mothership Zeta. October 2016
* "Homesick", Fireside Magazine. September 2016.
* "Of Blood and Bronze," devilfish review. August 01, 2016.
* "Haunted," Fireside Fiction. February 29, 2016.
* "Stars," Colored Lens. Autumn 2015
* "Bargain," Mothership Zeta. October 2015
Jonathan Strahan

### Jonathan Strahan

Publisher: Solaris

2016 Anthologies Edited:

* *The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten*
* *Bridging Infinity* [Infinities #5]
* *Drowned Worlds*

2015 Anthologies Edited:

* *The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine*
* *Meeting Infinity* [Infinities #4]

Other 2016 Editing:

* *The Devil You Know*, by K.J. Parker (novella), Tor.com
* *The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe*, by Kij Johnson (novella), Tor.com
* *The Story of Kao Yu*, by Peter S. Beagle (short story), Tor.com
* *Two’s Company*, by Joe Abercrombie (short story), Tor.com
Cora Buhlert

Cora Buhlert

Blogging at Cora Buhlert

Blogging at Speculative Fiction Showcase (Group Blog)

Examples:

* Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month series
* The Three Fractions of Speculative Fiction
* SFF, Romance and Abuse Narratives
* Of Star Wars and Mary Sues
* Hugo Awards roundups
* Rest in Peace, Sir Ken Adam
The Expanse

Series: The Expanse

Author: James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)

Eligible Publication: *Babylon’s Ashes*, Orbit, December 2016

*A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood.*

*The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.*

*James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network.*

*But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun. As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. Pirate fleets, mutiny, and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems. And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity.*
General Kozu (Kozu)

Dieser Artikel enthält Informationen über eine zurzeit laufende oder zukünftige Fanfiction (Ein Neustart der Steinsamurai).

## Ausstattung

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Mech des Tempels

**General Kozu** ist der Hauptantagonist aus "Ein Neustart der Steinsamurai" er ist der Anführer der so gut wie unbesiegbaren Steinsamurai und möchte die Elementarschwerter vereinen.

Kozu und seine Steinsamurai werden Jahre nach ihrer Niederlage von Pythor im Tempel des Lichts befreit. Er erinnert sich an die Geschehnisse und fasst einen Plan zusammen, doch dafür brauch er die Elementarschwerter, die gut versteckt sind. Eine weitere Gefahr stellen die Ninja, sie sind auch auf die Insel gereist und werden alles tun um Kozu aufzuhalten.
Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine

Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine

Website

Editor: P. Alexander

About:

Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction is a Semi-Pro paying market that focuses on action-packed story-driven science fiction and fantasy stories.

Inspired heavily by publications such as Planet Stories, Cirsova aims to recreate not only the look and feel of classic pulps but the energy and diversity of storytelling such magazines contained.

Cirsova published 4 issues in 2016, including over 40 stories and essays by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jeffro Johnson, and Liana Kerzner.

Cirsova has received positive critical acclaim from several outlets, including Tangent Online and Black Gate Magazine.

Each issue of Cirsova is released in hardback, paperback, and in various digital formats.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Directed by: Gareth Edwards

Written by: Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy (screenplay), John Knoll and Gary Whitta (story by)

Produced by: Lucasfilm, Allison Shearmur Productions, Black Hangar Studios, Stereo D, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, Forest Whitaker, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk

*Former scientist Galen Erso lives on a farm with his wife and young daughter Jyn. His peaceful existence comes crashing down when the evil Orson Krennic takes him away from his beloved family. Many years later, Galen is now the Empire's lead engineer for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. Knowing that her father holds the key to its destruction, a vengeful Jyn joins forces with a spy and other resistance fighters to steal the space station's plans for the Rebel Alliance.*
Death's End

Death's End by Liu Cixin

Book 3 of the series "Remembrance of Earth's Past"

Published by Tor books, September 2016

Original Title: 死神永生

*With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. The Three-Body Problem was released to great acclaim including coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and won the Hugo Award for Best SF Novel (2015). It was also named a finalist for the Nebula Award (2014) making it the first translated novel to be nominated for a major SF award since Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities in 1976.*

*Now this epic trilogy concludes with Death's End. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.*

*Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?*
Even in the Cannon's Mouth

*Even in the Cannon's Mouth* by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Published: *Monstrous Little Voices: New Tales from Shakespeare's Fantasy World* (ed. David Thomas Moore, Abaddon Books) Mar 2016. Also released as standalone e-book Feb 2016.

Reviews: SF Bluestocking, Starburst

Word Count: approx. 19,500 words

*Illyria’s Duke Orsino has raised new, powerful allies, and in a last-ditch attempt to win the war, Don Pedro and his brother John, wise old Jacques and the physician Helena sail to Milan to appeal in person for the wizard Prospero’s aid. But unseasonal storms drive them onto the Illyrian shore, and into the hands of their enemies...*
The Devourers

*The Devourers* by Indra Das

First US publication by Del Rey, July 2016

*In present-day Kolkata, college professor Alok Mukherjee meets a man who claims to be a werewolf. Alone and estranged after a divorce, Alok is drawn to the stranger's hypnotic allure, unable to tell delusion from truth, trickery from magic. In a dusty caravanserai in seventeenth-century Mumtazabad, Cyrah, a young wanderer, meets a man who says he is a monster. Their encounter fills her with revulsion and dread, yet changes her forever.*

*Beginning in Mughal India by the foot of the Taj Mahal and culminating in the lush, dangerous forests of the Sunderbans in twenty first century India, The Devourers is a story about shapeshifters, men with second selves who prey on humans. But it is also about what it means to be human and of the transformative powers of love. Utterly gripping and wholly original, it reinvents the modern fantasy novel for India, imbuing it with depth, emotion and richness.*

Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly (Starred Review), Library Journal (Starred Review), Tor.com, Strange Horizons
Scythe

**Scythe by Neal Shusterman**

Published November 22, 2016 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

First in the Arc of a Scythe series

*Thou shalt kill.*

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
In The Mountains of Madness

"In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft", W. Scott Poole; Soft Skull Press.

From the publisher's description "Interweaves the biography of the legendary writer with an exploration of Lovecraft as a phenomenon. It aims to explain this reclusive figure while also challenging some of the general views held by Lovecraft devotees, focusing specifically on the large cross-section of horror and science fiction fans who know Lovecraft through films, role playing games, and video games directly influenced by his work but know little or nothing about him."

Nominated for the Stoker Award for non-fiction.
Diving Universe

Series: Diving Universe *(excerpt)*

Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Eligible Publication: *The Falls*, WMG Publishing, October 2016

*Fleet sector bases close as the Fleet moves on. Everyone knows and expects it. But still, the announcement that Sector Base E-2 will close — although still thirty years in the future — breeds a mood of tension and anxiety.*

*So, when Rajivk Agwu finds two pairs of shoes on a trail near Fiskett Falls, but no sign of their occupants, his already heightened senses warn of danger.*

*Those on the base fare no better. Bristol Iannazzi, working on the notoriously delicate anacapa drive for a runabout, also notices something strange, something out of place, something dangerous...*
The Ship Whisperer

A short story by Julie Novakova, published in March 2016 issue of *Asimov's*. What happens when people find an object that should not exist in our universe for at least a trillion more years? What does its existence mean for the future of humanity? A “ship whisperer” Icarus Caille is trying to find out, but so do other people whose motivation is far from pure curiosity.

Reviews: Tangent; Rocket Stack Rank, SFRevu, SF Magazines

Also on the Tangent Online 2016 Recommended Reading List.
Ilana C Myer

**Ilana C Myer**

Author in her second year of Campbell eligibility

Qualifying work:

*Last Song Before Night* by Ilana C Myer, Tor Books, 2015 (novel)

*Long ago, poets were Seers with access to powerful magic. Following a cataclysmic battle, the enchantments of Eivar were lost–now a song is only words and music, and no more. But when a dark power threatens the land, poets who thought only to gain fame for their songs face a task much greater: to restore the lost enchantments to the world. And the road to the Otherworld, where the enchantments reside, will imperil their lives and test the deepest desires of their hearts.*
GigaNotoSaurus

Website

*Giganotosaurus* (the dinosaur) lived about ninety million years ago, and it was *almost* the largest carnivorous dinosaur. A little bigger than *Tyrannosaurus*, a little smaller than *Spinosaurus*.

*GigaNotoSaurus* (the webzine, edited by Rashida J. Smith) publishes one longish fantasy or science fiction story monthly. *Longish* meaning longer than a short story, and shorter than a novel.
Star Trek Continues Episode 06: Come Not Between the Dragons

Star Trek Continues Episode 06: *Come Not Between the Dragons* (IMDb)

Directed by: Julian Higgins

Based upon *Star Trek* created by: Gene Roddenberry

Teleplay by: Greg Dykstra, James Kerwin, and Vic Mignogna

Story by: Greg Dykstra

Starring: Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Chuck Huber, Kim Stinger, Christopher Doohan, Michele Specht, Grant Imahara, Kipleigh Brown, Wyatt Lenhart

Special Guest Star: Gigi Edgley

Air Date: May 28, 2016

*A troubled creature pierces the Enterprise hull, pitting the crew against a pursuer that threatens to tear them apart.*

Reviews:

* **Rod Roddenberry (son of Gene Roddenberry):** *I do have to say... I'm pretty damn sure my dad would consider this canon. The fact that you do stories that mean something, that have depth, that make us all think a little bit, I really think he would applaud you guys, and I applaud you guys.*
* **Dan Roth, SyFy's Blastr:** *Lots of people try to make fan versions of Trek. None of them look like this.*
* **Sam Sloan, Slice of SciFi:** *They have certainly raised the bar for independent Star Trek episodic film making.*
* **Bill Watters, TrekMovie.com:** *Star Trek Continues does deserve the 'Continues' in its title as they do a really strong job at capturing (and yes, 'continuing') the atmosphere of TOS.*

Star Trek Continues is a fan-created non-canon web series set in the Star Trek universe produced by a non-profit charity — Trek Continues Inc. — and Dracogen (formerly co-produced by Far From Home LLC and Farragut Films). The series is an unofficial direct continuation of the third and last season of Star Trek: The Original Series, whose visual and storytelling features have been reproduced to recreate the same look and feel.

As with all such Star Trek fan productions, use of copyrighted and trademarked properties from the original series is allowed so long as the production is non-commercial. A portion of the funds necessary to produce the episodes was raised through successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, to which thousands of backers contributed.
*from Wikipedia*

See all 7 episodes here: Vimeo YouTube
Charlotte Ashley

Name: Charlotte Ashley

Eligibility: Second Year

Works (partial list, see website for more):

* ‘La Héron, *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction*‘ March/April 2015 (Was available in Up and Coming)
* ‘Sigrid Under the Mountain’,  *The Sockdolager* Summer 2015
* ‘The Posthuman Condition’, *Kaleidotrope* Summer 2015
* ‘Eleusinian Myseries’, *Luna Station Quarterly* #23, September 2015
* ‘The Will of Parliament’,  *The Sockdolager*, Winter 2015
* ‘More Heat Than Light’, *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction*, May/June 2016
* 'A Fine Balance’, *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,*Nov/Dec 2016
Every Heart a Doorway

*Every Heart a Doorway* by Seanan McGuire

Published: Tor.com April 2016

Reviews: Publisher's Weekly, Goodreads, SF Revu, Rocket Stack Rank

Word Count: approx. 38,000

*Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.*
ERASED

(Original title: *Boku Dake ga Inai Machi*)

12 episodes, ran January-March 2016.

Available for (free, legal) viewing at:

* Crunchyroll (territories not specified)
* Daisuki (territories not specified)
* AnimeLab (Australia, New Zealand)
* Wakanim (Canada, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
* peppermint anime (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein)

**Director:** Tomohiko Ito

**Series Composition/Script:** Taku Kishimoto

Based on a series of comics by Kei Sanbe

**Studio:** A-1 Pictures

ANN Encyclopedia entry
In Their Image

"In Their Image" by Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Published: Escape Pod, Feb 2016.

Word Count: 5975

Available to read or listen to.

**Readers say:**

"I thought this was really good. It didn't go in the direction I thought it was [going to], and I really liked the exploration of different philosophies. It was a great, different take on 2 species learning to coexist. ...I would love to explore this universe more."

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"This goes in my bin of eps with which to lure new listeners onboard.  'Come listen,' I'll sing to my friends, 'because today's the day you get to hear about a very special teddy bear's picnic…'"

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"I thought I might be the first one to mention *Speaker for the Dead* which this reminded me strongly of, in a good way.  Not a big stretch, considering the focus on earth religions clashing with the belief system of cutesy but dangerous alien species. ...I love *Speaker for the Dead* a whole lot.  And any similarity here I did not see as a bad thing."
Everything Belongs to the Future

Title: *Everything Belongs to the Future* *(excerpt)*

Author: Laurie Penny

Publisher: Tor.com

Publication Date: June 10, 2016

Synopsis:
*Time is a weapon wielded by the rich, who have excess of it, against the rest, who must trade every breath of it against the promise of another day's food and shelter. What kind of world have we made, where human beings can live centuries if only they can afford the fix? What kind of creatures have we become? The same as we always were, but keener.*

*In the ancient heart of Oxford University, the ultra-rich celebrate their vastly extended lifespans. But a few surprises are in store for them. From Nina and Alex, Margo and Fidget, scruffy anarchists sharing living space with an ever-shifting cast of crusty punks and lost kids. And also from the scientist who invented the longevity treatment in the first place.*

**Reviews:**

*"The scariest, most enduring dystopias walk a fine line between parable and prediction. Penny erases that line. In this made-up story, the rich speciate from the poor; in our real world, working class lifespans are declining as the one percent live ever longer lives at ever-greater removes from the rest of us. This is no mere literary device. This is a pitiless allegory, calculated to enrage and terrify its readers."* – Cory Doctorow, *Boing Boing*

*"It also explores the subtler and much more disturbing implications – that in the long term, and grander scheme of things, it wouldn’t just be a certain type of person who would die after living a natural and by comparison short life, but an entire section of society. With them would die philosophy, politics and art, if unapproved of by the privileged upper classes, in a sort of slow and insidious social cleansing. This is how the world ends; not with a bang, but drained dry of its diversity of thought... Original and unflinching in its realistic portrayal of a utopia gone wrong,* Everything Belongs to the Future *is science fiction at its thought provoking finest."* – Michaela Gray, *Geek Syndicate*

*"*Everything Belongs To The Future *is richly political and frighteningly dark, but there's also a certain honesty to it's 'what if' nature that I appreciate. It's better to have a bitter truth than a comforting lie, in my opinion, and this title certainly hits on several unsavory truths about mankind, ambition, and greed."* – Michael Hicks, *GoodReads*