![]() ![]() The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Original Title: 人渣反派自救系统 by 墨香铜臭 Status: Vol.1-Vol.4 (final) in both physical copy and e-book are released. So far, each volume is printed in large trim with deluxe paper, french flaps, spot gloss covers, and a mix of exclusive color and b/w interior illustrations. ![]() A list of retailers is available on the linked page but it is not exhaustive and there appears to be a good chance of finding their novels elsewhere as well. Seven Seas : (Of note: they frequently have a reader survey linked on their social media where you can suggest titles for them to consider licensing. Here is an attempt at a compiled list of announced and/or released officially licensed English publications of danmei novels for e-book and/or physical print, grouped by publisher: With the increased interest in recent announcements, I thought it would be helpful to centralize the information as well, especially after the initial excitement for each release might fade. ![]()
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![]() We tried it out at a local nature preserve, where mandrakes grow freely in the lush hills of the south. ![]() And to answer the question about whether mandrakes scream…first-hand experience suggests they don’t. Where else can you flip through a copy of Conrad Gesner’s Historiae animalium while stretched out on your couch, laptop in hand? The image quality is extraordinary. Another NLM favorite for us here at Wonders & Marvels is the “Turning the Pages” project. ![]() A visually stunning and informative look into early anatomy and dissection. ![]() By the way, if you haven’t yet explored the NLM’s online exhibitions, you really should! Among the many highlights, is the “Dream Anatomies” exhibition. The exhibition takes a close look at the facts, fictions, and legends in references to the healing arts in Harry Potter. Do Mandrakes Really Scream? This was a question that the National Library of Medicine posed in their magnificent “Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter” exhibit awhile back. ![]() ![]() ![]() The city of Memphis is its own character - with the highs of culture, activism, and love juxtaposed with the lows of lynching, assassination, climate change, domestic and civic violence.īe advised that “Memphis” is not a “sit back and relax” sort of novel. “Memphis” has amazing characterization, set pieces that are cinema/mini-drama ready to shoot, moments that are “Laugh Out Loud” funny, several more that will make you cry. And I also believe that she knows a lot about what it takes to try to break free. Stringfellow, but I believe that she understands a great deal about violence and trauma. At some point each individual is confronted with the violence and trauma, both directly and indirectly. ![]() Every individual has both their own roots, as well as those of their family and community. Those roots run deep and are not made to be easily dug up and removed. Racism and poverty have their roots in violence and trauma. It’s been ages since I’ve read anything nearly as powerful as “Memphis”, the stunning debut novel by Tara M. Those of us working at street-level have heard a lot for a long time. Why can’t we break the cycle? Why can’t we just move on? We’ve heard a lot lately. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Quentin explains it, he hates Ben for "jump at the first opportunity to join the fraternity of vapid asshats" (2.14.12). He also calls women "honeybunny" (1.1.17), and the last time we heard that was from the psycho who robs the diner in Pulp Fiction.īen is the main source of conflict with Quentin, because Ben insists that Margo Roth Spiegelman is a drama queen who just wants attention, and Quentin is mad that Ben has the audacity to make other friends, especially friends who do things like go to prom and do keg stands. ![]() He thinks this is the reason he can't get a date, although it could also be because he's sexist, saying things like "you should just hit that" (1.1.17), with that being a human female named Margo Roth Spiegelman. ![]() Becca Arrington calls him "Bloody Ben" (1.1.14) because he had a kidney infection, complete with bloody urine ( why did he share this at school?), and she spread a rumor it was caused by chronic masturbation. He is Quentin's best friend because they're about on the same level of the social totem pole (a.k.a. Ben Starling, self-proclaimed owner of the "World's Largest Balls" (2.16.14), is an "olive-skinned creature" (1.9.9), which is the way a white author describes a racially ambiguous character who could be a minority, but will probably be white in the movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the course of the broadcast, which despite its late hour drew many call-ins, one caller brought up the subject of cattle mutilations, and whether Summers believed that ‘extraterrestrials’ were responsible. Summers was promoting his latest publication, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials. ![]() ![]() Larson was more or a less a predecessor of the fringe culture’s most successful radio program, Art Bell’s 'Coast to Coast AM'. Summers was the guest on ‘The Tony Larson Show’, a late-night talk radio show devoted to oddball topics such as ghosts, UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, etc. In the early-morning hours of December of 1979, Ian Summers, an editor and ‘packager’ of such illustrated 70s sf and fantasy novels as Urshurak, The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt, and Tomorrow and Beyond, was in the studio of Denver station KOA. ![]() ![]() Andrews, Elizabeth committed to writing full time. The Falconer was published two years later.Īfter earning her PhD at the University of St. One summer, she finished editing the book, held her breath, and sent it out into the world. Inspired by the mysterious, dark, winding alleyways of Edinburgh and the fairy legends of Scotland, Elizabeth wrote her debut novel, The Falconer. One day she landed in the United Kingdom, fell in love with Scotland, and decided that was where she belonged. Elizabeth went to the rugged landscapes of New Zealand, the coral reefs of Australia, the plains of Canada, thirty-nine US states, and briefly stopped in Vermont to earn her BA at Marlboro College. With writing came her love for travelling. Eventually, she tried telling her own stories, writing about people in places she had never been to, but longed to see. She grew up outside of Los Angeles, where she spent most of her early years dragging books from the library to dinner tables, restaurants, classrooms, and family vacations. Her work has been published in ten countries, and was an Indie Next Pick, an Amazon Book of the Month, and a Scholastic Reading Club pick. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Crash Course in the History of Black Science FictionĮlizabeth May is the author of the The Falconer Trilogy ( The Falconer, The Vanishing Throne).200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. ![]() ![]() ***Thank you to Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for providing a copy of the book via NetGalley. With all these choices, Quique is sure to forget about Saleem in no time.īut as the summer heats up and his deep-seated fears and anxieties boil over, Quique soon realizes that getting over one guy by getting under a bunch of others may not have been the best laid plan and living his truth can come at a high cost. There’s stoner-jock Tyler Montana, who might be just as interested in Fabiola as he is in Quique straight-laced senior class president, Ziggy Jackson and Manny Zuniga, who keeps looking at Quique like he’s carne asada fresh off the grill. Luckily, Quique’s prospects are each intriguing in their own ways. for the summer to meet a girl his parents are trying to set him up with. And definitely forget the fact that good and kind and, not to mention, beautiful Saleem is leaving L.A. Never mind that he has absolutely zero game. ![]() Never mind that he’s only out to his best friend, Fabiola. Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer-get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Isabelle, a neighbor who is physically and developmentally disabled, is cared for by her cop father, Split Lip. The coming-of-age tale “Isabelle” follows an unnamed, male protagonist from childhood to adulthood. Samuel kills the protagonist, who concludes the narrative as a ghost. A decides to burn the park for the insurance money. This still doesn’t solve the profit crisis, so Mr. ![]() The protagonist, at the risk of losing his job, allows himself to be cajoled into disposing of the bodies. Samuel winds up being a little too good at his job and kills both gang members and non-gang-affiliated park attendees alike. A, decides to hire a psychotic ex-soldier, Samuel. Due to slumping profits from an increasing gang presence in the park, the boss, Mr. In the title story, “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline,” the protagonist works at a CivilWar-era themepark. ![]() ![]() ![]() TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Along the way, art historian and Bosch expert Stefan Fischer reveals the most important themes and influences in these cryptic, mesmerizing masterpieces. We encounter his hybrid creatures, his nightmarish scenarios, his religious and moral framework, and his pictorial versions of contemporary proverbs and idioms. ![]() Through full spreads and carefully curated details, we explore the full reach and compelling inventions of the artist's genius as well as disturbing imagination. This edition offers the complete and haunting Bosch world in one compact format. 500 years on from his death, his works continue to inspire scholars, artists, designers, and musicians, death metal band names and designer dresses. ![]() 1450-1516) but in their fantastical visions they have secured his place as one of the most cult artists in history. ![]() Only 20 paintings and eight drawings are confidently assigned to Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch (c. ![]() ![]() The book focuses on the impact of Chernobyl on Belarus, which lost 23% of its land to nuclear contamination (devastating to a country dependent on agriculture) and which took 70% of the nuclear fallout. The fragmented sentences are a little disorientating at first, although (oddly) I was more thrown by the sections that come from Alexievich directly as it’s like she’s working out what she thinks as she writes and I found that a little off-putting. The result is a set of curated monologues – in this case some of which are carried out one-to-one, others with groups of people. I’ve previously read Alexievich’s THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR so was familiar with her writing technique, which is essentially one of reportage, allowing the people to speak for themselves but adding in editorial notes to address gestures or pauses. Written in 1997 and revised in 2013, this intensely moving book (translated by Ana Gunin and Arch Tait) sees Alexievich return to her native Belarus to collect testimony from those affected by the Chernobyl disaster (both in the immediate and long-term aftermath) as they struggle to make sense of it. ![]() ![]() Svetlana Alexievich is a Nobel Prize winning writer who uses interviews and testimony to chart Russia’s emotional history by reference to critical events. ![]() I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. You can order CHERNOBYL PRAYER by Svetlana Alexievich from Amazon UK, Waterstone’s or UK. ”It may be poisoned with radiation, but this is my home … Even a bird loves its nest.” ![]() |