SF&F Literati Meet August 27, 2012
Where: The Oak Park Barnes & Noble Booksellers (see embedded map below!)
When: 7:00 p.m. Monday August 27, second floor
What: Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
“Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.”
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| Enter a future where a cyborg mechanic may save the world. |
When: 7:00 p.m. Monday August 27, second floor
What: Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
B&N Overview:
“Humans and androids
crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the
population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their
move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .“Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.”
Publishers Weekly Review
"First in the
Lunar Chronicles series, this futuristic twist on Cinderella retains just
enough of the original that readers will enjoy spotting the subtle
similarities. But debut author Meyer’s brilliance is in sending the story into
an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension.
"Cinder is a talented teenage
mechanic and cyborg—part human, part robot—who has been living in New Beijing
with a demanding adoptive mother and two stepsisters, ever since her late
stepfather took Cinder in after a hovercraft accident. Several events abruptly
turn Cinder’s world upside down: a chance meeting with the handsome Prince Kai
has her heart racing; a plague pandemic threatens her beloved sister Peony;
Cinder learns she is immune to the plague; and the evil Lunar Queen Levana
arrives on Earth, scheming to marry Kai.
"Though foreshadowing early on makes it
fairly clear where the story is headed, it unfolds with the magic of a fairy
tale and the breakneck excitement of dystopian fiction. Meyer’s far-future
Earth is richly imagined, full of prejudice and intrigue, characters easy to
get invested in, and hints of what might await in future books. Ages 12–up."
Prepare now for next month!
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| Sakurazaka's breakout first novel is the September selection. |
Where: The Oak Park Barnes & Noble Booksellers (see embedded map below!)
When: 7:00 p.m. Monday September 24, second floor
What: All You Need is Kill, by by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and illustrated by anime and manga graphic artist Yoshitoshi ABe [sic].
When: 7:00 p.m. Monday September 24, second floor
What: All You Need is Kill, by by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and illustrated by anime and manga graphic artist Yoshitoshi ABe [sic].
B&N Overview:
“L to R (Western
Style). There’s one thing worse than dying. It’s coming back to do it again and
again… When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw
recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on
the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die
again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different,
something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the
Bitch the key to Keiji’s escape, or to his final death?”
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