Here are thirteen short stories from the new frontiers of Chinese science fiction selected & translated by Hugo Nebula Locus & World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu Hao Jingfang's Hugo-Award-Winning ' Folding Beijing' takes place in a near-future dystopia where the title city's buildings fold into & out of the earth allowing three different strata of society to spend part of the day above ground Xia Jia's ' Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse' describes a post-apocalyptic world where machines have outlived the humans who engineered them In ' Taking Care of God' by Liu Cixin
- author of The Three-Body Problem the first translated novel to win the Hugo Award
- a race of white-haired white-robed beings arrive on Earth claiming they are God creators of everything who now want to spend their retirement years with us Including an introduction by Ken Liu & three essays exploring Chinese science fiction this is a phenomenal collection of strange worlds hypnotic landscapes & unbridled imagination

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Arthur Mc Bride&s regime has fallen His planet has been plunged into chaos his story shrouded in mystery until reporter Croger Babb discovers the journal of Arthur&s cousin Maia Inside is the violent audacious hidden history of the legendary freedom fighter Erased from the official record Maia alone knows how dangerous her cousin really is & what truly happened to bring him to power Collects Invisible Republic 1-5 by Gabriel Hardman Corinna Sara Bechko ...

The critically-acclaimed poli-sci-fi thriller INVISIBLEREPUBLIC continues! Arthur Mc Bride&s consolidation of power comes at a terrible price but is his cousin Maia willing to pay it? Collects INVISIBLE REPUBLIC 6-10A woman erased from history seeks to lead her world into the future but the deeds of the past can&t be expunged without a fight Creators Gabriel Hardman (Hulk Kinski storyboard artist of Inception & Interstellar) & Corinna Bechko (Once Upon a Time Heathentown Lara Croft & the Frozen Omen) return to Invisible Republic as revolution grips the remote moon of Avalon The fate of the world rests with the woman closest to its reviled deposed dictator but it&s a disgraced reporter who may hold the key to a new insurrection ...

The Hugo award finalist continues! Jump into this fast-paced poli-sci-fi thriller & see why critics call INVISIBLE REPUBLIC "smart" & "fantastically sordid" When idealism becomes brutality it&s hard to pick a side No one knows this better than Maia but is she willing to give up her dreams for the sake of security? Collects INVISIBLE REPUBLIC 11-15 Maia Reveron was erased from history but now she&s back to correct the oversighteven if it means civil insurrection Creators Gabriel Hardman (Hulk Kinskistoryboard artist of Inception & Interstellar) & Corinna Bechko (Miss Fury Heathentown Lara Croft & the Frozen Omen) return to Invisible Republic as an unjust war threatens Maia&s family forcing her into an impossible choice Meanwhile Croger Babb seeks to discover if the pen really is mightier than an armored assault vehicle Can a small band of the dispossessed fight the long reach of Earth? Can one woman really change history? Worlds collide in the third volume of this critically acclaimed series! Meet the Author Gabriel Hardman has drawn HULK & AGENTS OF ATLAS for Marvel Comics as well as HEATHENTOWN for Image Shadowline He is an accomplished motion picture illustrator whose credits include Spider-Man 3 X2 X-Men United Superman Returns Tropic Thunder & Inception He also directed the prize winning short film Wrong Way Up which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival Corinna Bechko is a Los Angeles-based writer known for her work on the graphic novel HEATHENTOWN & the BOOM! Studios series BETRAYAL ON THE PLANET OF THE APES ...

The hilarious & magical adventures of everyone's favourite flat hero
- Flat Stanley With brilliant new illustrations by the award-winning
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A vicious gang commits an explosive theft of an armored vehicle carrying 100 million dollars killing a number of civilians including a woman in a nearby jewellery shop The gang then reemerges six months later & critically injures two policemen during a routine spot check As a result of these events Detective Chan Chun vows to avenge the death of his fiancee & Trainee Inspector Fong Yik-wei wants payback for the assault of the police officers who were under his charge Along with Wai King-ho a rookie cop whose older brother has been missing for some time Chan & Fong infiltrate the Hong Kong underworld & discover just how well-connected the criminals really are Pop star Nicholas Tse Shawn Yue & Jaycee Chan star in this hardboiled crime opus from writer-director Benny Chan ...

A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his niece's cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems that ever confronted Scotland Yard Not only was there a policeman in the house at the time but there was an ugly wound in the victim's forehead & nothing in the locked room that could have inflicted it The combined efforts of Superintendent Hanslet & Inspector Waghorn brought no answer & the case was dropped It was only after another equally baffling murder had been committed that Dr Lancelot Priestley's orderly & imaginative deductions began to make the connections that would solve this extraordinary case ...

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Perfect for fans of Allison Pearson Dawn French & Sophie Kinsella'I was hooked from the start on this emotionally intelligent read' Daily Mail Isn't it about time we talked about YOUsandra has a naughty secret Harriet has been ditched with her ailing mother-in-law one time too many Tessa is desperate for distraction after her youngest flies the nest for uni With the big 5-0 around the corner isn't it about time they put themselves first? After Tessa responds to a late night Facebook message from an old flame she finds herself impulsively waiting at the airport for a plane from New York Will it reunite her with The One That Got Away or land her in a heap of trouble? And is this the long-awaited moment Tessa & her friends grab their lives back & start living exactly as they choose?A sharp irreverent & very funny novel for grown-ups This is what you have been saying about Sarah Long' An emotional tale of love friendship & taking control of your life'' Intelligent witty thought-provoking thoroughly recommended especially if you're a woman of a certain age'' Sure to make you giggle''A perfect easy read'' Funny & emotional so true it's scary!' ...

Behind the curtain of everyday existence a vast & unholy Conspiracy is at work twisting & deforming reality to pave the way for colonization by hideous extradimensional powers Facing this onslaught is a laughably small resistance movement scattered across space & time
- a handful of subversives known as the Invisibles This silent guerrilla war has raged for millennia shaping the very fabric of the universe But now the countdown to the final battle has begun & soon everyone will have to make their choice crushing soul-rending conformity or radical anarchic freedom? Which side are you on? Illustrated by a host of comics’ greatest artists New York Times best-selling author Grant Morrison’s groundbreaking saga of spiritual engineering & psychocognitive hacking is now available for the first time in four deluxe editions This final volume collects THE INVISIBLES VOL 2 14-22 & THE INVISIBLES VOL 3 12-1 & features art by Chris Weston Sean Phillips Philip Bond & Frank Quitely Meet the Author Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN & DOOM PATROL Since then he has written numerous best-sellers — including JLA BATMAN & New X-Men — as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES SEAGUY THE FILTH WE3 & JOE THE BARBARIAN Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award-winning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS ALL-STAR SUPERMAN FINAL CRISIS & BATMAN INC & he is reinvented the Man of Steel in the all-new ACTION COMICS In his secret identity Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson a musician an award-winning playwright & a chaos magician He is also the author of the New York Times best-seller Supergods a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism He divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles & Scotland More from this Author Batman Arkham Asylum A Serious House on Serious Earth 15th Anniversary Edition Batman Batman & Son (New Edition) DC Comics Essentials JLA (2014-) 1 (NOOK Comic with Zoom View) The Multiversity Mastermen (2015-) 1 (NOOK Comic with Zoom View) The Multiversity Guidebook (2015-) 1 (NOOK Comic with Zoom View) Final Crisis (New Edition)
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