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6/03/2014

Star Wars Original Storyboard Books - Now Available (VIDEO)



Mark Turner
Fantastic Almanac
06/03/2014

Two books that present the original story board artwork, the visual blue-prints of all six Star Wars films are available in hardcover from Abrams books. Great as a Fathers Day gift.

Original Triology
Prequel Triology















Amazon             $30.15 Star Wars Storyboards Original Trilogy
Barnes & Noble $30.75 Star Wars Storyboards Original Trilogy

Amazon            $27.29  Star Wars Storyboards Prequel Trilogy
Barnes & Noble $28.34  Star Wars Storyboards Prequel Trilogy









 



The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight 

Star Wars Ep. VII Leaked Photos! Creature and Sets!!!



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5/30/2014

The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight - New Book of Ralph McQuarrie's Original Trilogy Concept Art

Ralph McQuarrie original concept illustration for Star Wars


Mark Turner
Fantastic Almanac
05/30/2014

Before a single frame of film was shot, George Lucas and design artist Ralph McQuarrie set out to visualize the look of Star Wars. This lavish, full color book will be available in October of 2014.

Disney/Lucas Film Press release: 
The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, by New York times bestselling author Tony DiTerlizzi is the the storybook adaptation of the original trilogy, featuring the art of Academy Award-winning artist Ralph McQuarrie.

In this trailer, author Tony DiTerlizzi outlines his inspiration and process for creating this exciting new entry in the Star Wars library, also available as an eBook.
Available October 2014 from Disney Lucasfilm Press, The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight brings the adventure of Luke Skywalker to a new generation of fans, as told through the visionary concept art of the Star Wars saga.





 


MOVIE NEWS WEEK IN REVIEW




Edge of Tomorrow - Tom & Emily hit London, Paris & New York in 24 Hours


MALEFICENT - 2 New Clips! "Pretty Bird" and "Evil Fairy"
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5/27/2014

New Scifi/Fantasy Books from Harper Voyager

Available now or coming soon; new science fiction and fantasy titles from Harper Voyager . . .




The Given
by Vicki Pettersson

Paperback $11.24
Kindle $9.99
Nook $9.99

The dramatic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Vicki Pettersson’s critically acclaimed Celestial Blues series—an inventive blend of paranormal romance, noir mystery, and urban fantasy—involving a fallen angel and a flesh-and-blood rockabilly reporter.





Dark Matter:
Star Carrier Book Five
by Ian Douglas

Paperback $7.19
Kindle $6.83

An enemy might just have to become an ally in order to save humankind in Ian Douglas’s new Star Carrier novel!


queen of dark things
The Memory of Water
by Emmi Itäranta

    Paperback $11.24
In the not-so-distant future, water is scarce. China rules all Europe, including the Scandinavian Union, where teenage Noria Kaitio is learning to become a tea master like her father. And only tea masters know of a secret source of water. But when her father dies, the army starts watching their town—and Noria.

Available June 10, 2014

READ AN EXCERPT NOW!


Innocent Blood
by James Rollins & Rebecca Cantrell

Paperback $9.99
Nook $16.99

Now available in mass market paperback!

The riveting follow-up to The Blood Gospel,Innocent Blood is the second book in the thrilling and atmospheric Order of the Sanguine series from New York Times bestselling author James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell. Also includes bonus novella Blood Brothers!


More Fantastic stories and Coming Attractions. . .

NEW Science Fiction/Fantasy BOOKS coming soon in 2014  

Maleficent - Elle Fanning Interview and more

Wearable Video Gaming - Sony CEO sees it Happening in the Companies Future

MALEFICENT - A NEW Behind The Scenes Look at 'The Battlefield' Sequence (VIDEO)


Maleficent Special Effects Make-Up Artist Reveals Rare Photo of Spielberg's Lost Project

Star Wars Red Squadron X-Wing movie coming to a theater near you? A LEAKED list of future films?

Disney's CINDERELLA - Teaser Trailer

Michael Jackson 'LIVE' TV leaps from flat screen as 3D dancing, singing Hologram (VIDEO)

Guardian's of the Galaxy NEW TRAILER 2 & interview with Chris Pratt

GODZILLA 2 - they're already working on a Sequel! What new Monsters are coming?

X-Men Days of Future Past - Meet BISHOP, ICEMAN & COLOSSUS!

Maleficent - Trailers     Maleficent Film Clip

MALEFICENT SNEAK PEAK of Angelina Jolie extended clip

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 2 Trailers

Edge of Tomorrow - 4 New Featurettes

NEW Science Fiction/Fantasy BOOKS coming soon in 2014

GODZILLA - 2 Clips & X-MEN Days of Future Past 5 SCENES & OPENING BATTLE

Transformers Age of Extinction NEW Trailer shows more views of the Decepticon invasion!

Transformers Age of Extinction, New Images of Optimus Prime & Bumblebee's Make-over

FIRST LOOK of Ben Affleck as BATMAN with Batmobile!
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9/03/2011

September Book Releases 2011

David Weber - How Firm A foundation: The Safehold series

Hardcover September 13th

The Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don’t know even now, however, is how much more it’s fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sharleyan, Merlin Athrawes, and their innermost circle of most trusted advisers do know. And because they do, they know the penalty if they lose will be far worse than their own deaths and the destruction of all they know and love.

For five years, Charis has survived all the Church of God Awaiting and the corrupt men who control it have thrown at the island empire. The price has been high and paid in blood. Despite its chain of hard-fought naval victories, Charis is still on the defensive. It can hold its own at sea, but if it is to survive, it must defeat the Church upon its own ground. Yet how does it invade the mainland and take the war to a foe whose population outnumbers its own fifteen to one? How does it prevent that massive opponent from rebuilding its fleets and attacking yet again?
 


Jo Anderton - Debris: The Veiled Worlds: Angry Robot Series

Paperback September 27th

Tanyana is among the highest ranking in her far-future society – a skilled pionner, able to use a mixture of ritual and innate talent to manipulate the particles that hold all matter together. But an accident brings her life crashing down around her ears. She is cast down amongst the lowest of the low, little more than a garbage collector. But who did this to her, and for what sinister purpose? Her quest to find out will take her to parts of the city she never knew existed, and open the door to a world she could never have imagined. 




Gavin Smith - War in Heaven 

Hardcover September 15

The high-powered sequel to VETERAN sees an unlikely hero make an even more unlikely return to take the reader back into a vividly rendered bleak future. But a bleak future where there are still wonders: man travelling out into the universe, Bladerunneresque cities hanging from the ceilings of vast caverns, aliens that we can barely comprehend. Gavin Smith writes fast-moving, incredibly violent SF thrillers but behind the violence and the thrills lies a carefully thought out story and characters who have far more to them than first meets the eye. Never one to avoid controversy Gavin Smith nevertheless invites you to think beyond the initial shock of what you have just read. But in the meantime? Another fire-fight, another chase another flight of imagination.




Halo Encyclopedia (Revised & Expanded) 

Hardcover September 19th 2011


Halo is one of the most popular and hugely successful video game franchises in history! With this newly updated and comprehensive Halo Encyclopedia, now with sixteen pages of brand new content including Halo's newest game, Halo: Reach, both new and pro gamers can learn everything they ever wanted to know about Master Chief and the Halo universe. Discover the origins of the Spartan program, the Halos' place in the universe, as well as expanded universe material from novels and comic books featuring detailed information about the characters, vehicles, locations, and weapons that make up the Halo Universe. Technical renderings and hundreds of stunning images highlight the many pieces that make this universe such a vast and complex background for such wonderful stories. Everything that is Halo is now at your fingertips!




Clive Custler with Justin Scott - The Race: Issac Bell adventure

Hardcover September 16th

Detective Isaac Bell returns, in the remarkable new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days. He is even sponsoring one of the prime candidates-an intrepid woman named Josephine Frost-and that's where Bell, chief investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency, comes in.

Frost's violent-tempered husband has just killed her lover and tried to kill her, and he is bound to make another attempt. Bell has tangled with Harry Frost before; he knows that the man has made his millions leading gangs of thieves, murderers, and thugs in every city across the country. He also knows that Frost won't be only after his wife, but after Whiteway as well. And if Bell takes the case . . . Frost will be after him, too.



Paperback September 27th 

Old habits die hard for assassins.
And I plan on murdering someone before the night is through.

Killing used to be my regular gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spider, assassin-for-hire. And I was very, very good at it. Now, I’m ready to make the one hit that truly matters: Mab Monroe, the dangerous Fire elemental who murdered my family when I was thirteen. Oh, I don’t think the mission will be easy, but turns out it’s a bit more problematic than expected. The bitch knows I’m coming for her. So now I’m up against the army of lethal bounty hunters Mab hired to track me down. She also put a price on my baby sister’s head. Keeping Bria safe is my first priority. Taking Mab out is a close second. Good thing I’ve got my powerful Ice and Stone magic—and my irresistible lover, Owen Grayson—to watch my back. This battle has been years in the making, and there’s a good chance I won’t survive. But if I’m going down, then Mab’s coming with me . . . no matter what I have to do to make that happen.

 

S. M. Stirling - The Tears of the Sun: the Change Series

Hardcover September 6th

Rudi McKenzie-now Artos, the High King of Montival-must fulfill his destiny. He wields the sword crafted for him before he was born. He has made friends of his enemies. He has won the heart of the woman he loves.
And now he must defeat the forces of the Church Universal and Triumphant, knowing he may lose his life in the final battle...





ALIEN CONTACT: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, Cory Doctorow, Ursula K Le Guin

Paperback September 13th 
 
 Are we alone? From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ET to Close Encounters, creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. 
Editor Marty Halpern has gathered together some of the best stories of the last 30 years, by today''s most exciting genre writers, weaving a tapestry that covers a broad range of scenarios: from the insidious, to the violent, to the transcendent.

Cherie Priest - Ganymede: Clockwork Century

Paperback September 27th 

The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he’s happy to run alcohol guns wherever the money’s good, he doesn’t think the world needs more sap, or its increasingly ugly side-effects. But becoming legit is easier said than done, and Cly’s first legal gig—a supply run for the Seattle Underground—will be paid for by sap money.

New Orleans is not Cly’s first pick for a shopping run. He loved the Big Easy once, back when he also loved a beautiful mixed-race prostitute named Josephine Early—but that was a decade ago, and he hasn’t looked back since. Jo’s still thinking about him, though, or so he learns when he gets a telegram about a peculiar piloting job. It’s a chance to complete two lucrative jobs at once, one he can’t refuse. He sends his old paramour a note and heads for New Orleans, with no idea of what he’s in for—or what she wants him to fly.

But he won’t be flying. Not exactly. Hidden at the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain lurks an astonishing war machine, an immense submersible called the Ganymede. This prototype could end the war, if only anyone had the faintest idea of how to operate it…. If only they could sneak it past the Southern forces at the mouth of the Mississippi River… If only it hadn’t killed most of the men who’d ever set foot inside it.

But it’s those “if onlys” that will decide whether Cly and his crew will end up in the history books, or at the bottom of the ocean.


More Books . . .  

August Books 2011 - Star Wars and Terry Goodkind

Broken Chain: The Rescue of the Libertolian

The Horns of Ruin - Steam Punk on Nook

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