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Sarah Gailey
Sarah Gailey is an American author. Their alternate history novella '' River of Teeth'' was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella,River of Teeth at ; retrieved June 19, 2019 the 2018 ,2018 Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019 and the 2018 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Of Teeth
''River of Teeth'' is a 2017 alternate history novella by Sarah Gailey. It was first published by Tor Books. The cover art is by Richard Anderson (artist), Richard Anderson. Synopsis As one of his last acts of his presidency in early 1861, President of the United States, President James Buchanan approved the Hippo Act, a plan to import hippopotamuses into the United States as livestock. Decades later, the lawless swamps of Louisiana are infested with murderous feral hippos, and Winslow Houndstooth and his band of misfits are hired to clear them out. Reception ''River of Teeth'' was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2017,River of Teeth at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 13, 2018 and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Echo Wife
''The Echo Wife'' is a 2021 science fiction thriller novel by Sarah Gailey. Synopsis Doctor Evelyn Caldwell, an accomplished scientist researching cloning, has discovered that her husband, Nathan, has used her research to create Martine, a clone of Evelyn who is his ideal wife. When Martine kills Nathan in self-defense, Evelyn must assist in covering up the murder. Plot Evelyn Caldwell receives a call from Martine, an identical clone of her created by her husband, Nathan. Nathan had previously cheated on Evelyn with Martine and had divorced her soon after. Martine reveals to Evelyn that she is pregnant despite not being able to be; Evelyn blames Martine for taking the life she deserved from her. Later, Martine asks Evelyn to come over and ushers her into their house, where she reveals Nathan's dead body, having stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife. Evelyn reluctantly helps Martine bury his corpse and use his DNA to create an identical clone of him to help Martine to tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Burton, Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. In addition to publishing novels, short story collections and chapbooks, Subterranean also produced a quarterly publication called ''Subterranean Magazine'' from 2005 to 2014, specialising in short fiction and edited by William Schafer; it had also an online direct seller. In addition to trade editions, the company produces collector's and limited editions. These books are issued with author signatures, in both numbered and lettered states, and are produced using high-grade book papers and bindings with matching slipcases and traycases. History Subterranean Press was founded in 1995. To date, the company has released more than 200 books and is currently averaging between 30 and 50 new titles every year. Subterranean Press released their first imprint, Far Territories, in early 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperVoyager
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The name is a combination of several publishing firm names: Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987—whose own name was the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded in 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company—together with Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded in 1819), acquired in 1989. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian Murray. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes many different imprints, both former independent publishing houses and new imprints. History Collins Harper Mergers and acquisitions Collins was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. Founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, the founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. History Founded by Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes, and Shane Smith (the latter two being childhood friends), the magazine was launched in 1994 as the ''Voice of Montreal'' with government funding. The intention of the founders was to provide work and a community service. When the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher, Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to ''Vice'' in 1996. Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saga Press
Gallery Publishing Group is a general interest publisher and a division of Simon & Schuster which houses the imprints Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Scout Press, Gallery 13, and Saga Press. Jen Bergstrom is the Senior Vice President and Publisher. History Simon & Schuster created the Gallery Books imprint in 2009 to unite the editorial teams of Pocket Books and Simon Spotlight Entertainment (or SSE), and Gallery Books launched its first list in 2010. Louise Burke was named executive vice-president and publisher while Jennifer Bergstrom, who had been publisher of SSE, would be editor-in-chief. Gallery’s initial mission was to focus on women's fiction, pop culture and entertainment. Simon & Schuster announced a reorganization in October 2012 that created four divisions, with the Gallery Publishing Group as one. When the reorganization was complete, Gallery Publishing Group consisted of Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Pocket Star, and Karen Hunter Books. In the years since, Pocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimmer Magazine
''Shimmer Magazine '' was a quarterly magazine which published speculative fiction, with a focus on material that is dark, humorous or strange. Established in June 2005, ''Shimmer'' was published in digest format and Portable Document Format (PDF) and was edited by Beth Wodzinski. ''Shimmer'' featured stories from award-winning authors Jay Lake and Ken Scholes; comic book artist Karl Kesel also contributed artwork. The magazine ceased publication with issue 46 published in November 2018. History In mid-April 2005, Beth Wodzinski began having "vague thoughts" about starting an on-line, downloadable zine. While worried that she wouldn't have much time to devote to such a project, she wanted to support authors who wrote the kind of stories she liked, and to reject authors who wrote "alright" instead of "all right." About a month later, Beth came up with the ideal name for her zine: "Shimmer." Beth then recruited a few on-line friends to help develop the magazine. J.L. Radle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stet (short Story)
"Stet" (stylized STET) is a science fiction short story by Sarah Gailey, about self-driving cars. It was first published in ''Fireside Magazine'' in October 2018. Synopsis Rather than being a narrative, "Stet" is presented as a scientific paper analyzing the principles by which self-driving cars make decisions. The paper is interspersed with suggestions to remove or change content which the journal editor finds inappropriate, to each of which the paper's author responds " stet". Reception "Stet" was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Short Story2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists by , at TheHugoAwards.org; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cast Of Wonders
Cast may refer to: Music * Cast (band), an English alternative rock band * Cast (Mexican band), a progressive Mexican rock band * The Cast, a Scottish musical duo: Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis * ''Cast'', a 2012 album by Trespassers William * ''Cast'', a 2018 album by KAT-TUN Science and technology * Casting (metalworking) ** Cast iron, a group of iron-carbon alloys * Cast (geology), a cavity formed by decomposition that once were covered by a casing material * Cast, visible piles of mineral-rich organic matter excreted above ground by earthworms * Cast of the eye, a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object * Orthopedic cast, a protective shell to hold a limb in place, for example to help in healing broken bones * Cast (computer science), to change the interpretation of a bit pattern from one data type to another in computer programming * Urinary cast, tubules found in urine * Google Cast, a protocol built into the Goog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller. It is a Fortune 1000 company and the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. As of July 7, 2020, the company operates 614 retail stores across all 50 U.S. states. Barnes & Noble operates mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores. The company's headquarters are at 33 E. 17th Street on Union Square in New York City. After a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American bookstore industry since the 1990s, Barnes & Noble stands alone as the United States' largest national bookstore chain. Previously, Barnes & Noble operated the chain of small B. Dalton Bookseller stores in malls until they announced the liquidation of the chain. The company was also one of the nation's largest manager of college textbook stores located on or near many college campuses when that division was spun off as a separate public company called Barnes & Noble Education in 2015. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devilfish Review
Devilfish or devil fish may refer to: Marine creatures * Devil fish (''Mobula mobular''), a species of eagle ray * Devilfish, a name given to the manta ray (''Manta birostris'') * Devilfish, the venomous fish '' Inimicus didactylus'' * Devilfish, an alternative and possibly obsolete name for the octopus * Gray whales (''Eschrichtius robustus''), called devil fish because of their self-defensive behavior when hunted * Devil fish, two Australian fishes: ** ''Paraplesiops meleagris'' (southern or western blue devil fish) ** ''Paraplesiops bleekeri'' (eastern blue devil fish) * Devil Fish, purported Jenny Haniver cryptids * Devil Fish, octopus-like, carnivorous cryptid, supposedly seen and killed by Czech adventurer Jan Eskymo Welzl in 1906 * Devil fish, deep-sea fishes in the family Ceratiidae, usually colloquially referred to as "sea devils" * Devil fish, the deep-sea fish known as the black seadevil * Devil fish, the Humboldt squid, also known as the "red devil" or "diablo roj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireside Magazine
Fireside may refer to: * The area near a domestic fireplace or a fire ring * Fireside (LDS Church), an evening meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) * Fireside (apple), an apple cultivar * Fireside (band), Swedish rock band Places * Fireside, British Columbia, a community in Canada * Fireside, Ohio, a community in the United States See also * Fireside poets, group of 19th-century U.S. poets from New England * Fireside Books, publishing imprint of Simon & Schuster * The Fireside Bowl, concert venue in Chicago, Illinois * Fireside chats, evening radio talks given by U.S. President F. D. Roosevelt * ''Fireside Favourites'' (1980), album by Fad Gadget * The Fireside Girls, a group of female protagonists in the TV cartoon ''Phineas and Ferb'' * ''Fireside Theatre'' (1949–1958), U.S. TV anthology drama series on NBC * By the Fireside, pseudonym for UK musical artist Daniel Lea * Marvel Fireside Books ''Marvel Fireside Books'' were a series of full-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
