![]() ![]() Despite being set in an unnamed African state, it was clearly a satire on post-independence Nigeria detailing the greed and vanity of the slide into corruption and the cynical lip service paid to traditional values by aspirant politicians on the make. ![]() 'Everything in the book is happening,' he said, 'except the coup.'" The book was Achebe's fourth novel, A Man of the People, which was due to be published in London a few days later. "And then he burst through the door holding a book and shouting that I was a prophet. The meeting that night was delayed because one of the members was late. We thought it would keep us writers safe." ![]() It wasn't yet a complete failure, and we still thought we could get things right. There was theft, corruption and even some violence. But six years after the celebrations and optimism that marked Nigerian independence, he says there were already "far too many indications that we might not be going to have a good time. ![]() His 1958 debut novel, Things Fall Apart, had made him a literary celebrity abroad and an influential public intellectual at home. I n January 1966 Chinua Achebe attended a meeting of the newly founded Society of Nigerian Authors. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Their father was a warlord involved in mob justice and money heist. Mqhele is the most famous of the Zulu brothers, a formidable crime family with a dark and tumultuous past. Mqhele and Hlomu stand by each other through good and bad times, making their love strong. As a successful black female author, Dudu Busani Dube was named as one of the top 18 young achievers in the eThekwini municipality in 2018. She has emerged as the face of self-publishing in SA, having written and published four best-selling novels. ![]() Dudu Busani-Dube began the “Hlomu The Wife” book series as a blog in 2014 and later followed it up with four installments, which were all bestsellers.ĭudu, who The Johannesburg Reviews of Books have described as a publishing phenomenon, has sold tens of thousands of copies of her books. The author, who is also a journalist, has published seven books thus far in her career and plans on concluding the Hlomu book series with the sixth and final installment. She is best recognized as the author of the “Hlomu The Wife” book series, which was later adapted into TV series by the MultiChoice’s video streaming service, Showmax. ![]() ![]() Dudu Busani, the South African author and publisher, has become quite famous for becoming one of the few self-published authors to attain best-selling status for almost all of her books. ![]() ![]() But together, the universe's most advanced mech and its first human-mech hybrid might have the power to change the galaxy for good. Abel only has one mission left that matters: save the life of Noemi Vidal. ![]() The final battle between Earth and the colony planets is here, and there's no lengths to which Earth won't go to preserve its domination over all humanity. Not quite mech, yet not quite human any longer, Noemi must find her place in a universe where she is utterly unique, all while trying to create a world where anyone-even a mech-can be free. ![]() ![]() Burton Mansfield's consciousness lives on, desperate for a home, and Abel's own body is his last bargaining chip.īrought back from the brink of death, Noemi Vidal finds Abel has not only saved her life, but he's made her into something else, something more. To do that, he not only has to escape the Genesis authorities, he also must face the one person in the galaxy who still has the means to destroy him. The stunning finale to the Defy the Stars trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline.Ībel only has one mission left that matters: save the life of Noemi Vidal. ![]() ![]() Terrorist attacks, never ending school shootings, and plagues were out childhood. There are generations of people today-like millennials and gen Z-who have been raised on tragedy and destruction. We need creators to consider the people in those buildings. Readers and consumers of superhero fiction are not content with just watching Superman demolish buildings in order to stop the latest villain’s world-ending plot. We have seen this trend in both comic books and film, where a certain practicality has been applied to thinking about superheroes and their effects on the world. A literary and creative time period where superheroes cannot be taken at face value anymore, where the implications of people with extraordinary powers must be considered and no longer ignored. In the world of comic books, and superheroes in particular, we currently find ourselves the Modern Age. We are long passed the silver and bronze ages as well. ![]() This is no longer the Golden Age of Superheroes. ![]() ![]() ![]() I read it in one big gulp, and I think it is extraordinary. ![]() After his first story with genre content, "Carnival" for Gallery in August 1980 – assembled with much of his short fiction of fantastic interest in Matinee at the Flame (coll 2006) – most of his later work of interest is Horror, though The Lyssa Syndrome ( 1990) introduces a focusing sf element in its description of a closed venue – the isolated town typical of horror novels of recent decades – decimated by a mutant strain of rabies. Buy a cheap copy of The Lyssa Syndrome book by Christopher Fahy. ![]() (1937- ) US author whose first works – like The Compost Heap ( 1970) – convey in mundane contexts a quiet enragedness that can seem scattershot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Snyder’s latest film, “Justice League,” emphasized the importance of teamwork over superheroes going it alone. 4,325 Ratings The bestselling novels from the foremost philosopher of the modern age, this set includes Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. More recently, Snyder has been making films from the DC Comics universe. The parallel was apt - Snyder was the filmmaker who finally brought “Watchmen” to screen, in an adaptation that strove to be frame-by-frame faithful to the original graphic novel. Over 300 books (and probably even more authors) are mentioned on Gilmore Girls. Roger Ebert wrote that the first film was “the most anticlimactic non-event since Geraldo Rivera broke into Al Capone’s vault,” adding that part of the reason he bothered to write the review was that “there are however people who take Ayn Rand even more seriously than comic-book fans take ‘Watchmen.’” While some of the fare read by Rory and Jess in Gilmore Girls is standard high school reading, other books, like The Fountainhead, are a bit heavier. Rand’s other famous novel, “Atlas Shrugged,” was adapted into a series of three films released between 20 all were panned by critics. ![]() The novel has drawn the attention of other filmmakers over the years, including Oliver Stone, who reportedly wanted to cast Brad Pitt in a film version of the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Characters: I have been dying to get in Eloise’s head since we met her.Check out my more detailed thoughts below… ![]() It’s only three months, right? Then she’ll say goodbye to Jasper Vale, and with any luck, hello to her new hotel. But her brooding husband seems desperate. To fake it for three months so she can accompany him to a wedding. Then she’ll pretend it never happened.Įxcept Jasper begs her to stay married. Her only hope is to keep this marriage a secret until it’s annulled. Jasper must have put her under a spell with those soul-deep eyes because after a single night together, they woke up husband and wife. Until after one weekend in Las Vegas, she comes home married to a stranger. ![]() That her days of being duped and making reckless decisions are history. All she has to do is prove to her parents that she’s the epitome of responsible. Her lifelong dream is to own The Eloise Inn. From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Devney Perry comes a small town, fake relationship romance.Įloise Eden’s pride and joy is her family’s hotel in Quincy, Montana. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel.Īnd for good reason. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. She's brilliant, this young woman.-David Sedaris Simultaneously, I'm shocked and scandalized. I can't recall the last time I laughed this hard at a book. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017Īn electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time ![]() ![]() ![]() In disguise as the scrappy dockworker Jack Camp, this should be easy-once she muscles her way into the local organization, wins the trust of the magnetic local boss and his boys, discovers the turncoat, and keeps them all from uncovering her secrets. ![]() When product goes missing at their Washington Territory outpost, Alma is tasked with tracking the thief and recovering the drugs. ![]() Trained in espionage by the Pinkerton Detective Agency-but dismissed for bad behavior and a penchant for going undercover as a man-Alma now works for Delphine Beaumond, the seductive mastermind of a West Coast smuggling ring. It is 1887, and Alma Rosales is on the hunt for stolen opium. Painstakingly researched and pulsing with adrenaline, Carrasco's debut will leave you thirsty for more." -Lyndsay Faye, author of The Gods of GothamĪ vivid, sexy barn burner of a historical crime audiobook, The Best Bad Things introduces listeners to the fiery Alma Rosales-detective, smuggler, spy "A brazen, brawny, sexy standout of a historical thrill ride, The Best Bad Things is full of unforgettable characters and insatiable appetites. ![]() ![]() They're fun to look at, too: her staging always intrigues. ![]() It's difficult to make cartoons that puncture the pomposity of a group of people that aren't on top of the world without being cruel, and Hokinson never goes there. I think she may still gets a bit of grief for using gag writer, at least among the 30 people who care about old New Yorker cartoonists, but I've always felt the writers used served a tone she supplies. My favorites are the books by Charles Addams and Peter Arno, but I'm very fond of Helen Hokinson's cartoons as well. You can always find New Yorker comics collections for less than $5. * The Ladies, God Bless 'Em, Helen Hokinson, EP Dutton, 1950. It's not one you forget, that's for sure. ![]() Weirdly paced and odd-as-hell looking in the best way, Moon Moth may be my favorite publishing project for First Second. There are a lot of them starting to show up in this price range, as the publishing fervor for comics work has outstripped a bit the desired, broad audience that would support this much activity. ![]() These lists usually end up being filled with old cartoon collections, so I wanted to start with a book less than five years old. * Moon Moth, Jack Vance and Humayoun Ibrahim, First Second, 2012. Five Fun & Interesting Books Either Comics Or Comics-Related You Can Get Right Now For Less Than $5 ![]() |