Reseña de ARC: The Tangleroot Palace: Stories by Marjorie M. Liu

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The Tangleroot Palace: Stories 

by Marjorie M. Liu

 

 256 pages

Published June 15th 2021 by Tachyon Publications

ISBN: 1616963522 (ISBN13: 9781616963521)

Edition Language: English

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

For those that still are confused: NOT A COMIC BOOK.

Anthology of short stories and novelletes , ranging from fantasy to horror and post-apocalypsis.

Apparently a good portion of readers know Marjorie M. Liu from the graphic novel "Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening", but I have been a fan of her ever since I read "The Iron Hunt" from her incredible urban fantasy series Hunter Kiss. Here she presents us with some of her short stories, of which I knew a couple; At the end of these Liu gives some comments from when they were written, some of which she considers to be part of the universe of her ideas (like Dirk & Steel), that is to say full of magic.

Rseña de Manga Midori no Tsumishiro - Reparations in Green

Midori no Tsumishiro - Reparations in Green 

by 

Umesato

 

190 pages

Published by flower comics

ISBN: 409137770X (ISBN13: 9784091377708)

Edition Language: English

My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Este volumen contiene 4 historias cortas muy distintas, variando entre el misterio normal hasta la fantasia.

1.-Reparations in Green - 4 stars La primera historia es la mejor. Un abogado llega buscando a una mujer diciendo que su marido tras su muerte ha dejado varias deudas,. La cuestion es que la mujer no la visto en 40 años. Asi comienza la historia donde ella se reencuentra con su pasado, muchas mentiras, y un tanto de misterio. Es una historia agridulce.

 

 

 

Reseña: An Apple for the Creature (Antologia)

An Apple for the Creature 

by

Charlaine Harris  (Editor), Toni L.P. Kelner (Editor),

Ilona Andrews, Jonathan Maberry, Donald Harstad, Marjorie M. Liu, Rhys Bowen, Amber Benson, Faith Hunter, Steve Hockensmith, Nancy Holder, Thomas E. Sniegoski, M.R. Carey

  

336 pages

Published 2012 by Ace 

ISBN:0425256804 (ISBN13: 9780425256800)

Edition Language: English

 

BLURB: What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about a crash course in the paranormal from Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, editors of Home Improvement: Undead Edition? Your worst school nightmares—taking that math test you never studied for, finding yourself naked in school assembly, not knowing which door to enter—will pale in comparison to these thirteen original stories that take academic anxiety to whole new realms.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s story, "Playing Possum," Sookie Stackhouse brings enough birthday cupcakes for her nephew's entire class but finds she's one short when the angry ex-boyfriend of the school secretary shows up.

When her guardian, Kate Daniels, sends her undercover to a school for exceptional children, teenaged Julie learns an all-new definition of "exceptional," in New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews's "Magic Tests." For those who like fangs with their forensics, New York Times bestselling author Nancy Holder offers "VSI," in which FBI agent Claire is tested as never before in a school for Vampire Scene Investigation. And in New York Times bestselling author Thomas Sniegoski's "The Bad Hour," Remy Chandler and his dog Marlowe find evil unleashed in an obedience school.

You'll need more than an apple to stave off the creatures in these and nine other stories. Remember your first lesson: resistance is fruitless!

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

My shelves: fantasia-urbana, ghosts, horror, magia, psychic-powers, shapeshifters, short-story, vampiros, werewolf-hombrelobo-lycans, witches-wizards 

Antologia de relatos cortos de lo sobrenatural y la educación en diversas formas que van desde Ilona Andrews a Charlaine Harris y Faith Hunter, pasando por Marjorie M. Liu (cuya historia buscaba al leer esto), la historia excepcional de Mike Carey y varios otros autores desconocidos para mi. Recibe el nombre por la historia corta de Faith Hunter.

Reseña: Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo

{Leido para el desafio "Todos lo han leido menos yo" }

Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo 

by 

J.K. Rowling

118 pages

Published December 2008 by Salamandra (first published 2007)

Original Title_The Tales of Beedle the Bard

ISBN:8498381967 (ISBN13: 9788498381962)

Edition Language:Spanish

Series:Hogwarts Library

setting:United Kingdom

BLURB: Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo contienen cinco cuentos de hadas muy diferentes, cada uno con su propio carácter mágico, que deleitarán al lector con su humor y la emoción del peligro de muerte.
Muggles y magos por igual disfrutarán de los comentarios añadidos al final de cada relato, escritos por el profesor Albus Dumbledore, que cavila en ellos sobre las enseñanzas que nos dejan los cuentos, revelando al mismo tiempo pizcas de información sobre la vida en Hogwarts.
Con ilustraciones realizadas por su autora, J.K. Rowling, este libro único y mágico perdurará como un pequeño tesoro en los años venideros.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Contiene 5 historias :

1)El mago y el cazo saltarín.

2)La fuente de la buena fortuna.

{donde, curiosamente tenemos una intervención del Quijote de Cervantes : «Y Amata se enganchó en la armadura de un caballero de semblante triste que estaba allí montado en un flaco rocín.»}

Reseña: Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud

Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud 

by

 Martha Wells

206 pages

Published October 7th 2014 by Night Shade Books (first published September 1st 2014)

Original Title:Stories of the Raksura, Volume One: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud

ISBN:1597805351 (ISBN13: 9781597805353)

Edition Language:English

Series:The Books of the Raksura 0.1; 0.2; 0.4; 3.6, Stories of the Raksura #1

BLURB:  In The Falling World, Jade, ruler of the Indigo Cloud Court, has travelled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult. 

The Tale of Indigo and Cloud explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon came to Court. In the distant past, Indigo stole Cloud from Emerald Twilight. But in doing so, the reigning Queen Cerise and Indigo are now poised for a conflict that could ruin everything.

Stories of Moon and the shape changers of Raksura have delighted readers for years. This world is a dangerous place full of strange mysteries, where the future can never be taken for granted, and must always be fought for with wits and ingenuity, and often tooth and claw. With two brand-new novellas, Martha Wells shows that the world of Raksura has many more stories to tell...

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: fantasy, aerial-shapeshifters, adventure, beware-of-the-queen, kind-of-magic, warriors, anthology

Two novellas about the Raksura verse, and 2 short stories.

Reseña: Kicking It (Es una Antologia de UF/PNR)

Kicking It 

by  

Faith Hunter, Kalayna Price,  Rachel Caine , Chloe Neill , Rob Thurman, Shannon K. Butcher , Lucienne Diver, Christina Henry  , Chris Marie Green

 

349 pages

Published December 3rd 2013 by Roc Trade 

 

ISBN

0451419006 (ISBN13: 9780451419002)

Edition Language

English

URL

http://shannonkbutcher.com/anthologiesstand-alones/kicking-it/

My rating:

2.5 walking stars
 


Lo lei por Faith Hunter, y sentia curiosidad por R.Caine y Price.

Son 9 historias, y voy a ponerlo asi.

Las mejores historias cortas del volumen