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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Time" focuses on one of these universes and humanity's near future exploration and manipulation of the universe and the basic principles underlying it while dealing with the seemingly inevitable doomsday scenario inherent in the supposition that if the humans alive today are in a random place in the whole human history timeline, chances are we are about halfway through it. The Manifold in the titles refers to the concept of multiple universes and divergent timestreams. I've recently finished reading Stephen Baxter's "Manifold: Time" (available as a free e-book from ) and "Manifold: Space" and they have inspired fresh thoughts about what humanity's place in the universe might be. Fate of humanity, galactic evolution, manifold space, manifold time, stephen baxter ![]() ![]() ![]() It represents but one possible reading, rather like time travel fiction in which the future one visits turns out to be only one of several possible futures. Don’t you see? It doesn’t ruin anything! The sequel presupposes and thus includes the original in its narrative universe, but the original does not include or presuppose the sequel! That is obvious enough, but some seem to think a sequel must control our reading of the original, since a sequel does indeed reinterpret the original-but only on its own horizon. ![]() For one thing, whatever someone writes as a follow-up to the original, whether it’s the same author or a fan who writes it as a tribute, it need not retroactively contaminate the original tale. What, pray tell, is wrong with sequels? Just that they tend to be derivative, repetitive, and threaten the integrity of the original? Is that all that’s bothering you? I wouldn’t trouble your still-attached head with such worries, my friend!Ī sequel is nothing but a particular kind of thought experiment, one that might turn out to be fun if you give it a chance. ![]() ![]() “Though I had met her before, and though I adored The Originals and Legacies and Roswell, New Mexico, when we had drinks she was so wonderfully, amazingly astute about storytelling, she understood the themes in my books so well, and she was such an incredible powerhouse of business acumen and nutball levels of intelligence, I knew I would be insanely lucky to have her take charge of as many of my novels as she wanted. “One day in early 2020, Julie Plec and I drank white wine and ate taco chips together in a Mexican restaurant,” said Lockhart. Being able to adapt it for television is a career highlight for me - not to mention how thrilled I am to bring the lovely, intimate, emotional journey that is Again Again to life with Carina and the Emilys (Lockhart and Cummins).” It’s mysterious, romantic and devastating - and Family of Liars showed me just how sprawling and multi-generational the series can be. “It’s one of the best YA novels I’ve ever read, and I’ve read a lot. ![]() “I’ve chased We Were Liars for years,” Plec said. ![]() ![]() In a landscape where “every shadow held a threat”, the resourceful, proud brothers, who are so protective of each other, are unbearably vulnerable. The cost of being caught would be great and Harris ramps up the tension. Augustin, who loves the French language so is reluctant to speak in English, is nailed by his ear to a hut while others have iron weights around their ankles or spiked collars on their necks. The rape and abuse of female slaves is commonplace and the punishment meted out for minor mistakes is horrific. On Grenada, the “Goddamns”, English and Scottish plantation owners, are beyond vicious. ![]() Lucien’s back “is ridged with an island of scars, a map of tyranny, and a permanent reminder of our father”, a slave owner who beat him with a table leg and punched him until he passed out. Jane Harris is unflinching in her descriptions of their horrifying lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is not a good omen and, as Lucien says, “Both of us perturb by how gullible we had been.” Determined to act more sensibly, Emile, who could “out-slink a cat”, constantly urges caution on their unenviable endeavour but Lucien, prickly and “all up in the snuff with him for flinging orders at me what seem like a thousand times per second”, always manages to make their predicament more precarious.Īnd it is precarious, scary and dangerous, too. The brothers arrive by boat, captained by Bianco who pretends to be deaf and dumb but is anything but, as he reveals to the siblings after they have discussed their secret plans in front of him. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Loose ends abound but presumably the sequel, scheduled for 2006, will reveal the identity of the evil "whitecoats" and their motives as well as who owns the Voice speaking inside Max's head. The point of view shifts jerkily before settling into Max's first-person narration, which is self-deprecating but never sounds like a real teen's voice, and the novel is strewn with mutations of nouns-turned-adjectives ("tunnel-visiony," "antisepticky," even "Robin Hoodsy"). The often violent hunt-and-chase plot resembles that of a Saturday morning superhero cartoon. Well, nothing except to aid a stranger, bond with some real birds, eat lunch and take lengthy naps. When the School's henchmen "Erasers," "half-men, half-wolves" (one of whom is their rescuer Jeb's seven-year-old son) kidnap six-year-old Angel, the youngest member of "the flock," Max and company will stop at nothing to rescue her. Max (aka Maximum Ride), the 14-year-old girl from both of the aforementioned novels, leads a band of mutant orphans hiding from the sinister scientists at "the School," who grafted avian DNA onto their genes, giving them wings (plot points established in When the Wind Blows). Thriller writer Patterson takes characters that first appeared in his adult novels When the Wind Blows and its sequel, The Lake House, and places them in an overblown, nearly incomprehensible story pitched at young adults. ![]() ![]() Despite its filthy-for-the-time language and a real downer of an ending, the book was popular right away, even being chosen as a Book-of-the-Month Club selection before it was published. Its two main characters, George and Lennie, embody the American struggle to survive the Depression-and capture the isolation and suffering that exist even in the land of opportunity. Set in the American West during the Great Depression, the book is based on Steinbeck's experiences during a 1936 assignment for the San Francisco News covering the migrant workers in California. Not to mention, its message isn't exactly full of praise for the American way of life. The book's ending is beyond sad, and might be considered an endorsement of euthanasia. ![]() Since it was published in 1937, it's been banned about as often as it's been assigned. Adults can't decide if they want to require you to read John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men-or make that sure you never even pick it up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Cori Deyoe, 3 Seas Literary Agency. There is no neat solution to the problems Kendra and Grayson face, but the journey is well worth it. Brown (Bitter End) skillfully navigates the emotional complexities and psychological minefields of her characters and their relationship, treating OCD with delicacy without losing sight of the big picture. Bitter End by Brown, Jennifer Hardcover: Brown: : Books Buy used: 16.57 3.99 delivery July 11 - 15. Al principio, Alex es completamente feliz. Instead, they find an endless series of seedy motels, pick up a hitchhiker who has her own problems, and have some cathartic heart-to-hearts. Bitter End - Jennifer Brown Cuando Alex se enamora del encantador chico nuevo en la escuela, Cole un guapo, divertido, estrella del deporte que la adora no puede creer que por fin ha encontrado su alma gemela. ![]() May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. ![]() When a cheating scandal threatens to destroy Kendra’s academic standing, she snaps, dragging Grayson on a cross-country trip from Missouri to California in an ill-defined attempt to “fix” both their lives. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. She has lived her life around keeping Grayson under control and out of trouble, even as his condition drives away her best friend, Zoe. Seventeen-year-old Kendra defines herself by two things: her drive for academic and personal perfection, and her older brother Grayson’s severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. The bond between a brother and sister is stretched to the breaking point in this well-crafted road-trip drama born out of intense family pressures and questionable decisions. ![]() ![]() There, G’ma shows Scoob a copy of the Green Book from 1963. When they make their first stop in Cheaha State Park in Alabama, G’ma and Scoob set out to watch the sunset from Bunker Tower, the highest point in the state. G’ma, on the other hand, is more sympathetic.Īs G’ma and Scoob travel, they notice people staring rudely at them, and because they are in the South, it is likely because G’ma is white and Scoob is Black. Scoob has been getting into trouble at school and feels like James is particularly hard on him and is unwilling to listen to his side of the story. G’ma invited Scoob to road trip with her, and he was anxious to get away, despite having been grounded by his father, James Robert Lamar, Jr. ![]() The novel sections off portions with different “Routes” which are represented by “Chapters” in this guide.Ĭontent Warnings: This novel discusses instances of racism and violence and includes the death of a loved one.Ĭlean Getaway opens with William “Scoob” Lamar and his grandmother, G’ma, on the road in an RV that G’ma just purchased after selling her home. ![]() ![]() ![]() This study guide refers to the 2020 version of Clean Getaway published by Crown Books for Young Readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rodney offers an antidote to such poisonous lines of thinking by offering a historically sound explanation without resorting to moralizing on the evils of European imperialism and colonialism. It is easy to dismiss colonialism and exploitation as being in the past and attributing the misery of Africans to a variety of euphemistic factors such as “culture” to justify the inequality of the current world order. Understanding the systemic reasons for Africa’s poverty and the historical events that led up to it can fill an important gap that can otherwise be filled unconsciously by pseudo-white-supremacist explanations. The problems Rodney outlines still haunt us today, and if anything, even less is being done than in the era of ‘flag independence’.įor anyone remotely interested in understanding how the current hierarchy of the world was constructed, reading this book is a must. Sadly, it is still as relevant as when it was written almost half a century ago. ![]() Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa presents a well-researched and compelling account detailing how Africa became the way it is. Being African I have always wondered why the continent which is the richest in natural resources is so far behind the rest of the world in development. ![]() |