New Releases
Final Crisis by Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, Carlos Pacheco, and Doug Mahnke
DC Comics. (ISBN-13: 978-1401222819) Hardcover. Length: 352pp
What happens when evil wins? That’s the question Superman, Batman, the Justice League and every being in the DCU have to face when Darkseid and his otherworldly legion of narcissistic followers actually win the war between light and dark. Featuring the deaths and resurrections of major DC characters, FINAL CRISIS is more than your average multi-part event – it’s a deconstruction of Super Hero comics and a challenging, thought-provoking take on the modern, four-color icons..
Hespira by Matthew Hughes
Nightshade Book. (ISBN-13: 978-1597801034) Paperback. Length: 256pp
As magic begins to reassert its ancient dominion, Old Earth’s foremost freelance discriminator, Henghis Hapthorn, and his intuition (now a separate person named Osk Rievor) are living apart, though they remain on good terms. But now there comes between them a woman of alluring mystery. Who is Hespira? Does she truly want either of them? Or has she come to destroy them both?
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence by Susan Schneider
Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN-13: 978-1405149068) Hardcover. Length: 368pp
A timely volume that uses science fiction as a springboard to meaningful philosophical discussions, especially at points of contact between science fiction and new scientific developments. It raises questions and examines timely themes concerning the nature of the mind, time travel, artificial intelligence, neural enhancement, free will, the nature of persons, transhumanism, virtual reality, and neuroethics.
Audio Books
- Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul and read by Ellen Grafton
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