Thursday, September 12, 2013

Throwback Thursday (127)

I found this picture of Trinity College Library, and thought it would work for this meme with a little play with lighting and adding the words.


Let's talk about those books already on the shelves, yours or the stores.

I have a post for books I'm looking forward to coming out;
Looking Forward To...
But what about all those wonderful books that are ALREADY on the shelves.

Whether it be on your shelf waiting to be read or on the shelves in the stores waiting for you to give it a good home.

So, I thought I would share a book a week that is just waiting for me to travel through it's world.

Now... where do I start? Lets go by Published Date on the books...

This Week:

I just love the complete sounds of this one.  I wanted it for a long time then was able to get it (in ebook I think).  I love this cover as well! So much here and the looks of an amazing world.

Goodreads Synopsis:
Kay Kenyon, noted for her science fiction world-building, has in this new series created her most vivid and compelling society, the Universe Entire. In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire is a bizarre and seductive mix of long-lived quasi-human and alien beings gathered under a sky of fire, called the bright. A land of wonders, the Entire is sustained by monumental storm walls and an exotic, never-ending river. Over all, the elegant and cruel Tarig rule supreme. 

Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot, bereft of his beloved wife and daughter who are assumed dead by everyone on earth except Quinn. Believing them trapped in a parallel universe—one where he himself may have been imprisoned—he returns to the Entire without resources, language, or his memories of that former life. He is assisted by Anzi, a woman of the Chalin people, a Chinese culture copied from our own universe and transformed by the kingdom of the bright. Learning of his daughter’s dreadful slavery, Quinn swears to free her. To do so, he must cross the unimaginable distances of the Entire in disguise, for the Tarig are lying in wait for him. As Quinn’s memories return, he discovers why. Quinn’s goal is to penetrate the exotic culture of the Entire—to the heart of Tarig power, the fabulous city of the Ascendancy, to steal the key to his family’s redemption. 

But will his daughter and wife welcome rescue? Ten years of brutality have forced compromises on everyone. What Quinn will learn to his dismay is what his own choices were, long ago, in the Universe Entire. He will also discover why a fearful multiverse destiny is converging on him and what he must sacrifice to oppose the coming storm. 

This is high-concept SF written on the scale of Philip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld, Roger Zelazny’s Amber Chronicles, and Dan Dimmons’s Hyperion.

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12 comments:

  1. Oh, wow, just the name Universe Entire sounds interesting enough to make me want to read this. You always find these titles I've never even heard of.
    I hope you'll get to read it soon.

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    1. Maja, I have to agree with you. Typing that name caught my eye as well. :) And so glad to find great new titles for you!! :D Thank you!

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  2. Oh this looks like a great book! Get to it. :)

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    1. LOL! I wish I had more time Melissa (B&T) I would love to get to it. :)

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  3. the cover doesn't work for me but it does sound good.

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    1. Jennifer Bielman, bummer. But that's okay, not all covers work for everyone. :) Thank you for stopping!

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  4. I've been sick in bed all week and missed my Thursday! Grrr. I'll be putting it up later today, better late than never!

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  5. OK I've posted my Throwback Thursday message and told my friends on Twitter about it. This week I'll get it posted on the right day!

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