![]() ![]() ![]() As impossible as it seems, what he’s seeing is all too real. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues don’t get chosen to save the universe.Įven stranger, the alien ship he’s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada-in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure.īut hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he’s spent his life consuming. Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() 'We're getting married tomorrow!' Inside Sophie Habboo and Jamie Laing's wedding rehearsal as bride-to-be stuns in white mini dress while husband reunites with pal Spencer Matthews at lavish venue in Spain. ![]() Leonardo DiCaprio's love interest Rose Bertram shows off her endless pins in a daring black thigh-split gown as she attends the Zone Of Interest premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.Joy-Anna Duggar, 25, and husband Austin Forsyth, 29, welcome THIRD child, a baby boy, to their growing family.EXCLUSIVE: Helen Flanagan hints she will return to Coronation Street to 'cause some chaos' - as she heads to home interiors launch event with her daughter Matilda.The Block's Shaynna Blaze reveals the one thing people are doing wrong when it comes to renovating their homes that makes the design 'soulless': 'It becomes a safety net'.Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker look very much in love as they take a casual stroll through New York ahead of rocker's Blink-182 show at Madison Square Garden.Ariana Madix smiles with new man Daniel Wai and Vanderpump Rules co-star Scheana Shay as they celebrate the explosive season finale in NYC.Age-defying Cate Blanchett is the epitome of elegance in a black and white gown as she joins Natalie Portman and Naomi Ackie for the Zone Of Interest premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.Chrissy Teigen is a doting mother as she breastfeeds her baby daughter Esti in an intimate snap. ![]() ![]() “The South in her, the land and salt-winds, moved her through Charleston’s streets as if she were a mobile sapling, with the gait of a well-loved colored woman whose lover was the horizon in any direction. I found her to be a very beautiful spirit: She’s a reminder of those people who see the world in a different way, who are perhaps misunderstood by others because of it. Indigo talks and communicates with her dolls. My favourite sister was Indigo, the youngest, whom we unfortunately only meet at the beginning of the book. The inclusions of all these things made the book into a very sensory, rich experience. ![]() The book seems to be a patchwork of all sorts of things, such as poems, journal entries, letters from the traditional mother with unconventional daughters whose life trajectories end up being so different from hers, and even some great recipes. A tribute to black women trying to find themselves, black women who are trying to live outside the box, clearly not an easy feat.It’s a very honest book about three sisters, Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo from Charleston, South Carolina. ![]() ![]() What is hard seems simple.”- Ntozake Shange Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo So what is most ordinary is made extraordinary. ![]() The force of ritual in her daily undertakings. One thing about a Charlestonian female is her way with little things. “Streets in Charleston wind the way old ladies’ fingers crochet as they unravel the memories of their girlhoods. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Joanna Volpe, Nancy Coffey Literary and Media Representation. smells green, the way a leaf does when you tear it in half”), and the novel’s love story, intricate plot, and unforgettable setting work in concert to deliver a novel that will rivet fans of the first book. New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roths much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent trilogy is another intoxicating thrill-ride. The author has a subtle way of pulling readers into a scene (“The outside air. Roth keeps every chapter action-packed, moving Tris tantalizingly close to learning the secret her parents were fighting to unleash. As stubborn and self-destructive as ever, Tris butts heads with Tobias and tests everyone’s (perhaps even readers’) patience. Reluctantly, she joins forces with the “factionless” to defeat Erudite. ![]() Tris, reeling from the loss of her parents and guilt-ridden over having shot her best friend, must escape the Erudite faction’s horrific takeover by fleeing first to Amity and then Candor. So even though this second book of the trilogy that began with Divergent feels like a necessary bridge between the haunting story she created in book one and the hinted-at chaos of book three, readers will be quick to forgive. ![]() ![]() There are outdoor games and indoor games, games to play solo and games to play with others, arts and crafts, songs and rhymes, playdates and party favorites––even instant activities to do at the kitchen table while dinner’s cooking. Will help parents give their children the kind of childhood that more and more children are missing.”––Mary Piper, PhD., author of Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girlsįrom Animal Doctor to Lunch Bag Puppet, Letter Hunt to Life-Size Me, here are more than 200 screen-free games and activities to help kids enjoy the wholesome, old-fashioned experience of playing creatively and freely.without technology. ![]() Unplug Your Preschooler with more than 200 screen-free games and activities! ![]() ![]() ![]() My arms wound around his neck, my fingers burrowed into his damp hair. One arm slid around my waist, the other came up the middle of my back, holding me close. His hips ground a slow circle against mine, his thigh inching between my legs. The light brown of his eyes fiery, like a shot of whiskey backlit by a white-hot flame. His mouth shaped the words, “I lied,” but no sound reached me over the music. “You told me at the wedding you didn’t dance,” I said, every part of my body conscious of touching every part of his. Our faces so close, I could smell the sweet heat of his food, the bitterness of beer, the salt of his sweat. I’d never stood this close to Theo before. Theo slung my arms around his neck, then put his hands on my hips, and began to move. Some, driven by the sultry tones of the song and the singer’s smoky voice, were grinding their hips together, thighs intertwined. Theo took my hand in his and led me to the small dance floor, where a dozen other couples were swaying to the music. It wasn’t a request, and my traitorous body was already rising to its feet before I could think. It dialed into my already aching body, filling me with a need to be touched.Ī shadow fell over me, and I looked up to see Theo standing, his hand outstretched. But the damn music was bluesy, sexy… A slow burn of want and longing. I concentrated on the music, pretending to listen and resolutely not looking at Theo. Amazon Universal: myBook.to/EmmaScottAllIn ![]() ![]() Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.Īny changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. 14 A rtificial intelligence (AI) could be the most. His next book, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future, will be published on Sept. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Lee is the chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures. ![]() If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. ![]() Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He eventually cuts it down, with tragic consequence. " The Apple Tree" follows the actions of a man who, following the death of his unloved wife, suspects her spirit inhabits an old apple tree in his garden." The Birds" is a horror story in which a Cornish farmhand, his family, and his community are attacked by flocks of birds.It is told from the viewpoint of a nameless mountaineer whose best friend's wife disappears on a trip to climb the peak. " Monte Verità" tells of an isolated mountain, home to a mysterious sect rumoured to be immortal and feared by the local communities from whom it attracts young women who are never heard of again.One of the stories, " The Birds", was made into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963.Īs first published under the title The Apple Tree in 1952: In the United States an expanded version was published in 1953 under the title Kiss Me Again, Stranger: A Collection of Eight Stories, Long and Short by Doubleday including two additional stories, "The Split Second" and "No Motive". It was originally published by Gollancz in the United Kingdom in 1952 as The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Several Long Stories, and was re-issued by Penguin in 1963 under the current title. The Birds and Other Stories is a collection of stories by the British author Daphne du Maurier. ![]() ![]() Clara Boza, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC Reading Hunger is uncomfortable, illuminating, and necessary.” “Brave, heartbreaking, and unflinching, this is a powerful examination of how trauma scars our bodies, how our bodies betray us in return, and how even the most well-meaning among us participate in shaming those whose differences make us uncomfortable. Todd Miller (M), Arcadia Books, Spring Green, WI Summer 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List You'll have another chance tomorrow - just remember to like yourself enough to overcome the fear of healing and try again. ![]() When you decide that this is the day you're going to change and you get out of bed and fail, that's pretty normal. ![]() The descriptions of addictive behavior and the journey to want to heal make this book more universal than I expected. It's about our obsession with body weight and body image, what happens when we internalize our pain and become self-destructive, and how very, very large people are treated in humiliating ways. “This memoir is about trauma and privilege, self-loathing, and a silent fear kept secret for far too long. ![]() ![]() These range from impossible-to-remember (non-spherical) objects, a gun that turns targets into anti-memetically cloaked worms, multiple extinct once-great civilizations, predatory ideo-complices that prey on Foundation researchers’ memories and erase them from cognition, and the malicious, omnipresent SCP-3125. There Is No Antimemetics Division – written by self-published author Sam “qntm” Hughes from 2008 to 2020 – tackles the idea of the inverse: concepts, objects, and entities that censor themselves through memory loss, data corruption, and other anomalous means. ![]() ![]() The terms “cognitohazard” and “memetic kill agent” are forever etched into common Foundation narratives. In the context of the SCP Foundation – a 15-year-old community-driven writing project about a clandestine non-governmental organization dedicated to Securing, Containing, and Protecting objects deemed anomalous to baseline reality, now nearly 7,000 objects strong – these ideas may spread, benefit, corrupt, maim, or kill simply by existing in a human mind. Memes and memetics refers to the concept of ideas behaving like genes, how cultural information transfers throughout society and, in so doing, mutates. ![]() |