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Sam J. Miller

    Sam J. Miller je posledný v dlhom rade mäsiarov a autor ocenený cenou Nebula za knihu THE ART OF STARVING, ktorá bola označená za jednu z najlepších kníh roka podľa NPR. Jeho druhý román, BLACKFISH CITY, bol označený za "Must Read" podľa Entertainment Weekly a O: The Oprah Magazine a za najlepšiu knihu roka 2018 podľa Washington Post, Publishers Weekly a ďalších. Miller sa zosobášil na guerillovej svadbe v tieni kostry dinosaura. Žije v New Yorku.

    Sam J. Miller
    Boys, Beasts & Men
    Delhi
    Migrants
    A Strange Kind of Paradise
    Recognize Fascism
    Blackfish City
    • A remarkable work of dystopian imagination . . .a gorgeously realised world that feels authentic . . . [Miller] writes exquisitely and presents us with a future that is terrifyingly plausible but never less than mesmerising . . . It's too early in the year to begin assembling 2018's 'best of' list, but Blackfish City has got to be an early contender. STARBURST

      Blackfish City
    • Recognize Fascism

      A Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology

      • 260 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      Exploring the theme of resistance against fascism, this collection of stories highlights pivotal moments when individuals recognize and confront oppression. Characters include a transgender poet on a satellite who uses her art to combat tyranny, a machine ethicist navigating a surveillance state, an unexpected golem responding to a call for action, and a jailed musician rediscovering the power of rebellion through music. Each narrative illustrates diverse forms of anti-fascist rebellion across various worlds and timelines.

      Recognize Fascism
    • A Strange Kind of Paradise

      • 432 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      Sam Miller investigates how the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Chinese, Arabs, Africans, Europeans and Americans - everyone really, except for Indians themselves - came to imagine India.

      A Strange Kind of Paradise
    • Humans are the most migratory species of all land mammals. Migrants cuts through the toxic debates about refugees versus economic migrants to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move.

      Migrants
    • Delhi

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania
      3,9(20)Ohodnotiť

      In an extraordinary portrayal of one of the world's fastest growing cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi.

      Delhi
    • Boys, Beasts & Men

      • 330 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania
      4,0(762)Ohodnotiť

      Introduction by Amal El-Mohtar Allosaurus Burgers 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides We Are the Cloud Conspicuous Plumage Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart Shucked The Beasts We Want to Be Calved When Your Child Strays from God Things with Beards Ghosts of Home The Heat of Us: Notes Towards an Oral History Angel, Monster, Man Sun in an Empty Room

      Boys, Beasts & Men
    • The first Blue Guide to cover the entire Indian subcontintent, from Assam to Tamil Nadu. Elegantly written by a long-standing India expert, former BBC Delhi correspondent Sam Miller, who now heads the India arm of the BBC World Service Trust.

      Blue Guide India
    • The Art of Starving

      • 372 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
      3,7(4508)Ohodnotiť

      Winner of the 2017 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book! “Funny, haunting, beautiful, relentless, and powerful, The Art of Starving is a classic in the making.”—Book Riot Matt hasn’t eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won’t give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp—and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he’s going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away. Matt’s hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: the less he eats the more he seems to have . . . powers. The ability to see things he shouldn’t be able to see. The knack of tuning in to thoughts right out of people’s heads. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space. So what is lunch, really, compared to the secrets of the universe? Matt decides to infiltrate Tariq’s life, then use his powers to uncover what happened to Maya. All he needs to do is keep the hunger and longing at bay. No problem. But Matt doesn’t realize there are many kinds of hunger…and he isn’t in control of all of them. A darkly funny, moving story of body image, addiction, friendship, and love, Sam J. Miller’s debut novel will resonate with any reader who’s ever craved the power that comes with self-acceptance.

      The Art of Starving
    • A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving power of friendship. Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve. Ash lost all memory of that event when she fell from Solomon’s treehouse. Since then, Solomon has retreated further and further into a world he seems to have created in his own mind. One that insulates him from reality, but crawls with foes and monsters . . . in both animal and human form. As Solomon slips further into the place he calls Darkside, Ash realizes her only chance to free her best friend from his pain is to recall exactly what happened that day in his backyard and face the truth—together. Fearless and profound, Sam J. Miller’s follow up to his award-winning debut novel, The Art of Starving, spins an intimate and impactful tale that will linger with readers.

      Destroy All Monsters
    • The Blade Between

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
      3,4(663)Ohodnotiť

      From Nebula Award winner Sam J. Miller comes a frightening and uncanny ghost story about a rapidly changing city in upstate New York and the mysterious forces that threaten it. Ronan Szepessy promised himself he'd never return to Hudson. The sleepy upstate town was no place for a restless gay photographer. But his father is ill and New York City's distractions have become too much for him. He hopes that a quick visit will help him recharge. Ronan reconnects with two friends from high school: Dom, his first love, and Dom's wife, Attalah. The three former misfits mourn what their town has become--overrun by gentrifiers and corporate interests. With friends and neighbors getting evicted en masse and a mayoral election coming up, Ronan and Attalah craft a plan to rattle the newcomers and expose their true motives. But in doing so, they unleash something far more mysterious and uncontainable. Hudson has a rich, proud history and, it turns out, the real-state developers aren't the only forces threatening its well-being: the spirits undergirding this once-thriving industrial town are enraged. Ronan's hijinks have overlapped with a bubbling up of hate and violence among friends and neighbors, and everything is spiraling out of control. Ronan must summon the very best of himself to shed his own demons and save the city he once loathed.

      The Blade Between