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![]() ![]() Bagnall, U of Rhode Island Hanna Brady Mattie Brice Derek Burrill, U of California, Riverside Edmond Y. Perfect for both everyday readers and instructors looking to add diversity to their courses, Queer Game Studies is the ideal introduction to the vast and vibrant realm of queer gaming.Ĭontributors: Leigh Alexander Gregory L. ![]() ![]() Queer Game Studies covers important subjects such as the representation of queer bodies, the casual misogyny prevalent in video games, the need for greater diversity in gamer culture, and reading popular games like Bayonetta, Mass Effect, and Metal Gear Solid from a queer perspective. Demonstrating the centrality of LGBTQ issues to the gamer world, they establish an alternative lens for examining this increasingly important culture. These in-depth, diverse, and accessible essays use queerness to challenge the ideas that have dominated gaming discussions. Queer Game Studies provides a welcome corrective, revealing the capacious albeit underappreciated communities that are making, playing, and studying queer games. Immersion in new worlds, video games seem to offer the perfect opportunity to explore the alterity that queer culture longs for, but often sexism and discrimination in gamer culture steal the spotlight. Video games have developed into a rich, growing field at many top universities, but they have rarely been considered from a queer perspective. ![]() ![]() Kris is faced with the manifestation of his long-dead wife, Rheya, and his guilt over her suicide, but whatever is tormenting the other scientists appears to be much worse. Solaris was first published in 1961 and is a classic of modern science fiction, twice adapted for film - by Tarkovsky in 1972 and Steven Soderbergh in 2002. But their clumsy, aggressive approach has provoked a terrifying response from the ocean, which is now confronting them with their most painful repressed thoughts and memories in human form. The researchers had been trying to investigate the ocean planet, and probe the secrets of its alien lifeforms. ![]() When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the scientific research station hovering high above the surface of Solaris, he finds the place deserted except for two scientists, who have been driven mad by some unknown horror. ![]() Meanwhile, his colleagues are plotting to destroy the planet. Kris is falling in love with his replica wife and wants to take her back to Earth with him. When his long-dead wife turns up, he finds himself in deep trouble.Ģ/2: Rheya finds out who she really is, and the knowledge proves unbearable. ![]() A psychologist is sent to a run-down space station to find out what has happened to its crew. Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of Stansilaw Lem's modern sci-fi classic.ġ/2. ![]() ![]() LISTENING WOMAN begins extremely well-but before all is said we had everything from highjacked helicopters to kidnapped Boy Scouts in a credibility-straining combination, not to mention a blood and thunder conclusion that seems more akin to The Lone Ranger than any remotely plausible reservation crime.Īs for mystery, as is often the case in Hillerman's work the label is misapplied: there is none at all, and LISTENING WOMAN would be better described as crime fiction or perhaps better still as action-adventure. In this instance, an almost-deadly encounter with a killer during a traffic stop leads Leaphorn to the scarcely populated and remote Short Mountain district.Īs always, Hillerman's portrait of the Navajo people remaining on the reservation is filled with the fascination of folklore and legend his plots, however, remain a sore point. Leaphorn, who investigates crimes on the reservation. ![]() ![]() Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA)įirst published in 1978, LISTENING WOMAN continues Tony Hillerman's "Joe Leaphorn" novels, a series set on Southwestern Native American lands and featuring Lt. 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Don't forget Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77 #5.!ĥ2 (10) a great disturbance in the blogosphere (6) a.c. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the hapless scientists look to Murderbot for safety and treat it with unusual compassion and humanity, the largely misanthropic android – who finds interacting with humans stressful at the best of times – finds itself unexpectedly warming to its charges, especially their leader Dr. It’s also distrustful of humans, low-key sassy and emotionally vulnerable in a remarkably relatable way.Īll Systems Red opens with Murderbot providing security for a group of mild-mannered scientists, a job which turns out to be much more dangerous than anyone expected. Unlike most SecUnits, Murderbot has hacked its governor module to give itself freedom from company control, and is largely content to pay little attention to its actual job, and instead consume endless hours of media via its data feed. Across the four stories they tell the tale of a rogue SecUnit which calls itself Murderbot – a part-human, part-machine android designed and created to be hired out to anyone who needs security and can pay its parent company’s fees. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first four books in Martha Wells’ brilliant sci-fi series The Murderbot Diaries comprise the novellas All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy, all published by Tor.com between 20. ![]() ![]() ![]() Plus, how many teenagers get a chance to spend months in the peaceful quietness of nature….all while gaining a respect for hard work and learning how strong they actually are. ![]() I feel like a wilderness experience like James gave his daughter is of utter importance in both parent and child understanding the evolution of the relationship. The end goal is to raise self-reliant, confident human beings, but reaching the moment where your child is becoming more independent and is preparing to “leave the nest” has to be an extremely tough time. Very excited to bring you this week’s episode with author, adventurer, and family man James Campbell.Īuthor of “The Color of War”, “The Ghost Mountain Boys”, and “The Final Frontiersman”, I reached out to James specifically to hear about his latest book”Braving It” which tells the story of bringing his 16 year old daughter Aidan on three separate trips to the far north wilderness of Alaska.Īs a parent, and specifically a father of daughters, the book really connected with me. I want Aidan to be filled with life and wonder.” I want her to remember me after I am gone. I want her to remember this trip for the rest of her life. “I want an indelible bond with my daughter. ![]() ![]() The observations in the letters are not just natural history but also give a facinating glimpse of life, human and animal, in the English countryside in the 18th century. The book is actually a series of different letters written over a period of time so each one forms a discreet package and none of them dwells too long on any one subject. The narrator manages to give the perfect feel to the work and the words themselves are beautifully written and sound like they could have been produced yesterday.There is very little archane langauge and the pace is crisp and clear. ![]() From the first few words it is a complete joy to listen to. My concern was that a 220+ year old book by a country parson talking about swallows and spiders might not be that rivetting or translate well to audio. Also this work has been quoted as an influence by several respected naturalists and scientists so I wanted to see what the fuss was about. I live near Selborne and have visited Gilbert White's house several times and that always helps to make a work more interesting. ![]() ![]() I have been looking for this on audio for a while. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'There's video of these kids running around with their bikes, stopping cars, getting in front of cars where they almost basically force you to hit them,' he said. ![]() The 39-year-old father-of-two was arrested Tuesday on charges of criminal mischief and harassment, NBC reports.Īnderson's father, Christian, called Conte a 'coward' but residents in the area are sticking up for him.Īccording to neighbor Michael Shain, who lives across the street from where the incident happened, the kids were allegedly trying to throw a dead snake into the woman's car with her two kids inside. The man in the video was identified as William Conte, the woman's husband. 'After it happened, I was scared and worried what he was going to do next,' Anderson told NBC. The man then charges at Anderson's friend, who was recording the violent encounter. Conte, a father-of-two, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief and harassment ![]() ![]() She’d been sitting in her car for over ten minutes, waiting for the seven-foot wrought-iron gate to open sesame, and going over all the possibilities why she’d been ordered to come to her boss’s estate at such short notice.ġ) He wanted payment. Kara pressed the gate’s intercom buzzer once again, wondering whether Craven was purposely tormenting her. ![]() UK and Commonwealth English used due to the New Zealand setting.Īny other variation in spelling is also due to where the book is set.Ī special note: This book is set in 2010, prior to same-sex marriage being legalised in New Zealand. For subsidiary rights enquiries email: Īll characters, names, places, and incidents in this book are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual events, locales, or real persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. ![]() Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means whatsoever without the written permission of the author, nor circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. ![]() |