The Shambling Guide to New York City: The Shambling Guides, cartea 1
Autor Mur Laffertyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 2013
A
travel
writer
takes
a
job
with
a
shady
publishing
company
in
New
York,
only
to
find
that
she
must
write
a
guide
to
the
city
-
for
the
undead!
Not to be put off by anything -- especially not her blood drinking boss or death goddess coworker -- Zoe delves deep into the monster world. But her job turns deadly when the careful balance between human and monsters starts to crumble -- with Zoe right in the middle.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316221177
ISBN-10: 0316221171
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
Seria The Shambling Guides
ISBN-10: 0316221171
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
Seria The Shambling Guides
Notă biografică
Mur
Lafferty
is
a
writer,
podcast
producer,
gamer,
runner,
and
geek.
She
is
the
host
of
the
podcast
I
Should
Be
Writing
and
the
co-host
of
Ditch
Diggers.
She
is
the
winner
of
the
2013
John
W.
Campbell
Award
for
Best
New
Writer.
She
is
addicted
to
computer
games,
Zombies,
Run!,
and
Star
Wars
LEGO.
She
lives
in
Durham,
NC
with
her
husband
and
daughter.
Recenzii
"If
Buffy
grew
up,
got
therapy
and
found
a
real
job,
it
would
look
like
this."—Scott
Sigler
"Mur Lafferty's debut novel is a must-read book for those who like their urban fantasy fast, furious, and funny. Terrific stuff!"—Kat Richardson
"This is a great start to what promises to be one of the gems of the comic urban fantasy crown.The Shambling Guidesets the wonderful world of the supernatural--and the slightly more esoteric world of travel guide publishing--on its ear, and the result is nothing short of delightful."—New York Timesbestselling author Seanan McGuire
"An engagingly funny, and fun, romp through NYC. You'll love Zoe... to bits."—New York Timesbestselling Tobias S. Buckell
"Shows exactly why so many writers have been buzzing about Mur Lafferty for so many years: an unbeatable mixture of humor, heart, imagination, and characterization. I want to live in Mur's New York."—Cory Doctorow
"Without Mur Lafferty, the SF genre would be a much duller place. Mur is constantly inventive, always great fun and deserves every success."—Paul Cornell
"A wild ride through the secret side of New York City, Mur Lafferty's mighty debut is urban fantasy the way it should be: fast, funny, with bags of action and characters you'll love. A total delight from cover to cover."—Adam Christopher
"The Shambling Guide to New York City is a monstrously fun romp by one of our most engaging new authors."—Tim Pratt
"Zombies and vampires and golems, oh my! The Shambling Guide to New York City rounds up the biggest cast of the undead and never-quite-alive ever to appear in a single novel, along with a wisecracking heroine whose picture belongs over the dictionary entry for spunky. This is a comic tour-de-force by a writer who lives and breathes popular culture. Mur Lafferty is throwing a monster party and you're invited."
—James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
"Mur Lafferty is a bright, shining light in speculative fiction. She brings a warm, humourous and startling fresh voice to the genre in The Shambling Guide to New York City."
—Kaaron Warren
"Looking for a very different kind of travel guide? One that shows you therealManhattan? The one the tourists haven't discovered yet, but the vampires and the watersprites have? ThenThe Shambling Guide to New York Cityis just what you need!
Withreallyinteresting restaurant recs and sightseeing suggestions, and unusual (to say the least) takes on the Statue of Liberty and Grant's Tomb, it's got everything you need to know for the trip of a lifetime--or longer! And with the smart and intrepid Zoe to show you around, how could you possibly get in trouble? I give it 5 Michelin stars and 8 Zombie Planet Thumbs Up (with real thumbs)!"
—Connie Willis
"What, you thought only humans wanted to travel? Monsters are tourists, too."—New York Times bestseller Scott Sigler
"The hip, knowing and sometimes hysterically funny narrative, interspersed with excerpts from the guide of the title, lurches along in splendid fashion. Combine wit, style and acute observation: the result is irresistible."—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"Charming debut... an enjoyable tour of the city's supernatural side."—Publishers Weekly
"The Shambling Guide to New York Cityshows that Mur Lafferty has something different to bring to the urban fantasy genre. She's created a character that can experience the human/non-human dynamic via researching a travel guide, which we'd never see through the usual detectives and ass-kicking central characters, and with snappy dialogue, a creative cast and can-do central characters, we have fun tagging along."—Gavin Pugh, tor.com
—Booklist
(Starred
Review)
"Well-written and immersive...a travel series you'll definitely want to stick with."—SFX
"An extremely exciting and incredibly amusing read."—SciFiNow.co.uk (5 stars)
"Mur Lafferty's debut novel is a must-read book for those who like their urban fantasy fast, furious, and funny. Terrific stuff!"—Kat Richardson
"This is a great start to what promises to be one of the gems of the comic urban fantasy crown.The Shambling Guidesets the wonderful world of the supernatural--and the slightly more esoteric world of travel guide publishing--on its ear, and the result is nothing short of delightful."—New York Timesbestselling author Seanan McGuire
"An engagingly funny, and fun, romp through NYC. You'll love Zoe... to bits."—New York Timesbestselling Tobias S. Buckell
"Shows exactly why so many writers have been buzzing about Mur Lafferty for so many years: an unbeatable mixture of humor, heart, imagination, and characterization. I want to live in Mur's New York."—Cory Doctorow
"Without Mur Lafferty, the SF genre would be a much duller place. Mur is constantly inventive, always great fun and deserves every success."—Paul Cornell
"A wild ride through the secret side of New York City, Mur Lafferty's mighty debut is urban fantasy the way it should be: fast, funny, with bags of action and characters you'll love. A total delight from cover to cover."—Adam Christopher
"The Shambling Guide to New York City is a monstrously fun romp by one of our most engaging new authors."—Tim Pratt
"Zombies and vampires and golems, oh my! The Shambling Guide to New York City rounds up the biggest cast of the undead and never-quite-alive ever to appear in a single novel, along with a wisecracking heroine whose picture belongs over the dictionary entry for spunky. This is a comic tour-de-force by a writer who lives and breathes popular culture. Mur Lafferty is throwing a monster party and you're invited."
—James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
"Mur Lafferty is a bright, shining light in speculative fiction. She brings a warm, humourous and startling fresh voice to the genre in The Shambling Guide to New York City."
—Kaaron Warren
"Looking for a very different kind of travel guide? One that shows you therealManhattan? The one the tourists haven't discovered yet, but the vampires and the watersprites have? ThenThe Shambling Guide to New York Cityis just what you need!
Withreallyinteresting restaurant recs and sightseeing suggestions, and unusual (to say the least) takes on the Statue of Liberty and Grant's Tomb, it's got everything you need to know for the trip of a lifetime--or longer! And with the smart and intrepid Zoe to show you around, how could you possibly get in trouble? I give it 5 Michelin stars and 8 Zombie Planet Thumbs Up (with real thumbs)!"
—Connie Willis
"What, you thought only humans wanted to travel? Monsters are tourists, too."—New York Times bestseller Scott Sigler
"The hip, knowing and sometimes hysterically funny narrative, interspersed with excerpts from the guide of the title, lurches along in splendid fashion. Combine wit, style and acute observation: the result is irresistible."—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"Charming debut... an enjoyable tour of the city's supernatural side."—Publishers Weekly
"The Shambling Guide to New York Cityshows that Mur Lafferty has something different to bring to the urban fantasy genre. She's created a character that can experience the human/non-human dynamic via researching a travel guide, which we'd never see through the usual detectives and ass-kicking central characters, and with snappy dialogue, a creative cast and can-do central characters, we have fun tagging along."—Gavin Pugh, tor.com
"In
Lafferty's
entirely
believable
world,
New
York
City
is
secretly
inhabited
by
vampires,
zombies,
fay
folk,
and
assorted
monsters.
...
This
is
a
funny,
thoughtfully
conceived,
and
thoroughly
entertaining
romp
that
will
be
a
sure
bet
for
urban-fantasy
readers
-
and
might
even
surprise
people
who
don't
think
they'd
enjoy
a
paranormal
novel."
"Well-written and immersive...a travel series you'll definitely want to stick with."—SFX
"An extremely exciting and incredibly amusing read."—SciFiNow.co.uk (5 stars)