#Rene Follet

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Original René Follet art. A delightful homage to the characters of the creator known as Will.

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1970s Robot Archie story opener offered in latest Catawiki International Original Comics Art Auction

We were wondering why Robot Archie had such a beef about "Steel Commando" in the story "The Lost World" - now we know!

While there’s some great European art in the latest Catawiki International Original Comics Art Auction, including work by Jan Dirk van Exter, Rene Follet and Sanjulian, there are just two British comics strip boards in this week’s regular auction. After months of boards from the 1973 Robot Archie adventure, “The Lost World” being sold via Catawiki, we finally see the first page on offer this…

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Hommage à René Follet

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Hommage à René Follet

Un dessin pour saluer le départ de René, un grand artiste BD et illus­tra­tion.

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For the month of December, the UCF Libraries Bookshelf celebrates the favorite books of employees of the UCF Libraries. These are the books we have (and will continue to) read many times over the course of our lives. The genre for our 2017 staff favorites is mystery novels.

Click on the keep reading link below to peruse our favorite mysteries and learn where to find them.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N. Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realize the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again and again! Suggested by David Benjamin, Special Collections and University Archives

Death Without Company by Craig Johnson When Mari Baroja is found poisoned at the Durant Home for Assisted Living, Sheriff Longmire is drawn into an investigation of her death that proves to be as dramatic as her life. Her connections to the Basque community, the lucrative coal-bed methane industry, and the personal life of the previous sheriff, Lucian Connally, lead to a complex web of half-truths and assumed allegiances. As the specter of Mari's abusive husband arises, Sheriff Longmire, aided by his friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and newcomer Santiago Saizarbitoria, must connect the past to the present to find the killer among then. Suggested by Renee Montgomery, Teaching & Engagement

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom—and win the war for the Nazis. . . . Suggested by Ven Basco, Research & Information Services

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects. Sixteen years have passed, and Hercule Poirot is persuaded to investigate the murder. Suggested by Judy Kuhns, UCF Connect Libraries

Icelander by Dustin Long When Our Heroine’s dear friend is found murdered, it’s an obvious job for her mother, a legendary crime-solver and evil-thwarter. But her mother is dead, and Our Heroine has no interest in inheriting the business, or being chased through a sewer, or listening to skaldic karaoke, or fleeing the inhuman Refusirkir, or — But Evil has no interest in her interests, and thus: adventure ensues. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

Midnight at the Bright Ideas by Matthew J. Sullivan Lydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the Bright Ideas bookstore, she keeps a meticulously crafted existence among her beloved books, eccentric colleagues, and the BookFrogs—the lost and lonely regulars who spend every day marauding the store’s overwhelmed shelves. But when Joey Molina, a young, beguiling BookFrog, kills himself in the bookstore’s upper room, Lydia’s life comes unglued. Always Joey’s favorite bookseller, Lydia has been bequeathed his meager worldly possessions. Trinkets and books; the detritus of a lonely, uncared for man. But when Lydia flips through his books she finds them defaced in ways both disturbing and inexplicable. They reveal the psyche of a young man on the verge of an emotional reckoning. And they seem to contain a hidden message. What did Joey know? And what does it have to do with Lydia? Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Teaching & Engagement

Sleep No More by P. D. James It's not always a question of "whodunit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or how. And although we usually know the unhealthy fates of both victim and perpetrator, what of those clever few who plan and carry out the perfect crime? The ones who aren't brought down even though they're found out? And what about those who do the finding out who witness a murder or who identify the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the mysteries that we follow through those six stories as we are drawn into the thinking, the memories, the emotional machinations, the rationalizations, the dreams and desires behind murderous cause and effect. Suggested by Anna Dvorecky, Cataloging

Still Life by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter. Suggested by Christina Wray, Teaching & Engagement

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith Working as a private investigator after losing his leg in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike takes the case of a legendary supermodel's suspicious suicide and finds himself in a world of multi-millionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, desperate designers and hedonist pursuits. Suggested by Lindsey Ritzert, Circulation

The Dragon Man by Garry Disher A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first Challis must contend with the editor of a local news-paper who undermines his investigation at every turn and with his wife, who is attempting to resurrect their marriage through long-distance phone calls from a sanitarium where she has been imprisoned for the past eight years for attempted murder. His. The media is demanding to know what Challis is doing about the killer; his colleagues are either giving trouble or in it; and his past keeps coming back to haunt him. Suggested by Patricia Tiberri, Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services

The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid Suspense master Val McDermid spins a psychological thriller in which a present-day murder has its roots in the eighteenth century and the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty. After summer rains uncover a corpse bearing tattoos like those of eighteenth-century seafarers, many residents of the English Lake District can't help but wonder whether it's the body of one of the town's most legendary fugitives. Scholar and native Lakelander Jane Gresham feels compelled to finally discover the truth about the myths and buried secrets rooted in her hometown. What she never expected was to find herself at the heart of a 200-year-old mystery that still has the power to put lives on the line. Suggested by Megan Haught, Teaching & Engagement/Research & Information Services

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath. Here, in this first Ripley novel, we are introduced to suave Tom Ripley, a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley meets a wealthy industrialist who hires him to bring his playboy son, Dickie Greenleaf, back from gallivanting in Italy. Soon Ripley's fascination with Dickie's debonair lifestyle turns obsessive as he finds himself enraged by Dickie's ambivalent affections for Marge, a charming American dilettante. A dark reworking of Henry James's The Ambassadors, The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man, whose talent for murder and self-invention is chronicled in four subsequent Ripley novels. Suggested by Larry Cooperman, Research & Information

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Hola a todes, estimades oyentes y compañeres lectoris. Bienvenides a Una Dosis de Ficción, un podcast dedicado a la fantasía y la ciencia ficción en novelas y comics. 

Este es el capítulo seis de la tercer temporada, un capítulo dedicado a tres novelas que lidian con clones, multiples de copias de personas, y gemelos perdides. Las tres novelas tienen en común enfocarse más en el aspecto social de la crianza y vida de les clones, que en lo estrictamente biológico del copiado.

El Tercer Gemelo (The Third Twin ) de Ken Follet (00:05:10)  En medio de una investigación sobre genes y comportamiento criminal Jennie  Ferrami, una científica, se encontrará en medio de una amoral y siniestra conspiración.

Donde Solían Cantar Los Dulces Pájaros (Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang) de Kate Wilhem  (00:35:55)  Una familia intenta salvarse y salvar a la humanidad del apocalipsis por medio de la clonación. Pero les clones tienen otros planes...

Gente de Barro, (Kiln People) escrito por David Brin ,(01:01:30)  Un detective se enfrenta a una conspiración junto a sus copias de barro. 

Demasiado Largo, no lo Escuche (01:17:54)

  Se habla en la introducción de la clonación y por qué resulta un concepto tan interesante en la ciencia ficción, qué preguntas plantea, y porqué podemos no querer responderlas. 

 Se habla también de les nazis, y les supremacistas blancos, de cómo y porqué sus ideas son erroneas, y, sobre todo, intrínsecamente violentas.  

 Se discute acerca de la importancia de otros factores por encima de lo genético, además de la utilización de neologismos para explicar conceptos sin tener que caer en largos segmentos expositivos, y de la cultura de violación y sus efectos. 

 En el próximo capítulo vamos a estar hablando de tres novelas que hablan de gente en cercano contacto con la muerte, 

Las tres novelas son:

-Croak, de Ginna Damico -Abrazame, Necromante (Hold Me Closer, Necromancer) de  Lish McBride -Ubik, dePhillip K. Dick

  La tapa de hoy lleva la obra “Los Objetos Familiares”, de Rene Magritte . Cortesía, como siempre, de @aula252

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Advertencias de contenido y trigger warnings bajo el corte:

Advertencias de contenido:

- Abuso sexual, violación, agresión sexual: Todo el primer libro lidia con estos temas. 

-Violencia obstetricia, en el segundo libro, apenas hablado en el podcast. 

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René Follet

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Beautiful cover illustration by Rene Follet for The Last of the Mohicans