#angry robot

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March 2024 Deal Announcements

Adult Fiction Ziyad Saadi‘s THREE PARTIES, a tragicomedy pitched as inspired by Virginia Woolf’s MRS. DALLOWAY, in which a gay Palestinian refugee in modern Detroit prepares to throw himself a birthday party that, unbeknownst to the guests, will also double as his coming out party, amid an escalating torrent of romantic, professional, and familial surprises, to David Ross at Hamish Hamilton…

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GAHHH LATE TO MY OWN ASK PARTY!! And than tried to answer and it doesn’t GO THROUGH!! Whatever~

🗣️ - This one os a bit tricky! If we’re going with a canon robot voice, 100% Doctor Sung from TWRP.

Oddly enough, I don’t think of this voice when I read his text in fanfics and stuff, but I think if there was ever some whacky garbage Inscryption Musical, this would be a NECESSITY

🧠 - I’mat work so I had to make due with a crappy little doodle.

I like to pretend that he gets more bags under his eyes the lower his battery charge gets.

🤡 - UM, DAT FACE DHO:

❤️ - DEAR LORD THERES TOO MUCH TO LIST!!! But one would for sure be how he’s such a smug, over confident, narcissistic elitist. ❤️💕❤️💕

[thegirlwiththelantern]

2023 Fantasy Releases

The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes | 16 / 05 / 23 – Hachette After losing her dream job and realising that her boyfriend is a jerk, Harlow Estrada decides to flee New York City and head back to the one place she can always call home – the enchanted Hacienda Estrada.The Estrada family farm in Mexico houses an abundance of charmed flowers cultivated by the women in Harlow’s family. By…

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Angry Robot Sci-fi panel at Foyles

I reviewed Gogmagog in March and will be reviewing Ludluda later this month. This duology by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard is a sea-faring adventure that has tapped into the minds & hearts of readers who love strange and mythical perspectives on the UK. Ahead of Ludluda‘s publication, Angry Robot is excited to announce the very first in-person event with Jeff & Steve. Who better for them to be…

[venusbloo]

ARC Review: Key Lime Sky by Al Hess

**The links below are to the book’s StoryGraph page for reference. I do not receive any compensation for clicking these links!** Book: Key Lime Sky Author: Al Hess Pages: 303 Source: NetGalley Publisher: Angry Robot Genre: Sci-fi, LGBTQ Publication Date: August 13, 2024 Summary: Denver Bryant’s passion for pie has sent him across Wyoming in search of the best slices. Though he dutifully…

[sungjwoo]

A Second Act for Skin Deep and Deep Roots: Datura Books

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'Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire' Book Review By Ron Fortier

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'Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire' Book Review By Ron Fortier

CAPTAIN MOXLEY and the Embers of the Empire By Dan Hanks Angry Robot 375 pgs

One look at artist Daniel Strange’s collage cover and you would expect to read a rollicking, over-the-top action-packed pulp adventure. Sadly, often times as the old saw tells us, you can’t judge a book by its cover. In this rare and wonderful instance, you most bloody well can. “Captain Moxley and the Embers of Empire” is pretty much everything a good solid new pulp tale should be. It has a great protagonist, a wonderful supporting cast, and some truly weird and deadly villains. And it all takes place on an alternate earth not our own.

Wow, that’s a lot of good stuff. Indeed it is, and Hanks pulls it off beautifully. In this “other” earth, World War II has ended and former British fighter pilot, Samantha (Sam to family and friends) is in New York City to find her sister Jess who she believes has been kidnapped by a secret cabal known as the Nine. She was once one of their agents, but soon realized they were corrupt and left their ranks. Something they frown upon very badly.

As it turns out, Sam finds her sister busy at work on a new exhibition at the Natural Museum of Science in Manhattan. Jess is an archeologist, and along with her colleague and boyfriend, Will, is about to put on display an ancient artifact the Nine want. Sam arrives in the nick of time, fouls the attempted kidnapping/robbery, and then is off to Paris, along with Jess and Will, to contact Professor Edward “Teddy” Ascher, a former flying pal of French/Arab descent and leading expert on the Hall of Records, a supposed lost depository of the world’s accumulated knowledge hidden beneath the sands of Egypt.

It is Sam’s belief that the Nine’s primary goal is to find the hidden library because among its many wonders is a power source of unbelievable strength that would allow them to become masters of the world. Teddy proceeds to tell her aside from the amulet Jess has in her possession, there remains one other artifact, a key, supposedly hidden in the catacombs beneath Paris. Without it, the amulet is useless. Needless to say, Sam and her team of three soon find themselves racing against their enemies under the city streets to find that lost key.

If all this echoes the Indiana Jones movies, it is because Dan Hanks blatantly lists those films and many others, including pulps and comics, as his inspirations for writing this bold, in-your-face adventure. It is a fast-paced page-turner with so much action as to leave the reader for breath by its climatic finale. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough to satiate your need for pulp thrills, the ending fades out with the obvious intent of a sequel. One we cannot wait to get our hands on. “Captain Moxley and the Embers of Empire” is a hoot, pulp fans. We found it at Amazon. You should pick it up now. Don’t wait another minute.

[annarellix]

The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan (The Nightingale and the Falcon #1)

From the author of the Quest for Heroes duology of The Coward and The Warrior an imaginative and sprawling epic fantasy reimagining of the Mongol Empire's invasion of Persia, following the lives and treacherous journeys of four key figures in the heart of war

1260, Persia: Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world.

In the shadow of his grandfather, Hulagu, ruler of the Ilkhanate, is determined to create a single empire that covers the entire world. His method? Violence. His youngest son, Temujin, struggles to find his place in his father’s bloody rule. After another failure, Temujin is given one last chance to prove himself to Hulagu, who is sure there is a great warrior buried deep inside. But there’s something else rippling under the surface… something far more powerful and dangerous than they could ever imagine… Reduced to the position of one of Hulagu’s many wives, the Blue Princess Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Alone and forgotten in a foreign land, Kokochin is unwilling to spend her days seeking out trivial pursuits. Seeking purpose, she finds herself wandering down a path that grants her more power than a wife of the ruler may be allowed. Kaivon, the Persian rebel who despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people, thirsts for revenge. However, he knows alone he cannot destroy the empire. When given the opportunity to serve Hulagu, Kaivon must put aside his feelings and risk his life for a chance to destroy from within an empire that aims to conquer the world.

Book link: https://angryrobotbooks.com/books/judas-blossom/ Out 11th July 2023 | PB | 9781915202192 | £9.99/$17.99 | Also available in ebook and audio | Fantasy | Adventure | Historical

My review: I love Stephen Aryan style of writing and storytelling and I know that I will be maniacally turning pages since I start reading. This has a bonus: it talks about the Mongols and their invasion of Persian in the XIII century. It was a sort of genocide as more then 2 million persons died due to famine and mass killings. Even if I’m fascinated by the Mongols and how they created one of the biggest world empire this one of the bloodiest conquests and nearly destroyed a civilization and a population. Stephen Aryan to not spare details but he didn’t write a Manichaeist book where there’s very bad villains and very white resistant. He talks about people and human instincts, love and what some will do to get more power. His characters are flawed, on the grey moral spectrum but they’re also vivid and realistic. This is not a book if you want a light and easy historical fantasy. It’s gory, gritty and starts with a massacre of some mythical characters of the Middle Age history. I was a bit disappointed as I expected they were better warriors but they were also fighting against Hulagu's Mongol army that conquered a huge part of Middle East. All this is history and history play a relevant role in this story even if Stephen Aryan did a good job in keeping the level of historical details in a way that does kill you with tons of names, battles and all the complexities of this age and these historical characters. There are power plays, there battles and gore, there’s magic and a balance of facts and fantasy. It kept me reading and made me want to read more about Hulagu and the lkhanate. I’m wondering how the characters will evolve and what will happen. Even if it’s more than 500 pages I read this book in 3 days and thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved it and I think it will surely be appreciated by whoever loves historical or military fantasy or simply wants to read a gripping and intriguing novel. Many thanks to Angry Robots for this digital copy, all opinions are mine.

The Author: Stephen Aryan was born in Iran, and raised in Whitley Bay, on the north east coast of the UK. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Quest for Heroes duology as well as the Age of Darkness and Age of Dread trilogies. His debut, Battlemage, was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award, and won the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award. He has previously written for Tor.com.

@stevearyan on Twitter @stephenaryan_writer on Instagram.

CONTACT: Caroline Lambe | caroline@angryrobotbooks.com

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When people talk about my favourite minor character: omg Hiiiii do you like Blorbo Dongus too? That's soo cool! I love talking about them! Doesn't matter that your interpretation is different than mine, isn't it so cool that such a minor character can still have such varied interpretations?

When people talk about my favourite popular character: Everyone But Me Is Wrong, This Place Is A Freakshow And I Respect None Of You, Next Person To Misinterpret The Source Material Gets Executed On Sight, You'll All So Fucking Stupid–

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trigger-happy computer doodle

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take this as you will

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Just in time for 4/13 here's the second line of my r63 dolls, this time CREEPover themed with bonus accessories! in an ideal world they would come in adorable recuperacoon shaped packaging. and probably a sopor slime making kit because kids love slime. which one are YOU picking up from your local Goreget today?

[thegirlwiththelantern]

More 2024 Fantasy Books

A lot of beloved authors have made it onto this list. As well as quite a few names I haven’t heard of before but who really excite me. Born of Scourge by S. Jean | 27 / 02 / 24 The lies legends always tell. Legends say when the skies grow dark and scourge starves the land, a star will fall in order to save humanity. Only when the star is sacrificed at the end of their journey will light…

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Angry Robot Blog Tour Review: The Armageddon Protocol, by Dan Moren

Release Date: 2024-09-24Formats: Ebook, PaperbackEBook ISBN24th September 2024 | 9781915998019 | epub | £4.99/$6.99/$7.99Paperback ISBN24th September 2024 | 9781915998002 | epub | £9.99/$18.99/$23.99 Description On the heels of the terrorist attacks on the planet Nova’s capital, the Special Projects Team finds itself targeted by the ambitious new head of the Commonwealth Intelligence…

[venusbloo]

2024 August Reading Wrap Up

**The links below are to the books’ StoryGraph pages for reference. I do not receive any compensation for clicking these links!!** Well, my August reading did not go as planned. I ended up being super busy at work all month, so I barely had free time for reading. Plus by the time I got home, I was too tired to do much other than zone out on my phone. I did manage to read four ARC’s in August,…

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I didn't want to make a fuss about it, because it's mostly personal opinions, but!

Spy x Family i's a "free to read" manga. You can stop reading it and come back any time without suffering anything for doing it, while Endo is an old person, so he can't "just draw" and have a chapter every two weeks without sacrifice.

Also, this manga was a monthly manga. The only reason we are having it biweekly is because it went so popular that Endo was pushed to make it biweekly.

We could have a manga like Chainsawman (also a manga that I really appreciate) that is "weekly", but is coming out biweekly, and most of the chapters are just a few pages with one or two dialogs in the whole chapter (very good chapters 😅 but like a 1 minute reading), but Endo is giving us chapters of about 20 to 30 pages with a lot of dialogs and pictures, so what are you crying about? Why don't you "just draw" your own stories biweekly for five years? Try to do the same without paying a toll, then come back and cry. If you can do this, then I won't argue, but I know that the ones that are crying now don't do anything like this.

And I'm not going to say anything about if you are actually buying the volumes, because that's even worse. As I said, it's a free manga.

Don't push artists over their limits, cause when they'll break of exhaustion, you'll lose everything, not a month or a week, but everything.

[lbova]

Why Didn't I Discover This Picture Sooner!?!?

So I recently looked at a post from @orawyra about the Robots Trading Cards where Rodney is absolutely furious with Bigweld after he tells him to give up. Of course, I have actually never looked at any of those pictures so I looked it up myself. And guys, I have never seen Rodney so angry... and I love it! Honestly, he deserves to be angry at Bigweld. That's why they say "Don't meet your heroes". I guess the movie producers thought "nah we should make him more upbeat and friendly" or something like that. LIKE COME ON LET HIM BE UPSET!

Oh I also found this picture from the Trading Cards:

Look at these two silly romantics. I love them so much I'm sorry.