![]() ![]() Weir's action-packed second novel stars tough antihero Jasmine (Jazz) Bashara and offers a gratifyingly thrilling plot while providing enough hard science that you'll finish the book feeling like an expert in metallurgy, lunar surface exploration and the limitations of EVA suits. If you liked "The Martian," you're going to love "Artemis," a fast, engaging and at times funny lunar caper that will, despite a few minor flaws, pull you in from the first page with its unique setting, memorable characters and detailed scientific scrutiny. ![]() But after nearly eight years of waiting, fans of Weir's debut can rest easy. Weir shot to fame overnight, with "The Martian" becoming a New York Times best-seller before being adapted into a critically acclaimed movie directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. ![]() In 2011, Andy Weir self-published his debut novel, "The Martian," for 99 cents on Amazon's Kindle Store, where it caught the attention of a literary agent who bought and re-published it in 2014. ![]()
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![]() To give her a break, Josie suggests a series of competitions for the honor of escorting herself and Tiffany to the Elders' Cave so they can 'download' the sa-khui language. Still traumatized by her assault by the szzt guards, Tiffany tries to deflect their attention. Tiffany is being courted by Hassen, Taushen, Vaza, and Bek. He wants forever, and I’m not sure I can give it." Maybe with him, I can work through my fears of the past.but I’m pretty sure he wants more than just friendship. I want someone else – someone with a gorgeous blue body, big horns, and the most intense gaze ever. And they don’t realize that behind my smile, I just wish they’d go away. But they don’t know my secrets – none of them do. The alien men are falling all over themselves to impress me in the hopes that I’ll take them to my furs. "It’s hard being the most popular girl on the ice planet. It has been republished in a special edition format. ![]() The main characters are Tiffany and Salukh. ![]() Barbarian's Prize is the fifth book of the Ice Planet Barbarians series. ![]() ![]() Because, as menswear reverses back into the retina scorch of the mid-Nineties and the early-Noughties, the wardrobes of the Montague boys have never been more relevant. And it made a generation (several, in fact), lionise the Hawaiian shirt. It made stars of a young Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. It made a queer icon of Mercutio by way of Candi Staton. ![]() And just like that pre-plague summer night were tickets sold out and fans screamed "What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word" back at John Leguizamo's oil slick Tybalt, it is still dizzyingly popular a film that, despite a patchy critical response upon its debut, made Shakespeare for the MTV generation – and $151 million at the box office. ![]() ![]() These mad scenes, orchestrated by experiential events company Secret Cinema, were another sign of Romeo + Juliet's steadfast place in the pop culture canon. ![]() ![]() Not even the most sophisticated of Sadie’s superstitious rituals could have predicted such a disastrous reunion. Erik can apologize all he wants, but to quote her rebel leader-she’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee. However, as a woman of STEM she also understands that variables can change, and when you are stuck for hours in a tiny New York elevator with the man who broke your heart, you earn the right to burn that brawny, blond bridge to the ground. Logically, Sadie knows that civil engineers are supposed to build bridges. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn… ![]() ![]() Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Nothing like a little rivalry between scientists to take love to the next level. ![]() |