The Art of Shichigoro


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This is the first collection of shichigoro-shingo's digital paintings, encompassing both his personal and commercial works




Biomech Art


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H. R. Giger created the world of the 1980 Alien movie without the benefit of a Mac and is still a major inspiration for today's obsessive digital artists. Now a collection of artists working in surrealist biomechanical graphis in art, computer games, and movies with far more powerful tools at their disposal to create their own alien art are pushing the boundaries of the visual--the new Gigers. This book features more than 50 top artists from around the world working in the genre where the boundaries between computer games and movies increasingly blur.




Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories


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This debut collection from Nebula-nominated author Caroline M. Yoachim showcases a wide-ranging selection of dark and beautiful stories, fiction that explores human nature against vividly imagined speculative backdrops. Here you'll find time travel, alien invasions, and hope. The book features twenty-five of Yoachim's most popular published pieces, and two brand new stories exclusive to this collection.




Afro Samurai Volume 2


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The concluding volume of the director’s cut of the classic manga, featuring a specially commissioned cover by creator Takashi Okazaki. Japan has become a land of warriors, warlords and assassins, where the technology of the future exists alongside the brutal traditions of the past. This world is ruled by whoever possesses the legendary No.1 headband. After having defeated the Empty Seven Clan, Afro is forced to face a new threat: a deadly warrior who wears a teddy mask called Jinno. Will his bloodthirsty campaign of vengeance be thwarted, or will he finally face Justice, the man who killed his father, and claim the No.1 headband? Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Afro Samurai anime starring Samuel L. Jackson!




Translating Life


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The identification of reading with translation has a distinguished literary pedigree. This volume, comprising many individual but conceptually interrelated studies, sets out to multiply perspectives on the concept of translation.







Clarkesworld


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Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our October 2015 issue (#109) contains: Original Fiction by A.C. Wise ("And If the Body Were Not the Soul"), Rich Larson ("Ice"), Kola Heyward-Rotimi ("The Father"), Karen Heuler ("Egg Island"), and Hao Jingfang ("Summer at Grandma's House"). Reprints by G. David Nordley ("War, Ice, Egg, Universe") and Chris Beckett ("The Peacock Cloak"). Non-fiction by Tomas Petrasek (Sunless Worlds), an interview with Catherynne M. Valente, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.




The Archronology of Love


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Dr. Saki Jones arrives at the colony planet New Mars to find that a mysterious plague has destroyed everyone who lived there-including her lifelove, M.J. To find out what happened, Saki must dig through layers of time, slowly revealing the past. Includes a new, never-before-published story, "Flowers in the Chronicle," set in the same world.




B: The Beginning Artworks


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We are proud to present this definitive art book of B the Beginning, a Japanese animation series produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuto Nakazawa. Production I.G. is most notable for creating Anime series like Ghost in the Shell and Psycho-Path. B the Beginning was Nakazawa's first full-length animation series and season one started on March 2018 on Netflix. This book collects rare, never-before-seen production materials from B the Beginning, the first season, such as character model sheets, story boards, still images, rough background illustrations, and layout drawings, all of which will sure to be a treasure trove for hardcore fans. The text is translated into English but the original Japanese handwriting (instructions) remain on the layout and story boards.




PUSSYCAT!KILL!KILL!KILL!


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A collaboration of the three internationally-renowned artists in the field of erotic illustrations - Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean and Katsuya Terada - showcasing high quality and tasteful art works at each turn of a page.