Steampunk and Robots-another monster mashup
Android Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy and Ben H. Winters
Release date: June 8, 2010
Description from publisher site:
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters co-author Ben H. Winters is back with an all-new collaborator, legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, and the result is Android Karenina—an enhanced edition of the classic love story set in a dystopian world of robots, cyborgs, and interstellar space travel.
As in the original novel, our story follows two relationships: The tragic adulterous love affair of Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky, and the more hopeful marriage of Nikolai Levin and Princess Kitty Shcherbatskaya. These characters live in a steampunk-inspired world of robotic butlers, clumsy automatons, and rudimentary mechanical devices. But when these copper-plated machines begin to revolt against their human masters, our characters must fight back using state-of-the-art 19th-century technology—and a sleek new model of ultra-human cyborgs like nothing the world has ever seen.
Filled with the same blend of romance, drama, and fantasy that made the first two Quirk Classics New York Times best sellers, Android Karenina brings this celebrated series into the exciting world of science fiction.
I've got to buckle down and finally read this classic.
And, you gotta check out these robots:
An unknown producer from Uruguay, Fede Alvarez, shelled out about $300 to create a cool video of a robot invasion in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The four-minute short, "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack) features ginormous (but slow-moving) weapon-wielding robots that blow stuff up.
- From Uruguay to Hollywood: Watch the Video
by Claudine Zap on Yahoo! Buzz Log
Blogosphere giveaway(s):
How to Say Goodbye in Robot - book
by Natalie Standiford
from Park Avenue Princess
-offer ends February 6, 2010
Excerpt from Natalie's author guest post at Park Avenue Princess:
People often talk about character and plot when giving writing advice, but don't forget about setting. A vivid setting can inspire you, give you story and character ideas, pull you out of a hole when you get stuck. A novel is a monster that eats details: the writer feeds the story to make it grow and keep it moving forward. When you are writing about a vivid setting, you have more details at hand to feed the monster. Trust me, you want that.
Hello Robot placemat
created by Hello Hanna
from Steals and Deals
-offer ends January 25, 2010
*spotted robot video at The Fashion Planner
* Waiting on Wednesday
was created by Jill at Breaking the Spine
