Showing posts with label Sci-Fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sci-Fi. Show all posts

Monday, January 31, 2011

Night of the Living Trekkies


One of the advantages of being the library's acquisitions officer is that I get to see all the new stock as it comes through (it can be an occupational hazard too). So when this title landed on my desk it just screamed out to be read.
Night of the Living Trekkies can be best described as a cross between what goes on at a Star Trek convention (which are pretty strange affairs at the best of times... so I've heard!) and Night of the Living Dead. As the planet (well... Houston, Texas at least) teeters on the brink of being overrun by the living dead, a ragtag group of fanboys and fangirls have to survive the night and get to safety before the government bombs Houston back to the stoneage.
A lurid, but entertaining read.
Disclaimer: the author of this post would like it know that he has never attended a Star Trek convention in his life and only knows them by reputation. He has, however, attended a few Doctor Who ones which are considerably more sedate affairs.

Friday, June 04, 2010

New Sci-Fi and FAntasy Books

New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
A collection of recently received Sci-Fi and Fantasy books are available at Hurstville Library. Highlights include:
Jennifer Fallon's The Palace of Impossible Dreams, Kim Falconer’s Strange Attractors, book 3 in the Quantum Enchantment series, Ian Irvine’s The Destiny of the Dead, book 3 in the Song of the Tears series and The Wingless Boy by Jay Amory.
The list continues with titles by authors Traci Harding, Anne Bishop, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Melanie Rawn, Stephen Baxter and don’t forget Steven Erickson’s Garden’s of the Moon from the popular series Tale of the Malazan: Book of the Fallen.
Come in and check out this great display which includes a fabulous series of retro 50s posters.