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(Penguin Random House/Vintage 978-0-593-08115-0, $17, 272pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, June 1, 2021) Fantasy novel, inspired in part on the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, about mercenaries transporting a sacred oracle in 16th-century Netherlands. With lush, erudite prose and a large cast of darkly eccentric humans and monsters, this spellbinding slipstream novel from Catling (the Vorrh trilogy) feels like stepping into one of Hieronymus Bosch’s playfully macabre paintings—work...

Slow Roll kicks off 2021 season The first ride of the season rolled out of Big Ditch, with stops at Front Park and MLK Park. and last updated 2021-05-03 23:24:43-04 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Slow Roll Buffalo kicked off its weekly ten mile ride on Monday. The first trip of the season rolled out of Big Ditch with stops at Front Park and MLK Park. “I’m feeling good," said rider Kenneth Lawrence. "It’s excellent, I didn’t do nothing last year, but I’m doing it this year....

ROB CHANEY A hearing on two controversial wolf-killing bills pitted those who believe state wildlife managers aren’t listening to hunters against those who believe legislators aren’t listening to science. “The people felt they have not had a voice with the (state Fish and Wildlife) commission,” Sen. Bob Brown, R-Thompson Falls, told the House Fish and Wildlife Committee on Tuesday as he closed debate on SB 267 and SB 314. “That is the attitude, the feeling, ...

(Simon & Schuster/Saga 978-1-9821-4806-5, $27.00, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, March 2, 2021) Science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future dominated by the gig economy. There’s a great deal going on in Machinehood, from Divya’s sophisticated critique of a post-privacy gig economy to her evident expertise in AI systems, ‘‘weak AI’’ digital assistants, nanotech, and prosthetic body modifications. Individually, none of the t...

The juried award will have three categories: Long-form. 40K English words or above. Short-form. Under 40K words. A Special Service Award will be awarded to the author, editor, translator, activist or publisher who makes great contribution to promotion of non-English SFF internationally. Earlier this year I was approached by the lovely people at the Future Affairs Administration in China. They were interested in starting up a new set of SF&F translation awards and they wanted me to be part of th...

The juried award will have three categories: Long-form. 40K English words or above. Short-form. Under 40K words. A Special Service Award will be awarded to the author, editor, translator, activist or publisher who makes great contribution to promotion of non-English SFF internationally. Earlier this year I was approached by the lovely people at the Future Affairs Administration in China. They were interested in starting up a new set of SF&F translation awards and they wanted me to be part of th...

Shipping IPO prospects slim as capital-market access plunges U.S.-listed shipowners raised record-low proceeds from securities sales this year 1,890 5 minutes read Most owners did not raise capital. But some smaller NASDAQ-listed owners raised more than usual (Photo: Flickr/Sami Keinanen) In the mid-2000s, an entire subindustry emerged in New York to help raise capital for shipowners. Investment banks, lawyers and accountants raked in fees on initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-o...

>> reporter: megan lindsey does not work in politics. try the national compound sill for adoption. >> they intended to make jokes about politics. instead. they made jokes that would offend adoptive families. >> reporter: there has been no comment from the romney family. there is a bigger point about this, too. adoption and families are changing this this country. you know, the national adoption survey says 40% of kids adopted in the u.s. are in interracial families. so i think this is a recognit...

Even improvements wouldnt protect them going 60, 70, 80. >> you just cant physically build a tank that can withstand that kind of impact speed. >> reporter: gary wolfe says trains are far safer than trucks. right now, the only alternative to shipping crude oil across the country. >> i dont think the average person wants to be driving next to a 75 mile an hour rig carrying crude oil down the highway 12 feet away from your automobile. >> reporter: some oil companies are using new technology like t...

>> reporter: but animal rights groups have long been calling for a ban on the rides, citing accidents like these. and they say the animals are forced to live in conditions they say is inhumane. >> no matter what they say, the horses are really not kept in a good condition. >> reporter: the mare -- mayor says he is open to suggestions. >> the horses are the star. its not the car. its not the carriage. its not me. thats what people come for. you cant create that with an electric car. youll never c...