GREAT READS

Sukai kurora The sky crawlers

presented by NTV and Production IG ; director, Mamoru Oshii ; screenplay by Chihiro Ito ; producer: Tomohiko Ishii.

Science Fiction, Fantasy

From Mamoru Oshii, the world-acclaimed director of Ghost in the Shell comes an award-winning story of an exciting but endless war with heroes too young to understand the reality of their battles. A group of eternally young fighter pilots known as Kildren experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds. With his only childhood memory consisting of intense flight training, the fearless teen...

The windup girl

Paolo Bacigalupi.

Fantasy, Science Fiction

What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of "The Calorie Man"( Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and "Yellow Card Man" (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to address these questions.

Leviathan

written by Scott Westerfeld ; illustrated by Keith Thompson.

Science Fiction, Fantasy

On the eve of World War I, the machine-loving Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their big steam-powered Clankers. Inspired by Darwin, the British have fabricated animals into warships. Their mothership is called "Leviathan," and she is a whale-dirigible. The first book in a brand-new trilogy by the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Uglies series.

Boneshaker

Cherie Priest.

Science/Technology, Fantasy

"Boneshaker" is] a steampunk-zombie-airship adventure of rollicking pace and sweeping proportions, full of wonderfully gnarly details.--Scott Westerfeld, author of "Leviathan."

Soulless.

Carriger, Gail.

Paranormal

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" meets Jane Austen in this wickedly funny debut novel, which kicks off Carriger's new series set in an alternate 19th-century London that not only knows about vampires and werewolves, but accepts them into the upper tiers of society. Original.

Mainspring

by Jay Lake.

The light ages

Ian R. MacLeod.

The kingdom of Ohio

Matthew Flaming.

Fantasy, Science Fiction

The maze-like streets of New York at the dawn of the mechanical age are the setting, as an unlikely duo find themselves wrestling with the nature of history, technology, and the unfolding of time itself. An incredibly original, intelligent love story.

Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow

Paramount Pictures, Aurelio de Laurentiis and Jon Avnet present a Brooklyn Films II, Riff Raff-Blue Flower, Filmauro production, a film by Kerry Conran ; produced by Jon Avnet ; producers, Marsha Oglesby, Sadie Frost, Jude Law ; written and directed by Ke

Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Scar

Mieville, China

Fantasy, Science Fiction

Steamboy

Fantasy, Science/Technology

The alchemy of stone

Ekaterina Sedia.

Fantasy, Science Fiction

Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between gargoyles, the Mechanics, and the Alchemists. With the old order quickly giving way to the new, Mattie discovers powerful and dangerous secrets - secrets that can completely alter the balance of power in the city of Ayona. However, this doesn't sit well with Loharri, the Mechanic who created Mattie and still has the key to her ...