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networks Pedestrians who pass by this humble blog, I take the post of David Gómez Hidalgo, who many know as Bolzano, to publish your link on an interesting literary challenge dance carries in a few years and which, like him, I also participated in a while. To avoid repeating as he has explained it very well there is a link to the blog post. Greetings to everyone.

CROSSROADS: Challenge 2011, "Return the Challenge, 2011 Challenge Last year I participated in the Challenge 2010 and failing to comply. I have to say that I started too late and also ..."

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Fahrenheit 451

Nothing better to start the week that the review of a classic. Well, classic nigún better than this, that has as protagonists the same books and a future society that revolves around them. As always, You can also find the review on Shvoong and H-Horror . A hug to all and happy week.

Fahrenheit 451

Original title: Fahrenheit 451

Author: Ray Bradbury

Editorial: DeBolsillo

176 pages

ISBN: 9788497930055

1 st Edition in this editorial: 2003

The story of a dark and horrific future. Montag, the protagonist, is in a strange fire brigade ...

Fahrenheit 451 offers the story of a dark and horrific future. Montag, the protagonist, is in a strange fire brigade whose mission, ironically, is not to put out fires but to burn books to provoke. Because the country is strictly forbidden to read Montag. Because reading requires thinking, and the country is forbidden to think Montag. Because it is read back from being naively happy, and the country Montag have to be happy in the force ... The most famous novel by Ray Bradbury, a master of science fiction.

Bradbury Talking equivalent today to talk about a model of the current fiction. Besides this work which dates in its first edition in 1953, others have earned a good reputation within the genre as The Martian Chronicles ( 1950) or The Illustrated Man (1951). The author of Illinois, born in 1920, this novel offers a poignant prose in the future, imagined more than half a century, which is overwhelming. To all those who love literature and devoured many books as you can, imagine a society like that shows us Fahrenheit 451 is indeed frightening. A society where the possession of books is severely punished, a planet where the best place we can occupy these is in incinerators ( ashes of ashes, they say in some part of the work), some people constantly at war and for to a forced sale. Are all elements that make this short novel, with Bradbury's prose, an attractive cocktail.

The story is centered on the awakening of Montag, a fireman who is engaged to burn the books and the hopes of those who love. Guy Montag will, through circumstantial elements that get in his way, he will recover consciousness about the world we live and try to escape the clutches of the prevailing society.

is incredible the skill with which the author develops the characters and their personalities in history. The degradation of some and the exaltation of others, their fears, their thoughts, their inconsistencies ... everything bears witness to the society that seeks to teach and does so in a way that scares them. Nor does it neglect the visionary aspect of Bradbury, as a technology shows us that in his time was only dream and today it is possible and real: the walls that make for great TV and that show a continuous contact with other people in the distance, are a good example.

I have also noted that the background of the book leaves a bitter aftertaste, but hopeful. Bitter because hatred and fear that society has represented books is something that could apply to some strata of society today, or perhaps some individuals. Unfortunately, some reactions of this "fiction" well you can see or live in our flesh. Surely this is a novel critical of the system, with its people and their patterns of action face of adversity, against what is forbidden. Bradbury reading can be an exasperating experience but no doubt it's worth, a lot. A highly recommended reading. By the way, for those who desconozcáis, the novel opens its pages with a brief explanation of why it is called so is that Fahrenheit 451 refers to the temperature at which the role of inflammation and burning books.

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Your Stories

Dear bloggers, today I wanted to devote a special entry to a place where one day, like the legendary Café Gijón, gathered a large group of young writers eager to overshoot. That place is none other than the web TusRelatos.com and although it is no longer what it was, still promoting the illusion of those who dream of being a writer. There, as I said, I met great writers q ue eventually became great friends. I speak of authors such as Javier Pellicer Moscardo, Vilas Couselo Darius (aka Xulio Eshton), Claudia Burk, Vice Vhon Khamy, Mandrake, David Gomez Hidalgo (aka Bolzano), Rafael Rubio, Félix Gómez and well, needless to say some more but are many. Well, this post is not for nothing but to speak of a great discovery is that a few days ago, surfing the web, I came across a monograph within the for or new TusRelatos.com which gives us quite accurately the history of this site and the people who have moved there from 1999 to today. As part of those who lived this story in one of its moments, has been a delight to read this. I imagine that for those who also passed through the page, will recall a great satisfaction to those who crossed his path in this place for a time to nurture the dreams of many of us and allowed us to show our humble writings to the world, our peers. I do not dwell more, click on the logo below to directly access the monograph. A big hug.

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Night Watch

Today we will take for the week started with a book review Night Watch Sergei Lukyanenko and, of course, can also find Shvoong and H-Horror . I also wanted to congratulate Montse de Paz, author of Wild Kindred (among other books) to win the VIII Award Minotaur 2011 in the category of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature for his novel City starless . Congratulations to the author! And now, here's the review:

Night Watch

Original title: Nochnoy dozor (Night Watch)
Author: Sergey Lukyanenko
Editorial: DeBolsillo
512 pages
ISBN: 9788499082806
1 st edition in this editorial: 2010

The eternal struggle between Good and Evil is about to unfold in Moscow today.

walk the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of the population, and they call themselves Others. They are creatures with special powers who have lost their humanity and can penetrate into the Twilight, a shadowy world parallel to ours. Each Other has had to swear allegiance either to the Light or the Darkness.

Both sides coexist in an uneasy truce since, long ago, to prevent chaos and annihilation, signed an agreement and created two patrols (the Night Watch and Day Guard) to be closely monitored. His goal is not to destroy, but to maintain the precarious balance between good and evil, however, an ancient prophecy says that one day will be a powerful Other will be tempted by one of the sides and tip the balance. That day has arrived ... Night Watch is a fantasy thriller stomping beat and dazzling originality and intelligence, one of those books that transcends the boundaries of their gender. Set in the complex and contradictory Russia today, this novel (a book of worship guaranteed by the international success) reveals a world where an evil act must be offset by a benevolent action, where beings are torn between their lost humanity and its new powers, and explore the universal themes freedom and responsibility, purpose and means, the eternal struggle between Good and Evil, and the blurred line that separates them.

A priori, it would seem that this is one of those stories of struggle conventional sides of Light against Darkness and, while not an original idea in itself, the treatment we Kazakhstan gives this writer who lives in Russia does not stop be attractive in its approach. We start with the idea of \u200b\u200ba confrontation set controlled by a pact signed millennia ago by the heads of the two sides. In that agreement, emerged two guards, the Guard Day, to preserve the day of the influence of light , and Night Watch, which does the same with the Dark . We can say that, despite this, the city is not free of insurgents and rebels of the system, or even ignorant to know their nature and the covenant to which they are subjected Other the planet, because yes, Other are human (or at least someday were), but not all who are or are everyone, and one of the functions of these officers is to find others like them to capture them and bow their aspirations to their own side facing the final fight mention his prophecies. To this is added the interrelationship of these gifted supernatural available to go into a sort of dimension to the Twilight called that, in turn, seems to possess its own life and who thrives on deep into it. Twilight This has several levels of depth, depending on the category of Light or tenebrous are more or less accessible. These are the basic precepts of the whole plot, which we must add the intention of the senior management of each party seeking to tip the balance to his side and subtle scheming plans whose purpose is subject to a large number of matches and events scheduled potential of each of the characters in the novel. None of them is on this story so trivial, everyone has their reason for being. Are actors in a large network whose directors manipulated at will and without ceremony. Not obvious that, regardless of the inclination of the Other to make Good or Bad , there are different creatures who inhabit this particular universe among which we find: Wizards, Vampires or therianthropic.

This is the premise on which moves the story of Anton Gorodetsky, a tertiary Another member of the Night Watch which is engaged in a plot that goes far beyond that beyond one of simple missions that are used to. This is where you begin to weave a complex plan that will lead us in the first person to speculate on the magical world around the streets of this modern Moscow.

Some say, as I warned before, that there is nonstandard in this Trilogy Guard and talk about books as American Gods by Neil Gaiman or RPGs White Wolf as a reference to gender and as a history of Sergei literature, sources that may have been drinking. However, I encourage everyone to start reading the trilogy (now that was just reprinted in the hands of the Editorial DeBolsillo ), because despite being a prose somewhat harsh and cold, like a shot of vodka capella, is not at all heavy, but quite the opposite, and that's perfectly suited to the climate of melancholy that seeps into the novel and its characters, trapped in a world of doubters elected but constantly and can not and exit. If we want an incentive to encourage us to read Night Watch , note that the author has received dozens of awards for his works and in 2003 was named best European writer in the Eurocontrol of Turku, Finland. This trilogy also was a bestseller in Russia, reaching the category of Best Sellers a million copies sold and translations of it more than ten languages. Also, for the lazy, the first two parts of the trilogy were filmed with some dignity but, as usual, at least the first book, casts a shadow on adaptation. But they are there if you want to see films, both directed by Timur Bekmambetov in 2004 and 2006 respectively. As I say, do not expect much, deserves much more worthwhile to read the books, but as experience and ideas are not bad.

For lovers of the kind of fantasy that goes into our reality and mixed with it, this is a novel worth reading.

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Horns (Horns)

Hi all, bloggers, what better than to celebrate the birthday of my father and my brother (who all know and Make) a review, the Horns of Joe Hill. The title alone is appealing is that Joe Hill's novel gets it. Here you have the review of this book (Yes, the same that you can find in the pages of H-Horror and Shvoong ). Enjoy and watch out for those horns when they are near, danger to safeguard your darkest secrets. Kisses and hugs ... to whom it may concern. And, of course, Happy Birthday! to the aforementioned.

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Horns

Title original: Horns

Author: Joe Hill

Publisher: Suma de Letras

464 pages

ISBN: 9788483651902

Castilian 1st edition: October 2010

What if one morning after a horrible drunk, I woke with a start- horns on his head?

Perrish Ig life is a living hell since his girlfriend Merrin was killed a year ago, in an episode that was outside while he lay on a cloud of suspicion that he could never shake.

One morning, after a heavy drinking, meets growing horns on his forehead. With the passing of the hours you will discover that they have a strange effect on people: they do tell their darkest desires and secrets. Thus, Ig learns that all the people including their parents, who believe he was killed Merrin. After the confusion the first time, Ig learn to take advantage of being the devil ...

Joe Hill, author prince of terror and wonder of the bestselling novel Heart-Shaped Box, returns to get the creeps with This quirky, original and imaginative story, in which everything is apparently bizarre and inexplicable.

Horns is the second novel by Joe Hill, who has already given a nickname the Prince of Terror somewhat wrong because it is the son of King of Terror , the great Stephen King. First, we dressed The Dead Costume (Suma de Letras, 2007) and now, after making a break with his collection of stories Ghosts (Suma de Letras, 2008) , returns with this the most original novel. This is another of those authors who have an aversion on the part of some readers and not really understand why. Ancestry may be what generates suspicion, however, note that Joe Hill did not show his identity until he had achieved some recognition, even today, does not renounce his pseudonym to continue publishing. But let's focus on the novel.

Mainly, the story revolves around the curious transformation suffered Perrish Ig, main actor and son of famed trumpeter, following a tremendous drunk he hardly remembers anything. Perrish Ig is a year lost in an abyss staff following the death of his girlfriend and everyone blamed for it, and even suspected him. So the morning when the novel begins, not only wakes with a hangover but with a horn emerging capable of altering the politically correct behavior of anyone who gets in the way of Ig. Since then everything will turn, mixing past and present, about what happened to his girlfriend Merrin and those involved in the matter and, during the process, Ig discover secrets that could only confess to the devil and should be locked up.

worth noting in this work its originality, something that surprised us and The Dead Costume (soon we will see on the big screen in Neil Jordan's hand) and quality with which we offer it. However, this is not a novel that can be pigeonholed into the horror genre, but rather may be located within the fantasy fiction in the broadest sense of the genre. Horns also has a halo of dark and morbid about the plot and its characters is striking and not indifferent, if it becomes more attractive the world in which history unfolds. One of the points which I consider strong within Horns is the configuration of the characters, their intra and psychology. Hill manages to string together in complex ways, and barely aware of it, a great story that serves as an excuse and motor to everything that happens along the plot and does so with a master's matured. It also contains an incredible momentum from beginning to end which, added to the intrigue maintained for most of the novel, makes it an easy to read, almost addictive. A novel that explores the human soul rot in the darkness that holds every human being and in those dark secrets and thoughts that anyone even look ridiculous, they have. That's what this terrific novel, but basically it is a fantasy fiction novel. Joe Hill makes us think through the story and characters, about religion, ethics and morality, love, relationships, friendship, sensitivity, small and great things in our lives ... So not a novel to leave indifferent. It far exceeds with respect to the first and bears witness to what this great writer is yet to come. As drawback may point towards the number of misspellings, grammatical and errata in the book and, for a publisher like this, it is unthinkable and ugly to some extent the result of a writing, in my opinion, masterful that has nothing to envy of his father. As a final note, however, say that both the author and his work, is a reference to take into account in current fiction, and giving a new breath of fresh air to the publishing market and, of course, the imagination.