Tag: Wydawnictwo Mag

New Zelazny Omnibus Available in Poland!

Posted on Friday, December 27th, 2024

We’re very happy to report that there is a new Roger Zelazny omnibus available in Poland! NIEŚMIERTELNY / ISTOTY ŚWIATŁA I MROKU / WYSPA UMARŁYCH / OKO KOTA is published by Wydawnictwo, as part of their Artefakty series. The omnibus includes the acclaimed classic novels THIS IMMORTAL, CREATURES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS, ISLE OF THE DEAD, and EYE OF CAT, and was translated by Piotr W. Cholewa. Here’s the synopsis…

ZŁOŻENIE ZAMÓWIENIA OZNACZA AKCEPTACJĘ TERMINU JEGO WYSYŁKI.

Termin wysyłki widoczny jest powyżej w pozycji: WYSYŁKA W: … DNI ROBOCZYCH oraz w koszyku i w potwierdzeniu zamówienia wysłanym e-mailem.

Na stronie sklepu widoczny jest zawsze termin wysyłki aktualnie składanych zamówień. Zamówienia są realizowane w kolejności złożenia pod warunkiem terminowej wpłaty.

Roger Zelazny, był jednym z najbardziej wpływowych pisarzy fantastycznych naszych czasów. Z równą swobodą przemierzającym bezdroża niezwykłych światów fantasy, jak rozrzucone w głębi kosmosu niezliczone uniwersa odległej przyszłości. Często eksperymentując z formą zyskał miano jednego z najważniejszych i najbardziej wszechstronnych autorów Nowej Fali. Zdobył wiele nagród, w tym sześć nagród Hugo, trzy nagrody Nebula i dwie nagrody Locus. 

Niniejszy zbiór powieści, ukazuje wielką fascynację Zelaznego mitami oraz religią. Od wierzeń Indian z plemienia Navajo, poprzez inspiracje mitologią grecką, a skończywszy na niezwykłej wizji odległej przyszłości, zaludnionej przez byty zainspirowanej wierzeniami Egipcjan.

THIS IMMORTAL is Zelazny’s Hugo, Geffen, and Seiun awards-winning debut novel, and was first published in 1966.

Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he’d rather not talk about. And, as Arts Commissioner, he’s been given a job he’d rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the shattered remains of Earth is not something he relishes-especially when it is apparent that this places him at the center of high-level intrigue that has some bearing on the future of Earth itself!

CREATURES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS was first published in 1969.

In the House of the Dead he has been given a name. That name is Wakim, but Wakim knows that this name is not his true name not the name that he carried with him in life. Wakim has been commanded by his master Anubus to find and destroy The Prince Who Was A Thousand. Wakim leaves the House of the Dead intent on carrying out his mission to destroy The Prince Who Was A Thousand, but he has a second personal mission… to find his true name. And if he does Wakim cannot even imagine how that will change everything…

ISLE OF THE DEAD was first published in 1969, and is the first novel featuring Francis Sandow. It was nominated for a Nebula Award, and won the Prix Apollo.

Centuries in the future, Francis Sandow is the only man alive who was born as long ago as the 20th century. His body is kept young and in perfect health by advanced scientific methods; he has amassed such a fortune that he can own entire planets; and he has become a god. No, not a god of Earth, but one of the panetheon of the alien Pei’ans: he is Shimbo of Darktree, Shrugger of Thunders. Yet he doesn’t believe that his personality has merged with the ancient consciousness of Shimbo, that he really can call down the skies upon his enemies.

The time comes, however, when Francis Sandow must use these powers against the most dangerous antagonist in the universe: another Pei’an god — Shimbo’s own enemy, Belion. And Belion has no doubt whatever of his own powers…

EYE OF CAT was first published in 1982.

William Blackhorse Singer, the last Navajo on a future Earth, is called upon to aid in protecting an alien diplomat from a powerful and hostile member of his own species. With the aid of a shape-shifting alien known as “Cat,” he carries out the mission, with one condition: when the mission is over, Cat wants a return bout with the man who captured him, a chase with Singer as the hunted instead of the hunter…

A number of Roger Zelazny’s classic novels have recently been published as new audiobooks, via Tantor.

Ian McDonald’s LUNA: WSCHÓD is out now!

Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2020

MOON RISING, the third novel in Ian McDonald‘s acclaimed, award-nominated Luna series is now available in Poland! Published by MAG as LUNA: WSCHÓD, here’s the synopsis…

Trylogia Luna McDonalda, do której prawa ekranizacji za ogromną sumę zakupiła telewizja CBS, dawno została uznana za jeden z najbardziej ekscytujących i ważnych cykli SF ostatniej dekady. Jest dla nowego pokolenia czymś w rodzaju trylogii marsjańskiej Kima Stanleya Robinsona. To idealna fantastyka dla fanów Grawitacji i Marsjanina szukających czegoś o szerszej perspektywie i większej skali.

Rodziny księżycowych Pięciu Smoków przypominają nieco mafijne rody z Ojca Chrzestnego. Kontrolują bogate surowce Księżyca i pogrążeni są w nieskończonej i brutalnej walce o dominację nad nimi. Nagle pokój, który panował na skolonizowanym Księżycu zaczyna się sypać. Którzy następcy tronu Pięciu Smoków zyskają hegemonię? A może ostatecznym zwycięzcą okaże się sam Księżyc, z jego surową próżnią, morderczym mrozem i ostrym promieniowaniem?

MAG has also published the first two novels in the series, NEW MOON and WOLF MOON, as LUNA: NÓW and LUNA: WILCZA PEŁNIA.

The series is published in the UK by Gollancz, and in North America by Tor Books. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

A hundred years in the future, a war wages between the Five Dragons — five families that control the Moon’s leading industrial companies. Each clan does everything in their power to claw their way to the top of the food chain — marriages of convenience, corporate espionage, kidnapping, and mass assassinations.

Through ingenious political manipulation and sheer force of will, Lucas Cortas rises from the ashes of corporate defeat and seizes control of the Moon. The only person who can stop him is a brilliant lunar lawyer, his sister, Ariel.

Witness the Dragons’ final battle for absolute sovereignty in Ian McDonald’s heart-stopping finale to the Luna trilogy.

Tor.com has also published a prequel novella, THE MENACE FROM FARSIDE, which is out now.

Here are just a few reviews the series has received so far…

‘McDonald concludes his Luna space opera trilogy in triumphant style… The political intrigue never feels too abstract or removed from 21st-century Earth. Readers will appreciate the care McDonald takes with both worldbuilding and characterization, and will enjoy little touches such as giving an assassin the job title of Corporate Conflict Resolution Officer… fans of the prior books will find this wrap-up rewarding.’ — Publishers Weekly on MOON RISING

‘McDonald’s richly imagined Lunar culture and interplanetary poleconomy make for a superb backdrop for literally dozens of richly realized human dramas, and it’s hard to say which is more fascinating. McDonald’s wildly imaginative worldbuilding (present since his debut novel, the utterly wonderful standout OUT ON BLUE SIX) and his ability to spin out intrigues are both in full flight in this final volume.’ — Boing Boing on MOON RISING

‘… cinematic set-pieces… so much fun to read… these entertaining, and intelligent novels, capped off by the very satisfying Luna: MOON RISING, have been about establishing a society, a community, a family that looks to the future, that lives and prospers in an environment that must always be treated with respect.’ — Locus (Ian Mond)

‘A Howling Good Read… No one builds a world like Ian McDonald does. Piece by piece and brick by brick. Spare, simple, elegant when he needs to be…, deep and meaty when he wants to be…, he does his work like an artisan pulling a sculpture from stone. There are no wasted moves, nothing that isn’t vital because, in the end, everything is vital. Everything matters… it is fascinating, all of it. Because McDonald has made a world that is ruthless in its consistency and living, breathing reality, and then made characters who are not just living in it, but wholly and fully of it… McDonald’s corporate war is a gorgeous thing, fought with every tool available… McDonald is able to wrap the biggest events in constellations of the smallest so that a cocktail party here, a discussion of ’80s retro fashion (all mall-hair and WHAM! T-shirts), a love story and a day at work for a guy who cleans solar panels all build and coalesce to form the background radiation of life in this unstable future. Every moment with his characters makes them precious, real and alive.’ — NPR

‘Luna: New Moon was a “magnificent bastard of a book,” as I put it in my review. Part two, it’s my pleasure to tell you, is just as awesome, and just as masterfully nasty.’ — Tor.com

‘Fans of cerebral, high-concept science fiction will love this exploration of society on the moon many decades after it has been colonized. The focus is more on concept and plot than on character, but the former are compelling enough to make this an addictive page-turner. Including the stories of many characters gives the reader important insights into different facets of society, and although the book starts at a slow pace, it accelerates into a mesmerizing political thriller.’ — RT Book Reviews

‘The way that Ian McDonald flawlessly adapts his writing to the relevant culture and country at hand is ingenious, and he showcases this perfectly in his much-lauded previous work. In LUNA: NEW MOON though, McDonald has clearly perfected this skill… McDonald certainly shows off the well-developed Cortas to illustrate his knack for creating dynamic human relationships that encompass the whole Moon… LUNA: NEW MOON is a world that has been intricately woven together by its author. It’s compelling and thought-provoking, and all without relying on overbearing sci-fi clichés. Brilliantly done.’ — SciFiNow

WHISPERS UNDERGROUND heard in Poland…

Posted on Friday, October 27th, 2017

Ben Aaronovitch‘s WHISPERS UNDERGROUND is out now in Poland! The third novel in the author’s best-selling, critically-acclaimed Peter Grant series, is published by MAG as SZEPTY POD ZIEMIĄ. Here’s the synopsis…

Nazywam się Peter Grant i jestem detektywem posterunkowym w potężnej armii sprawiedliwości znanej jako policja londyńska (tudzież psiarnia). Szkolę się także na czarodzieja, jestem pierwszym takim uczniem od pięćdziesięciu lat. Oficjalnie pracuję w wydziale do zwalczania przestępstw gospodarczych i innych, w jednostce dziewiątej, znanej też jako Szaleństwo i jako jednostka, o której grzeczni, dobrze wychowani gliniarze nie rozmawiają w kulturalnym towarzystwie.

Od poniedziałku mam okazję zająć się prawdziwą policyjną robotą. Niezidentyfikowana Ofiara została zadźgana na torach metra przy stacji Baker Street. Obecność magii niewykluczona.

Niezidentyfikowana Ofiara okazuje się synem amerykańskiego senatora i zanim zdążysz powiedzieć „międzynarodowy incydent” do sprawy posterunkowego detektywa Granta dołącza agentka FBI Kimberley Reynolds.

A w ciemnych tunelach londyńskiego metra, pośród pogrzebanych rzek i wiktoriańskich rynsztoków niesie się szept o zemście zza grobu.

Najnowsza sprawa posterunkowego detektywa Granta zaraz się wtoczy na śliskie tory…

Also available from MAG today, new editions of the first two novels in the series: RIVERS OF LONDON and MOON OVER SOHO, published as RZEKI LONDYNU and KSIĘŻYC NAD SOHO, respectively.

These three novels are published in the UK by Gollancz, and in the US by Del Rey. Here’s the English-language synopsis for WHISPERS UNDERGROUND…

A WHOLE NEW REASON TO MIND THE GAP

It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher — and the victim’s wealthy, politically powerful family is understandably eager to get to the bottom of the gruesome murder. The trouble is, the bottom — if it exists at all — is deeper and more unnatural than anyone suspects… except, that is, for London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant. With Inspector Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, tied up in the hunt for the rogue magician known as “the Faceless Man,” it’s up to Peter to plumb the haunted depths of the oldest, largest, and — as of now — deadliest subway system in the world.

At least he won’t be alone. No, the FBI has sent over a crack agent to help. She’s young, ambitious, beautiful… and a born-again Christian apt to view any magic as the work of the devil. Oh yeah — that’s going to go well.

Gollancz has published all six of the novels in the Peter Grant series to date, as well as the new novella, THE FURTHEST STATION. DAW Books has published books 4-6 in North America, and Subterranean Press publishes the novella.