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Eftersom jag fick inspiration att ordna böcker så var det dags att göra upp åtminstone en av mina årliga listor, julklappslistan.

Tyvärr inga bilder i år eftersom jag inte vet vad som är fel med min digitalkamera.

Julrea (de jag inte längre har framför mig höftar jag från huvudet, så glömmer jag bort någon är det inte mitt fel):

Köksvåg från OBH Nordica (bara den innehåller en rolig historia).

Badrumsvåg från Coline.

Handskulpterat ljus som en byst på Lenin (av T, ingen annan som skulle vara så ironisk och rolig, eftersom det fyllde med ett Rädda Barnen-kort där han gjort några omskrivningar om man säger så).

Prenumeration som varje år på Kiruna-tidningen.

En förpackning After Eight.

En ask Paradis-choklad (från OK).

Kikare (också från OK för att en annan av personalen inte ville ha den).

Gåvokort från Joyful (också från Macken).

James Cameron's Avatar Extended Collector's 6 Disc Edition (också en lite längre historia bakom).

Ögonblick i Kiruna 2009-2010 (Ett projekt av bilder att bevara inför framtiden nu så här inför flytten).

China Miéville - Perdido Street Station

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one - not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research.

But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon - and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes.

China Miéville - The Scar

Aboard a vast sea-faring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to a fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. When the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of stolen ships - a floating, landless mass whose bizarre leaders harbor a sinister agenda.

Senaste bokinköp (som inte är en del av bokrean). Beställde från Bokus några dagar innan rean började. Alla dessa böcker är direkt fortsättningar på de tv-serier de är baserade på och i fallet Buffy är de så officiella de kan bli eftersom den är skriven av Joss Whedon himself(!), detsamma kan mer eller minder sägas om The 4400 också. Star Trek är ju Star Trek, men för mig är även denna forsättning kanon, denna bok är dock till skillnad från de andra inte den första boken i serien, utan Enterprise är redan inne på sin tredje bok (och äntligen startar The Romulan War(!), det man såg fram emot hela Enterprise, men aldrig fick se...)

1. Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1 - "The Long Way Home"

Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers - newly legion - have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains. Meanwhile, one of the "Buffy" decoy slayers is going through major pain of her own.

Första mening: "The thing about changing the world...once you do it, the world's all different."

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2. Star Trek Enterprise - The Romulan War: Beneath The Raptor's Wing

At the start of the twenty-first century, unconditional war swept across the Earth. A war that engulfed the great and the small, the rich and the poor, giving no quarter. Each side strove for unconditional victory, and as battle built upon battle, the living began to envy the dead.

Chastised by the cataclysm that they had unleashed, the governments of Earth came together. Humanity vowed to put an end to war and to strive for the betterment of every living creature. A united Earth created Starfleet, an interstellar agency whose mission was to explore the cosmos, to come in peace for all mankind. It was a naïve wish that was battered by interstellar realities, yet man persists in the belief that peace is the way. Banding together with other powers to form a Coalition of Planets, humanity hopes that the strength each can offer the other will allow for peaceful exploration.

However, the rise of the Coalition strikes dread within the Romulan Star Empire. They feel its growing reach will cut them off from what is rightfully theirs. The Romulans know that the alliance is fragile, that the correct strategy could turn allies into foes. Perfecting a way of remotely controlling Coalition ships and using them as weapons against one another, the Romulans hope to drive a wedge of suspicion and mistrust between these new allies.

One Starfleet captain uncovers this insidious plot: Jonathan Archer of the Enterprise. Determined not to lose what they have gained, outmanned and outgunned, the captains of Starfleet stand tall, vowing to defend every inch of Coalition space until the tide begins to turn.

The Romulans now plan to strike at what they see as the heart of their problem. With nothing left to lose, the Romulan Star Empire engages in all-out war against humanity, determined once and for all to stop the human menace from spreading across the galaxy.

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Slutligen, alla hittills utgivna The 4400-böcker, de två första är den direkta fortsättningen på serier och de två sistnämnda utspelas under seriens gång.

3. The 4400 - Welcome to Promise City

The 4400 were only the beginning.

Now anyone can become extraordinary.

The rewards are great. But so are the risks. . .

Mere months have passed since a viral outbreak transformed Seattle. Over nine thousand people died horribly, while thousands more gained remarkable new abilities. The disaster has also left Jordan Collier, the charismatic leader of The 4400 Movement, in charge of the city, much to the dismay of the rest of the world.

To Collier's followers, the birth of "Promise City" heralds the dawn of a glorious new future that will forever change the face of humanity. But not everyone welcomes Collier's vision of tomorrow. An international conspiracy, composed of many of the world's most powerful figures, will stop at nothing to destroy the Movement, even if it means igniting an all-out war against Promise City.

NTAC agents Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris find themselves caught in the middle of a historic clash as they try to save Seattle from both Jordan Collier and his mortal enemies...with the future of the planet hanging in the balance. 

The saga of The 4400 continues.

4. The 4400 - Promises Broken

4400 taken, 4400 returned.

All were given startling new abilities. Now, if you are willing to risk it all, you too can be extraordinary. Is this what the future intended to ensure the survival of the human race?

Promicin -- which kills half of those who dare to inject it and grants paranormal abilities to those who survive -- is spreading across the globe and threatening to plunge the entire world into chaos.

One year has passed since Jordan Collier and his followers seized control of Seattle and renamed it Promise City. U.S. armed forces have surrounded Seattle, and each day brings Collier and his Promicin-Positive Movement closer to all-out war with the world's greatest military superpower.

However, the real threats are the Marked -- agents from the future whose identities are encoded into body-hijacking nanites. They were sent back to thwart the efforts of the 4400. The last three surviving Marked lurk in the shadows, working in secret as they prepare to deliver a deathblow to the planet.

Caught in the crossfire are NTAC agents Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris. His son, Kyle, and her thirteen-year-old adopted daughter, Maia, are both more loyal to Jordan's movement than to them. And when the standoff between Collier and the U.S. military explodes into open conflict, Tom, Diana, and fellow agents wind up outnumbered and outgunned.

In the end, the fate of all mankind will rest in the hands of one man: Tom Baldwin.

5. The 4400 - Wet Work (Utspelas under säsong 2).

4400 taken, 4400 returned.
With no memory of where they've been.
And they haven't aged a day.
Some have returned with startling new abilities...

1992: For nearly a decade, the international assassin known only as "the Wraith" has eluded authorities. Political leaders, powerful heads ofbusiness, terrorists known and suspected have numbered among the many victims until -- without explanation -- the Wraith disappears....

2005: Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris are investigating Jordan Collier's murder, but they're pulled off the case. Washington believes the Wraith -- a onetime freelance agent for the U.S. government -- is active again. A high-ranking CIA officer, who oversaw the rogue operator's activities, is killed. Evidence at the scene points to the Wraith and that this highly efficient killer is now a 4400. The NTAC agents only have thirteen-year-old leads to follow an assassin who was never caught. Suddenly, the Wraith kills another returnee. Why? What does this mean? Can the mounting fears of the 4400 be right? Or is this just one returnee who has gone off the track. Baldwin and Skouris need to know -- but will they find out before the Wraith completes this deadly covert objective?

6. The 4400 - The Vesuvius Prophecy (Utspelas under Säsong 3)

4400 taken, 4400 returned.
With no memory of where they've been.
And they haven't aged a day.
Some have returned with startling new abilities...

Eleven-year-old Maia can see the future, and she's never wrong. So when she has a vision of Mount Rainier starting to erupt, the National Threat Assessment Command takes her warning very seriously. But to track down the unknown returnee who may trigger the volcanic eruption, NTAC agents Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris must uncover the astounding truth behind one of the greatest unsolved crimes of the twentieth century....

And they've got competition. Ruthless enemies are working against them and somehow managing to keep one step ahead of the desperate agents. With the future closing in on them, Tom and Diana must foil a lethal conspiracy -- before Seattle and the entire Pacific Northwest go the way of ancient Pompeii.

Woo, nu har min beställning från Bokus kommit, det var så snygga exemplar att jag måste börja beställa oftare, framförallt Her Smoke Rose Up Forever kan jag stirra på hur länge som helst och bara njuta.

James Tiptree Jr. - "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever"

Julie Phillips - "James Tiptree Jr. - The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon"

"När Allt Förändrades - 17 Science Fiction Noveller" - i urval av John-Henri Holmberg

Och ännu ett inlägg, gjorde precis denna lilla grej på facebook och kan därmed också lika gärna sätta upp den här på min blogg (tänk på att reglerna gäller facebook, men grejen går lika bra att publicera även här så). Se er som utmanade!:

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Tag 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your 15 picks, and tag people in the note - upper right hand side. If you don't have a "notes" tab, click on the big '+' in your Profile menu and add Notes.)

1. Frank Herbert - Dune
2. Sven-Christer Swahn - Duell på Månen
3. A.E. van Vogt - Slakthus Fem
4. August Strindberg - Ett Drömspel
5. J.R.R. Tolkien - Silmarillion
6. Joanna Russ - En Gång Skall Vi Alla...
7. Ursula K. Le Guin - Left Hand of Darkness
8. Carl Sagan - Kontakt
9. A.E. van Vogt - Slan
10. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
11. Douglas Adams - Liftarens Guide Till Galaxen
12. Isaac Asmiov - Stiftelsen
13. Ray Bradbury - From the Dust Returned
14. Ursula K. Le Guin - Sagan om Övärlden
15. Dan Parkinson - Starsong

Wow, coolt! 10 unika besökare den 22:a februari, måste vara ett nytt rekord för mig. Sånt gillar jag.

Idag blir det två inlägg, ett seriöst och ett livsfilosofiskt. De var allt för väsenskilda för att bråka om samma inlägg. 

Detta har varit en intressant vecka, men nu har jag iallafall tagit mig till bokrean. Jag vet inte om det är jag som inte är på humör, men på något sätt är bokrean inte lika bra i år som tidigare år. Inte det att det skulle vara samma böcker som tidigare år, för det är inte många likadana från förra året utan det är knappt någon bok som får mitt intresse att lysa upp.

Detta är iallafall dagens bokskörd:

Akademibokhandeln:

Aron Flam & Jonatan Unge - Sista ordet: citat och fakta om döden 49:-

Kurt Vonnegut - En Man Utan Land 59:-

Nevill Drury - Magic and Witchcraft: From Shamanism to Technopagans 69:-

Francis King - Magic: The Western Tradition 49:-

Summa: 226:-

H:ströms: 

red. David Cobb - Haiku 65:-

Christina Claesson - Berättarens Handbok 59:-

Neil Strauss & Bernard Chang - How To Make Money Like A Porn Star! 49:-

Summa: 173:-

Din Bok:

Ivar Wallensteen & Gunnar Brusewitz - Aforismer: egna och andras 45:-

Summa: 45:-

Sammanlagd Summa: 444:-

Och som inte hade med bokrean att göra men eftersom det är en av de bästa berättelserna som finns:

Neil Gaiman - The Sandman 6: Fables and Reflections