Kim lakinsmith kim lakinsmiths dark fantasy and science fiction short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including black static, interzone, celebration, mythunderstandings, further conflicts, pandemonium. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Celebrity memories of doctor who, the mammoth book of ghost stories by women, solaris rising 2, resurrection engines, best british fantasy 20, sharkpunk, the mammoth book of dieselpunk, and more. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover kims connections and jobs at similar companies. First off a few stats i have managed to read eightytwo novels which works out at over six and a half books a month. Its reminiscent of a gothic bold as love, an alternate present or near future where rock music in this case, gothic rock, with smatterings of punk is really as important as its always thought it should be. When andy invited me to hijack sorry, guest on his blog by writing about filming my novel winter song angry robot books i thought well, why ever not. Stories of the apocalypse, and other magazines and anthologies. Stories of the apocalypse, mammoth book of ghost stories by women, and others, with johnny and emmie. Kim lakinsmith attained a first class honors degree in english lit and creative writing from the university of glamorgan, and was tutored by award winning author graham joyce while studying for her ma in writing at nottingham trent. Her debut novel, tourniquet immanion press was published in 2007 and the novellas black sunday and cyber circus will be published by newcon press later this year. Kim lakinsmith is a science fiction and fantasy author. Lakinsmith acknowledges the dark seduction of bands such as nine inch nails that inspired and flavoured her narrative you can almost imagine trent reznor supplying the soundtrack to this richly textured, muscular novel. Sharkpunk snowbooks anthologies english edition ebook.
Tales from the renegade city kim lakinsmith there is a lot to be said for the dan brown approach to writing. Indigara by tanith lee firebird, penguin hc, 197 pages publication date. Tales from the renegade city, autodrome, queen rat and cyber circus. Kim lakinsmiths debut novel, tourniquet, is an intriguing read and becomes a decidedly different novel by the end. Guest editor this issue was the fantastic writer kim lakinsmith my matron of honour at my wedding this year. After a swift and very rough calculation that works out at approximately 6,150000 words. Her new novel, autodrome, is out soon through snowbooks and is being officially launched at the world fantasy con, brighton in octobernovember 20. Kim lakinsmith is a science fiction and dark fantasy author whose work focuses on urban dystopias, history and folklore, steamgaspunk, and the notion of the outsider. The night watch trilogy, book 2 by sergei lukyanenko, translated by andrew bromfield. And kim lakinsmith is a writer to keep your eye on. Tales from the renegade city joining a black parade of freaks, geeks, and greebos, living god, druid, and living dead girl, jezebel, find their paths interlinked for a series of cataclysmic events that will tear at mutual bonds, unmask fresh hate, and forge new breeds of magick.
Explore books by jared shurin with our selection at. Click download or read online button to get girl in need of a tourniquet book now. Some were bad, some were good and some were even great. Kim lakinsmith is the awardwinning author of tourniquet. Kims short stories feature in interzone, black static, behind the sofa. She is the author of gothic science fantasy, tourniquet, and. Explore books by kim lakinsmith with our selection at. Tales from the renegade city and was delighted to find a. Her fantasy and science fiction short stories have appeared in black static, interzone, celebration, mythunderstandings, further conflicts, pandemonium. There she was tutored by the multiaward winning author, graham joyce. Tourniquet, kim lakinsmith, 2007, fiction, 244 pages. A disturbing villain stalks a compelling, british noir setting, while heroes combine modern forensics and ageless intuition to stop him. Formerly a copywriter, advertising exec, and website designer, her desire to write fantasy and science fiction. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Tourniquet, the debut novel from kim lakinsmith, takes us to an alternative nottingham. View kim lakinsmiths profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jurassic london books online. She is the author of gothic science fantasy, tourniquet, and ya novels, queen rat and. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jared shurin books online. Paul kane has created a brilliantly detailed and utterly believable setting hopefully one that is revisited in later books. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Hellequin, last of the hawkeye military elite, is desperate to escape the legacy of soul food, the miraculous plant food that leeched the soil, destroyed his family, and instigated a bloody civil war. In this seeming paradise, rock god druid is led to unravel a mystery and find the worm coiling in renegade citys murderous heart. Kim lakinsmith is a science fiction, dark fantasy and young adult author of critical acclaim. Tales from the renegade city is kim lakinsmiths first novel, published by storm constantines immanion press. The gemini factor is a tightlyplotted, wellplanned thriller. Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in our.
Most of us are into our genre fiction because we enjoy a riproaring read, we want to immerse ourselves in a story that will carry us along a. Kim lakinsmiths richly imagined dark fantasy novel tourniquet turns nottinghams rock scene into renegade city, a futuristic gothic haven for freaks, geeks and outsiders. The lady of the manners is very thankful that they did, because it is a marvelous book. But beneath the glowering dark fantasy exterior, kim lakinsmith has written something thats both complicated and conceptually ingenious. With its population of teen motor sport enthusiasts, promoters, grease mo. Blacker than kohl, renegade is a sexy, sassy treat. After attaining a first class honours degree in english lit and creative writing from the university of glamorgan, kim was awarded a studentship to study for her ma in writing at nottingham trent. Author 1972 uk author whose first novel, tourniquet. Tales from the renegade city by lakinsmith, kim isbn. Ostensibly this is a novel of subcultures and layers of false belief but it becomes larger than its pieces of goth and magic. On the surface, tourniquet 2007 is everything that terrifies me, down to the tips of its pointypointy vampire fangs.
An engagingly offbeat mystery adventure set in steampunk future in which everyone is obsessed with cars and rallying, writes keith brooke. Tales from the renegade city 2007, depicts a surrealized urbanized cybergoth near future in terms depicted by and entrapping the rock band origin see music. Kim lakinsmith is a science fiction and dark fantasy author. Her dark fantasy and science fiction short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies including black static. Where ber rockband, origin, is deified and the worlds dark subcultures coexist under the umbrella faith of belief born into firstcentury slavery under an abusive owner, twins. Author kim lakinsmiths complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Her work includes cyber circus, tourniquet, and the ya novel, queen rat. Tales from the renegade city by kim lakinsmith immanion press trade, 240 pages publication date. For a man awaiting the inevitable madness brought on by his enforced biomorph implant, theres only one choice. Bsfa focus no 60 sampler science fiction pound sterling. Kim lakinsmith invites you to renegade city, which crawls with all kinds of creatures and conspiracies while the city mourns the loss of the key member and gothic messiah of the venerated ruling band origin and gis brother sets. But roses, the great, gothic messiah is dead, the tribes are in turmoil, and renegades own homebred rebels, the. The charming people at immanion press sent the lady of the manners a copy of tourniquet.