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to Galaxy Bookshop
Australia's oldest Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror specialist bookshop
NSW Specialist Bookseller of the Year 2008 and 2009
All orders received by 2pm Monday to Friday will be dispatched the same
day
June
Nexus is now online
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 Revenge
of the Fallen
(Transformers #02)
Alan Dean Foster
"THE FALLEN SHALL RISE AGAIN. . . ."
This cryptic warning is ignored by the national security adviser who feels
the ruthless Decepticon threat is no more. The allies are victorious, the
enemy has been defeated, and the world is safe. Small attacks around the
world have been contained, and the remaining pieces of the coveted Allspark
are locked in an electromagnetic vault on one of the most secure Naval bases
in the world. But nothing is at it seems, and there is a shift in the shadows.
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 Temporal
Void (Void #02)
Peter F Hamilton
The Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil as the Living Dream's deadline
for launching its Pilgrimage into the Void draws closer. Not only is the
Ocisen Empire fleet fast approaching on a mission of genocide, but also
an internecine war has broken out between the post-human factions over the
destiny of humanity. Countering the various and increasingly desperate agents
and factions is Paula Myo, a ruthlessly single-minded investigator, beset
by foes from her distant past and colleagues of dubious allegiance...but
she is fast losing a race against time.
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 Art
of Terminator Salvation
Tara Bennett
"The Art of Terminator Salvation" is a stunning visual chronicling
of the making of the movie, comprising of exclusive designs, storyboards
and stills revealing the depth of creativity that has gone into creating
the brand-new Terminator movie. |
 Twilight
: Director's Notebook:
The Story of How We Made the Movie
Catherine Hardwicke
This intimate full-colour 'notebook', designed to replicate the one
director Catherine Hardwicke kept on and off the set, takes you through
the creative process that went into making Stephenie Meyer's breathtaking
novel come alive on screen - from casting to costumes, stunts to storyboards |
 Best
Served Cold
(First Law Universe)
Joe Abercrombie
Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen
years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle
with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the
land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes
bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who
will be king. |
 Petrodor
(Trial of Blood and Steel #02)
Joel Shepherd
Sasha, the wilful but talented heroine, returns to battle in the second
volume of the quartet A Trial of Blood and Steel. Away from the hills
of her Lenayin homeland, Sasha is making a new life in the dark alleys
and wealthy houses of Petrodor. An influential trading centre, Petrodor
holds the key to preventing the coming war between Lenayin and the mighty
Bacosh. Together with her old mentor Kessligh, Sasha attempts to navigate
the political intrigues of the port city and find a way to stop the war.
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Fave
Rave (Reviewed by Matt)
 Confessor
(Sword of Truth #11)
Terry Goodkind
During high school, I had plenty of free time on my hands. One day I was
so bored that I grabbed my brother's neglected copy of Terry Goodkind's
Wizards
First Rule and stumbled headlong into a fantasy epic, the
likes of which I had not seen since Raymond E Feist's Magician
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Absorbed by the humanity of the characters, the vast scope of the world,
the visceral intimacy of the scenes of battle, I tore through the series
as might one of Goodkind's own underworld beasties - and I have the worse-for-wear
paperbacks to prove it. But then I hit a roadblock. At my local bookshop,
I was informed that book five was yet to be published! And so began the
long wait, slowly absorbing each book as it was released, re-reading the
series multiple times over, until...
It has been 14 years since we started our journey with Richard Cypher
and Kahlan Amnell, but now that journey has finished. Confessor,
the third book of the Chainfire Trilogy and the eleventh and
final book of the Sword of Truth is the long awaited climactic
ending of this epic series.
Terry Goodkind does the seemingly impossible. The complexities and loose
ends of the ten preceding novels are all neatly tied up and, although
Confessor leaves room for expansion in the future, the
story is by no means incomplete... (I'm looking at you, Lord
of the Rings!). More... |
Fave
Rave (Reviewed by Steph)
 Cordelia's
Honor (Vor #1 & #2)
Lois McMaster Bujold
This is an omnibus of the first two Vor books (Shards of Honor and
Barrayar) in chronological order. With the release of a
reference book on the series and the author working on a new novel, I got
all nostalgic and, even though I really don't have the luxury of re-reading
stuff, I had to start the series again. Set in the far future, Captain Cordelia
Naismith is the commander of a survey team for the Betan Expeditionary Force.
She comes from an extremely liberal planet. On an expedition, she and one
other crew member are the sole survivors of an attack by a group of Barrayarans,
an extremely conservative, militaristic, patriarchal society that has only
just come out of a long period of isolation. The Barrayaran captain, Aral
Vorkosigan (Vor is the prefix given to the elite ruling class), also universally
known as the "Butcher of Komarr", has been left behind on the planet, a
victim of mutiny. Cordelia is captured by Aral, but the two make a deal
that they will work together to get themselves off the planet and, in the
process they fall in love. They succeed, but even bigger problems await
them as they get to Aral's ship and Cordelia makes it back to Beta Colony.
She is later forced to leave Beta and escapes to Barrayar, where she and
Aral, now retired, marry. Their quiet life doesn't last long, as the Emperor
is dying and names Aral the Regent for the six-year-old Prince. More...
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