Odasvud pomalo...

[Lidija]

Eh, to je već čupavo… po pravilu, takve knjige ne ostanu dugo na amazonovoj listi.
Sad mi žao što ih nisam bukmarkovala, ali recimo ova, kad sam je našla na ‘new releases’ filter, bila je jedna od upravo tako skupih.

Lamarck's career as a botanist comprised about twenty-five years. We now come to the third stage of his life--Lamarck the zoölogist and
evolutionist. He was in his fiftieth year when he assumed the duties of his professorship of the zoölogy of the invertebrate animals; and at a
period when many men desire rest and freedom from responsibility, with the vigor of an intellectual giant Lamarck took upon his shoulders new
labors in an untrodden field both in pure science and philosophic thought.

[Lidija]

evo jednog primera danas:


dakle, samo kindle verzija, 88.35 dolara, a autorka (triju jednako overpriced naslova) se imenom ne da izguglati kako bog zapoveda....




In pure disbelief he saw the knight hidden in the shadows of the trees, dressed in his usual chainmail but missing the telltale Camelotian red cloak. His brown hair stuck to the sweat on his cheeks and his eyes were wide with wordless shock.

[angel011]

E, za to sa Merlinom sam našla: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11716984/27/Three-Wheels-A-Year-For-Secrets

Skroluj do kraja posta, i videćeš početak linkovanog romana.

Overpriced fanfiction, po svoj prilici. 

[Lidija]

Da, ova knjiga kao da je poprilično simptomatična, to ne samo po pitanju cene, nego i autorskog profila, recimo.
Također, ako skroluješ dole do impresuma, videćeš da je knjiga locirana u ‘alternativnu istoriju’ – mislim da sam većinu takvih knjiga našla upravo u tom segmentu.
naravno, niko normalan to ne kupuje, pa mi je cela ta misterija time veća...

[angel011]

Verovatno je sistem "Ako prođe, prođe". 

EDIT: Nego, jesi li primetila dužinu tih knjiga? 2-3 'iljade strana! 

[Lidija]

Da, sad vidim... ali za one ranije naslove se ne sećem da su bili ikako vanstandardni. A jesam zagledala, to bar onih zadnjih nekoliko.
Ali svejedno, čak ni kompleti koje sam kupovala nisu bili tako skupi. Bukvalno se ne sećam da sam ikad platila ijedan naslov fikcije više od 30$. Ovo je totalno van pameti.

[angel011]

Zanela se fanfikšn autorka... 

[angel011]

Kad smo kod Amazona, nešto mnogo gore od fanfikšna po suludoj ceni: https://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/scammers-break-the-kindle-store/

[Lidija]

a-ha! izvesna gospojica po imenu Lionel Shriver je upravo u tom fenomenu videla skori sunovrat ne samo Amazona, nego izdavaštva generalno!

dakle, eto meni još jedne prilike da promovišem fenomen "živimo SF"! 

[angel011]

Dodato na spisak za čitanje... Jednog dana. 

[Lidija]

China is going to build a Mars simulation base in its far western desert

Tourists will soon be able to see what it’s like to live on Mars…in western China. Plans were announced this week to build a Mars simulation base in the desert of Qinghai, a remote province in the country’s far northwest.

The base, known as ‘Mars Village’, will incorporate educational, scientific and touristic elements, including a ‘community’ area and a ‘campsite’. Authorities said there may also be a TV and film set for sci-fi productions.

Mars Village will be located in Haixi prefecture, in a geological area known as the Qaidam Basin. Located on the northeast side of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the area is a high-altitude desert with climatic and topographical conditions that researchers felt were suitable to simulating what a human experience on Mars might be like. In particular, the area’s pointed and unusually-shaped, eroded rock formations, known as yardang, appear similar to those found on Mars.

The announcement comes as China’s space programme continues to expand. Last year, the Chinese space agency vowed to put a probe on Mars by 2020 and released mock-up images of the country’s planned Mars exploration rover. In May of this year, a group of Chinese postgraduate students began a year-long study living inside a lunar simulation pod.

[Miodrag Milovanovic]

Gledajući na guglu, neki delovi u Kini zaista više liče na Mars nego na Zemlju...

[angel011]

Misteriozni YA bestseler za koji niko ne zna... Jer je cela stvar prevara.

http://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/did-this-book-buy-its-way-onto-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list.php

[Lidija]

Voyage to the Otherworld: A New Eulogy for Ray Bradbury

By Margaret Atwood

[Aleksandar_B_Nedeljkovic]

Хвала на информацији, тј. линку, Либеат.
Хм. Па, добро, он јесте био претежно фантази писац, али је имао и права, баш, СФ дела, као што је Фаренхајт 451. Али, гле, Атвуд се потрудила, баш, да то не помене, да му не дозволи СФ идентитет.