![]() He’s just showing up and we’re gonna wing it.' It wasn’t normal, where you have an assignment and them going, 'We need Nick Fury to get him to the Avengers,'" Bendis continues. Jackson is showing up tomorrow to do a favor. "I got a call from Kevin, who said, 'Samuel L. I wrote every serious thing you can think of and every dumb thing you can think of." ![]() "As delightful as that sounds, I stayed up all night. "My memory is: Write everything you can think of," he recalls. Ultimate Spider-Man creator and prolific comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis was tasked with penning the scene and recently reflected on the experience with Inverse. Jackson's Nick Fury telling Tony Stark about the "Avengers Initiative." However, for anyone patient enough to wait until the very end of that movie (which was released 15 years ago today), they were rewarded with Samuel L. ![]() When Iron Man was released in 2008, post-credits scenes weren't exactly the norm. ![]()
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![]() Common elements are gears, cogs, hardware fixtures, watch parts, lace, ribbon, leather, and bottle caps. Steampunk jewelry can be made using many different types of materials and tools, including objects found at yard, garage, and estate sales and things you can collect in donations. Not only does Steampunk inspire reading, but it also fosters creativity and encourages recycling. Steampunk is a fun and creative way to get teens excited about reading and get them thinking outside the box. Steam-powered technology was prominent in Victorian times, when there was no electricity. ![]() It is not only a genre of literature, but also a style of clothes, video games, movies, and more. Jeter coined the word to describe some of his works, such as Morlock Night and Infernal Devices. Think of it as science fiction meets Victorian Age. Steampunk is not “punk” at all the science fiction author, K.W. Teen Tech Week is finally here! “Libraries are for Creating” is a good theme for to introducing teens to Steampunk. ![]() ![]() She had no idea how she came to be in Sunspear and when she finds herself under the care of Prince Oberyn, she wants nothing more than to go home.
![]() ![]() She holds a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, and has completed a writing certificate program at the University of Washington, as well as the Art as Sacred Act program at the Institute for Archetypal and Cross-Cultural Studies, with Jungian psychoanalyst Dr. Two of her short works also appeared in anthologies listed on Tor Nightfire’s All the Horror Books We’re Excited About in 2022. Her short story, “I’m sorry, I tried, I love you,” was optioned by writer/director Goldie Jones for short film adaptation, which had its world premiere in Hollywood at the DWF:LA Film Festival in June of 2022 and continues to tour the film festival circuit. Her work has also appeared in Cemetery Gates Media’s A Woman Built by Man, Psychopomp, Speculative City, Corvid Queen, So To Speak, The Iron Horse Literary Review, ellipsis, The Seventh Wave, Molotov Cocktail, and more. ![]() She was also a finalist for the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Diverse Writers Grant. ![]() Her short fiction has appeared in the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Women in Horror anthologies Not All Monsters and Chromophobia from StrangeHouse Books, and was a finalist for the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award for feminist writing, among other honors. She is also disabled and the daughter of immigrants. Silverman is an award-winning author of speculative and literary short fiction and poetry who lives just north of Seattle. ![]() ![]() Wavy rarely speaks and is afraid to eat in front of people. ![]() She has been put into state custody because both of her parent’s have been arrested. ![]() The novel begins with Wavy’s cousin, Amy, describing her experience living with Wavy. ![]() The novel spans from Wavy’s life at age five to her life at roughly age 22. Val is a drug addict who married Liam, a meth manufacturer and dealer. Wavy is described as being born in the backseat of a car because her mother, Val, did not care enough to even ensure they had a working car. All the Ugly and Wonderful things tells the story of an abused girl named Wavonna “Wavy” Quinn. The entire story is told in present tense with few flashbacks. This provides the feeling that the story is being told by an omniscient narrator, although every section is from a first person limited point of view. As one event comes to an end, a different character takes over the conclusion and moves forward. PDF version on eBook.īryn Greenwood pieces this entire piece together by tethering every character’s personal, first person account of events. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Greenwood, Bryn. ![]() ![]() ![]() Secondary Solutions The First Solution for the Secondary Teacher Secondary Solutions My Brother Sam is Dead Literature GuideĢ My Brother Sam is Dead Literature Guide Table of Contents About This Literature Guide. Created and printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, translated or stored without the express written permission of the publisher. ![]() Use or reproduction by a part of or an entire school or school system, by for-profit tutoring centers and like institutions, or for commercial sale, is strictly prohibited. A classroom teacher who has purchased this guide may photocopy the materials in this publication for his/her classroom use only. Belt for Secondary Solutions ISBN 13: ISBN 10: Secondary Solutions. 1 My Brother Sam is Dead By James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier Literature Guide Developed by Cleta V. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Investigators probe possible link to right-wing extremismĪuthorities are investigating whether the gunman was motivated by right-wing extremism, a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells CNN. A patient transferred to a children’s hospital was also in fair condition, while the ninth patient was also treated at a local hospital, police said. One patient who was transferred to a Level I trauma center was in fair condition, police said. “Christian was a sweet, caring young man who was loved greatly by our family,” his older sister Brianna Smith shared with CNN.Īt least nine people were rushed to trauma facilities, two of whom died, Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said.Īs of Sunday afternoon, four of those patients were being treated at a local medical center, including three in critical condition and one in fair condition, Allen police said. One of the victims in Saturday’s massacre was identified by his family as Christian LaCour. ![]() ![]() ![]() “An all-time genre classic.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written." -George R. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before.Īs nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win.īut the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte’s missing daughter. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. “An all-time genre classic.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]() Corey’s Hugo-award winning space opera that inspired the Prime Original series. The biggest science fiction series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S.A. ![]() ![]() However, O’Laughlin has just discovered that he is in the early stages of Parkinson’s. He has a comfortable practice, a beautiful wife, and an adorable daughter, and, on the whole, a contented life. ![]() The narrator is O’Laughlin himself, a middle-aged psychiatrist. Still, I didn’t dislike it, and was interested to read another of Robotham’s books. While I found it to be an engaging read, I never really connected with the protagonist. I read another Robotham book this summer (a stand-alone), Life or Death. ![]() My next mystery series is the Joseph O’Laughlin series by Michael Robotham, first brought to my attention by FictionFan, who has reviewed several books from this series, including Suspect. Now that I’ve finished the Amanda Jaffe series, I’m ready to delve into something new. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews// Pargeter, Edith (also writing as Ellis Peters).Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.#BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo (Litsy Challenge). ![]() ![]() ![]() The monster wearing the “The End is Nigh” sandwich board is wonderful. ![]() I loved her wide eyed OMG, the button worked! expression and giggled at the “BLRG!” horror of raising herself from the ground covered in giant snail slime.Ĭharacter wise, I had completely forgotten about dopey Jerry who joyfully declares the good news that “In three days an asteroid is gonna explode us all!” to attempt to fix Zita’s leaking eyes. ![]() I appreciated and paid more attention to the details this time around, including the wonderful expressions on Zita’s face throughout the story. What’s wrong with me?! (Please don’t answer that!) The bright side is that I decided to reread this one so I remembered where I left Zita and her friends. Here we are almost 4 months after I first adored this graphic novel and I still haven’t read Legends of Zita the Spacegirl. ![]() |