Thanks to Guy for letting us know about his new novel, Journey to the Future. Visit the website for more information. You can also view book buying options here. From the site: In futurist Guy Dauncey’s inspiring and timely novel, 24-year-old Patrick Wu journeys to a future world brimming with […]
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Ash and Pia’s move from Brooklyn to the bucolic hills of Vermont was supposed to be a fresh start—a picturesque farmhouse, mindful lifestyle, maybe even children. But just three months in, news breaks of a devastating superstorm expected in the coming months. Fear of the impending disaster divides their tight-knit […]
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The story behind this book is that I discovered it when I lived in California. I wish I could remember where I found this book, but I just can’t remember. The important thing is that I found it somehow, likely at a bookstore or surf shop, and from the minute […]
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Author: © Brian Burt Type: Series (Aquarius Rising) Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing Publication Date: April 2013 Ordering: Amazon Author Links: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads Back to the Dragonfly Library Chapter 1: Birth Day (excerpt) Ocypode dove through the turquoise waters of Tillamook Reef toward the fringes of the celebration. Revelers […]
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This novel, published in 1998, won the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Nominee for Fiction (Finalist) (1997), and James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1996). It is currently a movie directed by Ellen Page, airing June 3, 2016. See Dragonfly’s blog post about the movie based off the book. […]
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This is not science fiction. This is a frightening, fascinating, scabrously funny glimpse into the decline that may await the United States all too soon, from the pen of perhaps the most consistently perceptive and topical author of our times. -Goodreads It’s a toss up whether my dread comes from […]
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To drill or not to drill? Prison guard Rich Devlin leases his mineral rights to finance his dream of farming. He doesn’t count on the truck traffic and nonstop noise, his brother’s skepticism or the paranoia of his wife, Shelby, who insists the water smells strange and is poisoning their […]
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In the case of bird-loving Dominic Jejeune – formerly of Canada, now of Norfolk, Britain – it’s to more birding. There’s murder in this book, but it’s really about the illicit trade in birds of prey. Burrows introduces Jejeune’s brother, who is on the run from a felony charge; Jejeune’s […]
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Most everything has dried up: water, the womb, even the love among lovers. Hunger is rife and survival desperate, except across the border. One night, a village is bombed for attempting to cross the border. Nine-year old Amedea is buried underground and sleeps to survive. Ten years later, she wakes […]
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Don DeLillo’s seductive, spectacularly observed and brilliant new novel weighs the darkness of the world—terrorism, floods, fires, famine, plague—against the beauty and humanity of everyday life; love, awe, “the intimate touch of earth and sun.” -Goodreads. See reviews at the Telegraph, The Guardian, and The Scotsman. His latest novel, Zero […]
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Thanks to author Christian Chelebourg for bringing to our attention his book of essays and thoughts about pollution, global warming, natural disasters, epidemics, and genetic engineering found in over two hundred novels, cartoons, essays, documentaries, poetry, and movies. Pollution, réchauffement climatique, catastrophes naturelles, épidémies, manipulations génétiques font partie de notre […]
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Thanks to Stephen Miller for helping us fill out our database with this classic children’s literature title, The Fox and the Hound, by Daniel P. Mannix. Stephen’s review of it at his Travels with Tio website. “The Fox and the Hound” is perhaps the best animal story I’ve ever experienced. […]
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Kelvin Christopher James is the critically acclaimed author of six novels: People and Peppers, a romance (Harvard Square Editions), Secrets (Villard & Vintage & KDP Indie), Fling with a Demon Lover (HarperCollins & KDP Indie), The Sorcerer’s Drum, Web of Freedom, Mooch, the Meek (KDP Indie), and short story collections […]
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Author: © Jessica Groenendijk Publication Date: November 21, 2015 Publication: Words from the Wild Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ Back to the Dragonfly Library In late 2007, my husband and I and our two kids left our home in North Luangwa National Park, Zambia, and set off on a six-month […]
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Author: © Anthony Wright Publication Date: January 23, 2016 Ordering Information: Smashwords Social Media: Facebook Description: Coming from one of my favorite authors, Anthony Wright, who I’ve worked with for more than a decade, this book looks surreal and fascinating! -Mary Woodbury, Eco-fiction.com: This surreal and mordantly humorous narrative unfolds […]
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