New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that have caught our attention.
Putnam Pub Group
Henry, an agoraphobic engineer, spends his days locked in a very smart house building bizarre little robots. One of them looks like a magician and rides a little bike. His wife Lily is the only person he actually sees, but things are getting tense between them. This is made worse by the fact that he usually stays alone in the attic working on secret projects. One day, Lily invites Henry over to socialize with some of his former colleagues, and Henry finally gets the chance to show them his greatest creation: William. William is an advanced AI system housed in a crude robot body. Terror ensues.
Mason Coil’s William (Stylized W1LL1AM) takes the cliche of a naive creator facing an out-of-control creation, adds the creepy atmosphere of a haunted smart house, and has a twist ending. The comparisons are natural. Frankenstein And even shining, But I dare say there is a hint there. devil’s seed There you have it. This is another short read, less than 250 pages, and perfect for getting you into the spooky season mood. Fittingly, it takes place on Halloween.
Penguin Press
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter and its subsequent transformation into the X we now know has been making headlines for months, so it’s no shame to feel like you’ve heard everything there is to know about the entire saga. But for those who want to know more about how it all happened, journalists Kate Conger and Ryan Mack have unearthed a wealth of previously unreported information in their book. Character limitWe give you the full story of the Twitter acquisition, with interviews with insiders and internal recordings of the room where it all happened. And it’s a messy one.
Image Comics
I can’t think of a new series in recent memory that makes me want the next issue more. tin association #1. But before we begin, I want to let you know that this first issue begins with a warning about violence and a discussion of ableism and racism. It’s intense from the start. tin association The story begins with a crime scene: tech mogul-turned-superhero Johnny Moore has been murdered.
Moore was born with spina bifida, but gained fame as a brilliant creator of advanced exoskeleton-type locomotion aids, and he wore a full-body armor version of one of these suits during his time as the vigilante hero Caliban. When he was found dead, the suit was missing. tin association We follow Moore’s childhood friends as they reunite after years apart to get to the bottom of his murders. The first issue is filled with heart as it jumps between present and past, building the backstory of Moore’s childhood and his once tight-knit group of friends. I can’t wait to see where this issue goes. tin association It will be produced as a nine-part mini-series, with the next issue coming out at the end of October.
