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Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City Free FREE GIRL GENIUS: AGATHA H AND THE AIRSHIP CITY PDF Phil Foglio,Kaja Foglio | 264 pages | 25 Jan 2013 | Titan Books Ltd | 9781781166475 | English | London, United Kingdom Getting to Know Agatha H. and the Girl Genius Books - The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog I was very excited to find this book on the shelf at my local bookstore it took them a while to get it in. I have been reading the Girl Genius comic for several years, so a novelisation was of I already read and Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City the comic book version of this story, but I must say I love real books over comic books any day. It has the same amount of action that was portrayed in the comic and who doesn't love a girl who can fend for herself? Philip "Phil" Foglio born May 1, is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work. The Foglios founded Studio Foglio and began to produce their own graphic novels in the 's. Agatha H. Kaja FoglioPhil Foglio. The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. It has been eighteen years since the Heterodyne Boys, benevolent adventurers and inventors, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over — and terrorizing — the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power, while the downtrodden dream of the Hetrodynes' return. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, a pretty, young student named Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck. Incapable of building anything that actually works, but dedicated to her studies, Agatha seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant. But when the University is overthrown by the ruthless tyrant Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his massive airship Castle Wulfenbach — and it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City after all. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopiafantasy grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative historyand horror zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernaturaland much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors. Agatha H. and the Airship City: Girl Genius, Book One - Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio - Google книги It follows the main character Agatha Heterodyne through an alternate-history Victorian-style " steampunk " setting, although elements veer from what is usually thought of as steampunk. Kaja Foglio describes it as " gaslamp fantasy " instead to suggest its more fantastic style. As well as the comics, Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City Foglios have also written four Girl Genius novels, all published by Night Shade Booksand two games based on the world have been made. The Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City has been described as steampunk[1] [2] [3] [4] with reviewers for Wired describing it as a "mosh of Victorian era, magic and emerging technology" [3] and "steampunk to the core", [1] but co-creator Kaja Foglio dislikes the term and instead coined the term " gaslamp fantasy " to describe the work. Kaja said in a blog post that when Girl Genius was first coming out, there was a comic called Steampunk and she wanted to avoid confusion. She added that "we have no punk, and we have more than just steam, [so] using a different name seemed appropriate. Girl Genius is set in an alternate-universe Europe [4] with Industrial Revolution-like surroundings, airships, and mad scientists called Sparks. Girl Genius tells the story of Agatha Clay, a student and apprentice at Transylvania Polygnostic University whose experiments never work, until she encounters an electromagnetic pulse and is robbed of her locket. Agatha Heterodyne whose surname is based on a real scientific concept learns to mix scientific genius, a streak of true heroism and an obsessive possessiveness for what she considers her own in order to claim her monstrous heritage and Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City, even as the eyes of all Europa watch her carefully in case she turns out to be one of the monsters herself. The idea for the style of Girl Genius came about when Kaja Foglio went through some of Phil's loose drawings, saying in an interview: "I was going through all of Phil's old files and I was filing all of the old sketches, and I was coming across weird airships and cats in tophats with walking canes, and all of this wonderful Victoriana sci-fi stuff We both like the tropes associated with mad science, and I really enjoy drawing fiddly Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City gizmos". Phil Foglio states that plotting for Girl Genius started inand it was first published in I was printed in Januaryfollowed closely by the monochrome Issue 1 in February. The first three printed issues which make up Volume 1 were in black and white. Subsequent printed and web comics were in color. Volume 4 by Laurie E. Smith, and all subsequent volumes by Cheyenne Wright. In an interview recorded in Januaryshortly before they began releasing pages of volume 8 of Girl Genius on their web site, the Foglios stated that they expected the climax of Volume 8 to be the rough equivalent of "the end of the first season," and that it would provide a logical break in case of author catastrophe and a fresh jumping-on point for new readers. The webcomic, as well as the initial printed issues, have been collected into printed volumes, and in some cases those volumes have been collected into printed omnibuses. Unless stated in the notes below, the books reprint works first published as the webcomic. The Foglios have written four Girl Genius prose novels, which follow the same story as the comics:. The prose novels are published by Night Shade Books. Agatha Heterodyne has also appeared in illustrations and by name in the role-playing book GURPS Illuminati University sourcebook, which was illustrated by the Foglios and predates the release of the comic. In it was reported that Felicia D. Henderson had optioned the rights to Girl Genius and was adapting it into a movie. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the general term, see child prodigy. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. September Learn how and when to remove this template message. Retrieved September 15, FangirlNation Magazine. Retrieved September 11, Over analysing. The Biblio File. January 27, Archived from the original MP3 on July 20, Retrieved September 14, CBR News. Retrieved December 3, The Steampunk Workshop. Archived from the original MP3 on 13 April Retrieved 3 December Retrieved September 17, Retrieved September 5, Retrieved January 2, Retrieved September 9, August 17, Archived from the original on August 19, Retrieved August 28, August 21, Comic Riffs. Washington Post. August 9, Retrieved January 21, World Science Fiction Society. March 21, Retrieved August 6, Web Cartoonist Choice Awards. Archived from the original on July 31, Archived from the original on July 16, Archived from the original on 8 August Archived from the original on May 23, Archived from the original on 19 February Archived from the original on 13 March Girl Genius. Retrieved September 16, November 5, Retrieved July 8, March 2, Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City Archived from the original on March 10, Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. Atomic Robo Broodhollow Check, Please! Yellow Peril. Hidden categories: Use mdy dates from September All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September Articles needing additional references from September Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City articles needing additional references Articles containing potentially dated statements from All articles containing potentially dated statements. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Agatha, main character of Girl Genius. I preview issue February 21, web publication. Reprints Volumes 1—3 in color and new lettering [1]. Best Graphic Story. Best Professional Artist. Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Wikiquote has quotations related to: Girl Genius. Agatha H. and the Airship City - Phil Foglio - Google книги A genius, really, one who can build all sorts of fantastical steampunk creations. She also comes from a line of possibly evil, possibly insane scientists who left her a castle full of mysterious and sentient contraptions. So, you know, some pretty interesting things happen in her world, which is exactly why love reading about Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Airship City adventures. Add to Bag. More novelizations followed the most recent, Agatha H. He and Kaja met in and soon founded Studio Foglio. During this time, the pair also contributed card art to Magic: The Gatheringwhich is probably why their names look so familiar. She kept coming across airships and characters that looked like they were pulled from the pages of a Victorian sci-fi comic. The pair had been jonesing to start a new series with a female protagonist, so Agatha H. An evil baron rose to power during this time, and now people struggle to scrape out a living in a land filled with gear technology and tyranny.
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