Ansible Books Received,
2005
This is a log of books received, some of which I
review for SFX magazine, in Cloud Chamber, or
elsewhere. The latest listing is here.
Send books for listing to: David Langford, 94 London Road, Reading, RG1
5AU, England.
December 2005
- [31 Dec] Arthur C. Clarke and (shudder) Gentry Lee, Rama II --
Gollancz paperback sf. First published 1989. Sequel to Rendezvous With Rama.
{0575077220}
- [31 Dec] Philip K. Dick, The Cosmic Puppets -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. First published 1957.
{0575076704}
- [31 Dec] Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. First published 1969.
{0575074620}
- [31 Dec] Philip K. Dick, A Maze of Death -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. SF Masterworks #63. First published 1970.
{0575074612}
- [31 Dec] Terry Goodkind,
Chainfire -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Sword of Truth" 9.
First published 2005.
{0007145624}
- [31 Dec] Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora -- Gollancz hardback
fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled 20 July 2006. "Gentleman Bastard
Sequence" 1.
{0575076941}
Also
trade paperback:
{0575078022}
- [31 Dec] Tom Lloyd, The Stormcaller -- Orion hardback fantasy.
Proof copy received; scheduled 16 March 2006.
{0575077263}
Also
trade paperback:
{0575077271}
- [31 Dec] Ian R. MacLeod, The House of Storms -- Pocket Books
fantasy, paperback. Sequel to The Light Ages. First published 2005.
{0743462475}
- [31 Dec] Dan Simmons, The Endymion Omnibus -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. Comprises Endymion (1996) and The Rise of Endymion
(1997). Sequel to the Hyperion Chronicles, as below.
{0575076372}
- [31 Dec] Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion -- Gollancz paperback
sf. First published 1990. Second half of Hyperion, below.
{0575076380}
- [31 Dec] Dan Simmons, Hyperion -- Gollancz paperback sf. First
published 1989.
{0575076372}
- [15 Dec] Naomi Novik, Temeraire -- HarperCollins hardback;
historical fantasy. Finished copy now received.
{0007219091}
- [12 Dec] Nigel Suckling (illustrated by Roger & Linda Garland), The
Dragon Tarot -- Cico Books paperback chapbook, boxed with Tarot pack. A "key
selling point" is that the new Harry Potter film has dragons in it and --
by gum -- so does this.
{1904991327}
- [10 Dec] R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 2.
{1841494100}
- [10 Dec] Ashok K. Banker, Bridge of Rama -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "Ramayana" 5.
{1841493309}
- [10 Dec] Jennifer Fallon,
Lord of the Shadows -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons"
3. First published 2003.
{1841493538}
- [10 Dec] Barb & J.C. Hendee, Sister of the Dead -- Orbit
fantasy paperback.
{184149366X}
- [10 Dec] Fiona McIntosh, Bridge of Souls -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "Quickening" 3. First published 2004.
{1841493740}
- [10 Dec] K.J. Parker,
Devices and Desires -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Engineer Trilogy"
1.
{1841492760}
- [10 Dec] Richard Paul Russo,
The Rosetta Codex -- Orbit sf paperback.
{1841492981}
- [10 Dec] Scott Westerfield,
The Risen Empire -- Orbit sf paperback. First published 2003 in USA as
The Risen Empire: Book 1 of Succession and The Killing of Worlds:
Book 2 of Succession.
{1841493724}
November 2005
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, Alien Accounts --
Cosmos trade paperback sf. Reissue (first US edition) of 1982 collection.
Author's introduction and eight stories.
{1587154420}
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, Keep the Giraffe Burning -- Cosmos trade
paperback sf. Reissue of 1977 collection. Author's introduction and seventeen
stories.
{1587154196}
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, The Lunatics of Terra -- Cosmos trade
paperback sf. Reissue (first paperback, first US edition) of 1984 collection.
Eighteen stories with wry Sladekian afterwords.
{1587154102}
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, The Steam-Driven Boy and other strangers --
Cosmos trade paperback sf. Reissue of 1972 collection. Twenty-three stories
including the ten classic sf parodies.
{0809550962}
- [26 Nov] Neal Asher,
The Voyage of the Sable Keech -- Tor UK sf, hardback. Proof copy
received. Scheduled February 2006
{1405001402}
Also
trade paperback:
{1405001410}
- [26 Nov] Naomi Novik, Temeraire -- HarperCollins hardback;
historical fantasy. Proof copy received. Scheduled January 2006.
{0007219091}
- [16 Nov] Greg Bear, Quantico -- HarperCollins hardback. Near-future
technothriller.
{0007129785}
- [16 Nov] Amanda Hemingway, Traitor's Sword -- HarperCollins trade
paperback fantasy. "Sangreal Trilogy" 2.
{0007153880}
- [5 Nov] James Barclay, Cry of the Newborn -- Gollancz trade
paperback fantasy. "Ascendants of Estorea" 1.
{0575076208}
Also hardback (not seen):
{0575076178}
- [5 Nov] Alastair Reynolds, Pushing Ice -- Gollancz hardback sf.
{0575074388}
October 2005
- [29 Oct] Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril -- Egmont hardback.
"A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Twelfth."
{1405223375}
- [29 Oct] Walter Jon Williams, Conventions of War -- Simon &
Schuster sf, trade paperback. "Dread Empire's Fall" 3.
{0743256778}
- [26 Oct] David Britton & (illustrator) Kirs Guido, Fuck Off and Die
-- Savoy Books hardback graphic novel. Uninhibited sequel to Adventures of
Meng & Ecker; published April/May 2005, but a batch of review copies
reportedly went astray in the post.
{0861301137}
- [26 Oct] Mark Gatiss & (illustrator) Ian Bass, The Vesuvius Club:
Graphic Edition -- Simon & Schuster paperback graphic novel. Adapted
from 2004 novel by Gatiss.
{0743276000}
- [24 Oct] R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought -- Overlook
Press, trade paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 3. Proof copy
received; schedule January 2006.
{1585677051}
- [24 Oct] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, 9tail Fox -- Gollancz sf,
hardback. Described as a "literary meld of noir crime, SF and Chinese myth."
Finished copy now received.
{0575076151}
Also
"export trade paperback" (not seen):
{0575077131}
- [24 Oct] Cleolinda Jones, Movies in Fifteen Minutes -- Gollancz "nonfiction",
hardback. Comically condensed scripts for ten big films, mostly sf/fantasy,
including "The Lord of the Rings (all three and probably in a bit
more than fifteen minutes)."
{0575076879}
- [22 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Transcendent -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback. "Destiny's Children" 3.
{0575074310}
Also hardback (not seen):
{0575074302}
- [22 Oct] Jim Butcher,
Death Masks -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
5. Reissue of 2003 title.
{184149402X}
- [22 Oct] Jim Butcher,
Blood Rites -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
6. Reissue of 2004 title.
{1841494038}
- [22 Oct] Colin Duriez,
A Field Guide to Narnia -- Sutton nonfiction hardback. First published
2004 in USA.
{0750938765}
- [22 Oct] Jennifer Fallon,
Eye of the Labyrinth -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons"
2. First published 2003.
{184149352X}
- [22 Oct] Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Art of Discworld --
Gollancz large-format paperback, coffee-table volume. First published 2004.
{0575077123}
- [19 Oct] Jennifer Fallon,
Lion of Senet -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons" 1.
First published 2002. Second copy received, for SFX review.
{1841493511}
- [15 Oct] Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. SF Masterworks #62. First published 1954.
{0575077085}
- [15 Oct] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse --
Gollancz paperback parody. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575076925}
- [15 Oct] Alastair Reynolds, Century Rain -- Gollancz paperback sf.
First published 2004.
{0575076917}
- [15 Oct] Kim Wilkins, Giants of the Frost -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy.
{0575077212}
- [12 Oct] Daniel H. Wilson,
How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the
Coming Rebellion -- Bloomsbury "non-fiction" paperback. The title
says it all.
{0747580235}
- [11 Oct] Justina Robson,
Living Next Door to the God of Love -- Macmillan sf hardback.
{1405021160}
September 2005
- [24 Sep] Raymond E. Feist,
Flight of the Night Hawks -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Darkwar"
1 (but effectively "Conclave of Shadows" 4 since it appears to develop
plot elements left unresolved in that "trilogy"). The 2004 copyright
notice must be an error: the Acknowledgements page is dated 2005.
{000713374X}
- [24 Sep] Ursula Le Guin,
Gifts -- Orion trade paperback, fantasy. First published 2004.
{1842254980}
- [24 Sep] Harry Turtledove,
Settling Accounts: Drive to the East -- Hodder & Stoughton sf
hardback. "The Great War" 8.
{0340826878}
- [24 Sep] Harry Turtledove,
Worldwar: Homeward Bound -- Hodder sf paperback. "Worldwar" 8.
{0340734833}
- [23 Sep] Jim Butcher,
Grave Peril -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
3. Reissue of 2001 title.
{1841494003}
- [23 Sep] Jim Butcher,
Summer Knight -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
4. Reissue of 2002 title.
{1841494011}
- [23 Sep] Jennifer Fallon,
Lion of Senet -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons" 1.
First published 2002.
{1841493511}
- [23 Sep] Robert Jordan,
Knife of Dreams -- Orbit fantasy hardback. "Wheel of Time" 11.
{1841491632}
Also trade paperback (not seen):
{1841491640}
- [23 Sep] Andy Remic,
Warhead -- Orbit sf paperback. "Spiral" 3.
{1841491748}
- [20 Sep] Oxford Dictionary of English (second edition, revised),
OUP hardback. Not actually a review copy but a freebie: in fact an Independent
on Sunday crossword prize. I gloat!
{0198610572}
- [17 Sep] Peter F. Hamilton,
Judas Unchained -- Macmillan sf hardback. "Commonwealth Saga"
2, concluding the story begun in Pandora's Star. Finished copy now
received!
{1405000368}
Also trade paperback:
{1405000376}
- [2 Sep] Jane Elliott,
The Little Prisoner, HarperElement trade paperback. "Devastating
true story" of child abuse and revenge. As with Yes, Please. Whatever!
(below), it seems that HarperCollins have mixed up their review lists.
{0007208936}
- [1 Sep] M.M. Buckner, War Surf -- Ace paperback sf.
{0441013201}
- [1 Sep] Arthur C. Clarke, The Ghost from the Grand Banks --
Gollancz paperback sf. First published 1990.
{0575076240}
- [1 Sep] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Stamping Butterflies -- Gollancz
sf, trade paperback. First published 2004.
{057507650X}
- [1 Sep] Adam Roberts, The Snow -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback.
First published 2004.
{0575076518}
- [1 Sep] Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. SF Masterworks #61. First published 1989.
{0575076909}
August 2005
- [26 Aug] Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson,
The Road to Dune -- Hodder sf, trade paperback. A mixed bag: roughly 30%
oddments by Frank Herbert, more or less related to the Dune saga (mostly
cut scenes and alternative versions), bulked out by several BH/KJA stories --
four set in their own Dune prequelverse, one based on an abandoned Dune
outline.
{0340837454}
- [25 Aug] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, 9tail Fox -- Gollancz sf,
hardback. Described as a "literary meld of noir crime, SF and Chinese myth."
Proof copy received; scheduled 20 October.
{0575076151}
Also
"export trade paperback":
{0575077131}
- [25 Aug] Penny Palmano,
Yes, Please. Whatever! How to get the best out of your teenagers --
HarperThorsons trade paperback. God knows why a parenting manual by "the
expert on modern manners" should go to sf reviewers....
{0007210442}
- [24 Aug] Jacqueline Carey,
Kushiel's Avatar -- Tor UK fantasy, paperback. "Kushiel" 3.
First published 2003.
{0330420011}
- [24 Aug] Harry Turtledove, Out of the Darkness -- Pocket Books
fantasy paperback. #6 in alternate-fantasy-WWII "Darkness" series.
First published 2004.
{074346849X}
- [22 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Exultant -- Gollancz sf, paperback. "Destiny's
Children" 2. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575076550}
- [22 Aug] James Lovegrove, Provender Gleed -- Gollancz sf (alternate
history), trade paperback. Finished copy now received.
{0575076844}
Also hardback (not seen):
{0575076836}
- [22 Aug] James Lovegrove, Worldstorm -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback.
{0575076569}
- [18 Aug] James Lovegrove, Provender Gleed -- Gollancz sf (alternate
history), hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled 15 September.
{0575076836}
Also trade paperback:
{0575076844}
- [22 Aug] Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates -- Gollancz trade paperback
fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #47. First published 1983.
{0575077255}
- [22 Aug] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Sellamillion -- Gollancz
paperback parody. (Of some book by Tolkien.) Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575077077}
- [18 Aug] Robert Scott & Jay Gordon, The Hickory Staff --
Gollancz fantasy, trade paperback. "Eldarn Sequence" 1.
{0575076070}
Also hardback (not seen):
{0575076062}
- [16 Aug] Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop -- Overlook Press SF&F
Classics, trade paperback. Finished copy now received. Reissue of 1958 title.
{1585676837}
- [16 Aug] Jim Butcher,
Storm Front -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
1. Reissue of 2000 title.
{1841493988}
- [16 Aug] Jim Butcher,
Fool Moon -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files" 2.
Reissue of 2001 title.
{1841493996}
- [16 Aug] Kate Elliott,
In the Ruins -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Crown of Stars"
6 (of 7).
{1841492728}
- [16 Aug] Raymond E. Feist,
Exile's Return -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows"
3. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0006483593}
- [16 Aug] Laurell K. Hamilton,
Incubus Dreams -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Anita Blake, Vampire
Hunter" 12. Reissue of 2004 title.
{1841493171}
- [16 Aug] Juliet McKenna,
Western Shore -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Aldabreshin Compass"
3.
{1841493767}
- [12 Aug] Susanna Clarke,
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell -- Bloomsbury historical fantasy,
trade paperback. Reissue of the 2004 title which won the Best Novel Hugo at the
Worldcon last weekend in Glasgow.
{0747579881}
- [11 Aug] Terry Brooks, Straken -- Pocket Books fantasy hardback. "High
Druid of Shannara" 3.
{0743259467}
Also
trade paperback (not seen):
{0743259475}
- [11 Aug] Deborah J. Miller,
Swarmthief's Dance -- Tor UK fantasy, trade paperback. "Swarmthief
Trilogy" 1.
{1405050748}
- [11 Aug] Terry Pratchett,
Thud! -- Doubleday hardback fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled
October. A Discworld novel.
{0385608675}
- [At Interaction] Pat & Dick Lupoff, ed.,
The Best of Xero -- Tachyon Press nonfiction, trade paperback. "Selections
from the Hugo Award Winning Magazine", i.e. fanzine.
{1892391171}
- [2 Aug] Paul McAuley, Mind's Eye -- Pocket Books technothriller,
hardback. Finished copy now received.
{0743238877}
Also
trade paperback:
{0743238885}
July 2005
- [22 Jul] David Langford, The SEX Column and
other misprints -- Cosmos trade paperback, collecting my SFX
magazine columns and features since 1995.
{1930997787}
Also
hardback:
{1930997779}
- [21 Jul] Orson Scott Card,
Shadow of the Giant -- Orbit sf hardback. "The Shadow Saga" 4;
spinoff from "Ender" series.
{1841492051}
Also trade paperback (not seen):
{1841492345}
- [21 Jul] Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Sunstorm --
Gollancz sf, hardback. "A Time Odyssey" 2.
{0575075317}
Also export trade paperback (not seen):
{0575076542}
- [21 Jul] Hal Duncan,
Vellum -- Macmillan fantasy hardback. "The Book of All Hours"
1.
{1405052082}
Also trade paperback (not seen):
{1405053348}
- [21 Jul] Jennifer Fallon,
Harshini -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "The Demon Child" 3.
First published 2001.
{1841493287}
- [21 Jul] Peter F. Hamilton,
Judas Unchained -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled
October. "Commonwealth Saga" 2, concluding the story begun in Pandora's
Star. A second copy received!
{1405000368}
Also trade paperback:
{1405000376}
- [21 Jul] Ken MacLeod,
Learning the World -- Orbit sf hardback.
{1841493430}
- [21 Jul] Robert Rankin, The Brightonomicon -- Gollancz fantasy,
hardback.
{0575070099}
Also export trade paperback (not seen):
{0575076682}
- [21 Jul] Geoff Ryman, AIR -- Gollancz sf, hardback. First published
2004.
{0575076976}
Also export trade paperback (not seen):
{0575076984}
- [21 Jul] Charles Stross,
Accelerando -- Orbit sf hardback.
{1841493902}
- [21 Jul] Charles Stross,
Iron Sunrise -- Orbit sf paperback. Sequel to Singularity Sky.
First published 2004.
{1841493368}
- [18 Jul] J.K. Rowling,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- Bloomsbury hardback. #6.
{0747581088}
- [16 Jul] Ben Bova,
Mercury -- Hodder sf paperback. "Grand Tour" sequence.
{034082395X}
- [12 Jul] "Jude Fisher", Rose of the World -- Simon &
Schuster fantasy, trade paperback. "Fool's Gold" 3
{074325936X}
- [11 Jul] David Langford, The Unseen
University Challenge -- Gollancz mini-hardback (in their "parody"
format). Reissue, with corrections and substantially improved design, of my 1996
Discworld quizbook.
{0575077034}
- [5 Jul] Peter F. Hamilton,
Judas Unchained -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled
October. "Commonwealth Saga" 2, concluding the story begun in Pandora's
Star.
{1405000368}
Also trade paperback:
{1405000376}
June 2005
- [29 Jun] Robin Hobb, Shaman's Crossing -- Voyager hardback
fantasy. "The Soldier Son" 1.
{0007196121}
- [27 Jun] George Pendle,
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside
Parsons -- Weidenfeld & Nicolson biography, hardback.
{0297848534}
- [27 Jun] Dan Simmons, Olympos -- Gollancz trade paperback sf.
Sequel to, or second half of, Ilium.
{0575072628}
- [24 Jun] Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Monday Starts on Saturday --
Seagull Publishing, trade paperback fantasy. New translation by Andrew Bromfield
of 1964 title ("a sort of |Russian equivalent to Harry Potter") from a
new small press -- with the original Evgeny Migunov illustrations.
{0954336828}
- [21 Jun] Kevin J. Anderson, Scattered Suns -- Pocket Books,
C-format sf paperback. "Saga of Seven Suns" 4.
{0743275446}
- [21 Jun] Iain M. Banks,
The Algebraist -- Orbit sf, trade paperback. Neither the jacket nor the
press release mentions its Hugo nomination.
{1841492299}
- [18 Jun] Steve Redwood, Who Needs Cleopatra? -- Reverb (imprint of
Osiris Press), paperback sf. Comic sf from a new small press.
{1905315031}
- [6 Jun] R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet -- Orbit, C-format
trade paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 2.
{1841494097}
- [6 Jun] Fiona McIntosh, Blood and Memory -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. Sequel to Myrren's Gift; reissue of 2004 title.
{1841493740}
- [6 Jun] Sean Russell, The Shadow Road -- Orbit paperback, fantasy. "The
Swans' War" 3 (conclusion).
{1841492256}
- [6 Jun] Allen Steele,
Coyote Rising -- Orbit sf, paperback. Reissue of 2004 title: fix-up of 8
short stories, 7 previously published in Asimov's.
{1841493686}
- [6 Jun] Tricia Sullivan, Double Vision -- Orbit, C-format trade
paperback, sf.
{1841493376}
- [4 Jun] Sophia McDougall,
Romanitas -- fantasy/alternate history, Orion hardback: finished copy
now received. A first novel, opening a trilogy.
{075286078X}
Also "export paperback":
{0752868492}
- [2 Jun] Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Time's Eye --
Gollancz sf, paperback. "A Time Odyssey" 1. Reissue of 2004 title.
{057507647X}
- [2 Jun] Ken Grimwood, Replay -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy.
Fantasy Masterworks #45. First published 1986.
{0575075597}
- [2 Jun] Guy Gavriel Kay, The Last Light of the Sun -- Pocket Books
historical fantasy, paperback.
{0743484231}
- [2 Jun] "Robertski Brothers" (Adam Roberts), The McAtrix
Derided -- Gollancz small-format paperback. Parodies all three Matrix
films, apparently, in the general manner of Bored of the Rings. Reissue
of 2004 title.
{0575076674}
- [2 Jun] Chris Wooding, The Skein of Lament -- Gollancz fantasy,
paperback. "The Braided Path" 2. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575076461}
- [2 Jun] David Zindell, Black Jade -- Voyager fantasy, C-format
paperback. "Ea Cycle" 3. following The Lightstone and Lord
of Lies.
{0002247607}
Also hardback, not seen:
{0002247593}
- [1 Jun] Arrand Pritchard, Sauria -- Etchelon Press sf, spiral-bound
paperback. Apparently self-published.
{0954962001}
May 2005
- [26 May] Gwyneth Jones, Band of Gypsys -- Gollancz sf/fantasy,
trade paperback. Bold As Love sequence #4.
{0575070447}
Also
hardback, not seen:
{0575070439}
- [26 May] Chris Wooding, The Ascendancy Veil -- Gollancz fantasy,
trade paperback. "The Braided Path" 3.
{0575074469}
Also
hardback, not seen:
{0575074450}
- [25 May] Philip K. Dick, In Milton Lumky Territory -- Gollancz
trade paperback. Reissue of 1985 title.
{0575074655}
- [25 May] Philip K. Dick, Mary and the Giant -- Gollancz trade
paperback. Reissue of 1987 title.
{0575074663}
- [25 May] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War -- Gollancz sf paperback.
Reissue of 1997 title.
{0575600616}
- [25 May] Larry Niven, Ringworld -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF
Masterworks #60. First published 1970.
{0575077026}
- [25 May] Christopher Priest, The Glamour -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback. Latest revision of 1984 title.
{0575075791}
- [25 May] "A3R Roberts", Star Warped -- Gollancz hardback
parody. (Of some movies by George Lucas.)
{0575076887}
- [24 May] R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before --
Overlook Press, trade paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 1.
Reissue of 2003 title.
{1585676772}
- [23 May] Kelley Armstrong, Haunted -- Orbit fantasy paperback.
{1841493414}
- [23 May] R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before -- Orbit
fantasy paperback. "The Prince of Nothing" 1. Reissue of 2003 title.
{1841494089}
- [23 May] Marianne de Pierre, Crash Deluxe -- Orbit sf paperback. "Parrish
Plessis" 3.
{1841492582}
- [23 May] Barb & J.C. Hendee, Thief of Lives -- Orbit fantasy
paperback.
{1841493651}
- [23 May] Ian Irvine, Chimaera -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "The
Well of Echoes" 4. Reissue of 2004 title.
{1841493252}
- [11 May] Kevin J. Anderson, Horizon Storms -- Pocket Books sf
paperback. "Saga of Seven Suns" 3.
{0743430670}
- [11 May] Dave Hutchinson, As the Crow Flies -- BeWrite Books, trade
paperback. Collection of 15 sf/fantasy stories.
{1904492231}
- [5 May] Emmanuel Carrère,
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
-- Bloomsbury nonfiction, hardback. Biography.
{0747569193}
Also paperback (not seen):
{0747574111}
- [3 May] Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop -- Overlook Press SF&F Classics,
trade paperback. Proof copy; scheduled July 2005. Reissue of 1958 title.
{1585676837}
April 2005
- [25 Apr] Mark Chadbourn, The Hounds of Avalon -- Gollancz fantasy,
trade paperback. "The Dark Age" 3.
{0575072784}
Also
hardback, not seen:
{0575072776}
- [25 Apr] Michael Cobley, Shadowmasque -- Pocket Books fantasy,
trade paperback. "Shadowkings" 3.
{0743238877}
- [25 Apr] Paul McAuley, Mind's Eye -- Pocket Books technothriller,
hardback. Proof copy received.
{0743238877}
Also
trade paperback:
{0743238885}
- [25 Apr] Bénédicte Newland & Pascale Smets, And God
Created the Au Pair -- HarperCollins Perennial, trade paperback. Domestic
humour, apparently, based on Times column "Disp@tches from the Home
Front". God knows why I have a review copy of this!
{0007185200}
- [18 Apr] Gregory Benford, The Sunborn -- Orbit paperback sf.
{1841491764}
- [18 Apr] Eric Brown, The Fall of Tartarus -- Gollancz paperback sf.
{0575076186}
- [18 Apr] Robert Carter, The Giants' Dance -- Voyager hardback;
Arthurian fantasy. "The Language of Stones" 2.
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- [18 Apr] James Clemens, Shadowfall -- Orbit trade paperback
fantasy. "Godslayer" 1.
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- [18 Apr] Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth -- Gollancz
fantasy, trade paperback. "Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" 1.
Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575075988}
Also "export trade paperback" (not seen):
{0575075996}
- [18 Apr] Mark Chadbourn, The Queen of Sinister -- Gollancz
paperback fantasy. "The Dark Age", book 2.
{0575076534}
- [18 Apr] M. John Harrison, Anima -- Gollancz trade paperback.
Omnibus comprising The Course of the Heart (1992) and Signs of Life
(1997).
{0575075945}
- [18 Apr] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Va Dinci Cod -- Gollancz
hardback parody. (Of some book by Dan Brown.)
{0575077190}
- [18 Apr] Martin Scott, Thraxas Under Siege -- Orbit paperback
fantasy. "Thraxas" comic fantasy #8.
{184149254X}
- [15 Apr] Steph Swainston, No Present Like Time -- Gollancz hardback
fantasy. Sequel to The Year of Our War.
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Also export trade paperback:
{0575076410}
- [18 Apr] Steph Swainston, The Year of Our War -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575076429}
- [11 Apr] Terry Brooks, Tanequil -- Pocket Books fantasy paperback. "High
Druid of Shannara" 2.
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- [9 Apr] Sophia McDougall,
Romanitas -- fantasy/alternate history. Orion proof copy. Hardback
scheduled 16 June 2005. A first novel, opening a trilogy.
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Also "export paperback":
{0752868492}
- [7 Apr] Julian May,
Ironcrown Moon -- Voyager fantasy, trade paperback. "The Boreal
Moon Tale" 2. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0007123221}
- [7 Apr] Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen,
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch -- Ebury Press, hardback.
Another sandwich of Discworld fantasy and pop-science.
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- [7 Apr] Adam Stemple,
Singer of Souls -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August
2005. A first novel.
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March 2005
- [Late Mar] Diana Wynne Jones,
Conrad's Fate -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Chrestomanci"
sequence, chronologically following The Lives of Christopher Chant.
{0007190859}
- [Late Mar] Gene Wolfe,
Innocents Aboard -- fantasy, horror and supernatural collection, Tor Orb
trade paperback. Introduction and 22 stories.
{076530791X}
- [Late Mar] Gene Wolfe,
The Wizard -- fantasy, Tor hardback. "The Wizard Knight" 2.
{0765312018}
- [20 Mar] Ashok Banker,
Armies of Hanuman -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Ramayana"
4.
{1841493295}
- [20 Mar] Charlaine Harris,
Dead to the World -- Orbit horror/crime paperback. "Sookie
Stackhouse Vampire Mystery" 4. Reissue of 2004 title.
{1841493708}
- [20 Mar] Larry Niven,
Ringworld's Children -- Orbit sf paperback. "Ringworld" 4.
Reissue of 2004 title.
{1841492221}
- [20 Mar] Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle,
Burning Tower -- Orbit fantasy hardback. Sequel to The Burning City.
{1841490725}
- [20 Mar] K.J. Parker,
Devices and Desires -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Engineer
Trilogy" 1.
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- [20 Mar] Sean Stewart,
Firecracker -- Weidenfeld & Nicolson supernatural thriller,
hardback.
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- [12 Mar] Sarah Micklem,
Firethorn -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Opens a trilogy.
{0007203969}
- [11 Mar] "Verity Stob",
The Best of Verity Stob -- Apress trade paperback. Heartbreaking columns
of staggering genius from various computer magazines beginning with .EXE,
where the Stob section was the one reliably funny bit. (A couple of flatterers
-- I'm looking at you, Mr Pratchett -- have ascribed these pieces to me. Alas,
not so.)
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- [10 Mar] Raymond E. Feist,
Exile's Return -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Conclave of
Shadows" 3. Reissue of 2004 title.
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- [4 Mar] Glen Cook,
The Tyranny of the Night -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled
June 2005. "Instrumentalities of the Night" 1.
{0765306840}
- [4 Mar] Dean Koontz & Kevin J. Anderson,
Prodigal Son -- Voyager paperback horror. Book 1 of "Dean Koontz's
Frankenstein".
{0007203136}
- [4 Mar] Timothy Zahn,
Dragon and Slave -- YA sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled June 2005.
"Dragonback" 3.
{0765301261}
- [3 Mar] Gwyneth Jones, Divine Endurance -- Gollancz paperback
sf/fantasy. Reissue of 1984 title.
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- [3 Mar] John Marco, The Devil's Armour -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy. Reissue of 2003 (2004 UK) title.
{0575076291}
- [3 Mar] Dan Simmons, Song of Kali -- Gollancz trade paperback
fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #44. First published 1985.
{0575076593}
- [3 Mar] Sheri S. Tepper, The Companions -- Gollancz paperback sf.
Reissue of 2003 (2004 UK) title.
{0575076283}
- [3 Mar] Kim Wilkins, The Autumn Castle -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy. Reissue of 2004 title.
{0575076488}
- [2 Mar] Martin Sketchley, The Destiny Mask -- Simon & Schuster
sf, trade paperback. Sequel to The Affinity Trap
{0743256808}
February 2005
- [28 Feb] Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson,
Dune: The Battle of Corrin -- NEL sf paperback. "Legends of Dune 3",
following on from The Butlerian Jihad and The Machine Crusade.
Reissue of 2004 title.
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- [28 Feb] Richard Morgan, Woken Furies -- Gollancz sf hardback.
Finished copy now received. Third Takeshi Kovacs novel.
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Also
export trade paperback:
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- [25 Feb] David Farland, The Lair of Bones -- Pocket Books fantasy
paperback. "Runelords" 4.
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- [23 Feb] Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, eds, Terry
Pratchett: Guilty of Literature -- Old Earth Books hardback. 2004 expansion
of 2000 SF Foundation paperback critical collection, with revised Langford
introduction.
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- [23 Feb] Kenneth Morris, Book of the Three Dragons -- Cold Spring
Press classic fantasy, trade paperback, 2004. This is the first full text, with
55 pages of material cut (apparently for length reasons) from the 1930 first
edition. And it quotes me on the back cover, too!
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- [18 Feb] Jane Lindskold,
Child of a Rainless Year -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled
May 2005.
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- [14 Feb] Ian McDonald, River of Gods -- Pocket Books sf, trade
paperback.
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- [12 Feb] Ian Christie,
The Franklin Saga -- Athena Press sf, trade paperback. For SFX
review. The bastards.
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- [7 Feb] Chris Bunch,
The Last Battle -- Orbit sf paperback. "Dragonmaster" 3.
Reissue of 2004 title.
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- [7 Feb] Stan Nicholls,
Quicksilver Zenith -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Quicksilver"
book 2.
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- [7 Feb] Charles Stross,
Iron Sunrise -- Orbit sf hardback. Sequel to Singularity Sky.
First published 2004 in USA.
{184149335X}
- [7 Feb] Scott Westerfield,
The Risen Empire -- Orbit sf, C-format paperback. First published 2003
in USA as The Risen Empire: Book 1 of Succession and The Killing of
Worlds: Book 2 of Succession.
{1841493716}
- [5 Feb] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker Coda -- Roc hardback sf. The
covering letter from the author helpfully informs me that "you die
horribly. Again. See Chapter Three ..." Gee, thanks.
{0451460111}
- [4 Feb] Kristen Britain, First Rider's Call -- Pocket Books
paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2003 title. Sequel to Green Rider.
{0743408942}
- [4 Feb] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Pocket Books
paperback sf. Reissue of 2004 title.
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January 2005
- [31 Jan] Ben Bova,
Mercury -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2005.
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- [31 Jan] Jeff Mariotte,
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: The Attitude of Silence -- sf. Tor proof
copy. Hardback scheduled May 2005.
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- [31 Jan] A. Lee Martinez,
Gil's All Fright Diner -- fantasy/horror. Tor proof copy. Hardback
scheduled May 2005.
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Also
trade paperback:
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- [31 Jan] Andre Norton,
Beast Master's Planet -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May
2005. Omnibus of The Beast Master (1959) and Lord of Thunder
(1962).
{0765313278}
- [31 Jan] Andre Norton,
Three Hands for Scorpio -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April
2005. First solo novel in more than five years.
{0765304643}
- [31 Jan] Robert Reed,
The Well of STarts -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2005.
Sequel to Marrow.
{0765308606}
- [18 Jan] Dr Jeff VanderMeer & Dr Mark Roberts, eds, The Thackery T.
Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases -- Macmillan
hardback. At last, my contributor's copy of the first British edition!
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- [17 Jan] Raymond E. Feist,
King of Foxes -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows"
2.
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- [14 Jan] Terry Goodkind,
Chainfire -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Although the blurb implies a
standalone novel ("... a powerful new story set in a fascinating world ..."),
this is in fact "Sword of Truth" book 9.
{0007145608}
- [14 Jan] Tom Holt,
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard -- Orbit fantasy, hardback. Sequel to The
Portable Door and In Your Dreams.
{1841492817}
- [14 Jan] Fiona McIntosh,
Mirren's Gift -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. Reissue of 2003 title.
{1841493732}
- [14 Jan] Allen Steele,
Coyote -- Orbit sf, paperback. Reissue of 2002 title, fix-up of 8 short
stories from (mostly) Asimov's.
{1841493678}
- [14 Jan] Charles Stross,
Singularity Sky -- Orbit sf paperback. Our Charlie's first novel. First
published 2003 in USA, 2004 UK.
{1841493341}
- [13 Jan] Kim Stanley Robinson, Forty Signs of Rain -- HarperCollins
paperback. Climatic disaster novel. Reissue of 2004 title..
{0007148887}
- [7 Jan] Graham Joyce, The Limits of Enchantment -- Gollancz
hardback. "Will be submitted for the Booker Prize." Finished copy now
received.
{0575072318}
- [6 Jan] Ian R. MacLeod, The House of Storms -- Simon & Schuster
fantasy, hardback. Sequel to The Light Ages.
{0743256727}