Ansible Books Received, 2016

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This is a log of books received, a very few of which I may be in a position to review – no promises, though. Dates indicate when books were received and (if known) when they're supposed to be published, in that order: [14 Oct/27 Oct].
If not discouraged by the FAQ notes on reviews, send books for listing to:
David Langford/Ansible, 94 London Road, Reading, RG1 5AU, England.

Magazines Received

• [16 Dec] F&SF, January-February 2017
• [12 Dec] The Author, Winter 2016
• [2 Dec] SFX #282, February 2017
• [14 Nov] Black Static #55, November-December 2016
• [14 Nov] Interzone #267, November-December 2016
• [9 Nov] SFX #281, January 2017
• [22 Oct] Focus #66 (BSFA), Summer/Autumn 2016
• [22 Oct] Vector #284 (BSFA), Summer 2016
• [12 Oct] SFX #280, December 2016
• [27 Sep] The Author, Autumn 2016
• [14 Sep] SFX #279, November 2016
• [12 Sep] Black Static #54, September-October 2016
• [12 Sep] Interzone #266, September-October 2016
• [12 Aug] SFX #278, October 2016
• [? Aug] Foundation #124, dated 2016 only
• [21 Jul] UK SF/Fantasy Literary Map [not a magazine but this seems the best place for it]
• [20 Jul] SFX #277, September 2016
• [14 Jul] Black Static #53, July-August 2016
• [14 Jul] Interzone #265, July-August 2016
• [25 Jun] The Author, Summer 2016
• [17 Jun] SFX #276, August 2016
• [20 May] SFX #275, Summer 2016 [the first ever Langford-free issue]
• [19 May] Vector #283 (BSFA), Spring 2016
• [16 May] Black Static #52, May-June 2016
• [16 May] Interzone #264, May-June 2016
• [22 Apr] SFX #274, July 2016 [with my farewell column]
• [23 Mar] SFX #273, June 2016
• [17 Mar] Black Static #51, March-April 2016
• [17 Mar] Foundation #123, dated 2016 only
• [17 Mar] Interzone #263, March-April 2016
• [1 Mar] SFX #272, May 2016
• [4 Feb] Focus #65 (BSFA), Winter 2015/2016
• [4 Feb] Vector #282 (BSFA), Winter 2015/2016
• [29 Jan] SFX #271, April 2016
• [11 Jan] Black Static #50, January-February 2016
• [11 Jan] Interzone #262, January-February 2016
• [2 Jan] SFX #270, March 2016

December 2016
[23 Dec/20 Dec] Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Century hardback, sf. The book of the film. • ISBN 9781780894782 • AbeBooks

[23 Dec/26 Jan] Stephen Graham Jones, Mongrels – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, urban fantasy (werewolves). Reissue of 2016 hardback title. ISBN 9780008182458 • AbeBooks

[22 Dec/12 Jan] Rory Gleeson, Rockadoon Shore – John Murray hardback, apparently a straight novel without fantastic content. Finishedcopy now received. • ISBN 9781473634077 • AbeBooks

[17 Dec/19 Jan] Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind – Gollancz hardback, sf. Authorized sequel to The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473205093 • AbeBooks

[17 Dec/26 Jan] Greg Bear, Take Back the Sky – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. "War Dogs" 3. • ISBN 9780575133969 • AbeBooks

[17 Dec/5 Jan] Alexandra Oliva, The Last One – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781405923187 • AbeBooks

[9 Dec/26 Jan] Stephanie Garber, Caraval – Hodder/Coronet hardback, fantasy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473629141 • AbeBooks

November 2016
[28 Nov/Jun 2007] Steven Burgauer, The Night of the Eleventh Sun – self-published trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781419671548 • AbeBooks

[23 Nov/24 Nov] Anna Caltabiano, The Day Before Forever – Gollancz trade paperback, science-fantasy. "Miss Hatfield" series. • ISBN 9781473200463 • AbeBooks

[22 Nov/24 Nov] Brandon Sanderson, Arcanum Unbounded – Gollancz hardback, nine sf/fantasy stories and novellas. "Cosmere" universe. • ISBN 9781473218031 • AbeBooks

[18 Nov/24 Nov] Steph Swainston, Fair Rebel – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. "Castle" series • ISBN 9780575081697 • AbeBooks

[16 Nov/1 Dec] Claudia Gray, Star Wars: Bloodline – Arrow trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780099594284 • AbeBooks

[16 Nov/17 Nov] James Luceno, Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel – Century hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781780893679 • AbeBooks

[14 Nov/8 Dec] James S.A. Corey, Babylon's Ashes – Orbit hardback, sf. "Expanse" 6. • ISBN 9780356504261 • AbeBooks

[4 Nov/3 Nov] Ben Aaronovitch, The Hanging Tree – Gollancz, hardback, urban fantasy. "Peter Grant" series. • ISBN 9780575132559 • AbeBooks

[2 Nov/24 Nov] Joanne M. Harris, Runemarks – Gollancz hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781473217041 • AbeBooks

[2 Nov/3 Nov] Nalini Singh, Archangel's Heart – Gollancz trade paperback, paranormal romance. "Guild Hunter" series • ISBN 9781473217492 • AbeBooks

October 2016
[27 Oct/27 Oct] Al Robertson, Waking Hell – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781473203433 • AbeBooks

[25 Oct/9 Feb] Mick Herron, Spook Street – John Murray hardback, spy thriller. "Jackson Lamb" series. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473621268 • AbeBooks

[24 Oct/3 Nov] Dave Hutchinson, Europe in Winter – Solaris trade paperback, sf. "Europe" sequence. • ISBN 9781781084632 • AbeBooks

[24 Oct/3 Nov] Una McCormack, Star of the Sea – Solaris trade paperback, sf. "Weird Space" sequence. • ISBN 9781781084823 • AbeBooks

[24 Oct/6 Oct] Jonathan Strahan, editor, Bridging Infinity – Solaris trade paperback, sf. Anthology of 15 stories. • ISBN 9781781084182 • AbeBooks

[24 Oct/3 Nov] Alex White, Every Mountain Made Low – Solaris trade paperback, urban fantasy. • ISBN 9781781084656 • AbeBooks

[19 Oct/6 Mar] Lynne Truss, The Lunar Cats – Penguin Random House/Century horror-comedy, hardback. • ISBN 9781780896724 • AbeBooks

[17 Oct/19 Jan] Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind – Gollancz hardback, sf. Authorized sequel to The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Second proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473205093 • AbeBooks

[15 Oct/3 Nov] Jim Al-Khalili, ed., Aliens: Science Asks: Is There Anyone Out There? – Profile Books trade paperback, nonfiction anthology. Introduction plus 20 essays; contributors include Paul Davies and Ian Stewart. • ISBN 9781781256817 • AbeBooks

[12 Oct/27 Oct] Simon Morden, The White City – Gollancz trade paperback, fantasy. • ISBN 9781473211483 • AbeBooks

[6 Oct/27 Oct] Brent Weeks, The Blood Mirror – Orbit hardback, fantasy. "Lightbringer" series. • ISBN 9780356504605 • AbeBooks

September 2016
[29 Sep/6 Oct] Daniel Polansky, A City Dreaming – Hodder/Coronet hardback, urban fantasy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473634251 • AbeBooks

[29 Sep/6 Oct] J.P. Smythe, Dark Made Dawn – Hodder trade paperback, sf. "Australia Trilogy" 3. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781444796391 • AbeBooks

[28 Sep/? Sep] G.A. Matiasz, 1% Free – 62 Mile Press trade paperback, near-future sf. • ISBN 9780997705430 • AbeBooks

[26 Sep/12 Jan] G.X. Todd, Defender – Headline hardback, sf thriller. First of a four-part series. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781472233080 • AbeBooks

[16 Sep/19 Jan] Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind – Gollancz hardback, sf. Authorized sequel to The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473205093 • AbeBooks

[15 Sep/6 Oct] James Lovegrove, Age of Heroes – Solaris trade paperback, urban fantasy. "Pantheon" series. • ISBN 9781781084045 • AbeBooks

[15 Sep/6 Oct] Nik Abnett, Savant – Solaris trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781781084564 • AbeBooks

[14 Sep/12 Jan] Rory Gleeson, Rockadoon Shore – John Murray hardback, apparently a straight novel without fantastic content. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473634077 • AbeBooks

[8 Sep/22 Sep] Helen Keen, The Science of Game of Thrones – Hodder/Coronet hardback, comic "nonfiction". Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473632318 • AbeBooks

[8 Sep/15 Sep] Alastair Reynolds, Revenger – Gollancz hardback, sf. • ISBN 9780575090538 • AbeBooks

August 2016
[31 Aug/8 Sep] Sabaa Tahir, A Torch against the Night – Harper Voyager, hardback, fantasy. Sequel to An Ember in the Ashes. ISBN 9780008160340 • AbeBooks

[20 Aug/8 Sep] Bradley Beaulieu, Of Sand & Malice Made – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Prequel to Twelve Kings. • ISBN 9781473218451 • AbeBooks

[20 Aug/15 Sep] Christopher Priest, The Gradual – Gollancz hardback, sf. "Dream Archipelago" sequence. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473200548 • AbeBooks

[13 Aug/11 Aug] Paul Crilley, Poison City – Hodder hardback, urban fantasy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473631588 • AbeBooks

[12 Aug/15 Aug] Lee Harrison, The Bastard Wonderland – Wrecking Ball Press trade paperback, fantasy (with airships). • ISBN 9781903110454 • AbeBooks

[9 Aug/8 Sep] Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams – Hodder trade paperback, horror etc. Reissue of 2015 title. • ISBN 9781473698925 • AbeBooks

[6 Aug/6 Oct] J.P. Smythe, Dark Made Dawn – Hodder trade paperback, sf. "Australia Trilogy" 3. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781444796391 • AbeBooks

July 2016
[28 Jul/11 Aug] Jay Kristoff, Nevernight – Harper Voyager, hardback, fantasy. ISBN 9780008179991 • AbeBooks

[23 Jul/15 Sep] Alastair Reynolds, Revenger – Gollancz hardback, sf. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780575090538 • AbeBooks

[20 Jul/3 May] Ritchie Valentine Smith, Words of Power – RVS Media trade paperback, Japanese samurai fantasy. "Words of Power" 1 of 4. • ISBN 9781514885154 • AbeBooks

[19 Jul/11 Aug] Michael Hughes, The Countenance Divine – John Murray hardback, literary fantasy? Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473636491 • AbeBooks

[16 Jul/22 Sep] Helen Keen, The Science of Game of Thrones – Hodder/Coronet hardback, comic "nonfiction". Sampler booklet (30pp plus wraps) received. • ISBN 9781473632318 • AbeBooks

[11 Jul/11 Aug] Gaie Sebold, Sparrow Falling – Solaris trade paperback, urban fantasy. "Sparrow" series. • ISBN 9781781083819 • AbeBooks

[10 Jul/10 Jul] Ian Whates, ed., X Marks the Spot: Celebrating 10 Years of NewCon Press – NewCon trade paperback, sf/fantasy anthology. With lists of published NewCon titles and cover artists. • ISBN 9781910935224 • AbeBooks

[7 Jul/14 Jul] Paul Kane, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell – Solaris trade paperback, mystery/horror. A Holmes/Hellraiser crossover. • ISBN 9781781084540 • AbeBooks

[7 Jul/14 Jul] E.E. Richardson, Ritual Crime Unit: Spirit Animals – Solaris trade paperback, urban fantasy/detection. Second copy received. • ISBN 9781781084779 • AbeBooks

[2 Jul/6 Oct] Daniel Polansky, A City Dreaming – Hodder/Coronet hardback, urban fantasy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473634251 • AbeBooks

June 2016
[22 Jun/23 Jun] Charles Stross, The Nightmare Stacks – Orbit hardback, urban fantasy thriller. "Laundry Files" series. • ISBN 9780356505343 • AbeBooks

[11 Jun/15 Sep] Christopher Priest, The Gradual – Gollancz hardback, sf. "Dream Archipelago" sequence. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473200548 • AbeBooks

[10 Jun/5 Jul] Ezekiel Boone, The Hatching – Gollancz hardback, sf/horror. • ISBN 9781473215177 • AbeBooks

[10 Jun/2 Jun] Brian Catling, The Vorrh – Hodder/Coronet paperback, fantasy. Reissue of 2012 title. • ISBN 9781473606630 • AbeBooks

[10 Jun/16 Jun] Tom Lloyd, Strange of Tempest – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. • ISBN 9781473213173 • AbeBooks

[6 Jun/16 Jun] Jon Wallace, Rig – Gollancz sf, trade paperback. • ISBN 9780575118898 • AbeBooks

May 2016
[25 May/9 Jun] Addison Gunn, Extinction Biome: Invasion – Abaddon trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781781083888 • AbeBooks

[21 May/14 Jul] Jonathan Strahan, editor, Drowned Worlds – Solaris trade paperback, sf. Anthology of 15 stories. • ISBN 9781781084502 • AbeBooks

[19 May/16 Jun] Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit – Solaris trade paperback, sf. "Machineries of Empire" 2. • ISBN 9781781084489 • AbeBooks

[19 May/14 Jun] Gail Z. Martin, The Shadowed Path – Solaris trade paperback, fantasy. • ISBN 9781781084380 • AbeBooks

[19 May/14 Jul] E.E. Richardson, Ritual Crime Unit: Spirit Animals – Solaris trade paperback, urban fantasy/detection. • ISBN 9781781084779 • AbeBooks

[18 May/26 May] Hannu Rajaniemi, Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction – Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Twenty stories. • ISBN 9781473210226 • AbeBooks

[13 May/11 Aug] Michael Hughes, The Countenance Divine – John Murray hardback, fantasy? Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473636491 • AbeBooks

[7 May/1 May] James Maxwell, Golden Age – 47North, trade paperback, fantasy. "Shifting Tides" 1. ISBN 9781503948419 • AbeBooks

[5 May/19 May] Stephen Graham Jones, Mongrels – Harper Voyager, hardback, urban fantasy (werewolves). ISBN 9780008182427 • AbeBooks

April 2016
[28 Apr/26 May] Terry Brooks, The Sorcerer's Daughter – Orbit hardback, fantasy. "Defends of Shannara" 3. • ISBN 9780356502236 • AbeBooks

[27 Apr/12 May] Guy Gavriel Kay, Children of Earth and Sky – Hodder & Stoughton hardback, historical fantasy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473628106 • AbeBooks

[25 Apr/11 Aug] Paul Crilley, Poison City – Hodder hardback, urban fantasy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473631588 • AbeBooks

[22 Apr/5 May] Tarn Richardson, The Fallen – Duckworth Overlook trade paperback, historical fantasy/horror. • ISBN 9780715650592 • AbeBooks

[20 Apr/10 Sep] Robin Wyatt Dunn, Colonel Stierlitz – John Ott trade paperback, surreal fiction. • ISBN 9781940830148 • AbeBooks

[15 Apr/7 Apr] Francesca Haig, The Map of Bones – Harper Voyager, hardback, sf. Sequel to The Fire Sermon. Finished copy now received. ISBN 9780007563098 • AbeBooks

[15 Apr/14 Jun] Paul Kearney, The Wolf in the Attic – Solaris trade paperback, fantasy. 1920s Oxford setting, featuring Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. • ISBN 9781781083611 • AbeBooks

[15 Apr/7 Apr] J.R.R. Tolkien ed. Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins, A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages– HarperCollins hardback, nonfiction. Two essays on the given subject, one well-known and the other running to only eight pages, made up to 157pp with the usual apparatus of foreword, introduction and copious notes/appendices. • ISBN 9780008131395 • AbeBooks

[11 Apr/21 Apr] Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants – Penguin/Michael Joseph hardback, sf? • ISBN 9780718181680 • AbeBooks

[11 Apr/5 May] Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia – Jonathan Cape hardback, graphic novel. Historical story of the revolutionary feminist Louise Michel. • ISBN 9780224102346 • AbeBooks

[11 Apr/2015] Kai Ashante Wilson, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps – Tor trade paperback, science fantasy. • ISBN 9780765385246 • AbeBooks

[9 Apr/2009] Edward Gorey, The Black Doll: A Silent Screenplay– Pomegranate hardback, melodrama. Gorey's only prose work, with his illustrations from its 1998 magazine appearance. • ISBN 9780764948015 • AbeBooks

[1 Apr/7 Apr] Gini Koch, Glen Mehn, Jamie Wyman, alt.sherlock.holmes – Abaddon trade paperback, crime/detection. Three novellas with Holmes and Watson re-imagined in 1930s, 1960s and present-day US settings, plus bonus (reprint) short stories. • ISBN 9781781084236 • AbeBooks

[1 Apr/7 Apr] James Lovegrove, World of Water – Solaris trade paperback, sf. "Dev Harmer" series. • ISBN 9781781083048 • AbeBooks

[1 Apr/21 Apr] Kazuaki Takano, Extinction – Hodder/Mulholland trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781444759532 • AbeBooks

March 2016
[19 Mar/26 Apr] Terry Brooks, The Darkling Child – Orbit trade paperback, fantasy. "Defenders of Shannara" 2. Reissue of 2015 title. • ISBN 9780356502212 • AbeBooks

[18 Mar/19 May] Peter Newman, The Malice – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. • ISBN 9780007593163 • AbeBooks

[12 Mar/7 Apr] J.P. Smythe, Long Dark Dusk – Hodder trade paperback, sf. "Australia Trilogy" 2. • ISBN 9781444796377 • AbeBooks

[8 Mar/8 Marl] Jonathan Barnes, Kate Heartfield, Foz Meadows, Emma Newman and Adrian Tchaikovsky, Monstrous Little Voices – Rebellion/Abaddon trade paperback, fantasy anthology. Five linked Shakespearean stories. • ISBN 9781781083932 • AbeBooks

February 2016
[27 Feb/12 May] Guy Gavriel Kay, Children of Earth and Sky – Hodder & Stoughton hardback, historical fantasy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473628106 • AbeBooks

[27 Feb/21 Jun] Simone Zelitch, Judenstaat – Tor hardback, alternate-history sf. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780765382962 • AbeBooks

[25 Feb/10 Mar] Jason Gurley, Eleanor – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9780008132910 • AbeBooks

[12 Feb/25 Feb] Peter Newman, The Vagrant – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Reissue of 2015 title. • ISBN 9780007593132 • AbeBooks

[12 Feb/3 Mar] Catherynne M. Valente, Radiance – Corsair hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781472115140 • AbeBooks

[8 Feb/25 Feb] Daniel Polansky, Those Above – Hodder & Stoughton trade paperback, fantasy. "Empty Throne" sequence 1. • ISBN 9781444779912 • AbeBooks

[8 Feb/25 Feb] Jen Williams, The Silver Tide – Headline trade paperback, fantasy. Sequel to The Copper Promise and The Iron Ghost. • ISBN 9781472211156 • AbeBooks

[4 Feb/25 Feb] Pierce Brown, Morning Star – Hodder & Stoughton hardback, YA sf. "Red Rising" 3. • ISBN 9781444759051 • AbeBooks

January 2016
[29 Jan/18 Feb] Helena Coggan, The Reaction – Hodder hardback, fantasy. Finished copy now received. Sequel and conclusion to The Catalyst (2015). • ISBN 9781444794700 • AbeBooks

[26 Jan/4 Feb] Jamie Sawyer, The Lazarus War: Artefact – Orbit trade paperback, sf. "The Lazarus War" 1. • ISBN 9780356505466 • AbeBooks

[25 Jan/7 Apr] Francesca Haig, The Map of Bones – Harper Voyager, hardback, sf. Sequel to The Fire Sermon. Proof copy received. ISBN 9780007563098 • AbeBooks

[16 Jan/28 Jan] Paul S. Kemp, Star Wars: Lords of the Sith – Arrow trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780099542681 • AbeBooks

[14 Jan/28 Jan] Tom Isbell, The Capture – Harper Voyager trade paperback, YA sf. Sequel to The Prey (2015). • ISBN 9780007528226 • AbeBooks

[12 Jan/21 Jan] Rob Boffard, Zero-G – Orbit trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780356505152 • AbeBooks

[12 Jan/4 Feb] Terry Brooks, The Elfstones of Shannara – Orbit trade paperback, fantasy. TV tie-in reissue of 1982 title. • ISBN 9780356507118 • AbeBooks

[12 Jan/14 Jan] Michael Cobley, Ancestral Machines – Orbit hardback, sf. Standalone novel in "Humanity's Fire" universe. • ISBN 9780356501772 • AbeBooks

[11 Jan/9 Apr] Peter V. Brett, The Skull Throne – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Demon Cycle" series. Reissue of 2015 hardback title. • ISBN 9780007425693 • AbeBooks

[11 Jan/? 2015] John Light, Distant Dreams: Science Fiction Poems – Photo Press trade paperback, sf verse. • ISBN 9781897968499 • AbeBooks

[7 Jan/28 Jan] Michael Coolwood, Confessions of a Gentleman Arachnid – Montag Press trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781940233284 • AbeBooks

[6 Jan/1 Jan] Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Century hardback, sf. Novelization of the new film. • ISBN 9781780894768 • AbeBooks