Ansible Books Received,
2006
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 2006
- [22 Dec] Jonathan Barnes, The Somnambulist -- Gollancz Victorian
fantasy (?) hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled 15 Feb 2007. "Time's
Tapestry" 2.
ISBN 057507941X • AbeBooks
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trade paperback:
ISBN 0575079428 • AbeBooks
- [22 Dec] Stephen Baxter, Conqueror -- Gollancz
historical/alternate-historical hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled Feb
2007. "Time's Tapestry" 2.
ISBN 0575076739 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback:
ISBN 0575076747 • AbeBooks
- [22 Dec] Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged -- Gollancz
hardback fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2007. "The First Law"
2.
ISBN 0575077875 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback:
ISBN 0575077883 • AbeBooks
- [20 Dec] Dean R. Koontz, The Husband -- HarperCollins paperback
thriller. No apparent supernatural content.
ISBN 000722656X • AbeBooks
- [18 Dec] Nick Griffiths, Dalek I Loved You: A Memoir -- Gollancz
hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled 19 April 2007. "... hilarious and
touching memoir of a love affair, of a life lived with the Doctor."
ISBN 0575079401 • AbeBooks
- [18 Dec] Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box -- Gollancz hardback horror.
Proof copy received: scheduled March 2007.
ISBN 0575079126 • AbeBooks
- [14 Dec] John Julius Norwich, A Christmas Cracker: being a commonplace
selection (2006) -- annual chapbook.
ISBN 0955167000 • AbeBooks
- [13 Dec] Steven Sivell, Cloud Cuckoo Land -- Ziji trade paperback
sf. Proof copy received; scheduled 21 Mar 2007.
ISBN 0955405106 • AbeBooks
- [9 Dec] Gail Martin, The Summoner -- Solaris paperback sf. Proof
copy received; scheduled 5 Feb 2007. "Chronicles of the Necromancer"
1.
ISBN 1844164683 • AbeBooks
- [5 Dec] Stephen Hunt,
The Court of the Air -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Proof copy received;
scheduled 2 April 2007.
ISBN 0007232179 • AbeBooks
- [1 Dec] Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu -- Bloomsbury
hardback, fantasy story collection. Finished copy received.
ISBN 0747587035 • AbeBooks
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export trade paperback:
ISBN 074758737X • AbeBooks
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special edition hardback:
ISBN 0747588678 • AbeBooks
November 2006
- [30 Nov] George Mann, ed., The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction
-- Solaris paperback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled 5 Feb 2007. Anthology of
16 stories.
ISBN 1844164489 • AbeBooks
- [30 Nov] Jeffrey Thomas, Deadstock -- Solaris paperback sf. Proof
copy received; scheduled 5 Mar 2007.
ISBN 1844164470 • AbeBooks
- [22 Nov] Joe Haldeman, Peace and War -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. Omnibus of The Forever War (1974), Forever Peace (1997) and
Forever Free (1999).
ISBN 0575079193 • AbeBooks
- [22 Nov] Adam Roberts, Gradisil -- Gollancz trade paperback sf.
ISBN 0575078170 • AbeBooks
- [22 Nov] Justina Robson, Keeping It Real -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. "Quantum Gravity" 1.
ISBN 057507907X • AbeBooks
- [22 Nov] Dan Simmons, Endymion -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. "Endymion"
1. First published 1996.
ISBN 0575076399 • AbeBooks
- [22 Nov] Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. "Endymion" 2. First published 1996.
ISBN 0575076402 • AbeBooks
- [21 Nov] Celia Friedman,
Crown of Shadows -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Coldfire"
3. First published 1995.
ISBN 1841495433 • AbeBooks
- [21 Nov] Elizabeth Moon,
The Serrano Legacy -- Orbit sf, trade paperback. Omnibus of Hunting
Party (1993), Sporting Chance (1994) and Winning Colours
(1995)
ISBN 1841494844 • AbeBooks
- [21 Nov] K.J. Parker,
Evil for Evil -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Engineer" 2.
ISBN 1841492779 • AbeBooks
- [20 Nov] Juliet Marillier,
Wildwood Dancing -- Tor UK fantasy, hardback.
ISBN 140505204X • AbeBooks
- [15 Nov] Tony Ballantyne,
Capacity -- Tor UK sf, paperback. Reissue of 2005 title.
ISBN 0330427008 • AbeBooks
- [15 Nov] Cecilia Dart-Thornton,
The Well of Tears -- Tor UK fantasy, paperback. Reissue of 2005 title. "Crowthistle
Chronicles" 2.
ISBN 0330433024 • AbeBooks
- [15 Nov] Cecilia Dart-Thornton,
Weather Witch -- Tor UK fantasy, hardback. "Crowthistle Chronicles"
3.
ISBN 1405047143 • AbeBooks
- [10 Nov] David Langford, The End of Harry Potter? -- Gollancz
hardback nonfiction. Totally unauthorized by J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros,
Bloomsbury, Scholastic, et al. "The ideal Christmas gift for everyone in
the known universe," writes Mr Langford's mother.
ISBN 0575078758 • AbeBooks
- [9 Nov] M. John Harrison, Nova Swing -- Gollancz sf, hardback. Set
in the universe of Light.
ISBN 0575070277 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575070285 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] Terry Brooks,
The Sword of Shannara -- Atom fantasy, hardback. "Shannara" 1.
Reissue of 1977 title.
ISBN 190423397X • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] Terry Brooks,
The Elfstones of Shannara -- Atom fantasy, hardback. "Shannara"
2. Reissue of 1982 title.
ISBN 1904233988 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] James Clemens,
Hinterland -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Godslayer" 2.
ISBN 1841494429 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] Celia Friedman,
When True Night Falls -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Coldfire"
2. First published 1993.
ISBN 1841495425 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] Tom Holt,
You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here, But It Helps -- Orbit fantasy,
trade paperback.
ISBN 1841492841 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] Brian Ruckley,
Winterbirth -- Orbit fantasy, hardback. "Godless World" 1.
ISBN 1841494232 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov] Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters: Blue Noon -- Atom trade
paperback, YA horror/suspense. First published 2005.
ISBN 1904233848 • AbeBooks
- [1 Nov] Rob Grant, Fat -- Gollancz sf, hardback. Proof copy
received; scheduled 26 December.
ISBN 0575074205 • AbeBooks
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ISBN 057507678X • AbeBooks
October 2006
- [28 Oct] Philip K. Dick, ed Gwenn Lee & Doris Elaine Sauter, What
If Our World Is Their Heaven? The Final Conversations of Philip K. Dick --
Duckworth, trade paperback.
ISBN 071563609X • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575079118 • AbeBooks
- [28 Oct] George R R Martin, Dreamsongs -- Gollancz sf, hardback.
Huge collection of 34 stories and novellas with autobiographical prefaces to
each section. 1185 pages!
ISBN 0575079053 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575079118 • AbeBooks
- [25 Oct] Amanda Hemingway,
The Poisoned Crown -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Sangreal"
3.
ISBN 0007153909 • AbeBooks
- [21 Oct] Diana Wynne Jones,
The Pinhoe Egg -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Chrestomanci"
sequence, a direct sequel at last to Charmed Life.
ISBN 0007228546 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct] Lemony Snicket, The End -- Egmont hardback. "A
Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Thirteenth."
ISBN 1405226730 • AbeBooks
- [14 Oct] Vadim Jean ("mucked about with by Terry Pratchett"),
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay -- Gollancz
large-format hardback.
ISBN 0575079290 • AbeBooks
- [13 Oct] Jon Farmer, Sieg Heil Iconographers -- Savoy trade
paperback. Heavily illustrated Savoy scrapbook with history, legal woes,
introductions, reviews, etc etc.
ISBN 0861301161 • AbeBooks
- [9 Oct] Stephen King,
Lisey's Story -- Hodder & Stoughton hardback.
ISBN 0340898933 • AbeBooks
- [7 Oct] Neal Asher,
Polity Agent -- Tor UK sf, hardback. "Agent Cormac" 4.
ISBN 1405054980 • AbeBooks
- [5 Oct] Harry Turner, The Triad Optical Illusions Coloring Book --
Dover large-format paperback. Not, alas, a full reprint of Harry's Triad
Optical Illusions and How to Design Them (Dover 1978, 64pp): this 32pp
chapbook contains only 29 b/w designs.
ISBN 0486448614 • AbeBooks
- [2 Oct] James Barclay, Cry of the Newborn -- Gollancz trade
paperback fantasy. "Ascendants of Estorea" 1. First published 2005.
ISBN 057507812X • AbeBooks
- [2 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Transcendent -- Gollancz sf, paperback. "Destiny's
Children" 3. First published 2005.
ISBN 0575078146 • AbeBooks
- [2 Oct] Mark Chadbourn, Age of Misrule -- Gollancz fantasy, trade
paperback.Omnibus of World's End (1999), Darkest Hour (2000) and
Always Forever (2001)..
ISBN 0575079185 • AbeBooks
- [2 Oct] Terry Pratchett's HOGFATHER Discworld Calendar 2007 --
Gollancz calendar. Film stills, this time, not paintings.
ISBN 0575079274 • AbeBooks
- [2 Oct] Geoff Ryman, AIR -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. First
published 2004.
ISBN 0575078111 • AbeBooks
September 2006
- [30 Sep] Stephen Baxter, Resplendent -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback. "Destiny's Children" 4. Collection of 19 stories, one
previously unpublished.
ISBN 0575078960 • AbeBooks
Also hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575078952 • AbeBooks
- [30 Sep] Alastair Reynolds, Galactic North -- Gollancz sf,
hardback. Collection of 8 stories with afterword.
ISBN 057507910X • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575079118 • AbeBooks
- [21 Sep] Terry Brooks,
Armageddon's Children -- Orbit fantasy, hardback. Opens new series.
ISBN 184149478X • AbeBooks
- [21 Sep] Mike Carey, Vicious Circle -- Orbit paperback, horror. "Felix
Castor" series.
ISBN 1841494143 • AbeBooks
- [21 Sep] Stan Nicholls,
Quicksilver Twilight -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Quicksilver"
3.
ISBN 000714153X • AbeBooks
- [21 Sep] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", Doctor Whom, or, E.T. Shoots and
Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Parodication -- Gollancz hardback
parody. (Dr Who with, apparently, an admixture of Lynne Truss.)
ISBN 0575079282 • AbeBooks
- [8 Sep] David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, ed,
Year's Best SF 11 -- HarperCollins Eos sf, paperback. First story is "New
Hope for the Dead" by David Langford....
ISBN 0060873418 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep] Charlie Huston,
Already Dead -- Orbit horror, trade paperback. Proof copy received:
scheduled Feb 2007. Reissue of 2005 title.
ISBN 1841495263 • AbeBooks
- [6 Sep] Raymond E. Feist,
Into a Dark Realm -- Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Darkwar" 2
(but effectively "Conclave of Shadows" 5 since it continues that "trilogy").
ISBN 0007133774 • AbeBooks
- [2 Sep] Deborah J. Miller,
Swarmthief's Dance -- Tor UK fantasy, paperback. "Swarmthief
Trilogy" 1. First published 2005.
ISBN 0330436368 • AbeBooks
August 2006
- [17 Aug] Stuart Clark,
Project U.L.F. -- Silver Leaf Books, sf. trade paperback.
ISBN 0978778200 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Rudy Rucker,
Mathematicians in Love -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled
December 2006.
ISBN 076531584X • AbeBooks
- [15 Aug] Gene Wolfe,
Soldier of Sidon -- historical fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback
scheduled October 2006. "Latro" 3.
ISBN 0765316641 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug] Chris Bunch,
The Dog From Hell -- Orbit sf paperback. "Star Risk" 4.
Reissue of 2005 title.
ISBN 1841494569 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug] Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. First published 2005. "Wheel of Time" 11.
ISBN 1841492280 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug] Stephen R. Lawhead,
Hood -- Atom historical fantasy, hardback.
ISBN 1904233708 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug] Fiona McIntosh,
Revenge -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. Reissue of 2002 title. "Trinity"
2.
ISBN 1841494585 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug] Christopher Moore, Island of the Sequined Love Nun --
Orbit trade paperback, comic fantasy. First published 1997.
ISBN 184149450X • AbeBooks
- [9 Aug] Jay Amory, The Fledging of Az Gabrielson -- Gollancz
fantasy, hardback.
ISBN 0575078782 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575077790 • AbeBooks
- [9 Aug] Brian Ruckley, Winterbirth -- Orbit trade paperback,
fantasy. "Godless World" 1.
ISBN 1841494232 • AbeBooks
- [9 Aug] Robert Scott & Jay Gorden, Lessek's Key -- Gollancz
fantasy, trade paperback. "Eldarn Sequence" 2.
ISBN 0575078103 • AbeBooks
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hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076089 • AbeBooks
- [6 Aug] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, End of the World Blues -- Gollancz
sf, hardback.
ISBN 057507616X • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575077778 • AbeBooks
- [6 Aug] David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer,
The Space Opera Renaissance -- sf anthology. Tor proof copy. Hardback
scheduled July 2006.
ISBN 0765306174 • AbeBooks
- [6 Aug] Roger Levy, Icarus -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback.
ISBN 057507860X • AbeBooks
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hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575078596 • AbeBooks
- [6 Aug] Robert Rankin, The Toyminator -- Gollancz sf, hardback.
ISBN 0575070102 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575077743 • AbeBooks
- [2 Aug] Jon Langford,
Nashville Radio: Art, Words and Music -- Verse Chorus Press coffee-table
paperback. A book of my little brother's strange paintings and lyrics, with
music CD The Nashville Radio Companion Earwig.
ISBN 1891241192 • AbeBooks
July 2006
- [26 Jul] Peter Watts,
Blindsight -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2006.
ISBN 0765312182 • AbeBooks
- [25 Jul] Terry Goodkind,
Phantom -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Sword of Truth" 10.
ISBN 0007145632 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jul] Julian May,
Sorcerer's Moon -- Voyager fantasy, hardback. "The Boreal Moon
Tale" 3.
ISBN 0007123248 • AbeBooks
- [17 Jul] Stephen Baxter, Emperor -- Gollancz historical (or maybe
alternate-historical), trade paperback. "Time's Tapestry" 1.
ISBN 0575074337 • AbeBooks
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hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575074329 • AbeBooks
- [17 Jul] Mark Chadbourn, Jack of Ravens -- Gollancz fantasy, trade
paperback. "Kingdom of the Serpent" 1.
ISBN 0575078006 • AbeBooks
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hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076763 • AbeBooks
- [13 Jul] Max Brooks,
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War -- sf. Duckworth proof
copy. Paperback original scheduled 12 September. Fiction spinoff from the
author's non-fact squib The Zombie Survival Guide.
ISBN 0715635964 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jul] Naomi Novik, Temeraire: Throne of Jade -- HarperCollins
hardback; historical fantasy. Sequel to Temeraire.
ISBN 0007219121 • AbeBooks
- [11 Jul] Shaun Hutson,
Dying Words -- Orbit horror hardback.
ISBN 1841494321 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Chris Bunch,
The Doublecross Program -- Orbit sf paperback. "Star Risk" 3.
Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841494550 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Trudi Canavan, Priestess of the White -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "Age of the Five" 1. First published 2005.
ISBN 1841495158 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Trudi Canavan, Last of the Wilds -- Orbit hardback,
fantasy. "Age of the Five" 2.
ISBN 1841493872 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Mark Chadbourn, The Hounds of Avalon -- Gollancz fantasy,
paperback. "The Dark Age" 3. First published 2005.
ISBN 0575077727 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Philip K. Dick, The Zap Gun -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. First published 1965.
ISBN 0575076720 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parodies
-- Gollancz paperback parody. Omnibus containing Barry Trotter and the
Shameless Parody (2001), Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse (2003) and
Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (2004.
ISBN 0575078944 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Laurell K. Hamilton, Danse Macabre -- Orbit hardback, dark
fantasy. "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter" 13.
ISBN 1841494747 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Gwyneth Jones, Band of Gypsys -- Gollancz sf/fantasy,
paperback. Bold As Love sequence #4.
ISBN 0575076453 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Fiona McIntosh,
Betrayal -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. Reissue of 2001 title. "Trinity"
1.
ISBN 1841494577 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends -- Orbit paperback,
comic fantasy. First published 1995.
ISBN 1841494496 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue -- Orbit paperback, comic
fantasy. First published 1994.
ISBN 1841494488 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Lucius Shepard, Life During Wartime -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. SF Masterworks #66. First published 1987.
ISBN 0575077344 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul] Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters: Touching Darkness -- Atom
trade paperback, YA horror/suspense. First published 2005.
ISBN 190423363X • AbeBooks
- [4 Jul] Steve Beard, Meat Puppet Cabaret -- Raw Dog Screaming Press
"dark fantasy", hardback. ARC received; scheduled September 2006.
ISBN 1933293160 • AbeBooks
- [1 Jul] Gwyneth Jones, Rainbow Bridge -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. Third sequel to Bold as Love.
ISBN 0575077158 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback (not seen):
ISBN 057507714X • AbeBooks
- [1 Jul] Osamu Tezuka,
Buddha 7: Prince Aiatasatto -- HarperCollins trade paperback; graphic
novel. First published (in translation) 2005.
ISBN 0007224575 • AbeBooks
- [1 Jul] Osamu Tezuka,
Buddha 8: Jetavana -- HarperCollins trade paperback; graphic novel.
First published (in translation) 2005.
ISBN 0007224583 • AbeBooks
June 2006
- [30 Jun] Kevin J. Anderson, Of Fire and Night -- Pocket Books,
C-format sf paperback. "Saga of Seven Suns" 5.
ISBN 074327542X • AbeBooks
- [29 Jun] John Brockman, ed., What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's
Leading Thinkers on Science in the age of Uncertainty -- Pocket nonfiction
paperback. Mini-essays by many contributors, including (to list those who rate a
mention on the back cover) Ian McEwan, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, Steven
Pinker, John Horgan and Martin Rees; other names that caught my eye are Grtegory
Benford, Susan Blackmore, Freeman Dyson, Clifford Pickover and Bruce Sterling.
First published 2005.
ISBN 1416522611 • AbeBooks
- [29 Jun] Robin Hobb,
Forest Mage -- Voyager hardback, fantasy. "The Soldier Son" 2.
ISBN 0007196156 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jun] "Jude Fisher", Rose of the World -- Pocket
fantasy paperback. "Fool's Gold" 3. First published 2005.
ISBN 0743440420 • AbeBooks
- [23 Jun] Greg Bear, Quantico -- HarperCollins sf/technothriller,
paperback. First published 2005
ISBN 0007129793 • AbeBooks
- [23 Jun] Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu -- Bloomsbury
hardback, fantasy story collection. Proof copy received (actually a sampler
chapbook with the title story only); scheduled 16 October 2006.
ISBN 0747587035 • AbeBooks
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export trade paperback:
ISBN 074758737X • AbeBooks
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special edition hardback:
ISBN 0747588678 • AbeBooks
- [20 Jun] Mary Rosenblum,
Horizons -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2006.
ISBN 0765316048 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jun] Robin Hobb,
Shaman's Crossing -- Voyager paperback, fantasy. "The Soldier Son"
1. First published 2005.
ISBN 0007196148 • AbeBooks
- [15 Jun] Alan Fenton,
The Return of Arthur -- Dovecote Press hardback, fantasy.
ISBN 1904349293 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jun] Llyn Flewelling,
The Oracle's Queen -- Voyager paperback, fantasy. "Tamir Triad"
3.
ISBN 0007113129 • AbeBooks
- [9 Jun] Kaje Baker,
The Machine's Child -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled September
2006. "Company" series.
ISBN 0765315513 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jun] Ashok K. Banker, King of Ayodhya -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "Ramayana" 6.
ISBN 1841493317 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jun] Chris Bunch,
The Scoundrel Worlds -- Orbit sf paperback. "Star Risk" 2.
Reissue of 2003 title.
ISBN 1841494542 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jun] Steve Cockayne,
The Good People -- Atom fantasy hardback.
ISBN 1904233627 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jun] Smallville Omnibus 1 -- Orbit paperback, sf. TV series
spinoff omnibus: Roger Stern, Strange Visitors (2002); Alan Grant, Dragon
(2002); Nancy Holder, Hauntings (2003).
ISBN 1841494992 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jun] Smallville Omnibus 2 -- Orbit paperback, sf. TV series
spinoff omnibus: Dean Wesley Smith, Whodunnit (2003); Nancy Holder, Silence
(2004); Diana G. Gallagher, Shadows (2004).
ISBN 184149500X • AbeBooks
- [5 Jun] David Langford, The Wyrdest Link
-- Gollancz small-format hardback, sf/fantasy/humour. The second official
Discworld quizbook, following on from The Unseen
University Challenge. Published 26 April: my big box of author copies
came today!
ISBN 0575077042 • AbeBooks
- [5 Jun] Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora -- Gollancz trade
paperback fantasy. Finished copy now received. "Gentleman Bastard Sequence"
1.
ISBN 0575078022 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076941 • AbeBooks
May 2006
- [31 May] David Langford, The Wyrdest Link
-- Gollancz small-format hardback, sf/fantasy/humour. The second official
Discworld quizbook, following on from The Unseen
University Challenge. Published 26 April: I finally extracted a copy
from Gollancz today, while delivering another book...
ISBN 0575077042 • AbeBooks
- [31 May] Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish
-- Gollancz hardback fantasy. Sample chapter booklet "A Grain of Truth";
book scheduled 19 April 2007..
ISBN 0575077832 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback:
ISBN 0575077824 • AbeBooks
- [22 May] Robert Rankin, The Toyminator -- Gollancz hardback,
sf/fantasy/humour. Sequel to The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse.
Proof copy received; scheduled 2 August 2006.
ISBN 0575070102 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback:
ISBN 0575077743 • AbeBooks
- [19 May] Chris Bunch,
Star Risk -- Orbit sf paperback. "Star Risk" 1. Reissue of
2002 title.
ISBN 1841494534 • AbeBooks
- [19 May] Jim Butcher,
Dead Beat -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
?7. Reissue of 2005 title.
ISBN 184149528X • AbeBooks
- [18 May] Helen Ruth Schwartz, The Meadowlark Sings -- Alice Street
Editions/Harrington Park Press, trade paperback sf.
ISBN 1560235756 • AbeBooks
- [12 May] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker -- Gollancz paperback sf.
Reissue of 1995 title, the first of all too many.
ISBN 0575601604 • AbeBooks
- [12 May] John Courtenay Grimwood, End of the World Blues --
Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received. Scheduled 17 August.
ISBN 057507616X • AbeBooks
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export trade paperback:
ISBN 0575077778 • AbeBooks
- [12 May] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Va Dinci Cod -- Gollancz
paperback parody. (Of some book by Dan Brown.)
ISBN 0575077719 • AbeBooks
- [12 May] Justina Robson, Keeping It Real -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. "Quantum Gravity" 1.
ISBN 0575078626 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575078618 • AbeBooks
- [12 May] Chris Wooding, The Ascendancy Veil -- Gollancz fantasy,
paperback. "The Braided Path" 3.
ISBN 0575077697 • AbeBooks
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hardback, not seen:
ISBN 0575074450 • AbeBooks
- [10 May] Kelley Armstrong,
Broken -- Orbit fantasy paperback.
ISBN 1841493422 • AbeBooks
- [10 May] Russell Kirkpatrick,
Across the Face of the World -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. First
published 2002. "Fire of Heaven" 1.
ISBN 1841494631 • AbeBooks
- [10 May] Lilith Saintcrow,
Working For the Devil -- Orbit horror paperback.
ISBN 1841494666 • AbeBooks
- [10 May] Charles Stross,
Accelerando -- Orbit sf paperback. First published 2005.
ISBN 1841493899 • AbeBooks
- [4 May] Brad Spurgeon,
Colin Wilson: Philosopher of Optimism -- Michael Butterworth Books trade
paperback, nonfiction.
ISBN 095526720X • AbeBooks
- [3 May] Sergei Lukyanenko,
The Night Watch -- Heinemann trade paperback, fantasy. Proof copy
received; scheduled 6 July 2006. First in trilogy.
ISBN 0434014125 • AbeBooks
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hardback:
ISBN 0434016098 • AbeBooks
Also
the proof claims to have its own ISBN:
ISBN 0434015881 • AbeBooks
- [2 May] Bob Johnson, Sound Bytes --Book Guild hardback,
sf/technothriller.
ISBN 1846240220 • AbeBooks
April 2006
- [28 Apr] Katharine Kerr,
The Gold Falcon -- Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Dragon Mage"
4.
ISBN 0007128703 • AbeBooks
- [22 Apr] David & Leigh Eddings, Crystal Gorge -- HarperCollins
fantasy paperback. "Dreamers" 3.
ISBN 0007157665 • AbeBooks
- [20 Apr] David & Leigh Eddings, The Younger Gods --
HarperCollins fantasy hardback. "Dreamers" 4.
ISBN 0007157673 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Robert Carter, Whitemantle -- Voyager hardback; Arthurian
fantasy. "The Language of Stones" 3.
ISBN 0007169264 • AbeBooks
- [13 Apr] Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself -- Gollancz trade
paperback fantasy. Finished copy now received; scheduled 18 May 2006. "The
First Law" 1.
ISBN 0575077867 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575077859 • AbeBooks
- [10 Apr] R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought -- Orbit, trade
paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 3.
ISBN 1841494119 • AbeBooks
- [10 Apr] James Clemens, Shadowfall -- Orbit paperback, fantasy.
First published 2005. "Godslayer Chronicles" 1.
ISBN 1841493023 • AbeBooks
- [10 Apr] Ken MacLeod,
Learning the World -- Orbit sf paperback. First published 2005.
ISBN 1841493449 • AbeBooks
- [10 Apr] Karen Traviss, Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero --
Orbit paperback, sf. First published 2004.
ISBN 1841495255 • AbeBooks
March 2006
- [31 Mar] Mike Carey, The Devil You Know -- Orbit paperback, horror.
"Felix Castor" series.
ISBN 1841494135 • AbeBooks
- [31 Mar] Elizabeth Moon, Engaging the Enemy -- Orbit paperback, sf.
"Vatta's War" 3.
ISBN 1841493783 • AbeBooks
- [31 Mar] Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping -- Orbit
paperback, comic fantasy. First published 1992. "First published in Great
Britain in April 2006", it says here, but I have this 1992 Heinemann
edition with a Josh Kirby cover....
ISBN 184149447X • AbeBooks
- [31 Mar] Tricia Sullivan, Double Vision -- Orbit paperback, sf.
First published 2005.
ISBN 184149173X • AbeBooks
- [31 Mar] Karen Traviss, Star Wars Republic Commando: Hard Contact
-- Orbit paperback, sf. First published 2004.
ISBN 1841495247 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder -- Weidenfeld &
Nicolson (Orion) hardback fantasy.
ISBN 0297852582 • AbeBooks
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trade papewrback (not seen):
ISBN 0297852599 • AbeBooks
- [13 Mar] Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes -- Gollancz
trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #49. First published 1962.
ISBN 057507874X • AbeBooks
- [11 Mar] Sarah Zettel,
Camelot's Sword -- Voyager trade paperback, Arthurian fantasy.
ISBN 0007158718 • AbeBooks
- [10 Mar] Raymond E. Feist,
Flight of the Night Hawks -- Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Darkwar"
1 (but effectively "Conclave of Shadows" 4 since it appears to develop
plot elements left unresolved in that "trilogy"). First published
2005.
ISBN 0007133758 • AbeBooks
- [8 Mar] Osamu Tezuka,
Buddha 1: Kapilavastu -- HarperCollins trade paperback; graphic novel.
First published (in translation) 2003.
ISBN 0007224516 • AbeBooks
- [8 Mar] Osamu Tezuka,
Buddha 2: The Four Encounters -- HarperCollins trade paperback; graphic
novel. First published (in translation) 2003.
ISBN 0007224524 • AbeBooks
- [4 Mar] Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson,
The Road to Dune -- Hodder sf, paperback. First published 2005. 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.
ISBN 0340837462 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Steve Biddulph,
Raising Babies: Should under 3s go to nursery? -- HarperThorsons trade
paperback nonfiction. Or maybe it's all fantasy -- why else send this to Ansible?
First published 2005.
ISBN 0007221924 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Trudi Canavan, Priestess of the White -- Orbit hardback,
fantasy. "Age of the Five" 1.
ISBN 1841493864 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Tom Holt, You Don't Have to be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
-- Orbit hardback, comic fantasy. "J.W. Wells & Co." 4.
ISBN 1841492833 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Tanya Huff, Smoke and Shadows -- Orbit paperback, fantasy
thriller. First published 2004.
ISBN 1841494763 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Tad Williams, Shadowmarch -- Orbit trade paperback,
fantasy. First published 2004.
ISBN 1841494763 • AbeBooks
- [1 Mar] Adam Roberts, Gradisil -- Gollancz hardback sf.
ISBN 0575075872 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076313 • AbeBooks
February 2006
- [27 Feb] Tom Lloyd, The Stormcaller -- Orion trade paperback
fantasy. Finished copy now received.
ISBN 0575077271 • AbeBooks
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hardback(not seen):
ISBN 0575077263 • AbeBooks
- [25 Feb] Sarah Micklem,
Firethorn -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. Opens a trilogy. First
published 2005.
ISBN 0007193068 • AbeBooks
- [25 Feb] Martin Sketchley, The Destiny Mask -- Pocket sf paperback.
Sequel to The Affinity Trap. First published 2005.
ISBN 0743468449 • AbeBooks
- [16 Feb] Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer -- Gollancz trade
paperback; thriller. First published 2005.
ISBN 0752879553 • AbeBooks
- [16 Feb] Kate Mosse, Labyrinth -- Gollancz trade paperback;
modern/historical thriller with (it seems) a touch of Grail woo-woo. First
published 2005.
ISBN 0752879553 • AbeBooks
January 2006
- [27 Jan] Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself -- Gollancz hardback
fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled 18 May 2006. "The First Law"
1.
ISBN 0575077859 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback:
ISBN 0575077867 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jan] Christiane Blasius,
The True Nature of Mars -- AuthorHouse trade paperback.
ISBN 1420867997 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jan] Ben Bova,
Titan -- Hodder & Stoughton sf hardback.
ISBN 0340823968 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jan] Margo Lanagan, Black Juice -- Gollancz hardback. Story
collection. First published 2004.
ISBN 0575077816 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jan] Harry Turtledove,
Settling Accounts: Drive to the East -- Hodder & Stoughton sf
paperback. "The Great War" 8. First published 2005.
ISBN 0340826886 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jan] Robert E. Howard, The Complete Chronicles of Conan --
Gollancz hardback fantasy. Leather-bound "Centenary Edition" of all
the original Conan stories, ed. and with afterword by Stephen Jones.
ISBN 0575077662 • AbeBooks
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trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575077808 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jan] Gary Westfahl, ed., The Greenwood
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works and Wonders --
Greenwood hardback nonfiction. 3-volume set; individual volumes as below.
Advisory Board of Editors: Richard Bleiler, John Clute, Fiona Kelleghan, David
Langford (for it is me), Andy Sawyer and Darrell Schweitzer. Foreword by Neil
Gaiman.
ISBN 0313329508 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jan] Gary Westfahl, ed., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works and Wonders -- Greenwood hardback
nonfiction. "Volume 1: Themes A-K".
ISBN 0313329516 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jan] Gary Westfahl, ed., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works and Wonders -- Greenwood hardback
nonfiction. "Volume 2: Themes L-Z".
ISBN 0313329524 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jan] Gary Westfahl, ed., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works and Wonders -- Greenwood hardback
nonfiction. "Volume 3: Classic Works A-Z".
ISBN 0313329532 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan] Robin Hobb, Shaman's Crossing -- Voyager trade paperback
fantasy. "The Soldier Son" 1. Was a 2005 Voyager hardback, although
both publication and copyright date are here given as 2006.
ISBN 000719613X • AbeBooks
- [13 Jan] Robert Carter, The Giants' Dance -- Voyager paperback;
Arthurian fantasy. "The Language of Stones" 2.
ISBN 0007169256 • AbeBooks
- [9 Jan] Steven Savile and Alethea Kontis,
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology -- sf/fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Hardback scheduled May 2006. 23 stories plus introduction by Arthur C. Clarke
and afterword by Savile. Benefit anthology with all publisher and author profits
going to the Save The Children Tsunami Relief Fund in response to the 26
December 2004 disaster.
ISBN 0765315637 • AbeBooks