Ansible Books Received, 2018

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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

• [20 Dec] Amazing Stories, Winter 2018
• [30 Nov] SFX #308, January 2019
• [20 Nov] Black Static #66, November/December 2018
• [20 Nov] Interzone #278, November/December 2018
• [5 Nov] F&SF, November/December 2018
• [3 Nov] SFX #307, December 2018
• [22 Oct] New York Review of SF #349, September 2018
• [17 Oct] Focus #68 (BSFA), Summer 2018
• [17 Oct] Vector #288 (BSFA), Fall 2018, "Future Economics" issue
• [13 Sep] SFX #306, November 2018
• [Late Sep] The Author, Autumn 2018
• [18 Sep] Black Static #65, September/October 2018
• [18 Sep] Interzone #277, September/October 2018
• [13 Sep] SFX #305, October 2018
• [10 Sep] Amazing Stories, Fall 2018
• [23 Aug] New York Review of SF #348, August 2018
• [14 Aug] SFX #304, September 2018
• [Late Jul] Black Static #64, July/August 2018
• [Late Jul] Interzone #276, July/August 2018
• [14 Jul] SFX #303, August 2018
• [19 Jun] The Author, Summer 2018
• [15 Jun] SFX #302, Summer 2018
• [11 Jun] New York Review of SF #347, June 2018
• [24 May] SFX #301, July 2018
• [15 May] Black Static #63, May/June 2018
• [15 May] Interzone #275 May/June 2018
• [13 Mar] Black Static #62, March/April 2018
• [13 Mar] Interzone #274, March/April 2018
2018
• [20 Apr] SFX #300, June 2018
• [20 Apr] Shoreline of Infinity #11½, Spring 2018
• [20 Apr] Shoreline of Infinity #11, Spring 2018
• [10 Apr] New York Review of SF #346, April 2018
• [27 Mar] Vector #287 (BSFA), Spring 2018, "Best of 2017" issue
• [27 Mar] BSFA Awards 2017 (sampler of nominated work to assist voters)
• [23 Mar] SFX #299, May 2018
• [?15 Mar] The Author, Spring 2018
• [13 Mar] Black Static #62, March/April 2018
• [13 Mar] Interzone #274, March/April 2018
• [23 Feb] SFX #298, April 2018
• [26 Jan] SFX #297, March 2018
• [? Jan] New York Review of SF #345, January 2018

December 2018
[24 Dec/24 Jan] Tessa Gratton, The Queens of Innis Lear – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. Reissue of May 2018 hardback title. • ISBN 9780008281915 • AbeBooks

[24 Dec/10 Jan] Eyal Kless, The Lost Puzzler – Harper Voyager trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780008272302 • AbeBooks

[24 Dec/10 Jan] George R.R. Martin, Nightflyers and Other Stories – Harper Voyager trade paperback, sf. Collection of six stories previously published 1973-1981, reissued in hardback May 2018. • ISBN 9780008300760 • AbeBooks

[22 Dec/10 Jan] Alastair Reynolds, Shadow Captain – Gollancz hardback, sf. Sequel to Revenger. • ISBN 9780575090637 • AbeBooks

[1 Dec/7 Feb] Arwen Elys Dayton, Stronger, Faster and More Beautiful – Harper Voyager trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780008322380 • AbeBooks

[1 Dec/17 Dec] Alec Nevala-Lee, Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction – Morrow/Dey St. hardback, nonfiction. • ISBN 9780062571946 • AbeBooks

November 2018
[30 Nov/1 Dec] Christopher Priest, An American Story – Gollancz hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781473200579 • AbeBooks

[20 Nov/30 Oct] Charles Stross, The Labyrinth Index – Tor Books hardback, urban fantasy/horror. "Laundry" series. • ISBN 9781250196088 • AbeBooks

[5 Nov/29 Nov] Tyrell Johnson, Wolves of Winter – Harper Voyager trade paperback, post-holocaust sf. • ISBN 9780008210175 • AbeBooks

October 2018
[22 Oct/1 Nov] Daniel A. Cohen, Cold March – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. Sequel to Coldmaker. • ISBN 9780008207212 • AbeBooks

[22 Oct/1 Nov] Marina & Sergey Dyachenko, Vita Nostra – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. • ISBN 9780008272852 • AbeBooks

[22 Oct/1 Nov] Joseph Fink, Alice Isn't Dead – Harper Voyager hardback, supernatural thriller. • ISBN 9780008323707 • AbeBooks

[22 Oct/29 Nov] Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. Reissue of 2010 title. • ISBN 9780008288747 • AbeBooks

[17 Oct/18 Oct] R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. Opens a trilogy. Reissue of 2018 hardback title. • ISBN 9780008239848 • AbeBooks

[12 Oct/15 Oct] Amy S. Foster, The Rift Coda – Harper Voyager trade paperback, sf. • "Rift uprising" 3. ISBN 9780008190415 • AbeBooks

[4 Oct/18 Oct] Steven Erikson, Rejoice: A Knife to the Heart: A Novel of First Contact – Gollancz hardback, sf. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473223806 • AbeBooks

[4 Oct/? 2018] Jane Palmer, Brassica Park – Dodo Books, trade paperback, sf. Fourth and last in the "Planet Dweller/Moosevan" sequence. • ISBN 9781906442736 • AbeBooks

September 2018
[17 Sep/27 Sep] Kristen Ciccarelli, The Caged Queen – Gollancz trade paperback, YA fantasy. "Iskari" series. • ISBN 9781473218161 • AbeBooks

[5 Sep/20 Sep] Peter V. Brett, Barren – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy novella. "Demon Cycle" series. • ISBN 9780008234126 • AbeBooks

[5 Sep/20 Sep] Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story – Century hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781780899657 • AbeBooks

[5 Sep/20 Sep] Tamora Pierce, Tempests and Slaughter – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Numair Chronicles" 1. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9780008304317 • AbeBooks

[1 Sep/25 Oct] Richard Morgan, Thin Air – Gollancz hardback, sf. • ISBN 9780575075146 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780575088566 • AbeBooks

August 2018
[31 Aug/4 Sep] Adam Roberts, By the Pricking of Her Thumb – Gollancz hardback, sf. "Real-Town Murders" series. • ISBN 9781473221499 • AbeBooks

[31 Aug/14 Sep] Brandon Sanderson, Snapshot – Gollancz hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781473224995 • AbeBooks

[10 Aug/9 Aug] David Thomas Moore, editor, The True History of the Strange Brigade – Abaddon trade paperback, fantasy anthology. "Based on the hit video game". Second copy received. • ISBN 9781781086100 • AbeBooks

[10 Aug/27 Sep] Weston Ochse, Burning Sky – Solaris trade paperback, horror. • ISBN 9781781085301 • AbeBooks

[10 Aug/9 Aug] Adam Roberts, The Aftermath – Solaris trade paperback, sf. "Aftermath" 1. • ISBN 9781781085660 • AbeBooks

[10 Aug/6 Sep] Justina Robson, Salvation's Fire – Solaris trade paperback, fantasy. • ISBN 9781781086087 • AbeBooks

[9 Aug/23 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Xeelee: Redemption – Gollancz hardback, sf. "Xeelee" series. • ISBN 9781473217218 • AbeBooks

[9 Aug/30 Aug] Miles Cameron, Cold Iron – Gollancz trade paperback, fantasy. "Masters & Mages" 1. • ISBN 9781473217676 • AbeBooks

[9 Aug/20 Sep] Tamora Pierce, Tempests and Slaughter – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Numair Chronicles" 1. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780008304317 • AbeBooks

[2 Aug/18 Oct] Steven Erikson, Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart: A Novel of First Contact – Gollancz hardback, sf. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473223806 • AbeBooks

July 2018
[20 Jul/9 Aug] Sue Burke, Semiosis – Harper Voyager trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780008300777 • AbeBooks

[20 Jul/1 Aug] George R.R. Martin, ed., Mississippi Roll – Harper Voyager hardback anthology, sf. "Wild Cards" superhero shared-world series. • ISBN 9780008283551 • AbeBooks

[20 Jul/9 Aug] Anna Smith Spark, The Tower of Living and Dying – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy."Empires of Dust" 2. Second copy received. • ISBN 9780008204082 • AbeBooks

[20 Jul/20 Aug] Anna Stephens, Darksoul – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Sequel to Godblind. • ISBN 9780008215941 • AbeBooks

[16 Jul/6 Aug] James Cawthorn ed. Maureen Cawthorn Bell, James Cawthorn: The Man and His Art – Jayde Design large-format paperback, collecting Cawthorn's published and unpublished art, plus some of his prose, a memoir and tributes by others including Michael Moorcock and Alan Moore. 446pp. • ISBN 9780957576421 • AbeBooks

[14 Jul/9 Aug] David Thomas Moore, editor, The True History of the Strange Brigade – Abaddon trade paperback, fantasy anthology. "Based on the hit video game". • ISBN 9781781086100 • AbeBooks

[6 Jul/12 Jul] Gavin Smith, The Bastard Legion: Friendly Fire – Gollancz trade paperback, military sf. "Bastard Legion" 2. • ISBN 9781473217270 • AbeBooks

[6 Jul/9 Aug] Anna Smith Spark, The Tower of Living and Dying – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy."Empires of Dust" 2. • ISBN 9780008204082 • AbeBooks

June 2018
[29 Jun/26 Jul] Ausma Zehanat Khan, The Bloodprint – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Khoraan Archives" 1. Reissue of 2017 hardback title. • ISBN 9780008171605 • AbeBooks

[29 Jun/26 Jul] Jay Kristoff, Lifel1k3 – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, sf. ISBN 9780008301361 • AbeBooks

[29 Jun/Dec 2017] John Julius Norwich, A Christmas Cracker: being a commonplace selection – privately produced pamphlet: selected quotations including a page of items from Thog's Masterclass. ISBN 9780993212611 • AbeBooks

[29 Jun/26 Jul] Tom Toner, The Tropic of Eternity – Gollancz hardback, sf. "Amaranthine Spectrum" 3. • ISBN 9781473211421 • AbeBooks

[20 Jun/12 Jul] Katie Williams, Tell the Machine Goodnight – HarperCollins/Borough Press, hardback, sf. Proof copy received. ISBN 9780008265038 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008265045 • AbeBooks

[16 Jun/28 Jun] James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth, Awakened – Harper Voyager, hardback, sf/horror. ISBN 9780062687883 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/28 Jun] Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, fantasy. Reissue of 2017 hardback title. "Nevernight" 2. ISBN 9780008180065 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/28 Jun] George R.R. Martin, ed., Knaves Over Queens – Harper Voyager hardback anthology, sf. "Wild Cards" superhero shared-world series, the first of these to be set in the UK. • ISBN 9780008283599 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008285180 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/5 Jul] Christopher Ruocchio, Empire of Silence – Gollancz hardback, sf (or rather a mix of space opera and epic fantasy). Opens "Sun Eater" series. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473224278 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9781473218260 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/28 Jun] Peng Shepherd, The Book of M – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Second copy received. • ISBN 9780008225605 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008225612 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/14 Jun] Nalini Singh, Ocean Light – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. "Psy-Changeling" series. • ISBN 9781473217614 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9781473217621 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/14 Jun] Sabaa Tahir, A Reaper at the Gates – Harper Voyager, hardback, fantasy. "Ember Quartet" 3. ISBN 9780008288754 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008288761 • AbeBooks

[15 Jun/20 Sep] Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade– Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473214842 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9781473214859 • AbeBooks

[11 Jun/22 Feb] Rob Grant & Andrew Marshall, The Quanderhorn Xperimentations– Gollancz hardback, comic sf. • ISBN 9781473224025 • AbeBooks

[1 Jun/30 Apr] Flann O'Brien ed. Maebh Long, The Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien – Dalkey Archive trade paperback, nonfiction. • ISBN 9781628971835 • AbeBooks

May 2018
[25 May/31 May] George R.R. Martin, Nightflyers and Other Stories – Harper Voyager hardback, sf. Collection of six stories previously published 1973-1981. • ISBN 9780008300173 • AbeBooks

[22 May/22 Jun] Terry Brooks, The Skaar Invasion – Orbit hardback, fantasy. "Fall of Shannara" 2. • ISBN 9780356510194 • AbeBooks

[22 May/30 Apr] Flann O'Brien ed. Maebh Long, The Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien – Dalkey Archive trade paperback, nonfiction. • ISBN 9781628971835 • AbeBooks

[17 May/28 Jun] Hannu Rajaniemi, Summerland – Gollancz hardback, science-fantasy thriller. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473203273 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9781473203280 • AbeBooks

[16 May/28 Jun] Peng Shepherd, The Book of M – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. • ISBN 9780008225605 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008225612 • AbeBooks

[12 May/29 May] Aaron Mahnke, The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals – Headline/Wildfire trade paperback, nonfiction. • ISBN 9781472251602 • AbeBooks

[9 May] Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric's Fox – Subterranean Press hardback, fantasy. "Penric" 4. • ISBN 9781596068636 • AbeBooks

[9 May/17 May] Tessa Gratton, The Queens of Innis Lear – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. • ISBN 9780008281878 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008281885 • AbeBooks

[9 May/3 May] R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Opens a trilogy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9780008239800 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008239817 • AbeBooks

[9 May/17 May] Mark Lawrence, Grey Sister – Harper Voyager hardback, science fantasy. "Book of the Ancestor" 2 • ISBN 9780008152345 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008152352 • AbeBooks

[9 May/2 May] Den Patrick, Witchsign – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Opens new trilogy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9780008228132 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008228149 • AbeBooks

[4 May/16 Apr] Steven Burgauer, Moon Beam – Battleground Press trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780692105351 • AbeBooks

[3 May/14 Jun] Peter Newman, The Deathless – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Opens a new series. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780008228989 • AbeBooks

[2 May/3 May] Edited anonymously, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View – Arrow trade paperback, sf anthology. "40 stories celebrating 40 years of Star Wars". Reissue of 2017 hardback title. • ISBN 9780099542698 • AbeBooks

[2 May/29 May] Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant and John Jackson Miller, Star Wars: Canto Bight – Arrow trade paperback, anonymously edited sf anthology of four novellas related to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Reissue of 2017 hardback title. • ISBN 9781787460546 • AbeBooks

[2 May/3 May] Sylvain Neuvel, Waking Gods – Penguin Random House/Michael Joseph sf, hardback. "Themis Files" 2. • ISBN 9780718189532 • AbeBooks

April 2018
[28 Apr/31 May] G.X. Todd, Hunted – Headline hardback, sf thriller. "Voices" 2. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781472233127 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9781472233134 • AbeBooks

[25 Apr/17 May] Joanne M. Harris, The Testament of Loki – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9781473202399 • AbeBooks

[19 Apr/19 Apr] Daniel José Older, Star Wars: Last Shot – Century hardback, sf. • ISBN 9781780898643 • AbeBooks

[13 Apr/24 Apr] Delilah S. Dawson, Star Wars: Phasma – Arrow trade paperback, sf. "Official prequel to The Last Jedi". Reissue of 2017 hardback title. • ISBN 9781787460010 • AbeBooks

[10 Apr/11 Jan] Graham Andrews, The Stopgap Spaceman – FeedARead.com trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781788762175 • AbeBooks

[6 Apr/19 Apr] Emma Newman, Before Mars – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. "Planetfall" series. • ISBN 9781473223899 • AbeBooks

[5 Apr/17 May] Joanne M. Harris, The Testament of Loki – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473202399 • AbeBooks

March 2018
[29 Mar/1 Feb] Jack Vance, Maske: Thaery – Spatterlight Press trade paperback, sf. New edition from the family publisher with a new introduction by (cough) David Langford • ISBN 9781619471283 • AbeBooks

[28 Mar/5 Mar] K.M. McKinley, Brass God – Solaris trade paperback, fantasy. • ISBN 9781781085066 • AbeBooks

[28 Mar/19 Apr] David Thomas Moore, editor, Not So Stories – Solaris trade paperback, fantasy anthology. Themed to "redress the troubling aspects of Rudyard Kipling's renowned Just So Stories". • ISBN 9781781086124 • AbeBooks

[28 Mar/22 Mar] David Thomas Moore, editor, Dracula: Rise of the Beast – Abaddon trade paperback, fantasy/horror anthology. Theme: "secret history" of Dracula. • ISBN 9781781086667 • AbeBooks

[28 Mar/22 Mar] Jonathan Strahan, editor, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve – Solaris trade paperback, sf. Anthology of 29 stories from 2017. • ISBN 9781781085738 • AbeBooks

[24 Mar/19 Apr] Sam Peters, From Distant Stars – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. Sequel to From Darkest Skies. • ISBN 9781473214781 • AbeBooks

[22 Mar/12 Apr] S.J. Morden, One Way – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473222564 • AbeBooks

[21 Mar/22 Mar] Bradley Beaulieu, A Veil of Spears – Gollancz trade paperback, fantasy. "Song of the Shattered Sands" 3. • ISBN 9781473203075 • AbeBooks

[21 Mar/3 May] R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Opens a trilogy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780008239800 • AbeBooks

[21 Mar/5 Jul] Christopher Ruocchio, Empire of Silence – Gollancz hardback, sf (or rather a mix of space opera and epic fantasy). Opens "Sun Eater" series. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781473224278 • AbeBooks

[9 Mar/5 Apr] Leo Carew, The Wolf – Headline/Wildfire hardback, fantasy. "Under the Northern Sky" 1. Second proof copy received. • ISBN 9781472247001 • AbeBooks

[5 Mar/27 Mar] Christie Golden, Star Wars: Battlefront II: Inferno Squad – Arrow paperback, sf. Reissue of 2017 hardback. • ISBN 9781784752941 • AbeBooks

February 2018
[28 Feb] Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric's Mission – Subterranean Press hardback, fantasy. "Penric" 3. • ISBN 9781596068445 • AbeBooks

[28 Feb/8 Mar] S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Daevabad Trilogy" 1. Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9780008239398 • AbeBooks

[28 Feb/22 Mar] Robin Hobb, Assassin's Fate – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Fitz and the Fool" 3. Reissue of 2017 hardback title. • ISBN 9780007444281 • AbeBooks

[28 Feb/8 Mar] Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Reissue of 2010 title. • ISBN 9780008288709 • AbeBooks

[27 Feb/28 Feb] Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton, American Gods 1 – Headline hardback, graphic novel adaptation. Volume 1 of 3. • ISBN 9781472251367 • AbeBooks

[21 Feb/1 Mar] Ezekiel Boone, Zero Day – Gollancz trade paperback, sf/horror. Sequel to The Hatching and Skitter. • ISBN 9781473215238 • AbeBooks

[14 Feb/2 May] Den Patrick, Witchsign – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Opens new trilogy. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780008228132 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780008228149 • AbeBooks

[12 Feb/19 Apr] Stephen Lloyd Jones, The Silenced – Headline trade paperback, supernatural thriller. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781472228925 • AbeBooks

[9 Feb/8 Feb] Anna Smith Spark, The Court of Broken Knives – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. Reissue of June 2017 title."Empires of Dust" 1. • ISBN 9780008204181 • AbeBooks

January 2018
[31 Jan/22 Feb] M.D. Lachlan, The Night Lies Bleeding – Gollancz trade paperback, fantasy in World War II setting. "Wolfsangel" series. • ISBN 9780575129689 • AbeBooks

[27 Jan/22 Feb] Simon Ings, The Smoke – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9780575120075 • AbeBooks

[26 Jan/22 Feb] Ursula K. Le Guin, Dreams Must Explain Themselves and Other Essays 1972-2004 – Gollancz trade paperback, nonfiction. 50 essays and reviews, plus preface. • ISBN 9781473205949 • AbeBooks

[25 Jan/26 Apr] Raymond E. Feist, King of Ashes – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Opens new "Firemane" series. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9780007264858 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9780007264872 • AbeBooks

[24 Jan/31 May] G.X. Todd, Hunted – Headline hardback, sf thriller. "Voices" 2. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781472233127 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback • ISBN 9781472233134 • AbeBooks

[23 Jan/6 Feb] E.J. Swift, Paris Adrift – Solaris trade paperback, sf. • ISBN 9781781085936 • AbeBooks

[23 Jan/13 Feb] Chuck Wendig, Unclean Spirits – Abaddon trade paperback, urban fantasy. • ISBN 9781781086155 • AbeBooks

[22 Jan/11 Jan] Gareth Powell, Ack-Ack Macaque: The Complete Trilogy – Solaris trade paperback, sf. Omnibus comprising Ack-Ack Macaque (2013), Hive Monkey (2014) and Macaque Attack (2015) plus related short stories. • ISBN 9781781086056 • AbeBooks

[11 Jan/25 Jan] Alastair Reynolds, Elysium Fire – Gollancz hardback, sf. Set in "the world of The Prefect". Finished copy now received. • ISBN 9780575090583 • AbeBooks

[5 Jan/31 Dec 2017] Peter J. Bowler, A History of the Future: Prophets of Progress from H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov – Cambridge University Press trade paperback, nonfiction. Proof copy received. • ISBN 9781316602621 • AbeBooks