Ansible Books Received, 2002
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 2002
- [23 Dec]
Cecilia
Dart-Thornton,
The Lady of the Sorrows -- Macmillan fantasy, trade paperback. "The
Bitterbynde: Book II." ISBN 0333907566 • AbeBooks
- [20 Dec]
Douglas
Adams,
The Salmon of Doubt -- Pan paperback of 2002 posthumous miscellany. ISBN 0330323121 • AbeBooks
- [20 Dec]
Steve
Cash,
The Meq -- Macmillan fantasy, trade paperback. "A Lyric Fantasy",
first in a trilogy. ISBN 1405000112 • AbeBooks
- [19 Dec]
Katharine
Kerr,
Snare -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardcover scheduled April 2003. ISBN 0312890451 • AbeBooks
- [17 Dec]
Lemony
Snicket, The Vile Village -- Egmont hardback children's, er,
fantasy? "A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Seventh." In which
the doomed Baudelaire orphans continue to be doomed in the village of V.F.D. ISBN 1405200715 • AbeBooks
- [16 Dec]
Stephen
Baxter, Riding the Rock -- PS Publishing novella, hardback sf. Also
trade
paperback. Story in "Xeelee" sequence. Introduction by Greg
Benford. ISBN 1902880609 • AbeBooks
- [16 Dec]
Ramsey
Campbell, Ramsey Campbell, Probably -- PS Publishing, hardback
nonfiction collection. Also
trade
paperback. "30 years of essays and articles", 68 items plus
afterword. Introduction by Douglas E. Winter. ISBN 1902880412 • AbeBooks
- [16 Dec]
Stephen
Jones, ed, Keep Out the Night -- PS Publishing, hardback horror
reprint anthology. 12 stories (1937-recent) plus intro. ISBN 1902880552 • AbeBooks
- [16 Dec]
Michael
Moorcock, Firing the Cathedral -- PS Publishing novella, hardback
sf. Also
trade
paperback. The return of Jerry Cornelius and his motley crew. Introduction
by Alan Moore. ISBN 1902880455 • AbeBooks
- [16 Dec]
Geoff
Ryman, VAO -- PS Publishing novella, hardback sf. Also
trade
paperback. Introduction by Gwyneth Jones. ISBN 1902880498 • AbeBooks
- [12 Dec]
Keith R.A.
DeCandido,
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions -- sf spinoff
from TV series. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2003. ISBN 076530483X • AbeBooks
- [12 Dec]
Timothy
Zahn,
Dragon and Thief -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February
2003. "The First Dragonback Adventure." ISBN 0765301245 • AbeBooks
- [11 Dec]
John
Baxter, A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict -- Doubleday
hardback. Book-collecting reminiscences of ex-patAustralian author whose early
works were sf and nonfiction about sf films. ISBN 0385603681 • AbeBooks
- [11 Dec]
Neil
Gaiman, Coraline -- Bloomsbury hardback, dark fantasy for
(ostensibly) younger readers. Enthusiastic jacket plugs from Terry Pratchett and
Diana Wynne Jones. ISBN 0747558531 • AbeBooks
- [7 Dec]
Paul
Kearney, Ships from the West -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "The
Monarchies of God: Book Five." ISBN 0575065753 • AbeBooks
- [6 Dec]
Simon
R. Green, Deathstalker Legacy -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. New
outbreak of "Deathstalker" space opera series (six previous books,
plus prequels): despite determined pushing of eponymous hero over the
Reichenbach Falls, his similarly named descendant takes up the tale. ISBN 0575072474 • AbeBooks
- [1 Dec]
Kathleen
Ann Goonan, Light Music -- Gollancz paperback sf. ISBN 1857988892 • AbeBooks
- [1 Dec]
Graham
Joyce, The Facts of Life -- Gollancz hardback, er, magic realism? ISBN 057507230X • AbeBooks
- [1 Dec]
Sheri
S. Tepper, A Plague of Angels -- Gollancz paperback fantasy, reissue
of 1993 title. ISBN 1857987993 • AbeBooks
- [1 Dec]
Sheri
S. Tepper, Sideshow -- Gollancz paperback sf, reissue of 1992 title. ISBN 185798319X • AbeBooks
November 2002
- [29 Nov]
Richard
Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz hardback sf. A second proof copy
received. Scheduled March 2003. Also
trade
paperback. Sequel to
Altered
Carbon. ISBN 0575073233 • AbeBooks
- [16 Nov]
Theresa
Tomlinson, The Moon Riders -- Corgi paperback. Proof copy received;
scheduled February 2003. Historical-ish juvenile combining "The legend of
Troy and the mythical Amazon women." ISBN 055254910X • AbeBooks
- [15 Nov]
Anne
Lewis, The Ship That Fell Like a Star -- Honno paperback sf, for
children. ISBN 1870206517 • AbeBooks
- [14 Nov]
"Jude
Fisher", The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Visual Companion
-- HarperCollins, coffee-table hardback, copiously illustrated with photos from
film. "Contains exclusive fold-out battle plan of Helm's Deep"! ISBN 000711625X • AbeBooks
- [14 Nov]
Brian
Sibley, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy --
HarperCollins, coffee-table paperback, copiously illustrated with photos etc. ISBN 000713567X • AbeBooks
- [11 Nov]
Douglas
Adams, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Gollancz hardback
sf. Reissue of 1979 novel in small-format matched set. (Hitch-Hiker #1.) ISBN 0575074841 • AbeBooks
- [11 Nov]
Douglas
Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe -- Gollancz
hardback sf. Reissue of 1980 novel in small-format matched set. (Hitch-Hiker
#2.) ISBN 0575074868 • AbeBooks
- [11 Nov]
Douglas
Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything -- Gollancz hardback sf.
Reissue of 1982 novel in small-format matched set. (Hitch-Hiker #3.) ISBN 057507485X • AbeBooks
- [11 Nov]
Stephen
Baxter, Evolution -- Gollancz hardback sf. Finished copy now
received. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0575073411 • AbeBooks
- [8 Nov]
Neal
Asher,
The Line of Polity -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback.
Proof copy received; scheduled March 2003. ISBN 033390365X • AbeBooks
- [8 Nov]
Jonathan
Carroll,
White Apples -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Proof
copy received; scheduled March 2003. ISBN 033398983X • AbeBooks
- [8 Nov]
Nancy
Kress,
Crossfire --Tor sf, hardcover. Proof copy received; scheduled
February 2003. ISBN 0765304678 • AbeBooks
- [8 Nov]
Juliet
Marillier,
Wolfskin -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) historical fantasy, trade
paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2003. ISBN 1405000384 • AbeBooks
- [8 Nov]
Andy
Secombe,
Limbo -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy, trade paperback. Proof copy
received; scheduled March 2003. ISBN 1405004843 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov]
Tom
Arden, Empress of the Endless Dream -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Fifth
Book of the Orokon." Was 2001 hardback. ISBN 0575601965 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov]
Kate
Jacoby, Rebel's Cage -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Fourth
Book of Elita." Was 2001 hardback. ISBN 0575072954 • AbeBooks
- [7 Nov]
Sheri
S. Tepper, Raising the Stones -- Gollancz sf, reissue of 1990 title. ISBN 1857983254 • AbeBooks
- [6 Nov]
Steve
Aylett, Dummyland -- Gollancz trade paperback. "Accomplice
Book 3." ISBN 0575070870 • AbeBooks
- [6 Nov]
Kate
Jacoby, Trial of Fire -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "Fifth
Book of Elita." Also
C-format
paperback. ISBN 0575068884 • AbeBooks
- [6 Nov]
Ricardo
Pinto,
The Standing Dead -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2003.
Book two of "The Stone Dance of the Chameleon" ... sequel to The
Chosen. ISBN 0312872097 • AbeBooks
- [5 Nov]
Charles de
Lint (as Samuel M. Key),
From a Whisper to a Scream -- dark fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled January 2003. ISBN 0765304341 • AbeBooks
- [5 Nov]
Andre
Norton and Sherwood Smith,
Atlantis Endgame -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2002. "A
... new Time Traders adventure." ISBN 0312859228 • AbeBooks
- [1 Nov]
Peter
Cook, Tragically I was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook --
Century hardback. Blurbed as a "definitive collection" of this fine
humorist, but the "complete" in the subtitle is a fib. For example, it
contains only seven of the famous "Dud & Pete" dialogues with
Dudley Moore, as compared to 12 (plus an introductory squib) in the 1971 book
The Dagenham Dialogues and at least one more printed in book form. Oh
well, there's plenty of good stuff here. ISBN 0712623981 • AbeBooks
October 2002
- [31 Oct]
Peter
F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth -- Macmillan sf hardback. Finished copy
now received. ISBN 0333900707 • AbeBooks
- [28 Oct]
M.
John Harrison, Light -- Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to
heartland sf. Finished copy now received, with rave quotes from Iain M. Banks,
Stephen Baxter, Michael Marshall Smith, Alastair Reynolds and Ken MacLeod. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0575070250 • AbeBooks
- [24 Oct]
Tim
Powers, The Drawing of the Dark -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #33
(says the cover, but presumably it's #34 since we've already had
#33), trade paperback. Reissue of 1979 novel. ISBN 0575074264 • AbeBooks
- [21 Oct]
Mark
Chadbourn, The Devil in Green -- Gollancz fantasy, C-format
paperback. "Book One of The Dark Age." ISBN 0575072741 • AbeBooks
- [19 Oct]
Ian
Graham, Monument -- Orbit hardback fantasy. ISBN 1841491020 • AbeBooks
- [19 Oct]
Ursula
K. Le Guin, The Telling -- Gollancz sf, paperback of 2001 hardback. ISBN 1857983327 • AbeBooks
- [18 Oct]
Elizabeth
Haydon, Requiem for the Sun -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "The
sequel to the Rhapsody trilogy." ISBN 0575073071 • AbeBooks
- [18 Oct]
Graham
Joyce, Smoking Poppy -- Gollancz trade paperback, perhaps borderline
fantasy. Reissue of 2001 novel. ISBN 0575073047 • AbeBooks
- [18 Oct]
John
Meaney, Context -- Bantam sf hardback. Sequel to Paradox; "Book
Two in the Nulapeiron Sequence". ISBN 0593047354 • AbeBooks
- [16 Oct]
Stephen
Jones and David Sutton Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror
-- Gollancz C-format paperback. Original horror anthology. 33 stories. ISBN 0575072490 • AbeBooks
- [16 Oct]
Ken
MacLeod,
Engine City -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2003. Book
three of "Engines of Light". ISBN 076530502X • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct]
Ken
MacLeod, Engine City -- Orbit hardback sf. Book three of "Engines
of Light". ISBN 1841491489 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct]
Richard
Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received.
Scheduled March 2003. Also
trade
paperback. Sequel to
Altered
Carbon. ISBN 0575073233 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct]
Terry
Pratchett, Night Watch -- Doubleday fantasy hardback. "A
Discworld novel" is all they need say ... this is the 27th. ISBN 0385602642 • AbeBooks
- [14 Oct]
Cory
Doctorow,
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
February 2003. ISBN 0765304368 • AbeBooks
- [14 Oct]
Hazel
K. Bell, Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction -- British Library
trade paperback. Mainly a kind of annotated anthology of extracts from strange
and silly book indexes. ISBN 0712347291 • AbeBooks
- [10 Oct]
Ian
Stewart and Jack Cohen, Wheelers -- Earthlight trade paperback sf.
Reissue of 2001 novel. ISBN 0743429028 • AbeBooks
- [9 Oct]
Steven
Brust,
The Paths of the Dead -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December
2002. "Book One of The Viscount of Adrilankha " ... continuing series "begun
in The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After". ISBN 0312864787 • AbeBooks
- [9 Oct]
Jack Dann,
Jubilee -- sf collection. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2003. ISBN 076530676X • AbeBooks
- [9 Oct]
Gregory
Frost,
Fitcher's Brides -- dark fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December
2002. ISBN 0765301946 • AbeBooks
- [9 Oct]
David G.
Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, ed.,
The Hard SF Renaissance -- anthology. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
November 2002. Massive tome of 960 pages, 41 stories by slightly fewer authors
(Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Greg Egan, Paul McAuley and Bruce Sterling all
have more than one entry), including yet another reprint of the Langford "Different
Kinds of Darkness". ISBN 0312876351 • AbeBooks
- [9 Oct]
Jo Walton,
The Prize in the Game -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November
2002. "The new novel of Tir Isarnagiri ..." ISBN 0765302632 • AbeBooks
- [5 Oct]
Sarah
Douglass,
Hades' Daughter -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2003. "Book
One of The Troy Game." ISBN 0765305402 • AbeBooks
- [5 Oct]
Walter
Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight trade paperback sf. Also
hardback.
"Book One of Dread Empire's Fall." Finished copy now received. ISBN 074346110X • AbeBooks
- Marie
O'Mahony,
Cyborg: The Man-Machine -- Thames & Hudson nonfiction. Large
format, heavily photo-illustrated and ostentatiously (over-) designed. ISBN 0500283818 • AbeBooks
September 2002
- [30 Sep]
J.R.R.
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings -- HarperCollins, boxed set of three
paperbacks with movie tie-in covers. Shrink-wrapped, too. ISBN 000714914X • AbeBooks
- [26 Sep]
Mick
Farren, The DNA Cowboys Trilogy -- Do-Not Press paperback sf.
Omnibus reissue of The Quest of the DNA Cowboys (1976), Synaptic
Manhunt (1976) and The Neural Atrocity (1977). ISBN 1899344934 • AbeBooks
- [19 Sep]
Simon
R. Green, Blood and Honour -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of
1992 novel. ISBN 0575055456 • AbeBooks
- [19 Sep]
Simon
R. Green, Drinking Midnight Wine -- Gollancz paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 2001 novel. ISBN 0575072970 • AbeBooks
- [19 Sep]
William
Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland and Other Novels --
Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #33, trade paperback. Omnibus of The Boats of
the "Glen Carrig" (1907), The House on the Borderland
(1908), The Ghost Pirates (1909) and The Night Land (1912). ISBN 0575073721 • AbeBooks
- [20 Apr]
Ursula
Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea -- Orion fantasy hardback. Collection
of five stories, plus "A Description of Earthsea". ISBN 1842552066 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jun]
Justina
Robson,
Mappa Mundi -- Pan sf paperback of 2001 novel. ISBN 0330375679 • AbeBooks
- [14 Sep]
Max
Allan Collins, Dark Angel: Before the Dawn -- Ebury Press sf,
paperback. Spinoff from Dark Angel TV series, billed as "science
fiction ... in the tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Finished copy
now received. ISBN 0091890314 • AbeBooks
- [21 Aug]
Joan D.
Vinge,
Catspaw -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2002. Reissue of
1988 novel in "Cat" series. ISBN 0765301695 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep]
Clive
Barker, Abarat -- HarperCollins, hardback children's fantasy
illustrated by author. Finished copy now received. "Film rights sold to
Disney for $8 million based on Clive Barker's paintings alone." Apparently
opens a series, "The Books of Abarat". ISBN 0002259524 • AbeBooks
- [6 Sep]
Iain
Banks, Dead Air -- Little, Brown hardback. Signed copy, ha ha (I was
at the launch party). ISBN 0316860549 • AbeBooks
- [6 Sep]
Stephen
Baxter, Evolution -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received.
Scheduled November 2002. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0575073411 • AbeBooks
- [6 Sep]
Jacqueline
Carey, Kushiel's Dart -- Macmillan fantasy trade paperback. ISBN 140500097X • AbeBooks
- [5 Sep]
Charles de
Lint, Tapping the Dream Tree -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
November 2002. "A brand new instalment in the Newford saga." ISBN 0312874014 • AbeBooks
- [5 Sep]
Stephen R.
Donaldson,
The Man Who Killed His Brother -- thriller. Tor/Forge proof copy.
Scheduled November 2002. Reissue of 1980 novel ISBN 0765302039 • AbeBooks
- [5 Sep]
Richard
Morgan, Altered Carbon -- Gollancz sf, paperback of 2002 hardback. ISBN 057507390X • AbeBooks
- [5 Sep]
Jeff
VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen -- fantasy/horror/weirdness,
Prime hardback. Much expanded from trade pb collection with same title;
includes the fabulous The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris
by Duncan Shriek. ISBN 0966896882 • AbeBooks
- [5 Sep]
Timothy
Zahn, Manta's Gift -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2002. ISBN 031287829X • AbeBooks
- [2 Sep]
Jack
Cohen & Ian Stewart, Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial
Life -- Ebury Press nonfiction, hardback. A present from Ian and Jack,
to whom many thanks! ISBN 0091879272 • AbeBooks
- [2 Sep]
Max
Allan Collins, Dark Angel: Before the Dawn -- Ebury Press sf,
paperback. Spinoff from Dark Angel TV series, billed as "science
fiction ... in the tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Jacket only, no
actual book. ISBN 0091890314 • AbeBooks
August 2002
- [30 Aug]
Ray
Bradbury, From the Dust Returned -- Earthlight paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 2001 hardback. ISBN 0743429982 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Poul
Anderson, The Broken Sword -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #32,
trade paperback. Reissue of 1954 novel. ISBN 0575074256 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Steve
Aylett, Toxicology -- Gollancz paperback of 2001 hardback. 26 short
stories, some with the "Beerlight" setting of Aylett's novels. ISBN 0575073020 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Eric
Brown, New York Blues -- Gollancz sf, paperback of 2001 hardback. "Volume
Two of the Virex Trilogy ISBN 0575072180 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Mark
Chadbourn, Always Forever -- Gollancz fantasy, paperback of 2001
hardback. "Book Three of the Age of Misrule." ISBN 0575603224 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Raymond
E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave
of Shadows: Book One." Second copy received. ISBN 0002246813 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Michael
Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody -- Gollancz fantasy,
hardback. "Utterly unauthorized and totally exploitative" J.K. Rowling
spoof. ISBN 057507454X • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Harry
Harrison, Stars and Stripes Triumphant -- NEL sf (alternate history)
paperback. "Book Three: Stars and Stripes." Reviewed for Amazon in
hardback. ISBN 0340689226 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Elizabeth
Haydon, Destiny -- Gollancz fantasy, paperback of Jan 2002 hardback.
"The triumphant conclusion to the Rhapsody trilogy." ISBN 1857989929 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Terry
Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Last Hero -- Gollancz coffee-table
book with 40,000-word Pratchett story illustrated throughout by Kidby
paintings. Paperback edition with an additional 16pp of illustrations not in the
hardback. ISBN 0575073772 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug]
Robert
Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse -- Gollancz
fantasy, hardback. Their first Rankin title since poaching him from Doubleday.
Second copy received. ISBN 0575073136 • AbeBooks
- [28 Aug]
Robert
Silverberg, The Masks of Time -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue,
trade pb. 1968 novel also published as Vornan-19. ISBN 0575072180 • AbeBooks
- [21 Aug]
Brian
Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
-- Hodder & Stoughton hardback. ISBN 0340823305 • AbeBooks
- [21 Aug]
Steven
Erikson, Memories of Ice -- Bantam fantasy, paperback. "A Tale
of the Malazan Book of the Fallen." ISBN 0553813129 • AbeBooks
- [21 Aug]
Stephen
King & Peter Straub, Black House -- Voyager paperback horror. ISBN 0007100442 • AbeBooks
- [21 Aug]
James D.
Macdonald, The Apocalypse Door -- contemporary fantasy/horror. Tor
proof copy. Scheduled November 2002. ISBN 0312869886 • AbeBooks
- [21 Aug]
Brian
Stableford,
The Omega Expedition -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2002.
Last of the six-book "emortality" sequence. ISBN 0765301695 • AbeBooks
- [19 Aug]
Raymond
E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave
of Shadows: Book One." ISBN 0002246813 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug]
Kevin
Warwick, I, Cyborg -- Century hardback science fiction ... er,
autobiography ... er, pop-science with no index. Expect my review in New
Scientist. ISBN 0712669884 • AbeBooks
- [15 Aug]
David
Zindell, The Lightstone, Part One: The Ninth Kingdom -- Voyager
paperback fantasy. "Book One of the Ea Cycle." Supermassive 2001 novel
split in two for paperback. ISBN 0006486207 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug]
Terry
Brooks, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book Three: Morgawr --
Earthlight fantasy hardback. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0743461096 • AbeBooks
- [14 Aug]
Robert
Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse -- Gollancz
fantasy, hardback. Their first Rankin title since poaching him from Doubleday. ISBN 0575073136 • AbeBooks
- [8 Aug]
Charles
De Lint, The Onion Girl -- Gollancz fantasy, trade paperback. ISBN 0575072725 • AbeBooks
- [8 Aug]
Megan
Lindholm, Wizard of the Pigeons -- Voyager paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 1986 novel. ISBN 0007112564 • AbeBooks
- [8 Aug]
Christopher
Priest, The Separation -- Scribner's, trade paperback. The Priest
alternative history novel, characteristically strange. ISBN 0743220331 • AbeBooks
- [6 Aug]
H.N.
Turteltaub, Gryphon's Skull -- historical fiction. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled November 2002. Sequel to Over the Wine-Dark Sea. "Turteltaub"
is an acknowledged pseudonym of Harry Turtledove. ISBN 0312872224 • AbeBooks
- [3 Aug]
James
Barclay, Elfsorrow -- Gollancz fantasy, C-format paperback. Either
fourth of "Chronicles of the Raven" or first in the related "Legends
of the Raven", depending how you look at it. ISBN 0575072946 • AbeBooks
- [2 Aug]
Robert
Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. "Book
Two of The Merlin Codex." Finished copy received. My appreciation of this
series so far, excerpted from a forthcoming US reference book essay on RH, can
be found at the Holdstock web site. ISBN 0734220773 • AbeBooks
July 2002
- [31 Jul]
Alice
Borchardt, The Dragon Queen -- Bantam fantasy, C-format paperback.
First in a Celtic fantasy trilogy featuring Guinevere (heroine), Merlin (bad
guy), Arthur et al. ISBN 0593050622 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jul]
[J.R.R.
Tolkien] Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle-Earth Index --
trade paperback. Just what it says: a one-volume combined index to the 12
volumes of the history. ISBN 0007137435 • AbeBooks
- [25 Jul]
Ted
Naismith (illustrator), Tolkien Calendar 2003: The Two Towers --
Voyager large-format, well, calendar. "Includes free poster."
Published 2 September. ISBN 0007111908 • AbeBooks
- [25 Jul]
Ted
Naismith (illustrator), Tolkien Diary 2003: The Two Towers --
Voyager hardback. ISBN 0007111878 • AbeBooks
- [25 Jul]
Kim
Wilkins, Fallen Angel -- Gollancz dark fantasy paperback. ISBN 1857983335 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jul]
Stephen
Baxter/Paul McAuley, Reality Dust/Miking History -- Gollancz sf
paperback. Two of the four novelettes from
Infinities
ed. Peter Crowther. ISBN 0575073063 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jul]
Charles
de Lint, Forests of the Heart -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. ISBN 0575072946 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jul]
Terry
Goodkind, Debt of Bones -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. ISBN 057507311X • AbeBooks
- [24 Jul]
Mercedes
Lackey, Brightly Burning -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. ISBN 0575072962 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul]
Ben
Bova, The Rock Rats -- NEL paperback. "The Asteroid Wars: II."
Previously reviewed in hardback for Amazon. ISBN 0340769599 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul]
M.
John Harrison, Light -- Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to
heartland sf. Second proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2002. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0575070250 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
Greg Bear,
The Collected Stories of Greg Bear -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
September 2002. Massive and definitive (to date) collection with new
introductions throughout. ISBN 0765301601 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
Charles de
Lint, Angel of Darkness -- dark fantasy. Tor/Orb proof copy.
Scheduled November 2002. Reissue of title first published 1990 as by Samuel M.
Key. ISBN 0312874006 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
Brian
Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Butlerian Jihad -- sf.
Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2002. Yet another Dune prequel. ISBN 0765305852 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
Jane
Lindskold, Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled August 2002. Sequel to Through Wolf's Eyes, which I suppose
makes it Book Two of the Wolf Organs Cycle. ISBN 031287426X • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
P.G. Nagle,
Galveston -- US Civil War historical. Forge proof copy. Scheduled
August 2002. Sequel to The Guns of Valverde. ISBN 0312876149 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
Andre
Norton & Mercedes Lackey, Elvenborn -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled August 2002. "Book Three of the Halfblood Chronicles." ISBN 0312864566 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jul]
Andre
Norton & Sasha Miller, A Crown Disowned -- fantasy. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled October 2002. "Book Three of the Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan
Cycle." ISBN 0312873387 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jul]
Michael
Cobley, Shadowkings -- Earthlight paperback fantasy. "Book One
of the Shadowkings trilogy." ISBN 074341599X • AbeBooks
- [12 Jul]
Michael
de Larrabeiti, The Borrible Trilogy -- Macmillan fantasy trade
paperback. Omnibus of The Borribles, The Borribles Go for Broke
and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis. ISBN 0333908619 • AbeBooks
- [15 Jul]
James
White, Alien Emergencies -- Tor trade paperback sf. Finished copies
now received. Omnibus of the three Sector General books Ambulance Ship
(including the short "Spacebird", omitted from previous US editions of
this collection), Sector General and Star Healer, with an
introduction by some guy called Langford. ISBN 0312877706 • AbeBooks
- [13 Jul]
Dale
Brown & Jim Defelice, Dale Brown's Dreamland: Nerve Center --
Voyager paperback technothriller. (Clancyesque stuff.) ISBN 0007109679 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jul]
Peter
F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy
(signed and numbered) received; scheduled 8 November 2002. ISBN 0333900707 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jul]
M.
John Harrison, Light -- Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to
heartland sf. Proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2002. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0575070250 • AbeBooks
- [11 Jul]
Adam
Roberts, Stone -- Gollancz sf trade paperback. ISBN 0575070641 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul]
James
Barclay, Nightchild -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2001
title. "Chronicles of the Raven" book 3. ISBN 0575073004 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul]
Simon
R. Green, Down Among the Dead Man -- Gollancz paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 1993 title. ISBN 0575056207 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul]
C.L.
Moore, Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams -- Gollancz Fantasy
Masterworks #31, trade paperback. Fifteen stories from, mostly, Weird Tales,
5 starring Moore's series heroine Jirel of Joiry and the rest her hero Northwest
Smith. ISBN 0575074175 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jul]
S.M.
Stirling, T2: Infiltrator -- Gollancz paperback sf. First in a
series of spinoff novels following Terminator 2: Judgement Day. ISBN 0575073713 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jul]
S.M.
Stirling, T2: Rising Storm -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf.
Second in a series of spinoff novels following Terminator 2: Judgement Day. ISBN 0575071567 • AbeBooks
June 2002
- [28 Jun]
Stephen
Baxter, Phase Space: Stories from the Manifold and Elsewhere --
Voyager hardback sf. Collection of 25 stories with framing material. Many have
links to the "Manifold" trilogy (Time, Space, Origin). ISBN 0002257696 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jun]
Sheri
S. Tepper, The Visitor -- Gollancz hardback sf. ISBN 0575074159 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jun]
Philip
K. Dick, Minority Report -- Gollancz hardback sf. Collection of ten
stories issued as an unofficial film tie-in, including the other Dick shorts
which became movies: "Impostor", "Second Variety" (Screamers)
and "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (Total Recall). ISBN 1857987381 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jun]
David
& Leigh Eddings, Regina's Song -- Voyager hardback. "Part
murder mystery, ghost story and psychological thriller ..." ISBN 0007130333 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jun]
Peter
Hamilton,
Fallen Dragon -- Pan sf paperback. Reviewed in hardback edition. ISBN 0330480065 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jun]
Dreams:
The Art of Boris Vallejo -- Paper Tiger paperback, large-format sf art
book with text by John Grant. Also from
Amazon.com. ISBN 1855859645 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jun]
Gwyneth
Jones, Castles Made of Sand -- Gollancz C-format paperback "near
future fantasy". Sequel to, or continuation of, Bold as Love,
winner of the 2002 Arthur C. Clarke Award. ISBN 0575070331 • AbeBooks
- [13 Jun]
Matthew
Reilly,
Area 7 -- Pan technothriller. ISBN 0330487582 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jun]
Alastair
Reynolds, Redemption Ark -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. ISBN 0575068809 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jun]
Paul
Cornell, British Summertime -- Gollancz hardback sf. ISBN 0575073683 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jun]
Walter
Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight trade paperback sf. Also
hardback.
"Book One of Dread Empire's Fall." A second proof copy received --
scheduled 7 October. ISBN 074346110X • AbeBooks
- [11 Jun]
James
Lovegrove, The Hope -- Gollancz paperback, linked short stories.
Slightly revised reissue of 1990 title. ISBN 1857988027 • AbeBooks
- [11 Jun]
James
Lovegrove, Imagined Slights -- Gollancz paperback, short stories. ISBN 1857988019 • AbeBooks
- [8 Jun]
David
Langford, The Wyrdest Link -- Gollancz trade paperback. The second
official Discworld quizbook. All my own work -- author's 10 complimentary copies
received at last, little more than 6 weeks after publication! AlsoAmazon.com. ISBN 0575073195 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jun]
Walter
Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight trade paperback sf. Also
hardback"Book
One of Dread Empire's Fall." Proof copy received -- scheduled 7 October. ISBN 074346110X • AbeBooks
May 2002
- [31 May]
Jay Amberg,
Doubloon -- thriller (probably sent in error). Tor/Forge proof copy.
Scheduled August 2002. ISBN 0765301008 • AbeBooks
- [31 May]
Steve
Aylett, Only an Alligator -- Gollancz paperback sf/fantasy. "Accomplice
Book 1." ISBN 1857989619 • AbeBooks
- [31 May]
Storm
Constantine, The Way of Light -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "The
Chronicles of Magravandias 3." ISBN 0575072938 • AbeBooks
- [31 May]
Paul
Cornell, Something More -- Gollancz paperback sf. ISBN 1857989597 • AbeBooks
- [31 May]
Laura J.
Mixon, Burning the Ice -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2002. ISBN 0312869037 • AbeBooks
- [31 May]
Michael
Moorcock, Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe -- Gollancz Fantasy
Masterworks #30, trade paperback. Omnibus of the first Corum trilogy, comprising
The Knight of the Swords, The Queen of the Swords and The
King of the Swords. ISBN 0575073667 • AbeBooks
- [31 May]
Adam
Roberts, On -- Gollancz paperback sf. ISBN 0575072997 • AbeBooks
- [30 May]
Richard
Calder, Lord Soho: A Time Opera -- Earthlight paperback fantasy. "Returns
to the universe of Malignos." ISBN 0743408969 • AbeBooks
- [30 May]
Kevin
J. Anderson, Hidden Empire -- sf space opera. Proof copy of trade
paperback received (again) from Earthlight; scheduled 1 July 2002. Also
hardback.
"The Saga of Seven Suns: Book One." (Thog says, "Tasty!") ISBN 0743220455 • AbeBooks
- [29 May]
Clive
Barker, Abarat -- children's (?) fantasy illustrated by author.
HarperCollins proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2002. "Film rights
sold to Disney for $8 million based on Clive Barker's paintings alone."
Gorblimey. ISBN 0002259524 • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
Jude
Fisher, Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight fantasy trade paperback. Also
hardback.
"Book One of Fool's Gold." Finished copy now received, after two proof
copies -- they're really pushing this one. ISBN 0743220927 • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
John
Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
August 2002. New novel in the Orbital Resonance sequence. ISBN 0765303035 • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
Steven
Barnes, Charisma -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2002. ISBN 0312870043 • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
Ted Chiang,
Stories of Your Life and Others -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
July 2002. First collection by highly talented short story writer with lots of
awards already to his credit. ISBN 076530418X • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
Katya
Reimann, Prince of Fire and Ashes -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled July 2002. "Book 3 of the Tielmaran Chronicles." ISBN 0312860099 • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
Fred
Saberhagen, Gods of Fire and Thunder -- Nordic fantasy. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled August 2002. ISBN 0765302012 • AbeBooks
- [24 May]
Glenn R.
Sixbury, Earth: Final Conflict -- Legacy -- sf. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled June 2002. Another spinoff from the Gene Roddenberry tv series. ISBN 0765300400 • AbeBooks
- [23 May]
Gwyneth
Jones, Bold as Love -- Gollancz paperback. "Near future
fantasy." Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award on 18 May. ISBN 057507292X • AbeBooks
- [23 May]
Bill
Napier, The Lure -- Headline hardback technothriller. ISBN 0747269238 • AbeBooks
- [20 May]
Perceptualistics:
Art by Jael -- Paper Tiger hardback, large-format sf art book with text
by John Grant. Also from
Amazon.com. ISBN 1855859718 • AbeBooks
- [20 May]
Harry
Harrison, Stars and Stripes Triumphant -- Hodder & Stoughton
hardback sf. Third in alternate history series. ISBN 0340689218 • AbeBooks
- [Catching up on 16 May after an embarrassing lapse while overworked --
sorry!]
Anselm
Audley, Heresy -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book One of
the Aquasilva Trilogy." ISBN 0743414845 • AbeBooks
- Anselm
Audley, Inquisition -- Earthlight fantasy C-format paperback. "Book
Two of the Aquasilva Trilogy." ISBN 0743209656 • AbeBooks
- Steve
Aylett, The Velocity Gospel -- Gollancz trade paperback. "Accomplice
Book 2." ISBN 0575070889 • AbeBooks
- Jonathan
Carroll, The Wooden Sea -- Gollancz paperback. ISBN 0575072911 • AbeBooks
- Peter
Crowther, ed, Infinities -- Gollancz hardback sf anthology. Four
novelettes: "A Writer's Life" by Eric Brown, "The Human Front"
by Ken MacLeod, "Diamond Dogs" by Alastair Reynolds, "Park Polar"
by Adam Roberts. ISBN 0575073551 • AbeBooks
- David
Drake, Mistress of the Catacombs -- Gollancz fantasy paperback.
Fourth volume of "Lord of the Isles". ISBN 0575074272 • AbeBooks
- John
M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #29,
trade paperback. ISBN 0575073780 • AbeBooks
- Robert
Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. "Book
Two of The Merlin Codex." Second proof copy received ... this time, signed! ISBN 0734220773 • AbeBooks
- Robert
Silverberg, The Longest Way Home -- Gollancz sf trade paperback.
Also
hardback. ISBN 0575073527 • AbeBooks
April 2002
- [23 Apr]
R.A.
Salvatore, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones -- Century sf
hardback. What can one say? ISBN 0712684077 • AbeBooks
- [20 Apr]
Douglas
Adams, The Salmon of Doubt -- Macmillan hardback. Ten short chapters
of the unfinished title novel, two short stories, about 50 nonfiction pieces
(some very brief), and opening/closing material by others. ISBN 0333766571 • AbeBooks
- [20 Apr]
Ursula
Le Guin, The Other Wind -- Orion fantasy hardback. Finished copy now
received. New Earthsea novel, fifth in the sequence. ISBN 1842552058 • AbeBooks
- [19 Apr]
Karen
Haber, ed., Meditations on Middle-Earth -- Earthlight trade
paperback. Essays on Tolkien by various hands, including Le Guin, Martin,
Pratchett, Swanwick, Turtledove. Shortlisted for 2002 "Best Related Book"
Hugo. ISBN 0743231007 • AbeBooks
- [19 Apr]
Anne
McCaffrey, Freedom's Ransom -- Bantam sf hardback. "Fourth in
the Catteni sequence." ISBN 0593048326 • AbeBooks
- [13 Apr]
China
Miéville, The Scar -- Macmillan fantasy hardback. Codex." ISBN 0333781740 • AbeBooks
- [12 Apr]
Rudy
Rucker, Spaceland -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2002. ISBN 0765303663 • AbeBooks
- [12 Apr]
Stanley
Schmidt, Argonaut -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled July 2002. ISBN 0312877269 • AbeBooks
- [12 Apr]
Karl
Schroeder, Permanence -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2002. ISBN 076530371X • AbeBooks
- [11 Apr]
Jude
Fisher, Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight fantasy trade paperback. Also
hardback.
Proof copy received (for the second time). "Book One of Fool's Gold." ISBN 0743220927 • AbeBooks
- [11 Apr]
Miller
Lau, Dark Thane -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Two of
The Last Clansman." ISBN 0743404017 • AbeBooks
- [11 Apr]
Harry
Turtledove, Through the Darkness -- Earthlight fantasy paperback.
Third book of alternate WWII fantasy sequence. ISBN 0671033980 • AbeBooks
- [10 Apr]
Ricardo
Pinto, The Standing Dead -- Bantam fantasy hardback. "The Stone
Dance of the Chameleon", book 2. ISBN 0593045580 • AbeBooks
- [9 Apr]
Andre
Norton and Lyn McConchie, Beast Master's Ark -- sf. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled June 2002. "New novel in Andre Norton's legendary Beast Master
Universe." ISBN 0765300419 • AbeBooks
- [6 Apr]
Mary
Gentle, Orthe: Chronicles of Carrick V -- Gollancz sf trade
paperback. Omnibus edition of Golden Witchbreed, Ancient Light
and the related short "The Crystal Sunlight, the Bright Air". ISBN 0575072873 • AbeBooks
- [5 Apr]
Paul
Levinson, The Consciousness Plague -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
March 2002. ISBN 0765300982 • AbeBooks
- [5 Apr]
Brian
Stableford, Dark Ararat -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2002.
Book 5 (though the internal chronology differs) of his "emortality"
sextet. ISBN 0765301687 • AbeBooks
- [5 Apr]
John
Wright, The Golden Age -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled April 2002.
Author's first novel. ISBN 0312848706 • AbeBooks
- [4 Apr]
Robert
Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. "Book
Two of The Merlin Codex." Proof copy received. ISBN 0734220773 • AbeBooks
- [3 Apr]
Greg
Bear, Eon -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #50, trade paperback. ISBN 0575073160 • AbeBooks
- [3 Apr]
Joe
Haldeman, Worlds -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. ISBN 0575073616 • AbeBooks
- [3 Apr]
Ian
Watson, The Jonah Kit -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. ISBN 0575073896 • AbeBooks
- [3 Apr]
Gene
Wolfe, Peace -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #28, trade paperback. ISBN 0575073764 • AbeBooks
March 2002
- [30 Mar]
David
Langford, The Wyrdest Link -- Gollancz trade paperback. The second
official Discworld quizbook. All my own work.... AlsoAmazon.com. ISBN 0575073195 • AbeBooks
- [28 Mar]
Brian
Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Prelude to Dune: House Corrino -- NEL
paperback. Another quantum leap in posthumous angular momentum for Herbert
Senior! ISBN 0340751800 • AbeBooks
- [25 Mar]
Julian
May, Sagittarius Whorl -- Voyager sf paperback. "The Rampart
Worlds: Book 3." ISBN 000648215X • AbeBooks
- [21 Mar]
John
Marco, The Eyes of God -- Gollancz fantasy trade paperback. ISBN 0575073640 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar]
Graham
Joyce, The Tooth Fairy -- Gollancz fantasy trade paperback. ISBN 1857983424 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar]
Terry
Pratchett, Thief of Time -- Corgi fantasy pb. "A Discworld
novel" is all they need say.... ISBN 0552148407 • AbeBooks
- [19 Mar]
Kevin
J. Anderson, Hidden Empire -- sf space opera. Proof copy of trade
paperback received from Earthlight; scheduled 1 July 2002. Also
hardback. ISBN 0743220455 • AbeBooks
- [19 Mar]
Jude
Fisher, Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight fantasy trade paperback. Also
hardback. ISBN 0743220927 • AbeBooks
- [18 Mar]
Peter
F. Hamilton/Ian McDonald, Watching Trees Grow/Tenedeleo's Story --
Gollancz sf paperback. "Ace double" packaging of the authors' novellas
from Futures ed. Peter Crowther. ISBN 0575073055 • AbeBooks
- [18 Mar]
Alexander
C. Irvine, A Scattering of Jades -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled July 2002. ISBN 0765301164 • AbeBooks
- [18 Mar]
John
Marco, The Saints of the Sword -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Book
Three of Tyrants and Kings." ISBN 0575072903 • AbeBooks
- [16 Mar]
Megan
Lindholm, The Windsingers -- Voyager fantasy paperback. ISBN 000711253X • AbeBooks
- [13 Mar]
Arthur
C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #49, trade
paperback. ISBN 0575073179 • AbeBooks
- [13 Mar]
Clark
Ashton Smith, The Emperor of Dreams -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks
#26, trade paperback. New collection of 45 stories with keynote essay by Smith
and long bio-bibliographical afterword by Stephen Jones. ISBN 057507373X • AbeBooks
- [13 Mar]
Jack
Vance, Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks
#27, trade paperback. First in Lyonesse trilogy; mysteriously uses the jacket
painting from the second, as originally published in the UK by Grafton in the
mid-80s. ISBN 0575073748 • AbeBooks
- [12 Mar]
David
Gemmell, Stormrider -- Bantam fantasy hardback. "A novel of the
Rigante." ISBN 059304441X • AbeBooks
- [12 Mar]
David
Gemmell, Ravenheart -- Corgi fantasy pb. "The third in the
compelling Rigante series." ISBN 0552146757 • AbeBooks
- [11 Mar]
Garth
Nix, Sabriel -- children's fantasy first published in Australia,
1995. HarperCollins proof copy. Scheduled September 2002. Looks like a big
promotion, based on Aussie and US awards and an enthusiastic plug for Philip
Pullman. ISBN 0007137303 • AbeBooks
- [11 Mar]
Robert
Rankin, The Fandom of the Operator -- Corgi sf paperback. ISBN 0552148970 • AbeBooks
- [10 Mar -- not really, but I forgot to list it earlier]
James
White, Alien Emergencies -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled April
2002. Omnibus of the three Sector General books Ambulance Ship
(including the short "Spacebird", omitted from previous US editions of
this collection), Sector General and Star Healer, with an
introduction by some guy called Langford. ISBN 0312877706 • AbeBooks
- [9 Mar]
Poul
Anderson, Going for Infinity: A Literary Journey -- sf. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled May 2002. Personal selection of stories and extracts by the late
great PA, with a little linking commentary and reminiscence. ISBN 0765303590 • AbeBooks
- [9 Mar]
Harry
Harrison, A Stainless Steel Trio -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
June 2002. Omnibus containing A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, The
Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted and The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the
Blues. ISBN 0765302772 • AbeBooks
- [9 Mar]
Paul J.
McAuley, Whole Wide World -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2002. ISBN 0765303922 • AbeBooks
- [9 Mar]
Laurie
Marks, Fire Logic -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2002. ISBN 0312878877 • AbeBooks
- [9 Mar]
Mike
Ashley, The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction -- Robinson sf trade
paperback. Editor's choice of 22 sf stories from 1901 to 2002 (the latest being
originals by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown, the rest reprints). ISBN 1841193755 • AbeBooks
- [8 Mar]
Stephen
Lawhead, The Mystic Rose -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Book
III of The Celtic Crusades." ISBN 0006483232 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar]
Gordon
Dickson, Dorsai Spirit -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2002.
Repackaging of Dorsai! and the two-story collection Spirit of Dorsai. ISBN 0312877641 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar]
Debra Doyle
and James D. Macdonald, A Working of Stars -- fantasy. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled April 2002. New novel in "Mageworlds" series. ISBN 0312864116 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar]
John
A. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies -- NEL paperback. Movie tie-in
edition of this, er, classic of the woo-woo genre. ISBN 0340824468 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar]
Ursula
Le Guin, The Other Wind -- fantasy. Orion proof copy. New Earthsea
novel, scheduled May 2002. ISBN 1842552058 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar]
James
Reasoner, Trial by Fire -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2002.
"The Last Good War Book II." ISBN 0312873468 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar]
Sarah
Zettel, A Sorcerer's Treason -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
April 2002. "A Novel of Isavalta." ISBN 0312864116 • AbeBooks
February 2002
- [11 Feb]
Richard
Morgan, Altered Carbon -- Gollancz sf hardback, reviewed earlier;
finished copy now received. Also
trade
paperback. ISBN 0575073217 • AbeBooks
- [7 Feb]
Lemony
Snicket, The Miserable Mill -- Egmont hardback children's, er,
fantasy? "A Series of Unfortunate Events 4." In which the doomed
Baudelaire orphans face the dangers and privations of Lucky Smells Lumbermill. ISBN 0749747021 • AbeBooks
- [6 Feb]
Ian
McDonald, Ares Express -- Earthlight sf paperback. Magic realism and
big trains on Mars -- lots of fun. ISBN 0671037544 • AbeBooks
- [6 Feb]
Caiseal
Mór, Carolan's Concerto -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. ISBN 074342901X • AbeBooks
- [1 Feb]
Greg
Egan, Schild's Ladder -- Gollancz sf hardback edition (see below
for large-format paperback). ISBN 0575070684 • AbeBooks
January 2002
- [31 Jan]
Stephen
Baxter, Icebones -- Gollancz sf paperback. "Mammoth Book Three." ISBN 0575072989 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan]
Sheri
S. Tepper, The Fresco -- Gollancz sf trade paperback. ISBN 0575072881 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan]
Sheri
S. Tepper, Grass -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #48, trade paperback. ISBN 1857987985 • AbeBooks
- [29 Jan]
Alan
Dean Foster, Star Wars: The Approaching Storm -- Century sf
hardback. "Prologue to Star Wars: Episode II." ISBN 0712621865 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jan]
Richard
Matheson, Hunted Past Reason -- thriller. Tor advance reading copy.
Scheduled July 2002. ISBN 0765302713 • AbeBooks
- [28 Jan]
Harry
Turtledove, Rulers of the Darkness -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled April 2002. Fourth volume in "Darkness" alternate-World War
II fantasy sequence. ISBN 0765300362 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jan]
Ben
Bova, The Rock Rats -- NEL sf hardback. "The Asteroid Wars:
II." Also
Tor proof
copy, scheduled April 2002. ISBN 0340769580 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jan]
Anne
McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern -- Corgi sf paperback. ISBN 0552146315 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jan]
The
Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate -- Paper Tiger hardback,
large-format sf art book. Also from
Amazon.com. ISBN 1855858843 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jan]
Stephen
Jones, ed, Shadows Over Innsmouth -- Del Rey trade paperback.
Reissue of Lovecraftian horror anthology including the Langford story "Deepnet". ISBN 0345444078 • AbeBooks
- [17 Jan]
Colin
Wilson, The Killer -- Savoy hardback. First unabridged edition of
1970 serial killer novel. ISBN 0861301102 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jan]
Michael
Moorcock, The Dreamthief's Daughter -- Earthlight fantasy paperback.
"A tale of the albino", i.e. it's dear old Elric again. ISBN 0671037250 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jan]
John
Whitbourn, Downs-Lord Doomsday -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Panel
Three of the Downs-Lord Triptych." ISBN 0671033026 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan]
Steve
Aylett, Only an Alligator -- Gollancz trade paperback. "Accomplice
Book 1." ISBN 0575069066 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan]
John
Lucas, Faster Than Light -- Dedalus comic-sf trade paperback. ISBN 1903517117 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jan]
Jonathan
Carroll, Voice of Our Shadow -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #25,
trade paperback. ISBN 0575073675 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jan]
David B.
Coe, Rules of Ascension -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March
2002. "Book 1 of Winds of the Forelands," with three to follow. ISBN 0312878079 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jan]
Elizabeth
Haydon, Destiny -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "The eagerly
awaited conclusion to the Rhapsody Trilogy." ISBN 0575072695 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jan]
Terry
Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, The Science of Discworld II: The
Globe -- Ebury Press proof copy, hardback scheduled 2 May 2002. Half
Discworld story, half pop-science. ISBN 0091882737 • AbeBooks
- [11 Jan]
James
Feeke (ed), The Small Press Guide 2002 -- Writers' Bookshop trade
paperback. Guide to 348 UK small press magazines. ISBN 1902713117 • AbeBooks
- [5 Jan]
Tom
Holt, Falling Sideways -- Orbit hardback comic fantasy. ISBN 1841490873 • AbeBooks
- [4 Jan]
Mercedes
Lackey, The Black Swan -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. ISBN 0575072857 • AbeBooks