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
[24 Dec] Focus #71 (BSFA), Winter 2020
[9 Dec] The Author, Winter 2020
[30 Nov] Foundation #137, dated 2020 only
[19 Nov] Interzone #289, November/December 2020
[14 Nov] Black Static #77, November/December 2020
[6 Oct] The Author, Autumn 2020
[10 Sep] Interzone #288, September/October 2020
[10 Sep] Black Static #76 September/October 2020
[31 Aug] Foundation #136, dated 2020 only
[31 Aug] Foundation #135, dated 2020 only
[17 Jul] Vector #291 (BSFA), Summer 2020
[? 4 Jul] The Author, Summer 2020
[20 May] Interzone #287, May/June 2020
[20 May] Black Static #75 May/June 2020
[2 Apr] Focus #70 (BSFA), Spring 2020
[20 Mar] The Author, Spring 2020
[20 Mar] SFX #325, April 2020
[16 Mar] Interzone #286, March/April 2020
[16 Mar Black Static #74, March/April 2020
[21 Feb] SFX #324, March 2020
[26 Jan] SFX #323, February 2020
[10 Jan] Interzone #285, January/February 2020
[10 Jan] Black Static #73 January/February 2020
[30 Dec] SFX #322, January 2020
December 2020 - [24 Dec/4 Mar] C.S. Green, Sleep Tight – HarperCollins, hardback, police procedural thriller with supernatural elements. Proof copy received. ISBN 9780008390761 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008390778 • AbeBooks- [17 Dec/?] Graham Andrews, Elsewheres and Elsewhens: Four Space-Time Plays – FeedARead trade paperback, sf/fantasy. ISBN 9781839455308 • AbeBooks
- [11 Dec/18 Feb] Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife – Hodder hardback, "domestic thriller" by sf author; the PR sheet and blurb suggest sf elements. Proof copy received. ISBN 9781529354492 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9781529354508 • AbeBooks- [4 Dec/9 Jan] Tessa Gratton, Lady Hotspur – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. Reissue of 2020 hardback title. ISBN 9780008281977 • AbeBooks
November 2020 - [27 Nov/15 Apr] Lucy Holland, Sistersong – Pan Macmillan hardback, fantasy. Proof copy received. ISBN 9781529039030 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9781529039047 • AbeBooks- [24 Nov/18 Mar] T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead – Tor UK hardback, urban fantasy. "Edinburgh Nights" 1. Proof copy received. ISBN 9781529039450 • AbeBooks
- [19 Nov/5 Nov] Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops – Profile Books hardback, humorous nonfiction. More in the vein of this grumpy bookshop owner's Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller. ISBN 9781788166584 • AbeBooks
October 2020 - [31 Oct/12 Nov] David Keenan, Xstabeth – Orion/White Rabbit trade paperback, literary fantasy. ISBN 9781474617055 • AbeBooks
- [31 Oct/12 Nov] Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith, Inside No.9: The Scripts Series 1-3 – Hodder trade paperback, spinoff from BBC2/Netflix black comedy anthology series. ISBN 9781529349344 • AbeBooks
- [30 Oct/26 Nov] Dean Koontz, Elsewhere – Harper Voyager hardback, sf. ISBN 9780008291280 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008291303 • AbeBooks- [30 Oct/26 Nov] R.F. Kuang, The Burning God – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Third in "The Poppy War" trilogy. ISBN 9780008339142 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008339159 • AbeBooks- [30 Oct/26 Nov] Anna Stephens, The Stone Knife – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Songs of the Drowned" 1. ISBN 9780008404000 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008404017 • AbeBooks- [26 Oct/10 Nov] Andrew Shaffer, Secret Santa – Quirk Books trade paperback, supernatural horror comedy. ISBN 9781683692058 • AbeBooks
- [25 Oct/21 Jan] Louise Carey, Inscape – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. Proof copy received. ISBN 9781473232747 • AbeBooks
- [21 Oct/7 Aug] Steve Stiles, The Return of Hyper Comics – Thintwhistle Books, large format paperback, mostly graphic. A memorial collection of the late great fan artist's work, with appreciations by friends. ISBN 9798645729363 • AbeBooks
- [3 Oct/21 Jan] Clara O'Connor, Secrets of the Starcrossed – HarperCollins/One More Chapter, trade paperback, YA fantasy. "The Once and Future Queen" 1 ISBN 9780008407667 • AbeBooks
- [2 Oct/15 Oct] Christopher Priest, The Evidence – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. "Dream Archipelago" sequence. ISBN 9781473231375 • AbeBooks
- [1 Oct/21 Sep] Susanna Clarke, Piranesi – Bloomsbury hardback, fantasy or science fantasy. ISBN 9781635575637 • AbeBooks
September 2020 - [25 Sep/1 Oct] J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth – HarperCollins, hardback, fantasy collection. 40th anniversary illustrated edition of 1980 title. ISBN 9780008387952 • AbeBooks
- [18 Sep/26 Nov] Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys – Gollancz hardback, supernatural horror. Proof copy received. ISBN 9781473228726 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9781473228733 • AbeBooks- [19 Aug/15 Sep] Charles Platt, An Accidental Life Volume 3, 1970-1979: The Improvident Years – Charles Platt large-format paperback, autobiography. ISBN 9798676708122 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep/17 Sep] Celia Anderson, Cottage of Curiosities – HarperCollins, trade paperback, fantasy/romance. ISBN 9780008312824 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep/17 Sep] Nate Crowley, Notes from Small Planets – Harper Voyager, hardback, humorous nonfiction. Joke travel guide to lightly disguised locations in sf (generic space-opera galaxy redolent of Star Wars, generic superhero city) and fantasy (Hogwarts, Middle-earth, Westeros). ISBN 9780008306861 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep/3 Sep] John Howe, Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith, The Tolkien Calendar 2021 – HarperCollins, large-format calendar. ISBN 9780008387747 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep/3 Sep] Richard Kadrey, Ballistic Kiss – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, urban fantasy. "Sandman Slim" series. ISBN 9780008358693 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep/19 Sep] Kassandra Montag, After the Flood – HarperCollins/Borough Press, trade paperback, post-climate-change-disaster sf. ISBN 9780008319595 • AbeBooks
- [7 Sep/17 Sep] Amélie Wen Zhao, Blood Heir – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, fantasy. ISBN 9780008328047 • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep/15 Sep] Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Finished copy now received; two copies, in fact. ISBN 9780575095915 • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep/17 Sep] Chris Humphreys, The Coming of the Dark – Gollancz trade paperback, fantasy. "Immortal's Blood" 2. ISBN 9781473226067 • AbeBooks
August 2020 - [15 Aug/15 Sep] Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Proof copy received. ISBN 9780575095915 • AbeBooks
- [29 Mar/5 Aug] Charles Platt, An Accidental Life Volume 2, 1965-1970: The New Worlds Years – Charles Platt large-format paperback, autobiography. ISBN 9798632027571 • AbeBooks
- [3 Aug/13 Jul] Wendy Goucher and Jim Barker, Nettie in Cyberland – University of Buckingham Press paperback, nonfiction for young readers. ISBN 9781800319844 • AbeBooks
July 2020 - [30 Jul/5 Aug] Marc Burrows, The Magic of Terry Pratchett – Pen & Sword/White Owl hardback, nonfiction. A thoroughly researched biography that even mentions Ansible! ISBN 9781526765505 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jul/20 Aug] Marina J. Lostetter, Noumenon Ultra – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, sf. "Noumenon" 3. Eight copies received, with eight publicity sheets, in one huge box. ISBN 9780008412852 • AbeBooks
- [13 Jul/4 Jun] Kester Grant, The Court of Miracles – Harper Voyager hardback, alternate-historical fantasy. Second finished copy now received, goodness knows why. ISBN 9780008254773 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008254780 • AbeBooks- [10 Jul/23 Jul] Jay Kristoff, Truelif3 – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, sf. "Lifelik3" 3. ISBN 9780008301460 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul/9 Jul] Alex Myers, The Story of Silence – Harper Voyager hardback, medieval fantasy. ISBN 9780008352684 • AbeBooks
- [10 Jul/9 Jul] Jay Posey, Every Sky a Grave – Harper Voyager hardback, sf. "Ascendance" 1. ISBN 9780008327125 • AbeBooks
June 2020 - [25 Jun/9 Jun] Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton, American Gods 3 – Headline hardback, graphic novel adaptation. Volume 3 of 3. ISBN 9781472251381 • AbeBooks
- [12 Jun/30 Jan] Alejandra Guibert, The Vatican Games – Clink Street trade paperback, dystopian sf. ISBN 9781913136307 • AbeBooks
- [11 Jun/11 Jun] S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Daevabad Trilogy" 3. ISBN 9780008239497 • AbeBooks
- [11 Jun/4 Jun] Kester Grant, The Court of Miracles – Harper Voyager hardback, alternate-historical fantasy. Finished copy now received. ISBN 9780008254773 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008254780 • AbeBooks- [11 Jun/25 Jun] Jonathan Strahan, editor, The Book of Dragons – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy anthology. 29 stories (including some poems) plus introduction. ISBN 9780008331474 • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun/25 Jun] M. John Harrison, The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again – Gollancz hardback, unclassifiable. ISBN 9780575096356 • AbeBooks
- [1 Jun/11 Jun] Nalini Singh, Alpha Night – Gollancz hardback, paranormal romance. "Psy-Changeling" series. ISBN 9781473228115 • AbeBooks
May 2020 - [25 May/11 Jun] Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn – Harper Voyager, trade paperback, fantasy. "Nevernight" 3. Reissue of 2019 title. ISBN 9780008180119 • AbeBooks
- [25 May/11 Jun] Daniel H. Wilson, MICHAEL CRICHTON The Andromeda Evolution – HarperCollins trade paperback, sf/technothriller. Sequel to The Andromeda Strain. ISBN 9780008172992 • AbeBooks
- [4 May/28 May] Walker Dryden, The City of a Thousand Faces – Orion hardback, fantasy. "Tumanbay" series. ISBN 9781409187011 • AbeBooks
April 2020 - [27 Apr/14 May] George R.R. Martin and Melinda Snodgrass, ed., Three Kings – Harper Voyager hardback anthology, sf. "Wild Cards" superhero shared-world series. ISBN 9780008361488 • AbeBooks
- [14 Apr/7 May] Nick Martell, The Kingdom of Liars – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. Finished copy now received. ISBN 9781473225619 • AbeBooks
- [2 Apr/2 Apr] Tom Gauld, Department of Mind-Blowing Theories – Canongate hardback, cartoons from New Scientist. ISBN 9781786898050 • AbeBooks
- [29 Feb/2 Apr] Charles Platt, An Accidental Life Volume 1, 1944-1964: How I Failed at Almost Everything – Charles Platt large-format paperback, autobiography. ISBN 9798619871647 • AbeBooks [The author is about to release Volume 2 but tells me that unlike this one it cannot be distributed in the UK.]
March 2020 - [31 Mar/2 Jul] Jasper Fforde, The Constant Rabbit – Hodder hardback, alt-history sf. Proof copy received in a big box also containing pink paper "straw", a bookmark, a spoof anti-rabbit recruiting flyer and two Easter-bunny chocolate sweeties, which (in conjunction with the spoof anti-rabbit political tract sent separately a week or two ago) suggests that this one is getting a big push. ISBN 9781444763621 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9781444763638 • AbeBooks- [20 Mar/2 Apr] Claire McKenna, Monstrous Heart – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Finished copy now received. "Deepwater Trilogy" 1. ISBN 9780008337124 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008337131 • AbeBooks- [20 Mar/2 Apr] Anna Smith Spark, The House of Sacrifice – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Empires of Dust" 3. ISBN 9780008204150 • AbeBooks
- [16 Mar/7 Apr] Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires – Quirk Books trade paperback, supernatural horror. Finished copy now received. ISBN 9781683691457 • AbeBooks
- [13 Mar/16 Apr] Beth Cartwright, Feathertide – Del Rey hardback, fantasy. ISBN 9781529100662 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9781529100679 • AbeBooks- [13 Mar/16 Apr] Mur Lafferty, Minecraft: The Lost Journals – Arrow trade paperback, fantasy. Minecraft-based novelization. ISBN 9781784758677 • AbeBooks
- [11 Mar/4 Jun] Kester Grant, The Court of Miracles – Harper Voyager hardback, alternate-historical fantasy. Proof copy received. ISBN 9780008254773 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008254780 • AbeBooks
February 2020 - [27 Feb/19 Mar] Paul McAuley, War of the Maps – Gollancz trade paperback, sf. ISBN 9781473217348 • AbeBooks
- [14 Feb/13 Jun] Simon Turney, Commodus – Orion trade paperback, historical. "Damned [Roman] Emperors" series. ISBN 9781474607384 • AbeBooks
- [13 Feb/5 Mar] Daniel A. Cohen, Coldmyth – Harper Voyager trade paperback, fantasy. "Coldmaker" 3. ISBN 9780008207281 • AbeBooks
- [13 Feb/5 Mar] George R.R. Martin, adapted by Landry Q. Walker, art by Mel Rubi, A Clash of Kings Volume 2 – Harper Voyager hardback graphic novel, fantasy. "Game of Thrones" series. ISBN 9780008322151 • AbeBooks
- [13 Feb/19 Mar] Den Patrick, Stormtide – Harper Voyager paperback, fantasy. "Ashen Torment" 2. ISBN 9780008228194 • AbeBooks
- [13 Feb/20 Feb] Anna Stephens, Bloodchild – Harper Voyager paperback, fantasy. "Daevabad Trilogy" 3. Reissue of 2019 hardback title. ISBN 9780008216023 • AbeBooks
- [10 Feb/20 Feb] Sarah Davis-Goff, Last Ones Left Alive – Headline/Tinder Press trade paperback, sf. ISBN 9781472255235 • AbeBooks
- [5 Feb/20 Feb] Ben Aaronovitch, False Value – Gollancz hardback, fantasy. "Rivers of London" series. ISBN 9781473207851 • AbeBooks
- [5 Feb/27 Feb] Dan Vyleta, Soot – Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback, fantasy. Sequel to Smoke. ISBN 9780297609957 • AbeBooks
January 2020 - [25 Jan/20 Feb] S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper – Harper Voyager paperback, fantasy. "Daevabad Trilogy" 2. Reissue of 2019 hardback title. ISBN 9780008239473 • AbeBooks
- [25 Jan/20 Feb] Katherine Kerr, Sword of Fire – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Deverry" series. ISBN 9780008276751 • AbeBooks
- [13 Jan/2 Apr] Claire McKenna, Monstrous Heart – Harper Voyager hardback, fantasy. Proof copy received. "Deepwater Trilogy" 1. ISBN 9780008337124 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 9780008337131 • AbeBooks- [6 Jan/7 Apr] Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires – Quirk Books hardback, supernatural horror. Proof copy received. ISBN 9781683691433 • AbeBooks