Ansible Books Received,
2005
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 2005
- [31 Dec] Arthur C. Clarke and (shudder) Gentry Lee, Rama II --
Gollancz paperback sf. First published 1989. Sequel to Rendezvous With Rama.
ISBN 0575077220 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Philip K. Dick, The Cosmic Puppets -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. First published 1957.
ISBN 0575076704 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. First published 1969.
ISBN 0575074620 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Philip K. Dick, A Maze of Death -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. SF Masterworks #63. First published 1970.
ISBN 0575074612 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Terry Goodkind,
Chainfire -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Sword of Truth" 9.
First published 2005.
ISBN 0007145624 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora -- Gollancz hardback
fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled 20 July 2006. "Gentleman Bastard
Sequence" 1.
ISBN 0575076941 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback:
ISBN 0575078022 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Tom Lloyd, The Stormcaller -- Orion hardback fantasy.
Proof copy received; scheduled 16 March 2006.
ISBN 0575077263 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback:
ISBN 0575077271 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Ian R. MacLeod, The House of Storms -- Pocket Books
fantasy, paperback. Sequel to The Light Ages. First published 2005.
ISBN 0743462475 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Dan Simmons, The Endymion Omnibus -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. Comprises Endymion (1996) and The Rise of Endymion
(1997). Sequel to the Hyperion Chronicles, as below.
ISBN 0575076372 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion -- Gollancz paperback
sf. First published 1990. Second half of Hyperion, below.
ISBN 0575076380 • AbeBooks
- [31 Dec] Dan Simmons, Hyperion -- Gollancz paperback sf. First
published 1989.
ISBN 0575076372 • AbeBooks
- [15 Dec] Naomi Novik, Temeraire -- HarperCollins hardback;
historical fantasy. Finished copy now received.
ISBN 0007219091 • AbeBooks
- [12 Dec] Nigel Suckling (illustrated by Roger & Linda Garland), The
Dragon Tarot -- Cico Books paperback chapbook, boxed with Tarot pack. A "key
selling point" is that the new Harry Potter film has dragons in it and --
by gum -- so does this.
ISBN 1904991327 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 2.
ISBN 1841494100 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] Ashok K. Banker, Bridge of Rama -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "Ramayana" 5.
ISBN 1841493309 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] Jennifer Fallon,
Lord of the Shadows -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons"
3. First published 2003.
ISBN 1841493538 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] Barb & J.C. Hendee, Sister of the Dead -- Orbit
fantasy paperback.
ISBN 184149366X • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] Fiona McIntosh, Bridge of Souls -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. "Quickening" 3. First published 2004.
ISBN 1841493740 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] K.J. Parker,
Devices and Desires -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Engineer Trilogy"
1.
ISBN 1841492760 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] Richard Paul Russo,
The Rosetta Codex -- Orbit sf paperback.
ISBN 1841492981 • AbeBooks
- [10 Dec] Scott Westerfield,
The Risen Empire -- Orbit sf paperback. First published 2003 in USA as
The Risen Empire: Book 1 of Succession and The Killing of Worlds:
Book 2 of Succession.
ISBN 1841493724 • AbeBooks
November 2005
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, Alien Accounts --
Cosmos trade paperback sf. Reissue (first US edition) of 1982 collection.
Author's introduction and eight stories.
ISBN 1587154420 • AbeBooks
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, Keep the Giraffe Burning -- Cosmos trade
paperback sf. Reissue of 1977 collection. Author's introduction and seventeen
stories.
ISBN 1587154196 • AbeBooks
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, The Lunatics of Terra -- Cosmos trade
paperback sf. Reissue (first paperback, first US edition) of 1984 collection.
Eighteen stories with wry Sladekian afterwords.
ISBN 1587154102 • AbeBooks
- [28 Nov] John Sladek, The Steam-Driven Boy and other strangers --
Cosmos trade paperback sf. Reissue of 1972 collection. Twenty-three stories
including the ten classic sf parodies.
ISBN 0809550962 • AbeBooks
- [26 Nov] Neal Asher,
The Voyage of the Sable Keech -- Tor UK sf, hardback. Proof copy
received. Scheduled February 2006
ISBN 1405001402 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback:
ISBN 1405001410 • AbeBooks
- [26 Nov] Naomi Novik, Temeraire -- HarperCollins hardback;
historical fantasy. Proof copy received. Scheduled January 2006.
ISBN 0007219091 • AbeBooks
- [16 Nov] Greg Bear, Quantico -- HarperCollins hardback. Near-future
technothriller.
ISBN 0007129785 • AbeBooks
- [16 Nov] Amanda Hemingway, Traitor's Sword -- HarperCollins trade
paperback fantasy. "Sangreal Trilogy" 2.
ISBN 0007153880 • AbeBooks
- [5 Nov] James Barclay, Cry of the Newborn -- Gollancz trade
paperback fantasy. "Ascendants of Estorea" 1.
ISBN 0575076208 • AbeBooks
Also hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076178 • AbeBooks
- [5 Nov] Alastair Reynolds, Pushing Ice -- Gollancz hardback sf.
ISBN 0575074388 • AbeBooks
October 2005
- [29 Oct] Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril -- Egmont hardback.
"A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Twelfth."
ISBN 1405223375 • AbeBooks
- [29 Oct] Walter Jon Williams, Conventions of War -- Simon &
Schuster sf, trade paperback. "Dread Empire's Fall" 3.
ISBN 0743256778 • AbeBooks
- [26 Oct] David Britton & (illustrator) Kirs Guido, Fuck Off and Die
-- Savoy Books hardback graphic novel. Uninhibited sequel to Adventures of
Meng & Ecker; published April/May 2005, but a batch of review copies
reportedly went astray in the post.
ISBN 0861301137 • AbeBooks
- [26 Oct] Mark Gatiss & (illustrator) Ian Bass, The Vesuvius Club:
Graphic Edition -- Simon & Schuster paperback graphic novel. Adapted
from 2004 novel by Gatiss.
ISBN 0743276000 • AbeBooks
- [24 Oct] R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought -- Overlook
Press, trade paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 3. Proof copy
received; schedule January 2006.
ISBN 1585677051 • AbeBooks
- [24 Oct] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, 9tail Fox -- Gollancz sf,
hardback. Described as a "literary meld of noir crime, SF and Chinese myth."
Finished copy now received.
ISBN 0575076151 • AbeBooks
Also
"export trade paperback" (not seen):
ISBN 0575077131 • AbeBooks
- [24 Oct] Cleolinda Jones, Movies in Fifteen Minutes -- Gollancz "nonfiction",
hardback. Comically condensed scripts for ten big films, mostly sf/fantasy,
including "The Lord of the Rings (all three and probably in a bit
more than fifteen minutes)."
ISBN 0575076879 • AbeBooks
- [22 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Transcendent -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback. "Destiny's Children" 3.
ISBN 0575074310 • AbeBooks
Also hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575074302 • AbeBooks
- [22 Oct] Jim Butcher,
Death Masks -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
5. Reissue of 2003 title.
ISBN 184149402X • AbeBooks
- [22 Oct] Jim Butcher,
Blood Rites -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
6. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841494038 • AbeBooks
- [22 Oct] Colin Duriez,
A Field Guide to Narnia -- Sutton nonfiction hardback. First published
2004 in USA.
ISBN 0750938765 • AbeBooks
- [22 Oct] Jennifer Fallon,
Eye of the Labyrinth -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons"
2. First published 2003.
ISBN 184149352X • AbeBooks
- [22 Oct] Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Art of Discworld --
Gollancz large-format paperback, coffee-table volume. First published 2004.
ISBN 0575077123 • AbeBooks
- [19 Oct] Jennifer Fallon,
Lion of Senet -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons" 1.
First published 2002. Second copy received, for SFX review.
ISBN 1841493511 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct] Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. SF Masterworks #62. First published 1954.
ISBN 0575077085 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse --
Gollancz paperback parody. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575076925 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct] Alastair Reynolds, Century Rain -- Gollancz paperback sf.
First published 2004.
ISBN 0575076917 • AbeBooks
- [15 Oct] Kim Wilkins, Giants of the Frost -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy.
ISBN 0575077212 • AbeBooks
- [12 Oct] Daniel H. Wilson,
How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the
Coming Rebellion -- Bloomsbury "non-fiction" paperback. The title
says it all.
ISBN 0747580235 • AbeBooks
- [11 Oct] Justina Robson,
Living Next Door to the God of Love -- Macmillan sf hardback.
ISBN 1405021160 • AbeBooks
September 2005
- [24 Sep] Raymond E. Feist,
Flight of the Night Hawks -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Darkwar"
1 (but effectively "Conclave of Shadows" 4 since it appears to develop
plot elements left unresolved in that "trilogy"). The 2004 copyright
notice must be an error: the Acknowledgements page is dated 2005.
ISBN 000713374X • AbeBooks
- [24 Sep] Ursula Le Guin,
Gifts -- Orion trade paperback, fantasy. First published 2004.
ISBN 1842254980 • AbeBooks
- [24 Sep] Harry Turtledove,
Settling Accounts: Drive to the East -- Hodder & Stoughton sf
hardback. "The Great War" 8.
ISBN 0340826878 • AbeBooks
- [24 Sep] Harry Turtledove,
Worldwar: Homeward Bound -- Hodder sf paperback. "Worldwar" 8.
ISBN 0340734833 • AbeBooks
- [23 Sep] Jim Butcher,
Grave Peril -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
3. Reissue of 2001 title.
ISBN 1841494003 • AbeBooks
- [23 Sep] Jim Butcher,
Summer Knight -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
4. Reissue of 2002 title.
ISBN 1841494011 • AbeBooks
- [23 Sep] Jennifer Fallon,
Lion of Senet -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Second Sons" 1.
First published 2002.
ISBN 1841493511 • AbeBooks
- [23 Sep] Robert Jordan,
Knife of Dreams -- Orbit fantasy hardback. "Wheel of Time" 11.
ISBN 1841491632 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 1841491640 • AbeBooks
- [23 Sep] Andy Remic,
Warhead -- Orbit sf paperback. "Spiral" 3.
ISBN 1841491748 • AbeBooks
- [20 Sep] Oxford Dictionary of English (second edition, revised),
OUP hardback. Not actually a review copy but a freebie: in fact an Independent
on Sunday crossword prize. I gloat!
ISBN 0198610572 • AbeBooks
- [17 Sep] Peter F. Hamilton,
Judas Unchained -- Macmillan sf hardback. "Commonwealth Saga"
2, concluding the story begun in Pandora's Star. Finished copy now
received!
ISBN 1405000368 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback:
ISBN 1405000376 • AbeBooks
- [2 Sep] Jane Elliott,
The Little Prisoner, HarperElement trade paperback. "Devastating
true story" of child abuse and revenge. As with Yes, Please. Whatever!
(below), it seems that HarperCollins have mixed up their review lists.
ISBN 0007208936 • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep] M.M. Buckner, War Surf -- Ace paperback sf.
ISBN 0441013201 • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep] Arthur C. Clarke, The Ghost from the Grand Banks --
Gollancz paperback sf. First published 1990.
ISBN 0575076240 • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Stamping Butterflies -- Gollancz
sf, trade paperback. First published 2004.
ISBN 057507650X • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep] Adam Roberts, The Snow -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback.
First published 2004.
ISBN 0575076518 • AbeBooks
- [1 Sep] Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. SF Masterworks #61. First published 1989.
ISBN 0575076909 • AbeBooks
August 2005
- [26 Aug] Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson,
The Road to Dune -- Hodder sf, trade paperback. 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 0340837454 • AbeBooks
- [25 Aug] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, 9tail Fox -- Gollancz sf,
hardback. Described as a "literary meld of noir crime, SF and Chinese myth."
Proof copy received; scheduled 20 October.
ISBN 0575076151 • AbeBooks
Also
"export trade paperback":
ISBN 0575077131 • AbeBooks
- [25 Aug] Penny Palmano,
Yes, Please. Whatever! How to get the best out of your teenagers --
HarperThorsons trade paperback. God knows why a parenting manual by "the
expert on modern manners" should go to sf reviewers....
ISBN 0007210442 • AbeBooks
- [24 Aug] Jacqueline Carey,
Kushiel's Avatar -- Tor UK fantasy, paperback. "Kushiel" 3.
First published 2003.
ISBN 0330420011 • AbeBooks
- [24 Aug] Harry Turtledove, Out of the Darkness -- Pocket Books
fantasy paperback. #6 in alternate-fantasy-WWII "Darkness" series.
First published 2004.
ISBN 074346849X • AbeBooks
- [22 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Exultant -- Gollancz sf, paperback. "Destiny's
Children" 2. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575076550 • AbeBooks
- [22 Aug] James Lovegrove, Provender Gleed -- Gollancz sf (alternate
history), trade paperback. Finished copy now received.
ISBN 0575076844 • AbeBooks
Also hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076836 • AbeBooks
- [22 Aug] James Lovegrove, Worldstorm -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback.
ISBN 0575076569 • AbeBooks
- [18 Aug] James Lovegrove, Provender Gleed -- Gollancz sf (alternate
history), hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled 15 September.
ISBN 0575076836 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback:
ISBN 0575076844 • AbeBooks
- [22 Aug] Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates -- Gollancz trade paperback
fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #47. First published 1983.
ISBN 0575077255 • AbeBooks
- [22 Aug] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Sellamillion -- Gollancz
paperback parody. (Of some book by Tolkien.) Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575077077 • AbeBooks
- [18 Aug] Robert Scott & Jay Gordon, The Hickory Staff --
Gollancz fantasy, trade paperback. "Eldarn Sequence" 1.
ISBN 0575076070 • AbeBooks
Also hardback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076062 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop -- Overlook Press SF&F
Classics, trade paperback. Finished copy now received. Reissue of 1958 title.
ISBN 1585676837 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Jim Butcher,
Storm Front -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files"
1. Reissue of 2000 title.
ISBN 1841493988 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Jim Butcher,
Fool Moon -- Orbit fantasy/crime paperback. "Dresden Files" 2.
Reissue of 2001 title.
ISBN 1841493996 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Kate Elliott,
In the Ruins -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Crown of Stars"
6 (of 7).
ISBN 1841492728 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Raymond E. Feist,
Exile's Return -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows"
3. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0006483593 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Laurell K. Hamilton,
Incubus Dreams -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Anita Blake, Vampire
Hunter" 12. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841493171 • AbeBooks
- [16 Aug] Juliet McKenna,
Western Shore -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Aldabreshin Compass"
3.
ISBN 1841493767 • AbeBooks
- [12 Aug] Susanna Clarke,
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell -- Bloomsbury historical fantasy,
trade paperback. Reissue of the 2004 title which won the Best Novel Hugo at the
Worldcon last weekend in Glasgow.
ISBN 0747579881 • AbeBooks
- [11 Aug] Terry Brooks, Straken -- Pocket Books fantasy hardback. "High
Druid of Shannara" 3.
ISBN 0743259467 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0743259475 • AbeBooks
- [11 Aug] Deborah J. Miller,
Swarmthief's Dance -- Tor UK fantasy, trade paperback. "Swarmthief
Trilogy" 1.
ISBN 1405050748 • AbeBooks
- [11 Aug] Terry Pratchett,
Thud! -- Doubleday hardback fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled
October. A Discworld novel.
ISBN 0385608675 • AbeBooks
- [At Interaction] Pat & Dick Lupoff, ed.,
The Best of Xero -- Tachyon Press nonfiction, trade paperback. "Selections
from the Hugo Award Winning Magazine", i.e. fanzine.
ISBN 1892391171 • AbeBooks
- [2 Aug] Paul McAuley, Mind's Eye -- Pocket Books technothriller,
hardback. Finished copy now received.
ISBN 0743238877 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback:
ISBN 0743238885 • AbeBooks
July 2005
- [22 Jul] David Langford, The SEX Column and
other misprints -- Cosmos trade paperback, collecting my SFX
magazine columns and features since 1995.
ISBN 1930997787 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback:
ISBN 1930997779 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Orson Scott Card,
Shadow of the Giant -- Orbit sf hardback. "The Shadow Saga" 4;
spinoff from "Ender" series.
ISBN 1841492051 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 1841492345 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Sunstorm --
Gollancz sf, hardback. "A Time Odyssey" 2.
ISBN 0575075317 • AbeBooks
Also export trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076542 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Hal Duncan,
Vellum -- Macmillan fantasy hardback. "The Book of All Hours"
1.
ISBN 1405052082 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 1405053348 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Jennifer Fallon,
Harshini -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "The Demon Child" 3.
First published 2001.
ISBN 1841493287 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Peter F. Hamilton,
Judas Unchained -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled
October. "Commonwealth Saga" 2, concluding the story begun in Pandora's
Star. A second copy received!
ISBN 1405000368 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback:
ISBN 1405000376 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Ken MacLeod,
Learning the World -- Orbit sf hardback.
ISBN 1841493430 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Robert Rankin, The Brightonomicon -- Gollancz fantasy,
hardback.
ISBN 0575070099 • AbeBooks
Also export trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076682 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Geoff Ryman, AIR -- Gollancz sf, hardback. First published
2004.
ISBN 0575076976 • AbeBooks
Also export trade paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0575076984 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Charles Stross,
Accelerando -- Orbit sf hardback.
ISBN 1841493902 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jul] Charles Stross,
Iron Sunrise -- Orbit sf paperback. Sequel to Singularity Sky.
First published 2004.
ISBN 1841493368 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jul] J.K. Rowling,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- Bloomsbury hardback. #6.
ISBN 0747581088 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jul] Ben Bova,
Mercury -- Hodder sf paperback. "Grand Tour" sequence.
ISBN 034082395X • AbeBooks
- [12 Jul] "Jude Fisher", Rose of the World -- Simon &
Schuster fantasy, trade paperback. "Fool's Gold" 3
ISBN 074325936X • AbeBooks
- [11 Jul] David Langford, The Unseen
University Challenge -- Gollancz mini-hardback (in their "parody"
format). Reissue, with corrections and substantially improved design, of my 1996
Discworld quizbook.
ISBN 0575077034 • AbeBooks
- [5 Jul] Peter F. Hamilton,
Judas Unchained -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled
October. "Commonwealth Saga" 2, concluding the story begun in Pandora's
Star.
ISBN 1405000368 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback:
ISBN 1405000376 • AbeBooks
June 2005
- [29 Jun] Robin Hobb, Shaman's Crossing -- Voyager hardback
fantasy. "The Soldier Son" 1.
ISBN 0007196121 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jun] George Pendle,
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside
Parsons -- Weidenfeld & Nicolson biography, hardback.
ISBN 0297848534 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jun] Dan Simmons, Olympos -- Gollancz trade paperback sf.
Sequel to, or second half of, Ilium.
ISBN 0575072628 • AbeBooks
- [24 Jun] Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Monday Starts on Saturday --
Seagull Publishing, trade paperback fantasy. New translation by Andrew Bromfield
of 1964 title ("a sort of |Russian equivalent to Harry Potter") from a
new small press -- with the original Evgeny Migunov illustrations.
ISBN 0954336828 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jun] Kevin J. Anderson, Scattered Suns -- Pocket Books,
C-format sf paperback. "Saga of Seven Suns" 4.
ISBN 0743275446 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jun] Iain M. Banks,
The Algebraist -- Orbit sf, trade paperback. Neither the jacket nor the
press release mentions its Hugo nomination.
ISBN 1841492299 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jun] Steve Redwood, Who Needs Cleopatra? -- Reverb (imprint of
Osiris Press), paperback sf. Comic sf from a new small press.
ISBN 1905315031 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jun] R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet -- Orbit, C-format
trade paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 2.
ISBN 1841494097 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jun] Fiona McIntosh, Blood and Memory -- Orbit paperback,
fantasy. Sequel to Myrren's Gift; reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841493740 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jun] Sean Russell, The Shadow Road -- Orbit paperback, fantasy. "The
Swans' War" 3 (conclusion).
ISBN 1841492256 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jun] Allen Steele,
Coyote Rising -- Orbit sf, paperback. Reissue of 2004 title: fix-up of 8
short stories, 7 previously published in Asimov's.
ISBN 1841493686 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jun] Tricia Sullivan, Double Vision -- Orbit, C-format trade
paperback, sf.
ISBN 1841493376 • AbeBooks
- [4 Jun] Sophia McDougall,
Romanitas -- fantasy/alternate history, Orion hardback: finished copy
now received. A first novel, opening a trilogy.
ISBN 075286078X • AbeBooks
Also "export paperback":
ISBN 0752868492 • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun] Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Time's Eye --
Gollancz sf, paperback. "A Time Odyssey" 1. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 057507647X • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun] Ken Grimwood, Replay -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy.
Fantasy Masterworks #45. First published 1986.
ISBN 0575075597 • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun] Guy Gavriel Kay, The Last Light of the Sun -- Pocket Books
historical fantasy, paperback.
ISBN 0743484231 • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun] "Robertski Brothers" (Adam Roberts), The McAtrix
Derided -- Gollancz small-format paperback. Parodies all three Matrix
films, apparently, in the general manner of Bored of the Rings. Reissue
of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575076674 • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun] Chris Wooding, The Skein of Lament -- Gollancz fantasy,
paperback. "The Braided Path" 2. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575076461 • AbeBooks
- [2 Jun] David Zindell, Black Jade -- Voyager fantasy, C-format
paperback. "Ea Cycle" 3. following The Lightstone and Lord
of Lies.
ISBN 0002247607 • AbeBooks
Also hardback, not seen:
ISBN 0002247593 • AbeBooks
- [1 Jun] Arrand Pritchard, Sauria -- Etchelon Press sf, spiral-bound
paperback. Apparently self-published.
ISBN 0954962001 • AbeBooks
May 2005
- [26 May] Gwyneth Jones, Band of Gypsys -- Gollancz sf/fantasy,
trade paperback. Bold As Love sequence #4.
ISBN 0575070447 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback, not seen:
ISBN 0575070439 • AbeBooks
- [26 May] Chris Wooding, The Ascendancy Veil -- Gollancz fantasy,
trade paperback. "The Braided Path" 3.
ISBN 0575074469 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback, not seen:
ISBN 0575074450 • AbeBooks
- [25 May] Philip K. Dick, In Milton Lumky Territory -- Gollancz
trade paperback. Reissue of 1985 title.
ISBN 0575074655 • AbeBooks
- [25 May] Philip K. Dick, Mary and the Giant -- Gollancz trade
paperback. Reissue of 1987 title.
ISBN 0575074663 • AbeBooks
- [25 May] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War -- Gollancz sf paperback.
Reissue of 1997 title.
ISBN 0575600616 • AbeBooks
- [25 May] Larry Niven, Ringworld -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF
Masterworks #60. First published 1970.
ISBN 0575077026 • AbeBooks
- [25 May] Christopher Priest, The Glamour -- Gollancz sf, trade
paperback. Latest revision of 1984 title.
ISBN 0575075791 • AbeBooks
- [25 May] "A3R Roberts", Star Warped -- Gollancz hardback
parody. (Of some movies by George Lucas.)
ISBN 0575076887 • AbeBooks
- [24 May] R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before --
Overlook Press, trade paperback, fantasy. "The Prince of Nothing" 1.
Reissue of 2003 title.
ISBN 1585676772 • AbeBooks
- [23 May] Kelley Armstrong, Haunted -- Orbit fantasy paperback.
ISBN 1841493414 • AbeBooks
- [23 May] R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before -- Orbit
fantasy paperback. "The Prince of Nothing" 1. Reissue of 2003 title.
ISBN 1841494089 • AbeBooks
- [23 May] Marianne de Pierre, Crash Deluxe -- Orbit sf paperback. "Parrish
Plessis" 3.
ISBN 1841492582 • AbeBooks
- [23 May] Barb & J.C. Hendee, Thief of Lives -- Orbit fantasy
paperback.
ISBN 1841493651 • AbeBooks
- [23 May] Ian Irvine, Chimaera -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "The
Well of Echoes" 4. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841493252 • AbeBooks
- [11 May] Kevin J. Anderson, Horizon Storms -- Pocket Books sf
paperback. "Saga of Seven Suns" 3.
ISBN 0743430670 • AbeBooks
- [11 May] Dave Hutchinson, As the Crow Flies -- BeWrite Books, trade
paperback. Collection of 15 sf/fantasy stories.
ISBN 1904492231 • AbeBooks
- [5 May] Emmanuel Carrère,
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
-- Bloomsbury nonfiction, hardback. Biography.
ISBN 0747569193 • AbeBooks
Also paperback (not seen):
ISBN 0747574111 • AbeBooks
- [3 May] Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop -- Overlook Press SF&F Classics,
trade paperback. Proof copy; scheduled July 2005. Reissue of 1958 title.
ISBN 1585676837 • AbeBooks
April 2005
- [25 Apr] Mark Chadbourn, The Hounds of Avalon -- Gollancz fantasy,
trade paperback. "The Dark Age" 3.
ISBN 0575072784 • AbeBooks
Also
hardback, not seen:
ISBN 0575072776 • AbeBooks
- [25 Apr] Michael Cobley, Shadowmasque -- Pocket Books fantasy,
trade paperback. "Shadowkings" 3.
ISBN 0743238877 • AbeBooks
- [25 Apr] Paul McAuley, Mind's Eye -- Pocket Books technothriller,
hardback. Proof copy received.
ISBN 0743238877 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback:
ISBN 0743238885 • AbeBooks
- [25 Apr] Bénédicte Newland & Pascale Smets, And God
Created the Au Pair -- HarperCollins Perennial, trade paperback. Domestic
humour, apparently, based on Times column "Disp@tches from the Home
Front". God knows why I have a review copy of this!
ISBN 0007185200 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Gregory Benford, The Sunborn -- Orbit paperback sf.
ISBN 1841491764 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Eric Brown, The Fall of Tartarus -- Gollancz paperback sf.
ISBN 0575076186 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Robert Carter, The Giants' Dance -- Voyager hardback;
Arthurian fantasy. "The Language of Stones" 2.
ISBN 0007169428 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] James Clemens, Shadowfall -- Orbit trade paperback
fantasy. "Godslayer" 1.
ISBN 1841493945 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth -- Gollancz
fantasy, trade paperback. "Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" 1.
Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575075988 • AbeBooks
Also "export trade paperback" (not seen):
ISBN 0575075996 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Mark Chadbourn, The Queen of Sinister -- Gollancz
paperback fantasy. "The Dark Age", book 2.
ISBN 0575076534 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] M. John Harrison, Anima -- Gollancz trade paperback.
Omnibus comprising The Course of the Heart (1992) and Signs of Life
(1997).
ISBN 0575075945 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Va Dinci Cod -- Gollancz
hardback parody. (Of some book by Dan Brown.)
ISBN 0575077190 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Martin Scott, Thraxas Under Siege -- Orbit paperback
fantasy. "Thraxas" comic fantasy #8.
ISBN 184149254X • AbeBooks
- [15 Apr] Steph Swainston, No Present Like Time -- Gollancz hardback
fantasy. Sequel to The Year of Our War.
ISBN 0575070064 • AbeBooks
Also export trade paperback:
ISBN 0575076410 • AbeBooks
- [18 Apr] Steph Swainston, The Year of Our War -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575076429 • AbeBooks
- [11 Apr] Terry Brooks, Tanequil -- Pocket Books fantasy paperback. "High
Druid of Shannara" 2.
ISBN 0743414985 • AbeBooks
- [9 Apr] Sophia McDougall,
Romanitas -- fantasy/alternate history. Orion proof copy. Hardback
scheduled 16 June 2005. A first novel, opening a trilogy.
ISBN 075286078X • AbeBooks
Also "export paperback":
ISBN 0752868492 • AbeBooks
- [7 Apr] Julian May,
Ironcrown Moon -- Voyager fantasy, trade paperback. "The Boreal
Moon Tale" 2. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0007123221 • AbeBooks
- [7 Apr] Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen,
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch -- Ebury Press, hardback.
Another sandwich of Discworld fantasy and pop-science.
ISBN 0091898234 • AbeBooks
- [7 Apr] Adam Stemple,
Singer of Souls -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August
2005. A first novel.
ISBN 0765311704 • AbeBooks
March 2005
- [Late Mar] Diana Wynne Jones,
Conrad's Fate -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Chrestomanci"
sequence, chronologically following The Lives of Christopher Chant.
ISBN 0007190859 • AbeBooks
- [Late Mar] Gene Wolfe,
Innocents Aboard -- fantasy, horror and supernatural collection, Tor Orb
trade paperback. Introduction and 22 stories.
ISBN 076530791X • AbeBooks
- [Late Mar] Gene Wolfe,
The Wizard -- fantasy, Tor hardback. "The Wizard Knight" 2.
ISBN 0765312018 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] Ashok Banker,
Armies of Hanuman -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Ramayana"
4.
ISBN 1841493295 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] Charlaine Harris,
Dead to the World -- Orbit horror/crime paperback. "Sookie
Stackhouse Vampire Mystery" 4. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841493708 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] Larry Niven,
Ringworld's Children -- Orbit sf paperback. "Ringworld" 4.
Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 1841492221 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle,
Burning Tower -- Orbit fantasy hardback. Sequel to The Burning City.
ISBN 1841490725 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] K.J. Parker,
Devices and Desires -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Engineer
Trilogy" 1.
ISBN 1841492752 • AbeBooks
- [20 Mar] Sean Stewart,
Firecracker -- Weidenfeld & Nicolson supernatural thriller,
hardback.
ISBN 0297848267 • AbeBooks
- [12 Mar] Sarah Micklem,
Firethorn -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Opens a trilogy.
ISBN 0007203969 • AbeBooks
- [11 Mar] "Verity Stob",
The Best of Verity Stob -- Apress trade paperback. Heartbreaking columns
of staggering genius from various computer magazines beginning with .EXE,
where the Stob section was the one reliably funny bit. (A couple of flatterers
-- I'm looking at you, Mr Pratchett -- have ascribed these pieces to me. Alas,
not so.)
ISBN 1590594428 • AbeBooks
- [10 Mar] Raymond E. Feist,
Exile's Return -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Conclave of
Shadows" 3. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0002246872 • AbeBooks
- [4 Mar] Glen Cook,
The Tyranny of the Night -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled
June 2005. "Instrumentalities of the Night" 1.
ISBN 0765306840 • AbeBooks
- [4 Mar] Dean Koontz & Kevin J. Anderson,
Prodigal Son -- Voyager paperback horror. Book 1 of "Dean Koontz's
Frankenstein".
ISBN 0007203136 • AbeBooks
- [4 Mar] Timothy Zahn,
Dragon and Slave -- YA sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled June 2005.
"Dragonback" 3.
ISBN 0765301261 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Gwyneth Jones, Divine Endurance -- Gollancz paperback
sf/fantasy. Reissue of 1984 title.
ISBN 0575070129 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] John Marco, The Devil's Armour -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy. Reissue of 2003 (2004 UK) title.
ISBN 0575076291 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Dan Simmons, Song of Kali -- Gollancz trade paperback
fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #44. First published 1985.
ISBN 0575076593 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Sheri S. Tepper, The Companions -- Gollancz paperback sf.
Reissue of 2003 (2004 UK) title.
ISBN 0575076283 • AbeBooks
- [3 Mar] Kim Wilkins, The Autumn Castle -- Gollancz paperback
fantasy. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0575076488 • AbeBooks
- [2 Mar] Martin Sketchley, The Destiny Mask -- Simon & Schuster
sf, trade paperback. Sequel to The Affinity Trap
ISBN 0743256808 • AbeBooks
February 2005
- [28 Feb] Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson,
Dune: The Battle of Corrin -- NEL sf paperback. "Legends of Dune 3",
following on from The Butlerian Jihad and The Machine Crusade.
Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0340823380 • AbeBooks
- [28 Feb] Richard Morgan, Woken Furies -- Gollancz sf hardback.
Finished copy now received. Third Takeshi Kovacs novel.
ISBN 057507325X • AbeBooks
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export trade paperback:
ISBN 0575073268 • AbeBooks
- [25 Feb] David Farland, The Lair of Bones -- Pocket Books fantasy
paperback. "Runelords" 4.
ISBN 0671029517 • AbeBooks
- [23 Feb] Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, eds, Terry
Pratchett: Guilty of Literature -- Old Earth Books hardback. 2004 expansion
of 2000 SF Foundation paperback critical collection, with revised Langford
introduction.
ISBN 1882968328 • AbeBooks
- [23 Feb] Kenneth Morris, Book of the Three Dragons -- Cold Spring
Press classic fantasy, trade paperback, 2004. This is the first full text, with
55 pages of material cut (apparently for length reasons) from the 1930 first
edition. And it quotes me on the back cover, too!
ISBN 1593600275 • AbeBooks
- [18 Feb] Jane Lindskold,
Child of a Rainless Year -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled
May 2005.
ISBN 0765309378 • AbeBooks
- [14 Feb] Ian McDonald, River of Gods -- Pocket Books sf, trade
paperback.
ISBN 0743404009 • AbeBooks
- [12 Feb] Ian Christie,
The Franklin Saga -- Athena Press sf, trade paperback. For SFX
review. The bastards.
ISBN 1844013332 • AbeBooks
- [7 Feb] Chris Bunch,
The Last Battle -- Orbit sf paperback. "Dragonmaster" 3.
Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 184149223X • AbeBooks
- [7 Feb] Stan Nicholls,
Quicksilver Zenith -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Quicksilver"
book 2.
ISBN 0007141521 • AbeBooks
- [7 Feb] Charles Stross,
Iron Sunrise -- Orbit sf hardback. Sequel to Singularity Sky.
First published 2004 in USA.
ISBN 184149335X • AbeBooks
- [7 Feb] Scott Westerfield,
The Risen Empire -- Orbit sf, C-format paperback. First published 2003
in USA as The Risen Empire: Book 1 of Succession and The Killing of
Worlds: Book 2 of Succession.
ISBN 1841493716 • AbeBooks
- [5 Feb] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker Coda -- Roc hardback sf. The
covering letter from the author helpfully informs me that "you die
horribly. Again. See Chapter Three ..." Gee, thanks.
ISBN 0451460111 • AbeBooks
- [4 Feb] Kristen Britain, First Rider's Call -- Pocket Books
paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2003 title. Sequel to Green Rider.
ISBN 0743408942 • AbeBooks
- [4 Feb] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Pocket Books
paperback sf. Reissue of 2004 title.
ISBN 0743468481 • AbeBooks
January 2005
- [31 Jan] Ben Bova,
Mercury -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2005.
ISBN 0765304120 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] Jeff Mariotte,
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: The Attitude of Silence -- sf. Tor proof
copy. Hardback scheduled May 2005.
ISBN 0765304872 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] A. Lee Martinez,
Gil's All Fright Diner -- fantasy/horror. Tor proof copy. Hardback
scheduled May 2005.
ISBN 0765311437 • AbeBooks
Also
trade paperback:
ISBN 0765314711 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] Andre Norton,
Beast Master's Planet -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May
2005. Omnibus of The Beast Master (1959) and Lord of Thunder
(1962).
ISBN 0765313278 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] Andre Norton,
Three Hands for Scorpio -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April
2005. First solo novel in more than five years.
ISBN 0765304643 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] Robert Reed,
The Well of STarts -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2005.
Sequel to Marrow.
ISBN 0765308606 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jan] Dr Jeff VanderMeer & Dr Mark Roberts, eds, The Thackery T.
Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases -- Macmillan
hardback. At last, my contributor's copy of the first British edition!
ISBN 140504960X • AbeBooks
- [17 Jan] Raymond E. Feist,
King of Foxes -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows"
2.
ISBN 0006483585 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan] Terry Goodkind,
Chainfire -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Although the blurb implies a
standalone novel ("... a powerful new story set in a fascinating world ..."),
this is in fact "Sword of Truth" book 9.
ISBN 0007145608 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan] Tom Holt,
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard -- Orbit fantasy, hardback. Sequel to The
Portable Door and In Your Dreams.
ISBN 1841492817 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan] Fiona McIntosh,
Mirren's Gift -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. Reissue of 2003 title.
ISBN 1841493732 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan] Allen Steele,
Coyote -- Orbit sf, paperback. Reissue of 2002 title, fix-up of 8 short
stories from (mostly) Asimov's.
ISBN 1841493678 • AbeBooks
- [14 Jan] Charles Stross,
Singularity Sky -- Orbit sf paperback. Our Charlie's first novel. First
published 2003 in USA, 2004 UK.
ISBN 1841493341 • AbeBooks
- [13 Jan] Kim Stanley Robinson, Forty Signs of Rain -- HarperCollins
paperback. Climatic disaster novel. Reissue of 2004 title..
ISBN 0007148887 • AbeBooks
- [7 Jan] Graham Joyce, The Limits of Enchantment -- Gollancz
hardback. "Will be submitted for the Booker Prize." Finished copy now
received.
ISBN 0575072318 • AbeBooks
- [6 Jan] Ian R. MacLeod, The House of Storms -- Simon & Schuster
fantasy, hardback. Sequel to The Light Ages.
ISBN 0743256727 • AbeBooks