And in case anyone's curious about what I've been reading lately, fiction titles have included:

• The Moment of Eclipse, short stories by Brian Aldiss (first published in 1970, reprinted in 2000 by House of Stratus, UK). I picked this up on the recommendation of Fantastic Metropolis mastermind Gabriel Chouinard, and was not disappointed. Some excellent stuff in here, still relevant 30 years on. Some very cool images that will probably never leave me. Recommended reading.
• Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, USA, 2001). This is the author responsible for Fight Club, which was a brilliant movie that I almost didn't see because it didn't look at all interesting to me but turned out to be nothing like what I was expecting. Choke is likewise clever and twisted and not quite what you're expecting -- whatever that may be. If you liked Fight Club (novel or movie) you should enjoy Choke. Nothing to do with SF; it's just a good book I read recently. Thought you might like to know about it.
• Shadows Bend by David Barbour and Richard Raleigh (Ace, October 2000, USA). A story of eldritch horror, starring H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. I really wanted this to be a good book. It wasn't. I suppose it could be fun if you read it in the right spirit, but Barbour & Raleigh just didn't measure up to the writers they were trying to emulate.
• King Rat by China Miéville (Tor, 2000, USA - previously published by in the UK by Macmillan, 1998). This was the first novel by the author of the utterly brilliant Perdido Street Station (2000). King Rat is a good book, and an exceptionally good first novel. But it's not utterly brilliant. You can see the progression, which makes me very excited about his forthcoming third novel. But I think New Crobuzon is infinitely richer than the London setting of King Rat.

Enough about my reading. On to the books... (Books are listed alphabetically by author. Only books received are noted.)

Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson
Earthlight, Simon & Schuster (hc & trade, 679 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 1 July 2002, UK

To Warm the Earth (The Gendering Series, Book 2) by David Belden
ViviSphere Publishing (trade, 370 pages)
Publication date: 1 April 2002, USA

A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
SF Masterworks # 49, Gollancz (trade, 224 pages)
Publication date: 14 March 2002, UK
   First published in 1961.

Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind by J.A. Cullum
Edge (trade, 331 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 15 May 2002, USA & Canada
   Newest fantasy release from Canadian publisher who first brought us Marie Jakober's The Black Chalice.

Enchanter (The Wayfarer Redemption, Book 2) by Sara Douglass
Tor (mm, 669 pages)
Publication date: April 2002, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Battleaxe, Book 1

Sorcery Rising (Fool's Gold, Book 1) by Jude Fisher
Earthlight, Simon & Schuster (hc & trade, 512 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 3 June 2002, UK

Stormrider by David Gemmell
Bantam Press (trade, 446 pages)
Publication date: 2002, UK & Canada

A Dragon's Ascension by Ed Greenwood
Tor (hc, 336 pages)
Publication date: March 2002, USA & Canada

Effendi: The Second Arabesk by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Earthlight, Simon & Schuster (hc, 376 pages)
Publication date: April 2002, UK
   This arrived together with the previous volume in the series, Pashazade, in what has to be the coolest, cleverest, most intriguing promo package I've seen.
SF Site Review of Pashazade

Vanessa by David L. Howells
Protea Publishing (hc & trade, 368 pages)
Publication date: 2001, USA

A Scattering of Jades by Alexander C. Irvine
Tor (hc, 448 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): July 2002, USA & Canada

The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce
Gollancz (trade, 320 pages)
Publication date: 28 March 2002, UK
SF Site Review

The Glasswrights' Journeyman by Mindy L. Klasky
Roc (mm, 352 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 4 June 2002, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of The Glasswrights' Progress

The Ancient (Children of the Dark Millennium, Book 1) by Steven Macon
Xlibris (trade, 492 pages)
Publication date: 2001, USA

On a Planet Alien by Barry N. Malzberg
ibooks (trade, 427 pages)
Publication date: 30 April 2002, USA & Canada & UK
   Contains the novels Scop (1976), In the Enclosure (1973) and On a Planet Alien (1974).

Sabriel by Garth Nix
Collins Children's Books (hc, 367 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 2 September 2002, UK

The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Roc (mm, 384 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 2 July 2002, USA & Canada

The Devil in Manhattan by Mark Shaw
RFI West Publications (trade p.o.d. & e-book, 275 pages)
Publication date: February 2002, USA

Boss Tweed's Dinosaurs by A.L. Sirois
Hard Shell Word Factory (e-book, 131 pages)
Publication date: 2002, USA
SF Site Review of Blood Relations, a previous novel from SF Site reviewer A.L. Sirois.

The Emperor of Dreams by Clark Ashton Smith
Edited with an afterword by Stephen Jones
Fantasy Masterworks #26, Victor Gollancz (trade, 580 pages)
Publication date: 2002, UK

Tainted Trail by Wen Spencer
Roc (mm, 320 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 4 June 2002, USA & Canada

Rulers of the Darkness by Harry Turtledove
Tor (hc, 576 pages)
Publication date: April 2002, USA & Canada

Worlds That Weren't with novellas by Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, Mary Gentle and Walter Jon Williams
Roc (hc, 304 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 2 July 2002, USA & Canada

Lyoness: Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Fantasy Masterworks #27, Gollancz (trade, 436 pages)
Publication date: 14 March 2002, UK
   First published in 1983.

The Great Escape by Ian Watson Golden Gryphon (hc, 283 pages)
Publication date: May 2002, USA & Canada

The Golden Age by John C. Wright
Tor (hc, 336 pages)
Publication date: April 2002, USA & Canada

A Sorcerer's Treason by Sarah Zettel
Tor (hc, 527 pages)
Publication date: April 2002, USA & Canada

Magazines

Analog, May 2002, USA & Canada
Contributors to this issue include: Dave Creek, Stephen L. Burns, Bud Sparhawk, Mike Moscoe, Jerry Oltion, Shane Tourtellotte.

Asimov's Science Fiction, May 2002, USA & Canada
Contributors to this issue include: Ian R. MacLeod, Tom Purdom, Gregory Frost, Eleanor Arnason, Nancy Kress, Michael Swanwick.

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2002, USA & Canada
Contributors to this issue include: Paul Di Filippo, Alex Irvine, Richard Bowes, William Browning Spencer, Jeffrey Ford, Don Webb, Robert Reed.

Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2002, USA & Canada
Contributors to this issue include: Ron Wolfe, David Prill, Sheila Finch, Yoon Ha Lee, John Morressy, Robert Sheckley, Scott Bradfield, Donald Barr.

Interzone, March 2002, UK
Contributors to this issue include: Michael Swanwick, Brian Stableford, James Lovegrove, Paul Di Filippo, Paul Park, and an interview with Kim Stanley Robinson.