Before we get to those, I want to take a moment to recommend a couple of books I've recently read:

• Three Days to Never by Tim Powers (Subterranean Press, hc, 344 pages, May 2006, USA; also available from William Morrow, hc, 420 pages, August 2006, USA)
      Frank Marrity and his 12-year-old daughter Daphne have developed a limited telepathy with each other. Marrity's grandmother who raised him disappears under mysterious circumstances and later turns up dead, several hundred miles away. Suddenly covert organizations are trying to find out something from Marrity and his daughter that they don't know. Everyone is interested in something in grandma's shed, but no one knows quite what. This book has everything from Einstein to action-adventure, buried treasure to lucid dreaming espionage, time travel to Charlie Chaplin. This novel is a head-spinner for sure -- Tim Powers is in finest form.

• Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo (Ace, mm, 370 pages, January 2002, USA & Canada)
      I no longer recall when or even how this book slipped into my collection, but damn what a good read! It's the story of a starship travelling through the galaxy for so many generations that no one remembers what their original mission was. Now they wander, without any real agenda, other than to keep going. However, the class system that has evolved on the starship is breeding resentment against the elite. After centuries without any outside contact, excitement is stirred when they begin to receive a regular signal from a habitable planet orbiting a nearby star. Excitement turns to horror at what they discover. Then a new discovery engenders mixed reactions. It's hard to say too much more without spoiling the surprises, which are part of what makes this such a terrific book. I highly recommend this one.
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Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge edited by Lou Anders
Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 320 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): February 2007, USA
    New stories from Robert Charles Wilson, Justina Robson, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robyn Hitchcock, Kage Baker, Tony Ballantyne, Elizabeth Bear, Stephen Baxter, A.M. Dellamonica, Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper, Louise Marley, Ken MacLeod, Mike Resnick & Nancy Kress, Ian McDonald, Pamela Sargent, Mary A. Turzillo, George Zebrowski, Gene Wolfe, John Meaney, and Paul Di Philippo.

And Your Point Is? (Scorn & Meaning in Jeff Lint's Fiction) edited by Steve Aylett
Raw Dog Screaming Press (hc & trade, 112 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): February 2007, USA
    From the author of Lint comes this book of essays on the impact of fictional author Jeff Lint's fictional fiction.

Carnival by Elizabeth Bear
Bantam Spectra (mm, 395 pages)
Publication date: 5 December 2006, USA & Canada

The Tower of Shadows by Drew C. Bowling
Ballantine Books, Del Rey (hc, 286 pages)
Publication date: 12 December 2006, USA & Canada

House of Dark Delights by Louisa Burton
Bantam Books (trade, 352 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 30 January 2007, USA & Canada

Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Harcourt (trade 320 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): April 2007, USA & Canada
    For readers 12 and up.

Lord of the Silent Kingdom: The Instrumentalities of the Night, Book 2 by Glen Cook
Tor  (hc, 496 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): February 2007, USA & Canada

Shanghaied to the Moon by Michael J. Daley
G.P. Putnam's Sons, Penguin Young Readers (trade, 256 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 3 January 2007, USA & Canada

Iris, Messenger by Sarah Deming
Harcourt (trade, 224 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): May 2007, USA & Canada
    For ages 10 and up.

Ink: The Book of All Hours, Book 2 by Hal Duncan
Del Rey (trade, 544 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 27 February 2007, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Book 1, Vellum

Spirit Gate: Crossroads, Book 1 by Kate Elliott
Tor (hc, 447 pages)
Publication date: 17 October 2006, USA & Canada

Sons of the Oak: The Runelords, Book 5 by David Farland
Tor (hc, 383 pages)
Publication date: 14 November 2006, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Book 1, The Sum of All Men

Breakfast With the Ones You Love by Eliot Fintushel
Bantam Spectra (trade, 288 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 6 March 2007, USA

Please Don't Eat the Children: Secrets of Dripping Fang, Book 7 by Dan Greenburg
Harcourt (trade, 160 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): April 2007, USA & Canada
    For ages 8 to 12.
SF Site Review of Book 2, Treachery and Betrayal at Jolly Days

Peace and War by Joe Haldeman
Gollancz (trade, 697 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, UK
    Omnibus edition, previously published separately as The Forever War (1974), Forever Free (1999), and Forever Peace (1997).
SF Site Review of The Forever War

SF Site Review of Forever Free

SF Site Review of Forever Peace

Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton
Ballantine Books (hc, 214 pages)
Publication date: 19 December 2006, USA & Canada

Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
Victor Gollancz (hc, 247 pages)
Publication date: 9 November 2006, UK
    Sequel to Light (2002).
SF Site Review of Light

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Harcourt (trade, 560 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): June 2007, USA & Canada
    For ages 12 and up.

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
Firebird, Penguin (trade, 236 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA
    First published in 1996, this edition has been revised and updated.
SF Site Review of the unrevised & outdated edition

This Forsaken Earth: The Sea Beggars, Book 2 by Paul Kearney
Bantam Spectra (trade, 319 pages)
Publication date: 5 December 2006, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Book 1, The Mark of Ran

Jinx High by Mercedes Lackey
Tor (trade, 335 pages)
Publication date: 31 October 2006, USA & Canada

Khai of Khem by Brian Lumley
Tor (trade, 320 pages)
Publication date: 17 October 2006, USA

Sorcery in Shad: Tales of the Primal Land, Vol. 3 by Brian Lumley
Tor (hc, 272 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA

The Word of the Eagle edited by Skoor B. Malie
(trade, 156 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA
    "Your Freedom Is a Myth." Presumably subversive speculative fiction about the current US administration; no publisher or author is indicated. Seeing this kind of thing makes me glad I don't live in the US.

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction edited by George Mann
Solaris Books (mm, 416 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 5 February 2007, USA & Canada
    Original stories from Jeffrey Thomas, Neal Asher, Jay Lake & Greg van Eekhout, James Lovegrove, Paul Di Philippo, Peter F. Hamilton, Adam Roberts, Stephen Baxter, Ian Watson, Mike Resnick & David Gerrold, Mary Turzillo, Brian Aldiss, Keith Brooke, Simon Ings, Tony Ballantyne, and Eric Brown.

The Summoner: The Chronicles of the Necromancer, Book 1 by Gail Martin
Solaris Books (mm, 544 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 5 February 2007, USA & Canada

Unforgiven by Lindsay McKenna
Nocturne, Silhouette Books (mm, 296 pages)
Publication date: October 2006, USA & Canada
    "Paranormal romance."

Soarer's Choice: The Corean Chronicles, Book 6 by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Tor (hc, 540 pages)
Publication date: 14 November 2006, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Book 1, Legacies

Command Decision: Vatta's War, Book 4 by Elizabeth Moon
Del Rey (hc, 400 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 27 February 2007, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of Book 3, Engaging the Enemy

A March Into Darkness: The Destinies of Blood and Stone, Book 2 by Robert Newcomb
Del Rey (hc, 656 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 7 February 2007, USA & Canada
SF Site Review of The Chronicles of Blood and Stone, Book 3

Jango: The Noble Warriors, Book 2 by William Nicholson
Harcourt (trade, 416 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): June 2007, USA & Canada
    Teen fantasy, for readers 12 and up.

Spellbinder by Melanie Rawn
Tor (hc, 396 pages)
Publication date: 17 October 2006, USA & Canada

Starship: Pirate, Book 2 of the Starship Series by Mike Resnick
Pyr, Prometheus Books (hc, 300 pages)
Publication date: December 2006, USA
SF Site Review of Book 1, Starship: Mutiny

Mark of Chaos by Anthony Reynolds
Warhammer, Black Library (mm, 410 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, USA & Canada
    Novelization of Namco Bandai's computer game.

Map of Dreams stories by M. Rickert
Golden Gryphon (hc, 316 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, USA & Canada

Gradisil by Adam Roberts
Gollancz (trade, 458 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, UK

Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson
Bantam Spectra (hc, 416 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 6 March 2007, USA

Keeping it Real: Quantum Gravity, Book 1 by Justina Robson
Gollancz (trade, 279 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, UK
SF Site Review

Horizons by Mary Rosenblum
Tor (hc, 320 pages)
Publication date: 11 November 2006, USA & Canada

Endymion by Dan Simmons
Gollancz (mm, 617 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, UK
    First published in 1996.

The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
Gollancz (mm, 804 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, UK
    First published in 1997. Similar to Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, these two books must be read in sequence. Brilliant science fiction -- not to be missed.
SF Site Review

Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair
Bantam Books (mm, 560 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 27 February 2007, USA & Canada

Songs of a Sorceress poems by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Cambridge Books, Write Words (trade, 328 pages)
Publication date: March 2006, USA

The Liberty Gun: The Structure, Book 3 by Martin Sketchley
Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 311 pages)
Publication date: 21 November 2006, USA
SF Site Review of Book 1, The Affinity Trap

Cartomancy by Michael A. Stackpole
Bantam Spectra (mm, 592 pages)
Publication date: 5 December 2006, USA & Canada
SF Site Review

The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
Golden Gryphon (hc, 313 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, USA & Canada

Every Inch a King by Harry Turtledove
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 304 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 27 February 2007, USA & Canada

Secret Life: Select Fire Remix stories by Jeff VanderMeer
Prime Books (trade, 304 pages)
Publication date: November 2006, USA
    Originally published in 2004, this collection has been edited and expanded to include graphics, additional stories, expanded story notes, and more.
SF Site Review

Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Harcourt (hc, 448 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): January 2007, USA & Canada
    For ages 12 and up.

Screaming in Code prose poems by Thomas Wiloch
Naked Snake Press (trade, 58 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA

Dr. Identity, or Farewell to Plaquedemia by D. Harlan Wilson
Raw Dog Screaming Press (hc & trade, 208 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): March 2007, USA

Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
Tor (hc, 319 pages)
Publication date: 31 October 2006, USA & Canada
    Sequel to Soldier of the Mist (1986) and Solider of Arete (1989), both of which were very cool. This one is definitely on my reading list.

Fugitives of Chaos: Chronicles of Chaos, Book 2 by John C. Wright
Tor (hc, 320 pages)
Publication date: 14 November 2006, USA & Canada

Star Wars: Allegiance by Timothy Zahn
Lucas Books, Del Rey (hc, 336 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 30 January 2007, USA & Canada

Magazines

Interzone, Issue 207, December 2006, UK
Contributors to this issue include: David Mace, Suzanne Palmer, Dave Hoing, Wendy Waring, Daniel Kaysen, plus interviews with Christopher Priest, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, and James Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson.

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, No. 19, November 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: Ray Vukcevich, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, Dennis Nau, Nancy Jane Moore, Cara Spindler & David Erik Nelson, Kara Kellar Bell, Andrew Fort, Anna Tambour, Carol Emshwiller.

Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction, Issue 10, Winter 2006-2007, USA
Contributors to this issue include: Sarah Monette, Danny Adams, C. Kevin Barrett, Bruce Durham, Anne Sheldon, Brian K. Crawford, Stephanie Dray, Darrell Schweitzer, Eileen Kernaghan.

Shimmer, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Autumn 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: John Parke Davis, Kathy Watts, Bryan Lindsey, Angela Slatter, Joseph Remy, Aliette de Bodard, Nir Yaniv, Monica Eiland, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, plus an interview with John Scalzi.