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compiled by Neil Walsh This time we're looking at the latest from China Miéville, Robin Hobb, Ian McDonald, Peter S. Beagle, Cory Doctorow, Alan Fenton, Adam Roberts, and many others. (Books are listed alphabetically by author. Only books received are noted.) | |
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Hell's Aquarium: Meg, Book 4 by Steve AltenTor, Tom Doherty Associates (mm, 502 pages) Publication date: 27 April 2010, USA & Canada  SF Site Review of Book 1, Meg
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Restoring Harmony by Joëlle AnthonyG.P. Putnam's Sons (trade, 320 pages) Publication date: 18 May 2010, USA & Canada For readers 12 and up.
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Return: An Innkeeper's World Story by Peter S. BeagleSubterranean Press (hc, 104 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 September 2010, USA
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The Crystal Ship: A Science Fiction Fairy-Tale by C.J. Carter-StephensonBonito Books (trade, 120 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 21 July 2010, UK Illustrated by Mauro Vargas.
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The Mind of Italo Calvino: A Critical Exploration of His Thought and Writings by Dani CavallaroMcFarland (trade, 210 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2010, USA
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The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri WindlingViking (trade, 512 pages) Publication date: 1 April 2010, USA & Canada For readers 12 and up. With illustrations by Charles Vess.
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The King of the Crags by Stephen DeasGollancz (trade, 367 pages) Publication date: 15 April 2010, UK Sequel to The Adamantine Palace.
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The Lady of Situations by Stephen DedmanTiconderoga Publications (trade, 256 pages) Publication date: April 2010, Australia & UK Short story collection, first published in 1999.
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For the Win by Cory DoctorowHarperVoyager (hc, 477 pages) Publication date: 12 May 2010, UK
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Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear by Terry DowlingTiconderoga Publications (trade, 364 pages) Publication date: November 2009, Australia & UK First published in 2006.
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Make Believe by Terry DowlingTiconderoga Publications (trade, 364 pages) Publication date: November 2009, Australia & UK Story collection.
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Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien edited by Bradford Lee EdenMcFarland (trade, 215 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): August 2010, USA
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The Tears of Ishtar by Michael EhartAncient Tomes Press (trade, 284 pages) Publication date: 1 May 2010, USA
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The Turning: What Curiosity Kills by Helen EllisSourcebooks Fire (hc, 224 pages) Publication date: May 2010, USA & Canada & UK YA fiction.
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Belong edited by Russell B. FarrTiconderoga Publications (trade, 369 pages) Publication date: April 2010, Australia & UK "23 tales of interstellar wanderers, migrants, colonists, zombie refugees, interplanetary poets, fallen angels, storytellers, neighbours, first peoples, last peoples, lost peoples... people searching for a place where they belong."
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The Call of Destiny: The Return of Arthur, Book 1 by Alan FentonDovecote Press (trade, 492 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 10 June 2010, UK First published in 2006.
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The Hour of Camelot: The Return of Arthur, Book 2 by Alan FentonDovecote Press (trade, 477 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 10 June 2010, UK
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The White Road by Lynn FlewellingBallantine Spectra (mm, 385 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 25 May 2010, USA & Canada
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Arkfall by Carolyn Ives GilmanPhoenix Pick, Arc Manor (trade, 107 pages) Publication date: March 2010, USA Story first appeared in 2008 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
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Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Omen by Christie GoldenLucas Books, Ballantine, Del Rey (mm, 291 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 25 May 2010, USA & Canada SF Site Review
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Found: One Apocalypse by Ben GoodridgeBad Dog Books (trade, 224 pages) Publication date: February 2010, USA
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, adapted by Tony Lee, illustrated by Cliff RichardsDel Rey, Ballantine (trade graphic novel) Publication date: 11 May 2010, USA & Canada
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Scary Kisses edited by Liz GrzybTiconderoga Publications (trade, 208 pages) Publication date: April 2010, Australia & UK Paranormal romance stories by Nicole R. Murphy, Ian Nichols, Felicity Dowker, Shona Husk, Angela Slatter & L.L. Hannett, Matt Tighe, Astrid Cooper, David Bofinger, Martin Livings, Kyla Ward, Donna Maree Hanson, Bruce Golden, Annette Backshall, DC White.
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Black Magic Sanction by Kim HarrisonHarperVoyager (mm, 487 pages) Publication date: 1 May 2010, UK
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Cartoon Cute Animals by Christopher HartWatson-Guptill Publications (illustrated trade, 160 pages) Publication date: May 2010, USA & Canada
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Dragon Haven: Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 2 by Robin HobbEos, HarperCollins (hc, 528 pages) Publication date: May 2010, USA
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Sleepless by Charlie HustonOrion Books (hc, 357 pages) Publication date: 15 April 2010, UK
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Ysabel by Guy Gavriel KayHarperVoyager (trade, 511 pages) Publication date: 1 May 2010, UK SF Site Review
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Act One by Nancy KressPhoenix Pick, Arc Manor (trade, 101 pages) Publication date: March 2010, USA Novella first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
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Swordsinger by T.L. JohnstonClub Lighthouse Publishing (ebook, 515 kb) Publication date: May 2010, Canada & USA
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Abaculus III edited by Danielle KaheakuLeucrota Press (trade, 220 pages) Publication date: November 2009, USA SF, fantasy and horror stories from Kevin Wallis, Jessica Dall, Josh Alletto, Melissa Carmichael, Brandon Ford, Mark Finnemore, Murphy Edwards, M.D. Maurice, Terry W. Ervin III, Martin Zeigler, Lesley Conner, Robert Essig, R.S. Hunter, Larry Ivkovich, John X. Grey, Shaun Jeffrey, David M. Peak.
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Finders Keepers: Gifted, Book 4 by Marilyn KayeKingfisher, Macmillan (trade, 218 pages) Publication date: April 2010, USA & Canada Targetted to readers aged 10 to 14.
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The Dragon Factory by Jonathan MaberryGollancz (trade, 486 pages) Publication date: 15 April 2010, UK
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The Dervish House by Ian McDonaldPyr, Prometheus Books (hc, 358 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2010, USA
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Kraken by China MiévilleDel Rey (hc, 528 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 29 June 2010, USA & Canada
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A Matter of Blood: The Dog-Faced Gods, Book 1 by Sarah PinboroughGollancz (trade, 421 pages) Publication date: 30 March 2010, UK
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New Model Army by Adam RobertsGollancz (trade, 282 pages) Publication date: 15 April 2010, UK
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The Bloodstained Man: Netherworld, Book 2 by Christopher RowleyHeavy Metal Pulp/Tor (trade, 256 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 8 June 2010, USA & Canada
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Sky Girl and the Superheroic Legacy by Joe SergiiEnovel (trade, 216 pages) Publication date: 19 March 2010, USA
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The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Bruce ShawMcFarland (trade, 268 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2010, USA
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Love in Vain by Lewis ShinerTiconderoga Publications (trade, 296 pages) Publication date: April 2010, Australia & UK Short fiction collection, with introduction by James P. Blaylock.
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West of the Mountains, East of the Sea: The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand by Brian Sibley, illustrated by John HoweHarperCollins (hc, 80 pages + fold-out map) Publication date: 1 April 2010, UK
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God's Sin: A Time Force Investigations Novel by J.R. SimmonsLulu.com (trade, 246 pages) Publication date: 2010, USA
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Veteran by Gavin SmithGollancz (hc & trade, 416 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): June 2010, UK
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Zodiac by Neal StephensonSubterranean Press (trade, 312 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 August 2010, USA First published in 1988.
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The Sand Dragon by Michael F. StewartDouble Dragon Publishing (trade, 255 pages) Publication date: 2 April 2010, Canada & USA
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God of War by Matthew Stover & Robert E. VardemanDel Rey, Ballantine (trade, 295 pages) Publication date: 25 May 2010, USA & Canada Official novel of the acclaimed video game.
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Tome of the Undergates: The Aeon's Gate, Book 1 by Sam SykesGollancz (trade, 693 pages) Publication date: 15 April 2010, UK SF Site Review
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Prime Contact: Haadri Cycle, Volume 1 by Joules TaylorHeartsown (trade, 438 pages) Publication date: November 2009, UK Second edition; first published in 2008.
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Missions: Haadri Cycle, Volume 1.5 by Joules TaylorHeartsown (trade, 112 pages) Publication date: 2009, UK
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Bitter Seeds by Ian TregillisTor, Tom Doherty Associates (hc, 352 pages) Publication date: 13 April 2010, USA & Canada
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Star Trek Reader's Reference to the Novels: 1990-1991, Volume 6 by Alva UnderwoodAuthorHouse (oversized trade, 250 pages) Publication date: 26 October 2009, USA
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Ghost Seas by Steven UtleyTiconderoga Publications (trade, 205 pages) Publication date: 2009, Australia & UK Short fiction collection. Second edition; first published in 1997. Introduction by Howard Waldrop and afterword by Michael Bishop.
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Burning Skies: Autumn Rain Trilogy, Book 2 by David J. WilliamsSpectra, Ballantine (trade, 402 pages) Publication date: 2009, USA & Canada
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The Machinery of Light: Autumn Rain Trilogy, Book 3 by David J. WilliamsSpectra, Ballantine (trade, 411 pages) Publication date: 25 May 2010, USA & Canada
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance by Sean WilliamsLucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 432 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 20 July 2010, USA & Canada
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Peace Lord of the Red Planet by Steven H. WilsonFirebringer Press (trade, 276 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 21 July 2010, USA
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Black Static, Issue 16, April-May 2010, UK, edited by Andy CoxContributors to this issue include: Tim Casson, M.G. Preston, Mike O'Driscoll, Alison J. Littlewood, Lynda E. Rucker, plus an interview with Sarah Pinborough.
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Kaleidotrope, No. 8, April 2010, USA, edited by Fred CoppersmithContributors to this issue include: Therese Arkenberg, Terrie Leigh Relf, David McGillveray, C. Groover, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Will Kaufman, Rob Hunter, Peta Jinnath Andersen, Kevin Brown, Paul Abbamondi, Kathleen J. Stowe, Fred Warren, Simon Petrie, Jeff Soesbe, Benjamin Smith.
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Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue 25, Spring 2010, USA, edited by Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link, et al.Contributors to this issue include: Georges-Olivier, Châteaureynaud, Jennifer Linnaea, Ben Francisco, Sean Adams, Richard Gess, Eilis O'Neal, Richard Parks, Daniel Braum, Sarah Tourjee, Thomas Israel Hopkins, Haihong Zhao.
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The Last Days of American Crime, No. 2 of 3, by Rick Remender, illustrated by Greg TocchiniRadical Comics (perfect bound comic, 64 pages) Publication date: April 2010, USA
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Shrapnel: Hubris, No. 1 of 3, by Nick Sagan & Clinnette Minnis, illustrated by Concept Art HouseRadical Comics (perfect bound comic, 64 pages) Publication date: May 2010, USA
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