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New Arrivals
compiled by Neil Walsh
New and forthcoming this time, we look at the latest from Terry Brooks, China Miéville, Mark Charan Newton, Cherie Priest, Harry Turtledove, several new Star Wars titles, plus a whole lot more.

(Books are listed alphabetically by author. Only books received are noted.)

New & Forthcoming Books - Mid-May 2011

Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Conviction by Aaron Allston Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 381 pages) Publication date: 24 May 2011, USA & Canada	Magus of Stonewylde: Stonewylde, Book 1 by Kit Berry Gollancz (trade, 341 pages) Publication date: 5 May 2011, UK
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch Subterranean Press (hc, 336 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 November 2011, USA	The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett HarperVoyager (mm, 782 pages) Publication date: 1 May 2011, UK
Indomitable by Terry Brooks Subterranean Press (hc, 96 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 September 2011, USA	The Measure of the Magic: Legends of Shannara, Book 1 by Terry Brooks Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 400 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 August 2011, USA & Canada
A Time for Patriots by Dale Brown William Morrow (hc, 379 pages) Publication date: May 2011, USA	The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934-2001 by Simone Caroti McFarland (trade, 275 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2011, USA
Rate Me Red by Richie Chevat ratemered.com (trade & ebook, 379 pages) Publication date: 2009, USA	Just Wanna Testify by Pearl Cleage One World, Ballantine (hc, 235 pages) Publication date: 10 May 2011, USA & Canada
Songs of the Earth: The Wild Hunt, Book 1 by Elspeth Cooper Gollancz (hc & trade, 480 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): June 2011, UK	Transformers: Dark of the Moon by Peter David, based on the screenplay by Ehren Kruger Del Rey, Ballantine (mm, 400 pages) Publication date: 24 May 2011, USA & Canada
Escape from Earth: Oasis, Book 1 by Ivis Bo Davis CreateSpace (trade, 393 pages) Publication date: October 2010, USA	Adjustment Team: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2 (1952-1953) by Philip K. Dick Subterranean Press (hc, 488 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 September 2011, USA SF Site Review of Volume 1, The King of the Elves (1947-52)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin (hc & trade, 704 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2011, USA & Canada	Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension by Christie Golden Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 400 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 16 August 2011, USA & Canada
Pax Britannia: Anno Frankenstein by Jonathan Green Abaddon Books (trade, 326 pages) Publication date: 2011, USA & Canada	Blood Work by Kim Harrison, art by Pedro Maia and Gemma Magno Del Rey, Ballantine (hc graphic novel, 176 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 12 July 2011, USA & Canada
Vader, Voldemort and Other Villains: Essays on Evil in Popular Media edited by Jamey Heit McFarland (trade, 233 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2011, USA	Judas Payne: A Weird Western by Michael Hemmingson / Webb's Weird Wild West: Tales of Western Horror by Don Webb Wildside Double, The Borgo Press (trade double, 117 & 121 pages) Publication date: 2011, USA
The Janus Tree and Other Stories by Glen Hirshberg Subterranean Press (hc, 230 pages) Publication date (forthcoming):31 October 2011, USA	Sword of Fire and Sea: The Chaos Knight, Book 1 by Erin Hoffman Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade & ebook, 280 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): June 2011, USA
Babymouse, Book 14: Mad Scientist by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm Random House (trade graphic novel, 96 pages) Publication date: 10 May 2011, USA & Canada For readers aged 7-10. SF Site Review of book 11, Dragonslayer	Squish, Book 1: Super Amoeba by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm Random House (trade graphic novel, 96 pages) Publication date: 10 May 2011, USA & Canada For readers aged 7-10.
Pitus Peston and the Gods of Oman by Everett M. Hunt Xlibris (trade, 341 pages) Publication date: December 2010, USA	Steelhands by Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett Spectra, Ballantine (hc, 448 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 2 August 2011, USA & Canada
Tattoo by Kirsten Imani Kasai Del Rey, Ballantine (trade, 400 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 26 July 2011, USA & Canada	Gifted: Speak No Evil by Marilyn Kaye Kingfisher, Macmillan (trade, 200 pages) Publication date: April 2011, USA & Canada For readers aged 10-14 (grades 5-9).
Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan, Volume 1 by Caitlín R. Kiernan Subterranean Press (hc, 576 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 September 2011, USA	The Brain Eater's Bible by J.D. McGhoul with Pat Kilbane Mythodrome (illustrated hc, 160 pages) Publication date: December 2010, USA
The Curse of Four by Caitlin Kittredge Subterranean Press (hc, 144 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 October 2011, USA	27th Century Fiasco by Akintunde M. Lawal Outskirts Press (trade, 803 pages) Publication date: December 2010, USA
Ghosts of War by George Mann Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 234 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2011, USA	Graveminder by Melissa Marr William Morrow, Harper Collins (hc, 336 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): June 2011, USA
The Falling Machine: The Society of Steam, Book 1 by Andrew P. Mayer Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade & ebook, 286 pages) Publication date: May 2011, USA	Dragon's Time by Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 352 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 28 June 2011, USA & Canada
The Hunting Ground by Cliff McNish Orion Children's Books (trade, 274 pages) Publication date: 5 May 2011, UK	Embassytown by China Miéville Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 349 pages) Publication date: 24 May 2011, USA & Canada
The Seventeenth Pocket: The Last Days of Kerious Pye, Book 1 by Hargus Montgomery Kerious Pye Series (trade, 443 pages) Publication date: April 2011, USA	The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock: Critical Essays on the Fiction edited by Donald E. Morse & Kálmán Matolcsy McFarland (trade, 202 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): June 2011, USA
Wayfinder by C.E. Murphy Del Rey, Ballantine (trade, 352 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 6 September 2011, USA & Canada	Nights of Villjamur: Legends of the Red Sun, Book 1 by Mark Charan Newton Spectra, Ballantine (trade, 451 pages) Publication date: 24 May 2011, USA SF Site Review of audio edition
City of Ruin: Legends of the Red Sun, Book 2 by Mark Charan Newton Spectra, Ballantine (trade, 448 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 28 June 2011, USA	Empire of Ivory: Temeraire, Book 4 by Naomi Novik Subterranean Press (hc, 312 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 August 2011, USA SF Site Review
Hybrid by Brian O'Grady The Fiction Studio (trade, 393 pages) Publication date: 15 March 2011, USA	Sati by Christopher Pike Tor (trade, 255 pages) Publication date: 29 March 2011, USA & Canada
The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike Tor (trade, 398 pages) Publication date: 29 March 2011, USA & Canada	Hellbent by Cherie Priest Spectra, Ballantine (trade, 352 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 August 2011, USA & Canada
Troika by Alastair Reynolds Subterranean Press (hc, 120 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 July 2011, USA	Buckyball by Fabien Roy AuthorHouse (trade, 233 pages) Publication date: April 2010, USA
City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rush Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 304 pages) Publication date: May 2011, USA	Multiples (1983-87): The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Six by Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press (hc, 432 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 September 2011, USA SF Site Review of Volume Four, Trips (1972-73)
Phases of Gravity by Dan Simmons Subterranean Press (hc, 312 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 December 2011, USA	The Son and the Heir by Robin Solomon Arena Books (trade, 567 pages) Publication date: August 2010, UK
Shadow's Lure by Jon Sprunk Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 394 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): June 2011, USA	Angel of Europa by Allen Steele Subterranean Press (hc, 96 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 August 2011, USA
The Watchers by Jon Steele Bantam Press (hc, 555 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 9 June 2011, UK	Mine by Lin Sten Custom Books Publishing, Create Space (trade, 300 pages) Publication date: 2010, USA
The Midnight Gate by Helen Stringer Feiwel and Friends (hc, 377 pages) Publication date: May 2011, USA & Canada For readers aged 9-12.	Palimpsest by Charles Stross Subterranean Press (hc, 136 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 30 September 2011, USA
West and East: The War that Came Early, Book 2 by Harry Turtledove Del Rey, Ballantine (trade, 449 pages) Publication date: 24 May 2011, USA & Canada	The Big Switch: The War that Came Early, Book 3 by Harry Turtledove Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 432 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 19 July 2011, USA & Canada
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson Doubleday (hc, 368 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 7 June 2011, USA & Canada	Seduced by Twilight: The Allure and Contradictory Messages of the Popular Saga by Natalie Wilson McFarland (trade, 242 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2011, USA
A Literary Stephen King Companion by Rocky Wood McFarland (trade, 220 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): July 2011, USA	Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding Spectra, Ballantine (trade, 480 pages) Publication date: May 2011, USA
Star Wars: Choices of One by Timothy Zahn Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 416 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 19 July 2011, USA & Canada	Magazines Black Static, Issue 22, April-May 2011, UK, edited by Andy Cox Contributors to this issue include: Alan Wall, Tim Lees, Alison J. Littlewood, Steven Pirie, Simon Kurt Unsworth.
Bull Spec, Issue 15, Spring 2011, USA, edited by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn Contributors to this issue include: Preston Grassmann, Rebecca Gomez Farrell, Tim Pratt, Cat Rambo, Roger Williams, M. David Blake, Benjamin Paul, Jeremy Whitley & Jason Strutz, plus interviews with Jonathan Strahan, Gail Z. Martin, David Halperin, Hannu Rajaniemi, Jason Morningstar & Steve Segedy.	Jupiter, Issue 32, Eurydome, April 2011, USA, edited by Ian Redman Contributors to this issue include: Rod Slatter, D.J. Swatski, C.J. Paget, Steve McGarrity, Nicola Caines, G.O. Clark, Chris Oliver.

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