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New Arrivals
compiled by Neil Walsh
Books this time include the latest from Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Robert V.S. Redick, Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett, Karen Marie Moning, Juliet E. McKenna, Robin Hobb, Felix Gilman, Ian Esslemont, Joe Abercrombie, and many others.

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

New & Forthcoming Books - December 2012

Red Country by Joe Abercrombie Gollancz (hc, 453 pages) Publication date: 18 October 2012, UK	The Light and the Dark: The Corin Chronicles, Volume 1 by Marvin Amazon Corinthians Publishing (trade, 337 pages) Publication date: 2012, UK
The White Fox: The Seven Stars Trilogy, Book 1 by James Bartholomeusz Medallion (trade, 472 pages) Publication date: 2011, USA	The Black Rose: The Seven Stars Trilogy, Book 2 by James Bartholomeusz Medallion (trade, 260 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): December 2012, USA
Hermione Granger Saves the World: Essays on the Feminist Heroine of Hogwarts edited by Christopher E. Bell McFarland (trade, 231 pages) Publication date: July 2012, USA	The Book of Thomas: Volume 1: Heaven by Robert Boyczuk ChiZine Press (trade, 270 pages) Publication date: 30 November 2012, USA & Canada
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron Gollancz (trade, 650 pages) Publication date: 25 October 2012, UK	Space Viking's Throne by John F. Carr & Mike Robertson Pequod Press (hc, 274 pages) Publication date: 2012, USA
The Lady of Secrets by Susan Carroll Ballantine (trade, 430 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 11 December 2012, USA & Canada	Valley of the Shadows: Kingdom of Hillael by Amre Cortadino Merry Heart Ink (trade, 547 pages) Publication date: September 2012, USA
Blood and Bone by Ian C. Esslemont Bantam Press (hc, 587 pages) Publication date: 22 November 2012, UK & Canada	The Sum of Her Parts by Alan Dean Foster Ballantine, Del Rey (trade, 275 pages) Publication date: 2012, USA & Canada SF Site review
The Steam Mole by Dave Freer Pyr (hc, 307 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): December 2012, USA For readers 12 and up.	The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman Tor (hc, 368 pages) Publication date: 27 November 2012, USA & Canada Sequel to The Half-Made World (2010).
The Sex is Out of This World: Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction edited by Sherry Ginn & Michael G. Cornelius McFarland (trade, 259 pages) Publication date: November 2012, USA	Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith Bantam Press (hc, 415 pages) Publication date: 22 November 2012, UK
Pax Britannia: Time's Arrow by Jonathan Green Abaddon Books (trade, 256 pages) Publication date: 8 November 2012, UK & USA & Canada	The Northern Star: The Beginning by Mike Gullickson Lightside/Darkside Entertainment (trade, 346 pages) Publication date: October 2012, USA
The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman, edited by Jonathan Strahan Subterranean Press (hc, 504 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 March 2013, USA	The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb Subterranean Press (hc, 184 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 28 February 2013, USA
A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King Touchstone (hc, 326 pages) Publication date: July 2012, USA & Canada	Crogian by John Leahy Necro Publications (trade, 250 pages) Publication date: July 2012, USA
London Eye: Toxic City, Book 1 by Tim Lebbon Pyr (hc, 280 pages) Publication date: 23 October 2012, USA For readers 12 and up.	The Postmodern Sacred: Popular Culture Spirituality in the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Urban Fantasy Genres by Emily McAvan McFarland (trade, 194 pages) Publication date: October 2012, USA
I Travel by Night by Robert McCammon Subterranean Press (hc, 152 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 May 2013, USA	Velveteen vs. the Junior Super Patriots by Seanan McGuire ISFiC Press (hc, 202 pages) Publication date: November 2012, USA
Defiant Peaks: The Hadrumal Crisis, Book 3 by Juliet E. McKenna Solaris (mm, 582 pages) Publication date: 6 December 2012, UK & USA & Canada	Iced by Karen Marie Moning Delacorte Press (hc, 512 pages) Publication date: 30 October 2012, USA & Canada
Confed: 2721 by FX Moore Xlibris (trade, 435 pages) Publication date: 2012, USA	Nexus by Ramez Naam Angry Robot (trade, 464 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 18 December 2012, USA & Canada / 3 January 2013, UK
Town Secrets by Troy Onder Xlibris (trade, 67 pages) Publication date: 2012, USA	Knuckleduster by Andrew Post Medallion (trade, 506 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): March 2013, USA
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett Doubleday (hc, 318 pages) Publication date: 2012, UK & Canada	The Educated Ape and Other Wonders of the Worlds by Robert Rankin Gollancz (hc, 484 pages) Publication date: 15 November 2012, UK
The Fridgularity by Mark A. Rayner Monkeyjoy Press (trade, 396 pages) Publication date: October 2012, Canada & USA	The Night of the Swarm: Chathrand Voyage Quartet, Book 4 by Robert V.S. Redick Gollancz (trade, 696 pages) Publication date: 25 October 2012, UK SF Site review of Book 3, River of Shadows
Quintessence, Journal Two: The Five by Neal R. Roll Xlibris (trade, 713 pages) Publication date: March 2012, USA	Neighbors by J.N. Sadler Xlibris (trade, 111 pages) Publication date: August 2012, USA
Redshirts by John Scalzi Gollancz (trade, 309 pages) Publication date: 22 November 2012, UK	A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwarz Ballantine, Del Rey (hc, 212 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 5 March 2013, USA & Canada
Host of the Armageddon: The Horsemen Chronicles, Book 1 by Ken Scott Smith Bedlam Press (trade, 246 pages) Publication date: August 2012, USA	Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction edited by Hannah Strom-Martin & Erin Underwood Underwords Press (trade, 290 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 12 February 2013, USA
Halo: The Thursday War by Karen Traviss Tor (hc, 445 pages) Publication date: 2 October 2012, USA & Canada	Advent by James Treadwell Hodder (trade, 615 pages) Publication date: 22 November 2012, UK
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente Subterranean Press (hc, 168 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 28 February 2013, USA	NeuroVont, Incorporated by Gil A. Waters Montag (trade, 277 pages) Publication date: August 2012, USA
Uglies: Cutters by Scott Westerfeld & Devin Grayson, illustrated by Steven Cummings Ballantine, Del Rey (trade graphic novel) Publication date: 2012, USA & Canada	La Maga: A Story about Sorcerers and Magi by Soror ZSD23 Kult of Kaos (trade, 305 pages) Publication date: October 2012, USA
Magazines Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2012, USA, edited by Gordon Van Gelder Contributors to this issue include: Robert Reed, Naomi Kritzer, Ron Goulart, KJ Kabza, Alan Dean Foster, Lewis Shiner, Steven Popkes, Albert E. Cowdry, Alter S. Reiss, Chris Willrich.	Jupiter XXXVIII: Pasithee, October 2012, UK, edited by Ian Redman Contributors to this issue include: Alex Weinle, Lou van Zyl, Jon Wallace, Colum Paget, Rosie Oliver, Allen Ashley, Ian Sales.

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