The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé
Bantam Books (mm, 325 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA & Canada
The Dream Thief by Shana Abé
Bantam Books (hc, 279 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA & Canada
Witchery: A Ghosts of Albion Novel by Amber Benson & Christopher Golden
Del Rey, Ballantine (trade, 387 pages)
Publication date: 26 September 2006, USA & Canada
Talisman by Jane M.H. Bigelow
Antelios, Pronghorn Press (trade, 312 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA
Stealth Planet by Ray Blackhall
Sparkling Press (trade, 280 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 November 2006, USA
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Crown Publishers, Random House (hc, 344 pages)
Publication date: 19 September 2006, USA & Canada
Reiffen's Choice: The Stoneways Trilogy, Book 1 by S.C. Butler
Tor (hc, 463 pages)
Publication date: 9 September 2006, USA & Canada
Mysteries of Von Domarus and Other Stories by Gary William Crawford
Gothic Press (chapbook, 40 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA
Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois
Science Fiction Book Club (hc, 420 pages)
Publication date: 17 August 2006, USA
Featuring new works from Allen M. Steele, Kage Baker, Geoffrey A. Landis, Orson Scott Card, Walter Jon Williams, Elizabeth Moon, Joe Haldeman.
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
Thunder's Mouth Press (trade, 396 pages)
Publication date: 15 October 2006, USA
Featuring new works from Christopher Barzak, Peter S. Beagle, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Greer Gilman, Gavin J. Grant, Gregory Maguire, David Prill, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Lavie Tidhar, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans.
The Mask of Tamirella by Dana Davis
iUniverse (trade & e-book, 154 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA
Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller
Peapod Classics, Small Beer Press (trade, 150 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA
First published in 1990.
House of Chains: The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 4 by Steven Erikson
Tor (trade, 669 pages)
Publication date: 22 August 2006, USA & Canada
SF Site Review
Warrior: Wolfblade Trilogy, Book 2 by Jennifer Fallon
Tor (hc, 508 pages)
Publication date: 19 September 2006, USA & Canada
Sons of the Oak by David Farland
Tor (hc, 384 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): November 2006, USA & Canada
Into a Dark Realm: Darkwar, Book 2 by Raymond E. Feist
Voyager, HarperCollins (hc, 386 pages)
Publication date: 14 September 2006, UK
SF Site Review of Book 1, Flight of Nighthawks
1824: The Arkansas War by Eric Flint
Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 512 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 November 2006, USA & Canada
Sagramanda by Alan Dean Foster
Pyr, Prometheus Books (hc, 290 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA
Star Trek, The Animated Series: Logs One and Two by Alan Dean Foster
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 371 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA & Canada
Star Trek, The Animated Series: Logs Three and Four by Alan Dean Foster
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 401 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA & Canada
Star Trek, The Animated Series: Logs Five and Six by Alan Dean Foster
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 389 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA & Canada
Star Trek, The Animated Series: Logs Seven and Eight by Alan Dean Foster
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 359 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA & Canada
Star Trek, The Animated Series: Logs Nine and Ten by Alan Dean Foster
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 425 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA & Canada
Prodigal by Marc D. Giller
Bantam Spectra (trade, 405 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA & Canada
Rites of the Healer by Anne Gray
Sumach Press (trade, 288 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, Canada
Red Planet by Robert A Heinlein
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 239 pages)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA
First published in 1949.
SF Site Review
Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Sci Fi Essential, Tor (hc, 524 pages)
Publication date: 22 August 2006, USA & Canada
Spirits that Walk in Shadow by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Viking, Penguin (trade, 320 pages)
Publication date: 5 October 2006, USA & Canada
For readers 12 and up.
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
Firebird, Penguin (trade, 256 pages)
Publication date: 5 October 2006, USA
SF Site Review
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 17 edited by Stephen Jones
Carroll & Graff (trade, 562 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA
Some of the year's best horror, from Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Carol Emshwiller, Glen Hirshberg, Joe Hill, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Brian Lumley, China Miéville, David Morrell, Tim Pratt, Gahan Wilson, and others.
Star Trek: Starfleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (illustrated oversized trade)
Publication date: 5 September 2006, USA & Canada
Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn
Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 326 pages)
Publication date: 26 September 2006, USA & Canada
Trial of Flowers by Jay Lake
Night Shade Books (trade, 268 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 25 November 2006, USA
The Raven by John Lawson
PublishAmerica (trade, 618 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA
North of Infinity II edited by Mark Leslie
Mosaic Press (trade, 128 pages)
Publication date: Fall 2006, Canada & USA
Featuring 13 short works from Robert J. Sawyer, Douglas Smith, Andrew Weiner, Nancy Kilpatrick, and others.
A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4 by George R.R. Martin
Bantam Spectra (mm, 1060 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA & Canada
The Horus Heresy, Vol. IV: Visions of Death by Alan Merrett, et al.
Black Library (illustrated oversized trade, 96 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, UK & USA & Canada
Monsters: A Celebration of the Classics from Universal Studios by Roy Milano, et al.
Del Rey, Ballantine (illustrated oversized hc, 166 pages)
Publication date: 1 October 2006, USA & Canada
Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison
Peapod Classics, Small Beer Press (trade, 140 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA
First published in 1952.
OMA: One Man Army by Daniel J. Neumann
Llumina Press (trade, 117 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA
The Dead Letters by Tom Piccirilli
Bantam Books (mm, 363 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA & Canada
The Fifth Quadrant by C.J. Ryan
Bantam Spectra (mm, 389 pages)
Publication date: 3 October 2006, USA & Canada
Crossover: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel by Joel Shepherd
Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 459 pages)
Publication date: 15 August 2006, USA
Changeling by Delia Sherman
Viking, Penguin (hc, 304 pages)
Publication date: 17 August 2006, USA & Canada
For ages 10 and up.
The Grays by Whitley Strieber
Tor (hc, 335 pages)
Publication date: 22 August 2006, USA & Canada
Cracking Grace by Steven Stromp
Lulu (trade, 131 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA
Willing Servants by Eric Turowski
Rabid Press (trade, 320 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA
Howard Who? by Howard Waldrop
Peapod Classics, Small Beer Press (trade, 258 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA
First published in 1986.
Monster Nation: A Zombie Novel by David Wellington
Thunder's Mouth Press (trade, 287 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA
From Black Rooms by Stephen Woodworth
Bantam Books (mm, 368 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 7 November 2006, USA
Roman Dusk: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Tor (hc, 352 pages)
Publication date: 19 September 2006, USA & Canada
Magazines
Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: Matthew Corradi, Harlan Ellison, Tananarive Due, John Morressy, Michael Kandel, Amy Sterling Casil, Michael Libling.
Interzone, No. 206, October 2006, UK
Contributors to this issue include: Chris Beckett, Will McIntosh, Jamie Barras, Jae Brim, Tim Akers, Robert Davies, plus an interview with James Patterson.
Talebones, No. 33, Summer 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: James Van Pelt, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Don D'Ammassa, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, James Michael White, Stephen Couch, Donald Lucio Hurd, Katherine Woodbury, Greg Schwartz, Mark Rich.