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compiled by Neil Walsh

Some of the hottest new books we've seen this month include the latest from Robin Hobb, Harry Turtledove, Mike Carey, Dean Koontz, plus many more recently and soon-to-be available books.

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

New & Forthcoming Books - Mid-July 2009
Federations edited by John Joseph Adams
Prime Books (trade, 384 pages)
Publication date: July 2009, USA
    Featuring stories by Orson Scott Card, Genevieve Valentine, L.E. Modesitt Jr., S.L. Gilbow, Lois McMaster Bujold, Harry Turtledove, Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason, K. Tempest Bradford, John C. Wright, George R.R. Martin & George Guthridge, Yoon Ha Lee, Alastair Reynolds, Alan Dean Foster, Robert Silverberg, Anne McCaffrey, Mary Rosenblum, Robert J. Sawyer, Jeremiah Tolbert, Allen Steele, Georgina Li, Trent Hergenrader, James Alan Gardner, Catherynne M. Valente.

Not Less Than Gods by Kage Baker
Subterranean Press (hc, 474 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): December 2009, USA

Dark Time: Mortal Path, Book 1 by Dakota Banks
Avon, HarperCollins (mm, 320 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): August 2009, USA & Canada

Speak of the Devil by Jenna Black
Dell Spectra (mm, 337 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 4 August 2009, USA & Canada

Snakeskin Road by James Braziel
Bantam Books (trade, 336 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 July 2009, USA & Canada

The Child Thief by Brom
Eos, HarperCollins (hc, 480 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2009, USA

Dead Men's Boots by Mike Carey
Grand Central Publishing (hc, 432 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 23 July 2009, USA
    Third of the Felix Castor novels, following The Devil You Know and Vicious Circle.

Vicious Circle by Mike Carey
Grand Central Publishing (mm, 577 pages)
Publication date: July 2009, USA
    First published in 2006.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra by Max Allan Collins
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (mm, 260 pages)
Publication date: July 2009, USA & Canada
    Based on a story by Michael Gordon, Stuart Beattie & Stephen Sommers, and the screenplay by Stuart Beattie, David Elliot & Paul Lovett.

Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (mm, 352 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 29 September 2009, USA & Canada

Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss by Troy Denning
Del Rey, Lucas Books (hc, 352 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 18 August 2009, USA & Canada

The Book of Exodi edited by Michael K. Eidson
Eposic (trade, 325 pages)
Publication date: June 2009, USA
    Featuring stories on the theme of mass exodus, from David L. Eidson, Neal F. Guye, Anita Ensal, N.E. Chenier, Max Gladstone, Christina Lea, Perry P. Perkins, Ken St. Andre, Z.S. Adani, Jeffrey Scott Sims, Harry Turtledove, Lancer Kind, Bob Brown, Mark Onspaugh, Stephen Kotowych, Lyn McConchie, James Hartley, Michael C. Lea, Jennifer Greylyn, David Michael Elk.

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Puffin Canada (hc, 536 pages)
Publication date: 23 June 2009, Canada
    First book in a duology set in ancient China by Australian author.

Death's Head: Day of the Damned by David Gunn
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (hc, 351 pages)
Publication date: 21 July 2009, USA & Canada

Unbound anthology of stories by Kim Harrison, Melissa Marr, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, Jocelynn Drake
Harper, HarperCollins (mm, 368 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 25 August 2009, USA & Canada

The Dragon Keeper: The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 1 by Robin Hobb
Harper Voyager (hc, 553 pages)
Publication date: 1 July 2009, UK

Shadow Magic by Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett
Spectra, Ballantine Books (hc, 388 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 July 2009, USA & Canada

Tesseracts Thirteen edited by Nancy Kilpatrick & David Morrell
Edge (trade, 336 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 15 September 2009, USA & Canada
    Horror & dark fantasy from Canadian authors Kevin Cockle, Daniel Sernine, Rebecca Bradley, Edo van Belkom, Kevin Kvas, Stephanie Short, Matthew Moore, Jason Ridler, Suzanne Church, Ivan Dorin, Catherine MacLeod, Andrea Schlecht, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Ben Vincent, Kelley Armstrong, Katie Harse, Jill Snider Lum, David Nickle, Michael Kelly, Mary E. Choo, Gord Rollo, Jean-Louis Trudel, Alison Baird.

Dead and Alive: Frankenstein, Book 3 by Dean Koontz
Bantam Books (mm, 353 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 July 2009, USA & Canada

Hum by Scott Marcano & Tom Lenoci, illustrated by Renzo Podestá
Diablo Publications (trade graphic novel)
Publication date: June 2009, USA

The Inter-galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn
McFarland (trade, 283 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): October 2009, USA

Rough Magic by Caryl Cude Mullin
Second Story Press (trade, 312 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2009, Canada & USA
    Teen fiction about what happens to the characters from Shakespeare's The Tempest after they leave the island.

The Whorl and the Pallin by Ian Nichols
Tactile Books (hc, 272 pages)
Publication date: June 2009, Australia

Blue Moon: The Immortals, Book 2 by Alyson Noël
St. Martin's Griffin (trade, 289 pages)
Publication date: 9 July 2009, USA & Canada
    Sequel to Evermore.

Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden by Cameron Pierce
Eraserhead Press (trade, 114 pages)
Publication date: 2008, USA

MOM by Collin Piprell
www.collinpiprell.com (trade, 366 pages)
Publication date: 2009, USA & Canada & Australia

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Sci Fi Essential, Tor (hc, 592 pages)
Publication date: June 2009, USA & Canada

The Distant Voices: The Voices Saga, Book 1 by William L. Stolley
iUniverse (trade, 352 pages)
Publication date: 31 March 2009, USA

Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor
Firebird, Penguin (trade, 437 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): August 2009, USA & Canada
    First published in 2007.

Dreamdark: Silksinger by Laini Taylor
G.P. Putnam's Sons, Penguin (trade, 464 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2009, USA & Canada

Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant by Karen Traviss
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 402 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 July 2009, USA & Canada

Hitler's War by Harry Turtledove
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (hc, 512 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 4 August 2009, USA & Canada

The Man With the Iron Heart by Harry Turtledove
Del Rey, Ballantine Books (trade, 549 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 July 2009, USA & Canada
    First published in 2008.

Burning Skies: Autumn Rain Trilogy, Book 2 by David J. Williams
Spectra, Ballantine Books (trade, 402 pages)
Publication date: July 2009, USA & Canada

Far Arena: The Okal Rel Saga, Book 5 by Lynda Williams
Edge (trade, 304 pages)
Publication date: 15 May 2009, Canada & USA

    Magazines

Albedo One, issue 36, Ireland, edited by John Kenny, et al.
Contributors to this issue include: Colin Henchley, Kurt Kirchmeier, Craig Saunders, Mike O'Driscoll, D.T. Neal, Frank W. Haubold, plus an interview with Paul Di Filippo.

Black Static, June/July 2009, UK, edited by Andy Cox
Contributors to this issue include: Al Robertson, Will McIntosh, Lawrence Conquest, Gary Couzens, Daniel Kaysen, Stephanie Burgis, plus an interview with Steve Mosby.

Jupiter XXV: Erinome, July 2009, UK, edited by Ian Redman
Contributors to this issue include: Sam Kepfield, Fet Milner, Kate Kelly, Neil Clift, Vera Sepulveda.


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