Langford Reviews, 2004-5

These are the books for which Amazon.co.uk commissioned me to write the official "Voice of Amazon" reviews. My stuff tends to appear in the SF and Fantasy Area. Sometimes the same reviews turn up at Amazon.com.

Graphic Horror!

Commissioned reviews at Amazon.co.uk are in serious decline. I hope it's not just me. Here are some dinky little graphics showing the Langford review totals in the years since I started ... (The figures include some repeats -- paperback reissues of books reviewed in more expensive formats. Without repeats, the figure for 2005 is 2.)

1999 • 136 reviews

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2000 • 120 reviews

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2001 • 50 reviews

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2002 • 39 reviews

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2003 • 33 reviews

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2004 • 6 reviews

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2005 • 4 reviews

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2006 • 0 reviews to date

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August 2005
• [16 Aug] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. Reissue of 2004 title • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [1 Aug] Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Giant -- Orbit sf hardback. "The Shadow Saga" 4; spinoff from "Ender" series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  • Also trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

March 2005
• [23 Mar] Richard Morgan, Woken Furies -- Gollancz sf hardback. Third Takeshi Kovacs novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also export trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [10 Mar] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. Reissue of 2004 title.• Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

February 2005
• [7 Feb] Terry Goodkind, Chainfire -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Although the blurb implies a standalone novel ("... a powerful new story set in a fascinating world ..."), this is in fact "Sword of Truth" book 9. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

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October 2004
• [13 Oct] Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist -- Orbit sf hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [6 Oct] James Barclay, Demonstorm -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  • Also trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [5 Oct] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

June 2004
• [23 Jun] David & Leigh Eddings, The Treasured One -- HarperCollins fantasy hardback. "Book Two of the Dreamers." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

March 2004
• [9 Mar] David Gemmell, The Swords of Night and Day -- Bantam UK fantasy hardback. "A Novel of Skilgannon the Damned" -- subseries in the Drenai saga. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  • Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

February 2004
• [23 Feb] Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides -- Bantam hardback fantasy. "A tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen." Fifth in series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  • Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com