Ansible Books Received, 2003

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This is a log of books received, some of which I -- Dave Langford -- review for Amazon.co.uk. Previous years' entries deported to separate pages: 2002 • 2001 • 2000. As of 2003, since Amazon.co.uk offer many US titles and Amazon.com many British ones, I'm giving links to both for every book.

December 2003
[30 Dec] Ursula Le Guin, Changing Planes -- Gollancz hardback sf. Seems to be a fix-up of short stories within a framing device. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Dec] Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots -- NEL paperback. Third "Thursday Next" metafictional (or multifictional) adventure, following The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book. 2004 (nominally) reissue of 2003 title.• Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Dec] Isabel Glass, Daughter of Exile -- fantasy. Hardback scheduled March 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Dec] Thomas Harlan, House of Reeds -- alternate-history sf (with a Mexican rather than a Roman empire). Hardback scheduled February 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Dec] Cecelia Holland, The Witches' Kitchen -- historical fantasy, Viking era. Hardback scheduled April 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Dec] John Sladek, ed. David Langford, Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek -- Cosmos trade paperback, sf/assorted collection. Reissue of 2002 Big Engine title. I have my complimentary copies at last! • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Dec] Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction -- CUP trade paperback nonfiction essay collection. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Dec] John M. Ford, Heat of Fusion and Other Stories -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004. Twenty-three pieces, several in verse, some from his legendary Christmas booklets. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Dec] John Julius Norwich, A Christmas Cracker: being a commonplace selection -- 2003 instalment of another legendary Christmas booklet. Privately published. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Dec] Judith Tarr, Queen of the Amazons -- historical fantasy. Proof copy received; hardback scheduled March 2004. She's the Queen of the Amazons. He's Alexander the Great. They're cops. (Well, no, but I couldn't resist.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Dec] Harry Turtledove, Out of the Darkess -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled March 2004. "Book 6 of the Darkness series" -- alternate fantasy World War II, here concluded. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Dec] Iain [No Middle Initial] Banks, Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram -- Century hardback nonfiction. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Dec] Richard Morgan, Market Forces -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2004. Second copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Dec] Poul Anderson, Three Hearts and Three Lions -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #40. First published in book form 1961 (F&SF 1953). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Dec] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Simon & Schuster sf trade paperback. (Acquired for the cancelled Earthlight imprint.) Second copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Dec] Richard Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz sf paperback. Reissue of 2003 hardback; sequel to Altered Carbon. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Dec] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Simon & Schuster sf trade paperback. (Acquired for the cancelled Earthlight imprint.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[2 Dec] Neal Asher, Cowl -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf. Proof copy received. Hardback scheduled March 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[2 Dec] Juliet Marillier, Foxmask -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) historical fantasy. Proof copy received. Hardback scheduled March 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

November 2003
[29 Nov] Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II -- America's Best hardback graphic novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Nov] Sarah Ash, Lord of Snow and Shadows -- Bantam UK fantasy paperback. "Book One of the Tears of Artanon." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Nov] Anne Harris, Inventing Memory -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled March 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Nov] "A.R.R.R. Roberts" (now who could that be?), The Soddit, or, Let's Cash In Again -- Gollancz hardback fantasy parody. (Of The Hobbit.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Nov] Kim Stanley Robinson, Forty Signs of Rain -- HarperCollins. Climatic disaster novel; proof copy received. Hardback scheduled January 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[22 Nov] Anne & Todd McCaffrey, Dragon's Kin -- Bantam hardback sf. Umpteenth in Pern series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Nov] Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Acorna's Rebels -- Corgi paperback sf. "A new adventure for the Unicorn Girl" -- sixth in godawful series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Nov] Richard Morgan, Market Forces -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2004. Nearish-future (2049) corporate mayhem, billed as "mainstream" just like Margaret Atwood's sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Nov] K.J. Bishop, The Etched City -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf trade paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled 16 January 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[15 Nov] David Farland, The Lair of Bones -- Earthlight fantasy, C-format paperback. "Book 4 of The Runelords." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 Nov] Christopher Priest, The Separation -- Gollancz hardback sf. First hardback edition (from new publisher) of 2002 alternate-history title, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke and British SF Association awards. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com• Also trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Nov] Cory Doctorow, Eastern Standard Time -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Nov] Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap -- Gollancz hardback sf. "Concludes the story of the Inhibitors told in Revelation Space and Redemption Ark." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com• Also C-format paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Robert Carter, The Language of Stones -- HarperCollins. Arthurian fantasy, to be heavily promoted; proof copy received. Hardback scheduled April 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Nov] "Jude Fisher", The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Visual Companion -- HarperCollins coffee-table hardback, heavily illustrated. Film spinoff. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Nov] Mary Gentle, 1610: A Sundial in a Grave -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Gwyneth Jones, Midnight Lamp -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. Follow-up to Bold as Love and Castles Made of Sand. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Chris Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare -- HarperCollins coffee-table hardback, heavily illustrated. Foreword by Christopher Lee. "An illustrated guide to the battles, armies and armour of Middle-Earth", i.e. the film version. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[9 Nov] George Griffith, Angel of the Revolution -- Heliograph trade paperback, with original illustrations, ed. Marcus Rowland. Reissue of 1893 (magazine version; book 1894) future-war classic. "Victory! It flies! I am master of the Powers of the Air at last!" Alert readers will guess that the series title "Tsar Wars: Episode One" is not from the original.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[3 Nov] John Robert Marlow, Nano -- technothriller debut by "a Hollywood screen-writer". Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

October 2003
[31 Oct] Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity -- Earthlight paperback sf. Another episode in the Miles Vorkosigan saga. Second copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[31 Oct] Robert Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004. "Book Two of The Merlin Codex." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[31 Oct] Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie, Beast Master's Circus -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004. New book in Norton's "Beast Master" series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Oct] Lemony Snicket, The Carnivorous Carnival -- HarperCollins (US) hardback. "A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Ninth." Need I say more? Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Oct] Sara Douglass, Gods' Concubine -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled March 2004. "The Troy Game, Book 2". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Oct] John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth -- HarperCollins hardback nonfiction. "The first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[14 Oct] Paul McAuley, White Devils -- sf/technothriller. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Oct] Karen Haber, ed., Meditations on Middle-Earth -- Earthlight trade paperback. Essays on Tolkien by various hands, including Le Guin, Martin, Pratchett, Swanwick, Turtledove. Reissue of 2001 title shortlisted for 2002 "Best Related Book" Hugo. "This edition first published by Earthlight, 2003", though it looks uncannily like a reprint of their 2002 version. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Oct] John Grant and Elizabeth Humphrey with Pamela D. Scoville, The Chesley Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective -- Artists' and Photographers' Press Ltd coffee-table hardback. Heavily illustrated, of course, with art by all Chesley winners and lists of all nominees since the awards began in 1985. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Oct] "H.N. Turteltaub" (Harry Turtledove), The Sacred Land -- historical, 3rd-century Greece. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2003. Successor to The Wine-Dark Sea and The Gryphon's Skull. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Oct] David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, ed., The Hard SF Renaissance -- Tor sf anthology, trade paperback. 41 stories; contains the Langford Hugo-winner "Different Kinds of Darkness". Reissue of 2002 hardback title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Oct] Walter Jon Williams, The Sundering -- Earthlight sf trade paperback. "Book Two of Dread Empire's Fall", following The Praxis. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Oct] Harry Turtledove, American Empire: The Victorious Opposition -- Hodder & Stoughton hardback sf (alternate history). Third "American Empire" novel, continuing the alternative timeline of HT's "Great War" trilogy through this second trio which began with The Great War and The Centre Cannot Hold. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Oct] Lionel Fanthorpe and Richard Pawelko, Talking Stones -- Gomer Press trade paperback. "A roaring tour around the gravestones of Wales", with many photographs of monuments and inscriptions; book spinoff from ITV Wales series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[3 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Coalescent -- Gollancz hardback sf. Finished copy now received. "Destiny's Children: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Oct] Joe Haldeman, All My Sins Remembered -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Yellowjacket series. Reissue of 1977 "fix-up" novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[3 Oct] Christos H. Papadimitriou, Turing: A Novel about Computation -- MIT Press hardback. Finished copy now received. Near-future romance framing vast nonfiction infodumps on the history of philosophy, maths, etc. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Oct] Roger Zelazny, Damnation Alley -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Yellowjacket series. Reissue of 1969 novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[1 Oct] Aaron Allston, Terminator 3: Terminator Dreams -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2003. "Based on characters created in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", oh dearie me. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

September 2003
[29 Sep] Charles de Lint, Mulengro -- Romany fantasy. Tor proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled December 2003. Reissue of 1985 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Sep] Philip K. Dick, The World Jones Made -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of early novel from 1956. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[29 Sep] Alastair Reynolds, Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days -- Gollancz paperback sf. Two-novella collection. Reissue of 2003 hardback title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[29 Sep] Evangeline Walter, The Mabinogion -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #39. Omnibus edition of Welsh mythic novelizations The Island of the Mighty (1936 as The Virgin and the Swine), The Children of Llyr (1971), The Song of Rhiannon (1972) and Prince of Annwn (1974). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[27 Sep] Gwyneth Jones, Midnight Lamp -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled November 2003. Continuing the saga of Bold as Love and Castles Made of Sand. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Sep] Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity -- Earthlight paperback sf. Another episode in the Miles Vorkosigan saga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Sep] Neil Gaiman and others, Endless Nights -- Vertigo/DC hardback graphic collection. Seven stories, one for each of the "Endless" personifications established in Sandman: Death, Desire, Dream, Despair, Delirium, Destruction, Destiny. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Sep] Ben Bova, Tales of the Grand Tour -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled January 2004. Collection of 12 stories and novel extracts with a loose theme of Solar System exploration, from the 1967 "Fifteen Miles" to recent work. For those who've been buying the "Grand Tour" novels, the extracts account for an awful lot of the text: the longest pieces in this 382pp book are a 74pp out-take from Return to Mars and 76pp "adapted from" Venus, and there are also chunks from Mars and Jupiter. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Sep] Rob Grant, Incompetence -- Gollancz trade paperback, sf comedy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[13 Sep] Robin McKinley, Sunshine -- Bantam trade paperback, dark fantasy (vampires). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Sep] Arthur C. Clarke, Tales of Ten Worlds -- Gollancz paperback sf. 15-story collection. Reissue of 1963 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[12 Sep] Arthur C. Clarke, The Wind from the Sun -- Gollancz paperback sf. 18-story collection. Reissue of 1972 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[12 Sep] Philip K. Dick, Time Out of Joint -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks #55. First published in book form 1959. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Sep] Nick Webb, Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams -- Headline hardback. "Strictly embargoed until 29th September", so my lips are sealed. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Sep] Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment -- Doubleday hardback fantasy. The latest "adult" Discworld novel, centred mostly on new characters in a previously unvisited country (but with bit parts for Sam Vimes, the Watch, and the Ankh-Morpork Times). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Sep] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel -- Gollancz hardback fantasy parody. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade -- Hodder & Stoughton hardback. "Legends of Dune 2", following on from The Butlerian Jihad. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

Andre Norton, The Solar Queen -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2003. Omnibus of her first two "Solar Queen" novels, Sargasso of Space (1955) and Plague Ship (1956). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

Judith Tarr, Avaryan Resplendent -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled November 2003. Omnibus of second "Avaryan" trilogy, comprising Arrows of the Sun (1993), The Spear of Heaven (1994), and The Tides of Darkness (2002). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

Ethlie Anne Vare "with" Daniel Morris, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: The Broken Places -- sf, TV spinoff. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

August 2003
[30 Aug] Neil Gaiman, Adventures in the Dream Trade -- NESFA Press nonfiction hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[27 Aug] Harry Turtledove, Gunpowder Empire -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Aug] Marcus Herniman, The Fall of Lautun -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Three of the Arrandin Trilogy." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Aug] Harry Turtledove, Rulers of the Darkness -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. Fourth in "Darkness" sequence (alternate World War II told as fantasy). 2002 US title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Aug] Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "The Tawny Man III." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Aug] Christos H. Papadimitriou, Turing: A Novel about Computation -- MIT Press hardback. Proof copy received (for New Scientist review). Near-future romance framing vast nonfiction infodumps on the history of philosophy, maths, etc. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Aug] Orson Scott Card, The Crystal City -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. "The Tales of Alvin Maker VI." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Coalescent -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled October 2003. "Destiny's Children: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Evolution -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Aug] Robert Reed, Sister Alice -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Aug] Kristen Britain, First Rider's Call -- Earthlight fantasy, C-format paperback. Sequel to Green Rider. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Aug] Robert Silverberg, Roma Eterna -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. Alternate history: "The Roman Empire never fell." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Aug] Dan Simmons, Ilium -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. "Drawing from The Iliad and The Tempest ..." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

July 2003
[31 Jul] Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver -- Heinemann hardback historical fiction. "Volume One of the Baroque Cycle"; the promised prequel to Cryptonomicon. Proof copy received; scheduled 2 October. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• And, weirdly, the proof has its own ISBN: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jul] James Barclay, Shadowheart -- Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. Second copy received, for Amazon review. Series now rebranded for the easily embarrassed with less obviously sword'n'sorcery covers, featuring silhouette art against a solid colour background with (coo er gosh) paper edges dyed to match. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jul] Terry Goodkind, Naked Empire -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Book 8 of the "Sword of Truth" sequence, still with lead characters established in book 1. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jul] Dean R. Koontz The Face -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Psychological stalker/killer thriller with supernatural intrusions. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jul] Stan Nicholls, Quicksilver Rising -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Book One of the Quicksilver Trilogy." Second proof copy received, for Amazon review: scheduled 4 August. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jul] John C. Wright, The Golden Transcendence -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. Concludes trilogy begun in The Golden Age and continued with The Phoenix Exultant. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[28 Jul] Michael Cassutt, Tango Midnight -- "aerospace thriller". Tor/Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[28 Jul] Ty Drago, Phobos -- sf mystery. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. Author's first novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Jul] Jeff VanderMeer, Veniss Underground -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf trade paperback. A second proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2003. I have high hopes of this, Jeff V. having written much remarkable shorter work. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[24 Jul] Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Reissue of 1957 title -- Dick's first novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[24 Jul] Frank Herbert, Chapter House Dune -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 1985 title. The sixth Dune novel; would that it had been the last. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jul] Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 1984 title. The fifth Dune novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jul] John Varley, The Ophiuchi Hotline -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Yellowjacket series. Reissue of 1977 title -- Varley's first novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[24 Jul] Jack Williamson, Darker Than You Think -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #38. First published in book form 1948 (Unknown 1940). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jul] Catherine Asaro, Skyfall -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2003. "Saga of the Skolian Empire" series, which to a Briton sounds as though it must be all about lager. A lager saga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jul] Stephen R. Donaldson, The Man Who Risked His Partner -- thriller. Tor/Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. Reissue of 1986 title in "Mick Axbrewder" P.I. sequence. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jul] Jeff VanderMeer, Veniss Underground -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf trade paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2003. I have high hopes of this, Jeff V. having written much remarkable shorter work. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[23 Jul] Jo Walton, Tooth and Claw -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jul] Ellen Datlow, ed., The Dark: New Ghost Stories -- anthology. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Jul] Kij Johnson, Fudoki -- oriental fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Jul] Nick Sagan, Idlewild -- Bantam hardback sf. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Jul] "Jude Fisher", Wild Magic -- Earthlight fantasy, C-format paperback. "Book Two of Fool's Gold." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jul] Mike Brotherton, Star Dragon -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jul] S.M. Stirling, T2: The Future War -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. Yet another Terminator spinoff. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

June 2003
[26 Jun] Pohl & Kornbluth, The Space Merchants -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks #54. First published in book form 1953 (magazine serialization 1952). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Jun] Robert Silverberg, The Longest Way Home -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[24 Jun] Ben Bova, Saturn -- NEL sf paperback. Reissue of 2002 title. Apparently part of BB's "Grand Tour of the Solar System", along with Venus, Mars and Jupiter. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jun] Caiseal Mór, The Meeting of the Waters -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. Reissue of 2000 title. Ever so Irish. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jun] J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -- Bloomsbury hardback fantasy. Need I say more? Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jun] James Barclay, Elfsorrow -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jun] James Barclay, Shadowheart -- Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jun] Robert Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Two of The Merlin Codex." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Jun] John Connolly, Bad Men -- Hodder & Stoughton hardback, noir/supernatural thriller. Amazon.co.uk has taken to assigning me the occasional mystery, thriller or spy novel for review, as well as the usual sf/fantasy. It makes a change. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Jun] Frederick Forsyth, Avenger -- Bantam hardback thriller. Proof copy received; scheduled September 2003. See note on Bad Men above. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Jun] Peter F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth -- Macmillan paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Jun] Greg Keyes, The Briar King -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy hardback. Reviewed in proof; finished copy now received. "The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[19 Jun] Sue Rann, Looking for Mr Nobody -- No Exit Press C-format paperback. Promoted as a "crossover hit", with mention of Gibson, Banks and virtual reality in addition to crime/thriller themes. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Jun] David Langford, He Do the Time Police in Different Voices -- Cosmos trade paperback, sf collection. 25 sf/fantasy/horror parodies and pastiches, including the 13 collected in 1988 as The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two. I have my complimentary copies at last! • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] Stephen Baxter, Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the World -- Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback. Nonfiction on 18th-century geological controversies. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] Arthur C. Clarke, The Other Side of the Sky -- Gollancz paperback sf. 24-story collection. Reissue of 1958 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[16 Jun] Arthur C. Clarke, Reach for Tomorrow -- Gollancz paperback sf. 12-story collection. Reissue of 1956 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[16 Jun] Hal Clement, Noise -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] David Lindsay, A Voyage to Arcturus -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #37. First published 1920. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] L.E. Modesitt, The Ethos Effect -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2003. Distantly related to his The Parafaith War. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] Robert Rankin, The Witches of Chiswick -- Gollancz hardback sf/fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] Robert J. Sawyer, Hybrids -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] S.M. Stirling, T2: Rising Storm -- Gollancz paperback sf. Terminator film spinoff. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[16 Jun] Ian Watson, Miracle Visitors -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Yellowjacket series. Reissue of 1978 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

May 2003
[30 May] Kevin J. Anderson, A Forest of Stars -- Earthlight sf, C-format paperback. "The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Two." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 May] Kevin J. Anderson, Hidden Empire -- Earthlight sf paperback. "The Saga of Seven Suns: Book One." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 May] David I. Masson, The Caltraps of Time -- Cosmos/Ansible E-ditions trade paperback sf. 10 stories -- the author's complete sf. Expanded from 1968 7-story collection. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 May] David Langford, Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 -- Cosmos trade paperback, sf criticism. 100 reviews and essays. I have my complimentary copies at last! • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 May] John Sladek, Wholly Smokes -- Cosmos/Ansible E-ditions trade paperback sf. Illustrated. The author's last completed work. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[24 May] Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction -- Robinson paperback reference. Edgar Award winner. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 May] Ashok K. Banker, Prince of Ayodhya -- Orbit paperback fantasy. "Book One of The Ramayana," based on ancient Indian epic. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 May] Max Allan Collins, Dark Angel: Skin Game -- Ebury Press paperback sf. "A tie-in novel to the hit television series." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 May] Robert Holdstock, Mythago Wood -- fantasy. Tor/Orb proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled September 2003. Reissue of 1984 title; World Fantasy Award winner. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 May] Stan Nicholls, Quicksilver Rising -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Book One of the Quicksilver Trilogy." Proof copy received: scheduled 4 August. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 May] Chris Wooding, The Weavers of Saramyr -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Book One of The Braided Path." Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[2 May] Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital -- Egmont hardback. "A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Eighth." Need I say more? Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[2 May] Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men -- Doubleday hardback fantasy. "A Story of Discworld" -- like The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, a more or less standalone novel for (slightly) younger readers • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 May] Freda Warrington, The Court of the Midnight King -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 May] Walter Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight sf paperback. "Book 1 of Dread Empire's Fall." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

April 2003
[30 Apr] David Gemmell, White Wolf -- Bantam UK fantasy hardback. "Book One of The Damned" -- a new subseries in the Drenai saga. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Apr] Lian Hern, Grass For His Pillow -- Macmillan fantasy. Proof copy of hardback received; scheduled September 2003. "Tales of the Otori", following on from Across the Nightingale Floor. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[30 Apr] Greg Keyes, The Briar King -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy. Proof copy received; hardback scheduled July 2003. "The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[30 Apr] David Lawrence, Nothing Like the Night -- Penguin/Michael Joseph crime, C-format paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[28 Apr] Ian R. MacLeod, The Light Ages -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Apr] Jeffrey Ford, The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[22 Apr] Philip K. Dick, Eye in the Sky -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Reissue of 1957 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[22 Apr] William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, The Difference Engine -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 1990 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] Paul Kearney, Ships from the West -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "The Monarchies of God: Book Five." Reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] Deborah Layne, ed., Polyphony -- Wheatland Press trade paperback sf/fantasy. Volume 2 of "biannual anthology of original short fiction". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[22 Apr] Michael Moorcock, The Dancers at the End of Time -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks #53. Omnibus comprising An Alien Heat (1972), The Hollow Lands (1974) and The End of All Songs (1976). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Apr] Philip E. High, ed. Philip Harbottle, The Best of Philip E. High -- Cosmos trade paperback sf. 12 stories. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[19 Apr] Alastair Reynolds, Redemption Ark -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[18 Apr] Neal Asher, The Line of Polity -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[18 Apr] David Farland, The Sum of All Men -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book 1 of The Runelords." Reissue of 1998 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Apr] Juliet Marillier, Wolfskin -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) historical fantasy hardback. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[18 Apr] Justina Robson, Natural History -- Macmillan sf hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[17 Apr] Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Acorna's Search -- Corgi sf paperback. Fifth in mimsy "Unicorn Girl" sequence. Reissue of 2001 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Apr] Jacob Weisberg, ed., George W. Bushisms -- Fireside paperback. A shockingly disrespectful birthday present from Susan Murosako. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[17 Apr] Jacob Weisberg, ed., More George W. Bushisms -- Fireside paperback. Another shockingly disrespectful birthday present from Susan Murosako. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Apr] Sarah Ash, Lord of Snow and Shadows -- Bantam UK fantasy, C-format paperback. "Book One of the Tears of Artanon." Finished copy now received. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Apr] Rick Wilber, The Cold Road -- "novel of suspense" developed from short F&SF story. Tor/Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled June 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Apr] Kevin J. Anderson, Janet Berliner, Natthew J. Costello and F. Paul Wilson, Artifact: A Daredevils Club Adventure -- sf thriller. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Apr] Peter Crowther, ed., Cities -- Gollancz hardback sf. Yet another "Foursight" novella anthology, containing: "A Year in the Linear City" by Paul di Filippo, "The Tain" by China Miéville, "Firing the Cathedral" by Michael Moorcock, and "V.A.O." by Geoff Ryman. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

March 2003
[29 Mar] Ricardo Pinto, The Standing Dead -- Bantam UK fantasy paperback. "The Stone Dance of the Chameleon", book two. Reissue of 2002 title. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[27 Mar] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Felaheen: The Third Arabesk -- Earthlight sf hardback. Third "Ashref Bey" mystery, following Pashazade and Effendi. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Mar] Diana Wynne Jones, The Merlin Conspiracy -- Collins hardback fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Mar] David & Leigh Eddings, The Elder Gods -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Book One of The Dreamers." Proof copy received -- scheduled 15 July 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Mar] James Lovegrove, Untied Kingdom -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Mar] Richard Bleiler, ed., Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror, Volume I -- Scribner's hardback reference book. 59 critical essays with bibliographies, including Langford on Robert Holdstock. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Mar] Richard Bleiler, ed., Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror, Volume II -- Scribner's hardback reference book. 57 further critical essays with bibliographies, including Langford on Anne McCaffrey, Terry Pratchett and Brian Stableford. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Mar] Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad -- NEL sf paperback. Reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Mar] Mary Gentle, White Crow -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy or, the author's introduction says, sf. Omnibus of the Valentine/Casaubon urban fantasies, Rats and Gargoyles (1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991) and Left to His Own Devices (1994). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Mar] Michael Moorcock, The History of the Runestaff -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #36. Omnibus of the Dorian Hawkmoon tetralogy: The Jewel in the Skull (1967), The Mad God's Amulet (1968), The Sword of the Dawn (1968) and The Runestaff (1969). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Mar] Sheri S. Tepper, The Visitor -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Mar] Jake Horsley, Matrix Warrior: Being the One -- The Unofficial Handbook -- Gollancz nonfiction (?) hardback. "It is the philosophical guide to The Matrix, based on the premise: what if everything in the movie is absolutedly true?" Gorblimey. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Mar] Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs, The New Discworld Companion -- Gollancz fantasy reference, trade paperback. Latest expansion of 1994 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Mar] Adam Roberts, Polystom -- Gollancz sf hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled May 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Jonathan Carroll, White Apples -- Tor UK, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Michael de Larrabeiti, The Borrible Trilogy -- Tor UK fantasy, trade paperback. Omnibus of The Borribles, The Borribles Go for Broke and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis. Reissue of Macmillan title under new imprint, with new ISBN. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Frank Herbert, Children of Dune -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 1976 title. The third Dune novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Frank Herbert, God-Emperor of Dune -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 1981 title. The fourth Dune novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Richard Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Finished copy received. Sequel to Altered Carbon. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Adam Roberts, Stone -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 hardback title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Robert Silverberg, Son of Man -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf, trade paperback. Reissue of 1971 title from Silverberg's most creative period. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] Jack Vance, The Blue World -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf, trade paperback. Reissue of 1966 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Mar] Philip K. Dick, Cantata-140 -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Reissue of The Crack in Space (1966): copyright page gives the original year of publication but not the original title. "Cantata 140" was the title of the first half on its magazine appearance (F&SF, 1964). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Mar] Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks selection #52. Reissue of 1964 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Mar] China Miéville, The Scar -- Pan paperback -- call it science-fantasy. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Mar] Anselm Audley, Crusade -- Earthlight fantasy, C-format paperback. "Book Three of the Aquasilva Trilogy." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Mar] Anselm Audley, Inquisition -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Two of the Aquasilva Trilogy." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

February 2003
[24 Feb] Ray Bradbury, One More for the Road -- Earthlight paperback collection. "Eighteen brand-new stories and seven previously published but never collected." Reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Feb] Linda Nagata, Memory -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Feb] Anne McCaffrey, Freedom's Ransom -- Corgi sf paperback. "The fourth in the brilliant [sic] Catteni sequence." Reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Feb] M.J. Simpson, Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams -- Hodder & Stoughton hardback. Foreword by John Lloyd. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Feb] William Gibson, Pattern Recognition -- Penguin hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled April 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Feb] Kim Stanley Robinson, The Years of Rice and Salt -- Voyager paperback sf (alternate history, anyway). Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Feb] Eric Van Lustbader, The Veil of a Thousand Tears -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Volume Two of the Pearl Saga." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Feb] Sarah Zettel, A Sorcerer's Treason -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Book One of the Isavalta Trilogy." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Feb] Lindsay Clarke, Parzival and the Stone from Heaven -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "A Grail romance retold for our time." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Feb] Richard Dawkins, A Devil's Chaplain -- Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback. Essay collection. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Feb] Philip Pullman, Count Karlstein -- Doubleday hardback. Reissue of 1982 children's melodrama. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 Feb] "Jude Fisher", Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight paperback fantasy. "Book One of Fool's Gold." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

January 2003
[31 Jan] Chris Wooding, The Weavers of Saramyr -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Book One of The Braided Path." Proof copy received; scheduled May 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Jan] Cherith Baldry, The Reliquary Ring -- Macmillan C-format paperback -- historical fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Jan] Robin Hobb, The Golden Fool -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "The Tawny Man: Book Two", following on from the Farseer trilogy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jan] Michael Cobley, Shadowgod -- Earthlight C-format paperback fantasy. "Book Two of the Shadowkings Trilogy." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jan] Alastair Reynolds, Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days -- Gollancz hardback SF. Two previously published novellas set in the universe of Revelation Space etc. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jan] Roger Levy, Dark Heavens -- Gollancz C-format paperback SF. Linked to his first book Reckless Sleep. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder -- Gollancz paperback SF. Reissue of 2001 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Katharine Kerr, Snare -- Voyager trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Ken MacLeod/Eric Brown, The Human Front/A Writer's Life -- Gollancz paperback SF "double". Reissue of two novellas from Peter Crowther's PS Publishing as collected in his Gollancz anthology Infinities, a history poorly documented on the misleading copyright page. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] John Marco, The Eyes of God -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2001 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Jack Vance, Lyonesse II -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #35. Actually an omnibus of the second and third of the "Lyonesse" trio, The Green Pearl (1985) and Madouc (1989). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Jan] Robert Holdstock, Celtika -- Tor hardback fantasy. "Book One of the Merlin Codex." (And very good stuff too.) Proof copy received, scheduled April 2003 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Jan] Harry Turtledove, Jaws of Darkness -- Tor hardback fantasy. Fifth in his "Darkness" reworking of WWII as otherworld fantasy. Proof copy received, scheduled April 2003 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Jan] David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, ed., The Hard SF Renaissance -- Tor hardback sf anthology. Finished copy now received. Contains the Langford Hugo-winner "Different Kinds of Darkness". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Jan] Sarah Ash, Lord of Snow and Shadows -- Bantam UK fantasy. "Book One of the Tears of Artanon." Scheduled May 2003. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Jan] Sarah Ash, Lord of Snow and Shadows -- Bantam Spectra fantasy. "Book One of the Tears of Artanon." Proof copy received, scheduled July 2003. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Jan] Robert Ludlum, The Janson Directive -- Orion hardback thriller. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Jan] Terry McGarry, The Binder's Road -- Tor hardback fantasy. Sequel to Illumination. Proof copy received, scheduled March 2003 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Jan] John C. Wright, The Phoenix Exultant -- Tor hardback sf. "Volume Two of the Golden Age." Proof copy received, scheduled May 2003 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jan] James Lovegrove, Untied Kingdom -- Gollancz sf. Proof copy received; scheduled April 2003. • Hardback: Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com • C-format paperback: Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com

[15 Jan] Collins 2003 Handy Road Atlas: Britain & Ireland -- trade-ish (8.25"x6") paperback. Some mistake, surely.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Jan] Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion -- Voyager paperback fantasy. UK reissue of 2001 US title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Jan] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Effendi -- Pocket trade paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 hardback title. "The Second Arabesk", following Pashazade. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Jan] Robert Meadley, A Tea Dance At Savoy -- Savoy hardback nonfiction. Linked essays on books (notably Savoy's own controversial Lord Horror et al) and cultural phenomena (e.g. the Moors murders and Princess Di); heavily illustrated/decorated. Intro by Moorcock. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Jan] Catherine Asaro, The Moon's Shadow -- Tor hardback sf. "Saga of the Skolian Empire" series. Proof copy received, scheduled March 2003 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Jan] Steve Aylett, The Velocity Gospel -- Gollancz paperback. "Accomplice Book 2." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Jan] Valerie Leith, The Way of the Rose -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "Everien: Book Three." Reissue of 2001 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Jan] Richard Matheson, The Shrinking Man -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks selection #51. Reissue of 1956 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Jan] Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World -- Gollancz trade paperback sf collection. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Jan] Sarah Zettel, The Usurper's Crown -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2003. "A Novel of Isavalta." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Jan] Robert Silverberg, ed., The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 -- sf anthology. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2003. Reissue of 1970 selection based on SFWA voting. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Jan] Harry Turtledove, American Empire: The Centre Cannot Hold -- NEL sf (alternate history) paperback of 2002 hardback. Second "American Empire" novel, continuing the alternative timeline of HT's "Great War" trilogy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Jan] Steven Brust, Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille -- sf. Tor/Orb proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled March 2003. Reissue of 1990 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

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