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.
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- [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
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- [18 Dec] Isabel Glass,
Daughter of Exile -- fantasy. Hardback scheduled March 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [18 Dec] Thomas Harlan,
House of Reeds -- alternate-history sf (with a Mexican rather than a
Roman empire). Hardback scheduled February 2004.
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- [18 Dec] Cecelia Holland,
The Witches' Kitchen -- historical fantasy, Viking era. Hardback
scheduled April 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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Also hardback:
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- [16 Dec] Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, ed., The Cambridge
Companion to Science Fiction -- CUP trade paperback nonfiction essay
collection.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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.
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- [13 Dec] John Julius Norwich, A Christmas Cracker: being a commonplace
selection -- 2003 instalment of another legendary Christmas booklet.
Privately published.
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- [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.)
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- [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.
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- [5 Dec] Iain [No Middle Initial] Banks, Raw Spirit: In Search of the
Perfect Dram -- Century hardback nonfiction.
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Also trade paperback:
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- [5 Dec] Richard Morgan, Market Forces -- Gollancz hardback sf.
Proof copy received; scheduled March 2004. Second copy received.
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Also trade paperback:
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- [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).
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- [3 Dec] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Simon & Schuster
sf trade paperback. (Acquired for the cancelled Earthlight imprint.) Second copy
received.
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- [3 Dec] Richard Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz sf paperback.
Reissue of 2003 hardback; sequel to
Altered Carbon.
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- [3 Dec] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Simon & Schuster
sf trade paperback. (Acquired for the cancelled Earthlight imprint.)
Amazon.co.uk
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- [2 Dec] Neal Asher,
Cowl -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf. Proof copy received. Hardback
scheduled March 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [2 Dec] Juliet Marillier,
Foxmask -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) historical fantasy. Proof copy
received. Hardback scheduled March 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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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
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- [26 Nov] Sarah Ash, Lord of Snow and Shadows -- Bantam UK fantasy
paperback. "Book One of the Tears of Artanon."
Amazon.co.uk
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- [26 Nov] Anne Harris, Inventing Memory -- sf. Tor proof copy.
Hardback scheduled March 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [22 Nov] Anne & Todd McCaffrey, Dragon's Kin -- Bantam hardback
sf. Umpteenth in Pern series.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [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
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Also trade paperback:
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- [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
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- [15 Nov] David Farland,
The Lair of Bones -- Earthlight fantasy, C-format paperback. "Book
4 of The Runelords."
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- [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
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Also trade paperback (not seen):
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- [13 Nov] Cory Doctorow,
Eastern Standard Time -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February
2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [11 Nov] Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap -- Gollancz hardback sf.
"Concludes the story of the Inhibitors told in Revelation Space and
Redemption Ark."
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Also C-format paperback (not seen):
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- [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
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- [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
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- [10 Nov] Mary Gentle, 1610: A Sundial in a Grave -- Gollancz
C-format paperback sf.
Amazon.co.uk
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Also hardback (not seen):
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- [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
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Also hardback (not seen):
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [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....
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- [3 Nov] John Robert Marlow,
Nano -- technothriller debut by "a Hollywood screen-writer".
Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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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
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- [31 Oct] Robert Holdstock,
The Iron Grail -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February
2004. "Book Two of The Merlin Codex."
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [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
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- [23 Oct] Sara Douglass, Gods' Concubine -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Hardback scheduled March 2004. "The Troy Game, Book 2".
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [14 Oct] Paul McAuley, White Devils -- sf/technothriller. Tor proof
copy. Hardback scheduled February 2004.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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.
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- [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
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- [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
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- [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
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- [9 Oct] Walter Jon Williams,
The Sundering -- Earthlight sf trade paperback. "Book Two of Dread
Empire's Fall", following The Praxis.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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.
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- [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
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- [3 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Coalescent -- Gollancz hardback sf.
Finished copy now received. "Destiny's Children: Book One."
Amazon.co.uk
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Also trade paperback:
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- [3 Oct] Joe Haldeman, All My Sins Remembered -- Gollancz trade
paperback sf. Yellowjacket series. Reissue of 1977 "fix-up" novel.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [3 Oct] Roger Zelazny, Damnation Alley -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. Yellowjacket series. Reissue of 1969 novel.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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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
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- [29 Sep] Philip K. Dick, The World Jones Made -- Gollancz paperback
sf. Reissue of early novel from 1956.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [29 Sep] Alastair Reynolds, Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days --
Gollancz paperback sf. Two-novella collection. Reissue of 2003 hardback title.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [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
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Also trade paperback:
Amazon.co.uk
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- [21 Sep] Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity -- Earthlight
paperback sf. Another episode in the Miles Vorkosigan saga.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [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.
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- [13 Sep] Rob Grant, Incompetence -- Gollancz trade paperback, sf
comedy.
Amazon.co.uk
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Also hardback (not seen):
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- [13 Sep] Robin McKinley, Sunshine -- Bantam trade paperback, dark
fantasy (vampires).
Amazon.co.uk
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- [12 Sep] Arthur C. Clarke, Tales of Ten Worlds -- Gollancz
paperback sf. 15-story collection. Reissue of 1963 title.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [12 Sep] Arthur C. Clarke, The Wind from the Sun -- Gollancz
paperback sf. 18-story collection. Reissue of 1972 title.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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
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- [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
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- [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
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- [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
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- 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
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- 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
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- [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
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- [4 Aug] Dan Simmons, Ilium -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. "Drawing
from The Iliad and The Tempest ..."
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Also hardback:
Amazon.co.uk
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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
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- [24 Jul] Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery -- Gollancz trade paperback
sf. Reissue of 1957 title -- Dick's first novel.
Amazon.co.uk
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- [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.
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- [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
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- [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
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- [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
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- [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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