These are the books for which Amazon.co.uk commissioned me to write the official "Voice of Amazon" reviews. Sometimes the same reviews turned up at Amazon.com. Earlier years are archived on separate pages – see menu bar above. Graphic Horror!
2005: Commissioned reviews at Amazon.co.uk are in serious decline. I hope it's not just me. Here are some dinky little graphics showing the Langford review totals in the years since I started. (These figures include a few repeats – paperback reissues of books reviewed in more expensive formats. Without repeats, the figure for 2005 is 2.)
1999 • 136 reviews
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2000 • 120 reviews
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2001 • 50 reviews
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2002 • 39 reviews
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2003 • 33 reviews
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2004 • 6 reviews
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2005 • 4 reviews
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2006 • 0 reviews
2007 • 0 reviews
2008 • 0 reviews
I think I'll stop updating this increasingly monotonous chart now....
August 2005 - [16 Aug] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return – Voyager paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. Reissue of 2004 title • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [1 Aug] Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Giant – Orbit sf hardback. "The Shadow Saga" 4; spinoff from "Ender" series. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also trade paperback (not seen): Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
March 2005 - [23 Mar] Richard Morgan, Woken Furies – Gollancz sf hardback. Third Takeshi Kovacs novel. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also export trade paperback: Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com- [10 Mar] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return – Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. Reissue of 2004 title.• Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
February 2005 - [7 Feb] Terry Goodkind, Chainfire – Voyager hardback fantasy. Although the blurb implies a standalone novel ("... a powerful new story set in a fascinating world ..."), this is in fact "Sword of Truth" book 9. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
October 2004 - [13 Oct] Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist – Orbit sf hardback. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [6 Oct] James Barclay, Demonstorm – Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also trade paperback (not seen): Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com- [5 Oct] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return – Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
June 2004 - [23 Jun] David & Leigh Eddings, The Treasured One – HarperCollins fantasy hardback. "Book Two of the Dreamers." • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
March 2004 - [9 Mar] David Gemmell, The Swords of Night and Day – Bantam UK fantasy hardback. "A Novel of Skilgannon the Damned" – subseries in the Drenai saga. Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also trade paperback: Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
February 2004 - [23 Feb] Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides – Bantam hardback fantasy. "A tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen." Fifth in series. • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Book Depository UK • Book Depository US • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com