Ansible Books Received, 2008

April 2008
• [24 Apr] Stephen Hunt, The Kingdom Beyond the Waves -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [24 Apr] Stephanie Meyer, The Host-- Sphere hardback sf. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also "export edition", C-format: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [21 Apr] Gene Wolfe, An Evil Guest-- Tor fantasy hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled September 2008. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [19 Apr] Jo Graham, Black Ships-- Orbit trade paperback, historical fantasy. Proof copy received; scheduled 3 July. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [19 Apr] Richard Morgan, The Steel Remains-- Gollancz fantasy, hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled 21 August. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [17 Apr] Laurell K. Hamilton, The Harlequin-- Orbit paperback, dark fantasy. "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter". First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [17 Apr] Jeff Somers, The Digital Plague-- Orbit sf, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Marie Brennan, Midnight Never Come-- Orbit trade paperback, historical fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Shiro Ihara, Alice on Deadlines 2-- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Keiko Tobe, With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child 2 -- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Andi Watson, Glister 1: Haunted Teapot-- Image Comics, trade paperback, comic fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Andi Watson, Glister 2: House Hunting-- Image Comics, trade paperback, comic fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Andi Watson, Glister 3: Faerie Host-- Image Comics, trade paperback, comic fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [16 Apr] Andi Watson, Princess at Midnight-- Image Comics, trade paperback, comic fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Apr] Ian Stewart, Letters to a Young Mathematician-- Basic Books trade paperback, nonfiction. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Apr] Ian Stewart, Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry-- Basic Books hardback, nonfiction. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [10 Apr] Alex Bell, The Ninth Circle -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Apr] Tom Holt, The Better Mousetrap-- Orbit hardback fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Apr] Glenda Larke, Song of the Shiver Barrens-- Orbit trade paperback fantasy. "Mirage Makers" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Apr] Lilith Saintcrow, To Hell and Back-- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Dante Valentine" series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [8 Apr] Brian Aldiss, A Prehistory of Mind-- Mayapple Press, trade paperback. Poems plus one very short story. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [8 Apr] Kim Harrison, Where Demons Dare-- Voyager supernatural fantasy, paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [8 Apr] Jeff Somers, The Electric Church -- Orbit sf, paperback. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [3 Apr] Nick Griffiths, Dalek I Loved You: A Memoir -- Gollancz nonfiction/memoir, trade paperback. First published 2006 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [3 May] Alastair Reynolds, The Prefect -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [3 May] Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Goes to Washington-- Gollancz paperback fantasy (werewolf). First published 2006. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [1 Apr] Andrew M. Butler, ed., An Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett -- Greenworld World Publishing, hardback nonfiction. A mini-encyclopedia with a few articles by, and one about, me! (Logged on 12 October last year, when they sent me a spiral-bound proof. Published in November. Now at last I get my contributor's copies....) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

March 2008
• [31 Mar] H.P. Lovecraft, Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft-- Gollancz hardback. Leather-bound "commemorative edition", edited and with afterward by Stephen Jones, illustrated by Les Edwards. 36 HPL selections: stories, novellas and a very few poems. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also export trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [29 Mar] Terry Brooks, Edwin David and Robert Place Napton, Dark Wraith of Shannara-- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback, graphic novel adaptation. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [29 Mar] Trudi Canavan, Voice of the Gods -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Age of the Five" 3. First published 2006. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [29 Mar] Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch-- Headline fantasy, trade paperback. Sequel to Wicked. First published 2005. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [29 Mar] Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister-- Headline fantasy, hardback. Another take on the Cinderella story. First published 1999. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [29 Mar] Karen Miller, Empress -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Godspeaker" 1. Reissue of 2007 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [28 Mar] Paul Brazier, ed., Quercus One: The West Pier Gazette and other stories-- Three Legged Fox sf/fantasy hardback. Anthology of 21 stories from new publisher. Second copy received, goodness knows why. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [Easter] Paul Kincaid, What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction -- Beccon Publications, nonfiction trade paperback. Critical collection with introduction by me. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [Easter] Bryan Talbot, The Naked Artist: Comic Book Legends-- Moonstone Books, "nonfiction" trade paperback. Scurrilous ancedotes and apocryphra from the comics world, illustrated by Hunt Emerson. Blurbs include: "Write whaever the hell you like and I'll swear I've said it!" (Will Eisner). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [Easter] Gene Wolfe, Starwater Strains-- Tor sf hardback. Story collection. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [20 Mar] Paul Brazier, ed., Quercus One: The West Pier Gazette and other stories-- Three Legged Fox sf/fantasy hardback. Anthology of 21 stories from new publisher. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [20 Mar] A.E. van Vogt, The Voyage of the Space Beagle-- Tor/Orb sf, trade paperback. Proof copy received: scheduled July/August 2008. First published 1950. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [18 Mar] Jim Butcher, Small Favour-- Orbit fantasy, hardback. "Dresden Files" 10. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [18 Mar] Kate Elliott, Shadow Gate-- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Crossroads" 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [18 Mar] Elizabeth Moon, Victory Conditions-- Orbit sf, paperback. "Vatta's War" 5. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [15 Mar] John Meaney, Dark Blood-- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Sequel to Bone Song. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [14 Mar] Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Finished copy now received. "First Law" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [14 Mar] Stephen Baxter, Flood -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled June 2008. Disaster novel about mighty inundation, whose proofs are therefore sent out in a waterproof plastic bag. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [23 Nov] Adam Roberts, Swiftly -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Finished copy nowreceived. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [8 Mar] Dall-Young Lim & Sung-Woo Park, Black God 2 -- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [8 Mar] Judith Park, Y Square-- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [8 Mar] Peach-Pit, Zombie Loan 2 -- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [4 Mar] Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion-- Harper trade paperback, nonfiction. Paragraph-by-paragraph notes on sources, influences, names, variant editions, etc etc. First published 2005.• Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [4 Mar] John D.Rateliff / J.R.R. Tolkien, The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins-- Harper trade paperback, fantasy/crit. Massively annotated edition of "the complete text of the original manuscript of The Hobbit". First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [4 Mar] John D.Rateliff / J.R.R. Tolkien, The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End-- Harper trade paperback, fantasy. Massively annotated edition of "the complete text of the original manuscript of The Hobbit". First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

February 2008
• [28 Feb] Stephanie Meyer, The Host-- Sphere hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled May 2008. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also "export edition", C-format: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [28 Feb] Sarah Zettel, Camelot's Blood-- Harper paperback (Arthurian) fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [27 Feb] Greg Egan, Incandescence -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled May 2008 • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [25 Feb] Jonathan Barnes, The Domino Men-- Gollancz fantasy, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [22 Feb] Kelley Armstrong, No Humans Involved -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [22 Feb] Kelley Armstrong, Personal Demon-- Orbit fantasy, hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [22 Feb] Ken MacLeod, The Execution Channel -- Orbit sf paperback. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [22 Feb] Tad Williams, Shadowplay -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Shadowmarch" 2. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [15 Feb] Diana Wynne Jones, The Game -- HarperCollins Children's Books fantasy, hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [15 Feb] Daniel O'Mahony, Newtons Sleep -- Random Static sf, trade paperback. "Set in the universe of Faction Paradox", apparently a shared-world background. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [15 Feb] D.B. Shan, Procession of the Dead -- Voyager fantasy-noir, hardback. Revision of the 1999 Ayuamarca: Procession of the Dead. "The City" 1. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [15 Feb] Charles Stross, Halting State -- Orbit sf, trade paperback. Finished copy now received (again). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [15 Feb] Vernor Vinge, The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge -- Souvenir Press sf, trade paperback. A straight reprint of the 2001 Tor collection, thus not including the important story "True Names" (separately published by Tor). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [14 Feb] Lucy Coats, Hootcat Hill -- Orion Children's Books, hardback fantasy. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [13 Feb] Raymond E. Feist, Wrath of a Mad God -- Voyager hardback, fantasy. "Darkwar" volume something or other. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [13 Feb] John C. Wright, Null-A Continuum -- Tor sf hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled May 2008. Authorized sequel to The World of Null-A and The Players/Pawns of Null-A. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Axiomatic -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. Collection first published 1995. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Diaspora -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. First published 1997. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Distress -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. First published 1995. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Luminous -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. Collection first published 1998. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Permutation City -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. First published 1994. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Quarantine -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. First published 1992. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. First published 2001. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Greg Egan, Teranesia -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. Uniform Egan edition. First published 1995. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Robin Hobb, Renegade's Magic -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Soldier Son" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] John Meaney, Bone Song -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [12 Feb] Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. First published 1993, trans 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Feb] R.J. Ellory, A Quiet Belief in Angels -- Orion, trade paperback historical/thriller. (A freebie from the Orion authors' party.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Feb] Steven Gould, Jumper -- Voyager trade paperback, sf. Film tie-in. First published 1992. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Feb] Steven Gould, Jumper: Griffin's Story -- Voyager trade paperback, sf. Jumper film tie-in. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Feb] Katharine McMahon, The Rose of Sebastopol -- Orion/Phoenix, trade paperback historical. (A freebie from the Orion authors' party.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Feb] Stephen Baxter, Weaver -- Gollancz historical/alternate-historical trade paperback. "Time's Tapestry" 4. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Feb] Alex Bell, The Ninth Circle -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Proof copy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Feb] Jaine Fenn, Principles of Angels -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Feb] Robert V.S. Redick, The Red Wolf Conspiracy -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Finished copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [9 Feb] Alastair Reynolds, House of Suns -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received: scheduled April 2008. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [7 Feb] Stephen Hunt, The Kingdom Beyond the Waves -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Proof copy received (for SFX review); scheduled 6 May 2008. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [5 Feb] Keith Seward, Horror Panegyric-- Savoy Books, hardback. This is packaged as an appreciation of Savoy's and David Britton's notorious Lord Horror/Meng & Ecker sequence, but the critical panegyric ends on page 37 and is followed by three substantial extracts from Lord Horror and its sequel Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz of Oz. Finally, pages 119-139 offer a "Lord Horror Timeline" bibliography of the comics, novels, records, talking books.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [4 Feb] Kazuto Okada, Sundome 1 -- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [4 Feb] Kyo Shirodaira, Spiral 2: The Bonds of Reasoning -- Yen Press trade paperback manga. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

January 2008
• [23 Jan] Charles Stross, Halting State -- Orbit sf, trade paperback. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [22 Jan] Katharine Kerr, The Spirit Stone -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Dragon Mage" 5. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [21 Jan] Celia Friedman, Feast of Souls -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "Magister" 1. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [21 Jan] Tom Holt, Barking -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [21 Jan] Charlie Huston, Half the Blood of Brooklyn -- Orbit supernatural thriller, trade paperback. "Joe Pitt" series. First published 2007. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [21 Jan] Elizabeth Moon, The Serrano Succession -- Orbit sf, trade paperback. Omnibus comprising Change of Command (1999) and Against the Odds (2000). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [21 Jan] Jennifer Rardin, Biting the Bullet -- Orbit vampire/thriller fantasy, paperback. "Jaz Parks" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Jan] Iain M. Banks, Matter -- Orbit hardback sf. The new "Culture" novel. Finished copy now received; scheduled February 2008. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• [11 Jan] Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets -- Gollancz hardback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
  Also trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com