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These days I regularly write up books for Amazon UK, as theoretically linked below (but Amazon's ghastly database keeps losing the reviews from their pages). My stuff mostly appears in Amazon.co.uk's SF and Fantasy Area. Sometimes the same reviews turn up at Amazon.com.
Previous years' entries now deported to separate pages: 2002 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999.
November 2003 - [25 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- [17 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
- [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] 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
October 2003 - [10 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Coalescent -- Gollancz hardback sf. "Destiny's Children: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com- [8 Oct] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel -- Gollancz hardback fantasy parody. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
September 2003 - Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "The Tawny Man III." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
August 2003 - [18 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Evolution -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [13 Aug] 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- [5 Aug] 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
- [4 Aug] 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
- [1 Aug] Dean R. Koontz The Face -- Voyager hardback fantasy. Psychological stalker/killer thriller with supernatural intrusions. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
July 2003 - [30 Jul] James Barclay, Shadowheart -- Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
June 2003 - [24 Jun] Frederick Forsyth, Avenger -- Bantam hardback thriller. Proof copy received; scheduled September 2003. See note on Bad Men below. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [20 Jun] John Connolly, Bad Men -- Hodder & Stoughton hardback, supernatural (I think) 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] Kevin J. Anderson, A Forest of Stars -- Earthlight sf, C-format paperback. "The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Two." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [19 Jun] Peter F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth -- Macmillan paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 title, reviewed that year. • 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
- [17 Jun] Robert Rankin, The Witches of Chiswick -- Gollancz hardback sf/fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
May 2003 - [15 May] Chris Wooding, The Weavers of Saramyr -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Book One of The Braided Path." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com- [13 May] 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
- [9 May] 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
- [6 May] David Lawrence, Nothing Like the Night -- Penguin/Michael Joseph crime, C-format paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
- [2 May] 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
April 2003 - [4 Apr] 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
March 2003 - [20 Mar] Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs, The New Discworld Companion -- Gollancz fantasy reference, trade paperback. Latest expansion of 1994 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
February 2003 - [14 Feb] Kim Stanley Robinson, The Years of Rice and Salt -- Voyager paperback sf (alternate history, anyway). Reissue of 2002 title. Shortlisted for BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke awards. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [13 Feb] William Gibson, Pattern Recognition -- Penguin hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled April 2003. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
January 2003 - [31 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
• Also US edition, Bantam Spectra, scheduled July 2003. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com- [29 Jan] Robert Ludlum, The Janson Directive -- Orion hardback thriller. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [27 Jan] Katharine Kerr, Snare -- Voyager trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
- [23 Jan] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker Legacy -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. New outbreak of "Deathstalker" space opera series (six previous books, plus prequels): despite determined pushing of eponymous hero over the Reichenbach Falls, his similarly named descendant takes up the tale.
- [21 Jan] Steve Cash, The Meq -- Macmillan fantasy, trade paperback. "A Lyric Fantasy", first in a trilogy.
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