Ansible Books Received, 2001

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This is a log of books received, some of which I review for SFX magazine, in Cloud Chamber, or elsewhere. The latest listing is here.
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December 2001
[31 Dec] David Brin, Kiln People -- sf. Tor pre-proof copy (bound MS). Scheduled January 2002. • {0765303558}

[31 Dec] Stephen Dedman, Shadows Bite -- "magic/noir vampire thriller". Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2001. • {0312873697}

[31 Dec] Richard Matheson, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet -- horror collection. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2002. • {0312878273}

[31 Dec] L. Neil Smith, The American Zone -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2001. • {0312873697}

[31 Dec] James White, Alien Emergencies -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled April 2002. Volumes 4 to 6 of the Sector General sequence, being Ambulance Ship (including the story "Spacebird" omitted from previous US editions), Sector General, and Star Healer, with a new introduction by David Langford, yay yay. • {0312877706}

[17 Dec] Ray Bradbury, From the Dust Returned -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. • {0743207599}

[17 Dec] David Farland, Wizardborn -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Three of the Runelords." • {0671029509}

[17 Dec] Robert Holdstock, Celtika -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book One of The Merlin Codex." • {0671028820}

[13 Dec] Alastair Reynolds, Chasm City -- Gollancz sf trade paperback. • {0575073659}

[7 Dec] Avram Davidson, ed. Grania Davis and Henry Wessells, The Other Nineteenth Century. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2001. New collection of 23 mostly unfamiliar stories, complementing The Avram Davidson Treasury and Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven. • {0312848749}

[7 Dec] Andre Norton, The Gates to Witch World -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2001. Omnibus of first three Witch World novels from 1963-5: Witch World, Web of the Witch World and Year of the Unicorn. • {0765300508}

[7 Dec] Mitchell Smith, Snowfall -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled February 2002. • {0312878966}

[6 Dec] Lloyd Alexander, Westmark -- Firebird fantasy pb. Reissue of 1981 novel. Firebird is "a new fantasy and science fiction imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc. specifically designed to appeal to both teenage and adult readers. • {0141310685}

[6 Dec] David Clement-Davies, Fire Bringer -- Firebird fantasy pb. • {0142300608}

[6 Dec] Nancy Farmer, The Ear, the Eye and the Arm -- Firebird sf pb. • {0141311096}

[6 Dec] Nancy Springer, I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot -- Firebird fantasy pb. • {0698118413}

November 2001
[29 Nov] Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder -- Gollancz sf. Proof copy received. Scheduled February 2002. More wildly ambitious sf of ideas. • {0575071230}

[29 Nov] Harry Turtledove, American Empire: Blood and Iron -- NEL sf paperback. New series following on from his "The Great War" alternate-history World War I sequence. • {0340715510}

[29 Nov] Harry Turtledove, Colonization 3: Aftershocks -- NEL sf paperback. Third in alternate-history sequence following from the "Worldwar" tetralogy, the one where aliens invade during WWII. • {0340769106}

[26 Nov] Douglas E. Winter, The Dark Fantastic -- Clive Barker: The Authorized Biography -- HarperCollins hardback. • {0002550415}

[23 Nov] Terry Goodkind, The Pillars of Creation -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. • {0575071613}

[23 Nov] K.W. Jeter, Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon -- Gollancz sf paperback. Yet another spinoff. • {1857988671}

[23 Nov] Fritz Leiber, The Second Book of Lankhmar -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #24, trade paperback. Comprises The Swords of Lankhmar, Swords and Ice Magic and The Knight and Knave of Swords, completing the packaging of the seven Fafhrd & Gray Mouser books in two Masterworks volumes. • {0575073586}

[23 Nov] H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #47, trade paperback. A "Note on the Text" conveys that this is the Everyman edition and that useful and instructive Notes will appear at the back of the book -- in fact omitted. • {185798949X}

[21 Nov] Mike Ashley, Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood -- Constable hardback. Biography of author best remembered for supernatural tales like "The Wendigo" and the John Silence occult-detective series. • {1841194174}

[13 Nov] Neal Asher, The Skinner -- Macmillan sf. Proof copy received, scheduled March 2002. • {0333903641}

[13 Nov] Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #46, trade paperback. • {1857983416}

[13 Nov] Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon -- Gollancz sf. Proof copy received. Scheduled February 2002 in hardback and trade paperback. • {0575073217}

[9 Nov] Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant III, The Art of Chesley Bonestell -- Paper Tiger hardback, large-format sf art book. Extremely impressive -- 256 pages and over 300 pictures. Also from Amazon.com. • {1855858843}

[9 Nov] Donald Kingsbury, Psychohistorical Crisis -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2001. A fictional "response to Asimov's Foundation trilogy" that ignores all the dreadful add-on clutter of connections with the robot series. • {0312861028}

[8 Nov] Tom Arden, Empress of the Endless Dream -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "Fifth Book of the Orokon." • {0575063742}

[8 Nov] Tom Arden, Sisterhood of the Blue Storm -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Fourth Book of the Orokon." • {1857983300}

[8 Nov] Elizabeth Haydon, Prophecy -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. Sequel to Rhapsody below. • {1857989910}

[8 Nov] Elizabeth Haydon, Rhapsody -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. • {0575072792}

[8 Nov] Valerie Leith, The Riddled Night -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Everien: Book Two." • {1857983246}

[8 Nov] Valerie Leith, The Way of the Rose -- Gollancz fantasy paperback, C-format. "Everien: Book Three." • {1857985494}

[8 Nov] Fletcher Pratt, The Well of the Unicorn -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #23, trade paperback. • {0575072679}

[8 Nov] Brian Sibley, The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide -- HarperCollins, large format paperback. Many photos/stills. • {0007119089}

[7 Nov] Juliet Marillier, Child of the Prophecy -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2002. "Book Three of the Sevenwaters Trilogy." • {0312848811}

[5 Nov] Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice -- Bantam fantasy paperback, C-format. "Malazan Book of the Fallen 3." • {0593046242}

[5 Nov] Simon R. Green, Drinking Midnight Wine -- Gollancz fantasy paperback, C-format. • {0575072466}

[1 Nov] Ian Stewart, Flatterland: Like Flatland Only More So -- Macmillan hardback. Distant sequel to Edwin A. Abbot's 1884 Flatland, using fiction and whimsy as sugar-coating for a tour of assorted spaces found/used in maths and physics. • {0333783123}

October 2001
[23 Oct] Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks VI. • {0575072636}

[23 Oct] Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks IV. • {0575073373}

[23 Oct] Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks III. • {0575073357}

[23 Oct] Joe Haldeman, The Forever War -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks IX. • {0575073187}

[23 Oct] Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks VII. It is to be noted that hardback SF Masterworks include titles such as this which Gollancz were apparently unable to use in trade paperback. More below! • {0575073365}

[23 Oct] Frank Herbert, Dune -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks I. • {0575073349}

[23 Oct] Larry Niven, Ringworld -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks VIII. • {057507339X}

[23 Oct] Walter M. Miller Jr, A Canticle for Leibowitz -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks V. • {0575072202}

[23 Oct] Frank Herbert, Dune -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks I. It is to be noted that hardback SF Masterworks include titles such as this which Gollancz were apparently unable to use in trade paperback. • {0575073349}

[23 Oct] John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids -- Gollancz sf hardback. SF Masterworks hardbacks X. • {0575073381}

[22 Oct] John Barnes, The Merchants of Souls -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2001. Follows on from A Million Open Doors and Earth Made of Glass. • {0312890761}

[22 Oct] Dorianna Durgin, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict -- Heritage -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2001. TV spinoff. • {076530208X}

[22 Oct] Ken MacLeod, Dark Light -- Orbit sf hardback. Second in "Engines of Light" sequence. Also Tor proof copy, scheduled January 2002. • {1841490695}

[22 Oct] Vernor Vinge, The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2001. Excludes "True Names" -- see next item. • {0312873735}

[22 Oct] Vernor Vinge and others, ed James Frenkel, True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2001. "True Names" plus articles and commentary on its prophetic aspects by various others. • {0312862075}

[19 Oct] Ursula Le Guin, The Telling -- Gollancz sf hardback. New novel in the "Hainish" sf cycle. • {0575072571}

[17 Oct] Stephen Jones & David Sutton (ed), Dark Terrors 5 -- Gollancz trade paperback. Horror anthology. • {185798322X}

[16 Oct] Jan Siegel, The Dragon-Charmer -- Voyager fantasy paperback. Sequel to Prospero's Children. • {000651281X}

[12 Oct] Arthur C. Clarke, The Collected Stories -- Gollancz sf trade paperback. • {1857983238}

[12 Oct] Simon R. Green, Shadows Fall -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. • {0575057114}

[12 Oct] Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus -- Gollancz sf paperback. • {1857987241}

[11 Oct] Michael Moorcock, Gloriana, or, The Unfulfill'd Queen -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #22, trade paperback. • {0575072849}

[11 Oct] John Sladek, The Complete Roderick -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #45, trade paperback. The first one-volume edition of the long novel previously published in the UK as Roderick and Roderick at Random. (Its US history is more complicated and messy.) • {1857983408}

[10 Oct] Brom, Offerings: The Art of Brom -- Paper Tiger hardback, large-format sf art book. • {1855859181}

[10 Oct] Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, Sketchbook -- Paper Tiger hardback, large-format sf art book. • {1855859297}

[8 Oct] Robert Rankin, The Fandom of the Operator -- Doubleday sf/fantasy hardback. • {0385602561}

[8 Oct] Robert Rankin, Web Site Story -- Corgi sf/fantasy paperback. More silliness, previously reviewed in hardback. • {0552147435}

[5 Oct] Graham Joyce, Smoking Poppy -- Gollancz hardback. Hard to tell from the description whether this has fantasy or supernatural elements. "Here in the jungles of Thailand The Beach meets Heart of Darkness." • {0575072296}

[3 Oct] Ed Gorman, ed., The Blue and the Gray Undercover -- anthology of US Civil War spy stories. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2001. • {0312874871}

[3 Oct] Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, ed., The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories -- "best of the year 2000" anthology. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2001. • {0765301016}

September 2001
[28 Sep] Mark Chadbourn, Always Forever -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "Book Three of the Age of Misrule." • {0575066822}

[28 Sep] Mark Chadbourn, Darkest Hour -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Book Two of the Age of Misrule." • {1857987667}

[27 Sep] Graham Edwards, Stone & Sun -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Book Three of the Stone Trilogy." • {000651183X}

[26 Sep] Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Last Hero -- Gollancz coffee-table book with 40,000-word Pratchett story illustrated throughout by Kidby paintings. • {057506885X}

[20 Sep] Steve Aylett, Toxicology -- Gollancz hardback. 26 short stories, some with the "Beerlight" setting of Aylett's novels. • {0575071095}

[20 Sep] Marcus Herniman, The Treason of Dortrean -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Two of The Arrandin Trilogy." • {0743415132}

[17 Sep] Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, illustrated by Paul Kidby, Discworld Thieves' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2002 -- Gollancz hardback. As usual, a straightforward diary prefaced by some drollery (21pp) about the Guild in question, plus a related fragment (e.g. unlikely crimes or bits of alleged cant) in the slot for Discworld's extra day each week. • {0575071044}

[15 Sep] Kate Jacoby, Rebel's Cage -- Gollancz fantasy C-format paperback. "Fourth Book of Elita." • {0575068876}

[13 Sep] Simon Clark, The Night of the Triffids -- NEL sf paperback. Reviewed earlier in hardback • {0340766018}

[13 Sep] Wil McCarthy, The Collapsium -- Gollancz sf paperback. Reviewed earlier in large format edition. • {1857983262}

[13 Sep] Stan Nicholls, Warriors of the Tempest -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. Reviewed earlier in large format edition. • {1857985621}

[12 Sep] E.R. Eddison, Mistress of Mistresses -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #21, trade paperback. • {0575072849}

[12 Sep] Stephen King & Peter Straub, Black House -- HarperCollins hardback. Serial-killer suspense novel. • {0007100426}

[10 Sep] Terry Brooks, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book Two: Antrax -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. • {0743209532}

[10 Sep] Richard Calder, Impakto -- Earthlight sf paperback. • {0743408950}

[10 Sep] Stephen R. Donaldson, The Man Who Fought Alone -- thriller. Forge proof copy. Scheduled November 2001. Another Mick Axbrewder novel, following on from The Man Who Killed His Brother and The Man Who Risked His Partner (though these aren't mentioned in the other-books-by list). • {0765302020}

[10 Sep] Jo Walton, The King's Name -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2001. "Continuing the epic begun in The King's Peace." • {031287653X}

August 2001
[28 Aug] J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings -- fantasy trade paperback.Movie tie-in edition: "Now An Epic Motion Picture Trilogy From New Line Cinema," etc. • {0007123817}

[23 Aug] Charles de Lint, The Onion Girl -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2001. Another "Newford" urban fantasy. • {0312873972}

[22 Aug] Gwyneth Jones, Bold As Love: A Near Future Fantasy -- Gollancz hardback. Proof received earlier; finished copy now in. Also trade paperback. • {0575070307}

[18 Aug] Brian Herbert & Jevin J. Anderson, Prelude to Dune: House Corrino -- Hodder & Stoughton sf hardback. Finished copy now received. Third of the rightly dreaded Dune prequels. • {0340751797}

[18 Aug] The Harvard Lampoon (Henry N. Beard & Douglas C. Kenny), Bored of the Rings -- Gollancz fantasy hardback, small format. First hardback edition of broad Tolkien parody, first published 1969. • {0575073624}

[17 Aug] David A. Hardy, Hardyware -- Paper Tiger hardback, large-format sf art book. • {1855859173}

[15 Aug] William Gibson, Neuromancer -- sf trade paperback. Voyager Classics #11. • {0007119585}

[15 Aug] Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars -- sf trade paperback. Voyager Classics #12. • {0007119593}

[14 Aug] Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, Wheelers -- Earthlight C-format sf paperback. • {0743207432}

[14 Aug] Freda Warrington, The Obsidian Tower -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Three of the Jewelfire Trilogy." • {0743416074}

[11 Aug] Terry Goodkind, Debt of Bones -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. Apparently a standalone novel, though "set in the world of THE SWORD OF TRUTH", and quite slim at 119pp. • {0575072563}

[10 Aug] David Zindell, The Lightstone -- Voyager fantasy hardback. "Book One of the Ea Cycle." 840 pages! With three pages of maps! And sixteen of appendices! • {0002247569}

[7 Aug] James Lovegrove, The Foreigners -- Gollancz sf paperback. Reviewed earlier in hardback. • {1857987918}

[5 Aug] Paul Brandon, Swim the Moon -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2001. • {0312877943}

[7 Aug] Douglas Coupland, All Families Are Psychotic -- Flamingo trade paperback. Mainstream novel about, apparently, a female NASA astronaut's mother and dysfunctional family. • {0007117515}

[5 Aug] Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates -- Bantam paperback fantasy. "A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen." • {0553813110}

[5 Aug] Jack Finney, Time and Again -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #20, trade paperback. • {0575073608}

[5 Aug] Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #44, trade paperback. • {1857989511}

[5 Aug] Paul McAuley, Whole Wide World -- Voyager sf/detective hardback. Received earlier in proof. • {0002259036}

[5 Aug] Sean McMullen, Eyes of the Calculor -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2001. • {0312877366}

[5 Aug] Timothy Zahn, Angelmas -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2001. • {0312878281}

[1 Aug] Peter F. Hamilton, Fallen Dragon -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy received, scheduled 12 October. Standalone novel, the author having vowed to give up Huge Trilogies after the colossal exertions of "Night's Dawn". • {0333900650}

[1 Aug] [J.R.R. Tolkien], Tolkien Calendar 2002 -- HarperCollins. With a painting for each month by Ted Nasmith. • {0007111894}

[1 Aug] [J.R.R. Tolkien], Tolkien Diary 2002 -- HarperCollins hardback. With a painting for each month by Ted Nasmith, the same ones as in the calendar. • {000711186X}

July 2001
[27 Jul] Peter F. Hamilton, Fallen Dragon -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy received, scheduled 12 October. Standalone novel, the author having vowed to give up Huge Trilogies after the colossal exertions of "Night's Dawn". • {0333900650}

[27 Jul] Brian Herbert & Jevin J. Anderson, Prelude to Dune: House Corrino -- Hodder & Stoughton sf hardback. Proof copy received, scheduled 4 October. Third of the rightly dreaded Dune prequels. • {0340751797}

[25 Jul] Roger MacBride Allen, The Depths of Time -- Bantam Spectra sf paperback. • {0553574973}

[25 Jul] Poul Anderson, Mother of Kings -- Viking-era fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2001. • {0312874480}

[25 Jul] Ben Bova, The Precipice -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2001. "Book 1 of the Asteroid Wars." • {0312848765}

[25 Jul] Sherwood Smith, Augur's Teacher -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2001. Fourth "Earth: Final Conflict" spinoff novel. • {0312877994}

[18 Jul] Ray Anthony, Empress -- Ace (UK) sf paperback. • {0952628716}

[18 Jul] Stephen Baxter, Manifold 2: Space -- Voyager sf paperback. • {000651183X}

[18 Jul] Ben Bova, The Precipice -- NEL sf paperback. "The Asteroid Wars: 1." • {0340769610}

[18 Jul] Sara Douglass, Enchanter -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2001. "Book Two of The Wayfarer Redemption." • {0312875827}

[18 Jul] George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords Part Two: Blood and Gold -- Voyager fantasy paperback. Second half of book three of "A Song of Ice and Fire", the first having appeared in the UK as A Storm of Swords Part One: Steel and Snow. • {0007119550}

[10 Jul] John Diamond, Snake Oil and other preoccupations -- Virgin trade paperback. Unfinished "uncomplimentary look at the world of complementary medicine" by the UK journalist who died of cancer in March 2001, plus a selection of his funny and/or harrowing newspaper columns. • {0099428334}

[9 Jul] Oliver Postgate, Seeing Things -- Pan trade paperback. Autobiography by the creator of Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, The Clangers, Bagpuss and other classic of UK children's TV. With CD-ROM of video clips, pics, music, etc etc. • {0330390007}

[9 Jul] Adam Roberts, Salt -- Gollancz sf paperback. Author's first novel, a Clarke Award nominee. • {185798787X}

[5 Jul] Michael Cobley, Shadowkings -- Earthlight C-format fantasy paperback. "Book One of the Shadowkings Trilogy." • {0743207173}

[4 Jul] James Barclay, Nightchild -- Gollancz C-format fantasy paperback. "Chronicles of the Raven", book 3. • {0575072156}

[4 Jul] James Barclay, Noonshade -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Chronicles of the Raven", book 2. • {1857987861}

[3 Jul] Quentin Blake, Words and Pictures -- Jonathan Cape hardback. Legendary illustrator and UK "Children's Laureate" on his own work, with many examples. • {0224032666}

[3 Jul] Philip E. High, Butterfly Planet -- Cosmos sf trade paperback. For collectors of UK hack sf, the "difficult" High novel from 1971 reissued at last. Also at Amazon.com. • {158715322X}

[2 Jul] Stephen Baxter, Manifold 3: Origin -- Gollancz sf hardback. • {000225770X}

[2 Jul] Raymond E. Feist & William Forstchen, Honoured Enemy -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "Legends of the Riftwar" series. • {0002247186}

June 2001
[30 Jun] Charles de Lint, Forests of the Heart -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. • {0575070307}

[30 Jun] S.M. Stirling, T2: Infiltrator -- Gollancz sf trade paperback. Terminator 2 movie spinoff: "Based on the world created in the motion picture ..." The PR sheet adds, "Rumours are rife that this book is very close to the storyline of the new Terminator film." Ho hum. • {0575071559}

[29 Jun] Philip K. Dick, Valis -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #43, trade paperback. • {1857983394}

[29 Jun] Robert Silverberg, The Stochastic Man -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade paperback. • {057505123X}

[28 Jun] Diana Wynne Jones, Year of the Griffin -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. Sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm. • {1857987888}

[28 Jun] Patricia McKillip, The Riddle-Master's Game -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #19, trade paperback. Omnibus of "Riddle-Master" trilogy: Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind. • {1857983270}

[25 Jun] Adrian Berry, The Giant Leap: Mankind Heads for the Stars -- nonfiction hardback. Tor proof copy. Scheduled July 2001. • {0312877854}

[23 Jun] Megan Lindholm, Wolf's Brother -- Voyager fantasy paperback. It's now official: an author "who also writes as Robin Hobb." • {0007114346}

[22 Jun] Spider Robinson, The Free Lunch -- sf hardback. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2001. • {0312865244}

[22 Jun] Harry Turtledove, Colonization 3: Aftershocks -- Hodder & Stoughton sf hardback. Third in alternate-history sequence following from the "Worldwar" tetralogy, the one where aliens invade during WWII. Not to be confused with his "Darkness" alternate-WWII fantasy series. • {0340769092}

[22 Jun] Harry Turtledove, The Great War: Breakthroughs -- NEL sf paperback. Third in alternate-history World War I series, not to be confused with the above. • {0340715502}

[21 Jun] David G. Hartwell, ed., Year's Best SF 6 -- HarperCollins/Eos sf paperback anthology. Contains the superbly wonderful short-story Hugo finalist "Different Kinds of Darkness" by D. Langford! • {0061020559}

[19 Jun] Gwyneth Jones, Bold As Love: A Near Future Fantasy -- Gollancz hardback. Proof copy; scheduled August 2001. Also trade paperback. • {0575070307}

[18 Jun] David and Leigh Eddings, The Redemption of Althalus -- Voyager fantasy paperback. • {0006514839}

[18 Jun] Jane Welch, Dawn of a Dark Age -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Volume One of the Book of Man," it says here. • {0007112491}

[16 Jun] Paul Brandon, Swim the Moon -- fantasy hardback. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2001. • {0312877943}

[16 Jun] Paul Levinson, Borrowed Tides -- Tor sf hardback. • {0312848692}

[14 Jun] Kelley Armstrong, Bitten -- Little, Brown trade paperback. Werewolf novel being given upmarket promotion (i.e. doesn't look like fantasy or horror). • {0316855391}

[14 Jun] Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Acorna's World -- Corgi sf paperback. Fourth in "Acorna" series: "Continuing the enthralling adventures of the Unicorn Girl." (Ick.) • {0552147494}

[13 Jun] Lindsey Davis, A Body in the Bath House -- Century hardback. 13th "Falco" historical detective novel. • {071268039X}

[9 Jun] Paul Cornell, Something More -- Gollancz hardback sf. • {0575072024}

[8 Jun] Paul McAuley, Whole Wide World -- Voyager sf/detective hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled September 2001. • {0002259036}

[8 Jun] Adam Roberts, On -- Gollancz hardback sf. Author of Salt demonstrates in this second novel that his talent for very short titles wasn't just a flash in the pan. • {0575071761}

[7 Jun] Storm Constantine, Crown of Silence -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Second volume in the Chronicles of Magravandias." • {1857987853}

[7 Jun] Storm Constantine, The Way of Light -- Gollancz fantasy paperback, C-format. "Third volume in the Chronicles of Magravandias." • {0575603194}

[7 Jun] Simon R. Green, Beyond the Blue Moon -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. Another in the "Hawk and Fisher" or "Haven" series. • {1857987659}

[7 Jun] Kate Jacoby, Black Eagle Rising -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Third Book of Elita." • {1857987500}

[7 Jun] Mercedes Lackey, Brightly Burning -- Gollancz fantasy paperback, C-format. "Returns to ... the magical world of Valdemar." • {0575072008}

[7 Jun] Fritz Leiber, The First Book of Lankhmar -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #18, trade paperback. Omnibus of four "Fafhrd and Gray Mouser" books: Swords and Deviltry, Swords Against Death, Swords in the Mist and Swords Against Wizardry. • {1857983270}

[7 Jun] Roger Levy, Reckless Sleep -- Gollancz sf paperback. • {1857988906}

[7 Jun] Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #42, trade paperback. • {1857987640}

[7 Jun] Eric Frank Russell, Next of Kin -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade paperback. Comic novel also known in shorter form as The Space Willies (half of an Ace Double) or, still shorter, the novelette "Plus X". • {0575072407}

[6 Jun] Anselm Audley, Hersey -- Earthlight C-format fantasy paperback. "Book One of the Aquasilva Trilogy." • {0743209508}

[2 Jun] Garry Kilworth, Gaslight Geezers: A Welkin Weasels Adventure -- Corgi paperback. Animal fantasy in "semi-Victorian world". • {0552547042}

[early Jun] Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl -- Viking hardback. Hugely hyped instant bestseller clawing a little desperately for the Harry Potter bandwagon. • {0670899623}

May 2001
[22 May] Simon Clark, The Night of the Triffids -- Hodder & Stoughton sf hardback. Authorized 50th-anniversary sequel to John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids (1951). • {034076600X}

[19 May] Trevor Baxendale, Coldheart -- BBC sf paperback. Dr Who tie-in, "another in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor." • {0563555955}

[17 May] Arthur C. Clarke, The Space Trilogy -- Gollancz sf B-format paperback. Three unrelated books, Islands in the Sky, Earthlight and The Sands of Mars. • {1857987802}

[17 May] Kim Wilkins, The Resurrectionists -- Orion horror paperback. • {1857987934}

[16 May] Paul Kearney, The Second Empire -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "The Monarchies of God: Book Four." • {1857987519}

[16 May] Katharine Kerr and Kate Daniel, Polar City Nightmare -- Gollancz sf paperback. • {1857987837}

[15 May] James Blish, The Seedling Stars -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. Collected "pantropy" stories about adapting humanity to odd environments, including the classic "Surface Tension". • {0575072393}

[15 May] Michael Moorcock, Elric -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #17, trade paperback. Omnibus of The Stealer of Souls (the first Elric shorts) and Stormbringer (the first Elric novel, 1977 revision). • {1857987438}

[15 May] Frederik Pohl, JEM -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #41, trade paperback. • {1857987896}

[15 May] Terry Pratchett, The Rincewind Trilogy -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. Discworld omnibus comprising, actually, the third, fourth and fifth novels of Rincewind the inept wizard: Sourcery, Eric and Interesting Times. This is presumably because Colin Smythe Ltd retains omnibus rights to the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, another hardback omnibus volume. • {0575072369}

[11 May] Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind -- sf hardback. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2001. "Rewritten version of Flynn's first novel published as a paperback original with the same title in 1990." • {0312874448}

[11 May] Susan Shwartz, Second Chances -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2001. • {0312873425}

[early May] Jonathan Carroll, The Wooden Sea -- Gollancz hardback. • {0575070609}

[early May] Robert E. Howard, The Conan Chronicles 2: The Hour of the Dragon -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #16, trade paperback. • {1857987470}

[early May] Terry McGarry, Illumination -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2001. • {0312873891}

[early May] Alastair Reynolds, Chasm City -- Gollancz sf hardback. Also C-format paperback. • {0575068779}

[early May] Robert Charles Wilson, The Chronoliths -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled July 2001. • {0312873840}

April 2001
[late Apr] Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair -- NEL paperback. Not labelled sf, but heavy on surrealism, time travel, etc. • {0340841842}

[late Apr] Pete Johnson, The Frighteners -- Corgi Yearling trade paperback. Mild horror for children. • {0440864372}

[late Apr] J.R.R. Tolkien ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle-Earth: Part II -- HarperCollins hardback. Luxury (£99.99) omnibus volume of previously published early drafts, comprising The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring and Sauron Defeated. Continues from The History of Middle-Earth: Part I. • {0440864372}

[26 Apr] Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space -- Gollancz sf paperback. • {1857987489}

[20 Apr] Steven Brust, Issola -- fantasy in "Vlad Taltos" series. Tor proof copy. Scheduled July 2001. • {0312859279}

[20 Apr] Muriel Gray, The Ancient -- HarperCollins C-format paperback. Horror. • {0002253143}

[19 Apr] Stephen Baxter, Icebones -- Gollancz sf C-format paperback. "Mammoth Book Three." • {0575072148}

[12 Apr] Peter Crowther (ed.), Futures -- Gollancz sf hardback. Novellas by Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Paul McAuley and Ian McDonald. • {0575070234}

[13 Apr] Harry Turtledove, Into the Darkness -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. Opens vast "alternative World War II in fantasyland" sequence. • {0671022822}

[11 Apr] John Marco, The Saints of the Sword -- Gollancz fantasy paperback, C-format. "Book Three of Tyrants and Kings." • {0575071605}

[10 Apr] Terry Bisson, The Pickup Artist -- sf satire. Tor proof copy. Scheduled April 2001. • {0312874030}

[6 Apr] Greg Bear, Blood Music -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #40, trade paperback. • {1857987624}

[6 Apr] Eric Brown, New York Nights -- Gollancz sf paperback. • {1857987829}

[6 Apr] Eugene Byrne, Things Unborn -- Earthlight sf paperback. • {0743409116}

[6 Apr] John Marco, The Grand Design -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Book Two of Tyrants and Kings." • {1857987810}

[6 Apr] Kim Newman, Dracula Cha Cha Cha -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. Another of his alternate-vampire-history sequences, following Anno Dracula and The Bloody Red Baron. • {0671022091}

[6 Apr] Micky Zucker Reichert, Flightless Falcon -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. • {1857987845}

[6 Apr] Bruce Sterling, A Good Old-Fashioned Future -- Gollancz sf paperback. Story collection. • {1857987101}

[2 Apr] Robert Heinlein, Orphans of the Sky -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. • {0575072377}

[2 Apr] Phillip Man, The Eye of the Queen -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. • {0575072385}

March 2001
[31 Mar] Mike Ashley, ed, The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy -- Robinson trade pb. Contains reprint of Langford story "Not Ours To See", a particularly futile exploit of Dagon Smythe, Psychic Detective. • {1841190802}

[30 Mar] Eric Van Lustbader, The Ring of Five Dragons -- Voyager science-fantasy hardback. "Volume One of the Pearl Saga" • {0002247291}

[30 Mar] Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Well of Darkness -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Book One of the Sovereign Stone Trilogy", an incantation which all on its own brings new gloom to the world. • {0006486142}

[28 Mar] Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time -- Doubleday fantasy hardback. The 26th Discworld novel. • {0385601883}

[22 Mar] Andre Norton and Ann Chamberlin, The Merlin of the Oak Wood -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2001. "Book Two of the Joan of Arc Tapestries", god help us. • {0312872844}

[17 Mar] Holly Lisle, Courage of Falcons -- Gollancz C-format pb fantasy. "The Secret Texts Book 3." • {0575070862}

[17 Mar] H.N. Turteltaub (Harry Turtledove), Over the Wine-Dark Sea -- nautical/historical ("Rhodes, 310 BC ..."). Forge proof copy. Scheduled July 2001. • {0312876602}

[16 Mar] Sherry S. Tepper, The Fresco -- Gollancz hardback sf. • {0575071915}

[15 Mar] Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart -- fantasy. Forge proof copy. Scheduled June 2001. • {0312872380}

[15 Mar] Andre Norton and Sasha Miller, Knight or Knave: The Book of the Oak -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2001. "Second book in the cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash and Rowan." • {0312873379}

[12 Mar] J.G. Ballard, The Terminal Beach -- Phoenix trade pb, reissued story collection. (see Amazon.co.uk). • {0575401311}

[12 Mar] J.G. Ballard, The Voices of Time -- Phoenix trade pb, reissued story collection. (see Amazon.co.uk). • {0575401303}

[10 Mar] Elizabeth Haydon, Prophecy -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. Sequel to Rhapsody (much admired by Thog). • {0575072083}

[8 Mar] Paul McAuley, The Secret of Life -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2001. UK edition already published (see Amazon.co.uk). • {076530080X}

[6 Mar] Robert Rankin, Web Site Story -- Doubleday hardback. More demented humorous fantasy. • {0385600585}

[2 Mar] Alice Borchardt, The Wolf King -- Voyager C-format paperback. Historical werewolf story, successor to The Silver Wolf and Night of the Wolf. • {0002247178}

[2 Mar] H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #38, trade paperback. • {1857987462}

[2 Mar] Kim Wilkins, The Resurrectionists -- Gothic horror/romance, page proofs. Scheduled as Orion paperback, 8 March. • {1857987934}

[1 Mar] Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #39, trade paperback. • {1857987632}

[1 Mar] Lord Dunsany, The King of Elfland's Daughter -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #15, trade paperback. • {185798790X}

[1 Mar] Adam Nichols, The Curer -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "The Whiteblade Saga: Book Three. • {1857985311}

[1 Mar] Sherry S. Tepper, Singer from the Sea -- Gollancz sf paperback. "The Whiteblade Saga: Book Three. • {1857987497}

February 2001
[23 Feb] Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows -- fantasy. "Book 2 of the Sevenwaters Trilogy." Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2001. UK edition published Dec 2000 (below). • {0312848803}

[22 Feb] David Farland, Wizardborn -- Earthlight C-format paperback fantasy. "Book 3 of the Runelords". • {0684860619}

[22 Feb] Andre Norton & Rosemary Edghill, Leopard in Exile -- alternate-historical fantasy, "Carolus Rex: Book II". Tor proof copy. Scheduled April 2001. • {0312864280}

[20 Feb] Sara Douglass, The Nameless Day -- Voyager C-format fantasy paperback. "Book One of The Crucible." • {0007108443}

[20 Feb] Terry Goodkind, Faith of the Fallen -- Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. "The new Sword of Truth novel." • {0575071982}

[20 Feb] Stephen Lawhead, The Mystic Rose -- Voyager fantasy hardback. "The Celtic Crusades: Book III." • {0002246678}

[15 Feb] Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Prelude to Dune: House Harkonnen -- NEL sf paperback. Book II of a stupefyingly unnecessary spinoff series. • {0340751789}

[9 Feb] Robin Hobb, Ship of Destiny -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Book Three of The Liveship Traders." • {0006498876}

[9 Feb] J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit -- HarperCollins hardback. "Children's Edition" (I've never read the adult one with, presumably, all the dirty bits), "Keith Barker Millennium Book Award Winner", and Langford Sheer Volume Award Winner for the book of which I've received more new, special, luxury or just plain different editions than any other. • {000711544X}

January 2001
[27 Jan] John Clute, Appleseed -- Orbit sf, proof copy. Scheduled for April 2001. • {1857237587}

[27 Jan] Ian McDonald, Ares Express -- Simon & Schuster sf, page proofs. Scheduled for May 2001. Returns to the setting of Desolation Road, also to be reissued. • {0684861518}

[26 Jan] Mary Gentle, Ash: A Secret History -- Gollancz trade paperback. • {1857987446}

[26 Jan] Sheri S. Tepper, Beauty -- Gollancz (was Millennium) Fantasy Masterworks #14, trade paperback. • {1857987225}

[23 Jan] Ben Bova, Jupiter -- NEL sf paperback. • {0340767650}

[23 Jan] Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Book 1 of the Sevenwaters Trilogy." • {0006483984}

[23 Jan] Robert Silverberg, The King of Dreams -- Voyager science-fantasy paperback, C-format. The umpteenth Majipoor novel. • {0002247453}

[23 Jan] J.R.R. Tolkien, Tree and Leaf / The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son -- Voyager paperback, B-format. Also includes the poem "Mythopoeia". • {0007105045}

[20 Jan] William Tenn, Of Men and Monsters -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. Uses the typography of the original 1968 Ballantine edition, except that the epigraph from Jonathan Swift has been reset with six words accidentally omitted, so that the first two section titles ("Priests For Their Learning", "Soldiers For Their Valour") no longer seem to reference the quotation. Tut. • {0575072342}

[15 Jan] Anne McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern -- Bantam hardback sf. Latest in endless Dragons of Pern series. • {0593043308}

[13 Jan] Stephen Baxter, Deep Future -- Gollancz hardback, futurological nonfiction essays. • {0575071958}

[18 Dec] Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows -- Voyager fantasy paperback, C-format. "Book 2 of the Sevenwaters Trilogy." • {0002247372}

[8 Jan] Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun 2: Sword and Citadel -- Millennium Fantasy Masterworks #12, trade paperback. Writing in The Paper Snarl about illustrating this reissue, Jim Burns gave the impression that he hadn't realized that it was being packaged two books at a time; sure enough, the present omnibus of volumes 3 and 4 has a cover scene from volume 2.... • {1857987004}

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