Ansible Books Received, 2002
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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: 2001
2000.
December 2002
- [23 Dec]
Cecilia
Dart-Thornton,
The Lady of the Sorrows -- Macmillan fantasy, trade paperback. "The
Bitterbynde: Book II."
- [20 Dec]
Douglas
Adams,
The Salmon of Doubt -- Pan paperback of 2002 posthumous miscellany.
- [20 Dec]
Steve
Cash,
The Meq -- Macmillan fantasy, trade paperback. "A Lyric Fantasy",
first in a trilogy.
- [19 Dec]
Katharine
Kerr,
Snare -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardcover scheduled April 2003.
- [17 Dec]
Lemony
Snicket, The Vile Village -- Egmont hardback children's, er,
fantasy? "A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Seventh." In which
the doomed Baudelaire orphans continue to be doomed in the village of V.F.D.
- [16 Dec]
Stephen
Baxter, Riding the Rock -- PS Publishing novella, hardback sf. Also
trade
paperback. Story in "Xeelee" sequence. Introduction by Greg
Benford.
- [16 Dec]
Ramsey
Campbell, Ramsey Campbell, Probably -- PS Publishing, hardback
nonfiction collection. Also
trade
paperback. "30 years of essays and articles", 68 items plus
afterword. Introduction by Douglas E. Winter.
- [16 Dec]
Stephen
Jones, ed, Keep Out the Night -- PS Publishing, hardback horror
reprint anthology. 12 stories (1937-recent) plus intro.
- [16 Dec]
Michael
Moorcock, Firing the Cathedral -- PS Publishing novella, hardback
sf. Also
trade
paperback. The return of Jerry Cornelius and his motley crew. Introduction
by Alan Moore.
- [16 Dec]
Geoff
Ryman, VAO -- PS Publishing novella, hardback sf. Also
trade
paperback. Introduction by Gwyneth Jones.
- [12 Dec]
Keith R.A.
DeCandido,
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions -- sf spinoff
from TV series. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2003.
- [12 Dec]
Timothy
Zahn,
Dragon and Thief -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February
2003. "The First Dragonback Adventure."
- [11 Dec]
John
Baxter, A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict -- Doubleday
hardback. Book-collecting reminiscences of ex-patAustralian author whose early
works were sf and nonfiction about sf films.
- [11 Dec]
Neil
Gaiman, Coraline -- Bloomsbury hardback, dark fantasy for
(ostensibly) younger readers. Enthusiastic jacket plugs from Terry Pratchett and
Diana Wynne Jones.
- [7 Dec]
Paul
Kearney, Ships from the West -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "The
Monarchies of God: Book Five."
- [6 Dec]
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.
- [1 Dec]
Kathleen
Ann Goonan, Light Music -- Gollancz paperback sf.
- [1 Dec]
Graham
Joyce, The Facts of Life -- Gollancz hardback, er, magic realism?
- [1 Dec]
Sheri
S. Tepper, A Plague of Angels -- Gollancz paperback fantasy, reissue
of 1993 title.
- [1 Dec]
Sheri
S. Tepper, Sideshow -- Gollancz paperback sf, reissue of 1992 title.
November 2002
- [29 Nov]
Richard
Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz hardback sf. A second proof copy
received. Scheduled March 2003. Also
trade
paperback. Sequel to
Altered
Carbon.
- [16 Nov]
Theresa
Tomlinson, The Moon Riders -- Corgi paperback. Proof copy received;
scheduled February 2003. Historical-ish juvenile combining "The legend of
Troy and the mythical Amazon women."
- [15 Nov]
Anne
Lewis, The Ship That Fell Like a Star -- Honno paperback sf, for
children.
- [14 Nov]
"Jude
Fisher", The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Visual Companion
-- HarperCollins, coffee-table hardback, copiously illustrated with photos from
film. "Contains exclusive fold-out battle plan of Helm's Deep"!
- [14 Nov]
Brian
Sibley, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy --
HarperCollins, coffee-table paperback, copiously illustrated with photos etc.
- [11 Nov]
Douglas
Adams, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Gollancz hardback
sf. Reissue of 1979 novel in small-format matched set. (Hitch-Hiker #1.)
- [11 Nov]
Douglas
Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe -- Gollancz
hardback sf. Reissue of 1980 novel in small-format matched set. (Hitch-Hiker
#2.)
- [11 Nov]
Douglas
Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything -- Gollancz hardback sf.
Reissue of 1982 novel in small-format matched set. (Hitch-Hiker #3.)
- [11 Nov]
Stephen
Baxter, Evolution -- Gollancz hardback sf. Finished copy now
received. Also
trade
paperback.
- [8 Nov]
Neal
Asher,
The Line of Polity -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback.
Proof copy received; scheduled March 2003.
- [8 Nov]
Jonathan
Carroll,
White Apples -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Proof
copy received; scheduled March 2003.
- [8 Nov]
Nancy
Kress,
Crossfire --Tor sf, hardcover. Proof copy received; scheduled
February 2003.
- [8 Nov]
Juliet
Marillier,
Wolfskin -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) historical fantasy, trade
paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2003.
- [8 Nov]
Andy
Secombe,
Limbo -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy, trade paperback. Proof copy
received; scheduled March 2003.
- [7 Nov]
Tom
Arden, Empress of the Endless Dream -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Fifth
Book of the Orokon." Was 2001 hardback.
- [7 Nov]
Kate
Jacoby, Rebel's Cage -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Fourth
Book of Elita." Was 2001 hardback.
- [7 Nov]
Sheri
S. Tepper, Raising the Stones -- Gollancz sf, reissue of 1990 title.
- [6 Nov]
Steve
Aylett, Dummyland -- Gollancz trade paperback. "Accomplice
Book 3."
- [6 Nov]
Kate
Jacoby, Trial of Fire -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "Fifth
Book of Elita." Also
C-format
paperback.
- [6 Nov]
Ricardo
Pinto,
The Standing Dead -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2003.
Book two of "The Stone Dance of the Chameleon" ... sequel to The
Chosen.
- [5 Nov]
Charles de
Lint (as Samuel M. Key),
From a Whisper to a Scream -- dark fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled January 2003.
- [5 Nov]
Andre
Norton and Sherwood Smith,
Atlantis Endgame -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December 2002. "A
... new Time Traders adventure."
- [1 Nov]
Peter
Cook, Tragically I was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook --
Century hardback. Blurbed as a "definitive collection" of this fine
humorist, but the "complete" in the subtitle is a fib. For example, it
contains only seven of the famous "Dud & Pete" dialogues with
Dudley Moore, as compared to 12 (plus an introductory squib) in the 1971 book
The Dagenham Dialogues and at least one more printed in book form. Oh
well, there's plenty of good stuff here.
October 2002
- [31 Oct]
Peter
F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth -- Macmillan sf hardback. Finished copy
now received.
- [28 Oct]
M.
John Harrison, Light -- Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to
heartland sf. Finished copy now received, with rave quotes from Iain M. Banks,
Stephen Baxter, Michael Marshall Smith, Alastair Reynolds and Ken MacLeod. Also
trade
paperback.
- [24 Oct]
Tim
Powers, The Drawing of the Dark -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #33
(says the cover, but presumably it's #34 since we've already had
#33), trade paperback. Reissue of 1979 novel.
- [21 Oct]
Mark
Chadbourn, The Devil in Green -- Gollancz fantasy, C-format
paperback. "Book One of The Dark Age."
- [19 Oct]
Ian
Graham, Monument -- Orbit hardback fantasy.
- [19 Oct]
Ursula
K. Le Guin, The Telling -- Gollancz sf, paperback of 2001 hardback.
- [18 Oct]
Elizabeth
Haydon, Requiem for the Sun -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "The
sequel to the Rhapsody trilogy."
- [18 Oct]
Graham
Joyce, Smoking Poppy -- Gollancz trade paperback, perhaps borderline
fantasy. Reissue of 2001 novel.
- [18 Oct]
John
Meaney, Context -- Bantam sf hardback. Sequel to Paradox; "Book
Two in the Nulapeiron Sequence".
- [16 Oct]
Stephen
Jones and David Sutton Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror
-- Gollancz C-format paperback. Original horror anthology. 33 stories.
- [16 Oct]
Ken
MacLeod,
Engine City -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2003. Book
three of "Engines of Light".
- [15 Oct]
Ken
MacLeod, Engine City -- Orbit hardback sf. Book three of "Engines
of Light".
- [15 Oct]
Richard
Morgan, Broken Angels -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received.
Scheduled March 2003. Also
trade
paperback. Sequel to
Altered
Carbon.
- [15 Oct]
Terry
Pratchett, Night Watch -- Doubleday fantasy hardback. "A
Discworld novel" is all they need say ... this is the 27th.
- [14 Oct]
Cory
Doctorow,
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
February 2003.
- [14 Oct]
Hazel
K. Bell, Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction -- British Library
trade paperback. Mainly a kind of annotated anthology of extracts from strange
and silly book indexes.
- [10 Oct]
Ian
Stewart and Jack Cohen, Wheelers -- Earthlight trade paperback sf.
Reissue of 2001 novel.
- [9 Oct]
Steven
Brust,
The Paths of the Dead -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December
2002. "Book One of The Viscount of Adrilankha " ... continuing series "begun
in The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After".
- [9 Oct]
Jack Dann,
Jubilee -- sf collection. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2003.
- [9 Oct]
Gregory
Frost,
Fitcher's Brides -- dark fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled December
2002.
- [9 Oct]
David G.
Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, ed.,
The Hard SF Renaissance -- anthology. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
November 2002. Massive tome of 960 pages, 41 stories by slightly fewer authors
(Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Greg Egan, Paul McAuley and Bruce Sterling all
have more than one entry), including yet another reprint of the Langford "Different
Kinds of Darkness".
- [9 Oct]
Jo Walton,
The Prize in the Game -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November
2002. "The new novel of Tir Isarnagiri ..."
- [5 Oct]
Sarah
Douglass,
Hades' Daughter -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled January 2003. "Book
One of The Troy Game."
- [5 Oct]
Walter
Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight trade paperback sf. Also
hardback.
"Book One of Dread Empire's Fall." Finished copy now received.
- Marie
O'Mahony,
Cyborg: The Man-Machine -- Thames & Hudson nonfiction. Large
format, heavily photo-illustrated and ostentatiously (over-) designed.
September 2002
- [30 Sep]
J.R.R.
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings -- HarperCollins, boxed set of three
paperbacks with movie tie-in covers. Shrink-wrapped, too.
- [26 Sep]
Mick
Farren, The DNA Cowboys Trilogy -- Do-Not Press paperback sf.
Omnibus reissue of The Quest of the DNA Cowboys (1976), Synaptic
Manhunt (1976) and The Neural Atrocity (1977).
- [19 Sep]
Simon
R. Green, Blood and Honour -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of
1992 novel.
- [19 Sep]
Simon
R. Green, Drinking Midnight Wine -- Gollancz paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 2001 novel.
- [19 Sep]
William
Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland and Other Novels --
Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #33, trade paperback. Omnibus of The Boats of
the "Glen Carrig" (1907), The House on the Borderland
(1908), The Ghost Pirates (1909) and The Night Land (1912).
- [20 Apr]
Ursula
Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea -- Orion fantasy hardback. Collection
of five stories, plus "A Description of Earthsea".
- [28 Jun]
Justina
Robson,
Mappa Mundi -- Pan sf paperback of 2001 novel.
- [14 Sep]
Max
Allan Collins, Dark Angel: Before the Dawn -- Ebury Press sf,
paperback. Spinoff from Dark Angel TV series, billed as "science
fiction ... in the tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Finished copy
now received.
- [21 Aug]
Joan D.
Vinge,
Catspaw -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled November 2002. Reissue of
1988 novel in "Cat" series.
- [7 Sep]
Clive
Barker, Abarat -- HarperCollins, hardback children's fantasy
illustrated by author. Finished copy now received. "Film rights sold to
Disney for $8 million based on Clive Barker's paintings alone." Apparently
opens a series, "The Books of Abarat".
- [6 Sep]
Iain
Banks, Dead Air -- Little, Brown hardback. Signed copy, ha ha (I was
at the launch party).
- [6 Sep]
Stephen
Baxter, Evolution -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received.
Scheduled November 2002. Also
trade
paperback.
- [6 Sep]
Jacqueline
Carey, Kushiel's Dart -- Macmillan fantasy trade paperback.
- [5 Sep]
Charles de
Lint, Tapping the Dream Tree -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
November 2002. "A brand new instalment in the Newford saga."
- [5 Sep]
Stephen R.
Donaldson,
The Man Who Killed His Brother -- thriller. Tor/Forge proof copy.
Scheduled November 2002. Reissue of 1980 novel
- [5 Sep]
Richard
Morgan, Altered Carbon -- Gollancz sf, paperback of 2002 hardback.
- [5 Sep]
Jeff
VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen -- fantasy/horror/weirdness,
Prime hardback. Much expanded from trade pb collection with same title;
includes the fabulous The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris
by Duncan Shriek.
- [5 Sep]
Timothy
Zahn, Manta's Gift -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2002.
- [2 Sep]
Jack
Cohen & Ian Stewart, Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial
Life -- Ebury Press nonfiction, hardback. A present from Ian and Jack,
to whom many thanks!
- [2 Sep]
Max
Allan Collins, Dark Angel: Before the Dawn -- Ebury Press sf,
paperback. Spinoff from Dark Angel TV series, billed as "science
fiction ... in the tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Jacket only, no
actual book.
August 2002
- [30 Aug]
Ray
Bradbury, From the Dust Returned -- Earthlight paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 2001 hardback.
- [28 Aug]
Poul
Anderson, The Broken Sword -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #32,
trade paperback. Reissue of 1954 novel.
- [28 Aug]
Steve
Aylett, Toxicology -- Gollancz paperback of 2001 hardback. 26 short
stories, some with the "Beerlight" setting of Aylett's novels.
- [28 Aug]
Eric
Brown, New York Blues -- Gollancz sf, paperback of 2001 hardback. "Volume
Two of the Virex Trilogy
- [28 Aug]
Mark
Chadbourn, Always Forever -- Gollancz fantasy, paperback of 2001
hardback. "Book Three of the Age of Misrule."
- [28 Aug]
Raymond
E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave
of Shadows: Book One." Second copy received.
- [28 Aug]
Michael
Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody -- Gollancz fantasy,
hardback. "Utterly unauthorized and totally exploitative" J.K. Rowling
spoof.
- [28 Aug]
Harry
Harrison, Stars and Stripes Triumphant -- NEL sf (alternate history)
paperback. "Book Three: Stars and Stripes." Reviewed for Amazon in
hardback.
- [28 Aug]
Elizabeth
Haydon, Destiny -- Gollancz fantasy, paperback of Jan 2002 hardback.
"The triumphant conclusion to the Rhapsody trilogy."
- [28 Aug]
Terry
Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Last Hero -- Gollancz coffee-table
book with 40,000-word Pratchett story illustrated throughout by Kidby
paintings. Paperback edition with an additional 16pp of illustrations not in the
hardback.
- [14 Aug]
Robert
Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse -- Gollancz
fantasy, hardback. Their first Rankin title since poaching him from Doubleday.
Second copy received.
- [28 Aug]
Robert
Silverberg, The Masks of Time -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue,
trade pb. 1968 novel also published as Vornan-19.
- [21 Aug]
Brian
Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
-- Hodder & Stoughton hardback.
- [21 Aug]
Steven
Erikson, Memories of Ice -- Bantam fantasy, paperback. "A Tale
of the Malazan Book of the Fallen."
- [21 Aug]
Stephen
King & Peter Straub, Black House -- Voyager paperback horror.
- [21 Aug]
James D.
Macdonald, The Apocalypse Door -- contemporary fantasy/horror. Tor
proof copy. Scheduled November 2002.
- [21 Aug]
Brian
Stableford,
The Omega Expedition -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled October 2002.
Last of the six-book "emortality" sequence.
- [19 Aug]
Raymond
E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave
of Shadows: Book One."
- [16 Aug]
Kevin
Warwick, I, Cyborg -- Century hardback science fiction ... er,
autobiography ... er, pop-science with no index. Expect my review in New
Scientist.
- [15 Aug]
David
Zindell, The Lightstone, Part One: The Ninth Kingdom -- Voyager
paperback fantasy. "Book One of the Ea Cycle." Supermassive 2001 novel
split in two for paperback.
- [14 Aug]
Terry
Brooks, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book Three: Morgawr --
Earthlight fantasy hardback. Also
trade
paperback.
- [14 Aug]
Robert
Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse -- Gollancz
fantasy, hardback. Their first Rankin title since poaching him from Doubleday.
- [8 Aug]
Charles
De Lint, The Onion Girl -- Gollancz fantasy, trade paperback.
- [8 Aug]
Megan
Lindholm, Wizard of the Pigeons -- Voyager paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 1986 novel.
- [8 Aug]
Christopher
Priest, The Separation -- Scribner's, trade paperback. The Priest
alternative history novel, characteristically strange.
- [6 Aug]
H.N.
Turteltaub, Gryphon's Skull -- historical fiction. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled November 2002. Sequel to Over the Wine-Dark Sea. "Turteltaub"
is an acknowledged pseudonym of Harry Turtledove.
- [3 Aug]
James
Barclay, Elfsorrow -- Gollancz fantasy, C-format paperback. Either
fourth of "Chronicles of the Raven" or first in the related "Legends
of the Raven", depending how you look at it.
- [2 Aug]
Robert
Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. "Book
Two of The Merlin Codex." Finished copy received. My appreciation of this
series so far, excerpted from a forthcoming US reference book essay on RH, can
be found at the Holdstock web site.
July 2002
- [31 Jul]
Alice
Borchardt, The Dragon Queen -- Bantam fantasy, C-format paperback.
First in a Celtic fantasy trilogy featuring Guinevere (heroine), Merlin (bad
guy), Arthur et al.
- [31 Jul]
[J.R.R.
Tolkien] Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle-Earth Index --
trade paperback. Just what it says: a one-volume combined index to the 12
volumes of the history.
- [25 Jul]
Ted
Naismith (illustrator), Tolkien Calendar 2003: The Two Towers --
Voyager large-format, well, calendar. "Includes free poster."
Published 2 September.
- [25 Jul]
Ted
Naismith (illustrator), Tolkien Diary 2003: The Two Towers --
Voyager hardback.
- [25 Jul]
Kim
Wilkins, Fallen Angel -- Gollancz dark fantasy paperback.
- [24 Jul]
Stephen
Baxter/Paul McAuley, Reality Dust/Miking History -- Gollancz sf
paperback. Two of the four novelettes from
Infinities
ed. Peter Crowther.
- [24 Jul]
Charles
de Lint, Forests of the Heart -- Gollancz fantasy paperback.
- [24 Jul]
Terry
Goodkind, Debt of Bones -- Gollancz fantasy paperback.
- [24 Jul]
Mercedes
Lackey, Brightly Burning -- Gollancz fantasy paperback.
- [21 Jul]
Ben
Bova, The Rock Rats -- NEL paperback. "The Asteroid Wars: II."
Previously reviewed in hardback for Amazon.
- [21 Jul]
M.
John Harrison, Light -- Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to
heartland sf. Second proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2002. Also
trade
paperback.
- [19 Jul]
Greg Bear,
The Collected Stories of Greg Bear -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
September 2002. Massive and definitive (to date) collection with new
introductions throughout.
- [19 Jul]
Charles de
Lint, Angel of Darkness -- dark fantasy. Tor/Orb proof copy.
Scheduled November 2002. Reissue of title first published 1990 as by Samuel M.
Key.
- [19 Jul]
Brian
Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Butlerian Jihad -- sf.
Tor proof copy. Scheduled September 2002. Yet another Dune prequel.
- [19 Jul]
Jane
Lindskold, Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled August 2002. Sequel to Through Wolf's Eyes, which I suppose
makes it Book Two of the Wolf Organs Cycle.
- [19 Jul]
P.G. Nagle,
Galveston -- US Civil War historical. Forge proof copy. Scheduled
August 2002. Sequel to The Guns of Valverde.
- [19 Jul]
Andre
Norton & Mercedes Lackey, Elvenborn -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled August 2002. "Book Three of the Halfblood Chronicles."
- [19 Jul]
Andre
Norton & Sasha Miller, A Crown Disowned -- fantasy. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled October 2002. "Book Three of the Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan
Cycle."
- [18 Jul]
Michael
Cobley, Shadowkings -- Earthlight paperback fantasy. "Book One
of the Shadowkings trilogy."
- [12 Jul]
Michael
de Larrabeiti, The Borrible Trilogy -- Macmillan fantasy trade
paperback. Omnibus of The Borribles, The Borribles Go for Broke
and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis.
- [15 Jul]
James
White, Alien Emergencies -- Tor trade paperback sf. Finished copies
now received. Omnibus of the three Sector General books Ambulance Ship
(including the short "Spacebird", omitted from previous US editions of
this collection), Sector General and Star Healer, with an
introduction by some guy called Langford.
- [13 Jul]
Dale
Brown & Jim Defelice, Dale Brown's Dreamland: Nerve Center --
Voyager paperback technothriller. (Clancyesque stuff.)
- [12 Jul]
Peter
F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth -- Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy
(signed and numbered) received; scheduled 8 November 2002.
- [12 Jul]
M.
John Harrison, Light -- Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to
heartland sf. Proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2002. Also
trade
paperback.
- [11 Jul]
Adam
Roberts, Stone -- Gollancz sf trade paperback.
- [10 Jul]
James
Barclay, Nightchild -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2001
title. "Chronicles of the Raven" book 3.
- [10 Jul]
Simon
R. Green, Down Among the Dead Man -- Gollancz paperback fantasy.
Reissue of 1993 title.
- [10 Jul]
C.L.
Moore, Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams -- Gollancz Fantasy
Masterworks #31, trade paperback. Fifteen stories from, mostly, Weird Tales,
5 starring Moore's series heroine Jirel of Joiry and the rest her hero Northwest
Smith.
- [6 Jul]
S.M.
Stirling, T2: Infiltrator -- Gollancz paperback sf. First in a
series of spinoff novels following Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
- [6 Jul]
S.M.
Stirling, T2: Rising Storm -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf.
Second in a series of spinoff novels following Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
June 2002
- [28 Jun]
Stephen
Baxter, Phase Space: Stories from the Manifold and Elsewhere --
Voyager hardback sf. Collection of 25 stories with framing material. Many have
links to the "Manifold" trilogy (Time, Space, Origin).
- [28 Jun]
Sheri
S. Tepper, The Visitor -- Gollancz hardback sf.
- [28 Jun]
Philip
K. Dick, Minority Report -- Gollancz hardback sf. Collection of ten
stories issued as an unofficial film tie-in, including the other Dick shorts
which became movies: "Impostor", "Second Variety" (Screamers)
and "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (Total Recall).
- [28 Jun]
David
& Leigh Eddings, Regina's Song -- Voyager hardback. "Part
murder mystery, ghost story and psychological thriller ..."
- [28 Jun]
Peter
Hamilton,
Fallen Dragon -- Pan sf paperback. Reviewed in hardback edition.
- [18 Jun]
Dreams:
The Art of Boris Vallejo -- Paper Tiger paperback, large-format sf art
book with text by John Grant. Also from
Amazon.com.
- [12 Jun]
Gwyneth
Jones, Castles Made of Sand -- Gollancz C-format paperback "near
future fantasy". Sequel to, or continuation of, Bold as Love,
winner of the 2002 Arthur C. Clarke Award.
- [13 Jun]
Matthew
Reilly,
Area 7 -- Pan technothriller.
- [12 Jun]
Alastair
Reynolds, Redemption Ark -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf.
- [12 Jun]
Paul
Cornell, British Summertime -- Gollancz hardback sf.
- [12 Jun]
Walter
Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight trade paperback sf. Also
hardback.
"Book One of Dread Empire's Fall." A second proof copy received --
scheduled 7 October.
- [11 Jun]
James
Lovegrove, The Hope -- Gollancz paperback, linked short stories.
Slightly revised reissue of 1990 title.
- [11 Jun]
James
Lovegrove, Imagined Slights -- Gollancz paperback, short stories.
- [8 Jun]
David
Langford, The Wyrdest Link -- Gollancz trade paperback. The second
official Discworld quizbook. All my own work -- author's 10 complimentary copies
received at last, little more than 6 weeks after publication! AlsoAmazon.com.
- [7 Jun]
Walter
Jon Williams, The Praxis -- Earthlight trade paperback sf. Also
hardback"Book
One of Dread Empire's Fall." Proof copy received -- scheduled 7 October.
May 2002
- [31 May]
Jay Amberg,
Doubloon -- thriller (probably sent in error). Tor/Forge proof copy.
Scheduled August 2002.
- [31 May]
Steve
Aylett, Only an Alligator -- Gollancz paperback sf/fantasy. "Accomplice
Book 1."
- [31 May]
Storm
Constantine, The Way of Light -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "The
Chronicles of Magravandias 3."
- [31 May]
Paul
Cornell, Something More -- Gollancz paperback sf.
- [31 May]
Laura J.
Mixon, Burning the Ice -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled August 2002.
- [31 May]
Michael
Moorcock, Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe -- Gollancz Fantasy
Masterworks #30, trade paperback. Omnibus of the first Corum trilogy, comprising
The Knight of the Swords, The Queen of the Swords and The
King of the Swords.
- [31 May]
Adam
Roberts, On -- Gollancz paperback sf.
- [30 May]
Richard
Calder, Lord Soho: A Time Opera -- Earthlight paperback fantasy. "Returns
to the universe of Malignos."
- [30 May]
Kevin
J. Anderson, Hidden Empire -- sf space opera. Proof copy of trade
paperback received (again) from Earthlight; scheduled 1 July 2002. Also
hardback.
"The Saga of Seven Suns: Book One." (Thog says, "Tasty!")
- [29 May]
Clive
Barker, Abarat -- children's (?) fantasy illustrated by author.
HarperCollins proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2002. "Film rights
sold to Disney for $8 million based on Clive Barker's paintings alone."
Gorblimey.
- [24 May]
Jude
Fisher, Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight fantasy trade paperback. Also
hardback.
"Book One of Fool's Gold." Finished copy now received, after two proof
copies -- they're really pushing this one.
- [24 May]
John
Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
August 2002. New novel in the Orbital Resonance sequence.
- [24 May]
Steven
Barnes, Charisma -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2002.
- [24 May]
Ted Chiang,
Stories of Your Life and Others -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
July 2002. First collection by highly talented short story writer with lots of
awards already to his credit.
- [24 May]
Katya
Reimann, Prince of Fire and Ashes -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled July 2002. "Book 3 of the Tielmaran Chronicles."
- [24 May]
Fred
Saberhagen, Gods of Fire and Thunder -- Nordic fantasy. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled August 2002.
- [24 May]
Glenn R.
Sixbury, Earth: Final Conflict -- Legacy -- sf. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled June 2002. Another spinoff from the Gene Roddenberry tv series.
- [23 May]
Gwyneth
Jones, Bold as Love -- Gollancz paperback. "Near future
fantasy." Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award on 18 May.
- [23 May]
Bill
Napier, The Lure -- Headline hardback technothriller.
- [20 May]
Perceptualistics:
Art by Jael -- Paper Tiger hardback, large-format sf art book with text
by John Grant. Also from
Amazon.com.
- [20 May]
Harry
Harrison, Stars and Stripes Triumphant -- Hodder & Stoughton
hardback sf. Third in alternate history series.
- [Catching up on 16 May after an embarrassing lapse while overworked --
sorry!]
Anselm
Audley, Heresy -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book One of
the Aquasilva Trilogy."
- Anselm
Audley, Inquisition -- Earthlight fantasy C-format paperback. "Book
Two of the Aquasilva Trilogy."
- Steve
Aylett, The Velocity Gospel -- Gollancz trade paperback. "Accomplice
Book 2."
- Jonathan
Carroll, The Wooden Sea -- Gollancz paperback.
- Peter
Crowther, ed, Infinities -- Gollancz hardback sf anthology. Four
novelettes: "A Writer's Life" by Eric Brown, "The Human Front"
by Ken MacLeod, "Diamond Dogs" by Alastair Reynolds, "Park Polar"
by Adam Roberts.
- David
Drake, Mistress of the Catacombs -- Gollancz fantasy paperback.
Fourth volume of "Lord of the Isles".
- John
M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #29,
trade paperback.
- Robert
Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. "Book
Two of The Merlin Codex." Second proof copy received ... this time, signed!
- Robert
Silverberg, The Longest Way Home -- Gollancz sf trade paperback.
Also
hardback.
April 2002
- [23 Apr]
R.A.
Salvatore, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones -- Century sf
hardback. What can one say?
- [20 Apr]
Douglas
Adams, The Salmon of Doubt -- Macmillan hardback. Ten short chapters
of the unfinished title novel, two short stories, about 50 nonfiction pieces
(some very brief), and opening/closing material by others.
- [20 Apr]
Ursula
Le Guin, The Other Wind -- Orion fantasy hardback. Finished copy now
received. New Earthsea novel, fifth in the sequence.
- [19 Apr]
Karen
Haber, ed., Meditations on Middle-Earth -- Earthlight trade
paperback. Essays on Tolkien by various hands, including Le Guin, Martin,
Pratchett, Swanwick, Turtledove. Shortlisted for 2002 "Best Related Book"
Hugo.
- [19 Apr]
Anne
McCaffrey, Freedom's Ransom -- Bantam sf hardback. "Fourth in
the Catteni sequence."
- [13 Apr]
China
Miéville, The Scar -- Macmillan fantasy hardback. Codex."
- [12 Apr]
Rudy
Rucker, Spaceland -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2002.
- [12 Apr]
Stanley
Schmidt, Argonaut -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled July 2002.
- [12 Apr]
Karl
Schroeder, Permanence -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2002.
- [11 Apr]
Jude
Fisher, Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight fantasy trade paperback. Also
hardback.
Proof copy received (for the second time). "Book One of Fool's Gold."
- [11 Apr]
Miller
Lau, Dark Thane -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Book Two of
The Last Clansman."
- [11 Apr]
Harry
Turtledove, Through the Darkness -- Earthlight fantasy paperback.
Third book of alternate WWII fantasy sequence.
- [10 Apr]
Ricardo
Pinto, The Standing Dead -- Bantam fantasy hardback. "The Stone
Dance of the Chameleon", book 2.
- [9 Apr]
Andre
Norton and Lyn McConchie, Beast Master's Ark -- sf. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled June 2002. "New novel in Andre Norton's legendary Beast Master
Universe."
- [6 Apr]
Mary
Gentle, Orthe: Chronicles of Carrick V -- Gollancz sf trade
paperback. Omnibus edition of Golden Witchbreed, Ancient Light
and the related short "The Crystal Sunlight, the Bright Air".
- [5 Apr]
Paul
Levinson, The Consciousness Plague -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
March 2002.
- [5 Apr]
Brian
Stableford, Dark Ararat -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2002.
Book 5 (though the internal chronology differs) of his "emortality"
sextet.
- [5 Apr]
John
Wright, The Golden Age -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled April 2002.
Author's first novel.
- [4 Apr]
Robert
Holdstock, The Iron Grail -- Earthlight fantasy hardback. "Book
Two of The Merlin Codex." Proof copy received.
- [3 Apr]
Greg
Bear, Eon -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #50, trade paperback.
- [3 Apr]
Joe
Haldeman, Worlds -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb.
- [3 Apr]
Ian
Watson, The Jonah Kit -- Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb.
- [3 Apr]
Gene
Wolfe, Peace -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #28, trade paperback.
March 2002
- [30 Mar]
David
Langford, The Wyrdest Link -- Gollancz trade paperback. The second
official Discworld quizbook. All my own work.... AlsoAmazon.com.
- [28 Mar]
Brian
Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Prelude to Dune: House Corrino -- NEL
paperback. Another quantum leap in posthumous angular momentum for Herbert
Senior!
- [25 Mar]
Julian
May, Sagittarius Whorl -- Voyager sf paperback. "The Rampart
Worlds: Book 3."
- [21 Mar]
John
Marco, The Eyes of God -- Gollancz fantasy trade paperback.
- [20 Mar]
Graham
Joyce, The Tooth Fairy -- Gollancz fantasy trade paperback.
- [20 Mar]
Terry
Pratchett, Thief of Time -- Corgi fantasy pb. "A Discworld
novel" is all they need say....
- [19 Mar]
Kevin
J. Anderson, Hidden Empire -- sf space opera. Proof copy of trade
paperback received from Earthlight; scheduled 1 July 2002. Also
hardback.
- [19 Mar]
Jude
Fisher, Sorcery Rising -- Earthlight fantasy trade paperback. Also
hardback.
- [18 Mar]
Peter
F. Hamilton/Ian McDonald, Watching Trees Grow/Tenedeleo's Story --
Gollancz sf paperback. "Ace double" packaging of the authors' novellas
from Futures ed. Peter Crowther.
- [18 Mar]
Alexander
C. Irvine, A Scattering of Jades -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled July 2002.
- [18 Mar]
John
Marco, The Saints of the Sword -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Book
Three of Tyrants and Kings."
- [16 Mar]
Megan
Lindholm, The Windsingers -- Voyager fantasy paperback.
- [13 Mar]
Arthur
C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #49, trade
paperback.
- [13 Mar]
Clark
Ashton Smith, The Emperor of Dreams -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks
#26, trade paperback. New collection of 45 stories with keynote essay by Smith
and long bio-bibliographical afterword by Stephen Jones.
- [13 Mar]
Jack
Vance, Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks
#27, trade paperback. First in Lyonesse trilogy; mysteriously uses the jacket
painting from the second, as originally published in the UK by Grafton in the
mid-80s.
- [12 Mar]
David
Gemmell, Stormrider -- Bantam fantasy hardback. "A novel of the
Rigante."
- [12 Mar]
David
Gemmell, Ravenheart -- Corgi fantasy pb. "The third in the
compelling Rigante series."
- [11 Mar]
Garth
Nix, Sabriel -- children's fantasy first published in Australia,
1995. HarperCollins proof copy. Scheduled September 2002. Looks like a big
promotion, based on Aussie and US awards and an enthusiastic plug for Philip
Pullman.
- [11 Mar]
Robert
Rankin, The Fandom of the Operator -- Corgi sf paperback.
- [10 Mar -- not really, but I forgot to list it earlier]
James
White, Alien Emergencies -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled April
2002. Omnibus of the three Sector General books Ambulance Ship
(including the short "Spacebird", omitted from previous US editions of
this collection), Sector General and Star Healer, with an
introduction by some guy called Langford.
- [9 Mar]
Poul
Anderson, Going for Infinity: A Literary Journey -- sf. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled May 2002. Personal selection of stories and extracts by the late
great PA, with a little linking commentary and reminiscence.
- [9 Mar]
Harry
Harrison, A Stainless Steel Trio -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
June 2002. Omnibus containing A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, The
Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted and The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the
Blues.
- [9 Mar]
Paul J.
McAuley, Whole Wide World -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2002.
- [9 Mar]
Laurie
Marks, Fire Logic -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled May 2002.
- [9 Mar]
Mike
Ashley, The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction -- Robinson sf trade
paperback. Editor's choice of 22 sf stories from 1901 to 2002 (the latest being
originals by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown, the rest reprints).
- [8 Mar]
Stephen
Lawhead, The Mystic Rose -- Voyager fantasy paperback. "Book
III of The Celtic Crusades."
- [3 Mar]
Gordon
Dickson, Dorsai Spirit -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled June 2002.
Repackaging of Dorsai! and the two-story collection Spirit of Dorsai.
- [3 Mar]
Debra Doyle
and James D. Macdonald, A Working of Stars -- fantasy. Tor proof
copy. Scheduled April 2002. New novel in "Mageworlds" series.
- [3 Mar]
John
A. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies -- NEL paperback. Movie tie-in
edition of this, er, classic of the woo-woo genre.
- [3 Mar]
Ursula
Le Guin, The Other Wind -- fantasy. Orion proof copy. New Earthsea
novel, scheduled May 2002.
- [3 Mar]
James
Reasoner, Trial by Fire -- sf. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March 2002.
"The Last Good War Book II."
- [3 Mar]
Sarah
Zettel, A Sorcerer's Treason -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled
April 2002. "A Novel of Isavalta."
January 2002
- [31 Jan]
Stephen
Baxter, Icebones -- Gollancz sf paperback. "Mammoth Book Three."
- [31 Jan]
Sheri
S. Tepper, The Fresco -- Gollancz sf trade paperback.
- [31 Jan]
Sheri
S. Tepper, Grass -- Gollancz SF Masterworks #48, trade paperback.
- [29 Jan]
Alan
Dean Foster, Star Wars: The Approaching Storm -- Century sf
hardback. "Prologue to Star Wars: Episode II."
- [28 Jan]
Richard
Matheson, Hunted Past Reason -- thriller. Tor advance reading copy.
Scheduled July 2002.
- [28 Jan]
Harry
Turtledove, Rulers of the Darkness -- fantasy. Tor proof copy.
Scheduled April 2002. Fourth volume in "Darkness" alternate-World War
II fantasy sequence.
- [19 Jan]
Ben
Bova, The Rock Rats -- NEL sf hardback. "The Asteroid Wars:
II." Also
Tor proof
copy, scheduled April 2002.
- [19 Jan]
Anne
McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern -- Corgi sf paperback.
- [18 Jan]
The
Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate -- Paper Tiger hardback,
large-format sf art book. Also from
Amazon.com.
- [18 Jan]
Stephen
Jones, ed, Shadows Over Innsmouth -- Del Rey trade paperback.
Reissue of Lovecraftian horror anthology including the Langford story "Deepnet".
- [17 Jan]
Colin
Wilson, The Killer -- Savoy hardback. First unabridged edition of
1970 serial killer novel.
- [16 Jan]
Michael
Moorcock, The Dreamthief's Daughter -- Earthlight fantasy paperback.
"A tale of the albino", i.e. it's dear old Elric again.
- [16 Jan]
John
Whitbourn, Downs-Lord Doomsday -- Earthlight fantasy paperback. "Panel
Three of the Downs-Lord Triptych."
- [14 Jan]
Steve
Aylett, Only an Alligator -- Gollancz trade paperback. "Accomplice
Book 1."
- [14 Jan]
John
Lucas, Faster Than Light -- Dedalus comic-sf trade paperback.
- [12 Jan]
Jonathan
Carroll, Voice of Our Shadow -- Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #25,
trade paperback.
- [12 Jan]
David B.
Coe, Rules of Ascension -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Scheduled March
2002. "Book 1 of Winds of the Forelands," with three to follow.
- [12 Jan]
Elizabeth
Haydon, Destiny -- Gollancz fantasy hardback. "The eagerly
awaited conclusion to the Rhapsody Trilogy."
- [12 Jan]
Terry
Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, The Science of Discworld II: The
Globe -- Ebury Press proof copy, hardback scheduled 2 May 2002. Half
Discworld story, half pop-science.
- [11 Jan]
James
Feeke (ed), The Small Press Guide 2002 -- Writers' Bookshop trade
paperback. Guide to 348 UK small press magazines.
- [5 Jan]
Tom
Holt, Falling Sideways -- Orbit hardback comic fantasy.
- [4 Jan]
Mercedes
Lackey, The Black Swan -- Gollancz fantasy paperback.
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