Ansible Books Received, 2004

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This is a log of books received, some of which I review for Amazon.co.uk, in Cloud Chamber, or elsewhere. Since Amazon.co.uk offer many US titles and Amazon.com many British ones, I'm giving links to both for every book.
Send books for listing to: David Langford, 94 London Road, Reading, RG1 5AU, England.

Previous years' entries deported to separate pages: 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000.

December 2004
[31 Dec] Robert Carter, The Language of Stones -- Voyager paperback; Arthurian fantasy. Reissue of April 2004 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[30 Dec] Steve Aylett, Karloff's Circus -- Gollancz paperback. "Accomplice Book 4." Reissue of 2004 trade paperback title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Dec] Ursula Le Guin, Changing Planes -- Gollancz paperback sf. Linked short stories. Reissue of 2002 title (2004 UK hardback). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Dec] Geoff Ryman, Was -- Gollancz trade paperback. Fantasy Masterworks #43. First published 1992. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Dec] Ann Halam [Gwyneth Jones], Siberia -- Orion "science, adventure, fantasy, fairy tale"; hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Dec] Arthur I. Miller, Empire of the Stars -- Little, Brown nonfiction. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2005. "Tells the dramatic story of the bitter scientific rivalry [Eddington vs Chandrasekhar] that led to the discovery of black holes." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Dec] Richard Morgan, Market Forces -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2004 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Dec] Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Last Hero -- Gollancz coffee-table book from 2002 with 40,000-word Pratchett story illustrated throughout by Kidby paintings. Paperback edition with an additional 16pp of illustrations not in the hardback. Another copy received, with "£6.99" discount sticker.

[17 Dec] Graham Joyce, The Limits of Enchantment -- Gollancz. Proof copy received; hardback scheduled 20 January 2005. "Will be submitted for the Booker Prize." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Dec] Richard Morgan, Woken Furies -- Gollancz sf. Proof copy received; hardback scheduled March 2005. Third Takeshi Kovacs novel. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also export trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Dec] David & Leigh Eddings, The Elder Gods -- HarperCollins fantasy paperback. "Dreamers" 1. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[27 Oct] Stel Pavlou, Gene -- Simon & Schuster sf thriller, hardback. Finished copy now received: scheduled 3 January 2005. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Dec] Dan Simmons, The Hyperion Omnibus -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Contains Hyperion (1989) and The Fall of Hyperion (1990). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Dec] Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2005. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Dec] Robert Charles Wilson, Spin -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2005. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Dec] Jennifer Fallon, Treason Keep -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. "The Demon Child" 2. Reissue of 2001 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Dec] Barb & J.C. Hendee, Dhampir -- Orbit fantasy, paperback. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Dec] Tom Holt, In Your Dreams -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. Reissue of 2004 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Dec] Ken MacLeod, Newton's Wake -- Orbit sf, paperback. Reissue of 2004 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Dec] Sean Russell, The Shadow Road -- Orbit fantasy, hardback. "The Swan's War" 3. Reissue of 2004 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Dec] David Langford, The Space Eater -- Cosmos trade paperback, sf novel. My own complimentary copies are here at last! • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[6 Dec] Alastair Reynolds, Century Rain -- Gollancz hardback sf. New venture outside his "Inhibitors" universe. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

November 2004
[20 Nov] David B. Coe, Bonds of Vengeance -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled February 2005. "Winds of the Forelands" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Ian Irvine, Chimaera -- Orbit fantasy, trade paperback. "The Well of Echoes" 4. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Tanya Huff, Blood Pact -- Orbit supernatural thriller, paperback. Reissue of 1993 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Tanya Huff, Blood Debt -- Orbit supernatural thriller, paperback. Reissue of 1997 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Robert Jordan, New Spring -- Orbit fantasy paperback. "Wheel of Time" spinoff. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] L.E. Modesitt, The Ethos Effect -- Orbit sf paperback. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Elizabeth Moon, Moving Target -- Orbit sf paperback. "Vatta's War" 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Nov] Robert Reed, The Well of Stars -- Orbit sf paperback. "Returns to the epic universe of Marrow." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Nov] Philip E. High, A Step to the Stars -- Cosmos trade paperback, sf collection. 10 new stories. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Nov] M. John Harrison, Things That Never Happen -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. Reissue of 2003 Night Shade Books title; "definitive" collection of 24 stories, 1975-2000. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Nov] Ursula Le Guin, Gifts -- Orion fantasy, hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Nov] Janny Wurts, Traitor's Knot -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Alliance of Light" 4; "Wars of Light and Shadow" 7. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

October 2004
[29 Oct] Robert Sawyer, Fossil Hunter -- sf. Tor proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled March 2005. "Quintaglio Ascension" 2. Reissue of 1993 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[27 Oct] Stel Pavlou, Gene -- Simon & Schuster sf thriller, hardback. Proof copy received: scheduled 3 January 2005. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Oct] Andre Norton & Lyn McConchie, The Duke's Ballad -- science fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled January 2005. "Witch World" series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[20 Oct] Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto -- Egmont hardback. "A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Eleventh." Need I say more? Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Oct] Catherine Asaro, Schism -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2004. "Part One of Triad" and "Saga of the Skolian Empire" 10. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Oct] Terry Pratchett and Bernard Pearson, The Discworld Almanak: The Year of the Prawn -- Doubleday hardback "nonfiction".• Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Oct] Terry Pratchett, Going Postal -- Doubleday hardback fantasy. "A Discworld novel ... number thirty-three in the sequence." Or #29 in the adult sequence. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Oct] Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist -- Orbit sf hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Oct] Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" 1. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also "export trade paperback" (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Oct] Dr Jeff VanderMeer & Dr Mark Roberts, eds, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases -- Night Shade Books hardback. My contributor's copy of the signed, limited edition has at last arrived. Still a splendid volume.... Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also limited-edition hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Oct] Parker & Parker, Accounting for Evil -- Xlibris trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Oct] Raymond E. Feist, Exile's Return -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 Oct] Eileen Gunn, Stable Strategies and Others -- Tachyon Publications, sf trade paperback. Long-awaited fiction collection , including the Hugo-nominated "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" and "Computer Friendly", with William Gibson foreword and Howard Waldrop afterword. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

September 2004
[25 Sep] Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby, The Art of Discworld -- Gollancz hardback, coffee-table volume. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Sep] Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition 2005 Calendar -- Gollancz. With a painting for each month by Paul Kidby -- the Going Postal cover and other Discworld scenes. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Sep] David G. Hartwell, ed., Christmas Stars -- sf. Tor proof copy. Reissue of 1992 Christmas-themed reprint anthology. Trade paperback scheduled November 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Sep] Jane Kindskold, Wolf Captured -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2004. "Firekeeper" 4. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Sep] Stephan Zielinski, Bad Magic -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Sep] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Stamping Butterflies -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled November 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Sep] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Sellamillion -- Gollancz hardback fantasy parody. (Of The Silmarillion, surprise surprise.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Sep] Aaron Allston, Terminator 3: Terminator Hunt -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2004. Yet another Terminator spinoff. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Sep] Ben Bova, Powersat -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled January 2005. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Sep] Storm Constantine, The Shades of Time and Memory -- sf/fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Sep] Steven Gould, Reflex -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2004. Sequel to Jumper. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Sep] Julian May, Ironcrown Moon -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "The Boreal Moon Tale" 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Sep] Peter Weston, With Stars In My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom -- NESFA Press nonfiction hardback. Peter's fan memoirs, published to coincidence with his appearance as a 2004 World SF Convention fan guest of honour. Lots of Langford namechecks, I'm happy to say.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Sep] Clive Barker, Abarat II: Days of Magic, Nights of War -- HarperCollins fantasy. Heavily illustrated. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Sep] Stephen Baxter, Exultant -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. "Destiny's Children" 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback (not seen): • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Sep] Rob Grant, Incompetence -- Gollancz paperback, sf comedy. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[9 Sep] James Lovegrove, Worldstorm -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback (not seen): • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Sep] Julian May, Conqueror's Moon -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "The Boreal Moon Tale" 1. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[7 Sep] Terry Goodkind, Naked Empire -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Sword of Truth" the umpteenth. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[7 Sep] Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin -- NEL sf, trade paperback. "Legends of Dune 3", following on from The Butlerian Jihad and The Machine Crusade. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback (not seen): • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

August 2004
[26 Aug] Walter Jon Williams, The Sundering -- Pocket Books paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 title. "Dread Empire's Fall" 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Aug] China Miéville, Iron Council -- Macmillan sf/fantasy, trade paperback. A third novel in the world of New Crobuzon. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback (not seen): • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[23 Aug] Terry Brooks, Tanequil -- Simon & Schuster fantasy, hardback. "High Druid of Shannara" 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Aug] Susan Shwartz, Hostile Takeover -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled December 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Aug] Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell -- Bloomsbury historical fantasy, hardback. This is being heavily promoted, and deservedly so; I read the proof last week and enjoyed it very much indeed. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also paperback (not seen): • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[17 Aug] Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks #57. First published 1964. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] David Drake, Goddess of the Ice Realm -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2003 US title. "Lord of the Isles" book 5. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] Raymond Feist, Exile's Return -- Voyager hardback fantasy. "Conclave of Shadows" book 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] John Gardner, Grendel -- Gollancz trade paperback fantasy. Fantasy Masterworks #41. First published 1971. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "The Tawny Man III." Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] Stan Nicholls, Quicksilver Zenith -- Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Quicksilver" book 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] "A.R.R.R. Roberts", The Soddit, or, Let's Cash In Again -- Gollancz paperback fantasy parody. (Of The Hobbit.) Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Aug] Sarah Zettel, The Firebird's Vengeance -- Voyager paperback fantasy. "Isavalka" book 3. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Aug] James Barclay, Demonstorm -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Aug] Eric Brown, New York Dreams -- Gollancz paperback sf. "Volume Three of the Virex Trilogy". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Aug] M.M. Buckner, Neurolink -- Ace sf paperback. By well-reviewed author of Hyperthought. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Aug] Stan Nicholls, Orcs -- Gollancz fantasy, trade pb. Omnibus of trilogy Bodyguard of Lightning (1999), Legion of Thunder (1999) and Warriors of the Tempest (2000), plus short "The Taking" (2000). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Aug] Robert Rankin, Knees Up Mother Earth -- Gollancz hardback sf/fantasy. "The seventh novel in the increasingly legendary Brentford Trilogy." Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also "export trade paperback": Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Aug] Adam Roberts, The Snow -- Gollancz sf, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback (not seen): Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Aug] John Barnes, Gaudeamus -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Aug] Matthew Hughes, Black Brillion -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2004. "A Novel of the Archonate", supposedly in the manner of Jack Vance. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Aug] Harry Turtledove, Curious Notions -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2004. "Crosstime Traffic" sequence, following Gunpowder Empire. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

July 2004
[23 Jul] Ben Bova, The Silent War -- NEL sf paperback. "The Asteroid Wars: III." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jul] Charles Stross, Singularity Sky -- Orbit sf hardback. Our Charlie's first novel. First published 2003 in USA. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Jul] Ramsey Campbell, The Overnight -- PS Publishing, hardback horror. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also deluxe slipcased edition: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 Jul] Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, ed, The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Fifth Annual Collection -- Tor/Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2004. 32 stories selected from 2003 crime fiction, plus six essays on that year's genre output. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Jul] Robert Silverberg, ed, Legends II -- Voyager fantasy paperback. Reissue of 2003 title. Stories by 11 fantasy authors revisiting their established worlds. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Jul] Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, Ancestors of Avalon -- Voyager fantasy hardback. "What came before The Mists of Avalon." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Jul] Isaac Asimov, I, Robot -- Voyager sf paperback. Film tie-in edition of 1950 collection. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jul] Jacqueline Carey, Banewreaker -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled November 2004. "Volume One of The Sundering." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jul] Piers Anthony, Currant Events -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2004. "Xanth #28." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jul] Frederik Pohl, The Boy Who Would Live Forever -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled October 2004. "A Novel of Gateway." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jul] Jack Whyte, The Lance Thrower -- Arthurian "historical fiction". Tor/Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2004. "Book Six of the Camulod Chronicles." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 Jul] Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 -- Voyager sf paperback. "50th anniversary edition." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

June 2004
[30 Jun] Jonathan Carroll, Sleeping in Flame -- dark fantasy. Tor/Forge proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled October 2004. Reissue of 1988 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Jun] Stephen Jones & David Sutton, ed, Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror -- Gollancz trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[28 Jun] Robert Rankin, The Witches of Chiswick -- Gollancz paperback sf/fantasy. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[28 Jun] Robert Silverberg, Roma Eterna -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Jun] Nancy Kress, Crucible -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. Sequel to Crossfire. Second copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jun] Conrad Williams, London Revenant -- psychological thriller, or thereabouts. Do-Not Press trade paperback. "Somewhere on the spectrum between Iain Sinclair and China Miéville," says M. John Harrison. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jun] Madeleine E. Robins, Petty Treason -- historical detection. Tor/Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. "A Sarah Tolerance Mystery." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Jun] F. Brett Cox & Andy Duncan, ed, Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. 26 stories (11 reprinted). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Jun] Diana Marcellas, Twilight Rising, Serpent's Dream -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. Concludes "epic fantasy trilogy", overall title unspecified. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Jun] Timothy Zahn, The Green and the Gray -- sf/urban fantasy (it says here). Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Jun] Caiseal Mór, The Well of Yearning -- Pocket Books fantasy paperback. "Book One of The Wellspring Trilogy." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Jun] Adam Roberts, Polystom -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] James Barclay, Shadowheart -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "Legends of the Raven" sequence. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] Greg Keyes, The Briar King -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy paperback. "Book One of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone." Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jun] Greg Keyes, Newton's Cannon -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy paperback. "Book One of The Age of Unreason." Reissue of 1998 US title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 Jun] Robert Newcomb, The Gates of Dawn -- Bantam fantasy, C-format paperback. Arthurian. "Volume II of the Chronicles of Blood and Stone." Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 Jun] Robert Newcomb, The Scrolls of the Ancients -- Bantam fantasy, C-format paperback. Arthurian. "Volume III of the Chronicles of Blood and Stone." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Jun] Ian McDonald, River of Gods -- Simon & Schuster sf, hardback. A second proof copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Jun] Diana Wynne Jones, Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories -- Greenwillow (HarperCollins US) fantasy hardback. 15 shorts (omitting the Chrestomanci series) and a novella, "Everard's Ride". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Jun] Julian Rothenstein & Mel Goodin, ed., The Psychological Diary 2005 -- Redstone Press spiral-bound paperback. Yes, a diary; with a Will Self introduction, an alarming picture for every week, and John Sladek's "Anxietal Register B" as tailpiece. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Jun] Stephen Baxter, Coalescent -- Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 hardback. "Destiny's Children: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Jun] Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Time's Eye -- Gollancz hardback sf. Finished copy now received. "A Time Odyssey: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also "export trade paperback": Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Jun] David & Leigh Eddings, The Treasured One -- HarperCollins fantasy hardback. "Book Two of the Dreamers." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Jun] Clive Barker, Abarat II: Days of Magic, Nights of War -- HarperCollins fantasy. Proof copy received. Hardback scheduled 4 October. Heavily illustrated • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 Jun] Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky -- Doubleday hardback fantasy. "A Story of Discworld" -- sequel to The Wee Free Men. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[1 Jun] Lemony Snicket, The Slippery Slope -- Egmont hardback. "A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Tenth." Need I say more? Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

May 2004
[28 May] Robert Rankin, Knees Up Mother Earth -- Gollancz hardback sf/fantasy. "The seventh novel in the increasingly legendary Brentford Trilogy." Proof copy received; scheduled 5 August. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also "export trade paperback": Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[28 May] Liz Williams, Nine Layers of Sky -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Reissue of 2003 US title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[26 May] S.M. Stirling, T2: The Future War -- Gollancz paperback sf. Yet another Terminator spinoff. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 May] John Grant and Audre Wysniauskas, Digital Art for the 21st Century: Renderosity -- Artists' and Photographers' Press Ltd coffee-table paperback. Heavily illustrated, of course. An impressive-looking showcase for the Renderosity digital art community. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[25 May] Kim Wilkins, The Autumn Castle -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Europa Suite: 1." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 May] Sarah Zettel, The Firebird's Vengeance -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. "A Novel of Isavalta." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 May] Whitley Strieber, The Day After Tomorrow -- Gollancz paperback sf. Novelization of Twentieth Century Fox film with this title. (Climate change shock horror, "New York disappearing under snowdrifts hundreds of feet high", etc. I haven't checked to see whether anyone is abducted by abominable snowmen.) • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[19 May] "Jude Fisher", Wild Magic -- Pocket Books paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2003 title. "Book Two of Fool's Gold." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 May] Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell -- Bloomsbury fantasy. Hardback scheduled October 2004. Uncorrected bound MS received. This is being heavily (and, I'm sure, deservedly) promoted. You don't often get a bound proof lovingly wrapped in string and brown paper within the usual jiffybag, and sealed with red wax.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 May] Alice Borchardt, The Raven Warrior -- Bantam fantasy, C-format paperback. Arthurian. "The Second Tale of Guinevere." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 May] Sara Douglass, Sinner -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled September 2004. US reissue of 1997 title. "Book Four of The Wayfarer Redemption." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 May] Nancy Kress, Crucible -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. Sequel to Crossfire. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 May] Chris Wooding, The Skein of Lament -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Book Two of The Braided Path." Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[7 May] Kevin J. Anderson, A Forest of Stars -- Pocket Books paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 title. "The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Two." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[7 May] Tony Ballantyne, Recursion -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled 16 July 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[7 May] Bruce Sterling, The Zenith Angle -- Del Rey cybermainstream hardback. Finished copy now received. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 May] Philip K. Dick, Five Great Novels -- Gollancz SF, trade paperback. Omnibus reissue of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik and A Scanner Darkly. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 May] Sara Douglass, The Nameless Day -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled July 2004. US reissue of 2000 title. "The Crucible Series: Book One." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 May] "Robertski Brothers" (Adam Roberts), The McAtrix Derided -- Gollancz small-format hardback. Parodies all three Matrix films, apparently, in the general manner of Bored of the Rings. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[1 May] Dave Sim & Gerhard, Latter Days -- Aardvark-Vanaheim graphic novel. "Cerebus: Book Fifteen." Reportedly this story has reached its long-predicted end in serial instalment form, with one more collection to come; I wonder how many readers have found themselves muttering to the rebarbative Cerebus, "Why don't you just DIE NOW, you miserable little git, and get it over with?" • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

April 2004
[30 Apr] Steve Cash, The Meq -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy paperback. "A Lyric Fantasy", first in a trilogy. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[30 Apr] Jon George, Faces of Mist and Flame -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[30 Apr] Tanith Lee, Cast a Bright Shadow -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy, trade paperback. "Book One of the 'Lionwolf' Trilogy." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[28 Apr] Kate Jacoby, Trial of Fire -- Gollancz fantasy paperback. "Fifth Book of Elita." Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[28 Apr] Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap -- Gollancz paperback sf. "Concludes the story of the Inhibitors told in Revelation Space and Redemption Ark." Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[26 April] DM Mitchell, A Serious Life -- Savoy hardback nonfiction. A history and evaluation of Savoy Books over the past 30 years, including extended interviews with the Savoymen, David Britton and Michael Butterworth. Lavish production. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker Legacy -- Gollancz paperback sf. First in new outbreak of "Deathstalker" space opera series (six previous books, plus prequels). Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker Legacy -- Gollancz hardback sf. Second in new outbreak of "Deathstalker" space opera series (six previous books, plus prequels). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.comAlso trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] George Mann, The Human Abstract -- Telos trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] Peter Watts, Behemoth: [Beta]-Max -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled July 2004. "Book one of Behemoth" -- that is, the first half of book three of the trilogy that began with Starfish and Maelstrom. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Apr] Gene Wolfe, The Knight -- Tor fantasy hardback. "Book One of The Wizard Knight." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Apr] Frank M. Robinson, The Donor -- technothriller. Tor Forge proof copy. Hardback scheduled July 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[15 Apr] H.G. Wells, Five Great Novels -- Gollancz SF, trade paperback. Omnibus reissue of The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon and The Invisible Man. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[14 Apr] Sarah Ash, Prisoner of Ironsea Tower -- Bantam UK fantasy, trade paperback. "Book Two of The Tears of Artamon." Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Apr] Chris Wooding, The Weavers of Saramyr -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "Book One of The Braided Path." Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

March 2004
[30 Mar] Harry Turtledove, Jaws of Darkness -- Pocket Books paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2003 US title; fifth volume of alternate World War II (with magic) sequence. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[28 Mar] Ian McDonald, River of Gods -- Simon & Schuster sf, hardback. Proof copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Mar] Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Time's Eye -- Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled 17 June 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also "export trade paperback": Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[22 Mar] Guy Gavriel Kay, The Last Light of the Sun -- Simon & Schuster historical fantasy, hardback. "Northern Europe in the Dark Ages." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Mar] Jeffrey Ford, The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque -- Tor UK (Pan) paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Mar] Justina Robson, Natural History -- Pan paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Feb] Steph Swainston, The Year of Our War -- Gollancz hardback "literary fantasy". Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[18 Mar] Jeff VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy, trade paperback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Mar] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Felaheen: The Third Arabesk -- Pocket Books trade paperback sf. Reissue of 2003 title, following on from Pashazade and Effendi. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Mar] Elizabeth Kerner, Redeeming the Lost -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled June 2004. "Third volume in the adventures of Lanen Kaelar and her fabled dragons." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Mar] Jane Lindskold, The Buried Pyramid -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Mar] Steve McDonald, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Waystation -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Mar] Ken MacLeod, Newton's Wake -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled June 2004. "A Space Opera." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[17 Mar] Juliet Marillier, Foxmask -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled August 2004. Sequel to Wolfskin. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Mar] D.M. Mitchell, ed., The Starry Wisdom -- Creation Books trade paperback. 2003 expansion of 1996 H.P. Lovecraft tribute collection; 28 stories, graphics, essays, from Alan Moore, J.G. Ballard, Grant Morrison, William S. Burroughs, Ramset Campbell, etc etc. My prize for doing a BSFA crossword puzzle! • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Mar] Robert Sawyer, Far-Seer -- sf. Tor proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled May 2004. Reissue of 1992 title: "Book One of The Quintaglio Ascension". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Mar] Charles de Lint, The Onion Girl -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. Reissue of 2002 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Mar] Mary Gentle, Cartomancy -- Gollancz paperback sf/fantasy collection. 13 stories plus framing text and afterwords. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Mar] Jon George, Faces of Mist and Flame -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Proof copy received. Scheduled May 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[11 Mar] Gary Gibson, Angel Stations -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, hardback. Proof copy received. Scheduled August 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Mar] Charles de Lint, The Wild Wood -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled June 2004. Reissue of 1994 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Mar] Robert Holdstock, Lavondyss -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Trade paperback scheduled July 2004. Reissue of 1988 sequel to Mythago Wood. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Mar] Andre Norton, Lost Lands of Witch World -- science fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled June 2004. Omnibus of Three Against the Witch World (1965), Warlock of the Witch World (1967) and Sorceress of the Witch World (1968), vols 4-6 in the series. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Mar] Dr Jeff VanderMeer & Dr Mark Roberts, eds, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases -- Night Shade Books hardback. My contributor's copies arrived at last! What a splendid volume.... Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also limited-edition hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Mar] David Gemmell, The Swords of Night and Day -- Bantam UK fantasy hardback. "A Novel of Skilgannon the Damned" -- subseries in the Drenai saga. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Mar] David Gemmell, White Wolf -- Bantam UK fantasy paperback. "Book One of Skilgannon the Damned" -- a new subseries in the Drenai saga. Reissue of 2003 title. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[5 Mar] Bruce Sterling, The Zenith Angle -- Del Rey cybermainstream hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled April 2004. Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Mar] Mark Chadbourn, The Devil in Green -- Gollancz paperback fantasy. "The Dark Age", book 1. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Mar] Mark Chadbourn, The Queen of Sinister -- Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. "The Dark Age", book 2. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[4 Mar] John Marco, The Devil's Armour -- Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

February 2004
[27 Feb] Jim Grimsley, The Ordinary -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[25 Feb] Steph Swainston, The Year of Our War -- Gollancz hardback "literary fantasy". Proof copy received; scheduled April 2004. To be heavily promoted, it seems. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[19 Feb] Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days -- Penguin Classics, trade paperback. Newly translated by Michael Glencross, with a new introduction by Brian Aldiss. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[17 Feb] Ian R. MacLeod, The Light Ages -- Pocket Books paperback fantasy. Reissue of highly praised 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Feb] Miller Lau, Lore Bringer -- Pocket Books paperback fantasy. "Book Three of The Last Clansman." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[13 Feb] Juliet Marillier, Foxmask -- Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) historical fantasy, hardback. Finished copy now received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[13 Feb] Patrick Nielsen Hayden, New Skies -- Tor sf hardback. 17 stories; contains the Langford Hugo-winner "Different Kinds of Darkness". • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Feb] Michael Cobley, Shadowgod -- Pocket Books paperback fantasy. "Book Two of the Shadowkings Trilogy." Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[12 Feb] Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade -- NEL sf paperback. Reissue of 2003 hardback. "Legends of Dune 2", following on from The Butlerian Jihad. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[11 Feb] Rudy Rucker, Frek and the Elixir -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Feb] Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides -- Bantam hardback fantasy. "A tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[10 Feb] Peter F. Hamilton, Pandora's Star -- Macmillan sf hardback. What, a mere 882 pages from Mr Hamilton? Fear not, this is merely "Part One of the Commonwealth Saga", to be concluded in the second book Judas Unchained.• Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com

[10 Feb] Tim LaHaye and Greg Dinallo, Babylon Rising -- Hodder & Stoughton trade paperback, supernatural thriller. Strong on fundamental evangelism, or perhaps evangelical fundamentalism. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Feb] Steve Aylett, Karloff's Circus -- Gollancz paperback. "Accomplice Book 4." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[8 Feb] Ignatius Donnelly, Caesar's Column -- Wesleyan University Press trade paperback. Reissue of 1890 dystopia. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

January 2004
[31 Jan] R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before -- Simon & Schuster fantasy, C-format paperback. "Book One of THE PRINCE OF NOTHING." • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[29 Jan] Chris Wooding, The Skein of Lament -- Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Book Two of The Braided Path." Proof copy received; scheduled May 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Jan] Ben Bova, The Silent War -- sf. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2004. "Book Three of The Asteroid Wars." Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Jan] Stephen Brust, Sethra Lavode -- fantasy. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled April 2004. "... culmination of the bestselling epic begun with The Phoenix Guards." Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Jan] Sheri S. Tepper, The Companions -- Gollancz C-format paperback sf. First UK edition of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[26 Jan] Harry Turtledove and Noreen Doyle, ed., The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age -- fantasy anthology. Tor proof copy. Hardback scheduled May 2004. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jan] John Brosnan, Morthership -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jan] Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Lucifer's Dragon -- Pocket Books sf, trade paperback. Reissue of 1998 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[24 Jan] Roger Levy, Dark Heavens -- Gollancz paperback SF. Linked to his first book Reckless Sleep. Reissue of 2003 title. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Paul Cornell, British Summertime -- Gollancz sf, paperback reissue of 2002 hardback. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Jake Horsley, Matrix Warrior: Being the One -- The Unofficial Handbook -- Gollancz nonfiction (?), paperback reissue of 2003 hardback. "It is the philosophical guide to The Matrix, based on the premise: what if everything in the movie is absolutedly true?" Gorblimey. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Caiseal Mór, The Raven Game -- Pocket Books fantasy paperback. Reissue of 2002 title. "Book Three of The Watchers." Ever so Irish. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[23 Jan] Robert Silverberg, Downward to the Earth -- Gollancz trade paperback sf. SF Masterworks #56. First published 1977. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[21 Jan] Harry Turtledove, American Empire: The Victorious Opposition -- NEL sf (alternate history) paperback of 2003 hardback. Third "American Empire" novel, continuing the alternative timeline of HT's "Great War" trilogy. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jan] David Langford, Different Kinds of Darkness -- Cosmos trade paperback and hardback, sf/fantasy/horror collection. 36 Langford stories. My own complimentary copies have now arrived and led to much gloating.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[16 Jan] M.J. Simpson, Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams -- Coronet paperback. "Revised and updated edition." Foreword by John Lloyd. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[9 Jan] Martin Sketchley, The Affinity Trap -- Simon & Schuster sf trade paperback. (Acquired for the cancelled Earthlight imprint.) Third copy received. • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[6 Jan] Paul McAuley, White Devils -- Simon & Schuster hardback technothriller (or is it sf with the genre labels filed off?). • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com
• Also trade paperback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

[3 Jan] John Sladek, ed. David Langford, Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek -- Cosmos trade paperback and hardback, sf/assorted collection. Reissue of 2002 Big Engine title. My complimentary copies of the hardback just arrived.... • Amazon.co.uk • Amazon. com
• Also hardback: Amazon.co.uk • Amazon.com

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