Locus, March 2014

by Locus Publications

  RANDOM HOUSE UK/EBURY PRESS

  Mar ’14: The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen (r, a, tp).

  RANDOM HOUSE UK/RED FOX

  Jan ’14: Seventh Son by Joseph Delaney (r, ya, tp); Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff (r, a, ya, tp); Blood Feud by Rosemary Sutcliff (r, a, ya, tp).

  Feb ’14: Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales by Brian Jacques (r, c, ya, tp); Unquiet Spirits by K.M. Peyton (r, ya, tp); Spook’s: Alice by Joseph Delaney (r, ya, tp).

  Mar ’14: Song for a Dark Queen by Rosemary Sutcliff (r, ya, tp).

  Apr ’14: Tristan and Isuelt by Rosemary Sutcliff (r, a, ya, tp).

  May ’14: Snow, White by Keith Austin (ya, tp); The Spook’s Revenge by Joseph Delaney (r, ya, tp); Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff (r, a, ya, tp).

  Aug ’14: Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce (r, ya, tp).

  RANDOM HOUSE UK/YOUNG ARROW

  Jan ’14: Exposure by Kathy Reichs & Brendan Reichs (ya, hc).

  Apr ’14: Exposure by Kathy Reichs & Brendan Reichs (r, ya, tp).

  Nov ’14: Witch & Wizard 5 by James Patterson & Jill Dembowski (r, hr, ya, hc).

  Dec ’14: House of Robots: Bro-Bot by James Patterson (ya, hc).

  RANDOM HOUSE/EBURY/DEL REY UK

  Jan ’14: Ex-Purgatory by Peter Clines (r, tp).

  Feb ’14: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines (r, tp); God’s War by Kameron Hurley (r, tp).

  Mar ’14: The Secrets of Life and Death by Rebecca Alexander (r, hr, tp).

  May ’14: Codex Born by Jim C. Hines (r, tp); A Burton & Swinburne Adventure: The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi by Mark Hodder (r, tp).

  Jun ’14: The Clown Service by Guy Adams (r, tp); Children of Fire by Drew Karpyshyn (r, tp).

  Jul ’14: The Thousand Names by Django Wexler (r, tp).

  Aug ’14: The Never War: Book One: The Suicide Exhibition by Justin Richards (r, tp).

  REBELLION/ABADDON

  Mar ’14: Twilight of Kerberos: The Thief of the Ancients by Mike Wild (tp).

  Jul ’14: The Afterblight Chronicles: Journal of the Plague Year ed. by C.B. Harvey & Malcolm Cross (om, tp).

  Aug ’14: Fiefdom by Dan Abnett (tp).

  Oct ’14: Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets: An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space ed. by David Thomas Moore (a, tp).

  Nov ’14: Judge Dredd: Year One: Omnibus ed. by Anonymous (om, x, tp).

  Dec ’14: Gods and Monsters: Myth Breaker by Stephen Blackmoore (a, tp).

  REBELLION/RAVENSTONE

  May ’14: Lupus Rex by John Carter Cash (r, ya, tp).

  REBELLION/SOLARIS

  Jan ’14: Once Upon a Time in Hell by Guy Adams (hr, tp); Hive Monkey by Gareth L. Powell (tp).

  Feb ’14: A Different Kingdom by Paul Kearney (r, tp); The Ten Thousand by Paul Kearney (r, tp); Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson (tp).

  Mar ’14: Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem (tp); The Happier Dead by Ivo Stourton (tp).

  Apr ’14: Age of Shiva by James Lovegrove (r, tp); Talus and the Frozen King by Graham Edwards (tp).

  May ’14: Grunt Life by Weston Ochse (tp); Shanghai Sparrow by Gaie Sebold (tp).

  Jun ’14: Txe Way to Babylon by Paul Kearney (r, tp); Reach for Infinity ed. by Jonathan Strahan (tp).

  Jul ’14: Jani and the Greater Game: Multiplicity by Eric Brown (tp); Deadly Curiosities by Gail Z. Martin (tp); One Night in Sixes by Arianne ‘Tex’ Thompson (tp).

  Sep ’14: The Fire Prince by Emily Gee (tp); World of Fire by James Lovegrove (tp); Solaris Rising 3 ed. by Ian Whates (r, tp).

  Oct ’14: Nychtophobia by Christopher Fowler (tp); Fearsome Magics ed. by Jonathan Strahan (tp).

  Nov ’14: Wakening the Crow by Stephen Gregory (r, tp); A Riding the Unicorn by Paul Kearney (r, tp).

  Dec ’14: Dangerous Games ed. by Jonathan Oliver (tp).

  SCHOLASTIC/CHICKEN HOUSE UK

  Jan ’14: Feed by M.J. Howes (ya, tp).

  Mar ’14: Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott (ya, tp).

  Apr ’14: Brave by Wendy Constance (ya, tp).

  May ’14: The Amazing Mind of Alice Making by Alan Shea (r, tp).

  Jun ’14: The Death Cure by James Dashner (r, ya, tp); The Kill Order by James Dashner (r, ya, tp); The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (r, ya, tp); Flashes by Tim O’Rourke (r, tp).

  Jul ’14: Never Say Die by David Tinkler (tp).

  Aug ’14: City of Halves by Lucy Inglis (ya, tp).

  Oct ’14: The Maze Runner by James Dashner (r, ya, tp).

  SEVERN HOUSE

  Jan ’14: The Summoning by F.G. Cottam (hc).

  May ’14: Drought by Graham Masterton (a, hc).

  SHORT BOOKS

  Jan ’14: The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone by Will Storr (hr, tp).

  SIMON & SCHUSTER UK

  Mar ’14: Mentats of Dune by Kevin J. Anderson & Brian Herbert (r, tp).

  SIMON & SCHUSTER/POCKET UK

  Sep ’14: Zom-B Baby by Darren Shan (r, hr, ya, tp).

  SPHERE

  Jan ’14: Merlyn by Jack Whyte (r, tp); Pendragon by Jack Whyte (r, tp); The Abominable by Dan Simmons (r, tp).

  Apr ’14: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth (r, ya, tp); The Round Table by Jack Whyte (r, tp); War of the Celts by Jack Whyte (r, tp).

  May ’14: Grail Knight by Angus Donald (r, a, tp).

  Jul ’14: The Iron Castle by Angus Donald (a, hc); Omens by Kelley Armstrong (r, tp).

  Aug ’14: Visions by Kelley Armstrong (hc).

  Sep ’14: The Quest by Nelson DeMille (r, a, tp).

  TARTARUS PRESS

  Feb ’14: Flowers of the Sea by Reggie Oliver (r, c, tp).

  TITAN

  Jan ’14: Andromeda’s Fall by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff (r, eb, tp); Vicious by V.E. Schwab (eb, tp); Transformers: Retribution by David S. Williams & Mark Williams (r, x, tp); Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon (eb, x).

  Feb ’14: Heart of Valour by Tanya Huff (r, eb, tp); Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes ed. by George Mann (a, tp); Steampunk Style by Steampunk Oriental Laboratory (nf, art, tp); Black Wings of Cthulhu, Volume Two ed. by S.T. Joshi (r, eb, tp); Grimm: The Chopping Block by John Passarella (r, x, tp).

  Mar ’14: Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); The Wild Ways by Tanya Huff (r, tp); Hunt at the Well of Eternity by James Reasoner (r, eb, tp); No Hero by Jonathan Wood (r, eb, tp); Guild Wars: Ghosts of Escalon by Matt Forbeck & Jeff Grubb (r, eb, tp); Noah by Mark Morris (x, tp); Spider Wars: The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (eb, tp); The Art of Ian Miller by Ian Miller (art, hc); The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwistle (a, tp); Alien by Alan Dean Foster (r, eb, x, tp).

  Apr ’14: Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear by Charles Ardai (r, tp); The Final Battle by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (r, eb, x); Valour’s Trial by Tanya Huff (r, eb, tp); Dragon Age: The Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes (r, tp); Life’s Lottery by Kim Newman (r, tp); Thornlost by Melanie Rawn (tp).

  May ’14: By Blood Alone by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); The Gates of Sleep by Mercedes Lackey (r, tp); Home from the Sea by Mercedes Lackey (r, eb, tp); Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey (r, tp); Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey (r, tp); The Serpent’s Shadow by Mercedes Lackey (r, tp); Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey (r, tp); Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey (r, tp); The Dark Blood of Poppies by Freda Warrington (r, hr, eb, tp); Guild Wars: Sea of Sorrows by Rae Soesbee (r, eb, tp); Godzilla by Greg Cox (r, pb, eb, x); Silver Mirrors by A.A. Aguirre (eb, tp); Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Steadfast by Jack Campbell (ebtp); Hot Lead, Cold Iron by Ari Marmell (r, eb, tp); Dead Man’s Hand ed. by John Joseph Adams (ebtp); The Art of John Harris by John Harris (art, hc); Hunt At World’s End by Nicholas Kaufmann (r, tp).

  Jun ’14: Deadbeat: Dogs of Waugh by Guy Adams (eb, tp); By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); Alien 3 by Alan Dean Foster (r, eb, x, tp); Plague World by Dana Fredsti (tp); Truth of Valour by Tany
a Huff (r, eb, tp); Blood Red by Mercedes Lackey (tp); Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea (eb, tp); Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire by Christa Faust (r, tp); Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box by George Mann (a, tp); Acolytes of Cthulhu ed. by Robert M. Price (r, ebtp).

  Jul ’14: Resistance by Samit Basu (eb, tp); Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (r, eb, tp); Andromeda’s Choice by William C. Dietz (r, tp); For Those Who Fell by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore (x, tp); The Art of Greg Spalenka by Greg Spalenka (art, hc).

  Aug ’14: For More Than Glory by William C. Dietz (r, eb, tp); Dark Shepherd: The Art of Fred Gambino by Fred Gambino (art, hc); Afterparty by Daryl Gregory (eb, tp); Hunt Among the Killers of Men by David J. Schow (r, tp); Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War by James Lovegrove (a, tp).

  Sep ’14: Fringe: Sins of the Father by Christa Faust (r, x).

  Oct ’14: The Wolves of London by Mark Morris (hr, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/BANTAM UK

  Jan ’14: The Emperor of All Things by Paul Witcover (r, tp).

  Feb ’14: The People’s Will by Jasper Kent (r, tp); Dark Lady by Maria Dahvana Headley (r, hc).

  Apr ’14: Game of Thrones: A Pop-Up Guide to Westeros by Mark Reinhardt (art, hc).

  Jun ’14: A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton (hc); The Skin Job by Bruce McCabe (r, eb, hc); A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin (eb, tp).

  Jul ’14: Assail by Ian C. Esslemont (eb, hc); The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (eb, hc).

  Aug ’14: The Productions of Time 2 by Paul Witcover (eb, hc).

  Sep ’14: Willful Child by Steven Erikson (eb, hc).

  Oct ’14: The Last Oprichnik by Jasper Kent (r, ebtp).

  TRANSWORLD/BLACK SWAN

  Jan ’14: Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld (r, tp); The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (r, a, tp).

  Apr ’14: This House is Haunted by John Boyne (r, hr, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/CORGI

  Jan ’14: Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman (r, ya, tp); The Shape Stealer by Lee Carroll (r, tp); The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost (tp).

  Feb ’14: The Mortality Doctrine: Eye of Minds by James Dashner (r, ya, tp); Beyond the Deepwoods: The Edge Chronicles 4 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); Midnight over Sanctaphrax: The Edge Chronicles 6 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); Stormchaser: The Edge Chronicles 5 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); Wyrmeweald: The Bone Trail by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Thud! by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (r, tp).

  Mar ’14: Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (r, tp); Doll Bones by Holly Black (r, ya, tp); ITCH Rocks by Simon Mayo (r, ya, tp).

  Apr ’14: The Teardrop by Lauren Kate (r, ya, tp); Toxic Heart by Theo Lawrence (ya, tp); The Fearless by Emma Pass (tp); Freeglader: The Edge Chronicles 9 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); The Last of the Sky Pirates: The Edge Chronicles 7 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); Vox: The Edge Chronicles 8 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); The City by Stella Gemmell (r, tp).

  May ’14: The Devil Delivered and Other Stories by Steven Erikson (r, c, tp); The Goblin’s Gift by Conrad Mason (r, ya, tp); The Oathbreaker’s Shadow by Amy McCulloch (r, tp); Inferno by Dan Brown (r, a, tp).

  Jun ’14: The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (r, tp); Angel City by Jon Steele (r, tp).

  Jul ’14: Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (r, ya, tp).

  Oct ’14: The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett & Gray Joliffe (r, tp).

  Nov ’14: Dodger’s Guide to London by Terry Pratchett (r, nf, a, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/DOUBLEDAY UK

  Mar ’14: Bryant & May: The Bleeding Heart by Christopher Fowler (eb, hc).

  Jun ’14: The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (eb, hc).

  Jul ’14: The Hive Construct by Alexander Maskill (eb, hc).

  Sep ’14: A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction by Terry Pratchett (nf, hc).

  Oct ’14: Mrs. Bradshaw’s Handbook by Terry Pratchett (art, eb, hc).

  UNBOUND

  Sep ’14: News from the Squares by Robert Llewellyn (r, tp).

  WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

  Feb ’14: William Burroughs: A Life by Barry Miles (nf, hc).

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  MAGAZINES RECEIVED

  Analog Science Fiction and Fact–Trevor Quachri, ed. Vol. 134 No. 4, April 2014, $4.99, 10 times a year, 112pp, 15 x 22 cm. The conclusion of Karl Schroeder’s Lockstep; novelette by Jordan Jeffers; short stories by Don Webb, Eric Baylis, Jon Hakes, Ian Randal Strock, Lavie Tidhar, and Diane Turnshek; a science fact by Edward M. Lerner; poetry; and reviews. Cover by Julie Dillon.

  Asimov’s Science Fiction–Sheila Williams, ed. Vol. 38 No. 3, Whole Number 458, March 2014, $4.99, 10 times a year, 112pp, 15 x 22 cm. Novelettes by Sean Monaghan, Cat Rambo, and James Patrick Kelly; short stories by Ken Liu & Mike Resnick, Peter Wood, Jay O’Connell, Genevieve Williams, and Dominica Phetteplace; columns from Robert Silverberg and James Patrick Kelly; poetry, reviews, etc. Cover by Marta Nael.

  Black Static–Andy Cox, ed. Issue No. 38, January/February 2014, £4.99, bimonthly, 96pp, 17 x 24 cm. Dark British SF/F magazine with stories by Andrew Hook, Tim Waggoner, Malcolm Devlin, Maura McHugh, Danny Rhodes, and John Grant; an interview with Gary Fry, commentary by Lynda E. Rucker and Stephen Volk; columns and reviews. Cover by Joachim Luetke. Subscription: UK £24.00/Europe £27.00/elsewhere £30.00 for six issues to TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK; website: ; email: .

  The Cascadia Subduction Zone–Lew Gilchriist, et al. eds. Vol. 4 No. 1, January 2014, $5.00 print/$3.00 pdf, quarterly, 22pp, 20½ x 28 cm. Literary magazine with essays, poetry, and reviews. This issue includes L. Timmel Duchamp’s essay on feminism which culminates in her description of the 40th anniversary celebration of the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society; poetry; Nisi Shawl’s look at Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas; a spotlight on artist Kristin Kest; and reviews. Cover by Kristin Kest. Subscription: $16.00 print/$10.00 pdf for four issues to Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787 (WA state residents add 9.5 % sales tax); website: .

  Dark Discoveries–James R. Beach, ed. #26, Winter 2014, $11.95, quarterly, 112pp, 21½ x 28 cm. Slick color magazine. This issue is a special “weird west” issue with fiction by David Liss, Norman Partridge, Hank Schwaeble, Gemma Files, and Gary A. Braunbeck; interviews with David Liss, Joe Bob Briggs, and Quentin Tarantino; nonfiction articles by Yvonne Navarro and Robert Morrish, on topics including Stephen King, Mormons and genre fiction, Spaghetti Westerns, gaming, etc.; and reviews. Cover by Cyrus Wraith Walker. Subscription: four issues to the US $37.95 print/$19.95 digital-only per year (more expensive elsewhere, hardcover copies also available), checks to JournalStone Publishing, Christopher C. Payne, Dark Discoveries Publications, 1261 Peachwood Court, San Bruno CA 94066; e-mail or PayPal: : website: .

  Extrapolation–Javier A. Martínez, ed. Vol. 54 No. 3, Winter 2013, $5.00, three times a year, 96pp, 15 x 23 cm. Scholarly journal with articles on works by Marek Oziewicz on Nancy Farmer’s use of peace metaphors her Saxon Saga; Andrea Hairston looks at the triumph of the disappearing native over the colonized body (as a metaphor for posthumanity technology) in the movie Source Code; and Jonathan Goodwin examines Olaf Stapledon’s philosophy and looks at the ethics of history as illustrated by the “telepathic historian” who appears in Stapledon’s Last Men in London; plus reviews. Subscription: Three issues print plus digital UK £21.00/ US $35.00; digital only UK £17.00/US $27.00 to Turpin Distribution, Pegasus Drive, Stratton Business Park, Biggleswade, SG18 8TQ, United Kingdom, or free with a membership in the SFRA; website: ; e-mail: .

  Interzone–A
ndy Cox, ed. Issue No. 250, January/February 2014, £4.99, bimonthly, 96pp, 17 x 24 cm. British SF/F magazine. Stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, David Tallerman, C. Allegra Hawksmoor, Caroline M. Yoachim, Greg Kurzawa, Rebecca Campbell, and Georgina Bruce; an interview with Libby McGugan; and reviews. Cover by Wayne Haag. Subscription: UK £24.00/Europe £27.00/elsewhere £30.00 for six issues to TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK; website: .

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  The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction–Gordon Van Gelder, ed. Vol. 126 No. 3 & 4, Whole No. 712, March/April 2014, $7.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm. Novella by Pat MacEwen; novelettes by Jon DeCles and Michael Libling; and short stories by Leo Vladimirsky, Oliver Buckram, Ron Goulart, Sarah Pinsker, Albert E. Cowdrey, Daniel Marcus, Ted White, D.M. Armstrong, Gordon Eklund, and Rob Chilson; and reviews, etc. Cover by Kent Bash.

  The Magazine of Speculative Poetry–Roger Dutcher, ed. Vol. 9 No. 3, Fall 2013, Whole number 35, $5.00, irregular, 32pp, 14 x 21½ cm. Small-press speculative poetry magazine with work by Laurel Winter, Mary A. Turzillo, and others. Cover by Mark Rich. Subscription: $19 for four issues, to MSP, PO Box 564, Beloit WI 53512.

  Smith’s Monthly–Dean Wesley Smith, Issue #4, January 2014 $6.99 digital/$12.99 print/$30.00 print sent internationally, monthly, 188pp, 17½ x 25½ cm. A monthly magazine written entirely by Dean Wesley Smith with four short stories; a complete SF novel, Monumental Summit; chapters ten thorough twelve of two serialized novels; nonfiction and poetry. Subscription: Digital-only $29.99 (six issues)/$49.99 (12 issues); Print plus digital $59.99 (six issues)/$99.99 for (12 issues)/$30.00 per issue internationally, on his website or by mail to WMG Publishing, PO Box 269, Lincoln City OR 97367; website: .

  Tales of the Talisman–David Lee Summers, ed. Vol 9, Issue 2, Autumn 2013, $8.00, quarterly, 100pp, 20 x 25 cm. Fantasy and speculative fiction magazine with short fiction, an interview with J. Alan Erwine, poetry, and reviews. Cover by Laura Givens. Subscription: $24.00 per year to Hadrosaur Productions, PO Box 2194, Mesilla Park NM 88047-2194; website: