Locus, December 2012

by Locus Publications

  May ’13: Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett (tp); Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (r); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, ya, tp); Blood and Bone by Ian C. Esslemont (1st US, tp, hc); Blackmail Earth by Bill Evans (r); Siege by Rhiannon Frater (r, h); Silver by Rhiannon Held (r); Tarnished by Rhiannon Held (hc); The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan, Chuck Dixon & Chase Conley (r, graphic novel, tp); Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (hc); Tunnel Out of Death by Jamil Nasir (hc); Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick (hc); The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (hc); The Human Division by John Scalzi (hc); Dark Magic by James Swain (r, h); Ha’penny by Jo Walton (r, tp); The Touch by F. Paul Wilson (r, h); Judgment at Proteus by Timothy Zahn (r).

  Jun ’13: Queen’s Hunt by Beth Bernobich (r); Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe (hc); Orion and King Arthur by Ben Bova (r); The Cryptos Conundrum by Chase Brandon (r); Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (hc); Deep Inside by Polly Frost (r, c, tp); In a Fix by Linda Grimes (r); River Road by Suzanne Johnson (r, tp); A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (r, tp); The Broken Universe by Paul Melko (r, tp); The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven & Matthew Joseph Harrington (hc); Requiem by Ken Scholes (hc); Shadow People by James Swain (h, hc); The World of the End by Ofir Touche Gafla (hc); Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler (hc).

  Jul ’13: This Case Is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova (r); New Earth by Ben Bova (hc); The Raven’s Shadow by Elspeth Cooper (hc); This River Awakens by Steven Erikson (r, a, tp, hc); On the Razor’s Edge by Michael Flynn (hc); Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone (hc); Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson (r); Thieves’ Quarry by D.B. Jackson (hc); Mist by Susan Krinard (tp); Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn (r, tp); The Executioner’s Heart by George Mann (1st US, hc); Fate of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner (r); Forged in Fire by J.A. Pitts (r, tp); The Dame by R.A. Salvatore (r); The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis (r, tp); Storm Riders by Margaret Weis & Robert Krammes (hc); Night Pilgrims by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (h, hc).

  Aug ’13: Box Office Poison by Phillipa Bornikova (hc); Splintegrate by Deborah Christian (hc); Ironskin by Tina Connolly (r, tp); Fallen Masters by John Edward (r, h); Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe ed. by Bill Fawcett (hc); The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman (r, tp); Quick Fix by Linda Grimes (tp); Jack Cloudie by Stephen Hunt (1st US, hc); Elysian Fields by Suzanne Johnson (hc); The Unincorporated Future by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin (r, tp); Billy Moon by Douglas Lain (hc); The Lost Prince by Edward D. Lazellari (hc); Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock (r); Dark Shadows: Wolf Moon Rising by Lara Parker (x, tp); Assault on Sunrise by Michael Shea (hc); The Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber (hc); Kitty #12 by Carrie Vaughn; Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber (r); The Hollow City by Dan Wells (r, h).

  Sep ’13: Only Superhuman by Christopher Bennett (r); The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White (hc); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r); Monsters of the Earth by David Drake (hc); People of the Black Sun by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear (r, a); Transcendental by James Gunn (hc); Twenty-First Century Science Fiction ed. by David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (hc); The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke (hc); The Gemini Virus by Wil Mara (r); Songs of the Dying Earth ed. by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (r); The One-Eyed Man by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (hc); Delia’s Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer (hc); Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest (tp); Elsewhens by Melanie Rawn (r, tp); Vicious by V.E. Schwab (hc); Halo: The Thursday War by Karen Traviss (r, x); Half a Crown by Jo Walton (r, tp); The Hermetic Millennia by John C. Wright (r).

  TOR TEEN

  Nov ’12: Truancy City by Isamu Fukui (ya, hc); Renegade by J.A. Souders (ya, hc).

  Jan ’13: Farseed by Pamela Sargent (r, ya, tp); Article 5 by Kristen Simmons (r, ya, tp).

  Feb ’13: Homeland by Cory Doctorow (ya, hc); Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (ya, hc).

  Mar ’13: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (ya, hc).

  Apr ’13: Sacrifices by Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill (tp, ya, hc).

  Jun ’13: Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (r, ya, tp); Solstice by P.J. Hoover (ya, hc).

  Jul ’13: Replica by Jenna Black (ya, tp); Extremities by David Lubar (ya, hc).

  Aug ’13: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (r, ya, tp).

  Sep ’13: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake (ya, hc); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, ya, tp).

  TOR/FORGE

  Oct ’12: Golden Dawn by Thomas M. Kostigen (h, hc); The Gemini Virus by Wil Mara (hc); Gary Jennings’ Aztec Revenge by Junius Podrug (a, hc).

  Dec ’12: Dinosaur Thunder by James F. David (h, hc).

  Jan ’13: Living Proof by Kira Peikoff (r).

  TOR/ORB

  Nov ’12: The Long Price: The Price of War by Daniel Abraham (r, om, tp).

  Dec ’12: Peace by Gene Wolfe (r, tp).

  TOR/STARSCAPE

  Feb ’13: A Perilous Power by E. Rose Sabin (r, ya, tp); City of Death by Laurence Yep (ya, hc).

  Apr ’13: Cartboy and the Time Capsule by L.A. Campbell (ya, hc).

  May ’13: The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos (ya, hc).

  Sep ’13: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, ya, tp).

  TUTTLE

  Oct ’12: Samurai Awakening by Benjamin Martin (ya, hc).

  TWO DOLLAR RADIO

  May ’13: A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims (h, tp).

  UNDERWOOD BOOKS

  Oct ’12: Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art ed. by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner (art, tp, hc).

  UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS

  Jan ’13: John Brunner by Jad Smith (nf, tp).

  UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS

  Oct ’12: The Weight of Temptation by Ana María Shua (tp).

  UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS/BISON BOOKS

  Jul ’13: The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie (r, tp).

  VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS

  Nov ’12: Frazetta Sketchbook by Frank Frazetta (art, tp, art, hc).

  Jan ’13: The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage by Margaret Brundage (art, tp, art, hc).

  VIZMEDIA/HAIKASORU

  Nov ’12: Virus by Sakyo Komatsu (hc); Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse (r, tp).

  Mar ’13: Self-Reference Engine by EnJoe Toh (tp).

  May ’13: Noble V: Greylancer by Hideyuki Kikuchi (tp).

  WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

  Jan ’13: We Modern People: Science Fiction and the Making of Modern Russia by Anindita Banerjee (nf, hc, tp); Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings by Stefan Ekman (nf, hc, tp).

  Mar ’13: The Story Until Now by Kit Reed (c, hc).

  Jun ’13: Phallos by Samuel R. Delany (r, tp); Travel Scholarships by Jules Verne (r, hc).

  Jul ’13: Parabolas of Science Fiction ed. by Brian Attebery & Veronica Hollinger (nf, hc, tp).

  WIZARDS OF THE COAST

  Dec ’12: Forgotten Realms: Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils by Erin M. Evans (x).

  Feb ’13: Forgotten Realms: Prophet of the Dead by Richard Lee Byers (x).

  WORLDWIDE LIBRARY GOLD EAGLE

  Nov ’12: Rogue Angel: City of Swords by Alex Archer; Deathlands: No Man’s Land by James Axler; Outlanders: Genesis Sinister by James Axler.

  Jan ’13: Rogue Angel: The Third Caliph by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Nemesis by James Axler.

  Feb ’13: Outlanders: Savage Dawn by James Axler.

  Mar ’13: Rogue Angel: Staff of Judea by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Chrono Spasm by James Axler.

  May ’13: Rogue Angel: The Vanishing Tribe by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Sins of Honor by James Axler; Outlanders: Sorrow Space by James Axler.

  Jul ’13: Rogue Angel: Clockwork Doomsday by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Storm Breakers by James Axler.

  Aug ’13: Outlanders: Immortal Twilight by James Axler.

  Sep ’13: Rogue Angel: Blood Cursed by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Dark Fathoms by James Axler.

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  UK FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY AUTHOR

  SELECTED BOOKS BY AUTHOR

  The following list includes current books we haven’t seen plus upcoming releases. Hardcover and trade paperback books are so noted. If there is no indication, books are mass market paperbacks or we’re not sure.

  There are two lists: the first, selected titles, all originals, is arranged alphabetically by author. This listing includes simultaneous UK & US publications. The second listing is more complete, arranged by publisher and by month.

  This listing contains almost 1,000 titles, approximately 600 of them originals.

  We try to keep our database as accurate and up-to-date as possible. Please send corrections and updates to Ian Covell, 121 Homerton Road, Pallister Park, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS3 8PN, UK.

  The list is tentative and subject to change, especially in later months. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) non-fiction, (c) collection, (na) novella, (a) associational, (om) omnibus, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in.

  AARONOVITCH, BEN

  Broken Homes, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc)

  ABRAHAM, DANIEL

  The Tyrant’s Law, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, May 2013 (tp)

  ARMSTRONG, KELLEY

  Omens, Sphere, Aug 2013 (hc)

  The Rising, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Apr 2013 (tp)

  ASHBY, MADELINE

  iD: The Second Machine Dynasty, Angry Robot, Jul 2013 (tp)

  ASHER, NEAL

  Jupiter War, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

  BACIGALUPI, PAOLO

  The Water Knife, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Sep 2013 (hc)

  BARCLAY, JAMES

  Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura, Orion/Gollancz, May 2013 (hc, tp)

  BAXTER, STEPHEN

  Proxima, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2013 (hc, tp)

  Universes, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (c, hc)

  BOND, GWENDA

  The Woken Gods, Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry, Jul 2013 (ya, tp)

  BRETT, PETER

  The Daylight War, Harper Voyager, Feb 2013 (hc)

  BROOKS, TERRY

  Bloodfire Quest, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2013 (hc)

  BROWN, ERIC

  Serene Invasion, Rebellion/Solaris, May 2013 (tp)

  Starship Seasons, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (c, hc)

  CARRIGER, GAIL

  Etiquette and Espionage, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Feb 2013 (ya, tp)

  CARROLL, LEE

  The Shape Stealer, Transworld/Bantam UK, Mar 2013 (tp)

  CONNELL, BRENDAN S.

  The Metanatural Adventures of Dr. Black, PS Publishing, Jun 2013 (c, hc)

  COREY, JAMES S.A.

  Abaddon’s Gate, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013 (tp)

  CORNELL, PAUL

  London Falling, Macmillan/Tor UK, Dec 2012 (hc)

  COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON

  The Exiled Blade, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Apr 2013 (tp)

  DALTON, A.J.

  Gateway of the Saviours, Orion/Gollancz, Mar 2013 (hc, tp)

  DEAS, STEPHEN

  The Dragon Queen, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc, tp)

  DI FILIPPO, PAUL

  More Plumage From Pegasus, PS Publishing, Feb 2013 (nf, hc)

  ELLIOTT, KATE

  Cold Steel, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013 (tp)

  ELLIOTT, WILL

  World’s End, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Dec 2012 (tp)

  FARLAND, DAVID

  A Tale of Tales, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Dec 2012 (tp)

  FEIST, RAYMOND E.

  Jimmy and the Crawler, Harper Voyager, Feb 2013 (na, tp)

  Magician’s End, Harper Voyager, May 2013 (hc)

  FENN, JAINE

  Queen of Nowhere, Orion/Gollancz, Jan 2013 (tp)

  FFORDE, JASPER

  Dark Reading Matter, Hodder & Stoughton, Jul 2013 (hc)

  FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

  Film Freak, Transworld/Doubleday UK, Apr 2013 (nf, hc)

  Plastic, Rebellion/Solaris, Aug 2013 (h)

  FUREY, MAGGIE

  Exodus of the Xandim, Orion/Gollancz, Mar 2013 (tp)

  GAIMAN, NEIL

  The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Headline Review, Jun 2013 (hc)

  GEMMELL, STELLA

  The City, Transworld/Bantam UK, Apr 2013 (hc)

  GIBSON, GARY

  The Core, Macmillan/Tor UK, Aug 2013 (hc)

  GRIFFIN, KATE

  The Glass God, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2013

  HAIG, MATT

  The Humans, Canongate, May 2013 (tp)

  HEADLEY, MARIA DAHVANA

  Dark Lady, Transworld/Bantam UK, Aug 2013 (tp)

  HERBERT, BRIAN

  Hellhole Awakening (with Kevin J. Anderson), Simon & Schuster UK, Feb 2013 (hc)

  HILL, JOE

  NOS4R2, Orion/Gollancz, May 2013 (h, hc)

  HOBB, ROBIN

  Blood of Dragons, Harper Voyager, Apr 2013 (hc)

  HOLT, TOM

  Doughnut, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2013

  JORDAN, ROBERT

  A Memory of Light (with Brandon Sanderson), Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jan 2013 (hc)

  KING, STEPHEN

  Doctor Sleep, Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 2013 (hc)

  Joyland, Titan, Jun 2013 (tp)

  KOONTZ, DEAN

  Deeply Odd, HarperCollins UK, Mar 2013 (h, hc)

  KRISTJANSSON, SNORRI

  Swords of Good Men, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jul 2013 (hc, tp)

  KRISTOFF, JAY

  Kinslayer, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

  LAWRENCE, MARK

  Emperor of Thorns, Harper Voyager, Aug 2013 (hc)

  LLOYD, TOM

  God Tattoo, Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2013 (c, hc, tp)

  LORD, KAREN

  The Best of All Possible Worlds, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Feb 2013 (hc, tp)

  LOVEGROVE, JAMES

  Age of Voodoo, Rebellion/Solaris, Feb 2013 (tp)

  LYNCH, SCOTT

  The Republic of Thieves, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc)

  MAMATAS, NICK

  The Last Weekend, PS Publishing, Aug 2013 (h, hc)

  McAULEY, PAUL

  Evening’s Empires, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc, tp)

  A Very British History: The Best of Paul McAuley, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (c, hc)

  MOON, ELIZABETH

  Limits of Power, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013

  MORDEN, SIMON

  The Curve of the Earth, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2013

  MORGAN, RICHARD

  The Dark Defiles, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc)

  NEWMAN, KIM

  Johnny Alucard, Titan, Apr 2013 (hc)

  PARK, PAUL

  Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance, PS Publishing, Dec 2012 (na, hc)

  PINBOROUGH, SARAH

  Mayhem, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, May 2013 (h, hc, tp)

  Poison, Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2013 (hc)

  PRATCHETT, TERRY

  The Long Earth 2 (with Stephen Baxter), Transworld/Doubleday UK, Jun 2013 (hc)

  PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER

  The Adjacent, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc)

  REES, ROD

  The DemiMonde: Summer, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jan 2013 (hc)

  REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR

  On the Steel Breeze, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc)

  ROBERTS, ADAM

  Adam Robots, Orion/Gollancz, Jan 2013 (c, hc, tp)

  SANDERSON, BRANDON

  Legion and The Emperor’s Soul, Orion/Gollancz, May 2013 (c, hc, tp)

  The Rithmatist, Orion Children’s Books, May 2013 (ya, tp)

  SAPKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ

  The Time of Contempt, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc, tp)

  SHEVDON, MIKE

  The Eighth Court, Angry Robot, Jun 2013 (tp)

  SILVERBERG, ROBERT

  Tales of Majipoor, Orion/Gollancz, Feb 2013 (c, hc, tp)

  SIMMONS, DAN

  The Abominable, Sphere, Sep 2013 (hc)

  STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed.

  Edge
of Infinity, Rebellion/Solaris, Dec 2012 (tp)

  Fearsome Journeys, Rebellion/Solaris, Jun 2013

  STROSS, CHARLES

  Neptune’s Brood, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2013 (hc)

  SYKES, SAM

  The Skybound Sea, Orion/Gollancz, Dec 2012 (tp)

  TIDHAR, LAVIE

  Martian Sands, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (hc)

  TRIPATHI, AMISH

  The Immortals of Melhua, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jan 2013 (hc, tp)

  WHATES, IAN, ed.

  Solaris Rising 2, Rebellion/Solaris, Mar 2013 (tp)

  WILLIAMS, TAD

  Happy Hour in Hell, Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 2013 (hc)

  WITCOVER, PAUL

  The Emperor of All Things, Transworld/Bantam UK, Feb 2013 (hc)

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  UK FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY PUBLISHER

  COMPLETE BOOKS BY PUBLISHER

  ALLISON & BUSBY

  Nov ’12: Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine.

  Mar ’13: The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (hc); Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley (r, tp).

  May ’13: Fall of Night by Rachel Caine.

  ANGRY ROBOT

  Oct ’12: The Knights of Breton Court by Ma z Naam (tp).

  ANGRY ROBOT/STRANGE CHEMISTRY

  Oct ’12: The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke (ya, tp); The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke (ya, tp); Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings (ya, tp).

  Nov ’12: Katya’s World by Jonathan L. Howard (ya, tp).

  Jan ’13: Broken by A.E. Rought (ya, tp).

  Feb ’13: Pantomime by Laura Lam (ya, tp).

  Mar ’13: The Holders by Julianna Scott (ya, tp).

  Apr ’13: Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells (tp).

  May ’13: Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon (ya, tp).

  Jul ’13: The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond (ya, tp); Playing Tyler by T.L. Costa (tp).

  Aug ’13: Control by Kim Curran (ya, tp); The Weight of Souls by Bryony Pearce (ya, tp).

  Sep ’13: Student Bodies by Sean Cummings (ya, tp); When the World Was Flat (And We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach (tp).

  ATLANTIC BOOKS UK

  Jan ’13: Blood Ninja III: Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake (hc).