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Locus, June 2013

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  DIETZ, WILLIAM C.

  Andromeda’s Choice, Ace, Dec 2013 (hc)

  DONALDSON, STEPHEN R.

  The Last Dark, Penguin/Putnam, Oct 2013 (hc)

  DOZOIS, GARDNER, ed.

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, St. Martin’s Griffin, Jul 2013 (hc, eb, tp)

  DUNCAN, DAVE

  King of Swords, Amazon/47North, Sep 2013 (eb, tp)

  ELLIOTT, KATE

  Cold Steel, Orbit US, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)

  ELLIOTT, WILL

  The Pilgrims, Tor, Mar 2014 (1st US, hc)

  ENGE, JAMES

  Wrath-Bearing Tree, Prometheus/Pyr, Aug 2013 (eb, tp)

  FARMER, NANCY

  The Lord of Opium, Simon & Schuster, Sep 2013 (ya, eb, hc)

  FAWCETT, BILL, ed.

  Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe, Tor, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  FENNER, CATHY, ed.

  Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner), Underwood Books, Nov 2013 (tp, hc, hc)

  FLESKES, JOHN, ed.

  Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! 2, Flesk Publications, Jun 2013 (hc)

  FLETCHER, SUSAN

  Falcon in the Glass, Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Jul 2013 (ya, eb, hc)

  FLYNN, MICHAEL

  On the Razor’s Edge, Tor, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)

  FORSTCHEN, WILLIAM R.

  Pillar to the Sky, Tor, Feb 2014 (eb, hc)

  FOWLER, KAREN JOY

  We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Penguin/Putnam/Marian Wood Books, Jun 2013 (a, hc)

  FRIEDMAN, C.S.

  Dreamwalker, DAW, Feb 2014 (hc)

  GABALDON, DIANA

  Written in My Heart’s Own Blood, Random House/Delacorte, Dec 2013 (eb, hc)

  GAIMAN, NEIL

  The Ocean at the End of the Lane, HarperCollins/Morrow, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  GILMAN, GREER

  Cry Murder! in a Small Voice, Small Beer Press, Aug 2013 (ph)

  GOODKIND, TERRY

  The Third Kingdom, Tor, Aug 2013 (tp, eb, hc)

  GOYER, DAVID S.

  Heaven’s Fall (with Michael Cassutt), Ace, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  GRANT, MIRA

  Parasite, Orbit US, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)

  GRIFFIN, KATE

  The Glass God, Orbit US, Jul 2013 (eb, tp)

  Saxon’s Bane, Rebellion/Solaris US, Sep 2013

  GUNN, EILEEN

  Questionable Practices, Tachyon Publications, Feb 2014 (c, tp)

  GUNN, JAMES

  Transcendental, Tor, Sep 2013 (eb, hc)

  GURAN, PAULA, ed.

  After the End: Recent Apocalypses, Prime Books, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)

  The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons, Running Press, Jul 2013 (1st US, tp)

  The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2013 Edition, Prime Books, Aug 2013 (eb, tp)

  HAIG, MATT

  The Humans, Simon & Schuster/Free Press, Jul 2013 (1st US, hc)

  HALDEMAN, JOE

  Work Done for Hire, Ace, Jan 2014 (eb, hc)

  HARTWELL, DAVID G., ed.

  Twenty-First Century Science Fiction (with Patrick Nielsen Hayden), Tor, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)

  Year’s Best SF 18, Tor, Oct 2013 (tp, eb, hc)

  HEARNE, KEVIN

  Hunted, Ballantine Del Rey, Jun 2013

  HERBERT, BRIAN

  Mentats of Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson), Tor, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)

  HORTON, RICH, ed.

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013, Prime Books, Jul 2013 (eb, tp)

  HOYT, SARAH A.

  Noah’s Boy, Baen, Jul 2013 (tp)

  HUNT, STEPHEN

  Jack Cloudie, Tor, Aug 2013 (1st US, hc)

  JESCHKE, WOLFGANG

  The Cusanus Game, Tor, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)

  JETER, K.W.

  Fiendish Schemes, Tor, Oct 2013 (tp, eb, hc)

  JOHNSON, TENEA D., ed.

  Heiresses of Russ 2013: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction, (with Steve Berman), Lethe Press, Aug 2013 (tp)

  JONES, STEPHEN, ed.

  The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 24, Running Press, Oct 2013 (h, tp)

  KADREY, RICHARD

  Kill City Blues, Harper Voyager US, Aug 2013 (h, eb, hc)

  KIERNAN, CAITLÍN R.

  The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories, Subterranean Press, Nov 2013 (c, eb, hc)

  KING, STEPHEN

  Doctor Sleep, Simon & Schuster/Scribner, Sep 2013 (h, eb, hc)

  Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (with John Mellencamp & T Bone Burnett), Concord Music Group, Jun 2013 (a, hc)

  KNOX, ELIZABETH

  Mortal Fire, Farrar Straus Giroux/Foster, Jun 2013 (ya, hc)

  KOONTZ, DEAN

  Innocence, Bantam, Jan 2014 (h, hc)

  LACKEY, MERCEDES

  Burdens of the Dead (with Eric Flint & Dave Freer), Baen, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  Steadfast, DAW, Jun 2013 (hc)

  LAFFERTY, MUR

  Ghost Train to New Orleans, Orbit US, Mar 2014 (eb, tp)

  LAIN, DOUGLAS

  Billy Moon, Tor, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  LAKE, JAY

  Love in the Time of Metal and Flesh, Prime Books, Jul 2013 (eb, na, hc)

  LANSDALE, JOE R.

  Bleeding Shadows, Subterranean Press, Nov 2013 (c, eb, hc)

  LAWRENCE, MARK

  Emperor of Thorns, Ace, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  LEE, SHARON

  Trade Secret (with Steve Miller), Baen, Nov 2013 (hc)

  LEE, TANITH

  Space Is Just a Starry Night, Aqueduct Press, Jul 2013 (c, eb, tp)

  LEE, YOON HA

  Conservation of Shadow, Prime Books, May 2013 (c, eb, tp)

  LUMLEY, BRIAN

  The Compleat Crow, Subterranean Press, Mar 2014 (omnibus, hc)

  LYNCH, SCOTT

  The Republic of Thieves, Ballantine Del Rey, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)

  MAAS, SARAH J.

  Crown of Midnight, Bloomsbury USA, Sep 2013 (ya, hc)

  MALZBERG, BARRY N.

  The Very Best of Barry N. Malzberg, NonStop Press, Jul 2013 (c, tp)

  MARTIN, GEORGE R.R., ed.

  Old Mars (with Gardner Dozois), Bantam, Oct 2013 (hc)

  McDEVITT, JACK

  Starhawk, Ace, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)

  McDONALD, IAN

  Empress of the Sun, Prometheus/Pyr, Feb 2014 (1st US, ya, eb, hc)

  McGUIRE, SEANAN

  Chimes at Midnight, DAW, Sep 2013

  Velveteen vs. The Multiverse, ISFiC Press, Aug 2013 (c, hc)

  McINTOSH, WILL

  Love Minus Eighty, Orbit US, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)

  McKIERNAN, DENNIS L.

  Stolen Crown, Penguin/Roc, Feb 2014 (hc)

  McKINLEY, ROBIN

  Shadows, Penguin/Paulsen, Sep 2013 (ya, eb, hc)

  MODESITT, L.E., JR.

  The One-Eyed Man, Tor, Sep 2013 (eb, hc)

  MOON, ELIZABETH

  Limits of Power, Ballantine Del Rey, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  MORIARTY, CHRIS

  Ghost Spin, Ballantine Spectra, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)

  NESS, PATRICK

  More Than This, Candlewick Press, Sep 2013 (ya, eb, hc)

  NICKLE, DAVID

  The ‘Geisters, ChiZine Publications, Jun 2013 (h, eb, tp)

  NIVEN, LARRY

  The Goliath Stone (with Matthew Joseph Harrington), Tor, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  NIX, GARTH

  Sir Hereward and Master Fitz, Subterranean Press, Jul 2013 (c, hc)

  Troubletwisters: The Mystery (with Sean Williams), Scholastic Press, Jun 2013 (1st US, ya, eb, hc)

  NOVIK, NAOMI

  Blood of Tyrants, Ballantine Del Rey, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  OKORAFOR, NNEDI

  Kabu, Kabu, Prime Books, Oct 2013 (c, eb, hc)

  PALWICK, SUSAN

  Mending the Moon, Tor, May 2013 (eb, hc)

  PEEK, BEN

  Dead Americans, ChiZine Publications, Feb 2014 (c, eb, tp)

  PIERCE, TAMORA

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bsp; Battle Magic, Scholastic Press, Oct 2013 (ya, eb, hc)

  PINBOROUGH, SARAH

  The Shadow of the Soul, Ace, Aug 2013 (h, eb, tp)

  PRATCHETT, TERRY

  The Long War (with Stephen Baxter), Harper, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  PRIEST, CHERIE

  Fiddlehead, Tor, Nov 2013 (tp)

  REED, ROBERT

  The Memory of Sky, Prime Books, Mar 2014 (eb, tp)

  RESNICK, LAURA

  The Misfortune Cookie, DAW, Nov 2013 (pb, eb)

  RICE, ANNE

  The Wolves of Mid-Winter, Random House/Knopf, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)

  RICHARDSON, KAT

  Possession, Penguin/Roc, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  RIGGS, RANSOM

  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 2, Quirk Books, Jan 2014 (hc)

  ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY

  Shaman, Orbit US, Sep 2013 (eb, hc)

  ROSS, DEBORAH J.

  The Seven-Petaled Shield, DAW, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)

  RUSCH, KRISTINE KATHRYN

  Snipers, WMG Publishing, Jul 2013 (eb, tp)

  SAGARA, MICHELLE

  Cast in Sorrow, Harlequin/Luna, Sep 2013 (tp)

  SANDERSON, BRANDON

  Steelheart, Random House/Delacorte, Sep 2013 (ya, hc)

  Words of Radiance, Tor, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)

  SCALZI, JOHN

  The Mallet of Loving Correction: Selected Writings From Whatever, 2008-2012, Subterranean Press, Sep 2013 (nf, hc)

  SCHOLES, KEN

  Requiem, Tor, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  SCHROEDER, KARL

  Lockstep, Tor, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)

  SHEA, MICHAEL

  Assault on Sunrise, Tor, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  SHEVDON, MIKE

  The Eighth Court, Angry Robot US, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)

  SHINN, SHARON

  Royal Airs, Ace, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)

  SILVERBERG, ROBERT

  The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Eight: Hot Times in Magma City, Subterranean Press, Aug 2013 (c, eb, hc)

  SIMMONS, DAN

  The Abominable, Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur Books, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)

  The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz, Subterranean Press, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)

  SKILLINGSTEAD, JACK

  Life on the Preservation, Rebellion/Solaris US, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)

  SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL

  Everything You Need, Earthling Publications, Jul 2013 (c, hc)

  SPENCER, WEN

  Eight Million Gods, Baen, Jun 2013 (hc)

  STEELE, ALLEN

  V-S Day, Ace, Feb 2014 (hc)

  STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed.

  Fearsome Journeys, Rebellion/Solaris US, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)

  STROSS, CHARLES

  Neptune’s Brood, Ace, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)

  SWIRSKY, RACHEL

  How the World Became Quiet, Subterranean Press, Sep 2013 (c, hc)

  TEM, STEVE RASNIC

  Celestial Inventories, ChiZine Publications, Aug 2013 (eb, tp)

  TEPPO, MARK

  The Artifice of Nature, Amazon/47North, Sep 2013 (eb)

  TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

  The Fall of Arthur, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2013 (a, hc, poem)TREGILLIS, IAN

  Something More Than Night, Tor, Dec 2013 (eb, hc)

  TURTLEDOVE, HARRY

  Two Fronts, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)

  VALENTE, CATHERYNNE M.

  The Bread We Eat in Dreams, Subterranean Press, Dec 2013 (c, eb, hc)

  The Melancholy of Mechagirl, VizMedia/Haikasoru, Jul 2013 (c, eb, tp)

  VANCE, JACK

  The Early Jack Vance, Volume Four, Subterranean Press, Mar 2014 (c, hc)

  VANDERMEER, ANN, ed.

  The Odd Omnibus (with Jeff VanderMeer), Cheeky Frawg Books, Dec 2013 (omnibus, tp)

  Odd?, Vol. 2 (with Jeff VanderMeer), Cheeky Frawg Books, Dec 2013 (eb)

  The Time Traveler’s Almanac (with Jeff VanderMeer), Tor, Mar 2014 (tp, eb, hc)

  WALDROP, HOWARD

  Horse of a Different Color, Small Beer Press, Sep 2013 (c, eb, hc)

  WALTON, JO

  What Makes This Book So Great, Tor, Jan 2014 (nf, eb, hc)

  WATTS, PETER

  Beyond the Rift, Tachyon Publications, Nov 2013 (c, eb, tp)

  WILLIAMS, TAD

  Happy Hour in Hell, DAW, Sep 2013 (hc)

  WILLIS, CONNIE

  The Best of Connie Willis, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2013 (c, hc)

  WILSON, ROBERT CHARLES

  Burning Paradise, Tor, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)

  WOLFE, GENE

  The Land Across, Tor, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)

  WRIGHT, JOHN C.

  The Judge of Ages, Tor, Feb 2014 (eb, hc)

  YELLOWBOY, ERZEBET

  Land of Dreams, Prime/Masque, Jul 2013 (eb)

  YOLEN, JANE

  The Hostage Prince (with Adam Stemple), Penguin/Viking, Jun 2013 (ya, eb, hc)

  ZAFÓN, CARLOS RUIZ

  The Watcher in the Shadows, Little, Brown, Jun 2013 (1st US, ya, hc)

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  US FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY PUBLISHER

  ABRAMS/AMULET

  Jun ’13: The Sisters Grimm: The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley (r, ya, tp).

  Jan ’14: Unhinged by A.G. Howard (ya, hc).

  Mar ’14: Splintered by A.G. Howard (r, ya, tp).

  ACE

  May ’13: Bronze Gods by A.A. Aguirre (pb, eb); The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian by Jack Campbell (eb, hc); The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible by Jack Campbell (r); Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris (eb, hc); Dust by Joan Frances Turner (r, h).

  Jun ’13: Fiery Edge of Steel by Jill Archer (pb, eb); The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill (eb, tp); The City by Stella Gemmell (1st US, eb, hc); Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris (r); The Price of Peace by Mike Moscoe (r); Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds (r); The Craving by Jason Starr (r, h).

  Jul ’13: Heaven’s War by David S. Goyer & Michael Cassutt (r); Death’s Excellent Vacation ed. by Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner (r, tp); Freedom’s Choice by Anne McCaffrey (r); Blade Reforged by Kelly McCullough (pb, eb); Blood Song by Anthony Ryan (r, hc); The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross (r, h); Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross (eb, hc); Slow Apocalypse by John Varley (r).

  Aug ’13: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews (pb, eb); Harbinger by Philippa Ballantine (pb, eb); Pile of Bones by Bailey Cunningham (pb, eb); Heaven’s Fall by David S. Goyer & Michael Cassutt (eb, hc); Hellfire by Jean Johnson (pb, eb); Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (eb, hc); King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (r); The Shadow of the Soul by Sarah Pinborough (h, eb, tp).

  Sep ’13: Perdition by Ann Aguirre (pb, eb); The Last President by John Barnes (eb, hc); Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (r, tp); Spirits From Beyond by Simon R. Green (pb, eb); Chosen by Benedict Jacka (pb, eb); They Also Serve by Mike Moscoe (r); Blood Bond by Jeanne C. Stein (pb, eb).

  Oct ’13: The Necromancer’s House by Christopher Buehlman (h, hc); The Lost Stars: Perilous Shield by Jack Campbell (eb, hc); The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight by Jack Campbell (r); Celtic Moon by Jan DeLima (pb, eb); Freedom’s Challenge by Anne McCaffrey (r); Robert Asprin’s Dragon’s Run by Jody Lynn Nye (eb, tp); Still Life With ShapeShifter by Sharon Shinn (r); Stonecast by Anton Strout (pb, eb).

  Nov ’13: After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris (nf, eb, hc); Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris (r, tp); Black Heart by Christina Henry; Hellhound by Nancy Holzner (pb, eb); The Clone Assassin by Steven L. Kent (pb, eb); The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt & Mike Resnick (r); Starhawk by Jack McDevitt (eb, hc); Kris Longknife: Defender by Mike Shepherd (pb, eb); Royal Airs by Sharon Shinn (eb, hc); The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White (r).

  Dec ’13: Dawn’s Early Light by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris; Assassin’s Creed #6 by Oliver Bowden (x); Andromeda’s Choice by William C. Dietz (hc); Andromeda’s Fall by William C. Dietz (r); Temporary Monsters by Craig Shaw Gardner (eb);
Freedom’s Ransom by Anne McCaffrey (r); Robert Asprin’s Myth-Quoted by Jody Lynn Nye (r); The Chosen Seed by Sarah Pinborough (1st US, h, eb, tp); Frail by Joan Frances Turner (r, h).

  Jan ’14: Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams & Gareth Roberts (r, x, tp); Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (r, hc); Work Done for Hire by Joe Haldeman (eb, hc); The Vastalimi Gambit by Steve Perry; The Grendel Affair by Lisa Shearin; The Shadowed Throne by K.J. Taylor (eb); The Sharpest Blade by Sandy Williams.

  Feb ’14: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (r); Breach Zone by Myke Cole; Reave the Just and Other Tales by Stephen R. Donaldson (r, c, tp); Wakeworld by Kerry Schafer; V-S Day by Allen Steele (hc).

  Mar ’14: Dragons Wild by Robert Asprin (r); Night Broken by Patricia Briggs (eb, hc); Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris (r, tp); Labyrinth of Stars by Marjorie M. Liu (pb, eb); To Do or Die by Mike Moscoe; Blood2Blood by Susan Sizemore (pb, eb).

  AMAZON/47NORTH

  Apr ’13: The Assassination of Orange by Joseph Brassey (eb); While the Savage Sleeps by Andrew E. Kaufman (r, eb, tp); The Bone Triangle by B.V. Larson (eb, tp); The Far Time Incident by Neve Maslakovic (eb, tp); Through the Door by Jodi McIsaac (r, eb, tp); The God Patent by Ransom Stephens (eb, tp).

  May ’13: The Garden of Stones by Mark Barnes (tp); The Summer Man by S.D. Perry (eb, tp); Oberon’s Dreams by Aaron Pogue (eb, tp).

  Jun ’13: The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn (h, eb, tp); Exodus by Paul Antony Jones (eb, tp); Trail of Dead by Melissa F. Olsen (eb, tp); Damocles by S.G. Redling (eb, tp); A Private Little War by Jason Sheehan (eb, tp).

  Jul ’13: The Sentinel by Jeremy Bishop (eb, tp); Interrupt by Jeff Carlson (eb, tp); Romulus Buckle and the City of the Founders by Richard Ellis Preston, Jr. (eb, tp).

  Aug ’13: The Raven by Jeremy Bishop (eb, tp); Kingmaker by Christian Cantrell (r, eb, tp); No Love for the Wicked by Megan Powell (eb, tp); The Sensory Deception by Ransom Stephens (eb, tp).

  Sep ’13: King of Swords by Dave Duncan (eb, tp); The Artifice of Nature by Mark Teppo (eb).

  Oct ’13: The Obsidian Heart by Mark Barnes (tp).

  Nov ’13: Dawn of Swords by Robert Duperre (eb, tp); The Child by Keith F. Goodnight (eb, tp); The Curse Keepers by Denise Grover Swank (eb, tp).

  Dec ’13: Stone of Destiny by Jodi McIsaac (eb, tp).

  AMAZON/THOMAS & MERCER

  Jul ’13: Brilliance by Marcus Sakey (h, eb, tp).

  ANGRY ROBOT US

  May ’13: The World House Complete by Guy Adams (om, eb).

  Jun ’13: The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke (eb, ya, tp); Any Other Name by Emma Newman (eb, tp); The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon (pb, eb); The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig (pb, eb).

  Jul ’13: iD: The Second Machine Dynasty by Madeline Ashby (eb, tp); A Discourse in Steel by Paul S. Kemp (pb, eb).

 

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