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* Messenger, Shannon Let the Sky Fall (Simon Pulse 978-1-4424-5041-7, $17.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Brian Oldham) Young-adult paranormal romance novel. A young man falls for an air elemental. E-book also available.
Miéville, China Railsea (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-52453-9, $10.99, 424pp, tp, cover by Mike Bryan) Reprint (Del Rey 2012) near-future science fantasy dystopian novel.
* Mlawski, Shana Hammer of Witches (Lee & Low/Tu Books 978-1-60060-987-9, $18.95, 389pp, hc, cover by Andrew Mar) Young-adult historical fantasy novel. Baltasar heads to strange lands to escape the Inquisition. A first novel. E-book also available.
* Moilin, Tony Paris in the Year 2000 (Black Coat Press 978-1-61227-160-6, $16.95, 143pp, tp, cover by Vincent Laik) Utopian SF novella of an ideal socialist society, translated/adapted from the French Paris en l’an 2000 (1869) by Brian Stableford, who provides an introduction and annotations. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at
* Mongilardi, Raoul Peter Next to the Gods, Book 1: When Gods Walk Among Us (Mongilardi, Raoul Peter 978-1477559475, $12.45, 320pp, tp) SF space opera novel, the first in a series. A first novel. This is copyrighted 1988, but apparently first appeared in 2012, but was not seen until now. E-book also available.
* Mosley, Walter Stepping Stone/Love Machine (Tor 978-0-7653-3010-9, $24.99, 139 + 147pp, hc) Collection of two short SF novels from the Crosstown to Oblivion series, bound in Ace Double style. Illustrated by Greg Ruth. E-book also available.
* Nagata, Linda The Red: First Light (Mythic Island Press 978-1-937197-13-1, $16.00, 267pp, tp, cover by Dallas Nagata White) Near-future military SF novel. Mythic Island Press, PO Box 1293, Kula HI 96790-1293;
* Nasir, Jamil Tunnel Out of Death (Tor 978-0-7653-0611-1, $25.99, 304pp, hc) SF novel of multiple levels of reality. PI Heath Ransom, a machine-enhanced psychic, tries to find a woman’s consciousness and return it to her body. E-book also available.
* Neal, D.T. Chosen (Nosetouch Press 978-1481127646, $10.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Cristine Scott) Horror novel. A cult is taking over the town of Ludlow, Pennsylvania. A print-on-demand edition; e-book also available.
* Noël, Alyson Mystic (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-57567-0, $9.99, 305pp, tp) Young-adult paranormal romance novel, the third book in the Soul Seekers series. A hardcover edition (-66488-6, $18.99) was announced but not seen; e-book also available.
* Oliver, Lauren Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, & Raven (Harper 978-0-06-226778-8, $9.99, 152pp, tp) Collection of three young-adult dystopian SF stories, set in the world of Delirium; all three were previously published as e-books.
Ore, Rebecca Gaia’s Toys (Aqueduct Press, $7.95, unpaginated, eb) Reprint (Tor 1995) dystopian SF novel of nanotech, biotech, and eco-terrorism.
* Patrick, Cat The Originals (Little, Brown 978-0-316-29143-3, $18.00, 296pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. Triplets learn they are actually clones. E-book also available.
Patrick, Cat Revived (Little, Brown 978-0-316-09463-4, $8.99, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 2012) young-adult horror novel.
Pike, Aprilynne Destined (HarperTeen 978-0-06-166814-2, $9.99, 307pp, tp, cover by Mark Tucker) Reprint (HarperTeen 2012) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth and final in the Wings series.
Pinborough, Sarah A Matter of Blood (Ace 978-0-425-25846-0, $16.00, 342pp, tp, cover by Neil Holden) Horror novel, the first in the Forgotten Gods (UK: The Dog-Faced Gods) trilogy. E-book also available. First US edition (Gollancz 2010).
* Raby, Amy Assassin’s Gambit (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-41782-4, $7.99, 381pp, pb) Paranormal romance novel, the first book in the Hearts and Thrones series. E-book also available.
Resnick, Mike Bully! (Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-121-6, $3.99, 45pp, pb) Reprint (Axolotl 1990) alternate history SF novella. A print-on-demand edition. E-book also available. Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-0339;
* Rhodes, Jewell Parker Sugar (Little, Brown 978-0-316-04305-2, $16.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Tim O’Brien) Associational young-adult historical novel about a ten-year-old girl working on a plantation in the post-Civil War South. E-book also available.
* Riley, Rhonda The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope (HarperCollins/Ecco 978-0-06-209944-0, $15.99, 421pp, tp, cover by Mark Owen) Fantasy novel. A first novel. E-book also available.
Robb, J.D. Delusion in Death (Berkley 978-0-425-25066-2, $7.99, 355pp, pb, cover by George Cornell) Reprint (Putnam 2012) near-future SF mystery novel, 35th in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
Rothenberg, Jess The Catastrophic History of You and Me (Penguin/Speak 978-0-14-242390-5, $9.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Michael Miranda) Reprint (Dial 2012) young-adult paranormal romance novel.
Rothfuss, Patrick The Wise Man’s Fear (DAW 978-0-7564-0791-9, $9.99, 1107pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 2011) fantasy novel, second in the Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy.
* Rucker, Rudy Complete Stories, Volume One (Transreal Books 978-0-9847585-6-2, $19.00, 485pp, tp, cover by Rudy Rucker) Collection of 36 stories from 1976 through 1995, including collaborations with Bruce Sterling, Paul Di Filippo, and Marc Laidlaw. E-book also available. This is dated 2012 but not seen until now. Transreal Books,
* Rucker, Rudy Complete Stories, Volume Two (Transreal Books 978-0-9847585-7-9, $19.00, 485pp, tp, cover by Rudy Rucker) Collection of 31 stories from 1996 through 2011, including collaborations with authors including Bruce Sterling, Paul Di Filippo, Terry Bisson, and Eileen Gunn. E-book also available. This is dated 2012 but not seen until now. Transreal Books,
Ryman, Geoff The Warrior Who Carried Life (ChiZine Publications 978-1-927469-38-5, $16.95, 214pp, tp, cover by Erik Mohr) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1985) fantasy novel. Introduction by Wendy Gay Pearson. E-book also available. ChiZine Publications, 67 Alameda Avenue, Toronto ON M6C 3W4, Canada;
* Sage, Angie Septimus Heap, Book Seven: Fyre (HarperCollins/Tegen Books 978-0-06-124245-8, $17.99, 702pp, hc, cover by Mark Zug) Young-adult fantasy novel, seventh in a series. Illustrated by Mark Zug. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury UK edition.
* Samatar, Sofia A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press 978-1931520768, $16.00, 299pp, tp, cover by Kathleen Jennings) Fantasy novel. A book-loving young man is haunted by the ghost of an illiterate girl. A first novel. Hardcover edition (-1618730626, $24.00) was announced but not seen; e-book also available.
* Sandler, Karen Awakening (Lee & Low/Tu Books 978-1-60060-982-4, $18.95, 395pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel about GENs, Genetically Engineered Non-human slaves, second in the Tankborn series. E-book also available.
* Sasarman, Gheorghe Squaring the Circle: A Pseudotreatise of Urbogony (Aqueduct Press 978-1-61976-025-7, $16.00, xi + 121pp, tp, cover by Abel Grimmer) Collection of 24 stories about imaginary cities. Translated by Ursula K. Le Guin from a Spanish translation by Mariano Martín Rodríguez (La biblioteca del laberinto 2010 as La cuadratura del círculo) from the original Romanian Cuadratura cercului (Editura Dacia, Cluj 1975), which had 36 stories. Le Guin includes an introduction of why and how she did a translation of a translation; a 1992 postscript by Sasarman to a French translation is also included. E-book also available. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787;
* Sawyer, Robert J. Red Planet Blues (Ace 978-0-425-25682-4, $25.95, 353pp, hc, cover by Tony Mauro) SF novel of murder on Mars, expanded from the novella ‘‘Identity Theft’’. E-book also available.
Sawyer, Robert J. Triggers (Ace 978-0-425-25652-7, $7.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Ace 2012) SF novel.
* Schweitzer, Darrell Echoes of the Goddess (Wildside/Borgo Press 9781479400232, $14.99, 272pp, tp, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Collection of 11 linked weird/fantasy stories of the end of time, a companion to The Shattered Goddess. This is a print-on-demand edition; e-book a
lso available. Wildside Press,
Scott, Inara The Marked (Disney/Hyperion 978-1-4231-1657-8, $8.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Michael Frost) Reprint (Hyperion 2012) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, the second book in the Talents/Delcroix Academy series.
* Scott, M.J. Iron Kin (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46505-4, $7.99, 336pp, pb) Fantasy novel, the third book in the Half-Light City series. E-book also available.
* Scott, Melissa & Jo Graham Steel Blues (Crossroad Press 978-1-937530-30-3, $15.99, 283pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Science-fantasy steampunk novel, the second book in the Order of the Air series begun in Lost Things, and loosely related to Crossroad Press’ shared-world O.C.L.T. series. A print-on-demand edition.
* Seed, David Under the Shadow: The Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives (Kent State University Press 978-1-60635-146-8, $60.00, 299pp, hc) Non-fiction, a look at fiction of nuclear war, and accounts of World War III, touching on such works as Nevil Shute’s On the Beach and Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Kent State University Press, 1118 Library, PO Box 5190, Kent OH 44242-0001;
Shan, Darren Zom-B City (Little, Brown 978-0-316-21436-0, $14.99, 166pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult horror novella, third in the Zom-B series. Illustrated by Warren Pleece. Shan is a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 3/13).
* Shane, Trevor Children of the Underground (Penguin/NAL 978-0-451-23929-7, $15.00, 379pp, tp, cover by Mike Heath) SF dystopian/secret history novel, second in the Children of Paranoia series. E-book also available.
* Shepard, Lucius Five Autobiographies and a Fiction (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-555-0, $45.00, 368pp, hc, cover by J.K. Potter) Collection of six stories, five with quasi-autobiographical elements, as discussed by Shepard in his introduction. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519;
Silverberg, Robert Thebes of the Hundred Gates (Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-105-6, $5.99, 91pp, tp) Reprint (Axolotl 1991) SF time-travel novella. A print-on-demand edition. E-book also available. Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-0339;
Simmons, Dan Flashback (Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur Books 089-0-316-00697-2, $9.99, 689pp, pb) Reprint (Reagan Arthur 2011) near-future thriller.
Smith, Sherwood Banner of the Damned (DAW 978-0-7564-0804-6, $7.99, 787pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) Reprint (DAW 2012) fantasy novel in the Sartorias-deles universe, set 400 years after the Inda series.
Steele, Jon The Watchers (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-41679-7, $9.99, 745pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Press UK 2011) urban fantasy mystery novel, the first book in the Angelus trilogy. This tall rack-size edition follows the Blue Rider Press 2012 edition.
* Sterling, Joelle Forbidden Feast (Simon & Schuster/Atria/Strebor Books 978-1-59309-493-5, $15.00, 248pp, tp, cover by Keith Saunders) Urban fantasy novel, the third book in the Eternal Dead series. The author also writes as Allison Hobbs. E-book also available.
* Stohl, Margaret Icons (Little, Brown 978-0-316-20518-4, $18.00, 429pp, hc) Young-adult postapocalyptic SF novel, the first book in a series. Teens try to figure out why they survived the arrival of the aliens known as the Icon. E-book also available.
Swain, James Dark Magic (Tor 978-0-7653-6791-4, $7.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Kristin Duvall & Charles Roff) Reprint (Tor 2012) supernatural thriller.
* Swierczynski, Duane Point & Shoot (Little, Brown/Mulholland Books 978-0-316-13330-2, $14.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Michael Gillette) Mystery novel/thriller with SF elements, third and final in the Hardie series. Charlie Hardie’s stuck in an Earth-orbit satellite for a year. E-book also available.
* Sylvan, Dianne Of Shadow Born (Ace 978-0-425-25980-3, $7.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Gene Mollica) Urban fantasy novel, fourth in the Shadow World series. E-book also available.
Szécsi, Noémi The Finno-Ugrian Vampire (Boyars, Marion 978-0-7145-3155-7, $14.95, 232pp, tp) Humorous vampire novel. Jerne’s under pressure to become a vampire like her sexy 235-year-old grandmother. A first novel. Translated from the Hungarian Finnugor vámpír (2002) by Peter Sherwood. First US edition (Stork Press UK 10/12); an e-book edition supposedly appeared 12/12.
Toyne, Simon The Key (Harper 978-0-06-203834-0, $9.99, 526pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2012) religious thriller with supernatural elements, the second book in the Ruin trilogy. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition.
* Tracey, Scott Moonset (Llewellyn/Flux 978-0-7387-3529-0, $9.99, 376pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Legacy of Moonset series. Five teens, orphaned as small children by the destruction of their parents’ terrorist coven, are blamed for new attacks of dark magic. E-book also available.
Traviss, Karen Gears of War: The Slab (Pocket 978-1-4391-8408-0, $9.99, 496pp, pb) Reprint (Gallery 2012) tie-in novel based on the computer game series. Copyrighted by Epic Games. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition. E-book also available.
Treadwell, James Advent (Simon & Schuster/Atria/Bestler 978-1-4516-6165-1, $16.00, 451pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2012) fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy.
* Tregillis, Ian Necessary Evil (Tor 978-0-7653-2152-7, $25.99, 384pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) Fantasy alternate history novel, third in the Milkweed Triptych begun in Bitter Seeds. E-book also available.
* Trevayne, Emma Coda (Running Press/RP Teens 978-0-7624-4728-2, $9.95, 309pp, tp, cover by Rob Williams) Young-adult dystopian SF novel, the first in a duology. An illegal underground band resists the Corporation’s mind-controlling music. A first novel.
* Turtledove, Harry Videssos Cycle: Volume Two (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-54259-5, $18.95, 816pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the Videssos cycle: The Legion of Videssos (1987) and Swords of the Legion (1987). E-book also available.
van Vogt, A.E. Transgalactic (Baen 978-1-4516-3892-9, $7.99, 607pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2006) collection of 10 stories and novel The Wizard of Linn (1962); five stories became fix-up novel Empire of the Atom (1956), two are in the Ezwal series, and three stories were part of fix-up novel The Mixed Men (1952)/Mission to the Stars (1955). The texts are taken from original magazine publication, not the fix-up rewrites. Edited by Eric Flint & David Drake.
* Walker, Shiloh The Reunited (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-24697-9, $15.00, 375pp, tp) Paranormal romance/suspense novel, third in a loose series after The Missing and The Departed. Psychic FBI Special Agent Joss Crawford investigates an underground slave ring and meets a woman he loved in a past life.
Walton, Jo Ha’penny (Tor 978-0-7653-2314-9, $15.99, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2007) alternate history mystery novel, sequel to Farthing.
Ward, J.R. Lover at Last (Penguin/NAL 978-0-451-23935-8, $27.95, 591pp, hc) Paranormal romance novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. E-book also available. First US edition (Piatkus 3/12).
* Warrington, Freda Grail of the Summer Stars (Tor 978-0-7653-1871-8, $27.99, 382pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Fantasy novel, the third in the Aetherial Tales series. E-book also available.
* Wecker, Helene The Golem and the Djinni (Harper 978-0-06-211083-1, $26.99, 484pp, hc) Fantasy novel mixing Jewish and Arab folklore. Two supernatural creatures from the Middle East arrive in 1899 New York. A first novel. E-book also available.
* Wendig, Chuck Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits (Rebellion/Abaddon US 978-1-78108-096-2, $9.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) Urban fantasy novel, the first in a shared-world series created by Wendig. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the Abaddon UK edition.
* Wessely, Tehani, ed. One Small Step (FableCroft Publishing 978-0-9874000-0-0, $15.95, 303pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 stories about discoveries and new beginnings. Authors include Rowena Cory Daniells, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Cat Sparks. Foreword by Marianne de Pierres. A print-on-demand edition. FableCroft Publishing, Australia;
* Williams, Tad Diary of a Dragon (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-558-1, $15.00, 64pp, ph, cover by William Eakin) Chapbook humorous fantasy story in the form of the diary of a dragon trying to deal with a princess he picked up for dessert. Illustrated by William Eakin. This is a signed, limited edition of 750. An e-book edition was supposedly available 12/12. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519;
Wilson, F. Paul The Touch (Tor 978-0-7653-6106-6, $7.99, 446pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1986) horror novel, the second in the Adversary Cycle, part of Wilson’s Secret History. This has the revised text of the 2004 Borderlands Press edition, plus related story ‘‘Dat-tay-vao’’.
* Wisoker, Leona Fires of the Desert (Mercury Retrograde Press 978-1-936427-25-3, $19.95, 457pp, tp, cover by Aaron Miller) Fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Children of the Desert series. A print-on-demand edition. Mercury Retrograde Press, 6025 Sandy Springs Circle, Suite 320, Atlanta GA 30328;
Wolf, Jack Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones (Penguin 978-0-14-312382-8, $16.00, 547pp, tp, cover by Daniel Egnues) Historical horror novel with possible fantasy elements, based on a fairy tale, about a psychotic, pain-obsessed medical student in 1751 London. A first novel. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1/13).
* Wolverton, Dave, ed. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXIX (Galaxy 978-1-61986-200-5, $7.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Original anthology of 13 stories by contest winners, illustrated by Illustrators of the Future winners. This includes an essay on writing by Nnedi Okorafor and one on art by Larry Elmore, plus an essay on the profession of writer by L. Ron Hubbard. Rules for the current contest are included. E-book also available.
Yansky, Brian Alien Invasion & Other Inconveniences (Candlewick Press 97-0-7636-5836-6, $6.99, 227pp, tp) Reprint (Candlewick Press 2010) young-adult SF novel of alien invasion.
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