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Locus, June 2014

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  Jul ’14: The Omega Project by Steve Alten (r, h); Gaudeamus by John Barnes (r, tp); Shadows on the Soul by Jenna Black (r, tp); New Earth by Ben Bova (r); New Frontiers by Ben Bova (c, eb, hc); Hurricane Fever by Tobias S. Buckell (eb, hc); This River Awakens by Steven Erikson (r, a); The Wurms of Blearmouth by Steven Erikson (1st US, tp, eb, hc); Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone (eb, hc); The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma by Brian Herbert (hc); Unwept by Tracy Hickman & Laura Hickman (eb, hc); A Plunder of Souls by D.B. Jackson (eb, hc); The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Five by Robert Jordan, Chuck Dixon & Marcio Fiorito (gn, art, hc); The Executioner’s Heart by George Mann (r, tp); All Those Vanished Engines by Paul Park (hc); Icefall by Gillian Philip (1st US, eb, hc); Wolfsbane by Gillian Philip (1st US, eb, hc); The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi (eb, hc); Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber (r).

  Aug ’14: Assail by Ian C. Esslemont (1st US, tp, eb, hc); Severed Souls by Terry Goodkind (tp, eb, hc); Jumper by Steven Gould (r, tp); Hellhole Inferno by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (eb, hc); Black Ice by Susan Krinard (eb, tp); Mist by Susan Krinard (r); The House of the Four Winds by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory (eb, hc); The One-Eyed Man by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (r); Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe ed. by J.E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett (r, tp); Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick (r, a, tp); The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (r, tp); The Clockwork Sky Volume 2 by Madeleine Rosca (eb, tp); The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (r, tp); Lock In by John Scalzi (eb, hc); The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley (r, tp); Alien Hunter: Underworld by Whitley Strieber (hc); The Ultra Thin Man by Patrick Swenson (eb, hc); Echopraxia by Peter Watts (eb, hc); Storm Riders by Margaret Weis & Robert Krammes (r).

  Sep ’14: Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon by David Barnett (eb, tp); The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White (r); Copperhead by Tina Connolly (r, tp); Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson (r, tp); Exo by Steven Gould (hc); Transcendental by James Gunn (r, tp); 21st Century Science Fiction ed. by David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (r, tp); The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke (r, tp); Conan the Destroyer by Robert Jordan (r, x); Kalimpura by Jay Lake (r, tp); Last Plane to Heaven by Jay Lake (c, hc); Dawn for a Distant Earth by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (r); The Bloodline Feud by Charles Stross (om, eb, tp); Kitty’s Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn (r, c); The Seventh Sigil by Margaret Weis & Robert Krammes (eb, hc); Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson (r).

  Oct ’14: Touch of Evil by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp (r, h, tp); To Dance With the Devil by Cat Adams (r); The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher (h, eb, hc); The Time Roads by Beth Bernobich (tp); Hawk by Steven Brust (hc); The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (hc); Silverblind by Tina Connolly (hc); The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Three by Robert Jordan, Chuck Dixon, Marcio Fiorito & Francis Nuguit (r, gn, art, tp); Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan (r, tp); Energized by Edward M. Lerner (r); Dangerous Women, Volume 1 ed. by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (r); Twilight Forever Rising by Lena Meydan (r, h); Heart of Stone by Debra Mullins (eb, tp); The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (r, tp); Dracula by Bram Stoker (r, h); The Ninth Talisman by Lawrence Watt-Evans (r, tp).

  Nov ’14: Esrever Doom by Piers Anthony (r); Able One by Ben Bova (r); Willful Child by Steven Erikson (1st US, eb, hc); Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! by Harry Harrison (nf, eb, hc); Frank Herbert: Collected Stories by Frank Herbert (c, eb, hc); Dangerous Women, Volume 2 ed. by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (r); Wild Cards: Lowball ed. by George R.R. Martin (eb, hc); Heritage of Cyador by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (eb, hc); The Soprano Sorceress by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (r, tp); The Whispering Swarm by Michael Moorcock (eb, hc); The First King by R.A. Salvatore (om, eb, tp); The Traders’ War by Charles Stross (om, eb, tp); The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis (eb, tp); Star Bridge by Jack Williamson & James E. Gunn (r, tp); Dark City by F. Paul Wilson (r, h); Fear City by F. Paul Wilson (r, h, hc); The Land Across by Gene Wolfe (r, tp).

  Dec ’14: For Love and Glory by Poul Anderson (r); Hungers of the Heart by Jenna Black (r, tp); Box Office Poison by Phillipa Bornikova (r); Carbide Tipped Pens ed. by Ben Bova & Eric Choi (hc); Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell (r, tp); Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones (r, tp); Dangerous Women, Volume 3 ed. by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (r); Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild ed. by George R.R. Martin (r); Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis (r, tp); Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn (r); Sustenance by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (h, eb, hc).

  Jan ’15: Unbreakable by W.C. Bauers (eb, hc); Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear (r, tp); Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (r, tp); Fall of Light by Steven Erikson (eb, hc); Pillar to the Sky by William R. Forstchen (r, tp); The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Six by Robert Jordan, Chuck Dixon & Marcio Fiorito (gn, art, hc); Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad ed. by George R.R. Martin (r, tp); Rex Regis by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (r); Inside a Silver Box by Walter Mosley (eb, hc); Vicious by V.E. Schwab (r, tp); The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley (eb, hc); The Revolution Trade by Charles Stross (1st US, om, tp); Halo: Mortal Dictata by Karen Traviss (r, x); California Bones by Greg van Eekhout (r, tp); Pacific Fire by Greg van Eekhout (eb, hc); Low Midnight by Carrie Vaughn (eb); The Just City by Jo Walton (eb, hc); Like a Mighty Army by David Weber (r); Three Princes by Ramona Wheeler (r, tp); The Judge of Ages by John C. Wright (r, tp).

  Feb ’15: The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan (r, tp); Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell (r, tp); A Darkling Sea by James Cambias (r, tp); The Doll Collection ed. by Ellen Datlow (eb, hc); Echo 8 by Sharon Lynn Fisher (eb, tp); Dead Spots by Rhiannon Frater (h, eb, tp); Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson (eb, hc); Dune: The Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (r); Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (r); The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber (eb, hc); Billy Moon by Douglas Lain (r, tp); Fortune’s Blight by Evie Manieri (1st US, eb, hc); Thornlost by Melanie Rawn (r); A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (eb, hc); What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton (r, nf, tp).

  Mar ’15: The Exile by C.T. Adams (eb, tp); The Stars Are Also Fire by Poul Anderson (r); Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (eb, hc); Shipstar by Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (r); Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe (r, tp); Transhuman by Ben Bova (r); The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan (eb, hc); The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (eb, tp); Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson (r); Shadow by Will Elliott (1st US, eb, hc); Afterparty by Daryl Gregory (r, tp); Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory (eb, hc); Jack Cloudie by Stephen Hunt (r); The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (r, tp); Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal (r, tp); Madness in Solidar by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (eb, hc); Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (r); Lockstep by Karl Schroeder (r, tp); The Summer Palace by Lawrence Watt-Evans (r, tp); The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson (hc).

  TOR TEEN

  May ’14: Homeland by Cory Doctorow (r, ya, tp); Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (r, ya, tp); The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (r, ya, tp).

  Jun ’14: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake (r, h, ya, tp); Summoned by Anne M. Pillsworth (eb, hc).

  Jul ’14: Extremities by David Lubar (r, c, ya, tp).

  Aug ’14: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake (r, ya, tp); Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card (r, tp).

  Sep ’14: Mortal Gods by Kendare Blake (eb, ya, hc); theAccidental Highwayman by Ben Tripp (ya, hc).

  Oct ’14: The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin (r, ya, hc).

  Nov ’14: Revolution by Jenna Black (eb, ya, tp).

  Jan ’15: Three by Kristen Simmons (eb, ya, hc).

  Feb ’15: The Nightmare Dilemma by Mindee Arnett (r, ya, tp); The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons (eb, ya, hc).

  Mar ’15: The Nightmare Affair #3 by Mindee Arnett (eb, ya, hc); A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin (hc).

  TOR/FORGE

  May ’14: End of Days by Robert Gleason (r, tp); The Kraken Project by Douglas Preston (h, hc).

  Jun ’14: No Job for a Lady by Carol McCleary (a, hc).

  TOR/SEVEN SEASr />
  Jul ’14: Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One by Larry Niven, Robert Mandell & Sean Lam (gn, art, tp); Ringworld: Volume One by Larry Niven & Sean Lam (gn, art, tp).

  TOR/STARSCAPE

  May ’14: The Dragon’s Lair by Elizabeth Haydon (r, ya, tp); The Floating Island by Elizabeth Haydon (r, ya, tp); The Thief Queen’s Daughter by Elizabeth Haydon (r, ya, tp).

  Jul ’14: Copper Magic by Julia Mary Gibson (ya, hc).

  Aug ’14: The League of Seven by Alan Gratz (eb, ya, hc).

  Sep ’14: Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life by P.J. Hoover (ya, hc); The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos (r, ya, tp).

  Oct ’14: The Tree of Water by Elizabeth Haydon (eb, ya, hc); The Black Stars by Dan Krokos (eb, ya, hc).

  Mar ’15: Flip by David Lubar (r, ya, tp).

  TURNSTONE PRESS/RAVENSTONE BOOKS

  May ’14: Kraken Bake by Karen Dudley (tp).

  TWILIGHT TIMES BOOKS

  Jun ’14: Mind Games by Christine Amsden (eb, tp); Reunion by Ken Lizzi (eb, tp).

  ULYSSES PRESS

  Jun ’14: The Breakdown by Scott B. Williams (eb, ya, tp).

  UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA/LIVINGSTON PRESS

  May ’14: Medea by Richard MAtturro (a, tp).

  VIZMEDIA/HAIKASORU

  May ’14: All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Nick Mamatas & Lee Ferguson (gn, art, tp).

  Sep ’14: Phantasm Japan: Fantasies Light and Dark, From and About Japan ed. by Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington (eb, tp).

  Nov ’14: Asura Girl by Otaro Maijyo (h, eb, tp).

  WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

  Jun ’14: Vintage Visions: Essays on Early Science Fiction ed. by Arthur B. Evans (nf, eb, tp).

  Aug ’14: The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch - Angouleme, Revised Edition by Samuel R. Delany (nf, eb, tp).

  WIZARDS OF THE COAST

  Apr ’14: Forgotten Realms: The Sentinel by Troy Denning (eb, x, hc).

  May ’14: Forgotten Realms: The Adversary by Erin M. Evans (r, x).

  Jun ’14: Forgotten Realms: The Herald by Ed Greenwood (eb, x, hc).

  Jul ’14: Forgotten Realms: The Reaver by Richard Lee Byers (r, x).

  Aug ’14: Forgotten Realms: Companions Codex II: Rise of the King by R.A. Salvatore (eb, x, hc).

  Sep ’14: Forgotten Realms: Companions Codex I: Night of the Hunter by R.A. Salvatore (r, x).

  Oct ’14: Forgotten Realms: The Sentinel by Troy Denning (r, x); Forgotten Realms: Fire in the Blood by Erin M. Evans (eb, x, hc).

  Nov ’14: Forgotten Realms: The Herald by Ed Greenwood (r, x).

  WORD HORDE

  Jun ’14: We Leave Together by J.M. McDermott (tp).

  Jul ’14: The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron ed. by Ross E. Lockhart & Justin Steele (eb, hc).

  Dec ’14: Giallo Fantastique ed. by Ross E. Lockhart (eb, tp).

  WORDCRAFT OF OREGON

  Aug ’14: Wait Your Turn and The Stability of Large Systems by Peter Grandbois (c, tp).

  WORLD WEAVER PRESS

  May ’14: Far Orbit ed. by Bascomb James (eb., tp).

  WORLDWIDE LIBRARY GOLD EAGLE

  May ’14: Rogue Angel: Grendel’s Curse by Alex Archer (pb, eb); Deathlands: End Program by James Axler (pb, eb); Outlanders: Necropolis by James Axler (pb, eb).

  Jul ’14: Rogue Angel: The Devil’s Chord by Alex Archer (pb, eb); Deathlands: Desolation Angels by James Axler (pb, eb); Outlanders: Shadow Born by James Axler (pb, eb).

  Sep ’14: Rogue Angel: Celtic Fire by Alex Archer (pb, eb); Deathlands: Blood Red Tide by James Axler (pb, eb).

  Nov ’14: Rogue Angel: The Pretender’s Gambit by Alex Archer (pb, eb); Deathlands: Hive Ascendant by James Axler (pb, eb); Deathlands: Polestar Omega by James Axler (pb, eb); Outlanders: Judgment Plague by James Axler (pb, eb).

  Jan ’15: Rogue Angel: Death Mask by Alex Archer (pb, eb).

  Feb ’15: Outlanders: Terminal White by James Axler (pb, eb).

  Mar ’15: Rogue Angel: Bathed in Blood by Alex Archer (pb, eb); Deathlands: End Day by James Axler (pb, eb).

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  UK FORTHCOMING BOOKS SELECTED 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 1,050 titles, approximately 650 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, (eb) eb, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in.

  AARONOVITCH, BEN

  Foxglove Summer, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2014 (eb, hc)

  ABERCROMBIE, JOE

  Half a King, Harper Voyager, Jul 2014 (tp, eb, hc)

  Half the World, Harper Voyager, Jan 2015 (tp, eb, hc)

  ABRAHAM, DANIEL

  The Widow’s House, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Aug 2014 (tp)

  ADAMS, GUY

  Deadbeat: Dogs of Waugh, Titan, Jun 2014 (tp)

  For a Few Souls More, Rebellion/Solaris, Dec 2014 (pb, eb)

  ARMSTRONG, KELLEY

  Otherworld Nights, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Oct 2014 (c, tp)

  Visions, Sphere, Aug 2014 (hc)

  ASHBY, MADELINE

  Company Town, Angry Robot, Oct 2014 (eb, tp)

  ASHER, NEAL

  Dark Intelligence, Macmillan/Tor UK, Feb 2015 (hc)

  ASHLEY, ALLEN

  Dreaming Spheres, PS Publishing, Aug 2014 (hc)

  BARNES, JONATHAN

  Cannonbridge, Rebellion/Solaris, Feb 2015 (pb, eb)

  BASU, SAMIT

  Resistance, Titan, Jul 2014 (tp)

  BAXTER, STEPHEN

  Ultima, Orion/Gollancz, Nov 2014 (hc, eb, tp)

  BEAR, GREG

  War Dogs, Orion/Gollancz, Oct 2014 (hc)

  BROOKS, TERRY

  The High Druid’s Blade, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2014 (hc)

  BROWN, ERIC

  Jani and the Greater Game, Rebellion/Solaris, Jul 2014 (pb, eb)

  BROWN, PIERCE

  Golden Son, Hodder & Stoughton, Jan 2015 (hc)

  BUCHANAN, COL

  The Black Dream, Macmillan/Tor UK, Dec 2014 (tp)

  BURNS, JIM

  Hyperluminal: The Art of Jim Burns, Titan, Sep 2014 (hc, art)

  CAMPBELL, RAMSEY

  Think Yourself Lucky, PS Publishing, Sep 2014 (h, hc)

  CARD, ORSON SCOTT

  Earth Awakens (with Aaron Johnston), Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2014 (tp)

  CAREY, MIKE

  The House of War and Witness (with Linda Carey & Louise Carey), Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2014 (hc, eb, tp)

  CARRIGER, GAIL

  Prudence, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Mar 2015 (tp)

  Waistcoats and Weaponry, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Nov 2014 (ya, tp)

  CARSON, RAE

  The Bitter Kingdom, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2014 (r, tp)

  CHARLTON, BLAKE

  Spellbreaker, Harper Voyager, Nov 2014 (eb, tp)

  CHRISTOPHER, ADAM

  The Jovian Conspiracy, Titan, Mar 2015 (tp)

  CHU, WESLEY

  Rebirths of Tao, Angry Robot, Jan 2015 (eb, tp)

  COBLEY, MICHAEL

  Ancestral Machines, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2015 (hc, eb, tp)

  COREY, JAMES S.A.

  Cibola Burn, Little,
Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2014 (hc)

  DANIELLS, ROWENA CORY

  Fall of the Fair Isle, Rebellion/Solaris, Mar 2015 (eb, tp)

  DEAS, STEPHEN

  The Splintered Gods, Orion/Gollancz, Mar 2015 (eb, tp)

  DUNCAN, ANDY

  Novella, PS Publishing, Aug 2014 (na, hc)

  ELLIOTT, KATE

  The Black Wolves, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Feb 2015 (eb, tp)

  ERIKSON, STEVEN

  Full of Light, Transworld/Bantam UK, Feb 2015 (eb, hc)

  Willful Child, Transworld/Bantam UK, Sep 2014 (hc)

  ESSLEMONT, IAN C.

  Assail, Transworld/Bantam UK, Jul 2014 (eb, hc)

  FARLAND, DAVID

  A Tale of Tales, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2014 (tp)

  FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

  Bryant & May: The Burning Man, Transworld/Doubleday UK, Mar 2015 (eb, hc)

  Nychtophobia, Rebellion/Solaris, Oct 2014 (eb, tp)

  GABALDON, DIANA

  Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Orion, Jun 2014 (hc)

  GAMBINO, FRED

  Dark Shepherd: The Art of Fred Gambino, Titan, Jul 2014 (hc, art)

  GIBSON, GARY

  Extinction Game, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2014 (hc)

  GRANT, MIRA

  Symbiont, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Nov 2014 (tp)

  GWYNNE, JOHN

  Ruin, Macmillan/Tor UK, Mar 2015 (hc)

  HAIR, DAVID

  Unholy War, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Oct 2014 (tp, eb, hc)

  HAMILTON, PETER F.

  The Abyss Beyond Dreams, Macmillan, Oct 2014 (hc)

  HARRIS, CHARLAINE

  Midnight Crossroad, Orion/Gollancz, May 2014 (hc)

  HARRIS, CHARLAINE, ed.

  Dead But Not Forgotten (with Toni L.P. Kelner), Orion/Gollancz, Dec 2014 (hc)

  HOBB, ROBIN

  Fool’s Assassin, Harper Voyager, Aug 2014 (tp, eb, hc)

  HOLT, TOM

  Outsorcerer’s Apprentice, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2014 (tp)

  HUGHES, MATTHEW

  Of Whimsies and Noubles, PS Publishing, Sep 2014 (na, hc)

  JONES, STEPHEN, ed.

  The Best of Weird Tales, PS Publishing, Sep 2014 (hc)

  The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 25, Robinson, Oct 2014 (h, tp)

 

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