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The New York Times Magazine (October 7, 2012) includes a feature on YA author Lois Lowry where she discusses her son’s death and its impact on her latest book Son and on her Giver Quartet.
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BOOKS RECEIVED: NOVEMBER
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* Aaron, Rachel Spirit’s End (Orbit US 978-0-316-19836-3, $14.99, 536pp, tp) Fantasy novel, the fifth and final book in the Legend of Eli Monpress series.
Abbott, Ellen Jensen Watersmeet (Marshall Cavendish 978-0-7614-5992-7, $8.99, 341pp, tp) Reprint (Marshall Cavendish 2009) young-adult fantasy novel.
Abercrombie, Joe Red Country (Orbit US 978-0-316-18721-3, $25.99, 451pp, hc, cover by Michael Frost & Gene Mollica) Fantasy novel, a sequel to the First Law series, set about 15 years later. First US edition (Gollancz 10/12).
Abnett, Dan Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: Salvation’s Reach (Black Library US 978-1-84970-204-1, $8.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Stefan Kopinski) Reprint (Black Library 2011) gaming tie-in novel. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
Abraham, Daniel The Price of War (Tor/Orb 978-0-7653-3365-0, $18.99, 572pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Omnibus of the last two books in the Long Price Quartet: An Autumn War (2008) and The Price of Spring (2009). First US edition (Orbit UK 1/10 as Seasons of War).
Adams, Alex White Horse (Simon & Schuster/Bestler/Atria 978-1-4516-4300-8, $15.00, 306pp, tp) Reprint (Atria 2012) near-future post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel, the first book in a trilogy.
Adams, John Joseph, ed. Brave New Worlds: Second Edition (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-454-7, $16.99, 525pp, tp, cover by Cody Tilson) Reprint (Night Shade 2011) anthology of 36 dystopian stories. This expanded second edition adds three stories by Robert Reed, Jennifer Pelland, and Ken Liu, plus a filmography and study guide by Gary K. Wolfe.
Adrian, Lara Darker After Midnight (Random House/Dell 978-0-440-24612-1, $7.99, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 2012) paranormal vampire romance novel, tenth in the Midnight Breed series. Adrian also writes as Tina St. John.
* Alexander, William Goblin Secrets (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4424-2726-6, $16.99, 223pp, hc, cover by Alexander Jannson) Middle-grade fantasy novel, the first in a series set in the magical town of Zombay. Rownie joins a theatrical troupe of goblins to search for his missing brother Rowan. Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
Andermahr, Sonya & Lawrence Phillips, eds. Angela Carter: New Critical Readings (Continuum 978-1-4411-6928-0, $110.00, 214pp, hc) Non-fiction, a selection of 17 critical essays on Carter’s work. Individual essays provide notes and bibliographies; a general index is also provided. First US edition (Continuum UK 8/12).
* Andrews®, V.C. Into the Darkness (Pocket Star 978-1-4516-5086-0, $7.99, 346pp, pb) Gothic/paranormal romance. A Gallery hardcover edition (978-1-4516-6430-0, $25.00) was announced but not seen. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
* Anonymous, ed. Holiday with a Vampire 4 (Harlequin/Nocturne 978-0-373-88559-6, $5.50, 357pp, pb) Original anthology of four stories: three Christmas vampire romance novellas by Susan Krinard, Theresa Meyers, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, plus a Keepers: L.A. novella by Heather Graham (first published as an e-book).
* Anonymous, ed. The Princess Bride: A Celebration (Rizzoli/Universe 978-0-7893-2442-9, $35.00, unpaginated, hc) Associational book celebrating the movie based on William Goldman’s novel, with the movie script lavishly illustrated with stills, production drawings, etc. Foreword by Rob Reiner; afterword by Norman Lear; actors providing comments include Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, and Christopher Guest.
* Anonymous, ed. The Undead in My Bed (Pocket 978-1-4516-5679-4, $7.99, 408pp, pb) Original anthology of three paranormal romance novellas. Authors are Katie MacAlister, Molly Harper, and Jessica Sims.
* Appelbaum, Susannah The Poisons of Caux, Book Three: The Shepherd of Weeds (Random House/Bluefire 978-0-440-42249-5, $7.99, 443pp, tp, cover by Jennnifer Taylor) Reprint (Knopf 2011, not seen) young-adult fantasy novel, the third book in a trilogy.
Armstrong, Kelley Frostbitten (Bantam 978-0-345-53684-6, $9.99, 381pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 2009) paranormal romance, the tenth book in the Otherworld series. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition.
Armstrong, Kelley Tales of the Otherworld (Bantam 978-0-345-53685-3, $9.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Don Sipley) Reprint (Bantam 2010) collection of eight urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories in the Otherworld series. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition.
* Arthur, Keri Darkness Hunts (Penguin/Signet Select 978-0-451-23712-5, $7.99, 366pp, pb) Paranormal romance/urban fantasy novel, fourth in the Dark Angels series, a spin-off from the Guardian series. Simultaneous with the UK (Piatkus) edition.
Asaro, Catherine Carnelians (Baen 978-1-4516-3849-3, $7.99, 535pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Baen 2011) SF novel in the Skolian Empire/Ruby Dynasty series.
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* Bachmann, Stefan The Peculiar (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 978-0-06-219518-0, $16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Thierry Lafontaine) Middle-grade fantasy novel about a changeling boy in the faerie slums of Bath.
Bacigalupi, Paolo The Drowned Cities (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-506-2, $125.00, 356pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) Reprint (Little, Brown 2012) young-adult SF novel, a companion to Ship Breaker. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a lettered edition of 26 ($250.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519;
* Baker, E.D. Unlocking the Spell (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-841-0, $16.99, 261pp, hc, cover by Erwin Madrid) Middle-grade fantasy novel, sequel to The Wide-Awake Princess.
* Barant, D.D. Undead to the World (St. Martin’s 987-0-312-54507-9, $7.99, 297pp, pb) Urban fantasy novel, book six in the Bloodhound Files featuring FBI profiler Jace Valchek, in a world where humans are a tiny minority.
Barrett, Tracy Dark of the Moon (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Graphia 978-0-547-85164-8, $8.99, 310pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 2011) young-adult fantasy novel based on Greek myth.
Barth, John Every Third Thought (Counterpoint 978-1-62902-012-2, $15.95, 182pp, tp) Reprint (Counterpoint 2011) mostly mainstream novel with fantasy elements.
* Bartholomeusz, James The Black Rose (Medallion/Ya-Ya 978-160542537-5, $9.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Jessica Hart) Young-adult fantasy novel, the second book in the Seven Stars trilogy.
Baxter, Stephen Bronze Summer (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46479-8, $25.95, 454pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) SF novel, second in the Northland series. First US edition (Gollancz 9/11).
Bear, Greg Halo: Primordium (Tor 978-0-7653-3307-0, $15.99, 379pp, tp, cover by Sparth) Reprint (Tor 2012) gaming tie-in novel, the second book in the Forerunner Saga trilogy. Copyrighted by Microsoft.
* Bertin, Joanne Bard’s Oath (Tor 978-0-312-87370-7, $25.99, 430pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Fantasy novel, third in the Dragonlord series.
* Block, Francesca Lia The Elementals (St. Martin’s 978-1-250-00549-6, $24.99, 261pp, hc) Mostly mainstream novel with fantasy elements. College student Ariel Silverman investigates the disappearance of a friend in Berkeley CA.
Bova, Ben Power Play (Tor
978-0-7653-5723-6, $7.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Robert Llewellyn & Andy Sotiriou) Reprint (Tor 2012) associational political thriller.
* Boyczuk, Robert The Book of Thomas, Volume One: Heaven (ChiZine Publications 978-1-927469-27-9, $16.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Erik Mohr) SF horror novel, the first book in the series. The orphan Thomas stuggles to survive in the Spheres of the Apostles, a crumbling realm which its divisively religious inhabitants have forgotten is artificial. A limited hardcover edition was available by preorder only. ChiZine Publications,
* Brewer, Heather The Slayer Chronicles: Second Chance (Penguin/Dial 978-0-8037-3760-0, $17.99, 276pp, hc, cover by Michael Frost) Young-adult vampire novel, the second in a parallel series to The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, told from slayer Joss Macmillan’s point of view.
Brooks, Terry The Annotated Sword of Shannara: 35th Anniversary Edition (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53513-9, $35.00, 523pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Random House 1977) fantasy novel, the first book in the Shannara series. This anniversary edition adds annotations and a new introduction by Brooks.
* Bujold, Lois McMaster Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (Baen 978-1-4516-3845-5, $25.00, 422pp, hc, cover by David Seeley) SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan series, this time focusing on Miles’s cousin Ivan.
* Caine, Rachel Bitter Blood (Penguin/NAL 978-0-451-23811-5, $17.99, 406pp, hc) Young-adult vampire novel, book 13 in The Morganville Vampires series. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet and Roxanne Conrad.
* Campbell, Joseph Mythic Imagination: Collected Short Fiction (New World Library 978-1-60868-153-2, $24.95, xiv + 263pp, hc) Original collection of seven stories, one a reprint, all with mythic elements, and written in the 1930s and 1940s before Campbell focused on his non-fiction work in comparative mythology. Part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series; series editor David Kudler provides background in his introduction. Copyrighted by the Joseph Campbell Foundation.
Carey, Jacqueline Banewreaker (Tor 978-0-765-34429-8, $7.99, 487pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) Reissue (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, volume one of The Sundering series.
* Carlson, Jeff The Frozen Sky (Carlson, Jeff 978-1-936460-14-4, $10.85, 344pp, pb, cover by Jacob Charles Dietz) SF novel, expanded from the eponymous novella. Life is discovered on Jupiter’s moon Europa. A print-on-demand edition. Jeff Carlson,
* Caroff, André The Revenge of Madame Atomos (Black Coat Press 978-1-61227-119-4, $22.95, 295pp, tp, cover by Jean-Michel Ponzio) Omnibus of two SF thriller novels, the ninth and tenth in the Madame Atomos series: The Revenge of Madame Atomos (Madame Atomos croque le marmot 1967) and Le ténébreuse Madame Atomos (1968), translated/adapted by Michael Shreve. This adds two stories by Michel Stéphan and Matthew Dennion. Introduction by Jean-Marc Lofficier. A print-on-demand edition. Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416;
* Carr, Caleb The Legend of Broken (Random House 978-1-4000-6283-6, $28.00, 734pp, hc) Fantasy novel in the form of a lost history about a legendary medieval German land where forces battle for control in the fortress city of Broken. This comes complete with supposed comments on the text by Edward Gibbon and Edmund Burke.
* Carriger, Gail & Rem Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 (Hachette/Yen Press 978-0-316-18206-5, $12.99, 242pp, tp) Graphic novel/manga, the second volume in an adaptation of Carriger’s first novel in the Parasol Protectorate series, adapted and illustrated by REM. Carriger is a pen name; copyrighted by Tofa Borregaard.
* Carroll, Susan The Lady of Secrets (Ballantine 978-0-345-50295-7, $15.00, 430pp, tp) Historical fantasy novel of the Renaissance, sixth in the Dark Queen series. This is a pen name for Susan Coppula, who also writes as Serena Richards.
* Cast, P.C. & Kristin Cast Hidden (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-59442-8, $18.99, 302pp, hc) Young-adult vampire novel in the House of Night series.
* Catmull, Katherine Summer and Bird (Penguin/Dutton 978-0-525-95346-3, $16.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Jason Holley) Middle-grade fantasy novel. Sisters searching for their missing parents find themselves in a land of birds. A first novel.
Chadda, Sarwat The Savage Fortress (Scholastic/Levine 978-0-545-38516-9, $16.99, 292pp, hc, cover by Jason Chan) Middle-grade fantasy novel, the first in the Ash Mistry chronicles series about British schoolboy Ash Mistry, who visits India and ends up in a land of demons. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 3/12 as Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress).
Chan, Kylie Heaven to Wudang (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-221034-0, $7.99, 570pp, pb) Urban fantasy/martial arts novel. First US edition (Voyager Australia 1/11).
Chandler, A. Bertram First Command (Baen 978-1-4516-3850-9, $7.99, 920pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Baen 2011) omnibus, the second volume in the John Grimes Saga, with four novels: Spartan Planet (1968 as False Fatherland), The Inheritors (1972), The Big Black Mark (1975), and The Far Traveler (1977 as Far Traveller).
* Childs, Tera Lynn Sweet Shadows (HarperCollins/Tegen Books 978-0-06-200183-2, $17.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Gustavo Marx) Young-adult urban fantasy novel, the second book in a series (after Sweet Venom) about monster-hunting teens descended from Medusa.
* Chima, Cinda Williams The Crimson Crown (Disney/Hyperion 978-1-4231-4433-5, $17.99, 598pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult fantasy novel, the fourth and final book in the Seven Realms series.
Cobley, Michael The Ascendant Stars (Orbit US 978-0-316-21403-2, $7.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) SF novel, the third book in the Humanity’s Fire series. First US edition (Orbit UK 11/11).
* Cohn, Rachel Beta (Disney/Hyperion 978-1-4231-5719-9, $17.99, 331pp, hc, cover by Zack Gold) Young-adult dystopian SF novel, the first in a series. Soulless worker clone Elysia starts having emotions and doubting the perfect world in which she lives.
Cole, Kresley Lothaire (Pocket 978-1-4516-8330-1, $7.99, 558pp, pb) Reprint (Gallery 2012) paranormal romance novel, 11th in the Immortals After Dark series.
Cole, Kresley Shadow’s Claim (Pocket 978-1-4516-5005-1, $7.99, 481pp, pb) Paranormal romance novel in the Dacians series. First US edition (S&S UK 11/12).
Conan Doyle, Arthur The Poison Belt (HiLoBooks 978-1-935869-54-2, $12.95, 174pp, tp, cover by Michael Lewy) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1913) SF novel in the Professor Challenger series. Introduction by Joshua Glenn and afterword by Gordon Dahlquist. Part of the HiLo Books Radium Age Science Fiction series. HiLoBooks,
Conroy, Robert Himmler’s War (Baen 978-1-4516-3848-6, $7.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) Reprint (Baen 2011) alternate history SF novel of WWII.
* Cooper, Brenda The Creative Fire (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-61614-684-9, $17.95, 348pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) SF novel, the first book in the Ruby’s Song series. Ruby Martin repairs robots on a generation ship until an accident leads to revolution.
* Crawford, David Collision Course (Penguin/NAL 978-0-451-23807-8, $16.00, 339pp, tp) Near-future apocalyptic SF novel about a total economic collapse.
Crawford, Dean Covenant (Pocket 978-1-4516-7255-8, $7.99, 523pp, pb) Reprint (Touchstone 2011) thriller with SF elements.
* Creek, Dave Some Distant Shore (Yard Dog Press 978-1-937105-32-7, $14.00, 179pp, tp, cover by David Lee Anderson) SF novel. The starship Asaph Hall is sent to study colliding star systems. A first novel. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247;
* Crilley, Paul The Lazarus Machine (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-61614-688-7, $16.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy steampunk mystery novel, the first book in the Tweed & Nightingale Adventures series. Sebastian Tweed teams up with information broker Octavia Nightingale to find his father, kidnapped by Professor Moriarty.
* Dane, Tami Blood of Dawn (Kensington 978-0-7582-6711-5, $7.99, 327pp, pb) Urban fantasy/paranormal romance novel, third in the series about skeptical FBI profiler Sloan Skye in the Paranormal Behavioral Analysis Unit.
* Davis, Hank, ed. A Cosmic Christmas (Baen
978-1-4516-3862-2, $12.00, 312pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of 12 Christmas SF stories, one original by Sarah A. Hoyt; other authors include Catherine Asaro, Poul Anderson, and Connie Willis.
* Dearborn, Kristin Trinity (DarkFuse 978-1-937771-24-9, $15.99, 262pp, tp, cover by Daniele Serra) Horror novel/thriller. Ex-con Valentine Slade discovers celestial beings are very interested in humanity. A print-on-demand edition. DarkFuse Publications, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555;
* Deebs, Tracy Tempest Unleashed (Bloomsbury/Walker US 978-0-8027-2830-2, $16.99, 388pp, hc, cover by Katarina Sokalova) Young-adult mermaid urban fantasy novel, sequel to Tempest Rising.
Donohue, Keith Centuries of June (Random House/Broadway 978-0-307-45029-6, $15.00, 342pp, tp) Reprint (Crown 2011, not seen) literary fantasy novel, combining mystery and ghost story, narrated by a dead man, as eight women tell stories based on American myth and legend.
* Douglas, Kristina The Fallen: Warrior (Pocket 978-1-4516-5591-9, $7.99, 373pp, pb) Paranormal romance novel, the third book in The Fallen series. This is a pen name for Anne Stuart.
Douglass, Sara The Devil’s Diadem (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-220009-9, $14.99, 522pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Voyager Australia 2011) historical fantasy novel.
Dunmore, Helen The Greatcoat (Grove/Atlantic/Atlantic Monthly Press 978-0-8021-2060-1, $24.00, 196pp, hc) Horror novel/ghost story. A neglected wife in WWII England finds an old greatcoat and starts an affair with an RAF pilot. First US edition (Hammer 2/12).
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