Technological revolutions are never bloodless. The Luddites had a goddamned good point, somewhere in there. A just dividend from automation and higher productivity means that those with surplus-to-requirements skills don’t starve. That their children don’t starve. That their houses aren’t taken from them. That their lives aren’t ruined by the thing that saves us from drudgery.
So if I write a prequel – when I do, who am I kidding? – this is what I’ll try and capture: the optimism of people who are kind to each other in times of adversity. Not in spite of adversity, but because of it. Not a cozy apocalypse where all the ‘‘useless’’ people are killed off in a cometary eyeblink, leaving the lucky survivors to pick up the pieces. Rather, a future where no one is left behind, where care and love and fellow-feeling are revealed as the underlying fact of humanity, the reason we have survived through the millennia, the nobility that makes our crises tragic to begin with.
It’s been ten years. I can’t tell you how many people have written to me to tell me about the way my books have influenced their thinking. Ten years on, if there’s one thing I want to accomplish as an artist, it’s to put a stake through the heart of the big lie of the human beast.
–Cory Doctorow
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US FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY AUTHOR
The following list includes current or past 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 and 1st US editions. The second listing is complete, arranged by publisher and by month. We are no longer listing stock reissues unless there is some indication (such as a price or cover change) the book will actually have a new printing.
This listing contains about 1,700 titles, approximately 1,200 of them originals.
We try to keep our database as accurate and up-to-date as possible. Please send corrections and updates to Carolyn Cushman, c/o Locus.
The list is tentative and subject to change, especially in later months. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) is reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) nonfiction, (c) collection, (a) associational, (na) novella, (nv) novelette, (ss) short story, (om) omnibus, (tp) trade paperback, (eb) e-book, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in, (ph) pamphlet.
ABRAHAM, DANIEL
The Tyrant’s Law, Orbit US, May 2013 (tp)
ADAMS, JOHN JOSEPH, ed.
Wastelands II: More Stories of the Apocalypse, Night Shade Books, Jul 2013 (eb, tp)
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM
Ghoulish Song, Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Mar 2013 (ya, hc)
ANDERSON, TAYLOR
Destroyermen: Storm Surge, Penguin/Roc, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)
ANDREWS, ILONA
Magic Rises, Ace, Aug 2013 (pb, eb)
ARMSTRONG, KELLEY
Omens, Penguin/Dutton, Aug 2013 (hc)
The Rising, Harper, Apr 2013 (h, ya, hc)
ARNASON, ELEANOR
The Big Mama Stories, Aqueduct Press, Jul 2013 (c, tp)
ASARO, CATHERINE, ed.
Nebula Awards Showcase 2013, Prometheus/Pyr, May 2013 (eb, tp)
ASHER, NEAL
Jupiter War, Night Shade Books, Aug 2013 (eb, tp)
Zero Point, Night Shade Books, May 2013 (1st US, eb, tp)
ATKINSON, KATE
Life After Life, Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur Books, Apr 2013 (eb, hc)
ATWOOD, MARGARET
MaddAddam, McClelland & Stewart (Canada), Aug 2013 (hc)
MaddAddam, Random House/Doubleday/Talese, Sep 2013 (1st US, hc)
BALLARD, J.G.
Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton, Norton/Liveright, Feb 2013 (1st US, hc)
BARNES, JOHN
The Last President, Ace, Sep 2013 (eb, hc)
BARRON, LAIRD
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All, Night Shade Books, Apr 2013 (c, eb, hc)
BAXTER, STEPHEN
Iron Winter, Penguin/Roc, Nov 2013 (1st US, eb, hc)
BEAR, ELIZABETH
The Book of Iron, Subterranean Press, Sep 2013 (na, hc)
One-Eyed Jack, Prime Books, Nov 2013 (eb, tp)
BEIKO, SAMANTHA, ed.
Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (with Sandra Kasturi), ChiZine Publications, Jul 2013 (hc, eb, tp)
BERNOBICH, BETH
Allegiance, Tor, Oct 2013 (hc)
BEUKES, LAUREN
The Shining Girls, Little, Brown/Mulholland Books, Jun 2013 (h, eb, hc)
BLEDSOE, ALEX
Wisp of a Thing, Tor, Jun 2013 (hc)
BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA
Love in the Time of Global Warming, Macmillan/Holt, Aug 2013 (ya, hc)
BOND, GWENDA
The Woken Gods, Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry US, Jul 2013 (ya, eb, tp)
BOVA, BEN
New Earth, Tor, Jul 2013 (hc)
BOWES, RICHARD
If Angels Fight, Fairwood Press, Sep 2013 (c, eb, tp)
The Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others, Aqueduct Press, Apr 2013 (c, tp)
BROOKS, TERRY
Witch Wraith, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)
BRUST, STEVEN
The Incrementalists (with Skyler White), Tor, Sep 2013 (hc)
BURGESS, TONY
The n-Body Problem, ChiZine Publications, Nov 2013 (h, hc, eb, tp)
CAMPBELL, RAMSEY
Ghosts Know, Tor, Oct 2013 (1st US, h, hc)
CARD, ORSON SCOTT
Earth Afire (with Aaron Johnston), Tor, Jun 2013 (hc)
CAREY, JACQUELINE
Autumn Bones, Penguin/Roc, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)
CARRIGER, GAIL
Curtsies & Conspiracies, Little, Brown, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)
CARSON, RAE
The Bitter Kingdom, HarperCollins/Greenwillow, Sep 2013 (ya, hc)
CASTRO, ADAM-TROY
Her Husband’s Hands, Prime Books, Dec 2013 (c, eb, hc)
CHERRYH, C.J.
Protector, DAW, Apr 2013 (eb, hc)
CONNOLLY, TINA
Copperhead, Tor, Oct 2011 (hc)
COREY, JAMES S.A.
Abaddon’s Gate, Orbit US, Jun 2013 (tp)
CORNELL, PAUL
London Falling, Tor, Apr 2013 (1st US, hc)
COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON
The Exiled Blade, Orbit US, Apr 2013 (tp)
CROWTHER, PETER
Jewels in the Dust, Subterranean Press, Sep 2013 (c, hc)
DATLOW, ELLEN, ed.
Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five, Night Shade Books, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)
DE LINT, CHARLES
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, Little, Brown, Mar 2013 (ya, hc)
DI FILIPPO, PAUL
WikiWorld, ChiZine Publications, Sep 2013 (c, hc, eb, tp)
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)
EGAN, GREG
The Arrows of Time, Night Shade Books, Sep 2013 (eb, hc)
ELLIOTT, KATE
Cold Steel, Orbit US, Jun 2013 (tp)
ENGE, JAMES
Wrath Bearing Tree, Prometheus/Pyr, Aug 2013 (eb, tp)
ESSLEMONT, IAN C.
Blood and Bone, Tor, May 2013 (1st US, tp, hc)
FAWCETT, BILL, ed.
Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe, Tor, Aug 2013 (hc)
FEIST, RAYMOND E.
Magician’s End, Harper Voyager US, May 2013 (hc)
FENNER, CATHY, ed.
Spectrum 20: The Best in Co
ntemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner), Underwood Books, Oct 2013 (tp, hc, eb, hc)
FLYNN, MICHAEL
On the Razor’s Edge, Tor, Jul 2013 (hc)
FORSTCHEN, WILLIAM R.
The Pillars of the Sky, Tor, Nov 2013 (hc)
FREI, MAX
The Stranger’s Shadow, Overlook Press, May 2013 (hc)
GAIMAN, NEIL
Fortunately, the Milk, Harper, Sep 2013 (1st US, ya, hc)
Make Good Art, HarperCollins/Morrow, May 2013 (nf, eb, hc)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, HarperCollins/Morrow, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)
The Silver Dream (with Michael Reaves & Mallory Reaves), HarperTeen, Apr 2013 (ya, hc)
GAIMAN, NEIL, ed.
Unnatural Creatures, HarperCollins, Apr 2013 (ya, tp, eb, hc)
GOYER, DAVID S.
Heaven’s Fall (with Michael Cassutt), Ace, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)
GRIFFIN, KATE
The Glass God, Orbit US, Jul 2013 (tp)
GUNN, JAMES
Transcendental, Tor, Sep 2013 (hc)
GURAN, PAULA, ed.
After the End: Recent Apocalypses, Prime Books, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)
Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations, Prime Books, Apr 2013 (eb, 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)
HANOVER, M.L.N.
Graveyard Child, Pocket, May 2013
HARTWELL, DAVID G., ed.
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction (with Patrick Nielsen Hayden), Tor, Nov 2013 (hc)
Year’s Best SF 18, Tor, Sep 2013 (hc)
HEARNE, KEVIN
Hunted, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2013
HILL, JOE
NOS4A2, HarperCollins/Morrow, May 2013 (h, hc)
HOBB, ROBIN
Blood of Dragons, Harper Voyager US, Apr 2013 (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 (hc)
JETER, K.W.
Fiendish Schemes, Tor, Oct 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, Jul 2013 (h, eb, hc)
KAY, GUY GAVRIEL
River of Stars, Penguin/Roc, Apr 2013 (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, hc)
KOONTZ, DEAN
Deeply Odd, Bantam, May 2013 (1st US, h, hc)
KOWAL, MARY ROBINETTE
Without a Summer, Tor, Apr 2013 (hc)
LACKEY, MERCEDES
Burdens of the Dead (with Eric Flint & Dave Freer), Baen, Jun 2013 (hc)
Steadfast, DAW, Jun 2013 (hc)
LAFFERTY, MUR
The Shambling Guide to NYC, Orbit US, May 2013 (tp)
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, TANITH
Space Is Just a Starry Night, Aqueduct Press, Aug 2013 (c, eb, tp)
MARTIN, GEORGE R.R., ed.
Old Mars (with Gardner Dozois), Bantam, Oct 2013 (hc)
MATHESON, RICHARD
Musings, Gauntlet Press, Oct 2013 (nf, hc)
McDEVITT, JACK
Starhawk, Ace, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)
McGUIRE, SEANAN
The Chimes of Midnight, DAW, Sep 2013
Velveteen vs. The Multiverse, ISFiC Press, Aug 2013 (c, hc)
McINTOSH, FIONA
The Scrivener’s Tale, Harper Voyager US, Apr 2013 (1st US, tp)
McINTOSH, WILL
Love Minus Eighty, Orbit US, Jun 2013 (tp)
MODESITT, L.E., JR.
Antiagon Fire, Tor, May 2013 (hc)
MOON, ELIZABETH
Limits of Power, Ballantine Del Rey, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)
MORIARTY, CHRIS
Ghost Spin, Ballantine Spectra, May 2013 (eb, tp)
MOSLEY, WALTER
Stepping Stone/The Love Machine, Tor, Apr 2013 (c, hc)
NICKLE, DAVID
The ‘Geisters, ChiZine Publications, Jun 2013 (h, hc, eb, tp)
NIFFENEGGER, AUDREY, et al.
Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger (with Susan Fisher Sterling & Krystyna Wasserman), powerHouse Books, May 2013 (hc, art)
NIVEN, LARRY
The Goliath Stone (with Matthew Joseph Harrington), Tor, Jun 2013 (hc)
NIX, GARTH
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz, Subterranean Press, Jul 2013 (c, hc)
Troubletwisters: The Mystery (with Sean Williams), Scholastic Press, Jun 2013 (1st US, ya, 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 (hc)
PATTERSON, WILLIAM H., JR.
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume II, Tor, Dec 2013 (nf, hc)
PIERCE, TAMORA
Battle Magic, Scholastic Press, Oct 2013 (ya, eb, hc)
PINBOROUGH, SARAH
A Matter of Blood, Ace, Apr 2013 (1st US, h, eb, tp)
PRATCHETT, TERRY
The Long War (with Stephen Baxter), Harper, Jun 2013 (hc)
PRIEST, CHERIE
Fiddlehead, Tor, Nov 2013 (1st US, tp)
RESNICK, LAURA
Misfortune Cookie, DAW, Nov 2013 (eb, pb)
RESNICK, MIKE
The Doctor and the Dinosaurs, Prometheus/Pyr, Dec 2013 (eb, tp)
RICHARDSON, KAT
Possession, Penguin/Roc, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)
ROSS, DEBORAH J.
The Seven-Petaled Shield, DAW, Jun 2013 (eb)
SAGARA, MICHELLE
Cast in Sorrow, Harlequin/Luna, Sep 2013 (tp)
SANDERSON, BRANDON
The Rithmatist, Tor Teen, May 2013 (ya, hc)
SAWYER, ROBERT J.
Red Planet Blues, Ace, Apr 2013 (eb, hc)
SCALZI, JOHN
The Human Division, Tor, May 2013 (hc)
SCHOLES, KEN
Requiem, Tor, Jun 2013 (hc)
SHEA, MICHAEL
Assault on Sunrise, Tor, Aug 2013 (hc)
SHEPARD, LUCIUS
Five Autobiographies and a Fiction, Subterranean Press, Apr 2013 (c, hc)
SHEVDON, MIKE
The Eighth Court, Angry Robot US, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)
SHINN, SHARON
Royal Airs, Ace, Nov 2013 (eb, hc)
SHIRLEY, JOHN
New Taboos, PM Press, Apr 2013 (c, tp)
SILVERBERG, ROBERT
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Eight: Hot Times in Magma City, Subterranean Press, Aug 2013 (c, eb, hc)
Tales of Majipoor, Penguin/Roc, May 2013 (1st US, c, tp)
SIMMONS, DAN
Abominable, Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur Books, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)
The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz, Subterranean Press, Jun 2013 (eb, hc)
SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL
The Gist, Subterranean Press, May 2013 (hc)
SPENCER, WEN
Eight Million Gods, Baen, Jun 2013 (hc)
STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Y
ear Volume Seven, Night Shade Books, Mar 2013 (eb, tp)
Fearsome Journeys, Rebellion/Solaris US, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)
STROSS, CHARLES
Neptune’s Brood, Ace, Jul 2013 (eb, hc)
TEM, STEVE RASNIC
Celestial Inventories, ChiZine Publications, Aug 2013 (hc, eb, tp)
TEPPO, MARK
The Artifice of Nature, Amazon/ 47North, Sep 2013 (eb)
TREGILLIS, IAN
Necessary Evil, Tor, Apr 2013 (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, tp)
VANCE, JACK
Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three, Subterranean Press, Mar 2013 (c, hc)
VANDERMEER, ANN, ed.
Odd #2, (with Jeff VanderMeer), Cheeky Frawg Books, Dec 2013 (eb)
WALDROP, HOWARD
Horse of a Different Color, Small Beer Press, Sep 2013 (c, eb, hc)
WARRINGTON, FREDA
Grail of the Summer Stars, Tor, Apr 2013 (hc)
WATTS, PETER
Beyond the Rift, Tachyon Publications, Nov 2013 (c, eb, tp)
WHATES, IAN, ed.
Solaris Rising 2, Rebellion/Solaris US, Apr 2013 (eb)
WHITE, STEVE
Pirates of the Timestream, Baen, Aug 2013 (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 (hc)
WOLFE, GENE
The Land Across, Tor, Nov 2013 (hc)
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
Apr ’13: In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters (eb, ya, hc).
Jun ’13: The Sisters Grimm: The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley (r, ya, tp).
ACE
Jan ’13: The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green (r, h).
Feb ’13: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (r, hc); Fair Game by Patricia Briggs (r); Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole; The Tower and the Hive by Anne McCaffrey (r); Between by Kerry Schafer (pb, eb); The Shape of Desire by Sharon Shinn (r).
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