Sunday Opening
This summer the Shop will be open a bit more than usual.
Starting on Sunday 5th July – tomorrow!
Then probably Sunday 26th July, and through until the 6th September.
Tomorrow, the 2nd August and the 6th September are all days when there’s a Sunday Market in the Grassmarket with stalls, live music, storytelling, etc.
The 26th July is the same day as the big Homecoming event on the Royal Mile
The other August Sundays are during the Fringe and Festival, as usual.
New Titles – w/e 4th July 2009
in hardback:
Glen Cook - An Empire Unaquainted with Defeat a collection which pulls together all the Dread Empire short fiction…
Charles Stross – Wireless new short story collection, covering his whole career. 9 stories including Missile Gap and Rogue Farm
Alan Campbell – God of Clocks the latest volume in his Deepgate Codex, which began with Scar Night and Iron Angel
Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth Mary lives safely in the village, behind the fence… Sounds a bit like M. Night Shyamalan’s film, but it isn’t! More like Kim Wilkins, I think…
Steven Erikson – The Lees of Laughter’s End ‘a tale of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach‘; this is the new Night Shade Books edition
in large format:
Markus Heitz - The Dwarves part 1 of a top-selling german fantasy series, translated by Sally-Ann Spencer
Christopher Miller – The Cardboard Universe subtitled ‘a guide to the world of Phoebus K. Dank’ and is definitely not a tongue-in-cheek look at the life and work of Philip K. Dick!
David Gunn – Day of the Damned the 3rd Death’s Head adventure
in ‘B’ format:
Richard Morgan – The Steel Remains his first fantasy novel…
Ian McDonald - River of Gods back in after being unavailable for a while…
Jacqueline Carey – Santa Olivia near-future sf, featuring a genetically modified woman who is effectively a superhero…
Charmed Destinies anthology consisting of 3 novellas by Mercedes Lackey (Counting Crows), Rachel Lee (Drusilla’s Dream) & Catherine Asaro (Moonglow)
Mark Wernham – Martin Martin’s on the Other Side a new government spy called Jensen Interceptor* infiltrates a group called the Martin Martinists, named after a tv psychic…
* one of the coolest looking cars of the 60s!
in paperback:
Charles Stross – Saturn’s Children a fembot has to make her way in the world…
Jane Lindskold – Thirteen Orphans 1st in the Breaking the Wall series, where refugees and their children must battle the forces pursuing them. I liked this when I read the hardback.
Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce – 1634: The Bavarian Crisis the latset in the ongoing 1632/Ring of Fire series
Ben Bova – Mars Life the investigation of ancient Martian sites is in danger of having it’s funding cancelled…
David Robbins – The Fox Run the first in the Endworld post-apocalypse series… (although there was a #0 a month or two ago!)
Robert A. Heinlein – Farmer in the Sky reprint of the 1950 classic…
Georgia Evans – Bloody Awful the sequel to Bloody Good, about vampires in WW2
Rachel Vincent – Prey the 4th in the series that began with Stray…
J. F. Lewis – Staked a vampire with memory problems runs a strip club…
Patrice Sarath – Red Gold Bridge over it lies a magic kingdom…
Kristin Landon – The Dark Reaches sequel to The Hidden Worlds and The Cold Minds
Marjorie M. Liu – Darkness Calls sequel to The Iron Hunt
Linda Robertson – Vicious Circle featuring the witch Persephone Alcmedi and her werewolf friend, Johnny
Chris Marie Green – Midnight Reign a Vampire Babylon novel, the sequel to Night Rising…
Ed Gorman – The Midnight Room a serial killer is burgled, and it soon turns to blackmail…
Robert Dunbar - The Shore an ancient evil is abroad in winter…
Joel Shepherd – Crossover & Breakaway the 1st two books featuring Cassandra Kresov. The 3rd came in last week…
Howard L. Myers – A Sense of Infinity a collection mainly from the late 60s and early 70s; divided into 3 main sections, one of which includes a 230+ page novel. The other 8 stories also include and another couple of lengthy stories… This is a companion volume to The Creatures of Man and together thay gather all his fiction in to 2 volumes totalling around 1200 pages!
Star Trek – Losing the Peace the latest Next Generation novel by William Leisner…
Forgotten Realms – The Crystal Mountain the final part of The Empyrean Odyssey trilogy by Thomas M. Reid
Starcraft – Twilight the 3rd and last in the Dark Templar Saga, by Christie Golden
New Titles – w/e 27th June 2009
in hardback:
Robin Hobb – The Dragon Keeper the first part in The Rain Wild Chronicles, revisiting the world of her ‘trilogy of trilogies’ i.e. The Farseer, The Live Ships and The Tawny Man sets.
C. J. Cherryh – Conspirator the first in the 4th Foreigner trilogy – the 10th volume overall…
Robert Charles Wilson – Julian Comstock subtitled ‘a story of 22nd Century America’ and set in a post-Climate Change world…
Jacqueline Carey – Naamah’s Kiss Moirin has inherited the remnants of the magics once wielded by the people of the Brown Bear, of Alba…
James Rollins – The Doomsday Key the latest adventure featuring the Sigma Force…
Torchwood – Into the Silence the latest tie-in budget hardback, written by Sarah Pinborough
in large format:
Gardner Dozois (editor) – The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Collection just what it says! The premier annual short stoty collection…
Rochelle Kronzek (editor) – The Vampyre, The Werewolf and other gothic tales of horror 7 horror stories from the 19th Century
in ‘B’ format:
David Wellington – Vampire Zero a gruesome vampire tale, so it says!
Sergei Lukyanenko – The Last Watch the 4th of the Watch novels, which began with The Nightwatch, followed by The Daywatch and The Twilight Watch…
Toby Frost – Wrath of the Lemming Men the 3rd in the series that began with Space Captain Smith. Another adventure in the far reaches of the British Space Empire!
Kate Forsyth – The Puzzle Ring her latest fantasy, set mainly in 16th C Scotland! Aimed at the YA audience…
Warhammer – Gotrek & Felix: The Third Omnibus which consists of Giantslayer, Orcslayer and Manslayer
Twilight of Kerberos – The Crucible of the Dragon God by Mike Wild
Tomes of the Dead – Tide of Souls by Simon Bestwick
in paperback:
K. E. Mills – Witches Incorporated the 2nd Rogue Agent novel by Karen Miller, the sequel to The Accidental Sorcerer…
James Maxey – Dragonseed the third in his novels of the Dragon Age, which began with Bitterwood…
Mark Chadbourn – Lord of Silence
Chris Evans – A Darkness Forged in Fire part 1 of The Iron Elves, in a regular paperback size
Stephen Baxter – Flood near future sf in which the world is faced with a catastrophe of Biblical proportions
C. C. Finlay – The Demon Redcoat the 3rd in the Traitor to the Crown trilogy…
David Gunn – Maximum Offense the 1st in the Death’s Head military sf series…
Joel Shepherd – Killswitch a Cassandra Kresov novel, in the slightly taller ‘premium edition’
Scott Mariani – The Heretic’s Treasure the 4th in the ‘ancient artifact’ series featuring ex-SAS man, Ben Hope
Max Allan Collins – The Rise of Cobra the film tie-in for the imminent G.I.Joe movie…
James Patterson – The Dangerous Days of Daniel X the 1st in a new series, about a man who can conjure objects out of thin air…
Diana Rowland – Mark of the Demon Kara Gillian has to track down a shape-changing serial killer…
Laurell K. Hamilton – Blood Noir the 13th UK volume featuring Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter!
Warhammer 40,000 – Fallen Angels the latest volume in the Horus Heresy subseries, written by Mike Lee
magazines:
Locus – both May and June issues; I guess I’m up-to-date again at last
Heavy Metal – Summer cover date
Juxtapoz – July cover date
art, etc:
Victoria Frances – Arlene’s Heart a heavily-illustrated short story…
Luis Royo – Dead Moon his latest hardback, with a distinct Eastern feel to some of the art…
Luis Royo – Dead Moon Portfolio 6 full colour illustrations on card, with a further 6 b&w drawings on lighter paper separating the prints…
Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell – The Ultimate Illustrations softcover highlighting their work, in b&w
Ciruelo – Fairies and Dragons; Art is Magic a hardback of a story he’s written which is also fully illustrated by him. Looks very attractive!
Juxtapoz – In the Land of Retinal Delights published in conjunction with the Laguna Art Museum. Softcover full of interesting art…
L. Frank Baum & Walt McDougall with W. W. Denslow – Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz subtitled ‘the complete comic strip from 1904 – 1905‘. This is a very large, full colour hardback containing the original comic strips created near the beginning of the OZ publishing phenomenon. It looks great, and comes in it’s own protective cardboard box, measuring approx 42cm x 47cm. (16.5 x 18.5 inches, or so; very large)
gift:
Brian Sibley & John Howe – The Road Goes Ever On And On new pocket-sized book subtitled The Map of Tolkien’s Middle-earth. It includes a short essay, an index of the more important placenames, and a copy of Howe’s illustrated map, folded into a pocket at the back of the book.
calendars:
H. R. Giger wall calendar
Star Trek (the original series) wall calendar
New Titles – w/e 20th June 2009
in hardback:
David Drake – In the Stormy Red Sky the 7th in the RCN series, featuring Lt. Leary
Warren Fahey – Fragment life on a remote Pacific island has been evolving separately for millions of years…
Jonathan L. Howard – Johannes Cabal the Necromancer a graverobber gambles with the devil to regain his soul… the short extract on the back makes it sound a bit like Robert Rankin, or similar, although I had thought it was meant to be a bit more serious in tone…
Torchwood – Bay of the Dead by Mark Morris and The House That Jack Built by Guy Adams. The latest 2 budget hardbacks of the Doctor Who spin-off show…
in large format:
Chris Wooding – Retribution Halls his first novel since The Fade, which I enjoyed. This is a Tale of the Jetty Kay, which is the name of a rogue trading and occasional pirate ship of the skies, preying on other airships and evading the Coalition Navy vessels patroling the skyways…
David Wellington – 23 Hours his latest vampire novel
in ‘B’ format:
David Bilsborough – A Fire in the North the 2nd of the Annals of Lindorman; the first was The Wanderer
Hal Duncan – Escape From Hell short novel about 4 sinners and their attempt to break out of hell.
I should have had both these books a while ago. Minor hiccup somewhere in the ordering system, I’m afraid.
in paperback:
S. J. Day – Eve of Destruction the 2nd in the series that began with Eve of Darkness
Alex Archer – Sacrifice the 18th Rogue Angel adventure
magazines:
Black Static #11 cover date June/July
New Titles – w/e 13th June 2009
In hardback:
Mark L. Van Name – Overthrowing Heaven the 3rd in his Jon & Lobo series, about a nanotech-enhanced orphan and his intelligent assault vehicle!
Laurell K. Hamilton – Skin Trade the UK hardcover of the latest Anita Blake adventure…
Charlaine Harris – Dead and Gone the UK hardback of the latest Sookie Stackhouse adventure – now a tv series called Trueblood!
John Crowley – Four Freedoms novel set in and around a wartime aircraft factory; a bit of a change from the previous book!
in large format:
Kevin J. Anderson – The Edge of the World part 1 of Terra Incognita, his new series. It looks fun…
Poul Anderson – Rise of the Terran Empire book 1 of the collections gathering together all his Technic Civilization Saga stories…
Fred Saberhagen – Of Berserkers, Swords & Vampires a collection giving an overview of his long career, with an introduction by his wife, Joan.
Jaine Fenn – Consorts of Heaven sequel, or companion volume to Principles of Angels, just out in ‘B’ format…
in ‘B’ format:
Tim Stretton – The Dog of the North book 1 of the Annals of Mondia. The Lady Isola is kidnapped as part of a plan by a brigand determined to take the city of Croad…
Ian C. Esslemont – Return of the Crimson Guard a 2nd book by the co-creator of the world of the Mazalan Empire, probably better known through Steven Erikson’s novels…
Charlaine Harris – Dead Until Dark now with a tv series tie-in cover. (Her Sookie Stackhouse books are being adapted as the series Trueblood)
Jaine Fenn – Principles of Angels set on the floating city of Kersh
in paperback:
David Weber – By Schism Rent Asunder the sequel to Armageddon Reef, about a lost colony
Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner – Juggler of Worlds the sequel to Fleet of Worlds, set some time before Ringworld…
Melinda Snodgrass – The Edge of Reason an ages-long secret war between the Old Ones and the Lumina sweeps up policeman Richard Oort in it’s fighting…
Holly Lisle – Hawkspar a sequel to Talyn, in her series set in the world of Korre
Caitlin Kittridge – Street Magic the 1st in her new Black London series of urban fantasies…
Star Trek - Open Secrets the latest adventure by Dayton Ward, featuring the USS Vanguard. Here at last, it sould have been out a month ago…
Deathlands – Eden’s Twilight the 68th (I think) in the post-apocalyptic series by James Axler
art, etc:
Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean – Crazy Hair children’s picture book about a girl’s attempt to tame her dad’s hair!
Juxtapoz – June cover date
Heavy Metal – Requiem Resurrection #1 by (Kevin?) Mills & Ledroit
Zombie Tales #4 – This Bites the latest collection from Boom!
Supernatural – Rising Son a prequel to the Supernatural tv series; but why have they sent me a graphic novel from Wildstorm at all?
magazines:
SFX – #104
Newtype – March and April issues
audio:
Doctor Who – Enemy of the Daleks full cast audio drama; Big Finish #121
Stargate SG1 – First Prime episode 2.1 from Big Finish
David Eddings
Apparently David Eddings died yesterday, aged 77.
I wasn’t a fan of his, but at his peak he was certainly the top selling fantasy author of the 1980s. Sales of the Mallorean and the Belgariad were immense, and (rarely for a 10 book cycle) sales grew with every volume published.
A lot of fans will miss him.
New Titles – w/e 6th June 2009
in hardback:
Tanya Huff – The Enchantment Emporium the first in a new urban fantasy series, set in Calgary. Looks interesting
Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos – Medusa the 8th Kurt Austin (agent of NUMA) adventure,
in large format:
Charles DeLint – Medicine Road Two bluegrass musicians and their magical adventures as they tour the South West. With b&w iIllustrations by Charles Vess
Sean Williams – all 3 books of The Books of the Cataclysm trilogy, consisting of The Crooked Letter, The Blood Debt and The Hanging Mountains they look good!
Peter F. Hamilton – The Temporal Void should have been in a little bit earlier…
in ‘B’ format:
Mark Chadbourn – The Burning Man book 2 of Kingdom of the Serpent
Margaret Elphinstone – Hy Brasil restock of a great alternate history book!
in small format!
Ben Moor – More Trees to Climb 3 short stories based on his sell-out fringe perfomances; the title story, Not Everything is Significant & A Supercollider for the Family.
in paperback:
Ian Douglas – Semper Human the final volume of the Inheritance Trilogy
Tanya Huff – Valor’s Trial the 3rd Confederation novel
Elizabeth Bear – Ink and Steel the first of the 2-book Stratford Man pair, themselves part of the Promethean Age…
Jenna Rhodes – The Dark Ferryman the 2nd of the Elven Ways series, and the sequel to The Four Forges
John G. Wright - Null-A Continuum a sequel to the classic novels by A. E. VanVogt!
James Rollins – The Last Oracle the 5th adventure featuring the Sigma Force
Gabriel Hunt – Hunt; At the Well of Eternity the 1st in a new a action series, which seems to be a bit like an updated Doc Savage adventuring around the world!
Kat Richardson – Greywalker 1st in a new series featuring Harper Blaine; a ‘greywalker’ who can see much more than normal people!
Jeffrey J. Mariotte – Cold Black Hearts horror in new Mexico!
Cheyenne McCray – Demons not Included the first Night Tracker novel, feraturing a half-human private eye (by day) who is also a demon tracker by night!
David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (editors) – Year’s best SF 14 their annual collection covering the year 2008
Denise Little (editor) – Swordplay fantasy anthology…
Dragonlance – The Forest King the 4th in The Anvil of Time series, by Paul B. Thompson
Forgotten Realms – City of the Dead the 4th in the new series of Waterdeep, written by Rosemary Jones
Warhammer 40,000 – The Killing Ground an Ultramarine adventure by Graham McNeill
art, etc:
David Macauley – Motel of the Mysteries illustrated book about a future archeologist excavating the America of 1985 (when the book first appeared). He gets it completely wrong and the b&w art illustrates his misconceptions!
Jay Strongman – Tiki Mugs: Cult Artifacts of Polynesian Pop heavily illustrated look at the subject!
Easter Island Desktop Heads
Newly in!
Every desk or mantle piece should have a set!
New Titles – w/e 30th May 2009
in hardback:
Joe Abercrombie – Best Served Cold Springtime in Siyria means war…
Carlos Ruiz Zafon – The Angels Game a sequel to The Shadow of the Wind, translated by Lucia Graves
Laurell K. Hamilton – Skin Trade the 17th UK Anita Blake novel…
Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers (editors) – The Vorkosigan Companion all about The Universe of Lois Mcmaster Bujold, as it’s subtitled…
in large format:
Kenneth Robeson – The Avenger #1 Two novels from the creator of Doc Savage; Justice, Inc. (which is the collective name of his vigilante sidekicks) and The Yellow Horde
in ‘B’ format:
Ray Bradbury – We’ll Always Have Paris his latest short story collection
John Drake – Flint and Silver set before the events of Robert Luis Stevenson’s Treasure Island…
in paperback:
Liz Williams – Winterstrike Martian adventure!
Kevin J. Anderson – The Ashes of Worlds the 7th and final book of The Sago of Seven Suns
R. A. Salvatore – The Highwayman reprint from 2004; the 1st volume of The Saga of the First King. Not a Forgotten Realms novel.
Robert Buettner – Orphan’s Triumph the 5th and final book in the series that began with Orphanage
Eric Brown – Xenopath the 2nd of his Bengal Station novels, the sequel to Necropath
Wen Spencer – Endless Blue where had the long-lost spaceship been? Why was it’s drive covered in coral!?
A. J. Menden – Tekgrrl Mindy returns to Earth and joins the Elite Hands of Justice superhero team…
Chris Evans – A Darkness Forged in Fire the 1st in the Iron Elves series…
Lori Devoti – Amazon Ink an Amazon warrior and her grandmother are living quietly, running a tattoo shop in Madison, WI…
Laurell K. Hamilton – Blood Noir using the US numbering, this is the 16th Anita Blake adventure…
Georgia Evans – Bloody Good the 1st in a new series; duringWW2, the Nazi agents infiltrating England aren’t just fascists, they’re vampires!
Jacqueline Carey – Kushiel’s Mercy the 3rd in the Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy; the 6th overall…
Kelly McCullough – Mythos the 4th in the series that began with Webmage…
Jes Battis – A Flash of Hex the sequel to Night Child andf the 2nd OSI novel…
Phaedra Weldon – Wraith the 1st Zoe Martinique Investigation. She can control her out-of-body experiences enough to hire herself out as a spy…
Jim Butcher – Furies of Calderon the 1st in his Codex Alara series, now out in the UK…
C. E. Murphy – Urban Shaman, Thunderbird Falls & Coyote Dreams the first 3 of the Walker Papers, about a novice Skinwalker and the Wild Hunt
Andre Norton – Star Flight omnibus containing the two 50s novels The Stars are Ours and Star Born
Esther Friesner (editor) – Witch Way to the Mall the latest Chicks in Chainmail fantasy collection…
Greg Loomis – Coptic Secret the 4th of his ancient artifact horror novels…
Jack Ketchum – Cover horror
James Barrington – Timebomb thriller
Star Trek – Troublesome Minds the latest adventure featuring the original (Classic) crew, written by Dave Galanter
art, etc:
Jim Silke – The Art of Robert A. Maguire the art of one of the classic pulp illustrators…
Phillipe Bouchet (AKA ‘Manchu‘ ) – Manchu Sketchbook mainly sf sketches in b&w and colour…
Olivier Vatine – Vatine Sketchbook mainly girls and monsters!
magazines:
Heavy Metal – July cover date
Juxtapoz – issue 100! May cover date
Illustration – issue 26
Locus – April cover date, issue 579
toys, etc:
The Desktop Heads of Easter Island These are great! A box with four little stone heads in it, shaped like the classic Easter Island heads!
New Titles – w/e 23rd May 2009
in hardback:
Dubravka Ugresik - Baba Yaga Laid an Egg intriguing-looking new take on the old legend, translated from Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursac, Celia Hawkesworth & Mark Thompson
in large format:
Greg Egan – Dark Integers and other stories
Tim Lebbon – The Island a dark fantasy novel of Noreela
Kirsten Imani Kasai – Ice Song 2 separate personalities alternately share a body; this makes the quest they’re on very awkward! Interesting-looking fantasy
Ursula K. LeGuin – Cheek by Jowl 8 essays or talks giving her views on the importance of fantasy literature.
in ‘B’ format:
Scott Andrews – Operation Motherland the latest of The Afterblight Chronicles!
Karel Capek – The Gardener’s Year back in after a lapse of several years; Capek’s look at gardening over the course of the year. Very readable, even by non-gardeners!
in paperback:
Kim Harrison – White Witch, Black Curse the 7th Rachel Morgan adventure…
C. C. Finlay – A Spell for the Revolution the sequel to The Patriot Witch, and part 2 of the Traitor to the Crown trilogy
Greg van Eekhout – Norse Code a genome project identifies Kathy as a descendent of Odin… but she’s already been recruited by the Norse Gods
Rachel Caine – Carpe Corpus the 6th Morganville Vampires book, set on a minor college campus in Texas
Kendra Leigh Castle – Wild Highland Magic 3 American werewolves return to their homeland (it is the Year of Homecoming, after all) and go to rejoin the Clan MacInnes werewolves…
Andy McDermott – The Secret of Excalibur the 3rd ancient artifact adventure featuring Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase
Star Wars – Order 66 the latest Republic Commando novel, by Karen Traviss
art, etc:
Hi-Fructose Collected Edition hardback book of the best of the early issues; this is the book that was issues with extra material in a box a couple of months ago… more copies of the boxed edition is on backorder, but unlikely to be supplied, I’m afraid.
magazines:
Interzone #222 includes fiction by Sean McMullen and an interview with Jim Woodring! Pity the mail failed to deliver it for two days and then, despite my being open, delivered it next door anyway!
