New Titles – w/e 1st March
in hardback:
Raymond E. Feist – Wrath of a Mad God the 3rd book in the Darkwar set, following on from Flight of the Nighthawks and Into a Dark Realm
in hardback:
John Varley – Rolling Thunder the 3rd in the set that began with Red Lightning, jumped a generation to Red Thunder and now jumps again to the next generation of Mars colonists and their endeavours…
R. A. Salvatore – The Ancient book 1 of The Saga of the First King, which is set earlier in time in the world of the Demon Wars Saga
Kim Harrison – The Outlaw Demon Wails the 6th book in the Rachel Morgan series; the first to be issued in hardback…
Peter Cannon – The Lovecraft Chronicles signed & numbered hardbacks containing 3 stories about HPL himself…
in large format:
Tad Williams – Shadowplay the 2nd in his Shadowmarch series…
Dave Duncan – The Alchemist’s Code the sequel the The Alchemist’s Apprentice, which came in last week in paperback
Mark Henry – Happy Hour of the Damned humourous novel set among Seattle’s undead scene
Franklyn Searight – Lair of the Dreamer a Cthulhu Mythos omnibus. 10 stories.
David Conyers & John Sunseri – The Spiraling Worm subtitled Man vs the Cthulhu Mythos
in ‘B’ format:
China Mieville – Un Lun Dun his YA novel about an alternative London…
Tom Piccirilli – Hellboy: Emerald Hell
in paperback:
John Ringo & Travis S. Taylor – Von Neumann’s War alien nanotech invades Earth! I enjoyed this in hardback…
Steven Erikson – Gardens of the Moon budget re-issue of part 1 of the epic Mazalan Book of the Fallen
Liz Williams – Bloodmind sf; war on a distant planet
Jeffrey Thomas – Blue Water the 2nd Punktown novel; it looks quite interesting so I may have to take a closer look at the first one (Deadstock)
George Mann (editor) – The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction volume Two original anthology of brand new sf
Warhammer – Ancient Blood
Warhammer 40,000 – Wolf’s Honour a Space Wolf novel
Warhammer 40,000:The Horus Legacy – Legion: Secrets and Lies
art, etc:
Aly Fell & Duddlebug – Erotic Fantasy Art hardcover
Tony Millionaire – Maakies With the Wrinkled Edges latest collection of daily strips…
Roy Thomas – The Savage Sword of Conan volume 2 2nd omnibus collecting the comics
Hub – Okko: The Cycle of Water Japanese fgantasy graphic novel… looks good
Breene, Pieper & Templesmith – Not Human book one of The Age of Insects
Black & White Images – Fourth Annual Collection images from the Vadeboncoeur Collection back in stock
magazines:
Locus both the January and February issues (564 & 565)
Black Static #3 new fiction
Juxtapoz
Neo #43
Fall of Cthulhu #10
Gothic & Lolita Bible – #26
Doc Savage #14 – includes The Man of Bronze and The Land of Terror
The Shadow #15 – contains The Shadow Unmasks and The Yellow Band
audio:
Doctor Who – The Condemned #105 from Big Finish!
Flatland Movie Premier! 27th March!
As part of the Science Festival this year – programmes available in the shop soon – Transreal Fiction is sponsoring the UK Premiere of a new animated feature length film of Flatland!
It’s part of a ‘Maths at the Movies’ mini-season at Filmhouse, which will also include Pi and Cube. More details available from Filmhouse or from the organisers, ICMS.
Films will start at 17.45 and will have film and maths experts leading discussions after each film for those who wish to stay on for a little. And there’s a chance the shop will have to shut a little early so I can catch Flatland, at least!
Flatland is, of course, the famous novel by Edwin A. Abbott set in two dimensions…
New Titles – w/e 23rd February
in hardback:
Felix Gilman – Thunderer new fantasy; looks interesting…
in large format:
Stephen Baxter – Weaver the 4th volume of Time’s Tapestry
Kay Kenyon – Bright of the Sky book 1 of The Entire and the Rose, a new, weird-sounding background, 2-part series. I’ve always enjoyed her previous sf titles
J. M. McDermott – Last Dragon new fantasy from Wizards of the Coast, although it doesn’t appear to be related to any of their gaming systems…
L. A. Banks – The Darkness the 10th in the series
in ‘B’ format:
Steven Gould – Jumper: Griffin’s Story a tie-in novel to accompany the new film, but from Griffin’s point of view, not David’s…
John Meaney – Bone Song
in paperback:
Dave Duncan – The Alchemist’s Apprentice 1st in a new fantasy series featuring the apprentice of Nostrodamus
Moira J. Moore – Heroes Adrift 3rd in her light fantasy series that began with Resenting the Hero
Rob Thurman – Madhouse 3rd in the series that began with Nightlife
Sarah J. Hoyt – Heart of Light high fantasy set in a fantastical Victorian Empire
Paul Di Filippo – Harp, Pipe & Symphony the story of Thomas Rhymer
Sharon Shinn – The Shape-Changer’s Wife a reprint of her 1st novel…
Roger MacBride Allen – Final Enquiries the 3rd BSI Starside case…
Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Maelstrom sequel to Changelings, the 2nd book of The Twins of Petaybee
Ann Aguirre – Grimspace Jax has the rare ability to jump spaceships through space. Things don’t go well…
Anton Strout – Dead to Me features a new recruit to the underfunded Dept.of Extraordinary Affairs…
Harry Harrison – Planet of the Damned classic reprint
Greg Loomis – The Sinai Secret ancient artifact thriller
Kelley Armstrong – No Humans Involved 7th in her Women of the Otherworld series…
Christopher Golden – Wildwood Road ghost story
Michael Laimo – Fires Rising horror
Rochard Laymon – Cuts horror
Jack Ketchum, Richard Laymon & Edward Lee – Triage three novellas which all have the same starting point…
Stephen King – Blaze the UK edition
James Axler – Grailstone Gambit the 37th Outlanders adventure!
Doctor Who – Revenge of the Judoon novella by Terrance Dicks
audio:
Doctor Who – Return of the Daleks the 5th Big Finish bonus disc
New Titles – w/e 16th February
in hardback:
Elizabeth Moon – Victory Conditions the 5th and concluding volume of Vatta’s War
Paul Malko – Singularity’s Ring hundred’s of years after an event, the Earth has a ring, people are venturing off-planet again and still nobody knows what happened to 90% of the population…
Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret novel consisting of prose sections together with pages (or double pages) of b&w drawings detailing the characters and situations. Looks very nice.
large format:
Michael Moorcock – Elric: The Stealer of Souls volume 1 in the Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melnibone. An omnibus containing The Stealer of Souls and Stormbringer, together with associated essays, articles and early artwork
Robert V. S. Redick – The Red Wolf Conspiracy new fantasy set at sea; looks good!
in ‘B’ format:
Andrzej Sapkokski – The Last Wish Polish fantasy which has been well-received in l/f
Greg Egan more re-issues -
Axiomatic
Distress &
Teranesia
in paperback:
Robert J. Sawyer – Rollback decoding alien messages and anti-aging treatments going wrong…
Sandra McDonald – The Outback Stars very Australian sf!
Herbie Brennan – The Purple Emperor the sequel to Faerie Wars and Ruler of the Realm
Kathleen Bryan – The Serpent and the Rose the 1st in The War of the Rose trilogy. Fantasy.
Paul Park – The White Tyger the 3rd in the alternate history Princess of Roumania series, set in Greater Roumania
Mario Acevedo – X-Rated Blood Suckers the sequel to The Nymphos of Rocky Flats fast moving horror adventure
Bruce Starling – Visibility post-war spys and a hidden Nazi legacy in 50s London
Phillip Jennings – Goodbye Mexico a sequel to Nam-o-Rama thriller
Jill Gregory & Karen Tintori – The Book of Names ancient artifact thriller
art, etc:
Victoria Frances – Favole the portfolio. 6 prints in a card case, measuring approx 26 x 38 cm each…
The Art of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos back in after more than a year… edited by Pat Harrigan & Brian Wood
Alex Raymond – His Life and Work excellent overview!
Simon Bisley – Verotik World b&w art
Wally Wood – Wayout great collection of pulp images – they’re mainly interior illos from Galaxy magazine
Fall of Cthulhu – The Fugue the first collection of the Boom! comic series. This reprints the first 5 issues, I think
magazines:
Heavy Metal – Spring issue
cds:
Doctor Who and the Space War
Shop Access in February
The Grassmarket Improvement Project reaches me on Tuesday 12th February.
The pavement will be dug up, various other work done, and then replacement paving will be laid again. This all starts with almost immediate effect. (I found out 10 minutes ago!)
There will be, apparently, guaranteed shop access at all times, although pedestrians will have to walk along a coned off strip of the road when they walk along Cowgatehead and I assume it will be noisy and/or dusty at least some of the time here.
It may take 3 – 4 weeks before everything is finished.
New titles, etc. should arrive as usual and business, in theory, shouldn’t be disrupted.
New Titles – w/e 9th February 2008
In hardback:
Simon S, Green – The Unnatural Inquirer the 8th Nightside book; the first one to come out in hardback…
Kenneth Johnson – V – The Second Generation a belated sequel to the tv series, V. Also in sort cover.
Arturo Perez-Reverte – The Painter of Battles a bit late coming in – I should have had this a while ago…
Arkadi & Boris Strugatski – The Final Circle of Paradise It’s a special order for somebody, but I was pretty surprised to see this old Dobson title was still available!
in large format:
A. Lee Martinez – The Automatic Detective a robot gumshoe in a weird-science town! Looks fun!
Keith Brooke & Eric Brown – Parallax View jointly-written short stories
Kenneth Johnson – V – The Second Generation a belated follow up to the tv series, V. Also in hardback.
in ‘b’ format:
Julie Bertagna – Zenith sequel to Exodus, YA post-global warming adventure…
John Ajvide Lindqvist – Let the Right One In the new girl next door is actually a 200 year old vampire; translated from the 2004 Swedish edition…
Tom Holt – Barking monsters roam the London streets – unicorns, dragons, werewolves, lawyers…
Elizabeth Moon – The Serrano Succession 3rd and final omnibus collecting the 7 book series; contains Change of Command and Against the Odds
Rebecca Stott – Ghostwalk intriguing-looking historical ghost/murder mystery novel set in Cambridge
Charlie Huston – Half the Blood of Brooklyn 3rd Joe Pitt vampire adventure
Greg Egan reprints of
Diaspora
Luminous
Permutation City
Quarantine and
Schild’s Ladder
More to follow shortly!
in paperback:
Chris Roberson – The Dragon’s Nine Sons an alternate history where the empires of Imperial China and Mexica battle for Mars…
Ian Douglas – Star Strike book 1 of The Inheritance Trilogy, which appears to be a continuation of The Legacy Trilogy. Military sf
Katharine Kerr – The Spirit Stone book 5 of The Dragon Mage; book 13 of the Deverry sequence overall
Steven Pressfield – The Afghan Campaign a novel based on Alexander the Great’s campaing to Afghanistan and beyond, before he turned south to India
Jennifer Rardin – Biting the Bullet the 3rd Jaz Parks novel…
Sherrilyn Kenyon – Dream Chaser the latest Dream-Hunter novel
audio:
Max Brooks – World War Z – an oral history of the Zombie War on 5 cds at a budget price!
Doctor Who – The Bride of Peladon adventure #104 from Big Finish
Doctor Who – And the Brain of Morbius read by Tom Baker
magazines:
Doc Savage #13 includes the stories Brand of the Werewolf and Fear Kay by Kenneth Robeson
