New Titles – w/e 1st November
in hardback:
Jack McDevitt – The Devil’s Eye the 4th Alex Benedict novel…
John Ringo & Travis S. Taylor – Claws That Catch the 4th in the Looking Glass series…
Steve White – St. Anthony’s Fire alien tech helps the Armada crush Drake, and Queen Elizabeth flees to the New World to try to discover it’s source. Dr. Dee and Shakespeare are in her retinue…
Elizabeth Bear – All the Windwracked Stars in the incredibly far future, one city remains…
Jeffrey A. Carver – Sunborn volume 4 of The Chaos Chronicles, which began with Neptune Crossing in, um, 1996 or so, I guess…
in large format:
Kristen Brittain – The High King’s Tomb the sequel to Green Rider and First Rider’s Call
John Scalzi – Agent to the Stars aliens need representation on Earth…
Alison Goodman – The Two Pearls of Wisdom part 1 of a big new fantasy…
Forgotten Realms – The Orc King volume 1 of Transitions by R. A. Salvatore
V – The Original Miniseries re-issue of the novel of the series, by Kenneth Johnson & A. C. Crispin
in ‘B’ format:
Thomas Glavinic – Night Work a man wakes up and finds the world is empty!
Cory Doctorow – Little Brother following a terrorist attack, internet-savvy teenagers fight back against the Dept. of Homeland Security…
in paperback:
Eric Flint & David Weber – 1634 : The Baltic War the latest in Flint’s Ring of Fire/1632 series
Brent Weeks – Shadow’s Edge the 2nd in his Night Angel trilogy…
Mike Shepherd – Intrepid the 6th in his Kris Longknife series
R. M. Meluch – The Sagittarius Command the 3rd in the adventures of the U.S.S. Merrimack
Steven L. Kent – The Clone Elite 4th in the series…
Robert Buettner – Orphan Alliance 4th in the series…
Jack McDevitt – Cauldron the 6th in his Academy series, featuring Priscilla Hutchins
Diana Pharoah Francis – The Black Ship the 2nd Crosspointe novel
Sarah A. Hoyt – Heart and Soul the 3rd in the set that includes with Heart of Light & Soul of Fire
Ed Greenwood – Dark Lord 1st in his new Falconfar fantasy series…
T. A. Pratt - Dead Reign the 3rd in the series that started with Blood Engines…
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter – Firstborn the final part of their Time Odyssey trilogy
Morgan Howell – A Woman Worth Ten Coppers a dead holy man’s bodyguard purchases a slave to carry his pack…
Diana Gabaldon – Lord John and the Private Matter a spin-off from her Outlanders series…
Christopher Anvil – The Trouble With Aliens the 4th volume collecting all his work, compiled by Eric Flint
Lois Mcmaster Bujold – Miles, Mutants & Microbes omnibus volume collecting Falling Free, Diplomatic Immunity & the novelette Labyrinth
Katherine Kurtz – Dernyi Rising first of the Dernyi books; apparently Hollywood have picked it up!
Lawrence Watt-Evans – The Unwilling Warlord 2nd reprint in the series that starts with The Misenchanted Sword
Keri Arthur – Destiny Kills
Devon Monk – Magic to the Bone new series
Laurell K. Hamilton – A Lick of Frost the 6th Meredith Gentry escapade
Dean Koontz – The Darkest Evening of the Year when did he drop the ‘R’?
Robert Dunbar – The Pines horror
Better Off Undead horror anthology edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Daniel M. Hoyt
Clive Cussler - The Chase the first Isaac Bell case. This appears to be the start of a new series and isn’t based around NUMA!
Warhammer – Blood for the Blood God by C. L. Werner and, in ‘B’ format, Witch Hunter, an omnibus by Mathias Thulmann containing Witch Hunter, Witch Finder & Witch Killer
Warhammer 40,000 – Cain’s Last Stand by Sandy Mitchell, featuring Ciaphas Cain
Star Trek – Collision Course a Star Trek Academy novel by William Shatner and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Star Trek – Mere Mortals part 2 of Destiny by David Mack
Star Wars – Rule of Two the 2nd Darth Bane novel, by Drew Karpyshyn
Dragonlance – Amber and Blood part 3 of The Dark Disciple by Margaret Weis
Spider-Man – Requiem by Jeff Mariotte
The 4400 – Wet Work the 2nd novel, by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
art, etc:
Tony Allan – The Mythic Bestiary illustrated guide to all sorts of creatures…
Icons – M. C. Escher budget Taschen book with the best of his art
Icons – H. R. Giger 190 pages of his art, with some text…
Bernie Wrightson – Frankenstein Mary Shelly’s iconic novel, illustrated by Wrightson…
The Dresden Files – Welcome to the Jungle the first graphic novel of the Jim Butcher series, illustrated by Ardian Syaf
Gallery Girls – Santa’s Helpers the latest release from SQP
Warren Ellis – Aetheric Mechanics short b&w steampunk graphic novel
Cthulhu Tales #7
Cthulhu Tales – The Whisper of Madness collecting 3 more stories…
The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West, Reanimator issue #1
magazines:
Heavy Metal Fall 2008 edition
Hi Fructose #9
Illustration #24
Juxtapoz November cover date; ‘the African Art issue’
Locus October cover date
audio:
Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book 7 cds, unabridged
Harlan Ellison – On the Road with Harlan Ellison v.3 audio autobiography…
Doctor Who – The Vengeance of Morbius Eighth Doctor episode 2.8
games:
Monty Python – Python-opoly Monopoly game based around Monty Python and the Holy Grail
posters:
I, Cthulhu – New York wall poster Cthulhu atop the Empire State Building (like King Kong)
New Titles – w/e 25th October
in hardback:
Alan Dean Foster – Quofum his latest Commonwealth novel, setting the scene for his upcoming final Pip & Flinx hardback…
Harry Turtledove – After the Downfall a Nazi officer flees the fall of Berlin and finds himself in a fantasy land…
in paperback:
Ben Bova – The Aftermath three years after The Second Asteroid War…
art, etc:
John Howe – Forging Dragons heavily illustrated softcover from one of the key Lord of the Rings artists…
Buddy Scalera – Men and Boys the latest comic artist’s photo reference guide
Roy Thomas – The Savage Sword of Conan volume 4 the latest big b&w softcover collection…
Greg Lynn – Form big book on architectural design; heavily illustrated, with short fiction from Bruce Streling and J. G. Ballard!
magazines:
Black Static #7
audio:
Doctor Who – Brotherhood of the Daleks Big Finish adventure #114
New Titles – w/e 18th October
in hardback:
Michael Flynn – January Dancer interstellar space opera, described as ‘Sagen meets Eco’!
Mercedes Lackey – Foundation part 1 of Collegium, her new Valdemar series…
F. Paul Wilson – By the Sword the 12th Repairman Jack novel…
Katherine Neville – The Fire the (very) long awaited 2nd half to the story begun in The Eight
R. A. Salvatore – The Pirate King the 2nd book in his Transitions series, set against the Forgotten Realms background. Volume 1 was The Orc King
Andrzej Sapkowski – Blood of Elves the sequel to The Last Wish. Translated by Danusia Stok. Also in l/f
Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book the UK edition of one of the big seasonal titles finally trails in weeks after it officially came out… good thing I had US copies available
Torchwood – Almost Perfect, Pack Animals & Skypoint the latest 3 budget hardbacks inspired by the tv series…
in large format:
Paul McAuley - The Quiet War the blurb reminds me a bit of Schmismatrix, by Bruce Sterling! Tensions between the various Earth colonies elsewhere in the solar system threaten to explode…
Matthew Stover – Caine Black Knife set 30 years after the 2 previous Caine novels…
Barb Hendee – Blood Memories I think this is part 1 of a new Noble Dead cycle…
Richelle Mead – Succubus Dreams the 3rd Georgina Kincaid adventure…
Andrzej Sapkowski – Blood of Elves the sequel to The Last Wish. Translated by Danusia Stok. Also in hardback
Lou Anders (editor) – Fast Forward 2 original anthology with top authors…
H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth – The Watchers Out of Time reissued collection
Kevin J. Anderson (editor) – Blood Lite anthology of humourous horror, with some major names contributing…
Jeffrey E. Barlough – Anchorwick the 5th Western Lights novel
in ‘B’ format:
Stephen Jones (editor) – The Mammoth Book of Best new Horror 19 the latest annual collection
art, etc:
Aranzi Aronzo – The Complete Aranzi Hour mainly comic strips
Chris Ayers – The Daily Zoo the artist drew an animal a day for a year; some of them are pretty strange!
calendars:
Luis Royo wall calendar
Victoria Frances wall calendar
New Titles – w/e 11th October
in hardback:
C. S. Lewis & W. H. Lewis – Boxen subtitled ‘Childhood Chronicles Before Narnia‘. As children, C. S. Lewis and his brother invented and wrote fantasies set in the land of Boxen
The Torchwood Archives behind the scenes of the tv series…
in ‘B’ format:
Helen M. Cabe – Piper modern horror novel based on an updated Pied Piper… Reminds me a bit of Kim Wilkins
Michelle Sagara - Cast in Fury the 4th in the series…
in paperback:
C. J. Cherryh – The Collected Short Fiction fat collection containing the stories from Sunfall and Visible Light with another 15 stories!
Marion Zimmer Bradley & Diana L. Paxson – Priestess of Avalon the latest novel to be set against the same background as The Mists of Avalon
Kim Wilkins – Rosa and the Veil of Gold updating of Russian folk tales – I really liked the hardback a couple of years ago…
Charlaine Harris – An Ice Cold Grave 3rd in her Grave series…
Karen Chance – Midnight’s Daughter the 4th in the series…
Yasmine Galenorn – Dragon Wytch the 4th in her Otherworld series…
Denise Little (editor) – Witch High original anthology about magical kids in high school. Strong line-up of authors…
art, etc:
Iain McCaig – The Art of Iain McCaig big hardback showcasing his art. It includes several envelopes with small inserts of sets of storyboards, etc.
Paul Bonner – The Art of Paul Bonner hardback full of mainly fantasy imagery
Hayao Miyazaki – The Art of Howl’s Moving Castle the art of the animated film…
Boris Artzybasheff – As I See hardback retrospective; reminds me of Hannes Bok a bit, and Jules Pfeiffer!
Matt Dixon – The Fantasy Artist’s Figure Drawing Bible spiral bound h/c with tips, etc. for creating all sorts of characters…
Linda Ravenscroft – How to Draw & Paint Fairyland good, basic advice, and then it seems to jump to quite advanced stuff… but maybe that’s just me… softcover
Paul Bryn Davies – Dragons in Watercolour softcover about art technique
Lynda Barry (editor) – The Best American Comics short strips and excellent stuff, with no superheroes!
Andy Runton – Owly: Tiny Tales the 5th volume of almost wordless stories about Owly, the helpful but shy little owl
Cthulhu Tales #6 from Boom!
Weird Tales issue #350 dated July/August 2008
MiniTreehouse – Bennzi includes Traffic Controller & Yoga Buff, with crocodiles! Vinyl figures from Strangeco
Doctor Who – Time Reef the latest audio adventure from Big Finish; #113
