Hogmanay / New Year
It’s the 31st of December; as ever, I’ll be closing this year late afternoon but will be open until at least 16.00 I expect, and in the shop for a bit after that…
Open again on Saturday at 10.00 as usual.
Closed on Sundays, probably until August!
All the best,
Mike.
New Titles – w/e 3rd January 2009
in hardback:
Robert Rankin – Necrophenia why did the Wartime ‘Ministry for Serendipity’ ask Aleister Crowley to create a homunculus!?
Lord Dunsany – Dean Spanley nice-looking hardback tie-in with the recent film. (Which was very nice; a whimsical look at reincarnation!) Budget price of £10; originally published back in 1936.
Doctor Who – The Eyeless latest little hardback by Lance Parkin…
in large format:
Joe R. Lansdale – Mucho Mojo reprint (not for sale before Saturday)
Justin Gustainis – Evil Ways the 2nd supernatural Morris and Chastain Investigation; the sequel to Black Magic Woman
Adrian Phoenix – In the Blood the sequel to A Rush of Wings
Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy, Frostbite & Shadow Kiss the forst 3 in her Vampire Academy series…
in ‘B’ format:
Betsy Tobin – Ice Land chilly historical fantasy, set in 1000 A.D.
in paperback:
Simon R. Green – The Unnatural Enquirer the 8th Nightside adventure!
Emma Bull – Territory an alternate history of the Gunfight at the OK Corral
Tom Kratman – A Desert Called Peace rebellion on a distant planet, colonised by Earth centuries ago…
Stoney Compton – Russian Amerika alternate history where the Tzar never fell, and Alaska is still Russian!
Gary K. Wolf & Archbishop John J. Myers – Space Vulture pulp adventure featuring efforts to defeat a notorious space pirate!
Karl Schroeder – Queen of Candesce the 2nd in his big-scale sf series, Virga
Chris Becker – Marcher immigration control for multiple parallel universes!
Wayne Barlowe – God’s Demon fantasy set in hell from a top sf/fantasy artist; a demon wants to repent his wicked ways…
John Lambshead – Lucy’s Blade new historical fantasy, set in the time of Queen Elizabeth…
Faith Hunter – Host the 3rd Rogue Mage novel…
Tom Harper - Lost Temple ancient artifact thriller…
Chris Kuzneski – Sign of the Cross another ancient artifact thriller!
Katherine Kurtz – High Dernyi the 3rd in the original Dernyi trilogy…
Douglas Preston – Blasphemy can the new American super-collider actually receive messages from God!? Thriller where big science meets religion head on!
John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow – Jake’s Wake horror, from one of the key ’splatterpunk’ authors!
L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims – Black Cathedral a Department 18 novel, set on an apparently haunted Scottish island…
Greg Cox – Rise of the Lycans a new Underworld novel…
Wonder Woman film tie-in written by S. D. Perry & Britta Dennison
Forgotten Realms – The Fanged Crown the 1st in the new Wilds series…
Star Trek – Sacrifices of War the 3rd in the Errand of Fury trilogy, featuring Kirk and Spock…
audio:
Doctor Wh0 – The Raincloud Man Big Finish adventure #116
New Titles w/e 28th December 2008
in hardback:
Harry Turtledove – The Breath of God the sequel to Beyond the Gap, set in a world where Ice Age glaciers are retreating and new lands becoming accessible…
David Sherman & Dan Cragg – Wings of Hell the 13th Starfist adventure, or 16th, if you include the Force Recon books!
in large format:
Jasper Kent – Twelve dark fantasy set during Napoleon’s Russian campaign in 1812. Mysterious emmisaries appear to help the Russians…
in paperback:
Christopher Golden – The Lost Ones the final book in the Veil trilogy, which I have thoroughly enjoyed!
Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey – Dragon Harper probably the 22nd title overall in the Pern sequence!
Sarah Ash – Tracing the Shadow book 1 of her new series, the Alchymist’s Legacy
Toby Bishop – Airs of Night and Sea the 3rd in his Horsemistress Saga, which began with Airs Beneath the Moon…
Robert Newcomb – Rise of the Blood Royal the 3rd in his Destinies of Blood and Stone series…
Faith Hunter – Bloodring first in the Rogue Mage series; the second came in a couple of week ago, and the 3rd is due next month…
Star Wars – Invincible the 9th and final volume of the Legacy of the Force set, by Troy Denning
magazines:
Locus # 575, December cover date
French Connection Creperie Wagon
It’s been serving crepes to passersby for years.
Good ones!
And now after 14 years the council have refused their licence renewal.
I’m not sure how removing a long-established caterer who’s there in all weathers all year assists their overall plan of improving the Grassmarket as an attractive amenity. In future the Counci apparently plan to licence other vendors for specific events wnen necessary.
The crepe wagon isn’t even meant to stay until the end of the year.
This seems unfair to me and I’ll be off to sign their petition after I lock up.
Unaffected by fire!
The Friday night fire at Khushi’s Restaurant in Victoria Street has led to Victoria Street being closed to traffic, and some shops there may be closed, but Transreal and the rest of the Grassmarket shops are open as usual with no problems.
Khushi's Indian Restaurant
(more pictures on my Flickr account – there’s a link on the right)
Holidays!
As usual, (depending on trade) the shop will shut late afternoon on Christmas Eve and re-open on Saturday, the day after Boxing Day. I shan’t be open on Sunday 28th, though.
Similar arrangements will apply at the New Year.
New Titles – w/e 21st December 2008
in hardback:
Doctor Wh0 – Beautiful Chaos & The Story of Martha the latest 2 hardbacks…
Simon Clark – Vengeance Child
Graham Masterton – Ghost Music
in large format:
Stan Nicholls – Weapons of Magical Destruction the first part of Bad Blood, a new Orcs series…
Sergai Lukyanenko – Last Watch 4th in the series…
Stephen James Walker – Monsters Within unofficial guide to Doctor Who in 2008
in paperback:
Karen Miller – Hammer of God the final part of the Godspeaker trilogy…
K. E. Mills – The Accidental Sorceror the first part of the Rogue Agent series. K. E. Mills is a pseudonym for Karen Miller.
Michael Marshall – Intruders
magazines:
Black Static #8
calendars:
Brian Froud – World of Faerie
Alice Kelley – Fractal Cosmos
audio:
Herman Melville – Moby Dick full cast production on 4 cds
New Titles – w/e 14th December 2008
very slack in the run-up to Christmas (although next week should be better… )
in large format:
Cornelia Funke – Inkheart novel that inspired the new film. 540+ pages
Algernon Blackwood – Three Supernatural Classics slim volume containing the novellas The Willows, The Wendigo and The Listener
The All-Story magazine; reprint from October 1912 which includes Tarzan of the Apes, the first in the series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The other half (almost) consists mainly of stories, etc. by other authors of the time…
Pulp Doubles #9 – The Spider, Master of Men includes two adventures from the 30s, The Spider Strikes and Satan’s Workshop
Paul Chadwick – The Weird Detective Adventures of Wade Hammond a reprint of 10 weird cases from the early 30s! Villainous robots and desperate dames!
World of Warcraft – Night of the Dragon novel by Richard A. Knaak
art. etc:
Rebeca Saray – Feelings gothic art, with some text
Katerina Sokotova – Insomnia gothic-looking art, with some text. Tragic princesses, etc!
Steve Conley – Astounding Space Thrills collecting the comics featuring Argosy Smith!
Fall of Cthulhu – The Gray Man the 3rd graphic novel, collecting the comics together…
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – The Complete Newspaper Dailies – Volume One 1929 – 1930 This looks great! And there’s a very good intro by Ron Goulart.
magazines, etc:
Heavy Metal January cover date
Neo – #53, January cover date
calendars:
Grimm Fairy Tales – Wonderland
New Titles – w/e 7th December 2008
in hardback:
J. K. Rowling – The Tales of Beadle the Bard several short stories referenced in the Harry Potter books, some of the proceeds will go to a childrens charity… on sale Thursday 4th December
James P. Blaylock – The Knights of the Cornerstone his first new novel for years!
in large format:
M. L. N. Hanover – Unclean Spirits the first of a new series called The Black Sun’s Daughter
in ‘B’ format:
Christopher Moore – The Stupidest Angel great little christmas novel; this is the 2nd edition, with the extra chapter, btw.
Henry Gee (editor) – Futures From Nature 100 short stories, many by big name authors, which first appeared in Nature magazine
in paperback:
Harry Turtledove – Opening Atlantis first in a new series about the discovery and colonisation of a large Atlantic island in the 15th C.
Mercedes Lackey (editor) – Moving Targets And Other Tales of Valdemar stories by other authors set in her world of Valdemar
John Zakour – The Flaxen Femme Fatale 6th in the series
Adam Stemple – Steward of Song the sequel to Singer of Souls, again set mainly in Edinburgh
Madeleine Howard – A Dark Sacrifice the 2nd in The Rune of Unmaking series
Glen Cook – Dread Brass Shadows reprint of the 5th Garrett, P.I. adventure
Kim Harrison – The Outlaw Demon Wails the 6th in the series that began with Dead Witch Walking
Faith Hunter – Seraphs the 3rd Rogue Mage novel
Laura E. Reeve – Peacekeeper the 1st Major Ariane Kedros novel; sf about an ex-Major who still accepts mysterious assignments, but her past is catching up with her…
Christopher Forrest – The Genesis Code scientific thriller…
Michael Howe – Trident Force 1st in a new naval black ops series
David Poyer – Korea Strait near-future naval brinksmanship
Martin H. Greenberg & Janet Deaver-Pack (editors) – Catopolis anthology of cat stories…
Kenneth Johnson – V : The Second Generation a sequel to the tv series…
Aliens – No Exit by B. K. Evanson
John Birmingham – Final Impact the 3rd part of his time-slip series about a futuristic naval fleet going back in time to WW2…
art, etc:
Luis Royo – Sketches volume 3 the latest small book of his art…
audio:
Doctor Who – Forty-Five Big Finish adventure #115, featuring Sylvester McCoy & Sophie Aldred
