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!
New Titles – w/e 16th May 2009
in hardback:
Alan Dean Foster – Flux Transcendent the 9th and final Pip & Flinx adventure! (although there are other novels set in the Commonwealth… )
Tom Holt – May Contain Traces of Magic the perils of owning a satnav!
Primeval – Fire and Water the latest budget hardback from the monstrous ITV series! Written by Simon Guerrier
in large format:
Margaret Elphinstone – The Gathering Night prehistoric Scotland, and a tsunami has struck…
Brian Ruckley – Fall of Thanes
in ‘B’ format:
Alan Campbell – Iron Angel the sequel to Scar Night
Robert V. S. Redick – The Red Wolf Conspiracy volume 1 of The Chathrand Voyage. I really enjoyed the hardcover. An ancient sailing ship on an important trade and diplomatic mission, crewed by hundreds, with as many passengers…
Tom Holt – The Better Mousetrap When is a door not a door? That reminds me of Rule of the Door by the late Lloyd Biggle jr.
Stan Nicholls - Weapons of Magical Destruction volume 1 of his new series, Orcs: Bad Blood
Ursula K. LeGuin - Lavinia the story of one of the characters in the Aeneid
Alison Goodman – The Two Pearls of Wisdom new fantasy novel; the 2008 winner of the Aurealis Award (from Australia)
Joseph D’Lacey - Garbage Man a ‘rubbish’ horror novel! 
Anne Forbes – Firestar another ‘Contempory Kelpie‘ Scottish YA fantasy book, and the 4th in the author’s Dragonfire series featuring Neil, Clara & Lewis…
Warhammer 40,000 – The Grey Knights Omnibus by Ben Counter, consisting of Grey Knights, Dark Adaptus & Hammer of Daemons
in paperback:
Ken MacLeod – The Night Sessions mystery set in future Edinburgh…
Jack Campbell – Relentless the 5th Black Jack Geary adventure of The Lost Fleet, as he continues to try to steer the fleet home through enemy space…
Sean Williams – The Grand Conjunction the 3rd volume in his Astropolis series…
Colleen Gleason – The Bleeding Dusk historical, romantic vampire novel… volume 3 of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles , volumes 1 & 2 are in stock now; The Rest Falls Away and Rises the Night.
Christine Feehan – Burning Wild the sequel to Fever, about a leopard-changer. A wereleopard, I guess.
Keri Arthur – Generation 18 a Spook Squad thriller…
Nina Harper – Succubus in New York sequel to Succubus in the City
Michelle Rowen – Stakes & Stilettos tag line is ‘bitten is the new black’!
Warhammer – Knight of the Realm a new adventure set in Britonnia, written by Anthony Reynolds
art, etc:
Joe Jusko – The Art of Joe Jusko thick hardback, full of colour art (and some preliminary b&w sketches) from all sorts of projects. Looks great!
Ben Dunn – How to Draw More… Pirates softcover
Jon J. Muth & John Kirkwood – Stonecutter nice little hardcover, with b&w work by Muth illustrating words by Kuramoto…
Ashley Wood – Ashley Wood’s Art of Metal Gear Solid
magazines:
SFX – June coverdate…
audio:
Torchwood – In the Shadows a 2-cd adventure for the team written by Joseph Lidster
Fall of Thanes update
The books arrived, Brian came and signed them, and most of the ones already paid for were mailed off on Friday or Saturday.
A couple of parcels will get sent on Monday.
Most people should get their copies by the end of next week…
New Titles – w/e 9th May 2009
in hardback:
China Mieville – The City & the City mystery in a mysterious city…
John Macro – Starfinder the first Skylords novel, set in a land of airships and dragons…
Michael Z. Williamson – Contact With Chaos an industrial exploration ship discovers aliens on a distant planet…
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Cemetery Dance the latest outing for Special Agent Pendergast
in paperback:
John Scalzi – Zoe’s Tale latest novel from the author of Old Man’s War…
Mark L. Van Name – Slanted Jack the sequel to One Jump Ahead, again featuring Jon & Lobo
Brandon Sanderson – The Hero of Ages the 3rd in the Mistborn trilogy. His next book should be the 12th in The Wheel of Time series, bring to a conclusion the long-running series by the late Robert Jordan
David Keck – In a Time of Treason the sequel to In the Eye of Heaven
Poul Anderson – To Outlive Eternity 7 stories – 700 pages!
Terminator: Salvation novelisation of the new Terminator film, by Alan Dean Foster
Steve Alten – The Loch ‘premier’ format edition about the horror of the Loch Ness Monster!
James A. Moore – Deeper sea-based horror
Liam Jackson – The Keys of Solomon ancient artifact thriller; sequel to Offspring
S. J. Day – Eve of Darkness 1st in a new series of urban horror…
magazines:
H.P.Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror issue #4
