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