New Titles – w/e 2nd March 2013
in hardback:
C. Robert Cargill – Dreams and Shadows Ewan and Colby have escaped from the Limestone Kingdom and it’s fey inhabitants. But being back in our world isn’t the end of the story…
in large format:
Frank Chadwick – How Dark the World Becomes life is tough in Crack City, a city in a deep chasm on a remote colony planet…
Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, et al – The Mongoliad: Book Three fat final volume of this historical epic
in ‘B’ format:
John Birminham – Angels of Vengence the 3rd of his Without Warning series, in which the world tries to recover from a devastating energy pulse
Neal Asher – Zero Point the 2nd in The Owner series
Ian Tregellis – The Coldest War the sequel to Bitter Seeds. In the early 60s British Warlocks battle a nefarious Cold War plot…
V. M. Zito – The Return Man following the Outbreak, Homeland Security want him to undertake a mission through the zombie deadlands of the Evacuated States
Weston Ochse – Seal Team 666 America’s special forces eleite against demons!
Francis Knight – Fade to Black Jojan is a pain-mage with a forbidden power…
Stephen King – The Wind Through the Keyhole a stand-alone spin-off of his Dark Tower series
Kim Newman – Jago reprint of the 1991 horror novel, with another 85 pages containing 3 short stories
Justin Gustainis – Play With Fire & Midnight at the Oasis omnibus edition of 2 adventures featuring sleuths Morris & Chastain
Terry Brooks – Wards of Faerie the 1st book of The Dark Legacy of Shannara
Raymond E. Feist – A Crown Imperilled volume 2 of the Chaoswar Saga, the sequel to A Kingdom Beseiged
Gail Z. Martin – Ice Forged the 1st book of her Ascendant Kingdoms Saga
Lisa Tuttle – The Silver Bough great fantasy tale set ina remote Argyleshire town. I really liked the hardback (7 years ago!)
Jasper fforde – The Woman Who Died a Lot the latest Thursday Next case
Tom Holt – Doughnut Theo has lost his job with the Large Hadron Collider but has been left a mysterious box by a Nobel Award-winning physicist friend…
Philip Jose Farmer - The Wind Whales of Ishmael bizarre sequel to Moby Dick!
in paperback:
David Drake – The Road to Danger the latest RCN adventure with Captain Leary
Sarah A. Hoyt – Darkship Thieves Athena flees into space and has to confront the Darkships, which have been terrorising humanity for centuries…
Tony Daniel – Guardian of Night an alien flees his enemies in a hijacked spaceship, seeking asylum with the humans…
A. Bertram Chandler – First Command the 2nd of the omnibus reprints of his John Grimes Saga. Contains 4 novels
Mike Moscoe – The First Casuality reprint of one of his Jump Universe novels from 1999; he’s now better known as Mike Shepherd, author of the Kris Longknife series
Alexey Pehov – Shadow Blizzard the 3rd of the Chronicles of Siala, which began with Shadow Prowler
Christina Henry – Black City the 3rd Black Wings novel; Chicago is infested with vampires and Maddy has to seek aid from her grandfather, Lucifer!
Amber Benson – The Golden Age of Death the 5th Calliope Reaper-Jones adventure, about Death’s daughter
Eileen Rendahl – Dead Letter Day the 3rd adventure for Melina, messenger and go-between for the Underworld
Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee – Mortal the 2nd of the Books of Mortals, after Forbidden
James R. Tuck – Blood and Magick the 3rd adventure fighting monsters for Deacon Oak
James Lovegrove – Age of Voodoo the 5th in his Pantheon series
Heather Graham – The Unseen Texan horror
Star Trek – Devil’s Bargain the latest mission for the original crew, by Tony Daniel
Star Wars – The Last Jedi set after the Coruscent Knights trilogy, almost 2 decades before the initial movie was set
Heather Graham – The Unseen Texan horror
art, etc:
Camilla d’Errico – Helmet Girls: The Art of Cd’E hardcover, both colour & b&w with a strong japanese influence
Heavy Metal – The Movie softcover with art from the film together with background and behind-the-scenes text. Not the graphic novel.
Pierre Gabus & Romuald Reutimann – District 14 anthropomorphic cartoon strip set in early 20th C America; an elephant arrives in New York… b&w hardcover
J.-C. Mezieres & P. Christin- The City of Shifting Waters another adventure for Valerian & Laureline. Softcover
Neil Gaiman & Adam Rex – Chu’s Day children’s book about a small panda with a big sneeze! Hardback
magazines:
Heavy Metal – issue #261
Juxtapoz – March cover date, #146
Locus – February cover date, issue #625; 2012 in review
