Transreal Fiction new Titles – w/e 19th March 2022
in hardcover:
John Scalzi – The Kaiju Preservation Society there are animal righs, and then there are alien, offworld monster rights!
Lucy Kissick – Plutoshine not everybody wants the terraforming of Pluto to go ahead…
Adrian Tchaikovsky – Ogres signed, limited edition. All’s fine until the landlord comes to the village for his rent -you don’t argue with an ogre!
Zoe Gilbert – Mischief Acts Herne the Hunter flees down the centuries, trying to escape his fate. I loved her previous bookl, Folk, back in 2018
Tom Beckerlegge – The Carnival of Ash – Cadenza, the Renaissance city of words and poets may be forced into war with nearby Venice…
Brandon Sanderson – The Way of Kings part 1 nice-looking re-issue of the first volume (in 2 parts) of The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson – The Way of Kings part 2
H. P. Lovecraft – Tales of Terror collection with 9 of his best known stories
in softcover:
Adrian Tchaikovsky – Shards of Earth 80 years after the earth was destroyed, veteranIdris makes a monumental discovery…
Becky Chambers – The Galaxy and ther Ground Within the 4th book in her Wayfarers series, which began with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
David Musgrave – Lambda humanoid aliens are among us, but all they want seems to be rather menial jobs…
Micaiah Johnson – Space Between Worlds the snag to travelling the multiverse is that you can’t visit another timeline if there’s already a ‘you’ there
Terry Miles – Rabbits a hugely popular AR game may have a flaw in it which could destroy everything!
C. F. Barrington – The Blood Isles sequel to The Wolf Mile, about secret bloodthirsty games set in Edinburgh
Josh Winning – The Shadow Glass the son of recently deceased film director Bob Corman (no relation) finds his father’s movie props, etc. have a life of their own!
A. Lee Martinez – The Last Adventure of Constance Verity final book in the fast moving trilogy. CV Saves the World & CV Destroys the Universe both came out very recently
Luke Arnold – Dead Man in a Ditch sequel to The Last Smile in Sunder City. Fetch is a PI and also may be the only man who can restore the magic into the world…
Olga Wojtas – Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Weird Sisters 3rd in the series featuring an ex-pupil of the school Miss Jean Brodie taught at! She thinks the book gave completely the wrong impression!
Brandon Sanderson – The Rhythm of War part 1 the 4th book (excluding 2 novellas) of The Stormlight Archive series
Brandon Sanderson – The Rhythm of War part 2
John Gwynne – The Shadow of the Gods the 1st book in The Bloodsworn series; epic fantasy with a strong Norse feel
Nick Martell – The Kingdom of Liars book 1 of The Legacy of the Mercenary King. Michael is determined to prove his despised father didn’t murder the King’s 9 y.o. son…
Nick Martell – The Two-Faced Queen book 2 of The Legacy of the Mercenary King
Markus Heitz – Aera omnibus of the 10 novella series, The Return of the Ancient Gods first published as e-books a few years ago. Translated by Emily Gunning & Charlie Homewood
Laure Eve – Blackheart Knights modern-day Arthurian adventure
Samantha Shannon – The Mask Falling the 4th novel in her Bone Season series. Signed (bookplate) copies of the h/c still available
Mark Knowles – Argo historical retelling of the Greek myth. King Pelias tricks his nephew (who he thought he had had assasinated as a child) into going on a quest…
Edgar Rice Burroughs – Stories of Mars omnibus including Princess, Gods and Warlord of Mars. The latest in Gollancz‘s Golden Age Masterworks series of classic reprint
Steven R. Southard & Kelly A Harmon (editors) – 20,000 Leagues Remembered 16 stories inspired by Jules Verne‘s classic novel
art, etc:
Iris Compiet – Faeries of the Faultlines expanded edition of the 2017 Kickstarter-funded book with art reminiscent of Brian Froud‘s work. Intros by both Froud & Alan Lee
Sergio Toppi – Primordial Tarot great vibrant artwork on this deck of cards. Full colour
magazines:
Locus – issue # 733 February cover date includes the 2021 Year in Review feature.