New Titles – w/e 24th December 2020
The last new titles I’ll be able to sell over the counter this year.
in large format:
Courttia Newland – A River of Time
in ‘B’ format:
David Annandale – Curse of Honor adventure based on The Legend of the Five Rings game
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shop opening times this week
Tues : 12.00 – 17.00
Wed: 12.00 – 17.00
Thurs: 12.00 – 15.00
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Re-open on the 19th January 2021
(at the earliest)
New Titles – w/e 19th December 2020
[Festive opening hours at the foot of this post]
in hardcover:
Jeff Vandermeer – Ambergris omnibus edition of his trilogy consisting of City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword & Finch
in large format:
Emma Melville – Journeyman: An Inspector Marshall Mystery weird, generation-spanning pagan rites at the heart of a rural murder investigation…
Glen Cook – The Best of GC 18 Stories from across his career
Robert E. Hampson & Sandra L. Medlock (editors) – The Founder Effect anthology set aboard the first colonising starship as it leaves the solar system in 2185 CE with it’s 10,000 passengers. Contibutors include Jody Lynn Nye & David Weber
Nick Mamatas (editor) – Wonder & Glory Forever subtitled Awe-Inspiring Lovecraftian Fiction. A dozen stories, almost all from the last 20 years although it includes The Shadow Over Innsmouth by HPL & The City of the Singing Flame by CAS
in ‘B’ format:
Benedict Jacka – Forged the eleventh Alex Verus adventure!
Amanda Hocking – The Morning Flower Omte Origins volume 2, a sequel series to her Trylle trilogy
John Brunner – The Society of Time omnibus edition of 5 novellas, 3 of which ( Spoil of Time, The Word Not Written & The Fulness of Time ) make up his Society of Time sequence set 400 years after the Spanish Armada was successful). Issued by the British Library in their Science Fiction Classics series
Murray Leinster – Sidewise in Time a Golden Age Masterworks volume with 10 of his best known stories
John Sladek – The Complete Roderick an SF Masterworks book, containing Roderick & Roderick at Random. Not new, but a long time since I’ve stocked it
Chris Lynch – The George Konstinen Mystery the latest Doctor Who Lethbridge-Stewart Bloodlines adventure!
Clelia Farris – Creative Surgery collection of 7 stories from this Sardinian sf author, translated from Italian by Rachel Cordasco & Jennifer Delare
art, etc:
magazines:
Locus – December cover date, issue # 719
McSweeney’s – Issue # 61 almost the latest hardcover edition of the literary magazine!
McSweeney’s – Issue # 62 the latest issue, titled The Queer Fiction Issue
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Christmas shop opening hours
15th – Tues: 12.00 – 17.00
16th – Wed: 12.00 – 17.00
17th: Thurs: 12.00 – 17.00
18th – Fri : 12.00 – 17.00
19th – Sat 11.00 – 17.00
20th – Sunday closed
21st – Mon: 12.00 – 17.00
22nd – Tues: 12.00 – 17.00
23rd – Wed: 12.00 – 17.00
24th – Thurs: 12.00 – 15.00
Closed until
5th January 2021 – Tuesday: 12.00 – 17.00
Seasonal Opening Hours
My very best wishes to all my customers who have supported me this trying year. And also those who haven’t been able to as well! Times are strange and everybody’s circumstances are different. Whatever your situation. I hope you all enjoy the Season and remain suitably socially distanced where appropriate!
For the first time since I opened back in April 1997 I’ll be closing the shop between Christmas and New Year but I will be back on the 5th January 2021. Hopefully I’ll feel it’s worth opening longer hours again by the time Spring comes…
Christmas shop opening hours will be
15th – Tues: 12.00 – 17.00
16th – Wed: 12.00 – 17.00
17th: Thurs: 12.00 – 17.00
18th – Fri : 12.00 – 17.00
19th – Sat 11.00 – 17.00
20th – Sunday closed
21st – Mon: 12.00 – 17.00
22nd – Tues: 12.00 – 17.00
23rd – Wed: 12.00 – 17.00
24th – Thurs: 12.00 – 15.00
Closed until
5th January 2021 – Tuesday: 12.00 – 17.00
New Titles – w/e 12th December 2020
in large format:
S. J. Morden – Gallowglass in 2069 as climate change grips the Earth, people are desperate to reach, and to stay, in space…
in ‘B’ format:
James Islington – The Light of All That Falls the climax of his Licanius Trilogy
Brent Weeks – The Burning White the 5th in his Lightbringer quintet of epic fantasy novels. Includes a 9 page precis of the previous books!
Tyler Whiteside – The Last Lies of Ardor Benn the 3rd in his Kingdom of Grit trilogy, after The Thousand Deaths of AB & The Shattered Realm of AB
K. B. Wagers – There Before the Chaos ist in her new Farian War trilogy, a sequel to the recent Indranan War
Ian McDonald – Desolation Road his 1st novel (from 1988) which made his reputation as an author to watch. Now issued in the SF Masterworks series by Gollancz
Justina Robson (editor) – After the War: The Tales of Catt and Fisher subtitled The Art of theSteal 4 related novellas by Freda Warrington, Juliet E. Mckenna, K. T. Davies & Adrian Tchaikovsky
art, etc:
John Walsh – Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film large heavily illustrated h/c
Gil Rambaud Richard – The Battle: Book 1/3 full colour re-telling of the Battle of Essling, when Napoleon crosses the Danube after winning at Austerlitz…
Andi Watson – The Book Tour award-winnibg b&w tale of an author’s troubles as he tries to promote his new book…
magazines:
Hi-Fructose – issue # 67
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shop opening hours are currently
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Sat 11.00 – 17.00
or by arrangement
New Titles – w/e 5th December 2020
in hardcover:
Hjoerleifur Helgi Stefansson – Icelandic Folk Tales 25 stories, with 30 b&w illustrations
art, etc:
Frank Herbert – Dune the Graphic Novel: Book 1 adapted by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson with art by Paul Allen & Patricia Martin. Full colour h/c. Book 2, Muad’dib, is due in Spring
Jeff Vandermeer – Wonderbook excellent, heavily illustrated book on how to be creative. Revised edition, back in stock
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And that’s it! One of the slackest weeks for new titles I can remember. Other re-stock & requests came in, of course! Next week ought to be better, but that remains to be seen.
Also, I’ll mention here that Transreal Fiction is likely to be closed from mid-afternoon on Christmas Eve until the 5th January. I’ve not decided definitely yet, but it’s more than likely!
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shop opening hours are currently
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Sat 11.00 – 17.00
or by arrangement
New Titles – w/e 28th November 2020
in hardcover:
Ernest Cline – Ready Player Two the sequel to Ready Player One!
R. F. Kuang – The Burning God sequel to The Poppy War & The Dragon Republic. volume 3 of The Poppy War
Django Wexler – Ashes of the Sun volume 1 of his new series Burningblade & Silvereye Gyre seeks revenge on the secretive Twilight Order and to rescue his long lost sister. But she’s become a magic-wielding warrior for the Order!
in large format:
Matthew Medney & John Connelly – Beyond Kuiper attractive looking novel with colour illustrations throughout. Humanity reaches for the stars, and meets the Galactic Star Alliance!
Kimberley Unger – Nucleation a deep space ‘wormhole’engineering project, managed via quantum entanglement from Earth, may have become infested with alien life…
in ‘B’ format:
Mary Robinette Kowal – The Relentless Moon 3rd book in her Lady Astronaut series, which began with The Calculating Stars
Ian Douglas – Star Gods volume 9 of his Star Carrier series
Chuck Wendig – Wanderers this escaped my attention during Lockdown…
R. F. Kuang – The Dragon Republic sequel to The Poppy War. Volume 2 of The Poppy War
James Brogden – Bone Harvest Dennie can’t convince anybody about the srrange new neighbours on the allotment next to her’s…
in paperback:
Eric Flint & Iver P. Cooper – 1636: The China Venture the latest volume of Flint’s 1632/Ring of Fire alternate history series
C. J. Cherryh & Jane S. Fancher – Alliance Rising book 1 of the Hinder Stars, about the back-water space stations between Earth and Pell & Cyteen…
Kalayna Price – Grave War the 8th Alex Craft novel
Mercedes Lackey (editor) – Passages 19 new Valdemar stories from a wide range of authors
art, etc:
Rachel Curtis – Smithsonian Dinosaurs Coloring Book b&w line drawings of all sorts of dinos!
3dtotal Publishing – How to be a Children’s Book Illustrator: A Guide to Visual Storytelling 8 top children’s illustrators contribute short stories suitable for different age groups to illustrate the advice and tips shown. Substantial hardcover, mainly full colour, with some b&w sketches, etc. Ages drawn for = 0 -8 y.o.
Teresa Radice & Stefano Turconi – The Forbidden Harbor b&w nautical adventure set in the early 19thC
Jean-Claude Forest – Barbarella b&w softcover of some of her 1960s adventures, from Humanoids. Limited edition h/c also available
Dan Mazur – Lunatic: A Wordless Story b&w h/c graphic novel about a young girl’s fascination with the Moon
Molly Mercier – How to Alienate Friends & Avoid People: The Lazy Goth Method hardcover of 3 or 4 panel cartoons about the Goth lifestyle!
PS Artbook Softee – Weird Tales of Terror: Horrific full colour softcover collecting issues 4 – 8 (all from 1953) of Horrific
PS Artbook Softee – Planet Comics 2nd full colour softcover collecting issues 7 to 9 (from 1940) of this classic title
magazines:
Illustration – Issue Number Seventy featuring Joe Bowler & Robert Kastel (who did lot more than just the classic Jaws poster art!)
Illustrators – Issue Thirty a feature on Men’s Adventure Magazines with articles on several other artists, including Mort Kunstler & Norman Saunders (who did the Mars Attacks trading cards, and much more)
Illustrators – Crime Comics Special packed with art and info!
Illustrators – The Art of John M. Burns with art from all sorts of comic genres, especially from the 60s & 70s
Locus – issue # 718 cover date November 2020
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Sat 11.00 – 17.00
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New Titles – w/e 21st Novemebr 2020
in hardcover:
Brandon Sanderson – Rhythm of War the eagerly awaited 4th volume of The Stormlight Archive (to/s)
in large format:
Yahtzee Croshaw – Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash sequel to Will Save the Galaxy for Food
art, etc:
Ilan Stavans – A Pre-Columbian Bestiary nice little hardcover with information about 46 Fantastic Creatures of Indiginous Latin America, each with a woodcut-like full page illustration by Eko.
Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs – The Ankh-Morpork Archives: A Discworld Anthology volume II a 2nd volume of facts, etc about Discworld, including many b&w pieces by Paul Kidby of a lot of the series’ characters
magazines:
Interzone – issue # 289
Black Static – issue # 77
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Sat 11.00 – 17.00
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New Titles – w/e 14th November 2020
in hardcover:
D. K. Fields – The Stitcher and the Mute sequel to Widow’s Welcome, which I enjoyed a lot, continuing the many stories found in Fenest, the capital of the Union of Realms
Christelle Dabos – The Memory of Babel volume 3 of The Mirror Vistor series, which began with A Winter’s Promise
Doctor Who – I Am the Master subtitled Legends of the Renegade Time Lord anthology of 6 short stories
in large format:
Larissa Pschetz, Jane McKie & Elise Cachat (editors) – Biopolis: Tales of Urban Biology b&w illustrations by Pilar Garcia de Leaniz. Anthology from the Shoreline of Infinity team, linking up scientists with local authors – akin to their Scotland in Space anthology last year. Pieces of fiction, each followed by a brief article from the relevant expert about the science…
in ‘B’ format:
Christelle Dabos – The Missing of Clairdelune part 2 of The Mirror Vistor series, the sequel to A Winter’s Promise
Alastair Reynolds – Bone Silence the 3rd in his Revenger series
Gwynwth Jones – Bold as Love winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 19 years ago and the latest in the Gollancz SF Masterworks series
Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe (editors) – The Mythic Dream 18 new interpretations of myths by a host of writers, including Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ann Leckie & Arkady Martine
art, etc:
Flesk – Spectrum 27 softcover of the annual look at the best in fantasy art, edited by Katherine Chu & John Fleskes. My hardcover copies are slightly delayed.
Nicky Raven – Beowulf: The Legend of a Hero the Anglo-Saxon epic, retold in prose and heavily illustrated by John Howe. Softcover
Jesse Lonegan – Planet Paradise sf adventure graphic novel on a distant planet. Softcover, full colour
Vincent Berniere & Nicholas Tellop – The Seven Lives of Alejandro Jodorowsky big, heavily illustrated biography from Humanoids of the influential film-maker & graphic novel writer
Michael Dobrzycki – The Art of Drawing Dragons softcover full of ideas and tips for creating dragons and also Mythological Beasts and Fantasy Creatures
Dave McKean
Particle Tarot: Minor Arcana full colour hardcover, back in stock
Squink b&w softcover, back in stock
Signal to Noise CD – the radio adaptation of the Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean collaboration, with a full colour booklet in a cardboard box signed by the artist
Postcard From Barcelona
Postcard From Brussels
Postcard From Bilbao
Postcard From Paris
Postcard From Perugia
Postcard From Praha
Postcard From Venice
Postcard From Vienna
a series of neat little square hardcovers, each with 48 pages of sketches made in the various places he has visited. No Edinburgh one, sadly.
magazines:
Heavy Metal – issue # 301 featuring Tanino Liberatore, Dylan Sprouse and many more!
gift:
Cthulhu: The Ancient One Tribute Box hefty little figurine on a stand, together with an illustrated page booklet about The Ancient One
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Sat 11.00 – 17.00
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New Titles – w/e 7th November 2020
in hardcover:
Kate Mascarenhas – The Thief on the Winged Horse new novel from the author of the excellent The Psychology of Time Travel. The Kendricks have been making dolls for generations, and any one of them can inspire a particular emotion…
W. Michael Gear – The Alpha Enigma Prisoner Alpha speaks an unknown language and her doodles (writing?) are also inexplicable. Mysterious forces want to rescue her, and there’s something strange about a dig in the Nile valley…
Robert Jackson Bennett – In the Shadows of Men limited edition, signed & numbered horror novella from Subterranean Press.
Lewis Carroll – Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass the classic novels, both illustrated in an almost linocut style by Floor Reider and published in tête-bêche format (i.e. back-to-back like an old Ace Double)
Herman Melville – Moby Dick large profusely illustrated hardcover of the classic novel with full page, full colour art throughout by Anton Lomaev. Epic stuff at a very reasonable price!
in large format:
Neil Clarke (editor) – The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5 28 of the best from last year, with an annual overview essay from the editor and a list of another 40 or so story suggestions for further reading
in ‘B’ format:
Neal Asher – The Human sequel to Warship and final book of The Rise of the Jain trilogy, which began with The Soldier
Tyler Whitesides – The Shattered Realm of Ardor Benn sequel the epic fantasy The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn. Book 2 of Kingdom of Grit
Thilde Kold Holdt – Northern Wrath epic Norse fantasy; part 1 of The Hanged God Trilogy
Steve Cole (editor) – Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown 15 short stories from 9 writers, including the likes of Moffat, Chibnall, Gaiman & Gatiss, written for Children in Need, each with a b&w illustration by one of 10 artists
art, etc:
Dibujante Nocturno – The Art of Francisco Garces (one is a pseudonym of the other) hardcover from 3dtotal Publishing of his rather gothic fantasy art, with tips and suggestions throughout. Mostly colour, but with some b&w sketches, etc. showing a piece’s progress
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Sat 11.00 – 17.00
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New Titles – w/e 31st October 2020
in hardcover:
Charles Stross – Dead Lies Dreaming his latest Laundry Files novel. A limited number of signed copies are currently available. More in due course though!
Andrzej Sapkowski – The Tower of Fools part 1 of a new fantasy series from the author of the Witcher series. Translated from Polish by David French
David Gerrold – Hella adventure on a distant colony planet, where everything from the dinosaurs to the trees are ‘hella’ big!
Kate Elliott – Unconquerable Sun part 1 of The Star Chronicles trilogy. Epic space opera
Peter F. Hamilton– The Saints of Salvation Lost 3rd in his Salvation series. Signed copies available! (limited supply)
Peter F. Hamilton– Salvation Lost volume 2, the sequel to Salvation. Already out in paperback, but signed copies also available! (limited supply)
Terry Brooks – The Last Druid the final part of The Fall of Shannara quartet, and indeed, the capstone of the entire 32 book epic! It’s finished! Feels like I’ve been selling it all my life! Actually, not quite true; I started selling books p/t a couple of years before The Sword of Shannara came out!
James Lovegrove – Sherlock Holmes & the Beast of the Stapletons set 5 years after The Hound of the Baskervilles… The latest of the New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
in large format:
Jennifer Roberson – Life and Limb Gabe is a biker, summoned by family to a cowboy bar in Arizona to meet the stranger he’ll bond with to fight against evil… Blood & Bone volume 1
Susan Palwick – The Necessary Beggar first published back in 2005, and following the story of some newcomers to America in the future, which appears worryingly prescient now… A Tor Essentials title
Michael Bishop –The City and the Cygnets revised omnibus edition of the 1977 novel A Little Knowledge and the companion collection Catacomb Years.
David Craig – Lord of the Hunt sequel to Resurrection Men and Sooty Feathers # 2
Ellen Datlow (editor) – The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 22 short stories, together with an annual summary by the editor & a list of honorable mentions, etc.
Mike Ashley – Yesterday’s Tomorrows from British Library Publishing, subtitled The Story of Classic British Science Fiction in 100 Books. With 16 pages of colour plates of covers. So many books I know so little about! Actually, I seem to have read around a quarter of them as the list comes up to the mis-1960s.
in ‘B’ format:
Laura Lam – Goldilocks the 1st all-female interstellar space mission! Signed copies available from 30th October!
Melinda M. Snodgrass with George R. R.Martin (editors) – Three Kings the latest Wild Cards mosaic novel.Apart from MMS, the main contributer appears to be Peter Newman
Fred Hoyle & John Elliot – The Andromeda Anthology the latest in Gollancz‘s SF Masterworks series, containing A for Andromeda & Andromeda Breakthrough, both from the early 1960s
in paperback:
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Old Bones part 1 in the new Nora Kelly series featuring their characters museum curator Nora Kelly & Junior FBI Agent Corrie Swanson.
Wil McCarthy – Antediluvian novel in 4 main sections, with a linking present-day plot, about major events in pre-history. I thought the h/c was very interesting
Jerry Pournelle – The Best of Jerry Pournelle 16 stories, some co-written, together with several articles by JP, or about his fiction. 750pp
art, etc:
Lucio Parrillo – The Dynamite Art of LP hardcover full of his art, somewhat reminiscent of Frank Frazetta
Jim Henson‘s The Dark Crystal – Age of Resistance: The Ballad of Hup & Barfinnious full colour hardcover graphic novel
Jim Henson‘s The Dark Crystal – Bestiary hardback with art by Iris Compiet and subtitled The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra. With a Forward by Brian & Wendy Froud, whose art Iris’s resembles
Alexandro Jodorowsky & Jerry Frissen – The Metabarons: Second Cycle another 340 full colour pages of art continuing the story, plus some additional sketches, etc. at the back. Art by Valentin Sicher & Niko Henrichon
Captain Artiglio – Gun Land full colour sci-fi western, with dinosaurs for steeds and alien outlaws! Looks great fun!
Jeffrey Alan Love – Notes From the Shadowed City stylish, and fairly minimalist, b&w graphic novel about a student researching enchanted swords…
Christian Staebler & Sonja Paolini – Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band softcover with art by Thibault Balahy
PS Artbooks Softee –Planet Comics vol 2 full colour softcover collecting issues 4, 5 & 6 of Planet Comics, from 1940
PS Artbooks Softee – Fantastic Tales vol 2 collecting Strange Mysteries issues 9 – 12 (1958 – 1964) with Strange Worlds (1958)
PS Artbooks Softee – Weird Tales of the Future vol 2 collecting 5 issues of Weird
PS Artbooks Presents – It Rhymes With Lust b&w ‘picture novel from Matt Baker
Calendars, etc:
Fantastic Fractal Shapes – 18-Month Calendar 2021. Subtitled Wild Colors, Patterns and Shapes
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