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New Arrivals
compiled by Neil Walsh
The New Year brings us new books to read, including the latest from Kim Stanley Robinson, Charlie Huston, Mike Resnick, Elizabeth Bear, Robert Rankin, Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Alastair Reynolds, and plenty others.

(Books are listed alphabetically by author. Only books received are noted.)

New & Forthcoming Books - January 2010

The Killswitch Review by Steven-Elliot Altman & Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse Yard Dog Press (trade, 235 pages) Publication date: 1 December 2009, USA	Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear Subterranean Press (hc, 136 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 March 2010, USA
Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe by Tobias S. Buckell, et al. Tor (trade, 527 pages) Publication date: 25 November 2009, USA & Canada Original stories by Tobias S. Buckell, B.K. Evenson, Kevin Grace, Jonathan Goff, Robt McLees, Eric Nylund, Frank O'Connor, Eric Raab, Karen Traviss, Jeff VanderMeer & Tessa Kum, and Fred Van Lente.	The Light of Day by James Byrd Booksurge.com (trade, 313 pages) Publication date: 2009, USA
Fractured Allegiance by Robert Cassady Books to Believe In (trade, 282 pages) Publication date: 6 November 2009, USA	The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter Tor (trade, 316 pages) Publication date: 8 December 2009, USA & Canada SF Site Review
2084 by Kirk Combe Mayhaven Publishing (trade, 480 pages) Publication date: 2009, USA	The Book of Michael: Confessions from the Last King of the World by Eric Dixon Reedy Pearle (hc, 317 pages) Publication date: 26 October 2009, USA
Dusk, Volume 1 by David Doub, et al. David Doub (trade graphic novel, 102 pages) Publication date: 2009, USA	Gardens of the Moon: 10th Anniversary Edition by Steven Erikson Bantam Press (hc, 523 pages) Publication date: 2009, UK & Canada SF Site Review
Falling to Destiny by Peter Fleming Athena Press (trade, 121 pages) Publication date: 2009, UK & USA	The Guardians by D.S. Green Choice Publishing (mm, 299 pages) Publication date: November 2009, Ireland
Sleepless by Charlie Huston Ballantine Books (hc, 357 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 12 January 2010, USA & Canada	Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology, and Politics by Gwyneth Jones Aqueduct Press (trade, 264 pages) Publication date: November 2009, USA
Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane Del Rey, Ballantine (mm, 346 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 25 May 2010, USA	The Journey of the Nightisans by Rebecca Linam IUniverse (trade & hc, 264 pages) Publication date: May 2009, USA
Visions by Richard A. Lupoff Mythos Books (hc, 272 pages) Publication date: November 2009, USA 11 tales of fantasy, horror & adventure -- some new, others previously published. Introduction by Peter S. Beagle.	Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 261 pages) Publication date: 5 January 2010, USA & Canada
The SIN of Addison Hall by Jeffrey A. Onorato Block Island Books (trade, 260 pages) Publication date: 2009, USA	Retromancer by Robert Rankin Gollancz (hc, 343 pages) Publication date: 17 December 2009, UK
Starship, Book 5: Flagship by Mike Resnick Pyr, Prometheus Books (hc, 335 pages) Publication date: 8 December 2009, USA	Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds Gollancz (hc, 584 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 15 March 2010, UK
C.M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary by Mark Rich McFarland (trade, 451 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): March 2010, USA	Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson Spectra, Ballantine Books (hc, 533 pages) Publication date: 29 December 2009, USA & Canada
Chasing the Dragon: Quantum Gravity, Book 4 by Justina Robson Gollancz (trade, 399 pages) Publication date: 26 November 2009, UK SF Site Review of Book 1, Keeping It Real	A Benwarian Fix: The Intercolonization of Earth by L.W. Samuelson iUniverse (trade & hc, 300 pages) Publication date: September 2009, USA
Petrodor: A Trial of Blood and Steel, Book 2 by Joel Shepherd Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 446 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): March 2010, USA	Starfist, Book 13: Wings of Hell by David Sherman & Dan Cragg Del Rey, Ballantine (mm, 360 pages) Publication date: 29 December 2009, USA & Canada
Starfist, Book 14: Double Jeopardy by David Sherman & Dan Cragg Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 355 pages) Publication date: 29 December 2009, USA & Canada	Incarnate, No. 3 of 3 by Nick Simmons, Nam Kim, et al. Radical Comics (perfect bound full-colour comic, 64 pages) Publication date: December 2009, USA
Spellbent by Lucy A. Snyder Del Rey, Ballantine (mm, 360 pages) Publication date: 29 December 2009, USA & Canada	Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes Gollancz (trade, 637 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 15 April 2010, UK
Under in the Mere by Catherynne M. Valente Rabid Transit Press (trade, 146 pages) Publication date: December 2009, USA	Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition by Bill Warren McFarland (hc, 1,040 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): March 2010, USA
Secrets of the Sands: Children of the Desert, Book 1 by Leona Wisoker Mercury Retrograde Press (trade, 419 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): March 2010, USA & Canada & UK & EU	Burning Shadows by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Tor (hc, 351 pages) Publication date: 9 December 2009, USA & Canada
Magazines Albedo One, No. 37, November 2009, Ireland, edited by John Kenny, et al. Contributors to this issue include: Robert Reed, Sara Joan Berniker, Richard Alan Scott, Gareth Stack, Gustavo Bondoni, D.T. Neal, TD Edge, plus an interview with Greg Egan.	Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2009, USA, edited by Gordon Van Gelder Contributors to this issue include: Alex Irvine, Matthew Hughes, Tim Sullivan, Richard Bowes, Alexandra Duncan, Terry Bisson, Brendan DuBois, Kit Reed, Sarah Thomas, Nancy Springer, Harvey Jacobs.

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