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New Arrivals
compiled by Neil Walsh
We're looking at plenty of Zombie fiction in time for Halloween, as well as the latest from Larry Niven, Stephen Donaldson, Joe R. Lansdale, James Barclay, Kelley Armstrong, Terry Brooks, Robert Rankin, Connie Willis, and many others.

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

New & Forthcoming Books - Mid-October 2010


The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Subterranean Press (hc, 528 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 December 2010, USA SF Site Review	The Living Dead 2 edited by John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books (trade, 500 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA
Counterfeit Magic by Kelley Armstrong Subterranean Press (hc, 144 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 December 2010, USA	The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi Subterranean Press (hc, 96 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): January 2011, USA
Once Walked With Gods: Elves, Book 1 by James Barclay Gollancz (trade, 361 pages) Publication date: 19 August 2010, UK	The House on Durrow Street by Galen Beckett Spectra, Ballantine (trade, 689 pages) Publication date: 28 September 2010, USA & Canada
The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell Holt (trade, 229 pages) Publication date: 2010, USA & Canada	Destiny's Blood by Marie Bilodeau Dragon Moon Press (trade, 307 pages) Publication date: 25 July 2010, Canada & USA
Brayan's Gold by Peter V. Brett Subterranean Press (hc, 88 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): January 2011, USA	Bearers of the Black Staff: Legends of Shannara, Book 1 by Terry Brooks Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 359 pages) Publication date: 24 August 2010, USA & Canada
The Executioness by Tobias S. Buckell Subterranean Press (hc, 104 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): January 2011, USA	War World: Discovery edited by John F. Carr Pequod Press (h c, 387 pages) Publication date: 1 September 2010, USA 9th book in the ongoing saga created by Jerry E. Pournelle and John F. Carr, featuring stories from E.R. Stewart, Jerry Pournelle, Don Hawthorne, John F. Carr, Leslie Fish, A. Brown, Steve Shervais, Frank Gasperik, William F. Wu, and Charles E. Gannon.
Double Cross by Carolyn Crane Spectra, Ballantine (mm, 326 pages) Publication date: 28 September 2010, USA & Canada Sequel to Mind Games.	Cinkarion: The Heart of Fire: The Karionin Chronicles, Book 2 by J.A. Cullum Edge (trade, 336 pages) Publication date: 15 September 2010, Canada & USA
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 6: Vortex by Troy Denning Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 320 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 7 December 2010, USA & Canada	The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume 1, The King of the Elves (1947-1952) by Philip K. Dick Subterranean Press (hc, 488 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 December 2010, USA
Against All Things Ending: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 3 by Stephen Donaldson Gollancz (hc, 804 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 28 October 2010, UK SF Site Review of Book 1, The Runes of the Earth	The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle Henry Holt and Company (hc, 160 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA & Canada A prelude to Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights for readers 12 and up.
Guardians of Paradise by Jaine Fenn Gollancz (trade, 337 pages) Publication date: 2 September 2010, UK	Pariah by Bob Fingerman Tor (trade, 368 pages) Publication date: 3 August 2010, USA & Canada
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon, illustrated by Hoang Nguyen Del Rey, Ballantine (hc graphic novel) Publication date: 21 September 2010, USA	The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor Night Shade Books (trade, 305 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA
Music for Another World edited by Mark Harding Mutation Press (trade, 270 pages) Publication date: August 2010, UK "Strange fiction" by Chris Amies, Tom Brennan, Aliette de Bodard, Stephen Gaskell, Richard Jay Goldstein, L.L. Hannett, Jackie Hawkins, David H. Hendrickson, Andrew Hook, Gavin Inglis, Susan Lanigan, Vincent Lauzon, Sean Martin, Maxwell Peterson, Cyril Simsa, Vaughan Stanger, Jim Steel, Neil Williamson, and Jill Zeller.	Science Fiction, Imperialism and the Third World: Essays on Postcolonial Literature and Film edited by Ericka Hoagland and Reema Sarwal McFarland (trade, 231 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): December 2010, USA
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 373 pages) Publication date: 7 September 2010, USA	Thin Ice by Phill Jones L&L Dreamspell (trade, 133 pages) Publication date: August 2010, USA
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 21 edited by Stephen Jones Robinson (trade, 498 pages) Publication date: October 2010, UK Featuring stories from Michael Kelly, Joe Hill & Stephen King, Barbara Roden, Ramsey Campbell, Simon Strantzas, M.R. James & Reggie Oliver, Chris Bell, Michael Marshall Smith, Nicholas Royle, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Richard Christian Matheson, John Gaskin, Terry Dowling, Mark Valentine, Robert Shearman, Rosalie Parker, Stephen Volk, Brian Lumley, and Stephen Jones & Kim Newman. SF Site Review of Volume 20	Zombie Apocalypse created by Stephen Jones Robinson (trade, 480 pages) Publication date: 2010, UK Created by Stephen Jones, with Peter Atkins, Pat Cadigan, Peter Crowther, Scott Edelman, Paul Finch, Jo Fletcher, Christopher Fowler, Robert Hood, Tim Lebbon, Tanith Lee, Paul McAuley, Lisa Morton, Kim Newman, Sarah Pinborough, John Llewellyn Probert, Jay Russell, Mark Samuels, Mandy Slater, and Michael Marshall Smith.
The Afterblight Chronicles: Arrowland by Paul Kane Abaddon Books (trade, 272 pages) Publication date: 2010, USA & Canada	One by David Karp Westholme (trade, 311 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA First published in 1953.
Sailing to Sarantium: The Sarantine Mosaic, Book 1 by Guy Gavriel Kay Roc (trade, 434 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA & Canada First published in 1998. SF Site Review	Lord of Emperors: The Sarantine Mosaic, Book 2 by Guy Gavriel Kay Roc (trade, 431 pages) Publication date: October 2010, USA & Canada First published in 2000. SF Site Review
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay Roc (hc, 573 pages) Publication date: May 2010, USA & Canada SF Site Review	Twelve by Jasper Kent Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 447 pages) Publication date: 14 September 2010, USA
Lady Lazarus by Michele Lang Tor (trade, 320 pages) Publication date: 31 August 2010, USA & Canada	Flaming Zeppelins: The Adventures of Ned the Seal by Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon Publications (trade, 326 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): December 2010, USA
Hyenas by Joe R. Lansdale Subterranean Press (hc, 104 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 31 January 2011, USA	The Ragged Man: The Twilight Reign, Book 4 by Tom Lloyd Gollancz (trade, 561 pages) Publication date: 19 August 2010, UK
Immortal Quest: The Trouble With Mages by Alexandra MacKenzie Edge (trade, 245 pages) Publication date: September 2010, Canada & USA	Songs of the Dying Earth edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois HarperVoyager (trade, 660 pages) Publication date: 1 October 2010, UK Stories in honour of Jack Vance, from Robert Silverberg, Matthew Hughes, Terry Dowling, Liz Williams, Mike Resnick, Walter Jon Williams, Paula Volsky, Jeff VanderMeer, Kage Baker, Phyllis Eisenstein, Elizabeth Moon, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, John C. Wright, Glen Cook, Elizabeth Hand, Bryron Tetrick, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Howard Waldrop, George R.R. Martin, and Neil Gaiman. SF Site Review
Cinco de Mayo by Michael J. Martineck Edge (trade, 272 pages) Publication date: 15 September 2010, Canada & USA	Twilight Forever Rising by Lena Meydan, translated by Andrew Bromfield Tor (trade, 400 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): October 2010, USA & Canada
Homo Cosmiens by David Millett David Millett Publications (trade, 186 pages) Publication date: 19 August 2010, USA	Triangulation: End of the Rainbow edited by Bill Moran Parsec Ink (trade, 152 pages) Publication date: July 2010, USA With stories by David Sklar, Kylie Bullivant, Mark Onspaugh, Brenta Blevins, Amanda C. Davis, Peter S. Beagle, M.Z. Hoosen, Amy Treadwell, Tinatsu Wallace, Cate Gardner, Matthew Johnson, Ron Sering, Eugie Foster, D.K. Thompson, Aaron Polson, Marshall Payne, Jaime Lee Moyer, Erin Hoffman, and Cat Rambo.
The Flying Saucer by Bernard Newman Westholme (trade, 250 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA First published in 1950.	Stars and Gods by Larry Niven Tor (hc, 368 pages) Publication date: 17 August 2010, USA & Canada
Maximum Lifespan by Edward Park and Jan-Ove Leksell Pileus Productions (hc graphic novel, 188 pages) Publication date: 2010, USA	Dillon's Dream: Water & Earth by Dr. Shawn Phillips YBCoyote Press (trade, 282 pages) Publication date: August 2010, USA
Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi Gollancz (trade, 330 pages) Publication date: 30 September 2010, UK	The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions by Robert Rankin Gollancz (hc, 375 pages) Publication date: 9 September 2010, UK
Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter, Book 1 by R.A. Salvatore Wizards of the Coast (hc, 352 pages) Publication date: 5 October 2010, USA & Canada	The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive, Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson Tor (hc, 1008 pages) Publication date: 31 August 2010, USA & Canada
Star Wars: Red Harvest by Joe Schreiber Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 288 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): 28 December 2010, USA & Canada	7 Billion Needles, Volume 1 by Nobuaki Tadano Vertical (trade manga graphic novel, 190 pages) Publication date: 28 September 2010, USA & Canada
Worlds Unseen: The Seventh World Trilogy, Book 1 by Rachel Starr Thomson Little Dozen Press (trade, 328 pages) Publication date: 2008, USA	Nightshade City by Hilary Wagner Holiday House (hc, 262 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA For readers 9 and up.
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XXVI edited by K.D. Wentworth Galaxy Press (mm, 466 pages) Publication date: October 2010, USA & Canada	Avim's Oath: The Okal Rel Saga, Book 6 by Lynda Williams Edge (trade, 288 pages) Publication date: September 2010, Canada & USA
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II by Sean Williams Lucas Books, Del Rey, Ballantine (hc, 336 pages) Publication date: 5 October 2010, USA & Canada SF Site Review of The Force Unleashed	All Clear by Connie Willis Spectra, Ballantine (hc, 641 pages) Publication date: 19 October 2010, USA & Canada Sequel to Blackout.
Marakellus Marakellum: Rodger's Folly by Sawyer N. Winter Xlibris (trade, 159 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA	Limbo by Bernard Wolfe Westholme (trade, 438 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA First published in 1952.
John Dies at the End by David Wong Thomas Dunne Books (trade, 480 pages) Publication date: 14 September 2010, USA & Canada	Horrors: Great Stories of Fear and Their Creators by Rocky Wood, illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne McFarland (trade, 192 pages) Publication date (forthcoming): December 2010, USA
Magazines and Comics
Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2010, USA, edited by Gordon Van Gelder Contributors to this issue include: Richard Chwedyk, Dale Bailey, Alexandra Duncan, Ken Liu, Fred Chappell, Richard Matheson, James L. Cambias, Rick Wilber & Nick DiChario, Michael Swanwick, David Gerrold, Terry Bisson.	Interzone, September-October 2010, UK, edited by Andy Cox, et al. Contributors to this issue include: Tim Lees, Aliette de Bodard, Lavie Tidhar, Patrick Samphire, Nina Allan.
Time Bomb, Issue 2 of 3 by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray, illustrated by Paul Gulacy Radical Comics (perfect bound comic, 56 pages) Publication date: September 2010, USA

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