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Check out the latest from Stephen Baxter, Gwyneth Jones, Brian Lumley, Paul Park, Bruce Boston, Mark Chadbourn, and many more, as well as sneak previews of forthcoming books from Alan Dean Foster, Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Crowley, and, yes, plenty more.

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

New Arrivals & Forthcoming Books: August 2006
Reaper of Souls: A Tale of Malus Darkblade, Book 3 by Dan Abnett & Mike Lee
Warhammer, Black Library (mm, 416 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA & Canada

Jack Jacobs and the Doomsday Time Machine by Albert S. Abraham
Blue Comet Books (hc, 220 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA

The Centenarian by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Danièlle Chatelain & George Slusser
Wesleyan University Press (hc, 368 pages)
Publication date: 10 July 2006, USA
    First English translation of this early science fiction novel.

Emperor: Time's Tapestry, Book 1 by Stephen Baxter
Victor Gollancz (hc & trade, 302 pages)
Publication date: 20 July 2006, UK

Witchery: Ghosts of Albion, Book 2 by Amber Benson & Christopher Golden
Del Rey (trade, 400 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 26 September 2006, Canada & USA

Twilight of the Dead: Fiends of the Eastern Front, Book 3 by David Bishop
Black Flame (mm, 256 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA & Canada
reviewSF Site Review of Book 1, Operation Vampyr

Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston
Gromagon Press (chapbook, 52 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA
    Latest collection of poetry from Bruce Boston, illustrated by Marge Simon.

Idolon by Mark Budz
Bantam Spectra (mm, 451 pages)
Publication date: 1 August 2006, USA & Canada

Lyranel's Song by Leslie Carmichael
Blooming Tree Press (trade, 341 pages)
Publication date: 2005, USA
    Medieval fantasy for readers 12 and up.

The Hounds of Avalon: The Dark Age, Book 3 by Mark Chadbourn
Gollancz (mm, 374 pages)
Publication date: 8 June 2006, UK
reviewSF Site Review

Jack of Ravens: Kingdom of the Serpent, Book 1 by Mark Chadbourn
Victor Gollancz (hc & trade, 374 pages)
Publication date: 20 July 2006, UK

Alphanauts by J. Brian Clarke
Edge (trade, 325 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2006, Canada & USA

The Demon Inside: The Zone War Trilogy, Book 1 by Terry Cloutier
BookSurge (trade, 613 pages)
Publication date: 11 July 2006, USA & Canada

In Other Words by John Crowley
Subterranean Press (hc, 206 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): January 2007, USA
    First collection of non-fiction.

Windmaster's Bane by Tom Deitz
High Country, Ingalls Publishing Group (trade, 304 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA
    First published by Avon in 1986.

The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick
Gollancz (trade, 253 pages)
Publication date: 8 June 2006, UK

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
Bantam Books (hc, 760 pages)
Publication date: 1 August 2006, USA & Canada
    Top marks for the cool title.

The Younger Gods: The Dreamers, Book 4 by David & Leigh Eddings
Warner Aspect (hc, 410 pages)
Publication date: 22 August 2006, USA & Canada

Infoquake: Jump 225 Trilogy, Book 1 by David Louis Edelman
Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 425 pages)
Publication date: 11 July 2006, USA

The Exile Kiss by George Alec Effinger
Orb, Tom Doherty Associates (trade, 320 pages)
Publication date: 27 June 2006, USA & Canada

Blind by Matthew Farrer
Warhammer 40,000, Black Library (mm, 256 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA & Canada

Trouble Magnet: A Pip & Flinx Adventure by Alan Dean Foster
Del Rey (hc, 288 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 28 November 2006, USA & Canada

Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parodies by Michael Gerber
Victor Gollancz (hc, 575 pages)
Publication date: 15 June 2006, UK
    Omnibus edition, previously published separately as Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (2001), Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (2003), and Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse (2004).

Prodigal by Marc D. Giller
Bantam Spectra (trade, 416 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 3 October 2006, USA

The Shluffmuffin Boy is History: Secrets of Dripping Fang, Book 5 by Dan Greenburg
Harcourt (hc, 160 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): December 2006, USA & Canada     For ages 8 to 12.
reviewSF Site Review of Book 1, The Onts

Year's Best Fantasy 6 edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer
Tachyon (trade, 354 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): October 2006, USA

Waking by Alyxandra Harvey-Fitzhenry
Orca (trade, 123 pages)
Publication date: 2006, Canada & USA
    For readers 12 and up.

Catalyst by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Tachyon (trade, 173 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): October 2006, USA

I Was Probed by Aliens and Lived to Tell the Tale! by Barry J. House
Pen Press Publishers (mm, 102 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, UK

Band of Gypsys by Gwyneth Jones
Gollancz (mm, 297 pages)
Publication date: 8 June 2006, UK
reviewSF Site Review

Rainbow Bridge by Gwyneth Jones
Victor Gollancz (trade, 374 pages)
Publication date: 8 June 2006, UK

Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus by William King
Warhammer, Black Library (trade, 768 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA & Canada
    Previously published separately in 1999 as Trollslayer, Skavenslayer, and Daemonslayer.

Reassuring Tales by T.E.D. Klein
Subterranean Press (hc, 160 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2006, USA

Freedom's Sisters: The Dead Rivers Trilogy, Book 3 by Naomi Kritzer
Bantam Spectra (mm, 405 pages)
Publication date: 1 August 2006, USA & Canada

The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Bantam Spectra (trade, 379 pages)
Publication date: 1 August 2006, USA & Canada

Cupid by Julius Lester
Harcourt (hc, 208 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): January 2007, USA & Canada

How We Got Insipid by Jonathan Lethem
Subterranean Press (hc, 107 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA

The Fine Print of Self-Publishing by Mark Levine
Bridgeway Books (trade, 215 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA
    Ok, this isn't even remotely related to SF, but it may be of interest to aspiring writers of any genre.

The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby
Dutton (hc, 392 pages)
Publication date: August 2006
    Historical horror/romance based on the Countess Bathory, for readers 14 and up.

Necroscope: The Touch by Brian Lumley
Tor (hc, 445 pages)
Publication date: 13 June 2006, USA

Ex Cathedra by Rebecca Maines
Twilight Tales Publications (trade, 167 pages)
Publication date: 26 May 2006, USA

Sorcerer's Moon by Julian May
HarperCollins (hc, 645 pages)
Publication date: 7 August 2006, UK

Dragon's Fire by Anne & Todd McCaffrey
Bantam Press (hc, 366 pages)
Publication date: 7 August 2006, UK

To Hold Infinity by John Meaney
Pyr, Prometheus Books (hc, 529 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2006, USA

The 2006 Rhysling Anthology edited by Drew Morse
Science Fiction Poetry Association (trade, 146 pages)
Publication date: 2006, USA
    The best SF, fantasy & horror poetry from 2005.
reviewSF Site Review of the 2001 Rhysling Anthology

The Tourmaline by Paul Park
Tor (hc, 352 pages)
Publication date: July 2006, USA & Canada
    Sequel to A Princess of Roumania (2005).
reviewSF Site Review of A Princess of Roumania

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Harcourt (trade, 352 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): October 2006, USA & Canada
    Teen fiction, for readers 12 and up.

The Undivided Galaxy: Divinity Saga, Book 1 by Eric Ramesh
iUniverse (trade, 351 pages)
Publication date: May 2006, USA

New Dreams for Old by Mike Resnick
Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 419 pages)
Publication date: 20 June 2006, USA
    Collection of science fiction and fantasy stories.

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex
Harcourt (illustrated hc, 40 pages)
Publication date: September 2006, USA & Canada
    Halloween book for ages 5 to 10.

Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Pyr, Prometheus Books (trade, 514 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2006, USA
reviewSF Site Review

How Noble in Reason by Alyn Rockwood
A K Peters (hc, 207 pages)
Publication date: June 2006, USA
    Dust jacket bears praise from Piers Anthony and Rudy Rucker.

Forbidden Cargo by Rebecca K. Rowe
Edge (trade, 352 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, Canada & USA

The Fifth Quadrant by C.J. Ryan
Bantam Spectra (mm, 391 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 3 October 2006, USA

Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard
SF Masterworks #66, Gollancz (trade, 419 pages)
Publication date: 8 June 2006, UK
    First published in 1987.

Changeling by Delia Sherman
Viking (hc, 294 pages)
Publication date: August 2006, USA & Canada
    For ages 10 and up.

The Ruins by Scott Smith
Alfred A. Knopf (hc, 320 pages)
Publication date: 20 June 2006, USA & Canada

Sex in the System edited by Cecilia Tan
Thunder's Mouth Press (trade, 283 pages)
Publication date: 3 July 2006, USA
    An anthology of erotic futures, featuring stories from Paul Di Filippo, Gavin J. Grant, Joe Haldeman, Sarah Micklem, Jennifer Stevenson, Scott Westerfeld, and others.

In the Night Garden: The Orphan's Tales, Book 1 by Catherynne M. Valente
Bantam Spectra (trade, 496 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): 7 November 2006, USA

All Hallows' Eve: 13 Stories by Vivian Vande Velde
Harcourt (hc, 240 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): September 2006, USA & Canada

Kadakas IV by Steven P. Warr
iUniverse (trade, 258 pages)
Publication date: June 2006, USA

Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Harcourt (trade, 448 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): January 2007, USA & Canada

The Mislaid Magician, or Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
Harcourt (hc, 336 pages)
Publication date (forthcoming): November 2006, USA & Canada
    Sequel to The Grand Tour. For readers 12 and up.
reviewSF Site Review of The Grand Tour

Magazines

Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: Chris Willrich, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Christopher Rowe, Ken Altabef, Albert E. Cowdrey, Robert Loy, Robert Reed, Terry Bisson.

Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: Matthew Corradi, Harlan Ellison, Tananarive Due, John Morressy, Michael Kandel, Amy Sterling Casil, Michael Libling.

Interzone, Issue 205, August 2006, UK
Contributors to this issue include: Steven Erikson, Steve Erickson, Sean McMullen, Rudy Rucker, Terry Bisson, Paul Di Filippo.

Shimmer, Volume 1, Issue 4, Summer 2006, USA
Contributors to this issue include: Amal El-Mohtar, Stephen L. Moss, Chrissy Ellsworth, Paul Abbamondi, Angela Slatter, Michael Livingston, Marina T. Stern, Tom Pendergrass, Beverly Jackson, plus an interview with Kevin J. Anderson & Rbecca Moesta.

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