Asher, Neal : Brass Man
(Tor 978-0-765-35668-0, $8.99, 512pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2011
Cormac #3

(First edition: UK: Tor UK, April 2005)

SF adventure novel, sequel to Gridlinked and The Line of Polity, about Polity agent Ian Cormac, a resurrected killing machine (from the first book), dragon-hunters, a remote planet roamed by insectile monsters, A.I., and more.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review said “A satisfyingly baroque plot and strong action sequences make up for a lack of character development and moral complexity in this gory space opera from British SF author Asher…”

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Cook, Glen : Surrender to the Will of the Night
(Tor 978-0-765-34598-1, $7.99, 656pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2011
Instrumentalities of the Night #3

(First edition: Tor, November 2010)

Fantasy novel, third volume of the “Instrumentalities of the Night” following The Tyranny of the Night (2005) and Lord of the Silent Kingdom (2007), concerning political and religious turmoil in a world surrounded by walls of ice.
• Tor’s website has this description.
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Flint, Eric : Worlds
(Baen 978-1-451-63751-9, $7.99, 800pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011

(First edition: Baen, March 2009)

Collection of short works set in the worlds of his own series and those of others, including Flint’s 1632 series and David Weber’s “Honor Harrington” series.
• Baen’s site has a description and table of contents, both with links to several excerpts.
• The Publishers Weekly review said: “Particularly powerful and moving are ‘Islands,’ in which a Roman patrician blinded in battle earns himself a place in history and transforms his marriage, and ‘From the Highlands,’ set in the world of David Weber’s Honor Harrington stories…”

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Foster, Alan Dean : The Human Blend
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-51198-0, $15, 256pp, trade paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Nov 2011
The Tipping Point #1

(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, December 2010)

Near-future thriller, first of a trilogy, in which criminals are punished through genetic engineering and body manipulation, about partners in crime who acquire a mysterious metallic thread from their latest victim.
• Del Rey’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The next book, Body, Inc., is due next March.

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Griffin, Kate : The Neon Court
(Orbit 978-0-316-09365-1, $7.99, 544pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2011
Matthew Swift #3

(First edition: UK: Orbit, February 2011)

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series following A Madness of Angels (2009) and The Midnight Mayor (2010), about a resurrected sorcerer in London.
• The publisher’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• Faren Miller’s review in Locus Magazine said: “Even after I’ve caught up with Griffin’s first two books (real soon!), I’m sure they won’t sate my appetite for her tales of Matthew Swift and his great city.”

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Lee, Sharon, & Steve Miller : Mouse & Dragon
(Baen 978-1-451-63759-5, $7.99, 512pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011
Liaden #13

(First edition: Baen, June 2010)

SF adventure/romance novel in the authors’ long-running Liaden Universe series, a sequel to Scout’s Progress (2001), concerning Aelliana Caylon.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.
• Amazon has enthusiastic reader reviews.

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Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. : Songs of Love and Death
(Pocket 978-1-439-15015-3, $8.99, 656pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011

(First edition: Simon & Schuster/Gallery, November 2010)

Anthology of 17 original stories, subtitled “All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love”.
• Authors include Jim Butcher, Carrie Vaughn, Cecelia Holland, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Tuttle, Peter S. Beagle, and Diana Gabaldon.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Neil Gaiman’s story from this anthology, “The Thing About Cassandra”, won this year’s Locus Award for Best Short Story.

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McDevitt, Jack : Echo
(Ace 978-1937007003, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011
Alex Benedict #5

(First edition: Ace, November 2010)

SF novel concerning interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict and his assistant Chase Kolpath, fifth in the series following A Talent for War (1989), Polaris (2004), Nebula Award winner Seeker (2005), and The Devil’s Eye (2008).
• This book concerns a stone tablet that suggests that the explorer who found it may have discovered another intelligent race.
• Russell Letson’s Locus Magazine review said “This a sure-enough science fiction mystery. The resolution is both more and less than the possibilities considered during the search, and there are surprises packed inside the surprises. And perhaps the biggest surprise is how McDevitt manages to make the odd coupling of the cozy and the cosmic into effective and moving SF.”
• The latest Alex Benedict novel, just released, is Firebird.

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Miyabe, Miyuki : The Book of Heroes
(Haikasoru 9781421540832, $14.99, 350pp, trade paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Nov 2011

(First edition: Haikasoru, January 2010)

Young adult fantasy novel about a young girl who enters a magic book to seek her missing brother.
• The publisher’s site has this description with an author profile and an excerpt, a link for how to make a flipbook, and links to several posts by editor Nick Mamatas.

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Revis, Beth : Across the Universe
(Razorbill 978-1595144676, $9.99, 416pp, trade paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Nov 2011

(First edition: Razorbill, January 2011)

Young adult SF novel, the author’s first novel, about the starship Godspeed, sent to colonize a new world on a 300-year mission, in which 17-year-old Amy awakens from cryogenic sleep after only 50 years.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has this description with a PDF excerpt, while the official book site includes diagrams of the ship and links to explore it.
• Amazon named it one of the “Best Books of the Month, January 2011”, with a review by Seira Wilson: Across the Universe challenges readers to consider the impact of unchecked power, blind trust, and the ability of one dissenting voice to make a difference.”
• The next book, A Million Suns, is due in January.

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Ringo, John : Citadel
(Baen 978-1-451-63757-1, $7.99, 560pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011
Troy Rising #2

(First edition: Baen, January 2011)

SF novel, second of a three-book series following Live Free or Die (2010), about humans fending off alien invaders from the Rangora Empire.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “While humans of various backgrounds learn to cooperate, the feuding, reptilian Rangora elite are baffled by the bold, inventive American capitalists. The novel sometimes feels methodical to the point of plodding, but it climaxes in a satisfyingly grand space battle.”

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Simmons, Dan : Black Hills
(Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur Books 978-0-316-18665-0, $9.99, 640pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Nov 2011

(First edition: Little Brown/Reagan Arthur Books, February 2010)

Supernatural horror novel about Custer’s Last Stand in 1876, in which Custer’s ghost visits past and future via a 10-year-old Sioux warrior.
• The publisher’s site has this description with links to a video and an audio excerpt.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function includes an excerpt.
Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, which said Simmons “displays the impressive breath of his imagination in this historical novel with a supernatural slant. … In his ability to create complex characters and pair them with suspenseful situations, Simmons stands almost unmatched among his contemporaries.”

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Turtledove, Harry : Atlantis and Other Places
(Roc 978-0-451-46387-6, $7.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2011

(First edition: Roc, December 2010)

Collection of 12 alternate history stories, first published from 2000 to 2007.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review said: “These stories, some dead serious and some absurdly improbable, demonstrate his ability to slip, chameleonlike, from one mode to the next. … Turtledove’s research is always solid, his speculation thoughtful, and his execution professional.”

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Williams, Tad : Shadowheart
(DAW 978-0-756-40695-0, $16, 768pp, trade paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2011
Shadowmarch #4

(First edition: DAW, November 2010)

Fantasy novel, fourth and concluding novel in a series following Shadowmarch (2004), Shadowplay (2007), and Shadowrise (2010), about conflict between humans and a race of fairy folk called the Qar.
• Amazon has an interview/review with Williams and Christopher Paolini, and a preview via its “Look Inside” function.

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Willis, Connie : All Clear
(Ballantine Spectra 978-0-553-59288-7, $16, 656pp, trade paperback, November 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011
Blackout/All Clear #2

(First edition: Ballantine Spectra, October 2010)

SF time travel novel about historians from 2060 visiting 1940s Britain to investigate the Blitz. This is the second half of a single long work that began with Blackout, and together won both the Nebula and Hugo awards.
• Spectra’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Gary K. Wolfe’s review of both Blackout and All Clear in Locus Magazine commented that “even readers disoriented by all the plates left spinning at the end of Blackout will find things falling into place with consummate clarity by the second half of All Clear, whose title — originally planned as the title for the single long novel — now becomes a kind of pun, suggesting not only the signal indicating the end of an air raid during the London Blitz, but what Willis manages to do with her plot.” He concluded, “If those ‘Fire Watch’ readers from nearly 30 years ago are wondering if this is the novel they’ve been waiting for ever since, yes it is.”

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