Crowley, John : The Deep
(Gollancz 978-0-575-08264-9, £8.99, 192pp, trade paperback, July 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Thu 11 Jul 2013
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575082786

(First edition: Doubleday, 1975)

Far future SF novel about two warring clans, the Just and the Protectors, on a world supported by a pillar in a vast Deep.
• This was Crowley’s first novel, and is here reprinted as part of Gollancz’ ongoing SF Masterworks series; its site has this description.
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Erikson, Steven : This River Awakens
(Tor 978-0-7653-3499-2, $27.99, 432pp, hardcover, July 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 9 Jul 2013
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466819795

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Associational coming-of-age novel set in 1971, about a 12-year-old boy who moves with his family to a new town.
• It was the author’s first novel, published in 1998 under the his real name, Steve Lundin.
• Wikipedia has this entry for the book.
• Macmillan’s site has this page for the book. A simultaneous trade paperback edition (9780765335005, $15.99) is also available.
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Moorcock, Michael : Jerusalem Commands
(PM Press 978-1604864939, $23, 496pp, trade paperback, July 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Mon 1 Jul 2013
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00CGNNOVQ
Colonel Pyat #3

(First edition: Jonathan Cape, 1992)

Historical novel with ties to the author’s Cornelius stories, third volume of a quartet about Colonel Pyatt, following Byzantium Endures (1981) and The Laughter of Carthage (1984) and The Vengeance of Rome (2006).
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* Willis, Connie : The Best of Connie Willis
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-54064-5, $28, 496pp, hardcover, July 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 9 Jul 2013
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-345-54065-2

Collection of 10 stories — all of the author’s stories that have won the Hugo, Nebula, or both, with new commentary by the author.
• Stories include “Fire Watch”, “The Last of the Winnebagos”, “Even the Queen”, and “At the Rialto”.
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This anthology demolishes any attempt to pigeonhole SFWA Grand Master and Science Fiction Hall of Famer Willis … [H]er versatile range and forthright wit wouldn’t be out of place in the literary mainstream.”
• Gary K. Wolfe’s review from the July issue of Locus Magazine will be posted shortly on Locus Online.

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Wylie, Philip : The End of the Dream
(University Of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 978-0803245433, $19.95, 264pp, trade paperback, July 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Mon 1 Jul 2013

(First edition: Doubleday , 1972)

SF novel about a wealthy man and his family who try to survive the world’s environmental destruction brought about by human pollution.
• This was the author’s last novel, and was published after his 1971 death.
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