Benford, Gregory, & Larry Niven : Bowl of Heaven
(Tor 978-0-7653-6646-7, $8.99, 448pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013
• Bowl #1

(First edition: Tor, October 2012)

Hard SF novel, first book of a duology, about explorers who discover a huge bowl-shaped object that half-encircles its star.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The second volume, Shipstar, is due in April 2014.
• Russell Letson’s review from Locus Magazine is posted here; “Bowl of Heaven has room to accommodate both the thrill-ride and head-scratching sides of its sub-tradition, and I think when the second half appears, this new effort by two of the Old Masters will hold its own just fine.”

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Bertin, Joanne : Bard’s Oath
(Tor 978-0-812-57924-6, $7.99, 528pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013
• Dragonlord #3

(First edition: Tor, December 2012)

Fantasy novel, third in a series following The Last Dragonlord (1998) and Dragon and Phoenix (1999), set on a world where Dragonlords can change form from dragon to human.
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Bledsoe, Alex : The Hum and the Shiver
(Tor 978-0-7653-6590-3, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013
• Tufa #-

(First edition: Tor, October 2011)

Fantasy novel, about “a race of people descended from Irish fairies who live in Appalachia and play country music”, according to the author’s Locus interview (excerpted here).
• Tor’s parent publisher Macmillan has this description.
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Dietz, William C. : Andromeda’s Fall
(Ace 978-0-425-26234-4, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013
• Legion of the Damned #10

(First edition: Ace, December 2012)

Military SF novel, tenth book “Legion of the Damned” series following A Fighting Chance (2011), which was described as last book in the series; this new novel addresses the Legion’s early days.
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Doctorow, Cory, & Charles Stross : The Rapture of the Nerds
(Tor 978-0-7653-2911-0, $14.99, 352pp, trade paperback, November 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Nov 2013

(First edition: Tor, September 2012)

Humorous SF novel set in a post-singularity future in which posthumans living throughout the solar system donate technologies to the billion humans back on Earth, and concerning one human summoned for jury duty, where he is charged with deciding which of those technologies to accept.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• It was a finalist for the year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

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Drake, David : Night & Demons
(Baen 978-1476736181, $7.99, 784pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013

(First edition: Baen, October 2012)

Collection of 28 fantasy and horror stories.
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Fallon, Jennifer : The Chaos Crystal
(Tor 978-0-7653-3684-2, $16.99, 480pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Dec 2013
• Tide Lords #4

(First edition: Tor, May 2011)

Fantasy novel, fourth and final book in “The Tide Lords” series following The Immortal Prince, The Gods of Amyrantha, and The Palace of Impossible Dreams (2010).
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Lamplighter, L. Jagi : Prospero Regained
(Tor 978-0-7653-3716-0, $17.99, 480pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Dec 2013
• Prospero #3

(First edition: Tor, September 2011)

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Prospero Lost and Prospero in Hell (2010), about the long-lived daughter of the sorcerer Prospero from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.
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Ringo, John, & Ryan Sear : Tiger by the Tail
(Baen 978-1-4767-3615-0, $7.99, 496pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Nov 2013
• Paladin of Shadows #6

(First edition: Baen, January 2013)

Military techno-thriller about a former Navy SEAL turned international warlord; sixth in a series following Ghost (2005), Kildar (2006), Choosers of the Slain (2006), Unto the Breach (2006), and A Deeper Blue (2007).
• Baen’s site has a description and links to several chapters.

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Scalzi, John : METAtropolis
(Tor 978-0-7653-3510-4, $14.99, 288pp, trade paperback, November 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Nov 2013
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1429937399

(First edition: Subterranean Press, August 2009)

Anthology of five original stories, by Jay Lake, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder.
• The book was first published as an audiobook in 2008, and became a Hugo Award finalist in the dramatic presentation, long form category. Subterranean published it in print form in 2009, and Tor published a hardcover edition in 2010.
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Turtledove, Harry : Supervolcano: All Fall Down
(Roc 978-0-451-41484-7, $8.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, December 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Dec 2013
• Supervolcano #2

(First edition: Roc, December 2012)

SF disaster novel, sequel to Supervolcano: Eruption (2011), about the survivors of the eruption of a supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park.
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Wright, John C. : The Hermetic Millennia
(Tor 978-0765338082, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, November 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Nov 2013
• Hermetic #2

(First edition: Tor, December 2012)

SF novel, sequel to Count to a Trillion (2011), about a Texas idealist traveling into the future via cryo-suspension to confront an alien menace that will arrive in 8000 years, but who keeps being awakened over the centuries to deal with changes in human society.
• The publisher’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed the book for Barnes & Noble, describing it as a mix of Olaf Stapledon, Jack Vance, Philip José Farmer, and Jared Diamond: “It’s a heady brew that achieves an ever-oscillating balance between pulp action and philosophical gravitas.”

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