* Brust, Steven : The Book of Dzur
(Tor 978-0-765-32895-3, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Oct 2011

Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the author’s long-running Vald Taltos series, Dzur (2006) and Jhegaala (2008).
• This follows earlier Tor omnibus The Book of Dragon (June 2011), and three Ace volumes that collected the first seven novels in the series.
• Tor’s site has this page for the current volume.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.

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Cook, Glen : Reap the East Wind
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-318-2, $14.99, 244pp, trade paperback, October 2011, cover art Raymond Swanland)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Oct 2011
• Dread Empire #7
(First edition: Tor, June 1987)

Fantasy novel in the author’s long-running Dread Empire series, here described as “The Last Chronicle of the Dread Empire: Vol. 1”. Two novels follow: An Ill Fate Marshalling (1988), to be reissued by Night Shade in December, and the never-before-published A Path to Coldness of Heart, scheduled by Night Shade for January 2012.
• Night Shade has this page for the current book.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.

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Dick, Philip K. : The Divine Invasion
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 978-0547572420, $13.95, 272pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2011
(First edition: Timescape, June 1981)

New edition of Dick’s novel in which God is exiled to an alien planet, second novel in the loosely related trilogy following VALIS (1981) and preceding The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982).
• This is one of a set of new editions of PKD novels from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Mariner imprint; others are VALIS, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, Lies, Inc., Now Wait for Last Year, The Simulacra, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, and A Scanner Darkly, with several more, including The Man in the High Castle, scheduled for January 2012.

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Gaiman, Neil : The Graveyard Book
(Harper Perennial 978-0-06-208155-1, $12.99, 320pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2011
(First edition: HarperCollins, October 2008)

New trade paperback edition of Gaiman’s popular YA fantasy novel about a boy who’s raised in a graveyard, with illustrations by Dave McKean.
• This edition is part of Harper Perennial’s “P.S.” line, indicating new bonus material with this edition [not seen].
• The book won the Hugo and Locus awards and both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for children’s literature.

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Heinlein, Robert A. : Starman Jones
(Baen 978-1451637496, $13, 240pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2011

Young adult SF novel, 7th of Heinlein’s acclaimed and fondly-remembered series of ‘juveniles’ published from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. It’s about an orphaned young man who gets a position aboard a starship and gradually, by dint of an eidetic memory, rises to captaincy.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to excerpts including William H. Patterson, Jr.’s Introduction.
• This edition also has an afterword by Michael Z. Williamson.

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Monette, Sarah : The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
(Prime Books 978-1607012900, $14.95, 288pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2011
(First edition: Wildside Press/Prime Books, August 2007)

New edition, now with subtitle, of Monette’s 2007 collection of interconnected ghost stories about a museum archivist.
• Prime’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said “Cerebral, ethereal and stylishly understated, this entrancing collection will appeal to fans of literary horror, dark fantasy and supernatural mystery.”

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* Silverberg, Robert : The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Six: Multiples
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-402-7, $35, 432pp, hardcover, September 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 30 Sep 2011

Sixth volume in Subterranean’s ongoing series, with stories from 1983 to 1987, including “Sailing to Byzantium”, “Gilgamesh in the Outback”, and “The Secret Sharer”.
• The publisher’s site has this description and order page, with the table of contents, along with links to the five earlier volumes in the series.
• Publishers Weekly concluded, “[T]his volume gives fans and scholars a closer look at some of Silverberg’s best work, as he explores classic science fiction themes of alienation, exploration, and humanity.”

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Swanwick, Michael : The Dragons of Babel
(Tor 978-0-7653-3114-4, $15.99, 320pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Oct 2011
(First edition: Tor, January 2008)

Trade paperback edition of Swanwick’s 2008 novel, set in the universe of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter (1994), about a war-dragon of Babel that lands in the post-industrial world of Faerie.
• Tor’s website has this description. There was a mass market paperback edition in 2009.
• The author’s blog is Flogging Babel.

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