Ehrlich, Max : The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
(North Atlantic 978-1-58394-368-7, $17.95, 296pp, trade paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2012

SF novel about a college professor, plagued by nightmares, who seeks out the exact locations of his dreams.
• The novel was first published by Doubleday in 1973.
• Wikipedia has this summary.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• The author is also known for 1949 novel The Big Eye and for Star Trek script The Apple.

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Heinlein, Robert A. : The Star Beast
(Baen 978-1451638073, $13, 240pp, trade paperback, March 2012, cover by Bob Eggleton)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Mar 2012

Young adult SF novel, ninth of Heinlein’s acclaimed and fondly-remembered series of ‘juveniles’ published from the late 1940s through the early 1960s.
• This novel, serialized earlier in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, concerns a young alien, Lummox, raised on Earth, until representatives from its race show up demanding its return.
• Wikipedia has this entry for the book with a plot summary.
• This edition has a foreword by William H. Patterson. Baen’s site has description with links to several chapters.

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* Norton, Andre : The Forerunner Factor
(Baen 978-1-4516-3808-0, $12, 416pp, trade paperback, March 2012, cover by Tom Kidd)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Mar 2012

Omnibus volume of two novels, Forerunner (Tor, 1981) and Forerunner: The Second Venture (Tor, 1985), about a young alien/human hybrid woman who grows up on an alien planet, seeking her origins.
• Baen’s site has this description, with links to several chapters.

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Sargent, Pamela : Earthseed
(Tor Teen 978-0-7653-3215-8, $9.99, 288pp, trade paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012
• Seed Trilogy #1

(First edition: Harper & Row, July 1983)

Young adult SF novel, first of a trilogy, about a starship launched from Earth to find new habitable worlds.
• Tor’s parent publisher Macmillan’s site has this description.
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* Vance, Jack, edited by Terry Dowling & Jonathan Strahan : Dream Castles: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Two
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-451-5, $45, 368pp, hardcover, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012

Collection of 10 stories, follow-up to earlier collection Hard-Luck Diggings [Monitor listing].
• Subterranean’s site has this description and order page, with critic blurbs and the table of contents.
• Amazon.com indicates an April 30th publication date – but has it in stock now.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes “The spare, concise, and clear writing of these adventurous classic science fiction stories is as enthralling today as when they were first published.”
• Paul Di Filippo’s special-to-Locus Online review concludes, “This winning collection stands out as both a fine introduction for any newbie encountering Vance for the first time—lucky soul!—and a reaffirmation to us longtime fans of his important place in the field and in our hearts.”

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