Bornikova, Phillipa : Box Office Poison
(Tor 978-0765365569, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Linnet Ellery #2

(First edition: Tor, August 2013)

Urban fantasy novel, second of a series after This Case Is Gonna Kill Me (2012), about a human lawyer in a world run by vampires, werewolves, and elves.
• The author is Melinda Snodgrass, writing under a pseudonym.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Carolyn Cushman reviewed it last year in Locus Magazine, concluding, “…if this mystery is a bit contrived, it still manages to be lots of fun, and I’m looking forward to finding out more about Linnet and her world.”

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de Lint, Charles : The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
(Little, Brown 978-0316053594, $8, 320pp, trade paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Dec 2014

(First edition: Little, Brown, March 2013)

Children’s fantasy novel about Lillian Kindred, a girl who is turned into a kitten by the magical cats of Tanglewood Forest, with illustrations by Charles Vess.
• The publiisher’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, noting that it’s an expansion of de Lint and Vess’s 2003 picture book A Circle of Cats, concluding, “De Lint zestfully combines the traditional and the original, the light and the dark, while Vess’s luminous full-color illustrations, simultaneously fluid and precise, capture Lillian’s effervescent blend of determination and curiosity.”

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Dietz, William C. : Andromeda’s Choice
(Ace 978-0425262146, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Legion of the Damned #11

(First edition: Ace, December 2013)

Military SF novel, eleventh book “Legion of the Damned” series following A Fighting Chance (2011) and Andromeda’s Fall (2012), about the Legion’s early days.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.

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Drake, David : Monsters of the Earth
(Tor 978-0765360472, $8.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Books of the Elements #3

(First edition: Tor, September 2013)

Fantasy novel, third in a four book sequence following The Legions of Fire (2010) and Out of the Waters (2011).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Lee, Sharon, & Steve Miller : Trade Secret
(Baen 978-1476737041, $7.99, 496pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Liaden #17

(First edition: Baen, November 2013)

SF novel in the authors’ long-running Liaden Universe series, following Necessity’s Child (Feb. 2013)
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. : Dangerous Women, Volume 3
(Tor 978-0-7653-6883-6, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014

(First edition: Tor, December 2013)

Anthology of 7 original stories, the third of three paperbacks that reprint the 2013 hardcover.
• This volume has stories by Joe Abercrombie, Melinda Snodgrass, Pat Cadigan, and others.
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Ringo, John : To Sail a Darkling Sea
(Baen 978-1476780252, $7.99, 528pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Black Tide Rising #2

(First edition: Baen, February 2014)

SF/horror novel, second in a series following Under a Graveyard Sky (2013), about a zombie apocalypse brought about by an airborne plague.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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Turtledove, Harry : Supervolcano: Things Fall Apart
(Roc 978-0451240552, $8.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Dec 2014
• Supervolcano #3

(First edition: Roc, December 2013)

SF disaster novel, third in a series following Supervolcano: Eruption (2011) and Supervolcano: All Fall Down (2012), about the survivors of the eruption of a supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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Vaughn, Carrie : Dreams of the Golden Age
(Tor 978-0765370105, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Golden Age #2

(First edition: Tor, January 2014)

Superhero novel, sequel to After the Golden Age (2011), about the teen daughter of two Commerce City superheroes.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Wolfe, Gene : The Land Across
(Tor 978-0-7653-3596-8, $15.99, 288pp, trade paperback, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014

(First edition: Tor, November 2013)

Fantasy novel about an American writer of travel guides who is stranded in an obscure Eastern European country.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, concluding, “Wolfe evokes Kafka, Bradbury, and The Twilight Zone in combining the implausible, creepy, and culturally alien to create a world where every action is motivated by its own internal logic, driving the story forward through the unexplored and incomprehensible.”
• The novel was a finalist for this year’s World Fantasy Awards.

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