New UK Books, January 2016
* Smith, Gavin : The Beauty of Destruction
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575127210, £18.99, 592pp, trade paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 21 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575127494
• Age of Scorpio #3
Far future SF novel, third in a series following The Age of Scorpio (2014) and A Quantum Mythology (2015).
• Gollancz’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
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* Sullivan, Tricia : Occupy Me
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-1473212961, $16.99, 272pp, trade paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 21 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781473212985
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781409161165
SF novel about a woman with wings in another dimension, and a man on the run with a briefcase.
• Sullivan won an Arthur C. Clarke Award for 1998 novel Dreaming in Smoke.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature provides previews.
• Tor.com posted this preview from Niall Alexander.
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* Whates, Ian, ed. : Digital Dreams: A Decade of Science Fiction by Women
(UK: NewCon Press B018GN3US6, £2.99, 223pp, ebk, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Anthology of 14 reprint SF stories by women who’ve been published by NewCon Press, now celebrating its 10th anniversary.
• Authors include Pat Cadigan, Tricia Sullivan, Justina Robson, and Lauren Beukes.
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* Whates, Ian, ed. : Obsidian: A Decade of Horror Stories by Women
(UK: NewCon Press B019Z78WNU, £2.25, 172pp, ebk, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 29 Jan 2016
Anthology of 14 reprint horror stories by women who’ve been published by NewCon Press, now celebrating its 10th anniversary.
• Authors include Sarah Pinborough, Liz Williams, Tanith Lee, Lisa Tuttle, and Alison Littlewood.
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