* Connolly, Tina : On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories
(Fairwood Press 978-1-933846-56-9, $17.99, 300pp, trade paperback, August 2016, cover art Kazuhiko Nakamura)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016

Collection of 25 stories and 3 poems.
• Fairwood’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “The 28 fantasy stories, vignettes, and poems in this enticingly varied first collection range in mood from the giddy to the somber, but all are distinguished by their author’s skill at pursuing ideas to their logical extreme.”

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* Jemisin, N. K. : The Obelisk Gate
(Orbit 978-0-316-22926-5, $15.99, 448pp, trade paperback, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316229289
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478964391
• UK edition: 978-0356508368 (Thu 18 Aug 2016)
• The Broken Earth #2

Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following The Fifth Season (2015), set on a world whose sole continent is split by a great red rift.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “In this compelling, challenging, and utterly gripping work that combines elements of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, Jemisin draws readers deeper into the extraordinary setting and characters she introduced in The Fifth Season.”

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* Johnson, Kij : The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
(Tor.Com 978-0-7653-9141-4, $14.99, 176pp, trade paperback, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765386519

Short fantasy novel about a teacher at a women’s college whose student elopes with a dreamer from the waking world.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Superb worldbuilding and gorgeous prose will hold readers rapt… Utterly irresistible.”

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* Kowal, Mary Robinette : Ghost Talkers
(Tor 978-0-7653-7825-5, $24.99, 304pp, hardcover, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466860735

Fantasy novel about a World War I group of mediums called the Spirit Corps.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The well-drawn characters and the story’s gripping action and deep emotion will captivate readers.”
• Faren Miller reviews it in the August issue of Locus Magazine, contrasting the book to the author’s earlier works: “[T]his apparent standalone is even more brutally direct about the horrific death tolls of Britain’s Great War (World War One), showing its ghosts as they see themselves in their last moments.”

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* Marmell, Ari : Dead to Rites
(Titan 978-1785650970, $14.95, 272pp, trade paperback, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016
• Mick Oberon #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Hot Lead, Cold Iron (2014) and Hallow Point (2015), about a supernatural detective in 1932 Chicago.
• Titan’s site has this description.

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* Miyabe, Miyuki : The Gate of Sorrows
(Viz/Haikasoru 978-1-4215-8652-6, $26.99, 600pp, hardcover, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016

Fantasy novel, an adult sequel to the author’s YA The Book of Heroes (2010), about monsters from other worlds and a series of murders in Tokyo.
• The translator is Jim Hubbert.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Miyabe has some valuable points to make about misconduct and harassment on the Web, and how online personas can’t be distinguished from offline selves.”

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* Stokes, Paula : Vicarious
(Tor Teen 978-0765380944, $17.99, 336pp, hardcover, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466876200

Young adult SF novel about two Korean sisters working as digital stunt girls for ViSEs, Vicarious Sensory Experiencies.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Vaughn, Carrie : Amaryllis and Other Stories
(Fairwood Press 978-1-933846-62-0, $17.99, 310pp, trade paperback, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016

Collection of stories, including the Hugo-nominated title story.
• Fairwood’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review says the author “displays impressive talent across a range of both styles and subgenres.”

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* Wendig, Chuck : Invasive
(Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-235157-9, $25.99, 336pp, hardcover, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062351609
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062472670

SF thriller about an FBI consultant specializing in cutting-edge technology.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “With this cinematic thriller’s unusual setting, cinematic horror imagery, twisty plot, and grittily determined protagonist, fans of Michael Crichton will feel right at home.”

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* Yoachim, Caroline M. : Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories
(Fairwood 978-1-933846-55-2, $17.99, 298pp, trade paperback, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016

Collection of 27 stories, two of them original to this book.
• Fairwood’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Her gift for reshaping and polishing dulled old gems makes Yoachim’s collection truly noteworthy.”
• The author has this Big Idea post today on John Scalzi’s site.

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* Zinos-Amaro, Alvaro : Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg
(Fairwood Press 978-1933846637, $16.99, 280pp, trade paperback, August 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2016

Collection of transcribed conversations with Silverberg, on subjects including travel, film, and opera.
• Fairwood’s site has this description with blurbs by Nancy Kress, Kim Stanley Robinson, and others.

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