Note: This abbreviated listing is being posted following Locus Online‘s vacation earlier this month. Full listings will resume October 25th.

* Anthony, Piers : Isis Orb
(Open Road 978-1504037372, $31.99, 300pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016
• Xanth #40

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* Dickinson, Robert : The Tourist
(Redhook 978-0-316-39942-5, $26, 368pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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* Gaiman, Neil, & Colleen Doran : Troll Bridge
(Dark Horse 978-1506700083, $14.99, 64pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

Graphic adaptation of Gaiman’s 1993 short story, with art by Colleen Doran and letters by Todd Klein.
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* Hurwitz, Gregg : The Rains
(Tor Teen 978-0765382672, $17.99, 352pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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* Kaufman, Arnie, & Jay Kristoff : Gemina
(Knopf 978-0553499155, $19.99, 672pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016
• The Illuminae Files #2

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* Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1481475969, $29.99, 736pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

Omnibus volume first published as two books by Small Beer Press in 2012, with one additional story, “The Jar of Water” (2014), added.
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* Le Guin, Ursula K. : Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week
(Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-134-0, $24, 352pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781618731210

Nonfiction collection of talks, essays, book reviews, and introductions.
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• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The wide-ranging collection includes essays, lectures, introductions, and reviews, all informed by Le Guin’s erudition, offered without academic mystification, and written (or spoken) with an inviting grace.”

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* Lethem, Jonathan : A Gambler’s Anatomy
(Random House/Doubleday 978-0-385-53990-6, $27.95, 304pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

Novel about an international backgammon hustler who thinks he’s a psychic.
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• The Publishers Weekly review calls it a “pleasantly bizarre novel”.

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* Parisien, Dominik, & Navah Wolfe, eds. : The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1481456128, $25.99, 400pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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* Penny, Laurie : Everything Belongs to the Future
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8827-8, $11.99, 128pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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* Prineas, Sarah : Rose & Thorn
(HarperTeen 978-0062337979, $17.99, 416pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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* Rawlik, Pete : Reanimatrix
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-880-4, $15.99, 364pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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* Roberson, Chris : Firewalk
(Night Shade Books 978-1597808798, $24.99, 356pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Oct 2016

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