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

* Abnett, Nik : Savant
(Solaris 978-1781084571, $9.99, 356pp, mass market paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• UK edition: 978-1781084564 (Thu 6 Oct 2016)

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* Adams, Cat : All Your Wishes
(Tor 978-0-7653-7571-1, $15.99, 336pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Blood Singer #7

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* Armstrong, Kelley : Otherworld Chills
(Penguin/Plume 978-0452298361, $16, 464pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• UK edition: 978-0356500683 (Tue 4 Oct 2016)
• Otherworld #-

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* Chu, Wesley : The Rise of Io
(Angry Robot 978-0857665829, $14.99, 352pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Tao #5

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* Correia, Larry, & Mike Kupari : Alliance of Shadows
(Baen 978-1476781853, $27, 384pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Dead Six #3

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* Dietz, William C. : Into the Guns
(Ace 978-0425278703, $27, 336pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• America Rising #1

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* Donohue, Keith : The Motion of Puppets
(Picador 978-1-250-05718-1, $26, 272pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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* Flint, Eric, & Ryk E. Spoor : Castaway Odyssey
(Baen 978-1476781815, $26, 320pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Boundary #5

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* Foster, Amy S. : The Rift Uprising
(Harper Voyager 978-0062443120, $21.99, 400pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Rift Uprising Trilogy #1

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* Fowler, Karen Joy, ed. : The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 978-0-544-55520-4, $14.95, 320pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

Anthology of 20 stories first published in 2015, the second in a new series of anthologies by series editor John Joseph Adams.
• Authors include Sofia Samatar, Kelly Link, Rachel Swirsky, Salman Rushdie, and Ted Chiang.
• The publisher’s site has this description with a Google previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The anthology doesn’t strike gold with every entry, but it will leave readers with plenty to think about.”

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* Gallagher, Stephen : The Authentic William James
(Subterranean Press 978-1596067790, $40, 320pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 30 Sep 2016

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* Graceffa, Joey : Children of Eden
(Atria 978-1501146558, $18.99, 288pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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* Grant, Mira : Feedback
(Orbit 978-0-316-37934-2, $25, 496pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• UK edition: 978-0356508078 (Thu 6 Oct 2016)
• Newsflesh #4

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* Grey, S. L. : The Apartment
(Anchor/Blumhouse Books 978-1101972946, $15, 288pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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* Headley, Maria Dahvana : Aerie
(Harper 978-0062320551, $17.99, 320pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Magonia #2

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* Hearne, Kevin : The Purloined Poodle
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-809-4, $20, 112pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 30 Sep 2016
• Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries #1

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* Lackey, Mercedes : Closer to the Chest
(DAW 978-0756409012, $27, 384pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Valdemar: The Herald Spy #3

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* Liu, Ken : The Wall of Storms
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-2430-1, $29.99, 880pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481424325
• The Dandelion Dynasty #2

Epic fantasy novel, second in a series following The Grace of Kings (2015), inspired by legends of China’s Han Dynasty.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a link to a Google preview.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Liu’s characters are a delight, the worldbuilding is unusual and impeccable, and the writing is smooth and luminous. This tale of divided loyalties, deadly ambition, and ‘silkpunk’ technology delivers enough excitement and sense of wonder to enchant any fan of epic fantasy.”

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* Miéville, China, & Zak Smith : The Worst Breakfast
(Akashic/Black Sheep 978-1617754869, $16.95, 32pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

Children’s illustrated storybook about two sisters and their unusual breakfast.
• The publisher’s site has this description with the starred Kirkus Review: “A brilliant, original, infinitely rereadable book that can sit alongside Sendak and Dahl.”

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* Newman, Kim : Angels of Music
(Titan 978-1781165683, $14.95, 400pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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* Nix, Garth : Goldenhand
(HarperCollins 978-0-06-156158-0, $19.99, 368pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Old Kingdom #5

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* O’Keefe, Megan E. : Break the Chains
(Angry Robot 978-0857664938, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664945
• UK edition: 9780857664921 (Mon 3 Oct 2016)
• The Scorched Continent #2

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* Polansky, Daniel : A City Dreaming
(Regan Arts 978-1-68245-038-3, $25.95, 304pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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+ Pollock, Tom : The Glass Republic
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1681443485, $14.99, 448pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Skyscraper Throne #2

First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, August 2013)

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* Rowland, Diana : Legacy of the Demon
(DAW 978-0756408275, $7.99, 480pp, mass market paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Kara Gillian #8

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+ Smythe, J. P. : Way Down Dark
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher Us 978-1681443850, $16.99, 288pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• The Australia Trilogy #1

First US edition (UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015)

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* Squailia, Gabriel : Viscera
(Talos 978-1-940456-68-3, $15.99, 304pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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* Turner, Frederick : Apocalypse: An Epic Poem
(The Ilium Press 978-0983300298, $15.95, 352pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 30 Sep 2016

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+ Wallace, Sean, ed. : The Mammoth Book of Kaiju
(Prime Books 978-1607014768, $16.95, 480pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

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* Williams, Walter Jon : Impersonations
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8781-3, $17.99, 256pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765387806

SF novel in the author’s “Praxis” series, about a war hero who is exiled to Earth.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Readers will savor this intriguing glimpse into the life of a woman who struggles with her own identity and the price of her actions, and who may be up against an enemy even more cunning than she is.”
• Adrienne Martini reviewed it in the August issue of Locus Magazine: “If nothing else, it is well told with story plot, well-drawn characters, and excellent wordsmithing.”

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+ Willis, Connie : Crosstalk
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-54067-6, $28, 495pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345540683

First US edition (UK: Orion/Gollancz, September 2016)

Humorous SF novel about a tech company’s new product that increases empathy between romantic partners.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Willis juxtaposes glimpses of claimed historical telepaths with important reflections about the ubiquity of cell phones and the menace that unscrupulous developers of technology pose to privacy, morality, and emotional stability.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the October issue of Locus Magazine: “…Crosstalk is a thoroughly plotted piece of work – hardly an advance in SFnal thinking about telepathy, but a thoroughly enjoyable example of what it’s really good for these days – as a way to tell a tale.”

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