New Books : 20 December 2016
* Bear, Greg : Take Back the Sky
(Orbit 978-0316223973, $26, 296pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316223966
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478940210
• War Dogs #3
Near-future SF novel, third in a trilogy following War Dogs (2014) and Killing Titan (2015), about an interstellar war whose alien protagonists have come to Earth and Mars.
• Hachette’s site has a description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book that it was “Stuffed with adrenaline-pumping action and mystifying ambiguity”.
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* Corey, James S. A. : Babylon’s Ashes
(Orbit 978-0316334747, $27, 544pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316217637
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478909521
• The Expanse #6
Space opera novel, sixth book of “The Expanse” following Leviathan’s Deep (2011), Caliban’s War (2012), Abaddon’s Gate (2013), Cibola Burn (2014), and Nemesis Games (2015).
• James S.A. Corey is a pseudonym for authors Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gave the previous book a starred review: “Corey cranks up the tension relentlessly in this fast-paced story of heroes and rebels fighting for freedom. With enough thrills and intrigue for three Hollywood blockbusters, the novel stands alone nicely, making it easy for new readers as well as diehard series fans to dive right in.”
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* Egan, Greg : The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-791-2, 96pp, hardcover, November 2016, jacket illustration Dominic Harman)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 30 Nov 2016
SF novella, first published in the December 2015 Asimov’s, about conflicts between colonists of asteroids Vesta and Ceres.
• Subterranean’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This is top-notch thought-provoking and suspenseful space opera, with impressively effective worldbuilding given its short length.”
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* Lansdale, Joe R. : Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-747-9, $40, 296pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 30 Nov 2016
Collection of eight stories that pay tribute to pulp writers including Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard.
• Subterranean’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comment, “Readers who succumb to the adolescent charms of straightforward storytelling with a twist of noir will be entertained…”
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* MacLeod, Ken : The Corporation Wars: Insurgence
(Orbit 978-0316363693, $9.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316363709
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478968351
• UK edition: 978-0356505015 (Thu 1 Dec 2016)
• Corporation Wars #2
SF novel, second in a series following The Corporation Wars: Dissidence (May 2016), about a reincarnated soldier and mining robot that has gained sentience fighting in a far-future A.I. war.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed both novels recently for Locus Online: “The overarching designation of the series—“The Corporation Wars”—has an echt-cyberpunk air about it. But the series, while dealing with some of the core tropes of that sub-genre, is really more New Space Opera with a Greg Egan-ish overlay of metaphysics.”
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* Oliver, Jonathan, ed. : Five Stories High
(Rebellion/Solaris 978-1781083925, $9.99, 320pp, trade paperback, December 2016, cover art Oz Osborne)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• UK edition: 978-1781083918 (Thu 1 Dec 2016)
Anthology of five stories, by Nina Allan, K.J. Parker, Tade Thompson, Robert Shearman, and Sarah Lotz, edited and with a linking narrative by Jonathan Oliver.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
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* Stueart, Jerome : The Angels of Our Better Beasts
(ChiZine Publications 978-1771484077, $16.99, 300pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771484084
Collection of 15 illustrated stories about beasts.
• ChiZine’s site has this description.
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