Weekly Bestsellers, 21 May 2018
Dean Koontz’ The Crooked Staircase (Bantam), latest in the Jane Hawk series, debuts on three lists, ranking #4 at USA Today and Publishers Weekly. ...Read More Read more
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New & Notable Books, May 2018
Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone (Holt 3/18) West African lore infuses this young-adult fantasy novel, the first book in the Legacy of Orisha trilogy and a first novel gathering considerable acclaim. Zélie fights to reclaim her people’s magic and stop the monarchy’s ruthless efforts to eradicate it.
Elizabeth Bear, Stone Mad (Tor.com Publishing 3/18) The steampunk Old West fantasy adventures of Karen Memory continue in this rollicking ...Read More
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New Books : 15 May 2018
Titles by Neal Asher, Christopher Barzak, Robyn Bennis, Jack Campbell, Lara Elena Donnelly, Sarah Beth Durst, Nicola Griffith, Alex Jeffers, Stephen R. Lawhead, Brian McClellan, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Melissa Scott, Nancy Springer, Brian Stableford, and Tyler Whitesides. ...Read More
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Nicholas Sansbury Smith Guest Post–“Paranoia or Pragmatism?”
Prior to my career as a writer, I worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation. My job was to help communities prepare for natural and man-made events, some of them bordering on apocalyptic. I spent most of my time working with communities to prepare for these disasters, but I also spent time in the field observing and documenting the aftermath when disaster struck. Seeing how devastating ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 14 May 2018
Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Frost and Starlight (Bloomsbury), fourth in the Court of Thorns and Roses YA series, debuts prominently on two lists, ranking #2 on the combined Publishers Weekly list. ...Read More Read more
Locus Bestsellers, May 2018
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 4 1 2) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 4 3 3) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 2 2 4) Child of a Mad God, R.A. Salvatore (Tor) 1 – 5) Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce (Random House) 1 – 6) Into the Fire, Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey) 1 – 7) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 4 4 ...Read More
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 4 1 2) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 4 3 3) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 2 2 4) Child of a Mad God, R.A. Salvatore (Tor) 1 – 5) Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce (Random House) 1 – 6) Into the Fire, Elizabeth Moon (Del Rey) 1 – 7) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 4 4 ...Read More
New Books : 8 May 2018
Roger Levy’s The Rig, Martha Wells’ Artificial Condition, and titles by Kevin J. Anderson & Sarah A. Hoyt, Raymond E. Feist, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dean Koontz, K.R. Richardson, Lilith Saintcrow, and Lee Thomas. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 7 May 2018
This is the 349th week that George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four has appeared on this bestseller list compilation page since these weekly pages began in January 2003, covering now not quite 800 weeks. It’s the record; next is Martin’s A Game of Thrones, on 276 weekly pages, then Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, on 275 weekly pages. ...Read More Read more
Periodicals, early May 2018
New issues of Apex, Aurealis, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Forever, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Shimmer, and Uncanny ...Read More
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New Books : 1 May 2018
Greg Egan’s Phoresis, R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War; collections and novellas by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Priya Sharma, Steven Rasnic Tem, and Connie Willis; an anthology from Bill Campbell, & Francesco Verso; and novels by James Abbott, Joseph Brassey, Emily Devenport, Faith Hunter, Sarah J. Maas, Sylvain Neuvel, Eliot Peper, S.A. Sidor, Jodi Taylor, and Steve White & Charles E. Gannon. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 30 April 2018
Two published books debut this week: Richard Powers’ novel The Overstory (Norton), ranking as high as #12 on the New York Times list; and a Star Wars novel by Daniel José Older, Last Shot (Del Rey), ranking #15 on the NYT list.
And forthcoming in November, but already selling on two Amazon lists: George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 (Bantam). ...Read More
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Periodicals, late April 2018
New issues of The New York Review of Science Fiction, Star*Line, and Into the Ruins, plus April issues and posts at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily SF, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com. ...Read More
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Periodicals in Print, April 2018
New issues of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. ...Read More
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New Books : 24 April 2018
Ian McDonald’s Time Was and titles by Phillipa Bornikova, Dave Eggers, David Farland, Will Ludwigsen, Simon Morden, Veronica Roth, and Yoko Tawada. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 23 April 2018
Veronica Roth’s The Fates Divide (Katherine Tegen), second in her Carve the Mark series, debuts on three lists, ranking #1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
New & Notable Books, April 2018
Kelly Barnhill, Dreadful Young Ladies (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2/18) Newbery Medal winner Barnhill’s first collection presents nine fantastic stories for adults, infused by her very distinctive, poetic voice, with tales full of fairytale elements, interesting insects, and ladies who refuse to follow the rules, including the title character of the quirkily dystopian novella, “The Unlicensed Magician”.
Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S. Buckell, The Tangled Lands (Saga 2/18) ...Read More
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New Books : 17 April 2018
Jonathan Strahan’s The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 12, John Scalzi’s Head On, Sam J. Miller’s Blackfish City, Jack McDevitt’s The Long Sunset, and titles by Bryan Camp, Cass Morris, Emma Newman, Jeremy C. Shipp, and AdriAnne Strickland & Michael Miller. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 16 April 2018
Kevin Hearne’s Scourged (Del Rey), the final volume of his Iron Druid Chronicles, debuts on two lists, ranking #16 at USA Today and #22 at Publishers Weekly. ...Read More Read more
Locus Bestsellers, April 2018
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 3 2 2) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 1 – 3) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 3 1 4) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 3 6 5) Neogenesis, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen) 1 – 6) Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 2 3 7) The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition, William Goldman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ...Read More
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month 1) Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 3 2 2) Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey) 1 – 3) Artemis, Andy Weir (Crown) 3 1 4) The Power, Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown) 3 6 5) Neogenesis, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Baen) 1 – 6) Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 2 3 7) The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition, William Goldman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ...Read More
New Books : 10 April 2018
Catherynne M. Valente’s Space Opera and titles by Alex Bledsoe, Aliette de Bodard, Justina Ireland, Josh Malerman, Ilana C. Myer, Sam Peters, David J. Schow, and Matt Wallace. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 9 April 2018
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone remains #1 for the fourth week in a row on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
Periodicals, early April 2018
The 20th anniversary issue of Mythic Delirium, and new issues of Abyss & Apex, Apex, Aphelion, Aurealis, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Forever, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, and Nightmare ...Read More
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Periodicals, late March 2018
March posts at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily SF, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com. ...Read More
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New Books : 3 April 2018
Michael Benson’s Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece, Neil Clarke’s The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume Three, Samuel R. Delany’s collection The Atheist in the Attic, Richard Powers’ The Overstory, and titles by R.S. Belcher, Kendare Blake, D.J. Butler, Leo Carew, David Drake, Sarah Beth Durst, Kevin Hearne, Margaret Killjoy, Mark Lawrence, Jeff Noon, Chris Roberson, and ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 2 April 2018
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone remains #1 for the third week in a row on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list. ...Read More Read more
New in Paperback : March 2018
Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140, Victor LaValle’s The Changeling, David Brin & Stephen R. Potts’ anthology Chasing Shadows, and titles by Kristen Britain, Jack Campbell, Steven Erikson, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Maberry, Sylvain Neuvel, V.E. Schwab, Catherynne M. Valente, and Michael Z. Williamson. ...Read More
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New Books : 27 March 2018
New titles by Josiah Bancroft, Rosalyn Eves, Tessa Gratton, Jonathan Maberry, Leander Watts, and Corey J. White, plus nonfiction anthology Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences, which appeared in February. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 26 March 2018
The trade paperback of Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology (Norton) debuts on two additional print lists this week, ranking as high as #3 on the Los Angeles Times paperback list. ...Read More Read more
Periodicals, March 2018
New print issues of Black Static and Interzone, and new online issues of Apex, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, Mythic Delirium, Nightmare, Shimmer, and Uncanny. ...Read More
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New & Notable Books, March 2018
Nick Harkaway, Gnomon (Knopf 1/18) The world of Gnomon is the ultimate panopticon surveillance state, with every word and action recorded, and the overarching authority of the System can even access the memories and thoughts of its citizens. When an alleged dissident dies during an interrogation, a state inspector delves into the victim’s mind, and discovers impossible memories of various lives… and a cipher that could reveal world-altering secrets. Harkaway ...Read More
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New Books : 20 March 2018
Ellen Datlow’s anthology The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, Brian Stableford’s novel Spirits of the Vasty Deep, and titles by Elizabeth Bear, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Tim Lebbon, Rowenna Miller, and Dempow Torishima. ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 19 March 2018
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone (Henry Holt) debuts on two print lists this week, ranking #1 on the New York Times YA list, and #13 on the combined USA Today list.
Several other debuts this week: Jason Fry’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Del Rey), ranking as high as #2 on two lists; Patricia Briggs’ Burn Bright (Ace), #2 on one list; Karen Marie Moning’s ...Read More
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