* Drake, David : Voyage Across the Stars (Baen 978-1451637717, $12, 688pp, trade paperback, January 2012, cover art Sam Kennedy) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jan 2012
Omnibus of two novels in the author’s “Hammer’s Slammers” universe: Cross the Stars (Tor, 1984) and The Voyage (Tor, 1994), the first book about Captain John Slade, the second about his nephew Ned Slade. • Baen’s site has this description with links
* Bloch, Robert : Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-424-9, $40, 312pp, hardcover, November 2011) • Nominal Publication Date: Wed 30 Nov 2011
Collection of six stories, including one novel and a Star Trek script, about Jack the Ripper. • Contents include “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (1943), “A Toy for Juliette” (1967, from Dangerous Visions), Star Trek script “Wolf in the Fold” (1967), and novel The
* Brackett, Leigh : Shannach – The Last: Farewell to Mars (Haffner Press 978-1893887442, $40, 572pp, hardcover, October 2011, cover art Frank Kelly Freas) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 27 Oct 2011
Collection of 17 stories, first published from 1950 to 1974, plus an essay on writing from 1975. The book has an introduction by Anne McCaffrey. • This is the fourth and final volume in Haffner’s series of Brackett
* Brust, Steven : The Book of Dzur (Tor 978-0-765-32895-3, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, October 2011) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Oct 2011
Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the author’s long-running Vald Taltos series, Dzur (2006) and Jhegaala (2008). • This follows earlier Tor omnibus The Book of Dragon (June 2011), and three Ace volumes that collected the first seven novels in the series. • Tor’s site has
Anderson, Poul : Young Flandry (Baen 978-1-4391-3465-8, $7.99, 752pp, mass market paperback, September 2011) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Aug 2011 (First edition: Baen, January 2010)
Omnibus collection of three novels, the fourth volume on Baen’s series collecting Anderson’s “Technic Civilization” saga, following The Van Rijn Method (Sept. 2008), David Falkayn: Star Trader (Jan. 2009), and Rise of the Terran Empire (June 2009). • This book includes Ensign Flandry
Brunner, John : Stand on Zanzibar (Orb 978-0-765-32678-2, $19.99, 576pp, trade paperback, August 2011) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Aug 2011
SF novel set in an overpopulated future, blending several story lines in a collage structure famously modeled on John Dos Passos’ “U.S.A.” trilogy. • Bruce Sterling provides an introduction. • The publisher’s site has this description with a PDF excerpt. • The novel won the Hugo, British SF
