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Newly Published, September 1998 This page lists new US books published within the dates listed, including selected new books seen and all new books received by Locus Online. A listing here does not preclude a more detailed online Profile. This listing is independent of the comprehensive, annotated Books Received listings in Locus Magazine, which are accumulated as the online Locus Index.Key: * = first edition, + = first US edition. Indications such as ''tpb/hc'' indicate simultaneous trade paperback/hardcover edition, with the Amazon link to the former. Date with publisher info is official publication month; date in parentheses at paragraph end is date seen or received. Note: Amazon links in this listing are generated automatically using ISBNs, but some small press books may not be available through Amazon. Listings September 1998 * Barton, William [& Capobianco, Michael] White Light (Avon Eos 0-380-79515-9, $13.00, 343pp, tpb, October 1998) SF novel. (Fri 18 Sep 1998) * Borges, Jorge Luis [translated by Andrew Hurley] Collected Fictions (Viking 0-670-84970-7, $40.00, 565pp, hc, September 1998) All the author's fiction, newly translated. (Tue 15 Sep 1998)
* Dann, Joshua Timeshare: Second Time Around (Ace 0-441-00567-5, $5.99, pb, October 1998) SF novel, follow-up to Timeshare (1997). (Tue 22 Sep 1998) Delacorte, Peter Time on My Hands: a novel with photographs (Washington Square Press 0-671-02324-1, $14.00, 397pp, tpb, September 1998, cover by Wendy Grossman) Reprint (Scribner 1997) time travel novel, nominated for a Sidewise Award. (Tue 22 Sep 1998)
Dickson, Gordon R. Necromancer (Tor 0-812-54530-3, $5.99, 212pp, pb, September 1998) Reprint (Doubleday 1962) SF novel in the ''Dorsai'' series or ''Childe cycle''. (Tue 22 Sep 1998) Dickson, Gordon R. Tactics of Mistake (Tor 0-812-54531-1, $5.99, 282pp, pb, October 1998) Reprint (Doubleday 1971) SF novel, part of the ''Dorsai'' series or ''Childe cycle''. (Tue 22 Sep 1998) * Eddings, David & Leigh The Rivan Codex (Del Rey 0-345-42402-6, $27.50, 394pp, hc, October 1998) Fantasy novel. (Thu 17 Sep 1998)
* Hand, Elizabeth Last Summer at Mars Hill (HarperPrism 0-06-105348-1, $13.00, 324pp, tpb, September 1998) Collection of 12 stories, including the Nebula Award-winning title novella. (Tue 8 Sep 1998) Hegland, Jean Into the Forest (Bantam 0-553-37961-5, $12.95, 256pp, tpb, October 1998) Near future SF novel (Calyx Books, 1996) recently prominently reviewed in F&SF and Interzone. (Mon 7 Sep 1998)
+ King, Stephen Bag of Bones (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-85350-7, $28.00, 529pp, hc, September 1998) Horror novel, 1st US edition (Hodder & Stoughton UK, August 1998). (Tue 22 Sep 1998) * Lackey, Mercedes [& Dixon, Larry] Owlsight (DAW 0-88677-802-6, $24.95, 389pp, hc, October 1998, cover by Jody A. Lee) Fantasy novel, follow-up to Owlflight (1997). (Wed 2 Sep 1998) Matheson, Richard What Dreams May Come (Tor 0-812-57094-4, $6.99, 278pp, pb, October 1998) Romantic fantasy novel (Putnam 1978) reprinted in a movie tie-in edition. (Wed 2 Sep 1998)
* McKillip, Patricia A. Song for the Basilisk (Ace 0-441-00447-4, $22.95, 314pp, hc, September 1998, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Fantasy novel. (Fri 11 Sep 1998) * Niven, Larry, ed Choosing Names: Man-Kzin Wars VIII (Baen 0-671-87888-3, $6.99, 281pp, pb, September 1998, cover by Stephen Hickman) Original anthology of stories by Niven, Hal Colebatch, Jean Lamb, Paul Chafe, and Warren W. James. (Tue 8 Sep 1998) * Norton, Andre Scent of Magic (Avon Eos 0-380-97687-0, $23.00, 361pp, hc, October 1998) Fantasy novel. (Tue 15 Sep 1998) * Resnick, Mike The Widowmaker Unleashed (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57162-1, $5.99, 231pp, pb, September 1998, cover by Donato Giancola) SF novel, concluding book in the ''Widowmaker'' trilogy about a bounty hunter. (Tue 15 Sep 1998) * Slonczewski, Joan The Children Star (Tor 0-312-86716-6, $24.95, 349pp, hc, September 1998, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel, edited by David G. Hartwell. (Tue 22 Sep 1998) Updike, John Toward the End of Time (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-00041-9, $12.95, 334pp, tpb, September 1998) Reprint (Knopf October 1997) literary post-holocaust SF novel. (Mon 7 Sep 1998) * Varley, John The Golden Globe (Ace 0-441-00558-6, $22.95, 425pp, hc, October 1998, cover by Danilo Ducak) SF novel. (Tue 22 Sep 1998) * Weber, David Honor Harrington: Echoes of Honor (Baen 0-671-87892-1, $24.00, 569pp, hc, October 1998, cover by David Mattingly) SF adventure novel, latest in the series about a female starship commander. (Mon 7 Sep 1998) Wilhelm, Kate Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Orb 0-312-86615-1, $13.95, 254pp, tpb, September 1998) Reprint (Harper & Row January 1976) of Hugo Award-winning novel about clones. Cover features quote from Locus: ''The best novel about cloning written to date''. (Mon 7 Sep 1998) * Zebrowski, George Brute Orbits (HarperPrism 0-06-105026-1, $23.00, 222pp, hc, September 1998) SF novel. (Tue 15 Sep 1998) |
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