Notable 6 May 98
SF/F/H
Anne Rice's Pandora still reigns, though it's slipped from last month: #66 on Amazon's 100 list, #6 on NYT (#7/#5 on NYT's indie/chains comparison), #7 PW, #30 USAT,
#7 WP.
Robert Jordan's The Path of Daggers (Wheel of Time Book 8) leads Amazon's SF list -- and its page has a ton of reader comments posted since early April -- even though the book's publication date isn't until October (or November).
Similarly, David Brin's Heaven's Reach is #10 on Amazon's SF list, though it's not yet been published.
Mary Doria Russell's Children of God has slipped off Amazon's 100 list and SF list but somehow ranks #21 on its Literature & Fiction list. Meanwhile, The Sparrow pb is still #3 on the SF list.
Raymond Feist Shards of a Broken Crown is #4 on Amazon's SF list, #26 on NYT.
Sci/Tech
Jared Diamond's Pulitzer-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies ranks a surprising #11 on Amazon's Top 100 list.
E. O. Wilson's Consilience is #1 on Amazon's Science list, #17 on its Top 100 list, #13 at NYT.
Edward Yourdon's Time Bomb 2000 holds on at #49 on Amazon's Top 100.
Whitley Strieber's Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us is #11 on Amazon's Science & Nature (?!?) list.
Lit
John Irving's just-released and well-reviewed A Widow for One Year leads Amazon's Top 100 list.
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