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This page lists selected new nonfiction books -- pertaining directly to science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as books of associational interest -- seen published this month, mostly via bookstores sightings (though all books received for review will be listed). For a comprehensive listing of new books pertaining to SFFH published each month, see Locus Magazine. Its Books Received listings are accumulated as the online Locus Index.
Key: * = first edition, + = first US edition. Date with publisher info is official publication month; date in parentheses at paragraph end is date seen or received.
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New in April:
* Brown, Julian Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse: The Quest for the Quantum Computer
(Simon & Schuster 0-684-81481-1, $30, 396pp, hc, March 2000)
Speculation on the future of computers and computing, by a writer for New Scientist magazine. Amazon has Booklist review, and its own review by Julian Dibbell. (Fri 7 Apr 2000)
* Casti, John L. Paradigms Regained: A Further Exploration of the Mysteries of Modern Science
(Morrow 0-688-16115-4, $25, 287pp, hc, March 2000)
Sequel to Paradigms Lost (1989), in which the author revisits the six big questions of the earlier book: Can computers think? How did life begin on Earth? Etc. Amazon has review by Mary Ellen Curtin. (Fri 7 Apr 2000)
* de Botton, Alain The Consolations of Philosophy
(UK: Hamish Hamilton 0-241-14009-9, £14.99, 265pp, hc, March 2000)
The author of How Proust Can Change Your Life applies the thoughts of famous philosophers, including Socrates, Epicurus, Nietzsche, etc., to problems of modern life. The chapter on Schopenhauer and love was adapted for an article in the New York Times Magazine a few weeks ago. The book served as the basis for a UK TV series, ''Philosophy'', and is #5 on the Times of London's bestseller list this week. Amazon UK has a review by David Vincent. The US edition is due later this month; the Amazon site has a Kirkus review. (Thu 6 Apr 2000)
* Eldredge, Niles The Triumph of Evolution…and the Failure of Creationism
(W.H. Freeman 0-7167-3638-1, $24.95, 223pp, hc, May 2000)
The noted paleontologist defends evolution as anything but a 'theory in crisis', taking on both creationists and postmodernists who consider evolution nothing more than a social construct. Amazon has description and numerous blurbs from the book's back cover. (Fri 7 Apr 2000)
* Gould, Stephen Jay The Lying Stones of Marrakech
(Harmony Books 0-609-60142-3, $25.95, 372pp, hc, April 2000)
Ninth collection of essays written by the popular science writer for Natural History magazine. This is the penultimate such book, since Gould plans to bring his magazine series to a close. Amazon has review by Rob Lightner, plus reviews from Booklist and Kirkus. (Thu 13 Apr 2000)
+ Jones, Steve Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated
(Random House 0-375-50103-7, $25.95, 29+377pp, hc, April 2000)
First US edition (UK: Doubleday, September 1999, as Almost Like a Whale). A modern retelling of Darwin's Origin of Species using contemporary examples (HIV viruses instead of pigeons) and scientific ideas (genetics). (Thu 13 Apr 2000)
* Tidhar, Lavie Michael Marshall Smith: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography
(Last Call Publishing, 40pp, chap, 2000)
Signed edition limited to 40 copies. The content is available at this website; go here for information about the hardcopy. No price indicated. (Mon 3 Apr 2000)
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