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This page lists selected new SFFH books seen by Locus Online, mostly via bookstores sightings (though all books received for review -- not including advance reading copies -- will be listed).

All book descriptions are by Locus Online editor Mark R. Kelly.

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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Notable new SF, Fantasy, and Horror books seen 26 August - 30 September


* Anderson, Poul Mother of Kings
(Tor 0-312-87448-0, $27.95, 444pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art Charles Keegan)
(Tue 25 Sep 2001)

* Baxter, Stephen Omegatropic
(UK: British Science Fiction Association 0-9540788-0-2, £8, 160pp, tpb, 2001, jacket art Colin Odell)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* Baxter, Stephen Origin: Manifold 3
(UK: HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225770-x, £16.99, 455pp, hc, August 2001)
(Wed 12 Sep 2001)

* Bell, M. Shayne How We Play the Game in Salt Lake and Other Stories
(iPublish 0-75955-006-9, 297pp, tpb, June 2001)
(Sat 1 Sep 2001)

+ Berry, Adrian The Giant Leap
(Tor 0-312-87785-4, $24.95, 342pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art ad, jacket design The Chopping Block, Inc.)
First US edition (UK: Headline 1999). (Fri 14 Sep 2001)

* Boyle, T.C. After the Plague and other stories
(Viking 0-670-03005-8, $25.95, 303pp, hc, September 2001)
(Thu 20 Sep 2001)

+ Brooks, Terry The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax
(Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39766-5, $26.95, 375pp, hc, September 2001)
First US edition (UK: Simon & Schuster/Earthlight August 2001). (Thu 20 Sep 2001)

* Dann, Jack Jubilee
(aus: HarperCollins Voyager Australia 0-7322-6719-6, 441pp, tpb, 2001, jacket art Nick Stathopoulos)
(Sat 1 Sep 2001)

+ Douglass, Sara Enchanter
(Tor 0-312-87582-7, $27.95, 511pp, hc, October 2001, jacket art Royo)
First US edition (Australia: 1996). (Tue 25 Sep 2001)

* Dozois, Gardner, & Tim Szczesuil, eds23 Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois
(NESFA Press 1-886778-26-4, $30, 540pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art Stephen Youll, jacket design Alice N.S. Lewis)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* Dunn, Dawn Pink Marble and Never Say Die
(Wormhole Books 0-9709657-6-1, $13, 37pp, chapbook, 2001, jacket art Joanna Erbach)
(Sun 30 Sep 2001)

* Fforde, Jasper The Eyre Affair
(UK: Hodder Headline/Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82047-0, £16.99, 384pp, hc, July 2001, jacket art Larry Rostant)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

+ Herbert, Brian, & Kevin J. Anderson Dune: House Corrino
(Bantam Spectra 0-553-11084-5, $27.95, 496pp, hc, October 2001, jacket art Stephen Youll, jacket design Jamie S. Warren-Youll)
First US edition (UK: Hodder & Stoughton September 2001). (Tue 25 Sep 2001)

* Herbert, Brian, & Kevin J. Anderson Fremen Justice
(Wormhole Books 0-9709657-4-5, $15, 35pp, chapbook, 2001, jacket art David Martin)
(Sun 30 Sep 2001)

+ Jacques, Brian Taggerung
(Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23720-8, 438pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art Troy Howell)
First US edition (UK: Hutchinson August 2001). (Tue 25 Sep 2001)

* Jones, Gwyneth Bold as Love
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07030-7, £17.99, 308pp, hc, August 2001, jacket art Anne Sudworth)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* King, Stephen, & Peter Straub Black House
(Random House 0-375-50439-7, $28.95, 625pp, hc, September 2001, jacket design Marc Cohen)
(Thu 20 Sep 2001)

* Le Guin, Ursula K. The Other Wind
(Harcourt 0-15-100684-9, $25, 246pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art Cliff Nielsen, jacket design Vaughn Andrew)
(Mon 27 Aug 2001)

* Leith, Valery The Way of the Rose
(Bantam Spectra 0-553-37940-2, $13.95, 415pp, tpb, September 2001, jacket art Stephen Youll)
(Tue 25 Sep 2001)

* Lethem, Jonathan This Shape We're In
(McSweeney's Books 0-9703355-2-0, $9, 55pp, hc, 2001, jacket art Chester Brown, jacket design Elizabeth Kairys)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* Link, Kelly Stranger Things Happen
(Small Beer Press 1-931520-00-3, $16, 266pp, tpb, 2001, jacket art Shelley Jackson)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* Malzberg, Barry N. In the Stone House
(Arkham House 0-87054-178-1, $25.95, 247pp, hc, November 2000, jacket art Allan C. Servoss)
skip (Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* Martin, George R.R. Quartet
(NESFA Press 1-886778-31-0, $25, 444pp, hc, February 2001, jacket art Charles Vess)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* McAuley, Paul Whole Wide World
(UK: HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225903-6, £16.99, 388pp, hc, September 2001)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* McHugh, Maureen F. Nekropolis
(HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97457-6, $25, 257pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art Jeff Nishinaka, jacket design Amy Halperin)
(Mon 27 Aug 2001)

* Nolan, William F. William F. Nolan's Dark Universe
(Stealth Press 1-58881-035-6, $29.95, 25+470pp, hc, October 2001, jacket design Jeff King)
(Thu 27 Sep 2001)

* Roberts, Adam On
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07176-1, £17.99, 388pp, hc, June 2001, jacket art Chris Moore)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

* Swanwick, Michael Being Gardner Dozois: An Interview by Michael Swanwick
(Old Earth Books 1-882968-19-0, $25, 248pp, hc, 2001, jacket art Omar Rayyan, jacket design Robert T. Garcia)
(Sat 1 Sep 2001)

* Vukcevich, Ray Meet Me in the Moon Room
(Small Beer Press 1-931520-01-1, $16, 253pp, tpb, 2001, jacket art Rafal Olbinski)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)

Wolfe, Gene There Are Doors
(Orb 0-312-87230-5, $14.95, 313pp, tpb, October 2001, jacket art Richard Bober)
Reprint (Tor November 1988). (Tue 25 Sep 2001)

* Zahn, Timothy Angelmass
(Tor 0-312-87828-1, $27.95, 430pp, hc, September 2001, jacket art Paul Youll)
(Thu 20 Sep 2001)

* Zettel, Sarah Kingdom of Cages
(Warner Aspect 0-446-52491-3, $24.95, 467pp, hc, August 2001, jacket art Michael Whelan, jacket design Don Puckey)
(Fri 14 Sep 2001)

* Zindell, David The Lightstone
(UK: HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224756-9, £17.99, 840pp, hc, August 2001, jacket art Geoff Taylor)
(Thu 30 Aug 2001)


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