Notable new SF, Fantasy, and Horror books seen : Posted 11 July 2004

Anthology of SF, fantasy, and horror poetry published in 2003 and nominated for this year's Rhysling Award, organized by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Contents are grouped by the award's two categories: short poems and long poems.
• Authors include Diane Ackerman, Mike Allen, Tim Pratt, Bruce Boston, Ian Watson, and many others.
• There's an introduction giving the history of the award and explaining voting procedures, and an appendix listing past winners.
• This page shows last year's anthology.
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Collection of 22 stories, most of them previously unpublished, many first written in the 1940s and '50s and unsold at the time.
• The Amazon page reproduces the Publishers Weekly review.
• A review by Gary K. Wolfe will appear in the August issue of Locus Magazine.
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Anthology of 18 stories that have won the Locus Award; subtitled "Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy". Contents range from Gene Wolfe's 1973 novella "The Death of Doctor Island" to Neil Gaiman's 2002 short story "October in the Chair", with stories in between by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, Greg Egan, etc.
• The Amazon page reproduces the Publishers Weekly review.
• The book's appendix lists complete past winners of the Locus Award (through 2003), a list which is online here.
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Chapbook collection of 5 stories, two of them original to this volume.
• The publisher's site has this description, the text of one story, Ash City Stomp, and a 44Mb mp3 audio version of same.
• The author's webpage lists his previous publications.
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Fantasy novel about war between the young Lucian empire and the ancient lands of the Moghan.
• The book was previously published electronically in 2003 by the same publisher, The Fiction Works, which has this description. Fictionwise.com has an excerpt.
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Historical fantasy novel, first of the "Crucible" trilogy, set in 14th century Europe. Includes a glossary.
• The author's website, www.saradouglass.com, has this page about the trilogy, with numerous links to additional pages of background, character descriptions, and excerpts.
• Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review in its June 21st issue; the review, posted on the Amazon page, concludes "This captivating historical fantasy ranks with the best in the subgenre."
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Anthology of 12 original stories by authors writing in some of their most popular fantasy worlds, including David Weber with a tale of Bahzell Bahnakhson, Mercedes Lackey with a "Valdemar" story, plus Andre Norton, Elizabeth Moon, Alan Dean Foster, Mike Resnick, etc.
• Baen's site has this description with links to the introduction and sample stories.
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Military/space opera novel, a sequel to the author's first novel In Conquest Born (1986), concerning rival generals in an interstellar war. Includes a 30-page glossary.
• The author's official website, Merentha, has a section called Blood Steppes with news and background information on the book, including an interview with Friedman from Barnes & Noble.
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Fantasy novel, third in the Corean Chronicles trilogy following Legacies (2002) and Darknesses (2003). Features color endpapers.
• Amazon reproduces the PW review, which calls the series "an intriguing blend of martial fantasy and SF".
• Modesitt's website has this page about the series, though no details yet about this volume.
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Tolkienesque fantasy novel, sequel to The Rover (2001).
• Amazon has the PW review. The Bud Plant Illustrated Books website has this biography of the author.
• The jacket description refers to The Rover as "an Alyx Award winner".
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Anthology of 10 original stories by winners of the first and second annual Phobos Fiction Contest. Authors include Carl Frederick, Gordon Gross (Harold Gross & Eve Gordon), Matt Rotundo.
• The Phobos website has this description and author biographies.
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Fantasy novel, a "pre-pre-pre-prequel" to Marion Zimmer Bradley's enduring fantasy The Mists of Avalon (1983) according to the Booklist review reproduced on the Amazon page, which links Avalon's magical powers to remnants of Atlantis.
• The Booklist review, by Jennifer Mattson, concludes "A rich and respectful homage that will dazzle readers longing to revisit Bradley's sacred, storied isle."
• The book hit the New York Times bestseller list at #28 the week of July 4th.
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SF novel, sequel to There Will Be Dragons, set in a world following collapse of technology and now resembling a fantasy world with dragons, elves, mermaids, etc.
• Baen's site has this description with links to several chapters.
• Amazon has several reader reviews, with remarks on the book's whimsy, fannish in-jokes, etc.
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SF novel in the author's Stardoc universe.
• The author's website has descriptions and excerpts of previous Stardoc novels.
• Amazon has the PW review, which concludes "The strong romance elements, along with the general youth of the characters (Jadaira loses her virginity), will appeal to young adult SF fans."
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Fantasy novel, second in the Dragonvarld trilogy following Mistress of Dragons (2003), concerning the twins born at the end of that volume.
• The author's website features Chapter One.
• Amazon reproduces Publishers Weekly's starred review from its June 7th issue, which concludes "A surprising, fire-breathing conclusion, sure to please dragon fans, sets the stage for volume three."
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Fantasy novel, second in the "Fall of Ile-Rien" trilogy following The Wizard Hunters (2003).
• The author's website has this description with links to several excerpts.
• The publisher's site has this description and an excerpt.
• Amazon has the PW review.
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