February-March 2004

Alternate history novel, follow-up to Lion's Blood (2002), set in a North America colonized by Africans using European slaves.
• Alyx Dellamonica's review in the March 2003 issue of Locus Magazine was enthusiastic: "Lion's Blood was an outstanding accomplishment, one that looked impossible to surpass. But in Zulu Heart Barnes has done just that, infusing still more adventure, intrigue and romance into a vibrant world that is so utterly believable, so vivid and sensual, that it makes reality itself seem like the imagined realm."
• The publisher's website has this description.
(Fri 13 Feb 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Epic historical SF novel covering 65 million years of human evolution--"a James Michener" novel in the author's own words.
• The Amazon page has Therese Littleton's review of the earlier hardcover edition, and this Guardian review from Dec. '02 is still online.
• Placed #16 on the 2003 Locus Poll for best SF novel.
(Wed 24 Mar 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Fantasy novel, third and final volume in the erotic/BDSM trilogy that began with Kushiel's Dart (2001) and continued with Kushiel's Chosen (2002).
• Carey's website offers bookplates, and tattoos.
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Fantasy novel, fifth in the author's "Crown of Stars" series, following King's Dragon (1997), Prince of Dogs (1998), The Burning Stone (1999), and Child of Flame (2000).
• The official author's site, still not quite up to date, has this page about the series, with links to maps.
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Heroic fantasy novel, subtitled "A Novel of Druss the Legend", part of the author's Drenai series taking place immediately before the author's first novel Legend (1984), according to the PW review on the Amazon page.
• The David Gemmell Info and News Page has background on this series and the author's many other books.
(Wed 24 Mar 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Contemporary novel, a quasi-SF thriller set in the present day, about a woman with an allergy to corporate logos trying to track down the source of fragmentary video footage posted on the Web.
• The book is on Locus' 2003 Recommended Reading List, and has been shortlisted for this year's Arthur C. Clarke and the British SF Association awards.
• See the 2003 Books Directory entry for links to online reviews and awards news.
• Gibson's website has this description and excerpt, as well an archive of Gibson's almost daily blog, which ended last September.
(Tue 3 Feb 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Fantasy novel set in a world where those born with magic talent are known as elementals, aligned with earth, air, fire, or water. A sequel, Earth Logic, is due this month in hardcover.
• Cynthia Ward's Amazon.com review calls it "an original, skillfully written, powerfully imagined novel of war and intrigue".
• Winner of the 2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award as best novel.
(Thu 11 Mar 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Fantasy novel, first book in "The Moonworlds Saga". The next book, Glass Dragons, is due in April, and is enthusiastically reviewed by Nick Gevers in the March '04 issue of Locus
• The author's website has some description of the series.
• Ranked #12 on the 2003 Locus Poll for best fantasy novel.
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YA Fantasy novel, third in the popular sequence following Sabriel and Lirael.
• Background details are in Nix's Locus interview in the January '02 issue, which is excerpted here. Nix's website has this page, with links to excerpts.
• The book is on Locus' 2003 Recommended Reading List.
(Tue 3 Feb 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Nonfiction collecton of 35 essays originally published as editorials in Analog, with an introduction by Marvin Minsky.
• Schmidt's webpage has a complete list of editorials he's published since 1979, along with links to three sample editorials.
(Wed 28 Jan 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Anthology of 13 alternate history stories about generals, including Patton, Napoleon, Custer, etc. Authors include Roland J. Green, Harry Turtledove, and William Sanders.
• Baen's site has this description.
(Wed 24 Mar 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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