30 August 2004

Fantasy novel, sequel to The Green Rider (1998).
• Amazon has the Booklist review by Paula Luedtke.
• The author's site, www.kristenbritain.com, has this page about the book, and an excerpt.
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SF novel, Haldeman's "Alaska novel", set in 1894, 1952, 2004, and points beyond, that answers the question "What should you do if a raven keeps appearing on your doorstep and giving you advice?" according to the author's webpage.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review, and reader reviews.
• It ranked #13 in the 2003 Locus Poll for Best SF Novel.
(Tue 3 Aug 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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SF novel, second book following The Butlerian Jihad in the second prequel trilogy by these writers set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's Dune series. The third book, The Battle of Corrin, has just been published in hardcover.
• Amazon has the PW review and mixed reader reviews.
• The Official Dune Website has this page about the book, along with a Dune timeline
• Paul Di Filippo's review for SF Weekly is still online.
(Tue 17 Aug 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Military SF novel, sequel to the author's 2001 debut novel The Dark Wing (Tor), concerning humans and the alien zor, now allies but threatened by a new menace. The third novel, The Dark Descent, has just been published in hardcover.
• Amazon has the PW review, and reader reviews.
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Collection of 16 stories, most of them original to this volume, in which delays in airport lounges lead to other 'planes' of existence -- such as those described in (previously published) "Seasons of Ansarac" and "The Fliers of Gy".
• This book won the 2004 Locus Award as best collection of 2003.
• Gary K. Wolfe, in the July 2003 Locus Magazine, called it a "wry and exhilarating book, perhaps the most thoroughly enjoyable -- and certainly the funniest -- of all Le Guin's collections to date".
• Amazon's page for the hardcover edition has a review by Cynthia Ward, and the PW review.
(Wed 28 Jul 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Mainstream novel with fantasy elements, covering three decades in a Brooklyn neighborhood.
• The book placed on several year's-best-books lists at the end of 2003, included the New York Times Editors' Choice list.
• The author's webpage Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Lethem..., has a news page including links to reviews and excerpts of this book. The publisher's page links to this excerpt and a reader's guide.
• The Amazon page reproduces the Publishers Weekly, which says "this novel confirms Lethem's status as the poet of Brooklyn and of motherless boys."
(Tue 24 Aug 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Star Wars novel, third in a trilogy following Hero's Trial and Jedi Eclipse.
• The Star Wars site has an interview with the author.
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Young adult fantasy novel, fifth in the popular series about the boy wizard, out in paperback 14 months after the hardcover release.
• Scholastic's Harry Potter page has this description, with links to a pronunciation guide, a reference guide, and much more.
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SF novel, the first novel by the son of Carl Sagan; sequel Edenborn is due to be published in hardcover this month.
• The author's website, www.nicksagan.com, has this page about the book, with a link to a first chapter excerpt, and a page for Edenborn.
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Historical novel about Vercingetorix, the greatest and last leader of the Gauls against the Romans under Julius Caesar.
• Spinrad's homepage acknowledges the origin of the book in a series of screenplay drafts for a film Vercingetorix, and has links to an excerpt, an interview, and reviews.
(Thu 12 Aug 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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SF novel, a far future space opera, first book of two, followed by The Killing of World.
• Combined as Succession (the SF Book Club's omnibus title) the two novels placed #14 in this year's Locus Poll in the SF Novel category.
• Gary K. Wolfe's review in the March 2003 Locus Magazine called it "the first part of what promises to be a rousing romantic adventure", while Russell Letson in the April issue described it as a mix of "high tech, interstellar warfare, court intrigue, doomed romance, and rogue AIs, among other spicy ingredients".
(Tue 3 Aug 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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