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Anvil, Christopher, & Eric C. Flint, compiled and edited :
Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity
(Baen 0-7434-9892-5, $26, 648pp, hardcover, March 2005, cover art Jeff Easley)
Omnibus/collection of five stories and one novel (Warlord's World, DAW 1975) in Anvil's Interstellar Patrol series -- following earlier stories published in Interstellar Patrol in 2003 [Locus Online's description] -- plus 17 other stories in the same Federation of Humanity setting. Afterword by editor Eric Flint.
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Baen's site has this description, including story publication credits, and links to several stories and Chapter One of the novel.
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Ballard, J. G. :
Empire of the Sun
(Simon & Schuster 0-743-26523-8, $13, 279pp, trade paperback, March 2005)
(First edition: UK: Gollancz, 1984)
Associational novel about an aristocratic British boy separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai during World War II, based on the author's own experiences. It's the author's best-known novel, courtesy the 1987 Steven Spielberg film.
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The publisher's site has this description.
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Despite the non-genre content, it was nominated for the 1985 British Science Fiction Association Award, and more significantly, it was a finalist for that year's Booker Prize (website apparently defunct).
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Heinlein, Robert A. :
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel
(Pocket 1-4165-0549-0, $12, 249pp, trade paperback, February 2005, cover design Stevenson, David)
(First edition: Scribner, 1958)
Young adult SF novel, 12th of Heinlein's acclaimed and fondly-remembered series of 'juveniles' published from the late 1940s through the early 1960s, and perhaps the single most popular of them. It's about a teenage boy who wins a space suit in a contest and is subsequently kidnapped by aliens.
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David Pringle's Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction calls it "possibly the best thing its author ever wrote".
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Heinlein's Wikipedia entry.
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Heinlein Concordance entry.
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Heinlein, Robert A. :
Starman Jones
(Pocket 1-4165-0550-4, $12, 261pp, trade paperback, April 2005, cover design Stevenson, David)
(First edition: Scribner, 1953)
Young adult SF novel, 7th of Heinlein's acclaimed and fondly-remembered series of 'juveniles' published from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. It's about an orphaned young man who gets a position aboard a starship and gradually, by dint of an eidetic memory, rises to captaincy.
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David Pringle's Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction calls it "a gripping 'juvenile' in the author's best vein".
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Heinlein's Wikipedia entry.
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Heinlein Concordance entry.
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Heinlein, Robert A. :
Tunnel in the Sky
(Pocket 1-4165-0551-2, $12, 262pp, trade paperback, March 2005, cover design Stevenson, David)
(First edition: Scribner, 1955)
Young adult SF novel, 9th of Heinlein's acclaimed and fondly-remembered series of 'juveniles' published from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. It's about a group of high school survivalist students who become stranded on a test planet when the matter transmitter fails to return them to Earth.
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David Pringle's Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction calls it "a rather harsh Heinlein 'juvenile' which extols the boy-scout virtues".
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Heinlein's Wikipedia entry.
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Heinlein Concordance entry.
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Myers, John Myers :
Silverlock
(Ace 0-441-01247-7, $14.95, 15+364pp, trade paperback, April 2005, cover art Dan Craig)
(First edition: Dutton, 1949)
Classic, one-of-a-kind fantasy novel famous for its elaborate references to literary and mythological works.
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It placed #21 in Locus Magazine's 1987 all-time fantasy novel poll.
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This volume reprints forewords from an earlier edition by Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, and Jerry Pournelle.
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The Commonwealth of Letters website explores the book and its references. NESFA published a hardcover edition of the book last year.
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Green Man Review posted this review by Eric Eller of this new edition.
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Norton, Andre :
Dark Companion
(Baen 0-7434-9898-4, $26, 410pp, hardcover, April 2005, cover art Bob Eggleton)
Omnibus of two novels, Dark Piper (1968) and Dread Companion (1970). This first concerns the last human survivors on a planet of mutant creatures; the second is about the governess of a student with an invisible companion that leads them to a Faerie-like world.
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Baen's site has this description and links to several chapters.
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Rucker, Rudy :
Master of Space and Time
(Thunder's Mouth Press 1-56025-703-2, $14.95, 229pp, trade paperback, April 2005)
(First edition: Bluejay, 1985)
SF novel about a zany inventor who creates his own tailor-made universe.
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The book "combines high physics and high jinks, blurring the line between science and magic" according to the description on the publisher's website.
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Reports, such as this one at Movieweb.com, indicate that Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, will direct an adaptation of the book, starring Jack Black; the IMDb has this entry for the 'in production' film.
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SF Site ran this 1998 review by Peter D. Tillman, who called this book "still my favorite Rucker novel."
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Yolen, Jane :
The Wizard of Washington Square
(Starscape 0-765-35016-5, $5.99, 78pp, trade paperback, March 2005, cover art Charles Vess)
(First edition: World, 1969)
Short middle-grade fantasy novel about a boy and a girl who discover a wizard living behind the door in Washington Square Arch.
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Yolen's website has this page with the original cover and a brief description.
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Amazon has a review by Harriet Klausner.
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