Bradbury, Ray : Farewell Summer
(Avon 978-0-06-113155-4, $7.99, 198pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: HarperCollins/Morrow, October 2006)

Fantasy novel, sequel to Bradbury's classic Dandelion Wine (1957), about 12-year-old Douglas Spaulding in Green Town, Illinois, in 1928.
• The publisher's site has this description with its 'Browse Inside' feature.
• Amazon has the starred Publishers Weekly review: "This poignant, wise but slight 'extension' of the indefatigable Bradbury's semiautobiographical Dandelion Wine picks up the story of 12-year-old Douglas Spaulding in October of 1928, when the warmth of summer still clings to Green Town, Ill. As in his episodic 1957 novel, Bradbury evokes the rhythms of a long-gone smalltown America with short, swift chapters that build to a lyrical meditation on aging and death."

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Brust, Steven : Dzur
(Tor 978-0-7653-4154-9, $6.99, 285pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Tor, August 2006)

Fantasy novel, 10th in the series about Vlad Taltos, not counting the Viscount of Adrilankha trilogy that ended with Sethra Lavode.
• Tor's site has this description and excerpt.
• Brust's website is out-of-date, but his blog A Bland and Deadly Courtesy *is* up-to-date; and his Wikipedia entry describes the series and lists the previous books.
• Carolyn Cushman's review of the book in Locus Magazine noted that the book "evokes the first few volumes in the series, with Vlad revisiting old haunts and friends and re-acquainting himself with the local underworld as he tries to undo the damage already done."

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Clemens, James : Hinterland
(Roc 978-0-451-46130-8, $7.99, 514pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Roc, November 2006)

Fantasy novel, second of the "Godslayer Chronicles" following Shadowfall (2005), set in a world ruled by a hundred gods and concerning a knight searching for the killer of one of them.
• The author's website has a description, and quotes the Library Journal review, which concludes "Clemens continues the saga begun in Shadowfall with a gripping, tautly constructed tale of a man's struggle to regain his honor and deliver his world from destruction. This high fantasy belongs in most fantasy collections."

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Crichton, Michael : Next
(Harper 978-0-06-087316-5, $9.99, 547pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: HarperCollins, December 2006)

SF thriller about the threat of biotechnology, including cloning and genetic engineering.
• The author's site has this page for the book, with a description and press releases, and a link to tie-in website www.NEXTgencode.com, which offers news stories, products, and ads.
• HarperCollins' site has a description with its 'Browse Inside' feature and an audio excerpt.
• Locus Online editor Mark R. Kelly commented on the book in his blog: "However creaky Crichton's book is as fiction, you have to hand it to him that, whatever his political sway, he's writing books these days that address serious issues of technology and science in a direct, popular way that virtually no one else is attempting."

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Farland, David : Sons of the Oak
(Tor 978-0-7653-4108-2, $7.99, 406pp, mass market paperback, September 2007)
(First edition: Tor, November 2006)

Fantasy novel, fifth volume in "The Runelords" series, following The Sum of All Men aka The Runelords (1998), The Brotherhood of the Wolf (1999), Wizardborn (2001), and The Lair of Bones (2003).
• The Official Runelords Site has this excerpt from the new book.
• Amazon's 'search inside' feature includes an excerpt.

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Flynn, Michael : Eifelheim
(Tor 978-0-765-31910-4, $14.95, 320pp, trade paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Tor, October 2006)

SF novel about contemporary researchers investigating the fate of a vanished Black Forest village, and the 14th century pastor there who encounters a crashed spaceship full of alien "Krenken".
• The novel incorporates Flynn's 1986 novella of the same name, a Hugo nominee and winner of that year's Analog Analytical Laboratory.
• Tor's website has this description and an excerpt.
• The novel was a Hugo Award finalist for best novel this year.
• Amazon has the starred Publishers Weekly review, which said that Flynn "masterfully achieves an intricate panorama of medieval life, full of fascinatingly realized human and Krenken characters whose fates interconnect with poignant irony."

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Foster, Alan Dean : Trouble Magnet
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48505-2, $7.99, 280pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, December 2006)

SF novel, latest in the ongoing series about empath Philip Lynx and his mini-dragon companion Pip that began with The Tar Aiym Krang in 1972 and most recently included Running from the Deity in 2005. In this book, Flinx detours to the criminal-run planet of Visaria.
• The latest book in the series, Patrimony, is described here.
• Del Rey's site has this description and an excerpt.

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Hetley, James A. : Dragon's Teeth
(Ace 978-0-441-01543-6, $7.99, 327pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Ace, November 2006)

Fantasy novel, follow-up to Dragon's Eye (2005), about families of shapeshifters and witches in a backwater town in Maine.
• The author's web page has a description and an excerpt.
• Faren Miller's review in Locus Magazine said: "The sense of psychological realism in Dragon's Teeth ultimately helps resolve important issues that the faster-paced first book had left hanging, as it deftly entwines the uncanny with what we tend to dismiss too blithely as the everyday."

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Lumley, Brian : Necroscope: The Touch
(Tor 978-0-7653-5521-8, $7.99, 502pp, mass market paperback, September 2007)
(First edition: Tor, June 2006)

Horror novel in the Necroscope series, the 15th book in the series overall, which began with Necroscope (1986), about people who can communicate with the dead.
• Wikipedia has this entry about the series.
• This book introduces a new hero fighting aliens attempting to destroy Earth.
• The author's site has this page about the book.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review, which concludes "Billed as horror, this unpretentious SF adventure provides plenty of fun in the classic pulp tradition", and a "Search Inside" feature with an excerpt.

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Marillier, Juliet : Blade of Fortriu
(Tor 978-0-7653-4876-0, $7.99, 590pp, mass market paperback, November 2007) ERROR -- 1st edition not found

Fantasy novel, second in the "Bridei Chronicles" following The Dark Mirror (2004), set in pre-Celtic Scotland and concerning a druid's foster son who takes in an abandoned fairy girl.
• Tor's website has this description and an excerpt.
• The third book, The Well of Shades, was published by Tor in May and is described here.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review: "Skilled world-building and characterization set Marillier's historical fantasy at the head of the pack."

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McDevitt, Jack : Odyssey
(Ace 978-0-441-01540-5, $7.99, 423pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Ace, November 2006)

SF novel, fifth book about former starship pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchinson, following The Engines of God (1994), Deepsix (2001), Chindi (2002), and Omega (2003). In this book the Academy, a future space program facing budget cuts, investigates "moonriders", strange lights seen in nearby systems that may be alien spacecraft.
• The latest and perhaps last book in the series, Cauldron, was just published in hardcover and is described here.
• Russell Letson's review in Locus Magazine said: "McDevitt's imaginative world stretches between the poles of Home and Out There -- and as strange and wonderful and terrifying as Out There can be, Home is where his heart is."

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Modesitt, L. E., Jr. : Soarer's Choice
(Tor 978-0-765-35559-1, $7.99, 558pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Tor, November 2006)

Fantasy novel, sixth and concluding volume in the Corean Chronicles following Legacies (2002), Darknesses (2003), Scepters (2004), Alector's Choice (2005), and Cadmian's Choice (2006).
• Modesitt's website has this page about the book.
• Tor's site has this description, and an excerpt.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly and Booklist reviews -- both starred. PW says the book "brings the fantasy saga to a thunderous, satisfying climax".

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Palmatier, Joshua : The Cracked Throne
(DAW 978-0-7564-0447-5, $7.99, 382pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: DAW, November 2006)

Fantasy novel, follow-up to the author's first novel The Skewed Thrown (January 2006), about a young girl with supernatural ability in the decadent city of Amenkor.
• The third volume, The Vacant Throne, is due in January.
• The author's site has this description and an excerpt.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review: "Despite a complicated backstory, this novel grips the reader with a swift-moving tale of political intrigue and economic survival in a world where the most dangerous secrets are never forgotten."

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Rawn, Melanie : Spellbinder
(Tor 978-0-7653-5436-5, $7.99, 500pp, mass market paperback, September 2007)
(First edition: Tor, October 2006)

Urban fantasy novel, subtitled "A Love Story With Magical Interruptions", about "the sex lives and turf wars of modern Manhattan witches" according to the PW review.
• Tor's website has this description and an excerpt.
• Amazon has that Publishers Weekly review, which concludes "This cauldron bubbles over with spells, rituals, sex and even a vampire or two."

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Ringo, John : Choosers of the Slain
(Baen 978-1-416-57384-5, $7.99, 565pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Baen, July 2006)

Military techno-thriller about a former Navy SEAL turned international warlord; third in a series following Ghost (2005) and Kildar (2006). In this book Mike Harmon investigates the international sex trade.
• Baen's site has a description and links to several chapters.
• The fourth book in the series, Unto the Breach, was published last December and was described here.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review: "Those who thought Kildar too static will find plenty of well-thought-out set pieces sure to satisfy the most demanding action junkie."

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Robinson, Kim Stanley : Sixty Days and Counting
(Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58582-7, $7.99, 543pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Bantam Spectra, March 2007)

SF novel, third in the author's "Science in the Capitol" trilogy about the effects of climate change, following Forty Signs of Rain (2004) and Fifty Degrees Below (2005). In this book president-elect Phil Chase tries to organize scientific efforts to avert world disaster.
• Bantam's site has this description and an excerpt.
• Gary K. Wolfe's review earlier this year in Locus Magazine, contrasting this book to Michael Crichton's "characteristically lumpy SF thriller State of Fear", wondered "So why doesn't he [Robinson] get the kind of attention that a Crichton does? Part of the problem, of course, is Robinson's own fault: one of his main flaws as a writer of political thrillers is that he's not nuts." Wolfe concluded: "Sixty Days and Counting sets itself up, finally, as a novel of hope. Some of that hope may look a bit like wish-fulfillment, but it's nothing if not earnest, and it's enough to convince any serious reader that Robinson is someone we ought to be listening to."

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Rosenblum, Mary : Horizons
(Tor 978-0-7653-5515-7, $6.99, 324pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Tor, November 2006)

Near-future SF novel about political intrigue aboard an orbital habitat called New York Up, where an empath from Earth searches for the fate of her brother.
• The author, who also writes mysteries as Mary Freeman, has this website and this blog.
• Gary K. Wolfe's review last year in Locus Magazine said the book "is an excellent example of an increasingly rare breed -- a good SF novel which is satisfied with being a good SF novel. ... It's immensely satisfying with its cast of intelligent, sympathetic characters, its attention to detail, and its clear and efficient style."

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Scalzi, John : The Android's Dream
(Tor 978-0-7653-4828-9, $6.99, 396pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Tor, November 2006)

SF novel about a diplomatic crisis with aliens that requires diplomat Harry Creek to find a particular kind of sheep.
• Scalzi's books page has a "10 Words or Less" description, "Man solves diplomatic crisis through action scenes and snappy dialogue", plus the cover blurbage, quotes from reviews, and personal notes: "I call this my 'popcorn movie' book: No particularly deep themes, just lots of action and adventure and fun. I had a ball writing this one."
• Tor's website has a description and an excerpt.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review: "With plenty of alien gore to satisfy fans of military SF and inventive jabs at pretend patriotism and self-serving civil service, Scalzi delivers an effervescent but intelligent romp".

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Spencer, Wen : Wolf Who Rules
(Baen 978-1-416-57381-4, $7.99, 470pp, mass market paperback, November 2007)
(First edition: Baen, April 2006)

Fantasy novel, sequel to Tinker (2003), in which near-future Pittsburgh borders the land of the elves.
• Baen's site has a description and links to several chapters.
• The author's site has this page for the book, including Chapter One.
• Carolyn Cushman reviewed the book for Locus Magazine, concluding "Engagingly quirky characters, culture clashes, magic, high-tech devices, and even spaceships combine in a rousing worlds-spanning adventure."

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Wilson, F. Paul : Harbingers
(Tor 978-0-7653-5139-5, $7.99, 429pp, mass market paperback, September 2007)
(First edition: Forge, September 2006)

Fantasy/thriller novel, 10th in the "Repairman Jack" series about a vigilante hero who deals in the paranormal.
• The 11th volume, Bloodline, published last month, was described here.
• The Tor/Forge website has this description with an excerpt.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review, which concludes "In this brisk update on the series, Jack must make some difficult decisions as he learns that the enemy of his enemy is not necessarily his friend."

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