* Bedford, K. A. : Paradox Resolution
(Canada: Hades/Edge Science Fiction And Fantasy 978-1-894063-88-3, $15.95, 288pp, trade paperback, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 1 Aug 2012
• Spider Webb #2

SF novel, sequel to Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait (2008), about an Australian time machine repairman whose boss’s hotrod machine has been stolen.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The Amazon page has an interview with the author.

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* Canavan, Trudi : The Traitor Queen
(Orbit 978-0316037891, $25.99, 528pp, hardcover, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Aug 2012
• Traitor Spy #3

Fantasy novel, third in the “Traitor Spy” trilogy following The Ambassador’s Mission (2010) and The Rogue (2011).
• Orbit’s site has a post by the author about writing the series.
• The author’s site has this description with a link to an extract.

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* Ford, Jeffrey : Crackpot Palace
(Morrow 978-0-06-212259-9, $14.99, 352pp, trade paperback, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Aug 2012

Collection of 20 stories, one original to this book, the others first published from 2008 – 2011 except for one earlier story from 1993.
• HarperCollins’ site has a description with a “Read Now” preview function.
• Kirkus has a brief review that concludes, “Ford finds his way into scenarios infernal, haunted or merely strange, and keeps his wits about him on the journey.”

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* Guran, Paula : Extreme Zombies
(Prime Books 978-1607013525, $15.95, 384pp, trade paperback, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Jul 2012

Anthology of 25 stories about zombies.
• Authors include George R.R. Martin, Joe R. Lansdale, John Shirley, Dennis Etchison, Nancy A. Collins, and Norman Partridge.
• Prime’s site has this description with the table of contents.

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+ Hoban, Russell : Soonchild
(Candlewick Press 978-0-7636-5920-2, $15.99, 144pp, hardcover, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Aug 2012

First US edition (UK: Walker Uk, March 2012)

Children’s fantasy novel, final novel by the author who died last December, about an unborn Inuit child unable to hear the World Songs that inspire newborns to come into the world.
• The book has illustrations by Alexis Deacon.
• Candlewick’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Hoban fearlessly tackles the big questions: the distinction between the real and the unreal, the nature of courage, and the debt humans owe the dead and the unborn.”

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* Kiernan, Caitlín R. : Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-473-7, $40, 328pp, hardcover, August 2012, jacket illustration Lee Moyer)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Jul 2012

Collection of 25 stories, all first published (Publishers Weekly notes) in Kiernan’s e-zine from 2007 to 2009.
• Subterranean’s site has this description with the table of contents. The $60 limited edition includes a second volume, The Yellow Book, with two additional stories.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The stories are intensely and often graphically erotic, and explore transgression, transformation, and transcendence. The seductively dark lyricism and thematic profundity of this collection will appeal to anyone who shares Kiernan’s longing for ‘desire without boundaries.’ “

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* Litore, Stant : What Our Eyes Have Witnessed
(Amazon/47north 978-1612183930, $14.95, 232pp, trade paperback, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Aug 2012
• Zombie Bible #2

Horror novel, second in a series, about a priest fending off zombies in 2nd-century Rome.
• The Zombie Bible series site has background on the author and stories.
• The first volume, Death Has Come Up into Our Windows, is also just released today, while a third volume is scheduled for October.

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* Tan, Charles A., ed. : Lauriat
(Lethe 978-1-59021-254-7, $18, 234pp, trade paperback, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 1 Aug 2012

Anthology of 14 stories, subtitled “A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology”.
• Lethe’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review cites standout stories by Crystal Koo and Fidelis Tan, and concludes, “Filipino–Chinese readers will feel a thrill of recognition; others will be glad to learn more about a culture rarely seen in speculative fiction.”

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* Wrede, Patricia C. : The Far West
(Scholastic Press 978-0545033442, $17.99, 384pp, hardcover, August 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 1 Aug 2012
• Frontier Magic #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following Thirteenth Child (2009) and Across the Great Barrier (2011), about a girl moving with her family into the western U.S. frontier.
• The author’s site has this page about the series, an excerpt from the new book, and a map.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.

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