New Books, 18 November
* Doctorow, Cory : Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
(McSweeney’s 978-1-940450-28-5, $22, 218pp, hardcover, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Nov 2014
Associational nonfiction book about copyright and creative success in the digital age.
• There are forewords by both Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.
• McSweeney’s site has this description with a link to a podcast with Cory Doctorow talking about the book.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Equal parts manifesto and field guide, Doctorow’s primer for artists and creators delivers a healthy dose of clarity to the debate.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Dubé, Peter : Beginning with the Mirror
(Lethe 978-1-59021-027-7, $15, 168pp, trade paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sat 25 Oct 2014
Collection of 10 stories “about Love, Desire and Moving Between Worlds”, according to the cover subtitle.
• Elizabeth Hand provides an introduction.
• Lethe’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Many of the stories contain implicit or explicit gay romance and eroticism, adding an extra dimension to the explorations of self. While this work definitely isn’t for everyone, Dubé’s method of tap-dancing on the edge of magical realism with weighty language is admirable for its artistry if not its accessibility.”
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* Fleskes, John, ed. : Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
(Flesk Publications 978-1-933865-58-4, $45, 304pp, hardcover, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Nov 2014
Twenty-first annual yearbook of fantastic art, with reproductions of works by over 300 artists, this year with a new editor.
• The publisher’s site has this description and order page. There’s also a trade paperback edition.
• The book includes artwork by this year’s winners in various categories, as listed here on the Spectrum Fantastic Art site. Artists include James Gurney, Shaun Tan, and Donato Giancola.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Herbert, Frank : The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert
(Tor 978-0-7653-3696-5, $29.99, 704pp, hardcover, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-4668-2987-9
Collection of 37 stories first published from 1952 to 1979, plus one story original to this book.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Modesitt, L. E., Jr. : Heritage of Cyador
(Tor 978-0765376138, $27.99, 528pp, hardcover, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466861015
• Recluce #18
Fantasy novel, 18th book in the Saga of Recluce following Arms-Commander (2010) and Cyador’s Heirs (May 2014), set a generation after the fall of Cyador.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
• (Directory Entry)
+ Wallace, Sean, ed. : The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry
(Running Press 978-0-762454-66-2, $14.95, 512pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-47211-076-3
• UK edition: 978-1472110626 (Thu 18 Sep 2014)
Anthology of 25 fantasy stories, mostly by authors who arose over the past decade.
• Authors include Jay Lake, K.J. Parker, Aliette de Bodard, Saladin Ahmen, Scott Lynch, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Yoon Ha Lee, and Naomi Novik.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “The 25 contributors to this superior anthology have all mastered the considerable challenge of fantasy worldbuilding in the confines of the short-story.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
• (Directory Entry)
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