New Books, 31 March
* Ballantine, Pip, & Tee Morris : The Diamond Conspiracy
(Ace 978-0425267325, 368pp, mass market paperback, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Mar 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101621462
• Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #4
Steampunk fantasy novel, fourth of a series following Phoenix Rising (2011), The Janus Affair (2012), and Dawn’s Early Light (2014), about two agents in a clandestine organization in Victorian London.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Brennan, Marie : Voyage of the Basilisk
(Tor 978-0-7653-3198-4, $25.99, 352pp, hardcover, March 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Mar 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429956369
• A Natural History of Dragons #3
Fantasy novel, third in a series after A Natural History of Dragons (2013) and The Tropic of Serpents (2014), about a dragon naturalist.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “This is a good pick for lovers of Victorian fiction or those seeking a novel approach to dragons.”
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* Brett, Peter V. : The Skull Throne
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53148-3, 704pp, hardcover, March 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Mar 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-8041-7747-4
• The Demon Cycle #4
Fantasy novel, fourth in a series following The Warded Man (2009) (aka The Painted Man in the UK), The Desert Spear (2010), and The Daylight War (2013), about desert tribes preyed upon by night demons.
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
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* Fowler, Christopher : Bryant & May: The Burning Man
(UK: Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0857522047, £16.99, 416pp, hardcover, March 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 26 Mar 2015
• Bryant & May #12
Supernatural crime novel, twelfth in a series about detectives Bryant and May that began with Full Dark House (2004).
• Random House UK’s site has this description with an “open the book” preview function.
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* Guran, Paula, ed. : New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
(Prime Books 978-1607014508, $16.95, 480pp, trade paperback, April 2015, cover art Nikita Veprikov)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Mar 2015
Anthology of 19 stories, first published from 2010 to 2014, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
• Authors include Brian Hodge, John Shirley, Don Webb, Michael Shea, Charles Stross, and Marc Laidlaw.
• Prime Books’s website has this description.
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+ Pinborough, Sarah : Poison
(Titan 978-1783291076, $14.95, 208pp, hardcover, March 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Mar 2015
First US edition (UK: Gollancz, April 2013)
Retelling of the Snow White fairy tale.
• Titan’s site has this page for the book.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Roughgarden, Joan : RAM-2050
(Kauai Institute 978-0-9862914-0-1, $23.99, 492pp, Kindle, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sat 28 Mar 2015
Near-future SF novel, retelling the Ramayana epic, about the CEO of Apple who creates a genetically engineered son.
• The author is an evolutionary biologist; this is her first novel.
• Book site http://www.ram-2050.com/ has blurbs and and a video, and links to other electronic editions.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Roughgarden stays faithful to the essence of the original stories, but the book lacks their epic feel and beautiful language. While the rewrite may disappoint those who have read the Ramayana, it should satisfy fans of technical and naturalistic SF.”
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* Smith, Gavin : A Quantum Mythology
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575126992, £16.99, 576pp, trade paperback, March 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 26 Mar 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575127180
SF novel in which far future humanity, a contemporary man purusing a killer, and ancient British tribes are connected.
• Gollancz’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The author’s site has a section of short stories set in the universes of this and his other novels.
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• (Directory Entry)
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