New Books, 23 June 2015
* Brooks, Terry : The Darkling Child
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-54079-9, $28, 320pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 9 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345540805
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780804190671
• The Defenders of Shannara #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following The High Druid’s Blade (2014), set hundreds of years after the “Dark Legacy of Shannara” series (Wards of Faerie (2012), Bloodfire Quest (2013), and Witch Wraith (2013)).
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Brooks’s fans and those who prefer their fantasy on a smaller scale will appreciate the more personal but still high-stakes turn in this famous world.”
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* de Rojas, Agustín : A Legend of the Future
(Restless Books 978-1632060358, $15.99, 240pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Jun 2015
SF novel, translated for the first time into English by Nick Caistor, by the “patron saint of Cuban science fiction”, who lived from 1949 to 2011. It’s about a damaged spaceship returning to Earth from a failed mission to Titan.
• The publisher’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.
• Tor.com has this excerpt.
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* Golden, Christopher : Tin Men
(Ballantine 978-0-345-54885-6, $26, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345548863
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101889404
Near future SF thriller about robot soldiers deployed by the US to keep control of a near-apocalyptic world.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Within its chosen limits, this is a wonderfully effective SF thriller.”
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* Holder, Nancy, & Debbie Viguié : The Rules
(Delacorte Press 978-0-385-74100-2, $17.99, 339pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780375983474
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780307942197
Young adult horror novel about teenagers participating in a scavenger hunt at an exclusive high school party.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
(Wed 27 May 2015)
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* Pratchett, Terry, & Stephen Baxter : The Long Utopia
(Harper 978-0062297334, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062297358
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062297365
• UK edition: 978-0857521767 (Tue 23 Jun 2015)
• Long Earth #4
SF novel, fourth in a series following The Long Earth (2012), The Long War (2013), and The Long Mars (2014), in which a process called Stepping gives humanity access to a series of parallel Earths.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly said of the previous book, “Baxter and Pratchett remain in fine form, their collaboration producing another thoughtful page-turner.”
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* Saintcrow, Lilith : Trailer Park Fae
(Orbit 978-0-316-27785-3, $15, 352pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316277839
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478903963
• Gallow and Ragged #1
Urban fantasy novel, first in a new series, in which the fairy world inhabits diners, dive bars, and trailer parks.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Saintcrow’s artful, poignant descriptions remain with the reader long after the tale’s end, as does the persistent sense of dark, unsettling unease.”
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* Yoss : A Planet for Rent
(Restless Books 978-1632060365, $15.99, 272pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Jun 2015
SF novel by the Cuban author Yoss (pen name for José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) about aliens who colonize Earth as a tourist destination. It’s translated from the Spanish by David Frye.
• The publisher’s site has this description with excerpts from reviews.
• The Publishers Weekly review says “Yoss’s allegory of his native Cuba and the exploitation of its people is not subtle, and the prose tends toward textbook-like descriptions.” The review concludes, “some stories, such as the blistering ‘Performing Death’ and its protagonist’s excruciating, literally suicidal performance art, provide a wrenching depiction of the corrosive effects of prejudice and colonialism.”
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