* Bailey, Dale : The Subterranean Season
(Resurrection House/Underland Press 978-1630230265, $16, 280pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015

Horror novel about a Ph.D. student who discovers a bottomless hole in his campus office, and what happens when he uses it to dispose of troublesome people.
• The publisher’s site has this description.

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* Bova, Ben : Death Wave
(Tor 978-0-7653-7950-4, $25.99, 411pp, hardcover, November 2015, jacket art John Harris)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-4668-6874-8
• Star Quest #1

Hard SF novel, follow-up to Farside (2013) and New Earth (2014) and first of a trilogy, about explorers to another solar system who discover evidence of a wave of radiation from the galactic core heading toward Earth.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Canavan, Trudi : Angel of Storms
(Orbit 978-0-316-20923-6, $27, 528pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316324953
• Millennium’s Rule #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Thief’s Magic (2014), about a sentient book in a world where magic powers an industrial revolution.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “This secondary-world epic develops slowly.”

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* Dalglish, David : Skyborn
(Orbit 978-0-316-30268-5, $16.99, 480pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316302715
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478960461
• Seraphim #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series, in which the remnants of humanity live on six islands floating above an endless ocean.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The cast contains the usual school-themed archetypes, but Dalglish manages to shake up their story with some devastating twists. This trilogy tale soars confidently and will appeal to teen and adult audiences alike.”

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* Dashner, James : The Game of Lives
(Random House/Delacorte 978-0385741439, $18.99, 352pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780375984655
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780804122542
• The Mortality Doctrine #3

Young adult SF novel, third in a trilogy following The Eye of Minds (2013) and The Rule of Thoughts (2014), about teenagers battling a sentient computer program.
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* Goodkind, Terry : Warheart
(Tor 978-0-7653-8308-2, $29.99, 464pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466890404
• Richard and Kahlan #4

Fantasy novel, fourth and concluding volume in a series following The Omen Machine (2011), The Third Kingdom (2013), and Severed Souls (2014), concerning two characters, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell, from the author’s popular “Sword of Truth” series.
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* Hatton, Jackie : Flesh & Wires
(Aqueduct 978-1-61976-085-1, $19, 328pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 2 Nov 2015

SF novel, the author’s first novel, about survivors of an alien invasion, some of them technologically-enhanced women, meet an arriving spaceship bearing two men.
• Aqueduct’s site has this description and order page.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, Hatton’s “prose style captures the peculiarities of this altered world with broad brushstrokes. But at times, the plot’s momentum slows, and Hatton struggles to keep up suspense. In spite of its hesitant pace, this is a promising work of feminist science fiction.”

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* Haworth, Kelly : Y Negative
(Riptide 978-1-62649-334-6, $18.99, 320pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 16 Nov 2015

SF novel, the author’s first novel, set in a post-apocalyptic world where females are unknown and Y-negative men are a minority persecuted by the XY ‘mascs’.
• The publisher’s site has this description with an excerpt and tab of “additional details” about themes and parameters.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Haworth provides a worthy analysis of sociological norms and aberrations while taking the reader on an enjoyable adventure.”

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* Strand, Ginger : The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-11701-6, $27, 336pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780374711542

Nonfiction cultural history about Kurt Vonnegut and his brother Bernard in the 1950s.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Strand tells two good stories, the rise and fall of the science of weather modification and the development of Kurt Vonnegut as a writer, although each story might be better told in a book without so much of the other. Nevertheless, this engaging book raises many still-relevant questions about the uses of technology and nature.”

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* Sumner-Smith, Karina : Towers Fall
(Skyhorse/Talos Press 978-1-940456-41-6, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Towers Trilogy #3

Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following Radiant (2014) and Defiant (May 2015), about a 15-year-old girl without magic in a divided society of floating Towers.
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• The Publishers Weekly review calls it a “strong culmination” to the trilogy, and concludes, “Sumner-Smith powerfully portrays a world of duality and dichotomy through characters brimming with strength, determination, and self-sacrifice.”

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* Tassi, Paul : The Exiled Earthborn
(Skyhorse/Talos 978-1-940456-38-6, $15.99, 420pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• The Earthborn Trilogy #2

SF novel, second of a trilogy after The Last Exodus (Sept. 2015), about survivors of an alien invasion that has devastated the Earth.
• The book was published earlier, in 2012, according to the author’s bio.
• Talos’ site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Tassi shifts focus to the theme of parenting and the need for peace, allowing the long action sequences to wear realistically on his characters, but wistful meditations on the quiet life are swiftly ended with a bang and a boom.”

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* Underwood, Michael R. : The Shootout Solution
(Tor.Com 978-1-4668-9194-4, $12.99, 148pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466891944
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427269669
• Genrenauts #1

Fantasy novel, first of a series, about a “genrenaut” who mission is to nudge stories back on track.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “There’s potential for growth, but not much incentive for readers to return.”

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* Williams, Sean : Hollowgirl
(HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray 978-0-0622-0327-4, $17.99, 512pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062203298
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062421869
• Twinmaker #3

Young adult SF novel, third of a trilogy following Twinmaker (2013) and Crashland (2014), about teens who use a teleportation technology to alter and improve their bodies.
• (The three books were originally published as Jump, Crash, and Fall by Allen & Unwin in Australia.)
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Colleen Mondor reviewed the trilogy in the Octobere issue of Locus Magazine: “To say that Sean Williams gives readers a great deal to think about with the Twinmaker series would be a vast understatement, and because of that, the books are probably best read all together, in one great binge. The author does a great job of building on the action and events of each previous title and never stops dishing out the twists and turns that keep his great overarching plot moving at near breakneck pace. (The shockers in Hollow Girl are unreal!)”

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