* Britt, Ryan : Luke Skywalker Can’t Read and other geeky truths
(Plume 978-0-14-751757-9, $16, 205pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698406728

Collection of essays about ’80s and ’90s pop culture.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function and blurbs by Lev Grossman, Karen Russell, and others.

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+ Carey, Edward : Lungdon
(Overlook Press 978-1468309553, $17.99, 512pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Nov 2015
• Iremonger #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third book in a trilogy following Heap House (2014) and Foulsham (July 2015), about a London family whose grandfather can turn people into objects and form objects in the shapes of people. The book is illustrated by the author.
• Overlook’s site has this description. The UK edition appeared November 5th.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review, calling it a “delightful variation on Mervyn Peake’s classic Gormenghast books.”

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* Grant, Mira : Chimera
(Orbit US 978-0-316-38103-1, $27, 496pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316381017
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478960478
• Parasitology #3

SF novel, third in a trilogy following Parasite (2013) and Symbiont (2014), about genetically engineered tapeworms designed to attack disease that instead attack their hosts.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Grant’s plot is a zombie apocalypse writ large; her prose is invigorating, and the world she creates is brutal and unforgiving. Her narrative style, with the tapeworm as the central character, is original and enjoyable. This mid-apocalyptic breath of fresh air keeps the reader engaged while undertaking a meaningful exploration of some deep, dark questions.”

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* Livingston, Michael : The Shards of Heaven
(Tor 978-0-7653-8031-9, $25.99, 416pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466873315
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427266392
• The Shards of Heaven #1

Historical fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first book of a series, about two sons of Caesar searching for legendary divine artifacts.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The author has a Big Idea essay on John Scalzi’s blog today.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This multipronged tale is dense with action and incident; it’s grounded in history, mythology, and religion, but not weighed down by them.”

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* Rickert, Mary : You Have Never Been Here: New and Selected Stories
(Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-110-4, $16, 320pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Nov 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781618731111

Collection of 10 stories, including Shirley Jackson Award winner “The Corpse Painter’s Masterpiece” and World Fantasy Award winner “Journey into the Kingdom”.
• Small Beer’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and the table of contents.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Beautiful, descriptive prose enriches tales of ghosts, loss, and regret in this leisurely collection.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the November issue of Locus Magazine: “With any luck, Small Beer will bring these stories to a wider readership, which will likely be as stunned as we were when we originally read them.”

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