* Arnason, Eleanor : Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens
(Aqueduct Press 978-1-61976-095-0, $19, 392pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sun 1 May 2016

Collection of 12 stories about the hwarhath, the only intelligent species humanity has encountered so far.
• Aqueduct’s site has this description with a blurb by Gardner Dozois and quotes from reviews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Arnason’s aliens are almost uniformly bisexual, and forbidden from engaging in heterosexual love beyond what’s needed for procreation. This behavior allows Arnason to adapt timeless folkloric tropes to her own modern, progressive, and wholly original reality, which comes alive in her precise, classically beautiful prose.”
• Rich Horton’s review in the April issue of Locus Magazine said “These are magnificent stories, wise, witty, science-fictionally fascinating, moving. This may well end up being the story collection of the year.”

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* Brooks, Mike : Dark Run
(S&S/Saga 978-1-4814-5954-9, $24.99, 352pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481459556
• Keiko #1

SF novel, the author’s first novel and first in a series, about a ship full of con artists and soldiers of fortune traveling among Earth’s interstellar colonies.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fans of rip-roaring space adventures will greatly enjoy this one.”

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+ Esslemont, Ian C. : Dancer’s Lament
(Tor 978-0765379443, $29.99, 416pp, hardcover, May 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466868588
• Path to Ascendancy #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a prequel trilogy to the author’s Malazan Empire series.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The UK edition was published Feb. 25th by Bantam.

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* Gaiman, Neil : The View from the Cheap Seats
(HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-0622-6226-4, $26.99, 544pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062262288
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062417190

Collection of nonfiction essays.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with excerpts.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The most meaningful piece is titled simply ‘Make Good Art’—the 2012 commencement address for the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. … With this volume, Gaiman has shown that his nonfiction rivals his much-lauded fiction.”

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+ Guran, Paula, ed. : The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu
(Running Press 978-0-7624-5620-8, $14.95, 512pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 May 2016

First US edition (UK: Robinson, April 2016)

Anthology of 25 original stories based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
• Authors include Laird Barron, John Langan, Yoon Ha Lee, Michael Shea, John Shirley, and Sandra McDonald.
• Running Press’ site has this description.

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* Hairston, Andrea : Will Do Magic for Small Change
(Aqueduct Press 978-1-61976-101-8, $21, 472pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sun 1 May 2016

Historical fantasy novel about the grandaughter of the author’s 2011 novel Redwood and Wildfire.
• Aqueduct’s site has this description with blurbs from Tananarive Due, Daniel José Older, and others.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The entire work is filled with magic, celebrating West Africans, Native Americans, art, and love that transcends simple binary genders. Hairston’s novel is a completely original and stunning work.”

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* Hurley, Kameron : The Geek Feminist Revolution
(Tor 978-0-7653-8623-6, $26.99, 272pp, hardcover, May 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765386250

Collection of essays, including several original to this volume.
• Contents include Hugo-winning essay “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative” from 2013.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “She writes in an exquisitely crafted yet deceptively casual, profanity-laced style, linking her experiences to universal issues with rousing conviction.”
• Liz Bourke reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “This is a readable collection, eloquent, persuasive, and angry. There’s an audience out there for work like this, work that speaks to the frustrations of feminists only just realising how little geekdom is exempt from the prejudices of the wider cultural context…”

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+ Peek, Ben : Leviathan’s Blood
(St. Martin’s/Dunne 978-1-250-05003-8, $28.99, 448pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466851238
• The Children Trilogy #2

First US edition (UK: Macmillan/Tor UK, April 2016)

Epic fantasy novel, second in a series following The Godless (2014), set 15,000 years after warring Gods have left their bodies across the world.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it “innovative in concept but long-winded in execution.”

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* Saadia, Manu : Trekonomics: The Economics of ‘Star Trek’
(Inkshares/Pipertext 978-1-9417-5875-5, $22.99, 280pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016

Nonfiction study of the post-scarcity 24th-century economy as depicted in the various Star Trek series and films.
• Inkshares’ site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Like Star Trek itself, the book is about more than spaceships and aliens; it illuminates the present by showing a future to strive for.”

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* Sawyer, Jamie : The Lazarus War: Legion
(Orbit 978-0316386456, $9.99, 512pp, mass market paperback, May 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316386449
• The Lazarus War #2

Military SF novel, second book in a series following Artefact (Feb. 2016), about warfare with an alien race in which human soldiers run suicide missions in simulant bodies.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The third book is due August 30.

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* Shepherd, Mike : Vicky Peterwald: Rebel
(Ace 978-0425266595, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101617335
• Vicky Peterwald #3

Military SF novel, third in a spinoff series to Shepherd’s long-running Kris Longknife series, following Vicky Peterwald: Target (2014) and Vicky Peterwald: Survivor (2015).
• Mike Shepherd is a pseudonym for Mike Moscoe.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Sniegoski, Thomas E. : Savage
(Simon Pulse 978-1-4814-4373-9, $17.99, 416pp, hardcover, May 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481443753
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781508215103

Young adult SF thriller about a storm that turns animals on a small island into weapons.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Pet lovers may blanch at the violence perpetrated by and against animals—strong-stomached horror fans are the most likely audience.”

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