* Arnold, Kyle : The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick
(Oxford University Press 978-0-1997-4325-4, $19.95, 240pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 1 Jun 2016

Nonfiction study, by a clinical psychologist, about how Philip K. Dick’s personality and experiences influenced his writing.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Psychologist Arnold tries to do many things at once in this ‘psychobiography’ of SF author Philip K. Dick. He accomplishes some, but falls short on others.”

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* Christian, Claudia, & Morgan Grant Buchanan : Wolf’s Empire: Gladiator
(Tor 978-0-7653-3774-0, $26.99, 496pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466835733

Alternate history novel set in a future in which the Roman Empire never fell.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt, and blurbs from Kevin J. Anderson, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, and others.
• Co-author Christian is an actress known for her role on Babylon 5; this is her first novel.
• The Publishers Weekly review is not enthusiastic.

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* Fintushel, Eliot : Zen City
(Zero 978-1-78535-350-5, $11.95, 136pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 24 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-78535-351-2

Short SF novel with Buddhist influences about an outsider, Big Man, trying to gain entrance into the City.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Fintushel’s goal is never to mock or deride Buddhism itself, but rather to expose the ways in which the Eightfold Path is corrupted by human nature; in that regard, this book succeeds brilliantly, deftly weaving a tragic romance that’s about all of us, and none at all.”

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+ Heitz, Markus : Devastating Hate
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1623657048, $14.99, 608pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
• Legends of the Alfar #2

First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, June 2015)

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Righteous Fury (2014), about the älfar, a race of warriors planning to attack the elves, dwarves, and humans.
• Quercus’ site has this description.
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* Kadrey, Richard : The Perdition Score
(Harper Voyager 978-0062373267, $25.99, 384pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062373281
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062471956
• Sandman Slim #8

Urban fantasy thriller, eighth in a series following Sandman Slim (2009), Kill the Dead (2010), Aloha from Hell (2011), Devil Said Bang (2012), Kill City Blues (2013), The Getaway God (2014), and Killing Pretty (2015), about James Stark, hit man from Hell.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.

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* Kroese, Robert : The Big Sheep
(St. Martin’s/Dunne 978-1-250-08844-4, $25.99, 320pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250088451

SF novel, first in a series, set in a Disincorporated Zone of Los Angeles in 2039, about a private investigator searching for a missing genetically altered sheep.
• Macmillan’s site has this description (which says the book “is perfect for fans of Philip Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!, and Scalzi’s Old Man’s War.“) with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review says the author “demonstrates his creative imaginative worldbuilding in this sci-fi mystery series debut set in 2039 Los Angeles.”

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* Lore, Pittacus : United as One
(Harper 978-0062387653, $18.99, 480pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062387677
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062448576
• Lorien Legacies #7

Young adult SF novel, seventh and concluding volume in the series that began with I Am Number Four (2010), about nine alien children from Lorien hiding out on Earth from evil Mogadarians.
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* Niven, Larry, & Steven Barnes : The Seascape Tattoo
(Tor 978-0-7653-7873-6, $25.99, 400pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466863354

Fantasy novel about a Swordsman and a Sorcerer in perpetual mortal combat.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The stakes are satisfyingly personal and global…”

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* Schutt, Bill, & J. R. Finch : Hell’s Gate
(HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-241252-2, $26.99, 384pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062412546
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062471963

Historical SF thriller about the discovery, in 1944, of an empty, marooned Japanese submarine deep in the Brazilian jungle.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The authors adeptly balance science and suspense, and a detailed afterword lays out how much of the story line is based in history. Michael Crichton fans will be pleased that the ending leaves room for a sequel.”

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* Skovron, Jon : Hope and Red
(Orbit 978-0-316-26811-0, $9.99, 544pp, mass market paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316268134
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478909538
• The Empire of Storms #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first adult novel, about two orphaned children who team up to take down a fracturing empire.
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• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Skovron’s eye for characterization and situations is exceptional, raising this from a fun ninja and pirate mash-up to a compelling coming-of-age yarn that genuinely merits a multivolume treatment.”

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* Stross, Charles : The Nightmare Stacks
(Ace 978-0425281192, $27, 400pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698195271
• Laundry Files #7

Fantasy novel, seventh in the author’s “Laundry Files” sequence following The Atrocity Archives (2004), The Jennifer Morgue (2006), The Fuller Memorandum (2010), The Apocalypose Codex (2012), The Rhesus Chart (2014), and The Annihilation Score (2015), about British secret service agent Bob Howard battling Lovecraftian horrors.
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* Sullivan, Michael J. : Age of Myth
(Del Rey 978-1-101-96533-7, $26, 432pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101965344
• Legends of the First Empire #1

Epic fantasy novel, first in a series of five, about a race of gods, the Fhrey, worshipped by humans until one of the gods is killed by a human.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The bloodshed and political machinations are mild by grimdark fantasy standards.”

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* Tobler, E. Catherine : The Kraken Sea
(Apex 978-1-937009-40-3, $11.95, 128pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sat 18 Jun 2016

Fantasy novella about a 15-year-old orphan with reptillian features who moves to a strange new home with a kraken in the basement.
• Apex’s site has this description and order page.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Shifting supernatural borderlands inspire awe and ancient gods mirror very human desires in a fear fable that balances complex philosophy with relentless, image-packed action.”

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* Valentine, Genevieve : Icon
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-2515-5, $24.99, 336pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481425179
• The Persona Sequence #2

Near-future SF thriller, second in a series following Persona (2015), about a diplomat who has survived an assassination attempt.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this desription with a link to Google preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The focus on Suyana’s day-to-day existence nicely displays the how politics can become reality TV, but it also makes the diplomatic maneuvering and politicking curiously distant and hard to follow.”

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* Yaszek, Lisa, & Patrick B. Sharp : Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction
(Wesleyan University Press 978-0-8195-7624-8, $29.95, 432pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-8195-7625-5

Anthology of stories and essays by female writers, artists, and editors, a book in the “Early Classics of Science Fiction” series from this publisher.
• There’s also a hardcover edition (978-0-8195-7623-1) for $90.
• Wesleyan’s site has this description and the table of contents.
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