* Canavan, Gerry : Octavia E. Butler
(University of Illinois 978-0-252-08216-0, $22, 224pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2016

Nonfiction study of the works of Octavia E. Butler, the latest volume in the publisher’s “Modern Masters of Science Fiction” series.
• The publisher’s site has this description with blurbs from Michael Levy and others.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This excellent, comprehensive study sheds new light on the process and philosophy of one of the most important authors of our time.”

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* Crowley, John : The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosencreutz: A Romance in Eight Days by Johann Valentin Andreae
(Small Beer Press 978-1618731081, $16, 224pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Dec 2016

New version of a 1616 novel by Andreae about a journey to a hidden castle where a symbolic wedding takes place.
• Small Beer’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Wikipedia has this entry about the original book.
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed the book for Locus Online: “It’s Crowley’s mad, capricious and hypnotically glorious retelling of a 400-year-old book which he has the temerity to dub, during an interview in the Guardian newspaper, ‘the first science fiction novel’…”

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+ Fowler, Christopher : Bryant & May: Strange Tide
(Bantam 978-1101887035, $27, 448pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101887042
• Bryant & May #13

First US edition (UK: Transworld/Doubleday UK, March 2016)

Supernatural crime novel, thirteenth in a series about detectives Bryant and May that began with Full Dark House (2004) and most recently included The Burning Man (2015).
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview.

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* Lord, Karen, ed. : New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean
(Peekash 978-1-61775-526-2, $17.95, 150pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Nov 2016

Anthology of 11 original stories by Caribbean writers.
• Authors include Tammi Browne-Bannister, Summer Edward, and Portia Subran.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “None of these writers is likely to be familiar to American audiences, but all are worth getting to know. Readers who love the writing of Nalo Hopkinson, Tobias S. Buckell, and Lord herself will savor this volume.”

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* Wagers, K. B. : After the Crown
(Orbit US 978-0-316-30863-2, $15.99, 416pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316308625
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478940227
• The Indranan War #2

SF novel, second in a series following Behind the Throne (Aug. 2016), about a gunrunner who becomes heir to a galactic empire.
• Hachette’s site has this description
• Publishers Weekly gives it, as it did the earlier book, a starred review: “Wagers’s exciting second Indranan War space epic keeps roaring, with plenty of action, tension, and constant interplay among the characters.”

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