Classic works back in print in October include the Strugatsky Brothers’ most popular work in Russia, Monday Starts on Saturday; enhanced new editions of Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, e-book editions of three novels by Samuel R. Delany and a trilogy by Jeffrey Ford, Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson, the first volume of Poul Anderson’s Psychotechnic League stories, and other titles by Robert Jordan, John Scalzi, John Shirley, Sage Walker, and David Weber.

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Anderson, Poul : The Complete Psychotechnic League, Volume 1
(Baen 978-1-4814-8284-4, $16, 240pp, trade paperback, October 2017, cover art Kurt Miller)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Oct 2017
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-614-1

(First edition: Pinnacle/Tor, June 1981)

Collection of four stories, first published from 1953 to 1957, set in the aftermath of World War III, about a new science called Psychodynamics and an Institute that uses it to overcome humanity’s violent ways.
• This is the first three planned volumes of Anderson’s stories in this series. This book has a new preface by David Afsharirad, plus an introduction by Sandra Miesel and afterword by Anderson from the 1981 edition.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several excerpts.

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Bradbury, Ray : Something Wicked This Way Comes
(Simon & Schuster 978-1501167713, $15.99, 352pp, trade paperback, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Oct 2017

(First edition: Simon & Schuster, September 1962)

Dark fantasy novel about a sinister carnival that visits Green Town, Illinois.
• This edition has an extensive (75 pages or so) section at the end, “History, Context, and Criticism” edited by Jonathan R. Eller, containing early drafts by Bradbury and reprinted essays by Russell Kirk, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, and others. Amazon’s “Look Inside” functions reveals some of this material.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.

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* Delany, Samuel R. : The Novels of Samuel R. Delany: Volume One: Babel-17, Nova, and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
(Open Road B075KWTQNG, $25.99, 1101pp, ebook, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Oct 2017

Omnibous e-book edition of three novels, first published 1966, 1968, and and 1984 respectively. Babel-17 won a Nebula Award.
• Open Road’s site has this description.
• Open Road has also just published Return to Nevèrÿon: The Complete Series, including four novels (the first actually a collection of linked stories) published from 1979 to 1987.

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* Ford, Jeffrey : The Well-Built City Trilogy
(Open Road B075L736Y1, $17.99, 713pp, ebook, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Oct 2017

Omnibus e-book edition of three novels: The Physiognomy (1997), Memoranda (1999), and The Beyond (2001).
• Open Road’s site has this description.
• The first book won a World Fantasy Award.

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Gaiman, Neil : The Graveyard Book
(Harper Classics 978-0062667038, $16.99, 368pp, hardcover, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Oct 2017

(First edition: HarperCollins, October 2008)

Young adult fantasy novel about a toddler who survives the murders of his family and is raised by the ghosts in a nearby city graveyard, with illustrations are by Dave McKean.
• This is a new hardcover edition in the Harper Classics line, and includes the complete original book, Neil Gaiman’s Newbery acceptance speech, handwritten pages and sketches, and a reading group guide.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with numerous quotes and blurbs, and a list of awards the book has won (including the Hugo Award).

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Jordan, Robert : The Eye of the World, Part One: From the Two Rivers
(Tor 9780765394873, $14.99, 416pp, hardcover, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Oct 2017
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429977678

(First edition: Tor, January 2002)

Hardcover edition of the first half of the first book in Jordan’s long-running Wheel of Times series. The Eye of the World was first published in 1990; this first half was published separately as a trade paperback in 2002.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Matheson, Richard, edited by Victor LaValle : The Best of Richard Matheson
(Penguin Classics 978-0-14-313017-8, $17, 432pp, trade paperback, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Oct 2017

Collection of 33 stories, with an introduction by editor Victor LaValle.
• Stories include “Born of Man and Woman,” “Death Ship,” “Duel,” “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” “Third from the Sun,” and “Shock Wave.”
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “…this collection demonstrates the indelible influence he had on speculative literature.”

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Scalzi, John : Old Man’s War
(Tor 978-0765394859, $14.99, 146pp, hardcover, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Oct 2017

(First edition: Tor, January 2005)

SF novel about a future military service in which 75-year-olds are given new bodies and one-way-tickets to interstellar combat.
• This is a “mini-hardcover” edition, without dust-jacket. Scalzi describes it in this blog post.

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Shirley, John : Eclipse
(Dover 978-0486817897, $14.95, 368pp, trade paperback, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Wed 18 Oct 2017
Song Called Youth #1

(First edition: Bluejay, August 1985)

SF novel, first in a trilogy, set in the aftermath of World War Three.
• Dover’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

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Strugatsky, Arkady, & Boris Strugatsky : Monday Starts on Saturday
(Chicago Review Press 978-1-61373-923-5, $15.99, trade paperback, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Sun 1 Oct 2017

SF novel about a computer programmed who goes to work for Russia’s National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, or NITWiT.
• The book was first published in Russia in 1964, and first published in English by DAW in 1977 as Monday Begins on Saturday. This edition is translated by Andrew Bromfield.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “The Strugatsky brothers are best known by English-reading SF fans for the novel Roadside Picnic, but this delightful 1964 fantasy-comedy remains their most popular work in Russia, and it’s easy to see why.”

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Walker, Sage : Whiteout
(Tor 978-0765389800, $8.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Oct 2017

(First edition: Tor, April 1996)

SF novel about a 21st century run by multinational corporations, and negotiation over the exploitation of Antarctica.
• This is Walker’s first novel, winner of a Locus Award for Best First Novel, reprinted on occasion of the author’s belated second novel, The Man in the Tree, in September.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Weber, David : Honor Among Enemies
(Baen 978-1481482967, 496pp, hardcover, October 2017)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Oct 2017
Honor Harrington #6

(First edition: Baen, June 1996)

Leatherbound, Special Limited Edition of the sixth book in Weber’s long-running military SF series.
• Baen’s description displays the 1996 edition and includes links to several chapters.

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