New Books : 21 November 2017

New books listed today include novels by Damien Broderick (updating John Brunner), S.A. Chakraborty, W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O’Neal Gear, Robert Guffey, Dean Koontz, Rachel Neumeier, and Yoshiki Tanaka; plus an anthology by Paula Guran, a collection by Charlaine Harris, and nonfiction by D. Harlan Wilson about J.G. Ballard.

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* Brunner, John, & Damien Broderick : Threshold of Eternity
(Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-369-2, $14.99, 340pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 8 Nov 2017

SF novel by Brunner, first published as a magazine serial in 1957 and 1958, then as an Ace Double in 1959, here revised and expanded by Broderick; about a Korean War veteran who travels into the future to join a galactic Time War with aliens.
• Phoenix Pick’s site has a description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Broderick’s rewrite highlights Brunner’s early promise as a writer synonymous with big ideas and the culture shock of political, technological, and social change.”

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* Chakraborty, S. A. : The City of Brass
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-267810-2, $25.99, 544pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062678126
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062742643
• The Daevabad Trilogy #1

Epic fantasy novel, first in a trilogy and the author’s first novel, set in 18th century Middle East.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample and numerous blurbs and quotes from reviews.
• Amazon.com includes among its Best Books of November.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “There is enough material here—a feisty, independent lead searching for answers, reminiscent of Star Wars’s Rey, and a richly imagined alternate world—to support a potential series.”
• Paul Di Filippo will have a review for Locus Online later this month.

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* Gear, W. Micheal, & Kathleen O’Neal Gear : Moon Hunt
(Forge 978-0765380593, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466874602
• Morning Star Trilogy #3

Archaeological SF novel set in a pre-Columbian city, third in a trilogy following People of the Morning Star (2014) and Sun Born (2016), and all part of the authors’ long-running North American’s Forgotten Past series.
• Macmillan’s site has this description/a> with an excerpt.

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* Guffey, Robert : Until the Last Dog Dies
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-918-4, $15.99, 320pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017

Satirical SF novel about a stand-up comedian in a world where a virus that destroys peoples’ senses of humor spread around the world.
• Night Shade’s site has this descritpion.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “””Guffey effectively displays humor’s use as a defense mechanism in the strong central portion of the novel, in which Elliot’s sarcasm is met sometimes with banter, inviting the reader into the fellowship of those who get the joke, and at other times with unnerving sincerity that is inherently funny in its incongruity.””
• Paul Di Filippo will have a review for Locus Online in December.

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* Guran, Paula, ed. : New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-931-3, $15.99, 424pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017

Anthology of 20 stories set in New York City, first in a series of anthologies set in various urban locales.
• Authors include George R.R. Martin, Naomi Novik, Peter Straub, and N.K. Jemisin.
• Night Shade’s site has this description with the table of contents.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishes Weekly review notes, “Guran mixes horror with gentler fantasy to keep the volume from being monotonous.”

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* Harris, Charlaine : The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories
(Ace 978-0-399-58759-7, $24, 384pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780399587603

Collection of 10 stories, first published from 2004 to 2014.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fans will relish these stories, and even those new to Sookie’s world will find much to love. Each story features a preface by the author and info on reading order.”

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* Koontz, Dean : The Whispering Room
(Bantam 978-0345546807, $28, 528pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345546814
• Jane Hawk #2

Fantasy thriller, sequel to The Silent Corner (2016), about a woman investigating a series of mysterious suicides.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview.

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* Neumeier, Rachel : Winter of Ice and Iron
(Saga Press 978-1-4814-4897-0, $27.99, 576pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481448994

Fantasy novel about a princess and a duke who must protect their nations from a terrible threat.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “In a lush and deliciously imaginative world where the land itself gives rise to powers—powerful but not omnipotent entities that strain to become gods—the human rulers who have magical connections to those powers are critical to ensuring their peoples’ well-being.”

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* Tanaka, Yoshiki : Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Volume 5: Mobilization
(Haikasoru 978-1421584980, $15.99, 272pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Nov 2017

Military SF novel, fifth in a series published in the 1980s and the basis of numerous manga and anime works. The new edition here is translated by Tyran Grillo.
• Wikipedia has this entry about the seires.
• Haikasoru’s site has this description of the book with an excerpt.

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* Wilson, D. Harlan : J.G. Ballard
(University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-08295-5, $22, 214pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 15 Nov 2017

Nonfiction study of the work of J.G. Ballard, the latest volume in the publisher’s Modern Masters of Science Fiction series.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Scholars and fans of Ballard will find this study comprehensive and stimulating.”

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