New Books : 27 March 2018
New titles by Josiah Bancroft, Rosalyn Eves, Tessa Gratton, Jonathan Maberry, Leander Watts, and Corey J. White, plus nonfiction anthology Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences, which appeared in February.
* Bancroft, Josiah : Arm of the Sphinx
(Orbit 978-0-316-51795-9, $15.99, 448pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316517973
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781549168208
• The Books of Babel #2
Fantasy novel, second of a tetralogy following Senlin Ascends (Jan. 2018), about a tourist visiting the Tower of Babel who gets separated from his wife.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Bancroft’s world continues to teem with explosive energy, and he ranges ably from the transcendent to the vicious in an instant. … This volume not only matches but adds to the notable achievements of the first.”
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* Benford, Gregory, Gary Westfahl, Howard V. Hendrix & Joseph D. Miller, eds. : Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences
(McFarland 978-1-4766-6928-1, $49.95, 271pp, trade paperback, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 19 Feb 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-4766-3193-6
Anthology of 22 papers first presented at the Eaton Conferences at UC Riverside from 1979 to 1999.
• Contributors include Eric S. Rabkin, David Brin, Gregory Benford, Poul Anderson, Fredric R. Jameson, Marleen S. Barr, Tom Shippey, and H. Bruce Franklin.
• McFarland’s site has this description with the table of contents.
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed it for Locus Online: “No one is pedantic or dull, thus refuting and confounding all the stereotypes about academic work. History is valorized and deemed essential to understanding the present. Everyone honors and loves the field. And the level of tendentiousness or dogmatism is exceedingly low….”
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* Eves, Rosalyn : Lost Crow Conspiracy
(Random House 978-1-101-93607-8, $18.99, 452pp, hardcover, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101936092
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780525525806
• Blood Rose Rebellion #2
Young adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following Blood Rose Rebellion (2017), about a 16-year-old girl who lacks her family’s ability to perform magic.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “This richly imagined historical fantasy enchants while contemplating sexism, classism, and how best to effect social change. Intrigue, action, and star-crossed romance abound, propelling this trilogy opener toward a heartbreaking yet hopeful conclusion.”
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* Gratton, Tessa : The Queens of Innis Lear
(Tor 978-0-7653-9246-6, $26.99, 576pp, hardcover, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765392480
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427295620
Epic fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about three rivals for the throne.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it an “enthralling debut fantasy [that] reinvents King Lear,” and comments, “Gratton sets her version of this story in an island kingdom where reverence for earth magic has recently been supplanted by star prophecy, which provides yet another thread of tension among the characters.”
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* Maberry, Jonathan : Glimpse
(St. Martin’s 978-1250065261, $26.99, 352pp, hardcover, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250136329
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781250297785
Fantasy thriller about a recovering drug addict who worries she is going insane.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt, and blurbs from Clive Barker, Charlaine Harris, and others.
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* Watts, Leander : Meet Me in the Strange
(Meerkat Press 978-1-9-46154-15-6, $16.95, 260pp, hardcover, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-9-46154-07-1
SF novel about teenagers in the retro-futuristic world of glam rock and spectral aliens.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Meerkat’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.
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* White, Corey J. : Void Black Shadow
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-9693-8, $14.99, 224pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0–7653-9692-1
• The Voidwitch Saga #2
SF novel, second in a series following Killing Gravity (2017), about a psychic supersoldier.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “This novella feels like a blockbuster… It’s perfect for an airplane ride or an afternoon on a beach, and this world is ripe for multiple sequels.”
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