New Books: 29 May 2018

Barry N. Malzberg’s The Bend at the End of the Road, the latest Twelve Tomorrows anthology from MIT, and titles by Jerry Apps, Jay Kristoff, and Nalini Singh.

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* Apps, Jerry : Cold as Thunder
(University Of Wisconsin Press 978-0299315900, $24.95, 232pp, hardcover, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 May 2018

Near-future SF novel in which the Eagle Party has privatized utilities, shut down the news media, and allowed climate change to go unchecked.
• The author is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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* Kristoff, Jay : LIFEL1K3
(Knopf 978-1-5247-1392-8, $18.99, 416pp, hardcover, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781524713942
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781524780890
• Lifelike #1

Young adult SF novel, first in a series, about a 17-year-old girl who discovers a lifelike android that makes her question whether her life is a lie.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “the stylized language and futuristic slang give the narrative voice extra zing.”

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* Malzberg, Barry N. : The Bend at the End of the Road
(Fantastic 978-1-5154-1038-6, $13.99, 174pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 11 May 2018

Collection of 46 essays about science fiction, first published as columns in Galaxy’s Edge from 2006 to 2017.
• Introductions are by Mike Resnick and Paul Di Filippo.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The impressions and insights that abound in these columns make this book indispensable for any fan of science fiction.”

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* Roush, Wade, ed. : Twelve Tomorrows
(The MIT Press 978-0262535427, $19.95, 276pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 25 May 2018

Anthology of 12 original stories in the occasional series published by MIT Press.
• Authors include Elizabeth Bear, Liu Cixin, Ken Liu, Nnedi Okorafor, and Alastair Reynolds.
• MIT’s site has this description.

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+ Singh, Nikhil: Taty Went West
(Rosarium Publishing 978-0-998705-90-3, $17.95, 400pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 May 2018

Post-apocalyptic SF novel about a 16-year-old who runs away into the Outzone.
• The book was first published in Kenya in 2015.
• The Publishers Weekly review says it’s “South African author Singh’s transgressive debut” and says “Singh has a gift for memorable visuals…”
• Niall Harrison reviewed it in the December 2017 issue of Locus Magazine: “There aren’t that many SF novels being published with quite this level of commitment to sheer unironic pulpy invention, and taken at that level Taty Went West verges on the heroic, but it’s never a comfortable reading experience, and doesn’t always feel quite thought-through enough: it is perhaps ultimately a little more invasive than transformative.”

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