New Books : 20 November 2018
Police who can speak to the dead, bomb squads that defuse magical weapons. Or, if you prefer, we’ve got dragons from George R.R. Martin and a Pride-and-Prejudice-meets-wyverns. This week’s list of 6 new books:
George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History), Neil Gaiman’s Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World, and titles by Ben Aaronovitch, Mirah Bolender, Steven Erikson, and Elle Katharine White
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* Aaronovitch, Ben : Lies Sleeping
(DAW 978-0-7564-1513-6, 304pp, hardcover, November 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Nov 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756415143
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781984890757
• Rivers of London #7
Urban fantasy novel, seventh in a series following Midnight Riot (UK title Rivers of London), Moon Over Soho (both 2011), Whispers Under Ground (2012), Broken Homes (2013), Foxglove Summer (2015), and The Hanging Tree (2017), about a London police officer who can speak to the dead.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Aaronovitch’s adeptness at injecting humor into the story outweighs the lessening of suspense that results, and his fans will delight in this outing.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Bolender, Mirah : City of Broken Magic
(Tor 978-1-250-16927-3, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, November 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Nov 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250169266
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781250313133
• Chronicles of Amicae #1
Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first book in a series, about a bomb squad that defuses magic weapons.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This debut builds a fascinating setting that readers will want to keep coming back to.”
• Lila Garrott reviews it in the November issue of Locus Magazine: “This is the kind of debut that begs for a screen adaptation, hopefully with a large animation budget, and its particular blend of suspense and shoot-’em-up with magic-system geekery and character growth is unusual and exciting to encounter.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Erikson, Steven : Willful Child: The Search for Spark
(Tor 978-0765383969, $27.99, 336pp, hardcover, November 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Nov 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765383952
• Willful Child #3
Humorous SF novel that spoofs Star Trek, third in a series following Willful Child (2014) and Willful Child: Wrath of Betty (2016).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Gaiman, Neil : Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
(Morrow 978-0062906205, $19.99, 112pp, hardcover, November 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Nov 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062906793
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062906922
Collection of four essays on creativity and artistry, with illustrations by Chris Riddell.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with an audio excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Martin, George R. R. : Fire and Blood
(Bantam 978-1524796280, 736pp, hardcover, November 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Nov 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781524796297
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781984838698
Collection of fantasy novellas, subtitled “300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History)”, the first of two volumes providing background to the author’s series A Song of Ice and Fire. Three of the stories appeared earlier in anthologies edited or co-edited by Gardner Dozois. Illustrations are by Doug Wheatley.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fans hungry for the next Song of Ice and Fire novel will find this volume whets, but does not satisfy, their appetites.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* White, Elle Katharine : Dragonshadow
(Harper Voyager 978-0062747969, $16.99, 400pp, trade paperback, November 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Nov 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062747976
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062884961
• Heartstone #2
Historical fantasy novel, second in a series following Heartstone (2017), that recasts Pride and Prejudice in a world of warriors, dragons, and wyverns.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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