Classic Reprints

Classic works recently back in print include novels by Michael Bishop, Gordon R. Dickson, David Karp, and Anna Kavan, omnibus/bundles by Joe Haldeman and Frank Herbert, and stories in collections by Philip K. Dick and Robert Silverberg.

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,

Hodgson, William Hope : The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures (Night Shade Books 978-1597809207, $17.99, 512pp, trade paperback, September 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Sep 2017 (First edition: Night Shade Books, September 2003)

Omnibus of the 1907 title novel plus 23 other nautical stories, the first volume in Night Shade’s five-volume series of complete works by Hodgson, now appearing in paperback. • Night Shade’s

* Bova, Ben : The Best of Bova, Volume III (Baen 978-1-4814-8259-2, $16, 512pp, trade paperback, August 2017, cover art Adam Burn) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Aug 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-603-5

Collection of 32 stories, the third volume of three, from across Bova’s career. • Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Dickson, Gordon R. : The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Volume 1 (Baen 978-1-4767-8217-1, $16, trade paperback, April 2017, cover art Adam Burn) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Apr 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-573-1

Collection of 14 stories, first published from 1954 to 1964 with one story, “Love Song”, originally written for Harlan Ellison’s The Last Dangerous Visions, never before published. •

* Anderson, Poul : The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 7: Question and Answer (NESFA Press 978-1-61037-313-5, $32, 550pp, hardcover, February 2017, cover art Vincent di Fate) • Nominal Publication Date: Fri 17 Feb 2017

Collection of 12 short novels and stories, the seventh in NESFA’s ongoing series to gather the best short works of Anderson. • Contents include the title story, originally a two-part magazine serial later

Gibson, William : Count Zero (UK: Gollancz 978-1473217409, £8.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, February 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 23 Feb 2017 (First edition: UK: Gollancz, February 1986)

Second following, following Neuromancer (1984), in Gibson’s acclaimed cyberpunk trilogy, that ended with Mona Lisa Overdrive. • The three novels, and collection Burning Chrome, are reissued in matching covers. Neuromancer was reissued in December; the other three books this

Bujold, Lois McMaster : Borders of Infinity (Baen 978-1476781938, $16, 240pp, trade paperback, January 2017, cover art Gary Ruddell) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jan 2017 (First edition: Baen, 1989)

Collection of three novellas in the Miles Vorkosigan Saga: “The Mountains of Mourning” (a Hugo and Nebula winner), “Labyrinth”, and “The Borders of Infinity”. • Baen’s site has this description with a link to a sample chapter.

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Aldrin, Buzz, & John Barnes : The Return (Tor 978-0765390714, $8.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, December 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016 (First edition: Forge, May 2000)

Second collaborative SF novel by Apollo 11 moonwalker Aldrin and SF veteran Barnes, after The Encounter (1996); this is about a foundation’s effort to send ordinary citizens into space. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Hartwell, David G., ed. : Christmas Magic (Tor 978-0765315809, $18.99, 496pp, trade paperback, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2016 (First edition: Tor, November 1994)

Anthology of 28 fantasy stories, including 10 original to the 1994 edition. • Authors include Harlan Ellison, Gordon Van Gelder, Howard Waldrop, David R. Bunch, Donald A. Wollheim, and Kit Reed. • Macmillan’s site has this description.

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* Aickman, Robert : The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories (Valancourt Books 978-1943910458, $19.99, 430pp, trade paperback, October 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Oct 2016

Omnibus volume of the title novel, first published in 1964, and six stories, with an introduction by Philip Challinor. • Valancourt’s site has this description. • Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

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* Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Complete Orsinia (Library of America 978-1598534931, $35, 700pp, hardcover, September 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Sep 2016

Omnibus of one novel, Malafrena (1979 but written much earlier), a collection of stories, Orsinian Tales (1976), two additional stories, a poem, and two songs. The volume is edited by Brian Attebery. • This is the first of several planned volumes of Le Guin’s

Constantine, Murray : Swastika Night (UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-1473214668, £9.99, 208pp, trade paperback, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 11 Aug 2016 (First edition: UK: Gollancz, 1937)

Alternate history SF novel set 700 years after the Nazis took power and Adolf Hitler is worshipped as a god. • “Murray Constantine” was a pseudonym for Katharine Burdekin (1896-1963). • Orion’s site has this description.

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* Bova, Ben : The Best of Bova, Vol. 2 (Baen 978-1-4767-8159-4, $16, 432pp, trade paperback, July 2016, cover art Adam Burn) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Jul 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-510-6

Collection of stories, the second volume of three, from across Bova’s career. • Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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Baxter, Stephen : The Time Ships (UK: Harper Voyager 978-0008134549, £9.99, 512pp, trade paperback, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 16 Jun 2016 (First edition: UK: HarperCollins, June 1995)

SF novel, a sequel to H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine and written to celebrate that novel’s centennary. • HarperCollins’ site has this description. • The book won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the

Banks, Iain M. : Feersum Endjinn (UK: Gollancz 978-1473202511, £12.99, 288pp, hardcover, April 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 14 Apr 2016 (First edition: UK: Orbit, June 1994)

Far future SF novel in which rival Cryptographers and Engineers face a coming Encroachment, which will destroy the Earth. • The book is famously known for its semi-phonetic spelling in some first-person chapters, e.g. “Woak up. Got dresd. Had brekfast. Spoke wif

Kurtz, Katherine : Camber of Culdi (Open Road B01AYTUPYM, $7.99, 314pp, ebk, March 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016 • Legends of Camber of Culdi #1 (First edition: Ballantine, July 1976)

Fantasy novel, first of a trilogy and first by internal chronology of the many-volume “Chronicles of the Deryni”, set in a parallel world based on medieval Wales. • Open Road’s site has this description as well

* Card, Orson Scott : Seventh Son & Red Prophet (Tor 978-0765385871, $9.99, 640pp, mass market paperback, February 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Feb 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765388087 • Tales of Alvin Maker #1,2

Omnibus of two novels, Seventh Son (1987) and Red Prophet (1988), first two books in the series The Tales of Alvin Maker, about a young man with supernatural

* Armstrong, Kelley : Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong (Tachyon Publications 978-1616962029, $16.95, 425pp, trade paperback, September 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Sep 2015

Collection of 23 stories, first published from 2004 to 2015, with two of the stories original to this volume. • Tachyon’s site has this description with an annotated table of contents. • Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “From the first

* Benford, Gregory, edited by David G. Hartwell : The Best of Gregory Benford (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-686-1, $40, 615pp, hardcover, July 2015, jacket illustration John Harris) • Nominal Publication Date: Fri 31 Jul 2015

Collection of 38 stories, first published from 1970 to 2013, with an afterword by the author. • Notable titles include “Doing Lennon”, “In Alien Flesh”, “Exposures”, “Matter’s End”, “Centigrade 233”, and “Bow Shock”. • Subterranean’s site

de Lint, Charles : Seven Wild Sisters (Little, Brown 978-0316053525, $8, 272pp, mass market paperback, July 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jul 2015 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316239950 (First edition: Little, Brown, 2014)

Young adult fantasy novel, companion to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, with color illustrations by Charles Vess. • The earlier 2014 Little, Brown hardcover edition was a revision of a

Bacigalupi, Paolo : The Windup Girl (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1597808217, $16.99, 480pp, trade paperback, March 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015 (First edition: Night Shade Books, October 2009)

New edition (with a new cover) of the author’s first novel set in a future Bangkok where calorie sources are scarce. This edition includes two related stories, “The Calorie Man” and “Yellow Card Man”, plus a Q&A with the

Arnason, Eleanor : Daughter of the Bear King (Aqueduct Press B00UZP7VAM, $7.95, 245pp, ebook, April 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Mar 2015 (First edition: Avon, August 1987)

Fantasy novel about a middle-aged woman suddenly transported to another world. • The publisher’s description and order page says the book is “Not your everyday fantasy” and that it “clearly arises from Second Wave Feminism”. • This is one of three

Dunsany, Lord : The Last Revolution (Skyhorse/Talos Press 978-1940456126, $12.99, 192pp, trade paperback, February 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Feb 2015 (First edition: UK: Jarrolds, 1951)

SF novel about self-reproducting machines that turn against humans. • Amazon’s page has a description and it’s “Look Inside” function with previews. • The SF Encyclopedia’s entry on Dunsany has a discussion of the book. • SF Site has a Curiosities column

Carey, Jacqueline : Kushiel’s Dart (Tor 978-0765379726, $17.99, 656pp, trade paperback, January 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Jan 2015 (First edition: Tor, June 2001)

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, and first in what has become a long-running series. • Macmillan’s site has this description. • Wikipedia has this article about the book. • It won the Locus Award in 2002 for Best First Novel. • Faren Miller

* Chalker, Jack L. : Jack L. Chalker SF Gateway Omnibus (UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575097711, £20, 672pp, trade paperback, December 2014) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 11 Dec 2014 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781473202177

Omnibus of three novels: Midnight at the Well of Souls (1977), Spirits of Flux and Anchor (1984), and The Identity Matrix (1982). • Orion’s site has this description. • Amazon’s “Look Inside” function

Bishop, Michael : Count Geiger’s Blues (Fairwood Press/Kudzu Planet Productions 978-1933846484, $17.99, 354pp, trade paperback, November 2014, cover art Paul Swenson) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Nov 2014 (First edition: Tor, July 1992)

SF novel about a fine arts critic who, after being exposed to radiation, is transformed into a comic-book superhero. • Fairwood Press’s site has this description with blurbs from Greg Bear, Nancy Kress, James Morrow, and

Heinlein, Robert A. : Beyond This Horizon (Baen 978-1-4767-3686-0, $14, 240pp, trade paperback, October 2014, cover art Bob Eggleton) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Oct 2014 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-314-0 (First edition: Fantasy Press, 1948)

SF novel, first published as magazine serial in 1942, about a genetically improved ‘superman’, Hamilton Felix, who finds his life meaningless. • This edition has an afterword by Tony

Brunner, John : Stand on Zanzibar (Gollancz 978-1473206373, £12.99, 672pp, mass market paperback, September 2014) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 11 Sep 2014 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575101470 (First edition: Doubleday, 1968)

SF novel set in an overpopulated future, blending several story lines in a collage structure famously modeled on John Dos Passos’ “U.S.A.” trilogy. • This is a new edition of a volume in Gollancz’