New Books : 20 June 2017

* Bishop, Michael : Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories (Fairwood Press/Kudzu Planet Productions 978-1933846651, $17.99, trade paperback, June 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Jun 2017

Collection of 15 mainstream stories set in Georgia or featuring characters from Georgia. Two stories are original to this book. • Contents include the 2015 Nebula-nominated novelette “Rattlesnakes and Men”. • Fairwood’s site has this description with blurbs by Karen

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New Books : 13 June 2017

* Anderson, Taylor : Devil’s Due (Ace 978-0451470652, $27, 496pp, hardcover, June 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Jun 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698162983 • Destroyermen #12

Alternate history SF novel, twelfth in the “Destroyermen” series following Into the Storm, Crusade, Maelstrom, Distant Thunders, Rising Tides, Firestorm, Iron Gray Sea (2012), Storm Surge (2013), Deadly Shores (2014), Straits

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New Books : 6 June 2017

* Afsharirad, David, ed. : The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3 (Baen 978-1-4814-8268-4, $16, 336pp, trade paperback, June 2017, cover art Bobrowski) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jun 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-582-3

Anthology of 15 stories first published in 2016, third in a series following The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera (2015) and The Year’s Best Military &

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New Books : 30 May 2017

* Andrews, Ilona : White Hot (HarperCollins/Avon 978-0062674791, $25.99, 416pp, hardcover, May 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 May 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062289261 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062423610 • Hidden Legacy #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Burn For Me (2014), about a detective in a magical society. • HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample. • The

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New Books : 23 May 2017

* Baldwin, Kathleen : Refuge for Masterminds (Tor Teen 978-0765376046, $17.99, 352pp, hardcover, May 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 May 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B01M5IHSU9 • Stranje House #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third in a series following A School for Unusual Girls (2015) and Exile for Dreamers (2016), about a school for girls in Regency England. • Macmillan’s site has this description

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New Books : 16 May 2017

* Campbell, Jack : Vanguard (Ace 978-1-101-98834-3, $27, 336pp, hardcover, May 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 May 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101988350 • The Genesis Fleet #1

Military SF novel, first in a new series related to his “Lost Fleet” series, about the founding of the Alliance. • Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview. • Publishers Weekly gives it

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New Books : 9 May 2017

* Benford, Gregory : The Berlin Project (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-8764-1, $26.99, 480pp, hardcover, May 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 9 May 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481487665

Alternate history SF novel in which the atom bomb is ready by 1944, in time to stop Hitler. • Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview. • The Publishers Weekly review comments,

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New Books : 2 May 2017

+ Bennett, Robert Jackson : City of Miracles (Penguin Random House/Broadway 978-0-553-41973-3, $16, 464pp, trade paperback, May 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 May 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553419740 • The Divine Cities #3

Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following City of Stairs (2014) and City of Blades (2016), about a city whose gods are dead. • Penguin Random House’s site has this

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New Books : 25 April 2017

* Brennan, Marie : Within the Sanctuary of Wings (Tor 978-0-7653-7765-4, $27.99, 352pp, hardcover, April 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Apr 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466856998 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427292322 • The Lady Trent Memoirs #5

Fantasy novel, fifth and final book in a series after A Natural History of Dragons (2013), The Tropic of Serpents (2014), Voyage of the

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New Books : 18 April 2017

* Adams, John Joseph, ed. : Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-3502-4, $29.99, 368pp, hardcover, April 2017, cover illustration Chris Foss) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Apr 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481435031

Anthology of 18 far-future SF stories, of which 12 appear to be original to this book. • Authors include Charlie Jane Anders, Becky Chambers, Adam-Troy

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New Books : 11 April 2017

+ Anderson, Darran : Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between (University of Chicago Press 978-0-226-47030-6, $22.5, 576pp, trade paperback, April 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 6 Apr 2017

Nonfiction study of cities, including those from SF and fantasy, inspired in part by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. • It was first published as Imaginary Cities in the UK by Influx Press in

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New Books : 4 April 2017

* Cherryh, C. J. : Convergence (DAW 978-0756409111, $26, 336pp, hardcover, April 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Apr 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698164277 • Foreigner #18

SF novel, 18th volume in Cherryh’s long-running Foreigner series about humans and the alien atevi, following Deceiver (2010), Betrayer (2011), Intruder (2012), Protector (2013), Peacemaker (2014), Tracker (2015), and Visitor (2016). • Penguin Random House’s site has

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New Books : 28 March 2017

* Eves, Rosalyn : Blood Rose Rebellion (Knopf 978-1-101-93599-6, $17.99, 408pp, hardcover, March 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Mar 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101936016 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780735207110

Young adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy and the author’s first novel, about a 16-year-old girl who lacks her family’s ability to perform magic. • Penguin Random House’s site has this

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New Books : 21 March 2017

* Allan, Jay : Flames of Rebellion (Harper Voyager 978-0-06-256680-5, $16.99, 416pp, trade paperback, March 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Mar 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062566836 • Flames of Rebellion #1

Military SF novel, first in a series, about rebels on the planet Haven revolting against Federal America. • HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.

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New Books : 14 March 2017

* Fletcher, Charlie : The Remnant (Orbit 978-0316279567, $16.99, 464pp, trade paperback, March 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Mar 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316279581 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478940364 • UK edition: 978-0356502960 (Thu 16 Mar 2017) • Oversight #3

Dark fantasy novel, third in a series following The Oversight (2014) and The Paradox (2015), about a group that guards

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New Books : 7 March 2017

* Bailey, Robin Wayne, & Bryan Thomas Schmidt, eds. : Little Green Men – Attack! (Baen 978-1-4767-8213-3, $16, 304pp, trade paperback, March 2017, cover art Dominic Harman) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Mar 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-567-0

Anthology of 19 mostly original stories; one story, by Robert Silverberg, is a reprint. • Other contributors include Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Allen M. Steele,

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New Books : 28 February 2017

* Britain, Kristen : Firebrand (DAW 978-0-7564-0880-0, $29, 816pp, hardcover, March 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698135079 • Green Rider #6

Fantasy novel, sixth in the series that began with The Green Rider (1998) and continued with First Rider’s Call (2003), The High King’s Tomb (2007), Blackveil (2011), and Mirror Sight (2014), about an elite group of messengers

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New Books : 21 February 2017

* Dayton, Arwen Elys : Disruptor (Random House 978-0-385-74411-9, $18.99, 368pp, hardcover, February 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Feb 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780385378598 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780804167673 • Seeker #3

Young adult fantasy novel, final book in a trilogy following Seeker (2015) and Traveler (2016), about three teenagers from a Scottish estate who travel through space and time. •

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New Books : 14 February 2017

* Beagle, Peter S. : In Calabria (Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-248-7, $19.95, 176pp, hardcover, February 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Feb 2017

Short fantasy novel about unicorns appearing to a lonely man in southern Italy. • Tachyon’s site has this description. • Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews. • Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Beagle’s kindly fable shows how a man who seems to have nothing can

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New Books : 7 February 2017

* Ambrose, E. C. : Elisha Mancer (DAW 978-0756409289, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, February 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Feb 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698188532 • The Dark Apostle #4

Fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Elisha Barber (2013), Elisha Magus (2014), and Elisha Rex (2015), about witchcraft in 14th century England. • Penguin Random House’s site has this description.

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New Books : 31 January 2017

+ Aaronovitch, Ben : The Hanging Tree (DAW 978-0-7564-0967-8, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, January 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Jan 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698151970 • Rivers of London #6 First US edition (UK: Orion/Gollancz, October 2016)

Urban fantasy novel, sixth in a series following Midnight Riot (UK title Rivers of London), Moon Over Soho (both 2011), Whispers Under Ground (2012),

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New Books : 24 January 2017

* Baxter, Stephen : The Massacre of Mankind (UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-1473205093, £18.99, 464pp, hardcover, January 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Jan 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781473205123 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781409166269

SF novel, an authorized sequel to H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, set 14 years after the invasion in that book. • Orion’s site has this description. •

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New Books : 17 January 2017

* Clarke, Neil, ed. : Galactic Empires (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-884-2, $17.99, 621pp, trade paperback, January 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Jan 2017

Anthology of 22 stories, first published from 2003 to 2014. • Authors include Ian McDonald, Robert Silverberg, Yoon Ha Lee, Greg Egan, and Naomi Novik. • Night Shade’s site has this description with the table of contents. • The Publishers Weekly review begins, “This hefty

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New Books : 10 January 2017

* Arden, Katherine : The Bear and the Nightingale (Ballantine Del Rey 978-1-101-88593-2, $27, 336pp, hardcover, January 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Jan 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101885949 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780399567179 • UK edition: Random House/Ebury/Del Rey UK 978-1785031045 (Thu 12 Jan 2017)

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a Russian girl whose stepmother forbids her from

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New Books : 3 January 2017

* Bara, Dave : Defiant (DAW 978-0756409982, $25, 336pp, hardcover, January 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jan 2017 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698161702 • The Lightship Chronicles #3

Military SF novel, third in a series following Impulse (2015) and Starbound (2016), about Peter Cochrane and his wife aboard the H.M.S. Starbound. • Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function. • Publishers Weekly

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New Books : 27 December 2016

* Bickle, Laura : Nine of Stars (Harper Voyager 978-0-06-243766-2, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, December 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Dec 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062437655 • Wildlands #1

Historical fantasy novel, first in a new series, about the daughter of an alchemist in a small Wyoming town. • HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample. • Publishers Weekly gives this

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New Books : 20 December 2016

* Bear, Greg : Take Back the Sky (Orbit 978-0316223973, $26, 296pp, hardcover, December 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Dec 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316223966 • Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478940210 • War Dogs #3

Near-future SF novel, third in a trilogy following War Dogs (2014) and Killing Titan (2015), about an interstellar war whose alien protagonists have come to Earth and

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New Books : 13 December 2016

* Canavan, Gerry : Octavia E. Butler (University of Illinois 978-0-252-08216-0, $22, 224pp, trade paperback, December 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2016

Nonfiction study of the works of Octavia E. Butler, the latest volume in the publisher’s “Modern Masters of Science Fiction” series. • The publisher’s site has this description with blurbs from Michael Levy and others. • The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This excellent, comprehensive study

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New Books : 6 December 2016

* Arthur, Keri : Winter Halo (Signet Select 978-0-451-47351-6, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, December 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698185388 • Outcast #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following City of Light (Jan. 2016), about postapocalyptic holes torn between our world and the next that allow entry of the Others–demons, wraiths, and death spirits. • Penguin’s

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New Books : 29 November 2016

* Beukes, Lauren : Slipping: Stories, Essays & Other Writing (Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-240-1, $15.95, 288pp, trade paperback, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Nov 2016

Collection of 21 stories, five nonfiction pieces, and a glossary. • Tachyon’s site has this description. • Paul Di Filippo reviewed the book for Locus Online: “Beukes writes with passion and a hot immediacy, employing demotic prose that often attains a gritty poetry.

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New Books: 22 November 2016

* Bova, Ben : Apes and Angels (Tor 978-0-7653-7952-8, $25.99, 416pp, hardcover, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Nov 2016 • Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466868755 • Star Quest #2

Hard SF novel, second in a trilogy following Death Wave (2015), about a wave of radiation expanding from the galactic core. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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New Books : 15 November 2016

* Fleskes, John, ed. : Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Flesk Publications 978-1-933865-81-2, $45, 304pp, hardcover, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Nov 2016

Anthology of over 300 artworks from 2015. • Contributors include Julie Bell, Brom, Frank Cho, Donato Giancola, James Gurney, and many others. The book includes winning works from this year’s Spectrum Awards. • The publisher’s site has this description and order

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