Newsletter 114
Recently Received & Forthcoming Books
Alphabetical by Author
Sales, Ian
All That Outer Space Allows
1965: Ginny Eckhardt is an sf writer whose husband has been selected by NASA as one of the new Apollo astronauts. The realities of spaceflight fascinate Ginny, but women are barred from being US astronauts. Her sf provides little in the way of consolation - but perhaps there is something she can do about that.
Awards: ♦ 2015 Tiptree Award Shortlist
Novel, 155 pages, Trade Paperback, Print on Demand
Conrad Harris and his elite Simulant Operations team are leading a mission to the unexplored region of the Damascus Rift, where another alien Artefact has been discovered that could finally help humanity win the war against the hostile alien Krell. But what they discover there is from their worst nightmares.
Novel, 463 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st US Edition
Orbit - 2016 - ISBN: 0316386456 / 9780316386456
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034044
$9.99
Scalzi, John
Old Man's War #6: The End of All Things
Four novellas. CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson and the Colonial Union diplomats he works with race against the clock to discover who is behind attacks on the Union and on alien races, to seek peace with a suspicious angry Earth, and to keep humanity's union intact.
Contents
The Life of the Mind
This Hollow Union
Can Long Endure
To Stand or Fall
An Alternate 'The Life of the Mind'
Acknowledgments
Novel, 385 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Tor - 2016 - ISBN: 0765376105 / 9780765376107
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034725
$8.99
Schelly, Bill
Otto Binder
Chronicles the life and work of the comic book and sf visionary, revised and expanded from the 2003 edition titled Words of Wonder: The Life and Times of Otto Binder. Black & white photos and illustrations throughout.
North Atlantic - 2016 - ISBN: 1623170370 / 9781623170370
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New035097
$19.95
Sebold, Gaie
Eveline #2: Sparrow Falling
Eveline hopes to put her thief and con-artist experience to work giving private lessons in burglary, fakery, and other underhand practices. But the rivalries of the Folk are in danger of spilling into the mundane world and forcing the Empire into a bloody war. Can Eveline pull things out of the mire this time?
Novel, 329 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Solaris - 2016 - ISBN: 1781083827 / 9781781083826
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034961
$7.99
Sefton, Maggie
Knitting #13: Purl Up and Die
When a young woman accuses Barb's son Tommy of assaulting her, then turns up dead, Kelly and the knitters must unravel the truth from the lies to clear Tommy's name. Includes knitting pattern.
Novel, 311 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Berkley Prime Crime - 2016 - ISBN: 0425258459 / 9780425258453
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New035233
$7.99
Shea, Kieran
Koko #2: Koko the Mighty
Koko still has an Ultimate Sanction bounty on her head. Now she and Jedidiah must deal with an outlander cult and hordes of mutant raiders led by bounty agent Wire.
Novel, 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2015 Trade PB
Titan - 2016 - ISBN: 1781168652 / 9781781168653
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New035175
$8.99
Shepherd, Mike (aka Moscoe, Mike)
Vicky Peterwald #3: Rebel
The Empress is leading her own armada to St. Petersburg, intent on squashing the rebellion by killing Vicky and every soul on the planet that gave her refuge.
Novel, 342 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Ace - 2016 - ISBN: 0425266591 / 9780425266595
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New035143
$7.99
Sizemore, Jason (editor) / Conner, Lesley (editor)
Best of Apex Magazine Volume 1
Twenty-one pieces of speculative fiction from the online magazine, including award nominees, the readers' Story of the Year selections, and the editors' personal favorites.
Contents
Foreword == Lesley Conner
Jackalope Wives == Ursula Vernon
Going Endo == Rich Larson
Candy Girl == Chikodili Emelumadu
If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love == Rachel Swirsky
Advertising at the End of the World == Keffy R.M. Kehrli
The Performance Artist == Lettie Prell
A Matter of Shapespace == Brian Trent
Falling Leaves == Liz Argall
Blood from Stone == Alethea Kontis
Sexigesmal == Katharine E.K. Duckett
Multo == Samuel Marzioli
Keep Talking == Marie Vibbert
Remembery Day == Sarah Pinsker
Blood on Beacon Hill == Russell Nichols
The Green Book == Amal El-Mohtar
L'esprit de L'escalier == Peter M. Ball
Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale) == Ian Tregillis
Build-a-Dolly == Ken Liu
Armless Maidens of the American West == Genevieve Valentine
Pocosin == Ursula Vernon
She Gave Her Heart, He Took Her Marrow == Sam Fleming
Afterword == Jason Sizemore
Acknowledgments
Contributor Biographies
Anthology, 238 pages, Trade Paperback, Print on Demand
Apex - 2016 - ISBN: 1937009378 / 9781937009373
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New035062
$15.95
Smith, Alexander McCall
Chance Developments
Short stories on the subjects of love and art, each inspired by an intriguing old photo.
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued.
Already Received
ID: #New035178
$26.00
St. John, Julia Verne
The Transference Engine
Plus bonus story 'Dancing in Cinders'. When powerful necromancer Lord Byron died, his followers tried to used the Transference Engine to allow Byron's soul to claim the body of its choice. Madam Magdala and Mary Godwin stopped them. Now Magdala runs the Book View Cafe. When members of the cafe community disappear, she finds herself with new mysteries to solve. The more she learns, the clearer it becomes that the Transference Engine is back.
Novel, 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Ages 10 and up. Full color. Reprints issues 9-12. On a quiet day at camp, Jo, April, and Ripley must stay on their toes as they try to earn as many badges as possible. Meanwhile, Mal and Molly's picnic in the woods takes a bizarre turn when they spot the Bear Woman, and follow her through a magical portal.
Ages 10 and up. Full color. Reprints issues 14-17 of the comic. Camp counselor Jen just wants to teach the girls basic survival skills without any supernatural interruptions. But when Jen and the girls get separated, Jen finds herself in more trouble than ever, until a stranger swoops in to save the day. Who is this taxidermist, and what is her relationship to camp director Rosie?
Graphic Novel, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Boom! - 2016 - ISBN: 1608868605 / 9781608868605
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034935
$14.99
Stewart, Trenton Lee
Mysterious Benedict Society: Mr. Benedict's Book of Perplexing Puzzles, Elusive Enigmas, and Curious Conundrums
Ages 10 and up. A companion volume to the popular mystery series, featuring new puzzles, riddles, and brainteasers to solve.
Activity Book, 148 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2011 HC
Little, Brown - 2016 - ISBN: 0316394750 / 9780316394758
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034121
$9.99
Stockbridge, Grant (Page, Norvell W.)
Spider #08: Empire of Doom / The Spider and the Faceless One
Empire of Doom: With the White House itself hanging in the balance, the Spider must thwart a power-mad dictator.
The Spider and the Faceless One: The city burns as Wentworth seeks to unmask the elusive Munro, a murderous master of disguise.
Omnibus, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1934 / 1939)
Mo has become custodian of an antique violin made of human bone, designed to produce music capable of slaughtering demons. It invades her dreams, yearning for the blood of her husband Bob Howard and her other Laundry colleagues - and despite Mo being a world-class violinist, it cannot be controlled.
Novel, 404 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Ace - 2016 - ISBN: 0425281183 / 9780425281185
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New035158
$7.99
Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris
The Doomed City
An experimental city is inhabited by people plucked from Earth's history and left to govern themselves under conditions established by the inscrutable Mentors. Andrei, an astronomer from 1950s Leningrad, is now a garbage collector. As increasingly nightmarish scenarios begin to affect the city, he rises through the hierarchy, with devastating effect.
Novel, 462 pages, Hardcover, 1st US Edition
Chicago Review - 2016 - ISBN: 1613735960 / 9781613735961
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034858
$27.99
Sugar, Rebecca (creator) / Jones-Quartey, Ian (story) / Sorese, Jeremy (writer) / Kendrick-Horton, Asia (artist) / Dukes, Rachel (artist)
Steven Universe: Too Cool for School
Ages 8 and up. Full color. Steven is having a hard time fitting in at Connie's school. Connie just wants to graduate with good grades and a clean record. But when gem and homework collide, who knows what will happen?
Graphic Novel, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Boom! - 2016 - ISBN: 1608867714 / 9781608867714
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034934
$14.99
Sutherland, Tui T.
Wings of Fire #6: Moon Rising
Ages 8 and up. The war between the tribes is over, and the dragonets have a plan for lasting peace: a school where dragonets from all tribes can learn to live together. When someone starts attacking dragons in the school, young Moonwatcher must decide if she will stay hidden and safe, or risk everything to save her new friends.
Novel, 298 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
When trouble erupts in the Free Planets Alliance, Yang Wen-li is ordered to use his tactical skills to put down the rebellion, but the ringleader is someone he once trusted deeply. In the Empire, Reinhard faces a new trial when the Emperor's death leads to an intensifying power struggle among the aristocracy.
St. Mary's #01: Just One Damned Thing After Another
Don't call it time travel; the historians of St. Mary's just happen to investigate major historical events in contemporary time. The first thing you learn on the job is that a wrong move will lead to history fighting back - sometimes in particularly nasty ways. And as new recruit Madeleine 'Max' Maxwell soon discovers, often it's not only history they're fighting.
Recommended by Don
Novel, 322 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Night Shade - 2016 - ISBN: 1597808687 / 9781597808682
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034256
$12.99
Taylor, Jodi
St. Mary's #02: A Symphony of Echoes
Max and company visit Victorian London in search of Jack the Ripper, witness the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket, and discover that dodos make a grockling noise when eating cucumber sandwiches. They must also confront an enemy intent on destroying St. Mary's who is willing to destroy history itself to do it.
Recommended by Don
Novel, 307 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Night Shade - 2016 - ISBN: 1597808695 / 9781597808699
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New034257
$12.99
Tidhar, Lavie
Bookman Histories #1: The Bookman
Plus bonus Orphan novelette 'Murder in the Cathedral'. When his beloved is killed in a terrorist atrocity committed by the sinister Bookman, young poet Orphan becomes enmeshed in a web of secrets and lies. His quest to uncover the truth takes him from the hidden catacombs of a London on the brink of revolution, through pirate-infested seas, to the mysterious island that may hold the secret to the origin not only of the shadowy Bookman, but of Orphan himself.
Novel, 380 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 2010)
To stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula, General MacArthur advocates a nuclear attack on targets in Manchuria. President Truman agrees, which leads to disaster when Russia retaliates against US allies in Europe and Great Britain. The two superpowers face off. Will they nuke each other? And what countries will be caught in between?
Novel, 394 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
