Uncle Hugo's Newsletter 118
Recently Received & Forthcoming Books
Alphabetical by Author
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Howey, Hugh
Sand
The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. In this land, four sibling are scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, with the skills to keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next.
Novel, 318 pages, Hardcover, Reprint (originally published in 2014)
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world where every orogene child can grow up safely. But Nassun has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel ♦ Winner for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Novel, 413 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Orbit - 2017 - ISBN: 0316229245 / 9780316229241
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New036900
$16.99
Jester, David
Forever After
Michael is a grim reaper working the worst beat in the worst town, as disillusioned with death as he was with life. Now he and his friends must battle confused succubi, tormented psychopaths, evil henchmen, and a demon who thinks he's Santa Claus.
Charley is learning to make peace with her power, and with her daughter's destiny. But the forces of hell are still determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corner of another dimension.
Novel, 335 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2017 HC
St. Martin's - 2017 - ISBN: 1250078229 / 9781250078223
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037526
$8.99
Jones, G. Wayman (Daniels, Norman / Page, Norvell W.)
Black Bat #06: The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse / The Black Bat's Dragon Trail
The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse: Foreign agents plot a deadly attack on the USA's prewar defenses.
The Black Bat's Dragon Trail: Tony Quinn attempts to prevent the exploitation of China by a war profiteer.
Omnibus, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1940 / 1941)
A teen boy's house is the kind of wrong place where you can lose yourself and find things you'd rather not have. Over the course of a few nights, chasing the ghost of his father and the promise of his Native American heritage, the boy tries to map out the house. His efforts put his little brother in the worst danger, and put him in a position to save his family - at a terrible cost.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2017 Stoker Award for Longer Fiction ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella ♦ Finalist for the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
Novella, 108 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Tor - 2017 - ISBN: 076539510X / 9780765395108
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037569
$10.99
Jordan, Robert / McDougal, Harriet / Romanczuk, Alan / Simons, Maria
Wheel of Time: The Wheel of Time Companion
An A to Z guide to the people, places, and history of the epic fantasy series, including a dictionary of the Old Tongue, maps, portraits, histories and customs, and much more.
Nonfiction, 815 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2015 HC
Tor - 2017 - ISBN: 0765314622 / 9780765314628
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037587
$19.99
Jowett, Lorna
Dancing with the Doctor
A scholarly examination of gender in the new Doctor Who universe, examining both the successful revival of the series since 2005 and its spinoff series.
When Nix plunders a tomb and snatches golden plates, the treasure brings trouble. Pursued by an abomination full of ravenous hunger and unquenchable wrath, Egil and Nix find all they hold dear, including their beloved tavern, in dire peril. To say nothing of the world itself.
Novel, 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2017 HC
Del Rey - 2017 - ISBN: 0425285499 / 9780425285497
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037716
$7.99
Keyes, Greg
War for the Planet of the Apes: Revelations
Official prequel to the new film.
Novel, 333 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Titan - 2017 - ISBN: 1785654721 / 9781785654725
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037726
$7.99
Killjoy, Margaret
Danielle Cain #1: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
Searching for clues about her friend's sudden suicide, Danielle travels to a utopian squatter town, where things have gone awry since the town's residents summoned a spirit to serve as their judge and executioner.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella
Novella, 125 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Tor - 2017 - ISBN: 0765397366 / 9780765397362
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037571
$14.99
King, Stephen / Chizmar, Richard
Gwendy's Button Box
Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy has climbed the stairs from Castle Rock up to Castle View. A stranger calls to Gwendy; on a bench sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt. On his head is a small black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat.
King, Tom (writer) / Walta, Gabriel Hernandez (artist)
Vision Volume 1: Little Worse Than a Man
Full color. Reprints issues 1-6 of the comic book. The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads back to the laboratory where Ultron created him and molded him into a weapon. There he builds a wife, Virginia, and teenage twins Viv and Vin. They look like him. They have his powers. They share his grandest ambition - the need to be ordinary.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
Graphic Novel, Trade Paperback, Later Printing
Marvel - 2016 - ISBN: 0785196579 / 9780785196570
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037521
$17.99
King, Tom (writer) / Walta, Gabriel Hernandez (artist) / Walsh, Michael (artist)
Vision Volume 2: Little Better Than a Beast
Full color. Reprints issues 7-12 of the comic book. Once upon a time a robot and a witch fell in love. What followed was a tale of the dead and the dying, of the hopeful and the lost, of the wronged and the avenged. This is the story of Scarlet Witch and the Vision. Before family, there was love. And war.
Graphic Novel, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Marvel - 2016 - ISBN: 0785196587 / 9780785196587
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037522
$17.99
Kingfisher, T. (aka Vernon, Ursula)
The Halcyon Fairy Book
A collection of wry and insightful comments on traditional fairy tales, originally presented in her blog, along with her first collection of fairy-tale inspired stories, Toad Words, previously only available as a self-published ebook.
Collection, 364 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
NESFA - 2017 - ISBN: 161037326X / 9781610373265
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037509
$30.00
Klages, Ellen
Wicked Wonders
Fantasy and sf stories full of wit, empathy, and courage. A rebellious child identifies with Maleficent instead of Sleeping Beauty. Best friends Anna and Corry share one last morning on Earth. A solitary woman inherits a penny arcade haunted by a beautiful stranger. A prep-school student requires more than luck when playing dice with a faerie. Ladies who lunch - dividing one last bite of dessert - delve into new dimensions of quantum politeness.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. In that time, Earth's alliance forces have rebuilt their fleets, and now it's time to take the fight to the Lankies.
Novel, 293 pages, Trade Paperback
47North - 2017 - ISBN: 1503940713 / 9781503940710
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New038052
$14.95
Korpon, Nik
Eitan City #1: The Rebellion's Last Traitor
After decades of war, the Tathadann Party restored order to Eitan City by outlawing the past and rewriting history. Memory is a commodity, bought and sold. Henraek works draining citizen's memories. Everything changes when he harvests a memory of his own wife's death in the rebellion that once tore the city apart.
Novel, 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Full color. This tongue-in-cheek guide to the most exciting travel destinations is also an exploration of the 'What if' of space travel, packed with facts about the planets and moons of our solar system.
Nonfiction, 234 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Penguin - 2017 - ISBN: 0143129775 / 9780143129776
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued.
Already Received
ID: #New037853
$20.00
Kowal, Mary Robinette
Ghost Talkers
London, during the Great War: British soldiers are conditioned to report to the Spirit Corps when they die, so the mediums of the Corps can pass along crucial information about troop movement. When it becomes clear to medium Ginger Stuyvesant that the Germans are directly targeting the Spirit Corps, she is determined to find out how, and stop them.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2017 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Novel, 304 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
Tor - 2017 - ISBN: 0765378264 / 9780765378262
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037581
$16.99
Kritzer, Naomi
Cat Pictures Please
Signed by the author on the title page. Fantasy and sf stories, including the Hugo-winning title story.
Evie is the put-upon personal assistant of celebrity superhero Aveda Jupiter. Forced to pose as Aveda one night, Evie's secret comes out: she has powers too. Now she must take control of her life and become a superhero herself - or see San Francisco fall to a demonic invasion.
Novel, 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 Trade PB
DAW - 2017 - ISBN: 0756413273 / 9780756413279
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037702
$7.99
Lackey, Mercedes
Elemental Masters #11: A Study in Sable
Psychics Sarah and Nan find themselves working with Elemental Masters John and Mary Watson, helping with investigations that a famous consulting detective won't touch because they are tainted with 'mumbo-jumbo'.
Novel, 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2016 HC
DAW - 2017 - ISBN: 0756411610 / 9780756411619
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New037697
$7.99
Leake, Jessica
Sylvani #1: Arcana
London, 1905: Katherine Sinclair joins the ranks of debutantes vying for suitors. She cannot imagine anything more loathsome - especially as she must conceal her otherworldly abilities. Those seeking her birthright could be hiding behind the facade of every suitor.
Novel, 371 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
