Newsletter #44 December, 1998 - February, 1999RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION
[PBO means Paperback Original]
| Dr. Who: The Janus Conjunction | $5.95 |
| Dr. Who: Matrix | $5.95 |
| Dr. Who Handbook: The Seventh Doctor | $7.95 |
| New Adventures: Beige Planet Mars | $5.95 |
| Xena:Warrior Princess: Postcard Book (media tie_in; postcards with pictures from series) | $9.99 |
| Xena:Warrior Princess: The Xena Scrolls (media tie_in; repro of ancient papyrus in poster_sized, fold_out map format w/sidebars, episode stills) | $13.00 |
Abbey, Lynn | Planeswalker (Magic the Gathering, Artifacts Cycle Book II) | $5.99 |
Alvarez, Walter | T. Rex & the Crater of Doom (non_fiction/science; exploration of what must have happened on the day of the meteor crash that led to dinosaur extinction) | $13 |
Ambrose, David | Superstition (psychologist Sam Towne's convinced humans can psychically create ghosts, forms team to make attempt, but when they succeed, group members start to die) | $24.00 |
Andreadis, Athena, PhD | To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek (science reference/ media tie_in; explores concepts of biology, physiology, psychology, sociology used in Star Trek plots, their likelihod in reality, more) | $21.00 |
Baker, Linda/Berberick, NancyVarian | Dragonlance: The Chaos War: Tears of the Night Sky (as priestess Crysania finds her faith dimming, mysterious stone leads her on quest to Temple at Neraka & transformation of world; PBO) | $5.99 |
Baker, Richard | Forgotten Realms: The Shadow Stone (when Aeron's accusers pursue him into Maerchwood, he winds up Storm Walker's apprentice in magic, but must face Shadow Stone's threat to all magic;PBO) | $5.99 |
Barron, TA | Fires of Merlin (young Merlin must use new, untested magic to confront wakened dragon, mysterious Wheel & sorceress, discover source of his power) | $19.99 |
Baxter, Stephen | Titan (when signs suggesting organic life are found on Saturn's moon, visionary group devotes decade to reaching Titan;what they find is beyond expectation) | $6.99 |
Beagle, Peter S/Berliner, Janet_eds | Peter S Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (anthology of unicorn tales by Beagle, Shetterly, Cacek, Bryant, Shwartz, Mason, Lustbader, Tarr, more) | $6.50 |
Beard, Henry/Boswell, John | Bill Gates' Personal Super Secret Private Laptop (parody, lots of fun) | $13.95 |
Bridge Publications | Writers of the Future, Volume XIV (anthology of stories by newly_discovered writers & essays on writing by old hands; illustrated; PBO) | $6.99 |
Brown, Simon | Cannibals of the Fine Light (Australian short story collection) | $13.95 |
Butler, Octavia | Parable of the Talents ( Parable of Sower sequel; in near future, Lauren Olamina's daughter tells story of separation from mother, war, religious crusades, thriving humanity) | $24.95 |
Cady, Jack | The Night We Buried Road Dog (collection stories of "love & friendship, cars & obsession, of ghosts on the open road") | $27.00 |
Cannon, Peter_ed | Lovecraft Remembered (Arkham House edition; compilation of reminiscences of the horror master by friends & admirers, plus selection of early criticism) | $29.95 |
Collins, Nancy A | Angels on Fire ("a romantic dark fantasy" by writer known for "the punk vampire thing"; PBO) | $11.99 |
Constantine, Storm | Three Heralds of the Storm (chapbook, 3 short stories) | $5.00 |
Denning, Troy | Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires: Faces of Deception (Atreus' mask of a face hides him from family's enemies, but when goddess of beauty sends him on mission, he must face truth of deception; PBO) | $5.99 |
Desjardin, Marie | For the Time Being (group of brilliant misfits is captured by aliens who claim they've promised to save the alien race from extinction 5000 years ago; PBO) | $15.95 |
Dixon, Douglas | After Man (reprint of 1981 art book of zoology of the future) | $15.95 |
Duane, Diane | Star Drive: Harbinger Trilogy 1: Starrise at Corrivale (after expulsion from Concord Marines & exile, Gabriel Connor gets 1 more chance__but it means risking his life; PBO) | $5.99 |
Gardner, Craig Shaw | Spider_Man: Wanted: Dead or Alive (media tie_in; stopping bank robbery gets Spidey blamed for bystander's shooting & target of mob_controlled mayoral candidate) | $23.95 |
Goingback, Owl | Crota (Bram Stoker award winner; great beast of Native American legend wakes & ravages Sheriff Skip Harding's territory) | $6.50 |
Grant, Charles | Millennium Quartet 3: Chariot ( as Plague sweeps already famine_ridden world, the Horseman searches for Travis & his unusual abilities, but others are searching, too) | $25.95 |
Griffith, Nicola/Pagel, Stephen_eds | Bending the Landscape: Original Gay & Lesbian Writing: SF (anthology of sf tales with gay & lesbian themes by Hartman, Klages, Ore, Steele, Lewitt, Sheffield, Richerson, Kress, Baxter, Duchamp, Vonarburg, more) | $26.95 |
Halperin, James L | The First Immortal (multigeneration saga of family that becomes pivotal in cryo_ & nanotechnology & cloning when their family head has body frozen for later revival) | $6.99 |
Herbert, Mary H | Dragonlance: Bridges of Time: Legacy of Steel (Sara Dunstan & blue dragon Cobalt travel to evil city of Neraka, then Tomb of Last Heroes to learn truth of Knights of Takhisis gathering; PBO) | $5.99 |
Hood, Robert | Day_Dreaming on Company Time (short story collection from Australian small press) | $11.95 |
Jensen, Jane | Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within (gaming tie_in; shadow_hunter Gabriel Knight gets no rest at ancestral home in Germany when girl's murder leads to suspicions of loose werewolf; PBO) | $6.99 |
Jones, Diana Wynne | Dark Lord of Derkhholm (young adult; when offworld tourists' devastate world, Oracles decree Wizard Derk to become Dark Lord, son to be Wizard Guide, but things only get wors) | $16.00 |
Kay, Jeremy | The Secret Laboratory Journals of Dr Victor Frankenstei (the story of Dr Frankenstein's journey into obsession & madness, through experimentation obstacles, accusations, notes, illustrations & diary entries) | $17.95 |
Kiernan, Caitlan R. | Candles for Elizabeth (chapbook, 3 short stories) | $5.00 |
Kilworth, Garry | Highlander (original movie novelization; centuries after he discovers he's immortal, MacLeod faces the Kurgan, must defeat him or lose his head; PBO) | $5.99 |
Kilworth, Garry | Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands (collection of surreal fantasy short stories) | $9.00 |
Koja, Kathe | Extremities (collection of short stories about people pushed to limits of physical, emotional endurance & their experiences in that extreme state of being) | $20.00 |
Kress, Nancy | Stinger (FBI Agent Robert Cavanaugh views new posting a step down, until deaths tied to sickle_cell anemia indicate bioengineered race_war conspiracy) | $24.95 |
Lawhead, Stephen R | The Celtic Crusades 1: The Iron Lance (Scots lawyer's search for his father leads to medieval Constantinople, the Holy Land & Saracen swords, ultimately to the Iron Lance that pierced Jesus) | $24.00 |
Lawrence, Louise | Dream_Weaver (young adult; Eth's dreams of alien boy lead to trained as Dream_Weaver, but when Earth colonists arrive, including Troy, can Weaving save her planet?) | $6.95 |
Lumley, Brian | A Coven of Vampires (horror; collection of vampire tales from throughout Lumley's 30_year career) | $27.00 |
Matheson, Richard | What Dreams May Come (reprint/movie tie_in; Chris Nielsen defys both Heaven & Hell when death separates him from wife) | $6.99 |
Means, Howard | CSA__Confederate States of America (in alternate_history, racially separated US, white Pres & black VP face dissent from interracial group & murders threatening delicate balance of power) | $24.00 |
Moorcock, Michael | Elric: The Stealer of Souls (omnibus edition of Sleeping Sorceress,Revenge of Rose,Stealer of Souls,Kings in Darkness, Caravan of Forgotten Dreams, Stormbringer, plus reader's guide) | $22.99 |
Newman, Kim | Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 (title change; listed in last newsletter as "Dracula Cha Cha Cha") | $22.95 |
Nix, Garth | Shade's Children (young adult; man/machine Shade saves children from Overlord harvest, sends them to find secret of power__but gets more ruthless as they get closer) | $5.95 |
Noon, Jeff | Nymphomation (in near_future Manchester, Company_controlled lottery game entrances city, but when math students look too close, they find sinister reality) | $16.95 |
Parker, Lara | Dark Shadows: Angelique's Descent (media tie_in; tale of the eternal bond of love & hate between vampire Barnabas Collins & dark sorceress Angelique; PBO) | $6.99 |
Pelton, Fred L. | A Guide to the Cthulhu Cult (reference book from gaming publisher) | $9.95 |
Pinkwater, Daniel | The Education of Robert Nifkin (humor; Robert Nifkin's college application essay describes bizarreness of his high school experiences from horror to carnival) | $16.00 |
Pratchett, Terry | Discworld: Maskerade (Ankh_Morpork's opera diva/witch wannabe Perdita X aims to flush out ghost of opera house, but it's not that simple) | $6.50 |
Pullman, Philip | Count Karlstein (young reader; when the Demon Huntsman comes to call, Lucy & Charlotte must outwit their evil uncle the Count before he can turn them over to the Demon) | $17.00 |
Quale, Thomas | The Feaster in the Fudge Room (16 page chapbook, limited to 100 copies, story of Willy Wonka meets the Chthulhu Mythos) | $5.00 |
Resnick, Mike_ed | Girls for the Slime God (anthology of tales from "the days when pulp was king, men were men & women were naked") | $15.00 |
Robinson, DH | 1999: Apocalypse Maybe (when history prof Harper's drawn to occult & haunted by visions, she, rationalistic magician/husband & physicist friend race to solve Nostradamus' pzl) | $12.95 |
Rupp, Rebecca | Dragon of Lonely Island (young reader; Hannah, Zachary & Sarah Emily visit aunt, discover 20,000_year_old dragon & travel time through his stories) | $16.99 |
Salvatore, R.A. | Dark Elf Trilogy (hardcover reprint of the Forgotten Realms trilogy) | $24.99 |
San Souci, Robert D. | Young Guinevere (young reader, beautifully illustrated by Jamichael Henterly) | $6.99 |
San Souci, Robert D. | Young Lancelot (young reader, beautifully illustrated by Jamichael Henterly) | $6.99 |
Schmitz, Anthony | Darkest Desire: The Wolf's Own Tale (unhappy, solitary Wolf meets Brothers Grimm, but should he follow their proposed cure for his runaway desires or pursue his individual expression?) | $19.00 |
Schnakenberg, Robert | The Encyclopedia of Shatnerica (media tie_in/biography; A_Z entries on multiple topics relating to William Shatner's life & career; PBO) | $14.95 |
Shargel, Lee | Chulosian Chronicles 1: Voice in the Mirror (scientist Hank Stanton & astronaut Libby Morales discover fraud, then radiation pulse that may destroy Earth, but will aliens' blueprints work?) | $23.95 |
Silverberg, Robert_ed | Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy, Vol 1 (audio anthology of new stories from 2 famous fantasy worlds/sagas: Dark Tower_Stephen King; Majipoor_Robert Silverberg) | $25.00 |
Silverberg, Robert_ed | Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy, Vol 2 (audio anthology of new stories from 3 famous fantasy worlds/sagas: Wheel of Time_Robert Jordan; Discworld_Terry Pratchett; Alvin Maker_Orson Scott Card) | $25.00 |
Soukup, Martha | The Arbitrary Placement of Walls (collection by Hugo/Campbell/Nebula nominee, Nebula winner; "full of sexual tension & righteous anger that belies the simplicity of...narrative") | $25.00 |
Spencer, William Browning | Irrational Fears (ex_prof Jack Lowry enters detox, falls in love, & when she's kidnapped by cult believing alcoholism's ancient alien curse, he & friends must stop them) | $19.99 |
Tracy, Kathleen | The Girl's Got Bite:The Unofficial Guide to Buffy'sWrld (media tie_in/reference; companion to '92 movie & TV series incl interviews, cast bios, episode summaries, trivia, more; PBO) | $14.95 |
Utley, Steven/Waldrop, Howard | Custer's Last Jump (chapbook from Australia of 2 Texan writers) | $8.95 |
Waugh, Sylvia | Mennyms Alone (young reader; the family of life_size rag dolls faces up to family patriarch's premonition that their hidden life is about to end) | $4.50 |
Webb, Wendy/Grant, Charles_eds | Gothic Ghosts (anthology of ghost stories by Hautala, Holder, Costello, Friesner, Stableford, more) | $14.95 |
Weis, Margaret/Baldwin, David | Dragon's Disciple 1: Dark Heart (Dragon's immortal servant Justin Sterling's bound to eliminate police lieutenant Sandra McCormick & she to stop him, but their hearts have another agenda) | $23.00 |
Westall, Robert | The Watch House (reprint/young adult; teenage girl on holiday visits neglected lighthouse, but receives message from dead man that threatens her sanity & life) | $4.95 |
Wieck, Stewart/Branscome, Anna_eds | The Quintessential World of Darkness (horror; anthology of stories by Murphy, Bridges, van Belkom, Hautala, Nye; PBO) | $15.99 |
Wood, Mackay | Wolf's Cub (when young scholar_prince is forced to take the throne, he faces attacks from overseas barbarians, ancient mages, years of war & ravages country; PBO) | $14.95 |
Yolen, Jane | Commander Toad and the Voyage Home (young reader) | $4.99 |
Yolen, Jane | Here There be Ghosts (young reader; collection of poems & stories of ghosts, specters, the dead & undead, with author intros, illustrations by David Wilgus) | $19 |
Yolen, Jane | Passager (young reader; Young Merlin Trilogy #1) | $3.50 |
Yolen, Jane | Hobby (Young Merlin Trilogy #2) | $3.50 |
Yolen, Jane | Merlin (Young Merlin Trilogy #3) | $3.50 |
DUE BY DECEMBER 10
Allston, Aaron | Star Wars: X_Wing 7: Solo Command (media tie_in; Rogue & Wraith Squadrons join under Wedge's command to hunt for Warlord Zsinj & defeat his Super Star Destroyer; PBO) | $5.99 |
Askegren, Pierce | The Avengers & The Thunderbolts (media tie_in; "good guys join w/former bad guys to become even better guys to take on the even worse guys"; PBO) | $6.50 |
Danvers, Dennis | Circuit of Heaven (young man who's refused to abandone body for downloaded, life in cyber utopia meets perfect woman who doesn't exist outside) | $5.99 |
DeAndrea, William L & Matthew | The Pizza That Time Forgot (alien Twisters return & Gemma, Jon & Michael are in another time warp-now a twister's eating their pizza, destroying the town & they're in 1899; PBO) | $3.99 |
Fitch, Marina | The Border Book (after family crosses border to US, Rosa's cared for by spirit Luz, but Rosa's injured & Luz crosses border to Rosa's body, changing family forever; PBO) | $5.99 |
Grant, Charles | Millennium Quartet 2: In the Mood (in world of dying crops & animals, family members heading for reunion leave death in wake, now Joey's father learns Joey & mom are on their way) | $5.99 |
Green, Roland | On the Verge (Star Drive gaming tie-in; team of Galaxines liberate a Seshayan colony from the corrupt VoidCorp) | $5.99 |
Greenwood, Ed | Elminster in Myth Drannor (Forgotten Realms; on his way to Cormanthyr, young Elminster stops to try to learn Elvin magic and ways despite xenophobic attitude of the elves) | $5.99 |
Greenwood, Ed | The Temptation of Elminster (Forgotten Realms; Elminster emerges from the rubble of Cormanthyr to serve new, human masters) | $21.95 |
Hambly, Barbara | Darwath 5: Icefalcon's Quest (Icefalcon tracks enemy wizard & kidnapped Prince of Dare through storm_filled mountains, but even he may not prevail against magically_cloned warriors) | $5.99 |
Kanaly, Michael | Thoughts of God (tale of child_killer & vigilante who hunts him, struggles for life & death across future, past, distant galaxies, into God's notebook) | $5.99 |
Kerr, Katharine | Dragon Mage 2: The Black Raven (Deverry setting; current incarnation of ancient sorceress works to overcome a curse & eliminate factional strife) | $13.95 |
Krauss, Lawrence M | Beyond Star Trek (non_fiction/media tie_in;theoretical physicist explores how laws of physics relate to icons of sf media, incl Independence Day, Star Wars, X_Files, more) | $12.00 |
Kress, Nancy | Maximum Light (worldwide infertility from pollution, disease, leads to intrigue & biotech manipulation that traps man, girl & elderly doctor in deadly web) | $5.99 |
Matheson, Richard | Somewhere in Time (reprint; modern man drawn by love into past, meeting his soul mate in 1896 San Diego) | $13.95 |
Matthews, Susan R | Hour of Judgement (as Fleet Ship CMO, Andrej Kosciousko (3) walks deadly line as healer & Inquisitor/torturor, but attack on slave woman on planet awaiting gov'r may destroy him; PBO) | $5.99 |
McArthur, Nancy | The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes to Hollywood (young reader; Norman & Michael hope for extras parts when favorite stars come to town to make movie, but it's their sock_eating plants that're cast; PBO) | $3.99 |
McCaffrey, Anne | The Masterharper of Pern (young, gifted Robinton must lead his people to cope with the return of wilfully_long_forgotten Thread) | $6.99 |
Modesitt, LE Jr | Spellsong Cycle 2: The Spellsong War ("resplendent feminist fantasy with an inventive & expertly handled scenario, life_sized characters & flawless plotting" -Kirkus) | $6.99 |
Moscoe, Mike | The First Casualty (4 soldiers-2 green draftees for Society of Humanity, 2 career soldiers for United Colonies-learn true motives for war, face decision to risk lives; PBO) | $5.99 |
Navarro, Yvonne | Babylon 5: The River of Souls (movie novelization; tomb raiders with unearthed, deadly Vessel of Souls & armed armada of Soul Catchers converge on the station; PBO) | $5.99 |
Romkey, Michael | Vampire Hunter (when treasure hunters wake vampire trapped in Titanic, he struggles with devastating, pent_up hunger & regaining humanity through psychoanalysis; PBO) | $5.99 |
Sands, Marella | Sky Knife (ancient Mayan novice priest Sky Knife must use the magic that clings to him to find key to freeing his people from death & destruction) | $5.99 |
Sargent, Pamela | Climb the Wind (alternate history tale of 2 Native American warriors who lead united tribes against whites after Civil War & win) | $20.00 |
Sawyer, Robert J | Illegal Alien (Earth welcomes the 7 Tosok who arrive on disabled ship, but when scientist's murder leads to trial of alien in human court that may have more at stake) | $5.99 |
Sheffield, Charles | The Cyborg from Earth (military dynasty's disappointing heir, Jeff Kopal realizes something's off when navy sends him to deal w/rebel deep_space cyborgs after he blew exams) | $5.99 |
Stackpole, Michael A | Eyes of Silver (Wolf_priest Malachy Kidd lost eyes, ability for god's combat magic & faith years ago, but need to protect land's legendary leader may restore him; PBO) | $5.99 |
Stasheff, Christopher | The Rogue Wizard 5: A Wizard in Chaos (renegade psychic wizard Magnus (Gar Pike) D'Armand hopes to use discovery of lost learning to foment rebellion on colony world controlld by war, greed) | $5.99 |
Sterling, Bruce | Distraction (dystopian, near_future US is controlled by non_government organizations, but 3 people may turn it all upside down) | $23.95 |
Telep, Peter | Descent (gaming tie_in; Benjamin St John's mission to rescue computer scientist stranded at moon's core may be only hope against alien force corrupting machines; PBO) | $5.99 |
Whyte, Jack | The Camulod Chronicles 4: The Saxon Shore (when Uther's death shatters the Colony of Camulod, baby Arthur's adopted by cousin Caius Merlyn, who must prepare him to for threats from Saxon Shore) | $6.99 |
Willis, Connie | To Say Nothing of the Dog (Ned Henry shuttles between his time & 1940s researching Coventry Cathedral, but time continuum disruptions lead to scramble to set things right; PBO) | $6.50 |
DUE BY MID_DECEMBER
| Star Trek Next Gen: The Q Chronicles: The Q Scripts (TV tie_in; all scripts of episodes featuring Q, plus photos; PBO?) | $18.00 |
| Star Trek Voyager: Being Human: The 7 of 9 Scripts (TV tie_in; scripts of 8 episodes featuring 7 of 9, plus photos; PBO?) | $16.00 |
| Star Trek Voyager: A Place Among the Stars: Women of Voyager (TV tie_in; postcards) | $8.00 |
| Star Trek: These Are the Voyages, 1966_1996 (TV tie_in; 3_D pop_up book/album provides visual history of ships & crews) | $10.00 |
Allan, Margaret | Sister of the Sky (prehistoric adventure; Olmec girl is kidnapped, sold to aristocrat of capitol city, learns treachery of Dark God worshippers threatens city; PBO) | $6.99 |
Anthony, Piers/Brady, Julie | Dream a Little Dream (when 2 girls w/magic ability to turn dreams into reality begin to lose abilities, winged unicorn & prince travel to mundane world to save their world) | $23.95 |
Bond, Jonathan E/Koke, Jak | Shadowrun 34: The Terminus Experiment (Rachel Meyers calls in shadowrunners when Seattle conspiracy to spread vampirism threatens boyfriend, but they find plot goes deeper yet; PBO) | $5.99 |
Bradley, Marion Zimmer | The Shadow Matrix (Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, planet of birth, finds she has the Alton gift & her feelings for Regent of Elhalyn Domain threatens balance of power) | $6.99 |
Bradley, Marion Zimmer | Traitor's Sun (when Darkover Regent dies, heir_designate Mikhail & wife Margaret Alton face violent takeover by Terran Station Chief with only their combined laran) | $24.95 |
Bunch, Chris | The Demon King ( The Seer King sequel; when Gen Damastes tries to stop wizard_king Tenedos from using massive army to start war, he learns horrifying secrets) | $6.99 |
De Lint, Charles | Moonlight & Vines (3rd collection of Newford stories, set in same environment as Memory & Dream ; "tales that blur the lines between the mundane world & magical reality") | $24.95 |
Dozois, Gardner_ed | The Good New Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition (anthology of sf adventures from 1970 on, by Varley, Sterling, Vinge, Martin, McAuley, more; PBO) | $16.95 |
Forstchen, William R | The Lost Regiment 7: A Band of Brothers (ex_Civil War Cmdr Keane's injury takes toll on him, his men & Human Republic, now Bantags offer truce to both halves of Republic that'd destry one; PBO) | $5.99 |
Friedman, Michael | Star Trek: Thy Brother's Keeper: Book One (young Capt Kirk faces personal crisis when he must kill best friend from Academy to save Enterprise; PBO) | $6.50 |
Friedman, Michael | Star Trek: Thy Brother's Keeper: Book Two (after Gary Mitchell's death, Kirk returns home & remembers him; PBO) | $6.50 |
Grant, Charles | Black Oak 2: The Hush of Dark Wings (Black Oak Investigations head Ethan procter follows letter from old friend to Kansas town full of seemingly friendly but sinister female cult; PBO) | $5.99 |
Hamilton, Peter F | A Second Chance at Eden (collection of 7 novelettes & short stories) | $6.50 |
Jones, Gwyneth | Phoenix Cafe (concludes the "White Queen" trilogy about the Aleutian invasion; "hip, dark, violent...politically engaging & emotionally wrenching") | $13.95 |
Kessel, J/Butner, R/Van Name, ML_ed | Intersections (original stories by each member of 1994 Sycamore Hill Writer's Conference, incl Fowler, Jablokov, Kelly, Kessel, Kress, Lethem, McHugh, Roessner, Sterling, more) | $15.95 |
Modesitt, LE Jr | Recluce Saga: Colors of Chaos (White Chaos wizard Cerryl rises to power in magician's guild of Fairhaven; direct sequel to The White Order , contemporaneous w/ The Magic Engineer ) | $27.95 |
Saberhagen, Fred | The First Swords: The Book of Swords Vol I, II & III (omnibus edition of first Swords Trilogy about Swords of Power created for the amusement of the gods, but possible source of the gods' destruction) | $16.95 |
Sheckley, Robert | Godshome (young professor w/spell accessing the realm of the gods brings con_man god & companions to Earth, spreading chaos; humorous) | $22.95 |
Tankersley, Richie | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Angel Chronicles 2 (TV tie_in; 3 stories of early days of Buffy & Angel's romance as true love gets rocky; PBO) | $4.50 |
Weis, Margaret | Tales from the Eternal Archives 1: Legends (anthology of fantasy stories from McKiernan, Sherman, Weis, Perrin, Reichert, more; PBO) | $6.99 |
Wolfe, Gene | Free Live Free (reprint; 4 people in Chicago search for treasure of Benjamin Free, finding a journey beyond their wildest dreams) | $15.95 |
DUE BY THE END OF DECEMBER
Edwards, Ted | The Unauthorized Star Wars Companion (media reference; encyclopedia of SW universe from 1st rough script to new movies, story behind special effects, guide to over 350 web sites) | $18.00 |
DUE BY JANUARY 10
Anderson, Poul | The War of Gods (raised by giants after murder of father, King of Denmark, Hadding sets out to reclaim throne but must endure battle, Valkieries & god_war first) | $5.99 |
Anthony, Piers/Pickover, Clifford A | Spider Legs (creatures formed by garbage dumped in ocean take their revenge) | $5.99 |
Benford, Gregory | Cosm (Dr Alicia Butterworth creates baby univers & now everyone-academia, gov't, church, media-wants a piece of it) | $6.99 |
Benford, Gregory | Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia (non_fiction; analysis of human efforts at cultural immortality, messages sent into time/space intentionally & by legacy of environmental degradation) | $20.00 |
Bradbury, Ray | Dandelion Wine (hardcover reprint collection) | $15.00 |
Byars, Richard Lee | X_Men: Soul Killer (media tie_in; X_Men, Excalibur must stop demon lord Belasco from using Rogue to bring evil Elder Gods to Earth, wind up allying w/Dracula to do it; PBO) | $6.99 |
Cherryh, CJ | "Fortress of..." 2: Fortress of Eagles (when his maker dies, wizard_Shaped Tristan learns his life is bound to King Cefwyn, but barons fear their power & plot downfall of their plans) | $5.99 |
Cherryh, CJ | "Fortress of..." 3: Fortress of Owls (wizard Shapes Tristan to wield sword of Truth & Illusion, bound to King Cefwyn, but must navigate court intrigues, hide true self in magic_hating land) | $24.00 |
Doherty, Robert | Area 51: The Mission (when radical alien_sympathizers threaten world with bioweapon, scientists & soldiers go from pyramids to Great Wall to DC corridors to stop them; PBO) | $5.99 |
Donaldson, Stephen | Reave the Just & Other Tales (collection; "8 tales of wonder address the power of words & deeds through mystical adventures") | $23.95 |
Dozois, Gardner/Williams, Sheila_ed | Isaac Asimov's Valentines (anthology of sf stories exploring source & workings of love, by Silverberg, Bisson, Willis, more; PBO) | $5.99 |
Eddings, David & Leigh | Polgara the Sorceress (Polgara tells her life's story, of twin sister, early romance, and other adventures) | $6.99 |
Foy, George | Contraband (cyberthriller; in near_future Manhattan, compulsive smuggler must evade lethal new force, find mythical author-only one able to break curse on humanity) | $6.50 |
Gaiman, Neil | Stardust (man crosses ancient wall to fetch fallen star, finds empty meadow truly strange, magic world where dangerous competitors, folding spacetime complicate quest) | $22.00 |
Gould, Steven | Helm (colony's heir dares the imprinting of all lost Earth's knowledge without preparation, unaware the price is madness, agony & death) | $6.99 |
Green, Sharon | The Blending 4: Betrayals (betrayed & separated, magical adepts Tamrissa, Jovvi, Vallant, Rion & Lorand must refind one another & reform Blending to win throne; PBO) | $6.50 |
Hartmann, William K | Mars Underground (retired Mars colony scientist pursues quest for Martian life farther into deserts 'til he disappears;searchers realize he found something) | $6.99 |
Jacobs, AJ_as told by | Fractured Fairy Tales (authorized collection of wacky tales from Rocky & Bullwinkle , with "classic art, irony_rich dialogue & atrocious puns") | $9.95 |
Jacques, Brian | The Long Patrol (Redwall milieu; young, inexperienced hare Tammo is lead sword for Long Patrol as they're called to draw off Rapscallion army in ferocious battle) | $5.99 |
Kaye, Marilyn | Last on Earth 3: The Return (one faction of warring group of teens left alone on Earth heads to CA for source of e_mail & realize they may need to negotiate truce with aliens; PBO) | $4.99 |
Lessing, Doris | Mara & Dann (in draught_plagued future, 2 kidnapped children join migration north, through varying peoples, places, hazards & questions) | $25.00 |
McDevitt, Jack | Moonfall (near future discovery of comet on collision course w/moon leaves 5 days to intervene) | $6.50 |
Modesitt, LE Jr | The Ecologic Envoy (reprint; economist/commando Prof Whaler is Envoy to Accord to settle microchip treaty, but must also take on cabal set to plunge galaxy into catastrope) | $5.99 |
Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | Cat in the Dark (feline sleuth Joe Grey 4, is on the lam after witnessing murder while trying to cope with his growing humanization, but will killer catch him first?) | $22.00 |
Nasir, Jamil | Tower of Dreams (image digger who dreams images & turns them into computer_animated ads sees savage attack in Egypt that torments him, foretells world's disaster; PBO) | $5.99 |
Odom, Mel | Rising Tide (Forgotten Realms; evil warlord from the depths of the Trackless Sea rallies the undersea races of Toril in a surprise attack on the Sowrd Coast) | $5.99 |
Park, Severna | Hand of Prophecy (slave fights for antidote to the virus that keeps slaves young then kills them, as warships arrive to conquer her planet) | $5.99 |
Paxson, Diana L | The Hallowed Isle 1: The Book of the Sword (1st of 4 cultural perspectives of King Arthur's life & legend: Lady of Lake/Druid Priestess's call to Spirit for champion, forging of magic sword; PBO) | $10.00 |
Pineiro, RJ | Breakthrough (CEO of tech firm Jake Fischer finds company's new bio_chips at center of deadly international frenzy to control the new technology) | $6.99 |
Rabe, Jean | The Silver Stair (Dragonlance; Bridges of Time series; amid the wreckage of the Chaos War, a new kind of magic arises on the world of Krynn) | $5.99 |
Rice, Anne | Pandora (vampires; new vampire David Talbot learns the story of 2000_year_old Pandora, who's obsessed with seeing Marius) | $6.99 |
Salvatore, R. A. | The Cleric Quintet Collector's Edition (5-in-1 hardcover edition of Forgotten Realms series) | $24.99 |
Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann | Godmothers 3: The Godmother's Web (Native American Godmother "Grandma" weaves unforgettable magic, changes young woman's life forever) | $5.99 |
Sheckley, Robert | Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (movie novelization/eries lauch; ex_Shadow_allied Drakh target Earth, drawing Sheridan into teaming w/genocide survivor & facing ultimate war machine; PBO) | $5.99 |
Sherman, Dan/Cragg, Dan | Starfist 3: Steel Gauntlet (military sf adventure; when planet's R&D chief turns to blood & Confederation declares war, Confed Marines find their tanks hopelessly outclassed; PBO) | $5.99 |
Turner, Delia Marshall | Of Swords & Spells ( Nameless Magery sequel; fencing grad stalked by Enforcers, Malka takes witch ship off planet, begins developing magic when they're forced down, stranded; PBO) | $5.99 |
Weis, Margaret | The Soulforge (Dragonlance; the early years of Raistlin, archmage of Krynn) | $6.99 |
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Bear, Greg | Dinosaur Summer (50 years after Lost World's discovery, all dinosaur circuses are bankrupt & expedition sets out to return abandoned dinosaurs to wild) | $6.99 |
Bowes, Richard | Minions of the Moon (the forces of Good & Evil battle for a gay man's soul in 1960s through 1990s NYC; dark fantasy w/themes incl homosexuality, addiction, recovery) | $23.95 |
Bunch, Chris | The Warrior King (trilogy conclusion; only jailed & exiled Gen Damastes can build an army able to challenge evil wizard_king Tenedos; PBO) | $14.99 |
Clute, John/Grant, John | The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (reference; over 4000 entries covering all aspects of fantasy; "excellent & highly readable source") | $29.95 |
Cook, Paul | Engines of Dawn (alien tech enables humans to explore stars on condition engine is secret, but when University ship is stranded,they may have no choice;PBO) | $5.99 |
Elliot, Kate | Crown of Stars 2: Prince of Dogs (destinies of Count's heir Alain, past_seeking/treasure_hiding Liath, prisoner Sanglant & army_building Fifth Son continue to intertwine) | $6.99 |
Friedman, Michael Jan | Star Trek: My Brother's Keeper 3: Enterprise (after his best friend Gary's death, Capt Kirk must learn to rely on new first officer, Spock; PBO) | $6.50 |
Golden, Christopher/Holden, Nancy | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper 1: Out of the Madhouse (TV tie_in; the Slayer has her hands full with the abominations coming through centuries_old portal through space, time to threaten Sunnydale;PBO) | $5.99 |
Hogan, James P | Jupiter 6: Outward Bound (young LA juvenile delinquent excapes juvenile labor camp sentence by accepting a mission in outer space) | $22.95 |
Joyce, Graham | The Tooth Fairy (after losing his first tooth, Sam Southall acquires a lifelong companion, the Tooth Fairy) | $14.95 |
Killick, Jane | Babylon 5: Season by Season #5: The Wheel of Fire (TV reference; guide to 5th season episodes & groundwork for coming offshoot series; PBO) | $11.00 |
Little, Denise_ed | A Dangerous Magic (anthology of fantasy_romance stories by Norton, DeChancie, Braunbeck, Crowther, West, more; PBO) | $6.99 |
Lumley, Brian | Titus Crow (omnibus edition of The Burrowers Beneath & The Transition of Titus Crow ; adventure & horror as Titus Crow & companion battle forces of darkness) | $14.95 |
Odom, Mel | Shadowrun 35: Run Hard, Die Fast (Argent discovers the client meet_turned bloodbath was arranged by ex_lover on the run to leverage his help; PBO) | $5.99 |
Phillips, Ethan/Birnes, William J | Star Trek Cookbook (TV tie_in/reference; the author playing Voyager's Neelix describes "interstellar haute cuisine", incl preparation techiques for food & drink) | $20.00 |
Rosenberg, Joel | Not Exactly the Three Musketeers (fantasy adventure in Guardians of Flame milieu; sworn to protect renunciate Cullinane household, 3 retainers're ordered by Dowager Empress to investigate errant noblewoman's arrnged marriage) | $23.95 |
Rowley, Christopher | Bazil Broketail 7: Dragon Ultimate (dragonboy Relkin may need to put retirement & wedding on hold when the Deceiver's army threatens plague_weakened Empire of the Rose; PBO) | $6.99 |
Sheffield, Charles_ed | How to Save the World (anthology; practical solutions to global problems by 14 authors, including Beason, Clough, Hogan, Malzberg, Niven, Pollotta, Pournelle, Sheffield) | $14.95 |
Shimerman, Armin/George, David | Star Trek DS9: The 34th Rule (Quark's looking forward to the deal of a lifetime when he lands in midst of major dispute between Bajor & Ferengi Alliance; PBO) | $6.50 |
Vinge, Vernor | A Deepness in the Sky (set 30,000 years prior to A Fire Upon the Deep ; Pham Nuwen works to foil the Emergent's sinister plans for the slumbering world of Arachna) | $27.95 |
Whyte, Jack | Camulod Chronicles 5: The Fort at River's Bend (after failed assassination attempt on the young Arthur, Merlyn takes him to an abandoned Roman fort for training) | $24.95 |
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Jacques, Brian | Redwall 11: Marlfox (when evil offspring of Queen Silth steal Abbey treasure, Dipple the shrew & Burble the watervole set off in pursuit as Marlfoxes continue to threaten) | $22.99 |
Sturgeon, Theodore | More Than Human (reprint; classic novel of 6 who are separately "talented freaks" but together a single organism, possibly the next human evolutionary step) | $11.00 |
Sturgeon, Theodore | To Marry Medusa (reprint; barely_literate drunk Gurlick ingests alien spore, becomes host for hive mind encompassing billion planets' lives, intent on absorbing Earth) | $10.00 |
DUE BY FEBRUARY 10
| Supernova (movie tie_in; medical evac ship answers distress call to deep_space mine;finds sole survivor, dying star, secret threatening all civilization; PBO) | $5.99 |
Allen, Roger MacBride | 3 Laws of Robotics 3: Isaac Asimov's Utopia (conclusion of trilogy examining the Three Laws & their impact on society) | $6.50 |
Barnes, John | Earth Made of Glass ( Million Open Doors sequel; diplomats Giraut & Margaret must work to bring 1000 Cultures to planet with hostile climate & warring cultures) | $5.99 |
Card, Orson Scott | Homebody (widower Don Lark sets aside intentions to fix up, resell old mansion & decides to stay__until he finds hidden tunnel & what it's hiding) | $6.99 |
Carroll, Jerry Jay | Dog Eat Dog (the corporate raider_turned_dog returns, learns something evil has followed him back to this world & he's going to have to get mean; PBO) | $12.00 |
Castro, Adam_Troy | Spider_Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six 1 (media tie_in; mysterious benefactor directs Chameleon to assemble new Sinister Six, butMysterio has own plan which Spidey must stop; 1st of trilogy; PBO) | $6.99 |
Cole, Allan | The Timura Trilogy 2: Wolves of the Gods (murder brings wizard Safar Timura out of retreat, leading tyrant_threatened people to fabled land, pursued by evil returned from dead) | $6.99 |
Datlow, Ellen/Windling, Terri_eds | Silver Birch, Blood Moon (anthology of "grown_up fairy tales" by Gaiman, McKillip, McKinley, Kress, more; PBO) | $13.50 |
David, Peter | Howling Mad (reprint; weird man_wolf descends on NY;"wickedly clever") | $5.99 |
DeLint, Charles | Someplace to be Flying (photojournalist Lily searches slums for "animal people", collides with Hank & both stumble into war with the First People for the city's soul) | $6.99 |
Emery, Clayton | Star of Cursrah (Forgotten Realms; Lost Empires series; a group of adventurers stumble across a buried city guarded by a powerful undead force) | $5.99 |
Farren, Mick | Car Warriors: Back from Hell (futuristic competitors battle with high_ performance cars armed with high_tech weapons, but when outlaw horde enters arena, all bets are off; PBO) | $5.99 |
Gardner, James Alan | Vigilant (government monitor Faye's link to planet database reveals conspiracy threatening new plague deadly to 2nd species, alien tech & turns to outcast activist; PBO) | $5.99 |
Hobb, Robin (aka Megan Lindholm) | The Liveship Traders 1: Ship of Magic (Althea Vestrit battles to reclaim family's animate, intelligent ship from slaving brother_in_law before pirate captain can capture it & Bingtown) | $6.99 |
Kennedy, Hunter | Herculese & the Geek God of Greece (TV tie_in/young reader; Herculese must search for Queen Xumonia's stolen crown w/her nerdy nephew Geekus along-will he be help or hindrance?; PBO) | $4.50 |
Kennedy, Hunter | Xena & the Magic Arrow of Myx (TV tie_in; spell has magic arrow following Xena & Gabrielle everywhere that won't relent until it kills Xena; PBO) | $4.50 |
Keyes, J Gregory | Babylon 5: Bester Ascendant 2: Deadly Relations (media tie_in/ Straczynski outline; 2nd in "life & times" of dreaded, ruthless PsiCop Bester; PBO) | $5.99 |
Lebow, Jess | The Colors of Magic (a Magic: The Gathering short story collection) | $5.99 |
Lee, Adam | The Dominions of Irth 2: The Shadow Eater (hero wants to settle w/his love in the magical utopia he helped save, but goddess declares him invader & destroyer of her world) | $5.99 |
Leigh, Stephen | Speaking Stones (fragile peace between humans, native species torn by kidnapping of 3rd_gender human child, only hope to prevent disaster is an ancient stones' glyphs; PBO) | $5.99 |
Llywelyn, Morgan | 1916 (associational; the Irish Rebellion through the eyes of young Ned, studying at school led by scholar/poet/rebel) | $6.99 |
Marston, Ann | The Sword in Exile 1: Cloudbearer's Shadow (youngest & last of Skai lords, Gareth returns from exile to dying father, conquered land & long absence of runeblade, but is it too late?) | $5.99 |
Martin, George RR | Thrones 2: A Clash of Kings (Stark family scatters, King's brothers vie for throne & 5 factions bring chaos to land as ancient magic returns, Winter nears & sole survivor of previous ruling family builds force) | $25.95 |
McKillip, Patricia A | Riddle_Master (omnibus reprint of Riddle_Master of Hed fantasy trilogy) | $16 |
Morland, Alanna | Leopard Lord (Leopard's Gard barony's successor made a deal w/the dark god, now must choose between lives of his people & woman he loves; PBO) | $5.99 |
Niles, Douglas | The Puppet King (Dragonlance; Chaos War series) | $5.99 |
Pellegrino, Charles | Dust (paleobiologist Richard Sinclair realizes natural events & transformed ecology, including disappearance of insects, are war on humanity) | $6.99 |
Reimann, Katya | Tielmaran Chronicles 1: Wind From a Foreign Sky (reprint; hedge witch Gaultry Blas is wrenched from peaceful life when prophecy names her & twin sister their nation's saviors or destructors) | $6.99 |
Reimann, Katya | Tielmaran Chronicles 2: A Tremor in the Bitter Earth (witch Gaultry Blas plans to witness rites binding newly_free Tielmark's prince to land & godesses but Bissanty assassins & their magic mean she still has work to do) | $6.99 |
Salvatore, RA | The Demon Spirit ( The Demon Awakens sequel; the battle to save Corona from ultimate evil resumes) | $6.99 |
San Souci, Robert D | Young Arthur (young reader; retelling of King Arthur's birth, growing up & assumption of destiny) | $6.99 |
Schofield, Sandy | Predator: Big Game (outcast Corporal Nakai survives to challenge alien Predator after it chooses his New Mexico military base as hunting ground; PBO) | $4.99 |
Shatner, William | Quest for Tomorrow 3?: Step into Chaos (series of near_misses lead Jim Endicott to realization he's caught between Outsider trying to destroy the human_ allied Alban Empire, Albans themselves) | $23.00 |
Shatner, William | Tek Net (Jake Cardigan & Sid Gomez suspect a Tek connection when Sid's 2nd wife, a Tek addict, asks for help then disappears) | $6.99 |
Shelley, Rick | Dirigent Mercenary Corps 3: Captain (now Captain, Lon Nolan & men are caught between sides of planet's civil war when they discover deception of side that hired them; PBO) | $5.99 |
Silverberg, Robert_ed | Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy, Vol 3 (audio anthology of new stories from 3 famous fantasy worlds/sagas: Sword of Truth_Terry Goodkind; Earthsea_Ursula LeGuin; Memory, Sorrow & Thorn_Tad Williams) | $25.00 |
Steele, Alan | A King of Infinite Space (when spoiled, rich man wakes from crash, it's 100 years later-he must learn new life & reason for his revival from cryogenic sleep before he's killed) | $5.99 |
Thornley, Diann | Saga of the Unified Worlds 3: Dominion's Reach (when Unified Worlds Commander Lujan Serege is paralyzed by terrorist bomb during Dominion negotiations, he must find & expose the conspirators) | $6.99 |
Tine, Robert | The Astronaut's Wife (movie tie_in; after mysterious 2_minute blackout, astronauts return to Earth, but now one's dead, the other's changed, his pregnant wife's suspicious; PBO) | $5.99 |
Werber, Bernard | Empire of the Ants (Jonathan, then others vanish into inherited Paris flat's cellar, while female ant nearby becomes queen of great civilization & discovers secret) | $5.99 |
Williamson, Chet | Searchers 3: Siege of Stone (Searchers-psychic CIA operatives-pursue ancient entity the Prisoner who's terrorizing the US, hunting Searchers, intent on enslaving humanity; PBO) | $5.99 |
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| Stephen King's Storm of the Century (TV tie_in; screenplay for miniseries of small town's struggle for survival against evil during brutal winter storm) | $15 |
Adams, Cecil | Triumph of the Straight Dope (non_fiction/humor; compendium of answers to classic conundrums; PBO) | $11.95 |
Ash, Constance_ed | Not of Woman Born (anthology; alternate methods of conception, birth, parenting from McDevitt, Hoffman, Silverburg, McKillip, more; PBO) | $6.99 |
Barnes, John | Finity (college professor discovers that several friends have grown up in worlds with different histories) | $22.95 |
Beagle, Peter S | The Inkeeper's Song (fantasy classic reprint) | $14.95 |
Buchanan, Ginger | Highlander 9: White Silence (media tie_in; Immortals Duncan MacLeod, Hugh Fitzcairn & Danny O'Donal head for late 1800s Alaska gold rush, but nature kills them over & over; PBO) | $5.99 |
Cadigan, Pat | Patterns (collection of 1980s cyberpunk stories; "hard_bitten but evocative prose"; 1st trade edition) | $13.95 |
Codrescu, Andrei | Messiah (Creole orphan Felicity & Serbian refugee Andrea join forces to embody the Messiah & face Armageddon in the "Big Easy") | $25.00 |
Cook, Glen | Black Company: Glittering Stone 3: Water Sleeps (survivors of disaster must free fellow warriors held in stasis; concludes the sequence) | $24.95 |
Dedman, Stephen | The Art of Arrow Cutting (itinerant photographer flees police, Japanese organized crime & monsters from Japanese mythology) | $13.95 |
Duane, Diane | The Book of Night With Moon (NY cats who guard magical gates & protect earth, helped by human wizards, realize greatest threat may come from amongst them rather than from outside) | $6.50 |
Forsyth, Kate | The Witches of Eileanan 2: The Pool of Two Moons (outlawed in land where magic is capital offense & separated, Meghan & Isabeau must find allies, cross land to rejoin & defeat evil Queen; PBO) | $6.99 |
Goodkind, Terry | The Sword of Truth 5: Soul of the Fire (released by Richard Rahl & Cahlan Amnel to free D'Hara, the Chimes may destroy the entire world, if the pair cannot stop the threat) | $27.95 |
Greenberg, Martin H_ed | My Favorite Science Fiction Story (anthology; top sf names present their favorite stories by Sturgeon, Laumer, Sheckley, Moore, Zelazney, more; PBO) | $6.99 |
Jacq, Christian | Ramses 5: Under the Western Acacia (aging Ramses attempts miracles to prevent threats to land's hard_won peace & prosperity, but realizes his time is limited) | $14.99 |
Jones, Diana Wynne | Deep Secret (as powerful magicians balance positive, negative magic in Multiverse, magician in charge of Earth must recruit successor while holding realm together) | $24.95 |
Jones, JV | Sword of Shadows 1: A Cavern of Black Ice ("Baker's Boy" milieu; new prophecy rises to link two from Northern Territories as war & dark magic threaten) | $24.00 |
McCaffrey, Anne | Nimisha's Ship (Lady Nimisha rises to control family starship_yards despite outrage, schemes of enemies, but when stranded by experimental ship test, daughter must keep control of company) | $25.00 |
Niven, Larry | Rainbow Mars (time traveler from future denuded Earth seeks living species to transplant from past, finds key to destruction of sapient Mars life, possibility of similar fate for Earth) | $24.95 |
Norman, Lisanne | Sholan Alliance 5: Dark Nadir (caught in trap on return trip, Kaid must eject injured Carrie & Kusac's life_pods, but sudden rescue turns into more deadly trap with unknown aliens; PBO) | $6.99 |
Radford, Irene | Merlin's Descendants 1: Guardian of the Balance (gifted with ancient magic, sworn to preserve Earth's natural balance, Merlin's daughter Wren's must cope with political, religious struggles, confront evil; PBO) | $23.95 |
Roberson, Jennifer | Tiger & Del 5: Sword_Born (mis_matched allies Southron sworddancer Tiger/Northern swordsinger Del set sail to find Tiger's homeland, but magic & truth are still greatest challenges) | $6.99 |
Russell, Mary Doria | Children of God ( The Sparrow sequel; generation after Jesuit Father Emilio Sandoz' missionary trip to far planet, the repercussions threaten the world and its faith) | $12.95 |
Thurston, Robert | Battletech 43:Twilight of the Clans 8: Falcon Rising (gaming tie_in; in race to rebuild, Jade Falcon Clan becomes strongest by adding freeborn, genengineered trueborn to army, but invasion's imminent; PBO) | $5.99 |
Turtledove, Harry | Colonization: Second Contact ("Worldwar" milieu; 20 yrs after Allied & Axis forces stopped alien invaders, turmoil of '60s turns to war again when alien's colony fleet arrives) | $25.95 |
Vance, Jack | Ports of Call (adventures of an interplanetary freighter) | $13.95 |
Waitman, Katie | The Divided (desert wanderer Wepanu holds ancient prophecy joining ruthless Maurheti soldier Sekme & peace_dreaming Tel_Mari rebel Merkus, bringing peace or annihilation; PBO) | $12.95 |
DUE BY THE END OF FEBRUARY
Jones, Stephen_ed | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 (horror anthology incl Brite, Matheson, Ligotti, Lamsley, Sinclair, Wilder, Wagner, Constantine, more) | $10.95 |
Lethem, Jonathan | Girl in Landscape (teen who emigrates to distant planet becomes envoy between humans, native; "exploration & otherness, loss & sexual awakening") | $12.00 |
Miles, Rosalind | Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (saga of Camelot as seen through the eyes of wise, strong, resolute Guenevere) | $23.00 |
Smith, Thorne | Topper (reprint; mild_mannered 1930s banker buys used car, only to find it inhabited by ghosts of its feckless, frivolous prior owners) | $11.95 |
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