Newsletter #54 June - August, 2001RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION
[pbo means paperback original]
| Aniolowshi, Scott David-ed. | Return to Lovecraft Country (15 stories by 15 authors) | $11.95 |
| Barrett, Sean | GURPS Lensman (gaming reference to the E. E. "Doc" Smith universe) | $22.95 |
| Bischoff, David | The Diplomatic Touch (Diplomatic mission doesn't understand the level of bizarre sexual behavior on the planet they are assigned to, and the Mistress of Leather has a nefarious plan) | $12.95 |
| Bisson, Terry | In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (Fantastic tales in the tradition of Vonnegut and Twain) | $13.95 |
| Blaylock, James P. | Thirteen Phantasms (collection of 16 short stories by Blaylock) | $25.00 |
| Bradley, Marion Zimmer/Paxson, Diana | Priestess of Avalon (Myth, ancient lore and the cult of the goddess) | $24.95 |
| Bradshaw, Gillian | The Sand_Reckoner (ancient Greece; Archimedes leaves scholarly life at Ptolemy's Museum to support ailing father, family with engineering job) | $14.95 |
| Brin, David | The Transparent Society (non-fiction; "Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?") | $16.50 |
| Brown, Fredric | From These Ashes ("Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown", NESFA Press) | $29.00 |
| Burroughs, Edgar Rice | Beyond Thirty (reprint of 1915 novel of 2137, when Europe is a savage wilderness; introduction by David Brin) | $9.95 |
| Dart_Thornton, Cecilia | The Ill_Made Mute (in a land where it is almost certain death to be outside after dark, a mute, starving foundling is found outside the gate to Isse Tower) | $24.95 |
| Davis, Russell-ed. | Heat 0; Heat 1 (anthologies of genre fiction with lots of erotica, but only between married couples; many stories by authors in the sf and mystery fields) | $14.95 each |
| Dunnett, Dorothy | Gemini (Eighth book of the House of Niccolo) | $15.00 |
| Greenberg, Martin H./ Thomsen, Brian-ed. | Oceans of Magic (anthology) | $6.99 |
| Harrison, Harry | 50 in 50 (A story for each year of the writer's published career) | $29.95 |
| Janifer, Laurence M. | The Counterfeit Heinlein (mystery set in the future) | $14.95 |
| Ketchum, Jack | The Lost (horror) | $5.99 |
| Laymon, Richard | The Traveling Vampire Show (horror) | $5.99 |
| Lord, David Thomas | Bound in Blood (Gay Parisian vampire in New York City) | $14.00 |
| Lupoff, Richard A. | Claremont Tales (short story collection spanning almost 50 years) | $23.95 |
| Martin, George R. R. | Quartet (3 stories and a screenplay, from NESFA Press) | $25.00 |
| Massie, Elizabeth | Wire Mesh Mothers (horror) | $5.99 |
| Mitchell, D. M.-ed. | The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H. P. Lovecraft (collection of stories influenced by Lovecraft) | $19.95 |
| Moorcock Michael | The Dreamthief's Daughter (first new "Eternal Champion" novel in 10 years; also available as illustrated, numbered edition signed by Moorcock & 8 artists, $125.00) | $24.95 |
| Nissenson, Hugh | The Song of the Earth (biography of first bio-engineered artist, born in 2037; see Don's review in this issue; signed copies available) | $24.95 |
| O'Leary, Patrick | Other Voices, Other Doors (short story collection) | $17.99 |
| Pratchett, Terry/Masters,Phil | GURPS Discworld Also (2nd gaming reference to Discworld) | $20.95 |
| Price, Robert M.-ed. | Acolytes of Cthulhu (stories from 1936 to 1999 set in Cthulhu universe, from Fedogan & Bremer) | $32.00 |
| Rowe, Michael-ed. | Queer Fear (gay horror fiction) | $16.95 |
| Russell, Eric Frank | Major Ingredients (collection of 30 short stories, from NESFA Press) | $29.00 |
| Shetterly, Will | Chimera (Chimeras, the product of designer genes now haunt the back alleys of America) | $13.95 |
| Shirley, John | Black Butterflies (horror collection, winner of Bram Stoker Award & International Horror Guild Award) | $5.99 |
| Stirling, S.M. | T2: Infiltrator (Based on the motion picture) | $25.00 |
| Tiptree, James, Jr. | Meet Me at Infinity (Final collection of Tiptree, aka Alice B. Sheldon) | $14.95 |
| Turtledove, Harry (ed.) | The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (Definitive anthology: Clarke, McCaffrey and others) | $18.00 |
| White, James | Earth Final Conflict: The First Protector (TV tie_in, set 1000 years in the past) | $5.99 |
| White, James | Beginning Operations (First three novels of the "Sector General" series) | $16.95 |
| Wright, T. M. | Sleepeasy (horror; Harry lead a normal life, then he died and found himself in the strange town of Silver Lake, and became a detective) | $5.99 |
| Yolen, Jane | Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (nicely illustrated young reader book) | $5.95 |
| Yolen, Jane/Stemple, Heidi--ed. | Mirror, Mirror (40 Folktales for Mothers & Daughters to Share) | $14.00 |
| Yolen, Jane | Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast (12 young adult short stories, including a Nebula Award winner) | $6.00 |
DUE EARLY JUNE
| Allston, Aaron | Sidhe Devil (Adventures in the half weird science and gangster_era, half magic and Celtic myth realm) | $6.99 |
| Bradley, Rebecca | Lady Pain (One man seeks to conquer personal demons) | $6.50 |
| Costikyan, Greg | First Contact (Alien landing changes life of CEO Johnson Mukerjii) | $6.99 |
| Danvers, Dennis | Time and Time Again (Novelist drawn into the past and history of love, violence and death) | $6.50 |
| Dayton, Arwen Elys | Resurrecton (2600BC the Kinley send ship to Earth; the few remaining want their technology back) | $6.99 |
| Drake, David | Lt. Leary Commanding (Leary's ship is cruising, looking for enemies__ they're on the way!) | $7.99 |
| Durgin, Doranna | A Feral Darkness (Calling on a Celtic deity anchors this new found power at a family spring) | $6.99 |
| Foster, Alan Dean | Dirge (24th century _ entire human population killed on new Argus V colony) | $6.99 |
| Foster, Alan Dean | Reunion (New book featuring Pip and Flinx) | $24.00 |
| Friedman, Michael Jan | X_Men __ Shadows of the Past (Professor claims to have evidence of massive secret Quistalian invasion plan) | $6.95 |
| Golden, Christopher | Buffy: Spike&Dru: Pretty Maids All In a Row (tv tie-in novel) | $6.99 |
| Gottleib, Henry | Worse Than Death (LA policeman resigns to become vampire's lover) | $6.99 |
| Gresham, Stephen | In the Blood (Old Alabama family traces chilling bloodlines in walls of demolished ancestral home) | $5.99 |
| Harlan, Thomas | Gate of Fire (Book Two of the Oath of Empire) | $7.99 |
| Hartwell, David G. | Year's Best SF 6 (Sixth volume with Brin, Le Guin, Silverberg) | $7.50 |
| Hayden, Patrick Nielsen (ed.) | Starlight 3 (Leading anthology series since 1996) | $23.95 |
| Keyes, J. Gregory | Empire of Unreason (Demonic Malekim wreak havoc) | $6.99 |
| Lackey, Mercedes | Brightly Burning (Return to Valdemar series) | $6.99 |
| Lawhead, Stephen R. | The Black Rood (Second volume of Crusades trilogy) | $7.50 |
| Leith, Valery | The Riddled Night (Second volume of fantasy trilogy) | $6.50 |
| Luceno, James | Star Wars: Cloak of Deception (Episode I _ related novel) | $26.00 |
| Maloney, Mack | Starhawk (State_sponsored gladiatorial contest, pilot against pilot) | $5.99 |
| Mangels, Andy | Star Trek:The Next Generaton _ Section 31:Rogue (Untold prelude to 1996's Star Trek: First Contact) | $6.99 |
| Mariotte, Jeff | Gen 13: Time and Chance (comic book tie-in novel) | $5.99 |
| Martin, George R. R./Tuttle, Lisa | Windhaven (reprint of 1981 novel, set on low gravity world) | $23.95 |
| McKiernan, Dennis L. | Silver Wolf, Black Falcon (Final novel in world of Mithgar) | $6.99 |
| McKinley, Robin | Spindle's End (Develops the story of Sleeping Beauty) | $6.50 |
| Niven, Larry/Barnes, Steven | Saturn's Race (Xanadu is a city_sized island populated by Earth's wealthiest men and women) | $7.99 |
| Niven, Larry/Pournelle, Jerry | The Burning City (Fantasy set in ancient California) | $6.99 |
| Norton, Andre/Miller, Sasha | To the King a Daughter (Beginning of new fantasy trilogy) | $6.99 |
| Nystul, Bryan | Battletech #51: Test of Vengeance (gaming tie-in) | $5.99 |
| Perrin, Don | Warcraft #2: Lord of the Clans (#1 computer game combines visceral battles of Braveheart with Star Wars spirit) | $6.50 |
| Perry, S.D. | Star Trek: The Original Series_ Section 31:Cloak (Section 31_the utra_secret agency of the Federation _ ties in with Kirk and Black Oops) | $6.99 |
| Shimerman, Armin/Scott, Michael | The Merchant Prince (Author played "Quark" on ST:DS9; follows salesman from past into future) | $6.99 |
| Siegel, Jan | Prospero's Children (Beginning in fabled Atlantis, epic fantasy continues in present_day Yorkshire) | $6.99 |
| Stern, Dave | Laura Croft: Tomb Raider (movie tie-in novel) | $6.99 |
| Verba, Joan Marie/Meara, Tess/Jones, Deborah K./Howes, Margaret/Berman, Ruth | Autumn World (first contact novel on an alien planet; signing Saturday, June 16) | $9.95 |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (Kurt Vonnegut asks __and answers __ Big Questions) | $9.95 |
DUE MID-JUNE
| Aldiss, Brian W. | Supertoys Last All Summer Long (Stories __ one of which inspired A.I. film; robot boy who longs to be loved by his parents) | $13.95 |
| Baxter, Stephen | Longtusk (Second novel in Mammoth trilogy) | $15.00 |
| Davis, Jim | Garfield at Large (New larger format full_color version) | $9.95 |
| Golden, M. | Britney Spears Is a Three_Headed Alien (Parody) | $9.95 |
| Hollings, Ken | Destroy All Monsters (Apocalypse now! Or yesterday!) | $14.95 |
| Kay. Guy Gavriel | The Darkest Road (Third of the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy) | $13.95 |
| King, Stephen | On Writing (King on the craft of writing _ non_fiction) | $14.95 |
| Marz, Ron | Star Wars: Darth Maul (Graphic novel) | $12.95 |
| Miles, Rosalind | The Knight of the Sacred Lake (Second of the Guenevere novels) | $9.95 |
| Morrissey, Dean | The Moon Robber (In the magical land of Black Kettles, the moon is a ship piloted nightly by Capt. Luna) | $14.95 |
| Rucker, Rudy | Saucer Wisdom (Predictions of the future technologies coming our way) | $14.95 |
| Russo, Joe | Plane of the Apes Revisited (A behind_the_scenes story of the science fiction classic) | $19.95 |
| Samura, Hiroaki | Blade of the Immortal: Heart of Darkness (Graphic novel: samurai adventures for mature readers) | $16.95 |
| Scott, Melissa | The Jazz (In a media_dominated future, the Internet has been made into an artform) | $13.95 |
| Stroyar, J. N. | The Children's War (Alternate world __ Nazi_dominated Europe) | $29.95 |
| Tarr, Judith | Daughter of Lir (Sequel to White Mare's Daughter ) | $27.95 |
| Tarr, Judith | White Mare's Daughter (Epic adventure at dawn of history; people of the horse goddess migrate westward to cities of the Mother, bring war & later alliance) | $15.95 |
DUE LATE JUNE
| Anderson, Kevin J. | Dogged Persistence (Short story collection) | $25.95 |
| Ashley, Mike (ed.) | The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (From John Cleese to Craig Shaw Gardner __ a huge wacky collection) | $11.95 |
| Chalker, Jack L. | Melchior's Fire (Sequel to Balshazzar's Serpent ) | $23.00 |
| Chamberlin, Ann | The Merlin of the Oak Wood (Recasting of the story of Joan of Arc) | $24.95 |
| Cornwell, Bernard | The Warlord Trilogy (Audio, abridged) | $59.95 |
| Drake, David | Foreign Legions (For two thousand years the aliens thought they had it made - but things have changed) | $23.00 |
| Drake, Emily | The Magickers (New generation of Magickers must be trained to fend off the Dark Hand) | $19.95 |
| Harlan, Thomas | The Storm of Heaven (Rome vs, Persia vs. desert tribes now commanded by Mohammed of Mekkah) | $27.95 |
| Herter, David | Evening's Empire (A fantasy novel set on the Oregon coast) | $24.95 |
| Lee, Tanith | Wolf Star: the Claidi Journals II (Claidi is kidnapped on the eve of her wedding) | $16.99 |
| Lumley, Brian | Necroscope: Avengers (Conclusion to Necroscope series) | $25.95 |
| McAuley, Paul J. | TheSecret of Life (2026 and a strange, fungus_like organism in the ocean threatens mankind's food chain) | $25.95 |
| Modesitt, Jr., L.E. | The Shadow Sorceress (Continues the Spellsong Cycle) | $27.95 |
| Norton, Andre/Miller, Sasha | Knight or Knave (Second book in the cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, Rowan) | $23.95 |
| Pohl, Frederik | Platinum Pohl (Classic short stories and novelette Fermi and Frost ) | $25.95 |
| Rabe, Jean | Betrayal (Dragonlance, sequel to Downfall ) | $24.95 |
| Shepard, Lucius | The Jaguar Hunter (Fourteen of Shepard's stories) | $15.95 |
| Silverberg, Robert | The King of Dreams (Seventh and final volume in the Majipoor Cycle) | $25.00 |
| Sleator, William | Marco's Millions (Marco finds another world through a hole in the basement wall; young adult) | $16.99 |
| Vallejo, Boris | Mirage (Collection of fantasy art from Boris) | $23.95 |
DUE EARLY JULY
| Abbey, Lynn | Behind Time (Emma must use newly found time_travel powers to rescue her imperiled mother) | $6.50 |
| Aldrin, Buzz | The Return (A look at the state of space exploration) | $7.99 |
| Allen, Roger MacBride | The Depths of Time (5211 A.D. and wormholes are the key to survival of human colonies across galaxy) | $6.50 |
| Anthony, Piers | The Secret of Spring (Intergalactic personals bring complications with the mail) | $6.99 |
| Bebris, Carrie A, | Pool of Radiance:Ruins of Myth Drannor (computer game novel) | $6.99 |
| Bull, Emma | War for the Oaks (long out-of-print fantasy novel of war between faerie folk for control of Minneapolis) | $13.95 |
| Carmody, Isobelle | Farseekers (Misfits work hard to develop their forbidden mental abilities) | $5.99 |
| Cavelos, Jeanne | Babylon 5:The Passing of the Techno_mages: Book II: Summoning (War against the Shadows in inevitable) | $6.99 |
| Chalker, Jack L. | Balshazzar's Serpent (Prequil to Melchior's Fire ) | $6.99 |
| Cherryh, C.J. | Hammerfal l (First volume of the Gene Wars; see Don's review) | $25.00 |
| Cook, Monte | Of Aged Angels (Set in a world of paranormal conspiratorial horror) | $6.99 |
| Cox, Greg | Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars (The rise and fall of Khan Noonien Singh_ vol 1) | $24.95 |
| Crowley, John | Daemonomania (World is on the brink of some cosmic transformation) | $13.95 |
| DeMartino, Denny | The Astrologer: Wayward Moon (Forensic astrologer#2) | $6.50 |
| Flint, Eric | Fortune's Stroke (Evil from the future rules the greatest empire on Earth) | $7.99 |
| Flint, Eric | The Tide of Victory (General Belisarius marches against fearful 6th century empire ruled by Link) | $22.50 |
| Foy, George | The Last Harbor (Dreams can set you free __ or imprison you forever) | $13.95 |
| Gaiman, Neil | American Gods (when Shadow leaves prison, a mysterious stranger offers him a job as a bodyguard, which involves him in a dark and dangerous plot; unabridged audio $44.95; signed hardcovers expected) | $26.00 |
| Goonan, Kathleen Ann | Crescent City Rhapsody (Third in the Nanotech Cycle; envisions a drastically altered tomorrow) | $7.50 |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed.) | Assassin (Hot tales of hit men and women) | $6.99 |
| Grell, Mike | Sable (Sable's inner_animal resurfaces) | $6.99 |
| Hartwell, David G. (ed,) | Year's Best Fantasy (First in the series including stories by George R. R. Martin and Terry Goodkind) | $6.99 |
| Herbert, Mary H. | Dragon's Bluff (Crossroads Series _ exploring previously undescribed areas of Dragonlance) | $6.99 |
| Holder, Nancy | Buffy Vampire Slayer/Angel: Unseen Book II: Door to Altern (TV tie-in crossover trilogy) | $6.99 |
| Irvine, Ian | A Shadow on the Glass (First in a four book epic fantasy) | $6.99 |
| Klasky, Mindy | The Glasswright's Progress (When innocence is betrayed, a kingdom may fall; signing Sunday, July 15) | $6.99 |
| Kurtz, Katherine | King Kelson's Bride (Imperative that King Kelson produce an heir when rival monarch takes nearby throne) | $7.50 |
| Lewitt, Shariann | Rebel Sutra (Maya run by aristocracy of the genetically altered) | $7.99 |
| Lickess, Rebecca | Eccentric Circle (An elf investigates grndmother's murder) | $5.99 |
| MacReynolds, Glenna | Prince of Time (When he arrives, Lady Avallyn's prince is a loser) | $6.50 |
| McArthur, Maxine | Time Future (Rich universe of enigmatic aliens & complex politics) | $6.99 |
| Mesta, Gabriel | Starcraft #2: Shadow of the Xel'Naga (computer game novel) | $6.99 |
| Neason, Rebecca | The Thirteenth Scroll (Blind for ten years after witnessing the murder of her family, Lysandra emerges to act) | $6.99 |
| Peel, John | Gene Roddenberry's Xander in the Lost Universe (Novel based on Roddenberry's concept for the comic book series) | $6.99 |
| Reichert, Mickey Zucker | Flightless Falcon (First stand_alone fantasy since The Legend of Nightfall) | $6.99 |
| Rusch, Kristine Kathryn | Star Trek: Voyager _ Section 31: Shadow (Seven of Nine is center of intrigue and betrayal) | $6.99 |
| Salvatore, R.A. | Servant of the Shard (Focuses on villains Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri) | $7.99 |
| Sawyer, Robert | Calculating God (Alien shuttle craft lands outside Royal Ontario Museum) | $6.99 |
| Smith, Dean Wesley | Final Fantasy (Novelization of July 2001 release of the movie) | $6.50 |
| Spencer, Wen | Alien Taste (You can outrun your past, but not your DNA) | $6.50 |
| Thompson, James M. | Night Blood (His immortality threatened by blood disease, vampire turns MD to find cure) | $5.99 |
| Turtledove, Harry | The Great War: Breakthroughs (Alternate history, WWI with the Union allied to Germany and Confederacy allied to England and France) | $7.99 |
| Tyers, Kathy | Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Balance Point (Planet Duro, camp for refugees, is also target for the Yuuzhan Vong) | $6.99 |
| Weddle, Dean | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine _ Section 31: Abyss (A four_book series in tradition of Star Trek Invasion! about mysterious shadow group) | $6.99 |
| Wiliams, Liz | The Ghost Sister (An emissary dabbles in the fates of two worlds) | $5.99 |
| Wilson, Robert | Chronoliths (Scott Warren is haunted by the past __ and now the future) | $6.99 |
DUE MID-JULY
| Attanasio, A.A. | The Crow: Hellbound (Demon Dren escapes from hell; must save one soul to redeem his own) | $14.00 |
| Ballard, J.G. | Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (Collection) | $14.00 |
| Bradbury, Ray | Graveyard for Lunatics (Young '50s screenwriter finds a body frozen in time; reprint) | $13.00 |
| Clough, Brenda | Doors of Death and Life (Life, death, and the keys to immortality) | $13.95 |
| Datlow, Ellen (ed.) | Vanishing Acts (Stories around the idea of endangered species) | $14.95 |
| Dozois, Gardner (ed.) | The Year's Best Science Fiction (Eighteenth edition) | $18.95 |
| Edgerton, Teresa | The Queen's Necklace (Humanity secreted memories of the Goblin masters in a necklace) | $15.00 |
| Edgington, Ian | Xena: Warrior Princess: Darkness Falls (Graphic novel) | $12.95 |
| Engh, M.J. | Arslan (reprint; young Asian general conquers the world in a bloodless coup and moves to Illinois) | $13.95 |
| Foster, Alan Dean | Primal Shadows (novel of greed, lust, and passion in Papua New Guinea__not fantasy or sf) | $25.95 |
| Gaiman, Neil | Smoke & Mirrors (Collection of stories by the creator of the Sandman graphic novels) | $13.00 |
| Gaiman, Neil | Stardust (Enchanted tale of magic romance) | $13.00 |
| Hatch, Richard | Battlestar Galactica: Endgame (Novel based on the tv series) | $14.00 |
| Keyes, J. Gregory | The Shadows of God (Ben Franklin & company join forces with magic_wielding French noblewoman to save humanity) | $15.00 |
| Koike, Kazuo | Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol 9: Shadows, Echoes (Itto Ogami, masterless samurai, takes surviving child Daigoro on dark voyage; graphic novel) | $9.95 |
| Lee, J. Ardian | Son of the Sword (Romance, swordplay and time travel) | $14.00 |
| Morrison, Elspeth | The Dorothy Dunnett Companion (Companion to the Lymond Chronicles and first 5 novels in House of Niccolo series) | $15.00 |
| Stradley, Randy | Star Wars: Jedi Council: Acts of War (Graphic novel) | $12.95 |
| Thomas, Sheree R. | Dark Matter (Century of Speculative fiction from the African diaspora) | $12.95 |
| Turteltaub, H.N. (aka Harry Turtledove) | Over the Wine_Dark Sea (historical novel set in 310 B.C., 3 years after Alexander the Great's death, centering on Rhodes) | $25.95 |
| Wilson, Robert Charles | The Perseids and Other Stories (A collection of stories set in and around Toronto) | $12.95 |
| Zelazny, Roger | The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (reprint) | $12.00 |
DUE LATE JULY
| Anthony, Piers | How Precious Was That While (Autobiography focusing on last fifteen years of writer's life) | $25.95 |
| Barlowe, Wayne | Brushfire (Art books-illuminations from the Inferno) | $19.95 |
| Berry, Adrian | The Giant Leap (The ultimate leap __ out of our solar system) | $24.95 |
| Bradley, Marion Zimmer | The Fall of Neskaya (Darkover in the era of The Hundred Kingdoms) | $24.95 |
| Cadigan, Pat | Dervish is Digital (Cyberpunk noir detective fiction) | $22.95 |
| David, Peter | Sir Apropos of Nothing (Thief and loner, Apropos must confront his selfish nature and consider honor) | $23.95 |
| Douglas, L. Warren | Veil of Years (Pages in the history books are fading __ is the Black Time coming?) | $22.00 |
| Gemmell, David | Ravenheart (Book three of the Rigante) | $24.95 |
| Hildebrandt, Gregory Jr. | The Tolkien Years (Story behind Tolkien calendar illustrations by Hildebrandt bros. color and b&w) | $24.95 |
| Kress, Nancy | Probability Sun (Interstellar war and contact with an alien society that has its own, very different idea of reality) | $24.95 |
| Mann, George (ed.) | Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | $12.95 |
| McKiernan, Dennis | Once Upon a Winter's Night (Retelling of French classic, "East of the Sun, West of the Moon) | $23.95 |
| Miles, Rosalind | Child of the Holy Grail (Brings Guenevere trilogy to a conclusion) | $22.00 |
| Odom, Mel | The Rover (A halfling third level assistant librarian is shanghaied and sold into slavery) | $25.95 |
| Rollins, Hillary | The Empress's New Lingerie (Wickedly updated fairy tales __ what did Beast really want form young Beauty?) | $16.00 |
| Scott, Kathryn Leigh | Dark Shadows Memories (illustrated tribute to legendary TV series) | $19.95 |
| Siegel, Jan | The Dragon Charmer (Return of the heroine of Prospero's Children) | $24.00 |
| Stasheff, Christopher | A Wizard in a Feud (Gar Pike returns in another adventure) | $22.95 |
| Zubrin, Robert | First Landing (Mars authority's novel following humankind's first manned mission to the red planet) | $21.95 |
DUE EARLY AUGUST
| Baker, Kage | Mendoza in Holywood (Immortal stranded in a stagecoach inn in the middle of the desert) | $6.99 |
| Barrett, Jr, Neal | The Treachery of Kings (Finn creates a lizard timepiece, which his Prince orders him to present to the King with whom he has been fighting a war for 700 years) | $6.50 |
| Berg, Carol | Revelation (Seyonne, slave_turned_hero, returns to discover nature of evil) | $6.99 |
| Bujold, Lois McMaster | The Curse of Chalion (Cazaril, humbled, seeks a menial position in a household where he was once a page; signing Saturday, August 4) | $25.00 |
| Bunch, Chris | Homefall (the Last legion on its fourth and fatal mission) | $6.99 |
| Burtt, Ben | Star Wars Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide (illustrated by Mad Magazine's Sergio Aragones) | $8.00 |
| Carey, Diane | Star Trek: Challenger :Gateways Book II: Chainmail (Capt. Keller and crew of Challenger must fight off attack from another dimension) | $6.99 |
| Clemens, James | Wit'ch War (third in fantasy series with Wit'ch Storm and Wit'ch Fire ) | $6.99 |
| Cox, Greg | Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars vol 1 (Untold stroy of Kahn, Star Trek's most ruthless villain) | $24.00 |
| de Lint, Charles | Forests of the Heart (The Gentry followed the Irish to America, now they wander homeless in the city streets) | $14.95 |
| Dozois, Gardner (ed.) | Isaac Asimov's Halloween (In space, no one can hear you scream, "Trick or Treat!") | $5.99 |
| Etheridge, Rutledge | Brother John: a Novel of the Duelists (An appealing coming_of_age novel) | $6.50 |
| Gellis, Roberta | Thrice Bound (Hekate flees her father to the Caves of the Dead __ but may be driven mad) | $6.99 |
| Grant, Charles L. | Diablo #2: The Black Road (Dark fantasy novel of dungeons, demons and heroism) | $6.50 |
| Grant, Richard | Kaspian Lost (Supernatural story set in Maine __ Kaspian is gone four days but ages only one...) | $6.99 |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | The Mutant Files (Includes de Lint, Huff, Foster and others) | $6.99 |
| Greenburg, Martin (ed.) | Furthers Adventures of Xena (Fifteen new, sword_swinging tales) | $6.99 |
| Hughes, Matthew | Fool Me Twice (Fantasy compared to Gulliver's Travels written by P.G. Wodehouse) | $6.99 |
| Jacques, Brian | Lord Brocktree (Mighty badger warrior must reclaim mountain land from villainous wildcat) | $6.99 |
| Kenson, Stephen | Shadowrun#40: The Burning Time (gaming tie-in) | $5.99 |
| Keyes, Greg | Star Wars:The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory: Rebirth (Sequel to Conquest ; abridged audio $18.00) | $6.99 |
| King, J. Robert | The Dragons of Magic (Details and societies of the Aquatic dragons,, Fire dragons, etc.) | $6.99 |
| Lisle, Holly | Courage of Falcons# 3: The Secret Texts (Last of fantasy series) | $6.99 |
| Marley, Louise | The Glass Harmonica (Two musical prodigies and two different worlds) | $6.50 |
| McKenna, Juliet E. | The Gambler's Fortune (Third Tale of Einarinn) | $7.50 |
| Moorcock, Michael | King of the City (novel of modern London; not fantasy or sf) | $26.00 |
| Norton, Andre | Time Traders (USA's greatest adversary can send agents back through time) | $6.99 |
| Patton, Fiona | The Golden Sword (Fourth novel in saga of alternate Great Britain) | $6.99 |
| Pratchett, Terry | Guards! Guards! (Magic, mayhem and a marauding dragon) | $6.99 |
| Pratchett, Terry | Pyramids (Humor in the kingdom of Djelibeybi) | $6.99 |
| Reichert, Mickey Zucker | The Beasts of Barakhai (Following a white rat __ instead of a rabbit_ through gateway to another world) | $7.99 |
| Roberson, Jennifer | Children of the Lion: Chronicles of the Cheysuli (Reissue of fantasy epic with A Pride of Princes and Daughter of the Lion ) | $7.99 |
| Shelley, Rick | Spec Op Squad: Holding the Line (Humans & aliens fight together) | $6.99 |
| Siegal, Jan | The Dragon Charmer (fantasy sequel to Prospero's Children ) | $24.00 |
| Steele, Allen | Labyrinth of Night: A Novel of Mars (Explorers investigate an ominous Martian artifact; reprint) | $6.50 |
| Sterling, Bruce | Zeitgeist (Pop_culture entrepreneur takes rock group G_7 to Third World with disastrous results) | $6.99 |
| Stone, Robert | Chronicles of the Unbinding: Hazard's Price (first in new epic) | $6.50 |
| Thompson, Paul B. | Brother of the Dragon: The Barbarians, Vol II (Dragonlance) | $6.99 |
| Thorne, Tamara | Candle Bay (Rival vampire clan threatens serenity of Candle Bay vampire inn keepers) | $5.99 |
| Turtledove, Harry | American Empire: Blood & Iron (alternate history; continues story from Great War trilogy) | $27.95 |
| Wright, Susan | Star Trek: Orig. Series: Gateways Bk 1: One Small Step (Crossover _ Kirk must protect alien technology from interdimensional aliens) | $6.99 |
DUE MID-AUGUST
| Barlough, Jeffrey E. | The House in the High Wood (Mark Trench dares to face the horror that has returned to Shilston Upcot) | $14.95 |
| Bonanno, Margaret Wander | Preternatural Too: Gyre (Confused by the reality(or not) of her first novel, author writes "Gyre" Who's in control?) | $13.95 |
| Datlow, Ellen (ed.) | The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (Fourteenth collection) | $18.95 |
| Jennings, Gary | Aztec Blood (third in historical series) | $25.95 |
| Marsters, James | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru (Graphic novel) | $11.95 |
| Saberhagen, Fred | God of the Golden Fleece (Saberhagen's twist on the Jason myth) | $24.95 |
| Spinrad, Norman | Void Captain's Tale (Classic novel of star travel & strange sexuality) | $12.95 |
| Yolen, Jane | Sister Emily's Lightship and other Stories (Twenty_eight magic tales in this collection) | $13.95 |
| Zettel, Sarah | Kingdom of Cages (many human colonies have suffered from disease and bad food stocks; many flee to Pandora seeking refuge, but find terror instead) | $24.95 |
DUE LATE AUGUST
| Banks, Iain M. | Look to Windward (800 years after war, light reaches Masaq' Orbital, home to Culture's most adventurous and decadent souls) | $23.95 |
| Bradshaw, Gillian | The Wolf Hunt (Romance and betrayal in the time of the Crusades) | $24.95 |
| Chambers, Stephen | Hope's End (Young man fights for balance of power in alien_dominated planet) | $23.95 |
| Farren, Mick | More than Mortal (Renquist and his followers meet the Wizard of Camelot) | $25.95 |
| Flynn, Michael | In the Country of the Blind (Idealists complete Babbages Analytical Engine, begin to alter future events) | $27.95 |
| Greenwood, Ed | Elminster in Hell (A Forgotten Realms novel) | $24.95 |
| Haydon, Elizabeth | Destiny:Child of the Sky (Stunning finale of the Rhapsody trilogy) | $27.95 |
| Hendrix, Howard V. | Empty Cities of the Full Moon (Post_apocalyptic world of the near future asks question, what is it to be human?) | $22.95 |
| Ibbotson, Eva | Dial_A_Ghost (Oliver Smith inherits a mansion, and his jealous relatives call dial_a_ghost; young adult) | $15.99 |
| Kerr, Katherine | Snare (Epic fantasy of religious pilgrims on a hostile desert planet) | $25.95 |
| Lindskold, Jane | Through Wolf's Eyes (first of fantasy epic of human and animal magic) | $27.95 |
| MacLeod, Ken | The Star Fraction (Britain in the 21st century is a Balkanized mess; Moh Kohn holds the key to change) | $25.95 |
| McGarry, Terry | Illumination (Known for short stories, McGarry's first novel is a fantasy adventure) | $25.95 |
| Norton, Andre | Star Soldiers (Grand tapestry of the far_flung interstellar future) | $18.00 |
| Robinson, Spider | The Free Lunch (Runaway Mike tries to hide in Dreamworld, but meets Annie who preceded him) | $22.95 |
| Smith, Sherwood | Gene Rodenberry's Earth: final Conflict_Augur's Teacher (Fourth in series of novels based on TV series) | $13.95 |
| Stephenson, Neal | Snow Crash (Cyberpunk future with Mafia pizza delivery and the US is a maze of city states; abridged audio) | $24.98 |
| Stephenson, Neal | The Diamond Age (Farther into the future than Snow Crash, a plot to reprogram the future of humanity: abridged audio) | $24.98 |
| Waldo, Anna Lee | Circle of Stars (Links legends of blue_eyed fair_haired Native American to 12th C Welshman, Madoc) | $25.95 |
| Weber. David | March to the Sea (Prince Roger MacClintock fights to escape barbaric world on which he is stranded) | $24.00 |
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