Finally, we see an alternate history in which Gerald Ford recovers from his bizarre foreign policy gaffe in his second debate with Jimmy Carter. Carter wins the popular vote but due to the peculiarities of the Electoral College system, Ford is elected to a full term.
Both books – Then Everything Changed and If Kennedy Lived – are painstakingly researched. Each volume ends with a sizable set of author’s notes, justifying the speeches, conversations, and documents cited. Greenfield makes a few errors, but each of them stands out like a throbbing thumb. For instance, at one point he has a Presidential term ending in 1968. It’s middle school civics that Presidential elections take place in November of years divisible by four, but the outgoing President’s term lasts until the following January 20th. How could Greenfield not know this?
And at another point, Greenfield mentions that Dwight Eisenhower was John Kennedy’s commanding officer in the Second World War. But Eisenhower was in the Army, and spent the war commanding allied forces in the ETO – the European Theater of Operations. Kennedy was in the Navy, and served in the Pacific.
Are there no fact checkers at G.P. Putnam’s Sons?
Here’s a critic’s theory. Then Everything Changed is the book that Greenfield wanted to write. He put his heart and soul into it. That shows, and the book is remarkably strong. Once it was completed, his editor (or agent) said something like this:
‘‘Jeff, you know the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy is coming up. I’ve read Then Everything Changed. It’s a fine book. It’s going to be a big success. I hope you can do it again. Can you write a book about Kennedy’s surviving Dallas and going on to a second term? How about it, Jeff?’’
And Greenfield replied, ‘‘I don’t know. I’ve put everything I’ve got into Then Everything Changed. I don’t know if I can do it again. I don’t know if I want to do it again.’’
At which point Greenfield’s editor (or agent) picked up a pencil and a piece of paper, wrote down a number, turned the paper around and slid it across his desk to Greenfield.
The writer’s eyes opened wide. He swallowed and said, ‘‘I guess I can do it again. Yes, I think I’ll write it. I’ll call it something like, If Kennedy Lived.’’
This reviewer could be wrong, but he doesn’t think he is.
–Richard A. Lupoff
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US FORTHCOMING BOOKS SELECTED BY AUTHOR
The following list includes current or past books we haven’t seen, plus upcoming releases. Hardcover and trade paperback books are so noted. If there is no indication, books are mass market paperbacks or we’re not sure.
There are two lists; the first, selected titles, all originals, is arranged alphabetically by author. This listing includes simultaneous UK & US publications and 1st US editions. The second listing is complete, arranged by publisher and by month. We are no longer listing stock reissues unless there is some indication (such as a price or cover change) the book will actually have a new printing.
This listing contains about 1,750 titles, approximately 1,200 of them originals.
We try to keep our database as accurate and up-to-date as possible. Please send corrections and updates to Carolyn Cushman, c/o Locus.
The list is tentative and subject to change, especially in later months. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) is reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) nonfiction, (c) collection, (a) associational, (na) novella, (nv) novelette, (ss) short story, (om) omnibus, (tp) trade paperback, (eb) e-book, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in, (ph) pamphlet.
JOE ABERCROMBIE
Half a King, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2014 (eb, hc)
ABRAHAM, DANIEL
The Widow’s House, Orbit US, Aug 2014 (tp)
ADAMS, JOHN JOSEPH, ed.
Dead Man’s Hand, Titan US, May 2014 (eb, tp)
ANDERSON, KEVIN J.
The Dark Between the Stars, Tor, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
Slimy Underbelly, Kensington, Aug 2014 (h, tp)
ANDERSON, POUL
The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 6: A Bicycle Built for Brew, NESFA Press, Jul 2014 (c, hc)
ANDREWS, ILONA
Magic Breaks, Ace, Aug 2014 (eb, hc)
ARMSTRONG, KELLEY
Sea of Shadows, Harper, Apr 2014 (h, ya, eb, hc)
ASARO, CATHERINE
Undercity, Baen, Dec 2014 (eb, tp)
ASHBY, MADELINE
Company Town, Angry Robot US, Oct 2014 (eb, tp)
ASHER, NEAL
The Line of Polity, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Apr 2014 (1st US, eb, tp)
BARNETT, DAVID
Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon, Tor, Sep 2014 (eb, tp)
BARRON, LAIRD, ed.
The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, ChiZine Publications/Undertow, Aug 2014 (eb, tp)
BAXTER, STEPHEN
Proxima, Penguin/Roc, Nov 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
BEAR, ELIZABETH
One-Eyed Jack, Prime Books, Aug 2014 (eb, tp)
Steles of the Sky, Tor, Apr 2014 (eb, hc)
BEAR, GREG
War Dogs, Orbit US, Oct 2014 (1st US, hc)
BEAR, GREG, ed.
Multiverse (with Gardner Dozois), Subterranean Press, Apr 2014 (hc)
BENFORD, GREGORY
Shipstar (with Larry Niven), Tor, Apr 2014 (hc)
BERG, CAROL
Dust and Light, Penguin/Roc, Aug 2014 (eb, tp)
BERNHEIMER, KATE
How a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales, Coffee House Press, Aug 2014 (c, eb, tp)
BERNOBICH, BETH
The Time Roads, Tor, Oct 2014 (hc)
BISHOP, ANNE
Murder of Crows, Penguin/Roc, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)
BLAKE, E.C.
Shadows, DAW, Aug 2014 (hc)
BLAYLOCK, JAMES P.
The Adventure of the Ring of Stones, Subterranean Press, Jun 2014 (hc)
BOVA, BEN
Rescue Mode (with Les Johnson), Baen, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
Transhuman, Tor, Apr 2014 (hc)
BRAY, LIBBA
Lair of Dreams, Little, Brown, Aug 2014 (ya, eb, hc)
BRENCHLEY, CHAZ
Being Small, Per Aspera Press, Aug 2014 (h, tp, eb, hc)
BRIGGS, PATRICIA
Night Broken, Ace, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)
BRITAIN, KRISTEN
Mirror Sight, DAW, May 2014 (eb, hc)
BROOKS, TERRY
The High Druid’s Blade, Ballantine Del Rey, Jul 2014 (eb, hc)
BROWN, ERIC
Jani and the Greater Game, Rebellion/Solaris US, Jul 2014 (pb, eb)
BRUST, STEVEN
Hawk, Tor, Oct 2014 (hc)
BUCKELL, TOBIAS S.
Hurricane Fever, Tor, Jul 2014 (eb, hc)
BUEHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER
The Lesser Dead, Berkley, Oct 2014 (h, hc)
BUTCHER, JIM
Skin Game, Penguin/Roc, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
CARD, ORSON SCOTT
Earth Awakens (with Aaron Johnston), Tor, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
Ruins, Simon Pulse, Sep 2014 (ya, eb, hc)
CAREY, JACQUELINE
Poison Fruit, Penguin/Roc, Oct 2014 (eb, hc)
CAREY, M.R.
The Girl with all the Gifts, Orbit US, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
CAREY, MIKE
The House of War and Witness (with Linda Carey & Louise Carey), ChiZine Publications, Dec 2014 (1st US, tp)
CHERRYH, C.J.
Peacemaker, DAW, Apr 2014 (eb, hc)
CLARE, CASSANDRA
The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire, Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Jun 2014 (ya, tp, eb, hc)
COATES, DEBORAH
Strange Country, Tor, May 2014 (eb, hc)
COOK, GLEN
Working God’s Mischief, Tor, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)
COOPER, ELSPETH
The Raven’s Shadow, Tor, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)
COREY, JAMES S.A.
Cibola Burn, Orbit US, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
CORNELL, PAUL
The Severed Streets, Tor, May 2014 (h, eb, hc)
DANIEL, TONY
The Savior (with David Drake), Baen, Sep 2014 (eb, hc)
DATLOW, ELLEN, ed.
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Jun 2014 (tp)
Fearful Symmetries, ChiZine Publications, Apr 2014 (eb, tp)
Lovecraft’s Monsters, Tachyon Publications, Apr 2014 (eb, tp)
DENTON, BRADLEY
Sergeant Chip and Other Novellas, Subterranean Press, May 2014 (c, hc)
DIETZ, WILLIAM C.
Andromeda’s War, Ace, Dec 2014 (eb, hc)
DOUGLAS, IAN
Dark Matter, Harper Voyager US, May 2014 (pb, eb)
DOZOIS, GARDNER, ed.
The Book of Silverberg (with William K. Schafer), Subterranean Press, Apr 2014 (hc)
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thiry-first Annual Collection, St. Martin’s Griffin, Jul 2014 (hc)
DUNCAN, HAL
Scruffians!, Lethe Press, Apr 2014 (c, eb, tp)
EGAN, GREG
The Arrows of Time, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Aug 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
ELLIOTT, WILL
The Pilgrims, Tor, Mar 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
ENGE, JAMES
The Wide World’s End, Prometheus/Pyr, Aug 2014 (eb, tp)
ERIKSON, STEVEN
Willful Child, Tor, Oct 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
The Wurms of Blearmouth, Tor, Jul 2014 (1st US, tp, eb, hc)
ESSLEMONT, IAN C.
Assail, Tor, Aug 2014 (1st US, tp, eb, hc)
FENNER, CATHY, ed.
Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner), Flesk Publications, Nov 2014 (tp)
FFORDE, JASPER
The Eye of Zoltar, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct 2014 (1st US, ya, eb, hc)
FILES, GEMMA
We Will All Go Down Together, ChiZine Publications, Aug 2014 (h, eb, tp)
FLEWELLING, LYNN
Shards of Time, Ballantine Spectra, Apr 2014 (pb, eb)
FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER
Nyctophobia, Rebellion/Solaris US, Oct 2014 (h, eb, tp)
FOX, ANDREW
Fat White Vampire Otaku, MonstraCity Press, May 2014 (h, eb, tp)
GABALDON, DIANA
Written in My Heart’s Own Blood, Random House/Delacorte, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
GIBSON, WILLIAM
The Peripheral, Penguin/Putnam, Oct 2014 (hc)
GILMAN, FELIX
The Revolutions, Tor, Apr 2014 (eb, hc)
GOODKIND, TERRY
Severed Souls, Tor, Aug 2014 (tp, eb, hc)
GOULD, STEVEN
Exo, Tor, Sep 2014 (hc)
GREGORY, DARYL
Afterparty, Tor, Apr 2014 (hc)
We Are All Completely Fine, Tachyon Publications, Aug 2014 (tp)
GUNN, EILEEN
Questionable Practices, Small Beer Press, Mar 2014 (c, tp)
GURAN, PAULA, ed.
Magic City: Recent Spells, Prime Books, May 2014 (eb, tp)
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 Edition, Prime Books, Jul 2014 (eb, tp)
HAMILTON, LAURELL K.
A Shiver of Light, Berkley, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
HAMILTON, PETER F.
The Abyss Beyond Dreams, Ballantine Del Rey, Oct 2014 (1st US, hc)
HARRIS, CHARLAINE
Midnight Crossroad, Ace, May 2014 (eb, hc)
HARRISON, HARRY
Memoir, Tor, Sep 2014 (nf, eb, hc)
HARRISON, KIM
The Undead Pool, Harper Voyager US, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)
HEADLEY, MARIA DAHVANA
The End of the Sentence (with Kat Howard), Subterranean Press, Aug 2014 (hc)
HERBERT, BRIAN
The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma, Tor, Jul 2014 (hc)
Mentats of Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson), Tor, Mar 2014 (eb, hc)
HERBERT, FRANK
Collection, Tor, Nov 2014 (c, eb, hc)
HOBB, ROBIN
Fool’s Assassin, Ballantine Del Rey, Aug 2014 (eb, hc)
HODGELL, P.C.
Sea of Time, Baen, Jun 2014 (eb, tp)
HORTON, RICH, ed.
Space Opera, Prime Books, Apr 2014 (eb, tp)
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014, Prime Books, Jun 2014 (eb, tp)
JEMISIN, N.K.
The Fifth Season, Orbit US, Aug 2014 (eb, tp)
JOHNSON, KIJ, ed.
Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, Prometheus/Pyr, May 2014 (eb, tp)
JONES, DIANA WYNNE
The Islands of Chaldea (with Ursula Jones), HarperCollins/Greenwillow, Apr 2014 (1st US, ya, eb, hc)
JONES, STEPHEN GRAHAM
The Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn’t Fly (with Paul Tremblay), ChiZine Publications/ChiTeen, Apr 2014 (ya, eb, tp)
JONES, STEPHEN, ed.
Fearie Tales, Quercus/Jo Fletcher US, Sep 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
JOYCE, GRAHAM
The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit, Random House/Doubleday, Aug 2014 (1st US, hc)
KADREY, RICHARD
The Getaway God, Harper Voyager US, Aug 2014 (hc)
KASTURI, SANDRA, ed.
Imaginarium 2014: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (with Helen Marshall), ChiZine Publications, Jul 2014 (tp)
KING, STEPHEN
Mr. Mercedes, Simon & Schuster/Scribner, Jun 2014 (h, eb, hc)
KOONTZ, DEAN
The City, Bantam, Jul 2014 (eb, hc)
KOWAL, MARY ROBINETTE
Valour and Vanity, Tor, Apr 2014 (eb, hc)
KRESS, NANCY
Yesterday’s Kin, Tachyon Publications, Sep 2014 (tp)
KROHN, LEENA
The Leena Krohn Omnibus, Cheeky Frawg Books, Nov 2014 (omnibus, hc, eb, tp)
KURTZ, KATHERINE
The King’s Deryni, Ace, Dec 2014 (eb, hc)
LACKEY, MERCEDES
Blood Red, DAW, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
Victories (with Rosemary Edghill), Tor Teen, Apr 2014 (ya, tp, eb, hc)
LAKE, JAY
Last Plane to Heaven, Tor, Sep 2014 (c, hc)
LAWRENCE, MARK
Prince of Fools, Ace, Jun 2014 (eb, hc)
LIGOTTI, THOMAS
The Spectral Link, Subterranean Press, Jun 2014 (c, hc)
LINDSKOLD, JANE
Artemis Awakening, Tor, May 2014 (eb, hc)
LINK, KELLY, ed.
Monstrous Affections (with Gavin J. Grant), Candlewick Press, Sep 2014 (ya, hc)
LORD, KAREN
The Galaxy Game, Ballantine Del Rey, Aug 2014 (1st US, eb, tp)
LOVEGROVE, JAMES
LYNCH, SCOTT
Thorn of Emberlain, Ballantine Del Rey, Sep 2014 (hc)
MAAS, SARAH J.
The Assassin’s Blade, Bloomsbury USA, Mar 2014 (c, ya, eb, hc)
MAMATAS, NICK, ed.
Phantasm Japan: Fantasies Light and Dark, From and About Japan (with Masumi Washington), VizMedia/Haikasoru, Sep 2014 (eb, tp)
MARILLIER, JULIET
Dreamer’s Pool, Penguin/Roc, Nov 2014 (eb, hc)
MARSHALL, HELEN
Gifts for the One Who Comes After, ChiZine Publications, Sep 2014 (c, eb, tp)
MARTIN, GEORGE R.R., ed.
Rogues (with Gardner Dozois), Bantam, Sep 2014 (eb, hc)
Wild Cards: Lowball, Tor, Nov 2014 (eb, hc)
McDEVITT, JACK
Coming Hone, Ace, Nov 2014 (eb, hc)
McGUIRE, SEANAN
Half-Off Ragnarok, DAW, Mar 2014 (pb, eb)
Sparrow Hill Road, DAW, May 2014 (eb, tp)
McINTOSH, WILL
Defenders, Orbit US, May 2014 (eb, tp)
MEYNARD, YVES
Black Angel, White Star, ChiZine Publications, Nov 2014 (eb, tp)
MODESITT, L.E., JR.
Cyador’s Heirs, Tor, May 2014 (eb, hc)
MOON, ELIZABETH
Crown of Renewal, Balla
ntine Del Rey, May 2014 (eb, hc)
MOORCOCK, MICHAEL
The Whispering Swarm, Tor, Nov 2014 (eb, hc)
MOORE, CHRISTOPHER
The Serpent of Venice, HarperCollins/Morrow, Apr 2014 (eb, hc)
MORGAN, RICHARD K.
The Dark Defiles, Ballantine Del Rey, Oct 2014 (1st US, eb, tp)
MORROW, JAMES
The Madonna and the Starship, Tachyon Publications, Jun 2014 (na, tp)
NAAM, RAMEZ
Apex, Angry Robot US, Nov 2014 (eb, tp)
NEWMAN, KIM
Life’s Lottery, Titan US, Apr 2014 (1st US, eb, tp)
NIX, GARTH
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen, HarperCollins, Oct 2014 (ya, hc)
Troubletwisters: The Missing (with Sean Williams), Scholastic Press, May 2014 (1st US, ya, eb, hc)
OLIVER, JONATHAN, ed.
Dangerous Games, Rebellion/Solaris US, Dec 2014 (eb, tp)
PAGE, SHANNON
Our Lady of the Islands (with Jay Lake), Per Aspera Press, Jun 2014 (tp, eb, hc)
PARK, PAUL
All Those Vanished Engines, Tor, Jul 2014 (hc)
PARKER, K.J.
Academic Exercises, Subterranean Press, Jul 2014 (c, hc)
PARKS, RICHARD
To Break the Demon Gate, Prime Books, Dec 2014 (1st US, eb, tp)
PATTERSON, WILLIAM H., JR.
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume II: The Man Who Learned Better, Tor, Jun 2014 (nf, eb, hc)
PEEK, BEN
Dead Americans, ChiZine Publications, Mar 2014 (c, eb, tp)
POWERS, TIM
Appointment on Sunset, Charnel House, Mar 2014 (short story, hc)
PRATCHETT, TERRY
Raising Steam, Random House/Doubleday, Mar 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction, Random House/Doubleday, Sep 2014 (nf, eb, hc)
PRIEST, CHERIE
Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches, Penguin/Roc, Sep 2014 (eb, tp)
PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER
The Adjacent, Titan US, Apr 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
RAJANIEMI, HANNU
The Causal Angel, Tor, May 2014 (eb, hc)
RAWN, MELANIE
Thornlost, Tor, Apr 2014 (eb, hc)
REED, ROBERT
The Memory of Sky, Prime Books, Mar 2014 (omnibus, eb, tp)
REESE, JENN
Horizon, Candlewick Press, Apr 2014 (ya, hc)
REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR
On the Steel Breeze, Ace, Jun 2014 (1st US, eb, hc)
RICKERT, MARY
The Memory Garden, Sourcebooks Landmark, May 2014 (tp)
SANDERSON, BRANDON