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    Locus, December 2012

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      May ’13: Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett (tp); Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (r); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, ya, tp); Blood and Bone by Ian C. Esslemont (1st US, tp, hc); Blackmail Earth by Bill Evans (r); Siege by Rhiannon Frater (r, h); Silver by Rhiannon Held (r); Tarnished by Rhiannon Held (hc); The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan, Chuck Dixon & Chase Conley (r, graphic novel, tp); Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (hc); Tunnel Out of Death by Jamil Nasir (hc); Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick (hc); The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (hc); The Human Division by John Scalzi (hc); Dark Magic by James Swain (r, h); Ha’penny by Jo Walton (r, tp); The Touch by F. Paul Wilson (r, h); Judgment at Proteus by Timothy Zahn (r).

      Jun ’13: Queen’s Hunt by Beth Bernobich (r); Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe (hc); Orion and King Arthur by Ben Bova (r); The Cryptos Conundrum by Chase Brandon (r); Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (hc); Deep Inside by Polly Frost (r, c, tp); In a Fix by Linda Grimes (r); River Road by Suzanne Johnson (r, tp); A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (r, tp); The Broken Universe by Paul Melko (r, tp); The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven & Matthew Joseph Harrington (hc); Requiem by Ken Scholes (hc); Shadow People by James Swain (h, hc); The World of the End by Ofir Touche Gafla (hc); Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler (hc).

      Jul ’13: This Case Is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova (r); New Earth by Ben Bova (hc); The Raven’s Shadow by Elspeth Cooper (hc); This River Awakens by Steven Erikson (r, a, tp, hc); On the Razor’s Edge by Michael Flynn (hc); Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone (hc); Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson (r); Thieves’ Quarry by D.B. Jackson (hc); Mist by Susan Krinard (tp); Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn (r, tp); The Executioner’s Heart by George Mann (1st US, hc); Fate of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner (r); Forged in Fire by J.A. Pitts (r, tp); The Dame by R.A. Salvatore (r); The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis (r, tp); Storm Riders by Margaret Weis & Robert Krammes (hc); Night Pilgrims by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (h, hc).

      Aug ’13: Box Office Poison by Phillipa Bornikova (hc); Splintegrate by Deborah Christian (hc); Ironskin by Tina Connolly (r, tp); Fallen Masters by John Edward (r, h); Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe ed. by Bill Fawcett (hc); The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman (r, tp); Quick Fix by Linda Grimes (tp); Jack Cloudie by Stephen Hunt (1st US, hc); Elysian Fields by Suzanne Johnson (hc); The Unincorporated Future by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin (r, tp); Billy Moon by Douglas Lain (hc); The Lost Prince by Edward D. Lazellari (hc); Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock (r); Dark Shadows: Wolf Moon Rising by Lara Parker (x, tp); Assault on Sunrise by Michael Shea (hc); The Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber (hc); Kitty #12 by Carrie Vaughn; Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber (r); The Hollow City by Dan Wells (r, h).

      Sep ’13: Only Superhuman by Christopher Bennett (r); The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White (hc); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r); Monsters of the Earth by David Drake (hc); People of the Black Sun by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear (r, a); Transcendental by James Gunn (hc); Twenty-First Century Science Fiction ed. by David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (hc); The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke (hc); The Gemini Virus by Wil Mara (r); Songs of the Dying Earth ed. by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (r); The One-Eyed Man by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (hc); Delia’s Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer (hc); Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest (tp); Elsewhens by Melanie Rawn (r, tp); Vicious by V.E. Schwab (hc); Halo: The Thursday War by Karen Traviss (r, x); Half a Crown by Jo Walton (r, tp); The Hermetic Millennia by John C. Wright (r).

      TOR TEEN

      Nov ’12: Truancy City by Isamu Fukui (ya, hc); Renegade by J.A. Souders (ya, hc).

      Jan ’13: Farseed by Pamela Sargent (r, ya, tp); Article 5 by Kristen Simmons (r, ya, tp).

      Feb ’13: Homeland by Cory Doctorow (ya, hc); Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (ya, hc).

      Mar ’13: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (ya, hc).

      Apr ’13: Sacrifices by Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill (tp, ya, hc).

      Jun ’13: Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (r, ya, tp); Solstice by P.J. Hoover (ya, hc).

      Jul ’13: Replica by Jenna Black (ya, tp); Extremities by David Lubar (ya, hc).

      Aug ’13: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (r, ya, tp).

      Sep ’13: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake (ya, hc); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, ya, tp).

      TOR/FORGE

      Oct ’12: Golden Dawn by Thomas M. Kostigen (h, hc); The Gemini Virus by Wil Mara (hc); Gary Jennings’ Aztec Revenge by Junius Podrug (a, hc).

      Dec ’12: Dinosaur Thunder by James F. David (h, hc).

      Jan ’13: Living Proof by Kira Peikoff (r).

      TOR/ORB

      Nov ’12: The Long Price: The Price of War by Daniel Abraham (r, om, tp).

      Dec ’12: Peace by Gene Wolfe (r, tp).

      TOR/STARSCAPE

      Feb ’13: A Perilous Power by E. Rose Sabin (r, ya, tp); City of Death by Laurence Yep (ya, hc).

      Apr ’13: Cartboy and the Time Capsule by L.A. Campbell (ya, hc).

      May ’13: The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos (ya, hc).

      Sep ’13: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, ya, tp).

      TUTTLE

      Oct ’12: Samurai Awakening by Benjamin Martin (ya, hc).

      TWO DOLLAR RADIO

      May ’13: A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims (h, tp).

      UNDERWOOD BOOKS

      Oct ’12: Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art ed. by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner (art, tp, hc).

      UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS

      Jan ’13: John Brunner by Jad Smith (nf, tp).

      UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS

      Oct ’12: The Weight of Temptation by Ana María Shua (tp).

      UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS/BISON BOOKS

      Jul ’13: The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie (r, tp).

      VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS

      Nov ’12: Frazetta Sketchbook by Frank Frazetta (art, tp, art, hc).

      Jan ’13: The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage by Margaret Brundage (art, tp, art, hc).

      VIZMEDIA/HAIKASORU

      Nov ’12: Virus by Sakyo Komatsu (hc); Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse (r, tp).

      Mar ’13: Self-Reference Engine by EnJoe Toh (tp).

      May ’13: Noble V: Greylancer by Hideyuki Kikuchi (tp).

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

      Jan ’13: We Modern People: Science Fiction and the Making of Modern Russia by Anindita Banerjee (nf, hc, tp); Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings by Stefan Ekman (nf, hc, tp).

      Mar ’13: The Story Until Now by Kit Reed (c, hc).

      Jun ’13: Phallos by Samuel R. Delany (r, tp); Travel Scholarships by Jules Verne (r, hc).

      Jul ’13: Parabolas of Science Fiction ed. by Brian Attebery & Veronica Hollinger (nf, hc, tp).

      WIZARDS OF THE COAST

      Dec ’12: Forgotten Realms: Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils by Erin M. Evans (x).

      Feb ’13: Forgotten Realms: Prophet of the Dead by Richard Lee Byers (x).

      WORLDWIDE LIBRARY GOLD EAGLE

      Nov ’12: Rogue Angel: City of Swords by Alex Archer; Deathlands: No Man’s Land by James Axler; Outlanders: Genesis Sinister by James Axler.

      Jan ’13: Rogue Angel: The Third Caliph by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Nemesis by James Axler.

      Feb ’13: Outlanders: Savage Dawn by James Axler.

      Mar ’13: Rogue Angel: Staff of Judea by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Chrono Spasm by James Axler.

      May ’13: Rogue Angel: The Vanishing Tribe by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Sins of Honor by James Axler; Outlanders: Sorrow Space by James Axler.

      Jul ’13: Rogue Angel: Clockwork Doomsday by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Storm Breakers by James Axler.

      Aug ’13: Outlanders: Immortal Twilight by James Axler.

      Sep ’13: Rogue Angel: Blood Cursed by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Dark Fathoms by James Axler.

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      UK FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY AUTHOR

      SELECTED BOOKS BY AUTHOR

      The following list includes current 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. The second listing is more complete, arranged by publisher and by month.

      This listing contains almost 1,000 titles, approximately 600 of them originals.

      We try to keep our database as accurate and up-to-date as possible. Please send corrections and updates to Ian Covell, 121 Homerton Road, Pallister Park, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS3 8PN, UK.

      The list is tentative and subject to change, especially in later months. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) non-fiction, (c) collection, (na) novella, (a) associational, (om) omnibus, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in.

      AARONOVITCH, BEN

      Broken Homes, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc)

      ABRAHAM, DANIEL

      The Tyrant’s Law, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, May 2013 (tp)

      ARMSTRONG, KELLEY

      Omens, Sphere, Aug 2013 (hc)

      The Rising, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Apr 2013 (tp)

      ASHBY, MADELINE

      iD: The Second Machine Dynasty, Angry Robot, Jul 2013 (tp)

      ASHER, NEAL

      Jupiter War, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

      BACIGALUPI, PAOLO

      The Water Knife, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Sep 2013 (hc)

      BARCLAY, JAMES

      Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura, Orion/Gollancz, May 2013 (hc, tp)

      BAXTER, STEPHEN

      Proxima, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2013 (hc, tp)

      Universes, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (c, hc)

      BOND, GWENDA

      The Woken Gods, Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry, Jul 2013 (ya, tp)

      BRETT, PETER

      The Daylight War, Harper Voyager, Feb 2013 (hc)

      BROOKS, TERRY

      Bloodfire Quest, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2013 (hc)

      BROWN, ERIC

      Serene Invasion, Rebellion/Solaris, May 2013 (tp)

      Starship Seasons, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (c, hc)

      CARRIGER, GAIL

      Etiquette and Espionage, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Feb 2013 (ya, tp)

      CARROLL, LEE

      The Shape Stealer, Transworld/Bantam UK, Mar 2013 (tp)

      CONNELL, BRENDAN S.

      The Metanatural Adventures of Dr. Black, PS Publishing, Jun 2013 (c, hc)

      COREY, JAMES S.A.

      Abaddon’s Gate, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013 (tp)

      CORNELL, PAUL

      London Falling, Macmillan/Tor UK, Dec 2012 (hc)

      COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON

      The Exiled Blade, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Apr 2013 (tp)

      DALTON, A.J.

      Gateway of the Saviours, Orion/Gollancz, Mar 2013 (hc, tp)

      DEAS, STEPHEN

      The Dragon Queen, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc, tp)

      DI FILIPPO, PAUL

      More Plumage From Pegasus, PS Publishing, Feb 2013 (nf, hc)

      ELLIOTT, KATE

      Cold Steel, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013 (tp)

      ELLIOTT, WILL

      World’s End, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Dec 2012 (tp)

      FARLAND, DAVID

      A Tale of Tales, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Dec 2012 (tp)

      FEIST, RAYMOND E.

      Jimmy and the Crawler, Harper Voyager, Feb 2013 (na, tp)

      Magician’s End, Harper Voyager, May 2013 (hc)

      FENN, JAINE

      Queen of Nowhere, Orion/Gollancz, Jan 2013 (tp)

      FFORDE, JASPER

      Dark Reading Matter, Hodder & Stoughton, Jul 2013 (hc)

      FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

      Film Freak, Transworld/Doubleday UK, Apr 2013 (nf, hc)

      Plastic, Rebellion/Solaris, Aug 2013 (h)

      FUREY, MAGGIE

      Exodus of the Xandim, Orion/Gollancz, Mar 2013 (tp)

      GAIMAN, NEIL

      The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Headline Review, Jun 2013 (hc)

      GEMMELL, STELLA

      The City, Transworld/Bantam UK, Apr 2013 (hc)

      GIBSON, GARY

      The Core, Macmillan/Tor UK, Aug 2013 (hc)

      GRIFFIN, KATE

      The Glass God, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2013

      HAIG, MATT

      The Humans, Canongate, May 2013 (tp)

      HEADLEY, MARIA DAHVANA

      Dark Lady, Transworld/Bantam UK, Aug 2013 (tp)

      HERBERT, BRIAN

      Hellhole Awakening (with Kevin J. Anderson), Simon & Schuster UK, Feb 2013 (hc)

      HILL, JOE

      NOS4R2, Orion/Gollancz, May 2013 (h, hc)

      HOBB, ROBIN

      Blood of Dragons, Harper Voyager, Apr 2013 (hc)

      HOLT, TOM

      Doughnut, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2013

      JORDAN, ROBERT

      A Memory of Light (with Brandon Sanderson), Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jan 2013 (hc)

      KING, STEPHEN

      Doctor Sleep, Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 2013 (hc)

      Joyland, Titan, Jun 2013 (tp)

      KOONTZ, DEAN

      Deeply Odd, HarperCollins UK, Mar 2013 (h, hc)

      KRISTJANSSON, SNORRI

      Swords of Good Men, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jul 2013 (hc, tp)

      KRISTOFF, JAY

      Kinslayer, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

      LAWRENCE, MARK

      Emperor of Thorns, Harper Voyager, Aug 2013 (hc)

      LLOYD, TOM

      God Tattoo, Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2013 (c, hc, tp)

      LORD, KAREN

      The Best of All Possible Worlds, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Feb 2013 (hc, tp)

      LOVEGROVE, JAMES

      Age of Voodoo, Rebellion/Solaris, Feb 2013 (tp)

      LYNCH, SCOTT

      The Republic of Thieves, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc)

      MAMATAS, NICK

      The Last Weekend, PS Publishing, Aug 2013 (h, hc)

      McAULEY, PAUL

      Evening’s Empires, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc, tp)

      A Very British History: The Best of Paul McAuley, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (c, hc)

      MOON, ELIZABETH

      Limits of Power, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013

      MORDEN, SIMON

      The Curve of the Earth, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2013

      MORGAN, RICHARD

      The Dark Defiles, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc)

      NEWMAN, KIM

      Johnny Alucard, Titan, Apr 2013 (hc)

      PARK, PAUL

      Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance, PS Publishing, Dec 2012 (na, hc)

      PINBOROUGH, SARAH

      Mayhem, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, May 2013 (h, hc, tp)

      Poison, Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2013 (hc)

      PRATCHETT, TERRY

      The Long Earth 2 (with Stephen Baxter), Transworld/Doubleday UK, Jun 2013 (hc)

      PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER

      The Adjacent, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc)

      REES, ROD

      The DemiMonde: Summer, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jan 2013 (hc)

      REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR

      On the Steel Breeze, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc)

      ROBERTS, ADAM

      Adam Robots, Orion/Gollancz, Jan 2013 (c, hc, tp)

      SANDERSON, BRANDON

      Legion and The Emperor’s Soul, Orion/Gollancz, May 2013 (c, hc, tp)

      The Rithmatist, Orion Children’s Books, May 2013 (ya, tp)

      SAPKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ

      The Time of Contempt, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc, tp)

      SHEVDON, MIKE

      The Eighth Court, Angry Robot, Jun 2013 (tp)

      SILVERBERG, ROBERT

      Tales of Majipoor, Orion/Gollancz, Feb 2013 (c, hc, tp)

      SIMMONS, DAN

      The Abominable, Sphere, Sep 2013 (hc)

      STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed.

      Edge
    of Infinity, Rebellion/Solaris, Dec 2012 (tp)

      Fearsome Journeys, Rebellion/Solaris, Jun 2013

      STROSS, CHARLES

      Neptune’s Brood, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2013 (hc)

      SYKES, SAM

      The Skybound Sea, Orion/Gollancz, Dec 2012 (tp)

      TIDHAR, LAVIE

      Martian Sands, PS Publishing, Apr 2013 (hc)

      TRIPATHI, AMISH

      The Immortals of Melhua, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jan 2013 (hc, tp)

      WHATES, IAN, ed.

      Solaris Rising 2, Rebellion/Solaris, Mar 2013 (tp)

      WILLIAMS, TAD

      Happy Hour in Hell, Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 2013 (hc)

      WITCOVER, PAUL

      The Emperor of All Things, Transworld/Bantam UK, Feb 2013 (hc)

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      UK FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY PUBLISHER

      COMPLETE BOOKS BY PUBLISHER

      ALLISON & BUSBY

      Nov ’12: Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine.

      Mar ’13: The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (hc); Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley (r, tp).

      May ’13: Fall of Night by Rachel Caine.

      ANGRY ROBOT

      Oct ’12: The Knights of Breton Court by Ma z Naam (tp).

      ANGRY ROBOT/STRANGE CHEMISTRY

      Oct ’12: The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke (ya, tp); The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke (ya, tp); Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings (ya, tp).

      Nov ’12: Katya’s World by Jonathan L. Howard (ya, tp).

      Jan ’13: Broken by A.E. Rought (ya, tp).

      Feb ’13: Pantomime by Laura Lam (ya, tp).

      Mar ’13: The Holders by Julianna Scott (ya, tp).

      Apr ’13: Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells (tp).

      May ’13: Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon (ya, tp).

      Jul ’13: The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond (ya, tp); Playing Tyler by T.L. Costa (tp).

      Aug ’13: Control by Kim Curran (ya, tp); The Weight of Souls by Bryony Pearce (ya, tp).

      Sep ’13: Student Bodies by Sean Cummings (ya, tp); When the World Was Flat (And We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach (tp).

      ATLANTIC BOOKS UK

      Jan ’13: Blood Ninja III: Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake (hc).

     


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