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Notable new SF, Fantasy, and Horror books seen : March
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Broderick, Damien :
x, y, z, t: Dimensions of Science Fiction
(Borgo Press/Wildside Press 0-8095-0927-x, $17.95, 264pp, trade paperback, January 2004, cover art Anders Sandberg, cover design Sean Wallace)
Critical nonfiction examining SF as "a distinctive form of writing, the extreme narrative of difference" by the prominent Australian critic and writer. Chapters include examinations of several specific writers, including John Barnes, Jamil Nasir, Wil McCarthy, Poul Anderson, and George Turner. Includes a bibliography and index.
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Greer, Andrew Sean :
The Confessions of Max Tivoli
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-12871-5, $23, 267pp, hardcover, 2004, jacket design Susan Mitchell)
Literary fantasy by a noted mainstream author about a man who ages backwards, well received by the critics, including John Updike in The New Yorker.
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Harris, Anne :
Inventing Memory
(Tor 0-312-86539-2, $25.95, 351pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket art Larry Moore)
Fantasy novel concerning two women, one a slave in ancient Sumer, the other a contemporary woman building a VR simulation to research Sumerian myths.
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Hubbell, Will :
Sea of Time
(Ace 0-441-01143-8, $6.5, 359pp, mass market paperback, February 2004, cover art Leonello Calvetti)
SF time travel novel, sequel to Cretaceous Sea (2002). The Amazon page has a couple enthusiastic reader reviews.
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Kaye, Marvin, ed. :
The Dragon Quintet
(Tor 0-765-31035-x, $24.95, 302pp, hardcover, April 2004, jacket art Stephen Hickman)
Anthology of 5 original novellas about dragons, by Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Mercedes Lackey, and Michael Swanwick, with an introduction and afterword by the editor.
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Lackey, Mercedes :
Alta
(DAW 0-7564-0216-6, $24.95, 402pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket painting Jody A. Lee)
Fantasy novel, sequel to Joust (2003), in which, according to the PW review on Amazon "a clear, uncluttered style marks Lackey's latest light entertainment about wizards and dragons and social struggle".
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Little, Denise, ed. :
The Magic Shop
(DAW 0-7564-0173-9, $6.99, 319pp, mass market paperback, February 2004)
Anthology of 15 original fantasy stories. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jody Lynn Nye, and P.N. Elrod.
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McCaffrey, Anne, & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough :
Acorna's Triumph
(Eos 0-380-97900-4, $24.95, 308pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket illustration John Ennis)
SF novel, seventh and final book in the "Acorna, the Unicorn Girl" series.
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Perry, Michael W. :
Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings
(Inkling Books 1-58742-019-8, $17.95, 251pp, trade paperback, October 2003)
Reference book containing a detailed chronology of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, with extensive notes, commentary, cross-references, calendars, and dates.
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Ringo, John, & Linda Evans :
The Road to Damascus
(Baen 0-7434-7187-3, $25, 682pp, hardcover, March 2004, cover art David Mattingly)
Military SF novel set in Keith Laumer's "Bolo" series (about huge, self-aware tanks
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Salvatore, R. A. :
The Highwayman
(CDS Books 1-59315-016-4, $25.95, 372pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket illustration Todd Lockwood)
Sword & sorcery fantasy novel, first book in "The Chronicles of Corona", set long before the author's "Demon Wars" books.
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Shinn, Sharon :
Angel-Seeker
(Ace 0-441-01134-9, $23.95, 483pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket illustration John Jude Palencar)
Fantasy novel, fifth novel in the "Samaria" series and follow-up to Archangel, set in a world in which angels and humans co-exist.
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Stevermer, Caroline :
A Scholar of Magics
(Tor 0-765-30308-6, $19.95, 300pp, hardcover, April 2004, jacket art David Bowers)
Fantasy novel, sequel to A College of Magics (1994), set at a college that teaches magic in an alternate Edwardian England.
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Tarr, Judith :
Queen of the Amazons
(Tor 0-765-30395-7, $24.95, 320pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket art Rick Berry)
Historical fantasy novel in which the daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, is compelled to meet Alexander the Great in Persia.
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Westerfeld, Scott :
Midnighters, Book One: The Secret Hour
(HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-051951-7, $15.99, 297pp, hardcover, March 2004, jacket art Kamil Vojnar)
YA dark fantasy novel, first in a trilogy, about a small town where only a select few have access to a 25th hour at night.
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Williams, Walter Jon :
Dread Empire's Fall: The Sundering
(HarperTorch 0-380-82021-8, $7.99, 436pp, mass market paperback, March 2004)
First US edition (UK: Earthlight, November 2003). Far future space opera novel, second in the "Dread Empire's Fall" trilogy following The Praxis.
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Zakour, John, & Lawrence Ganem :
The Doomsday Brunette
(DAW 0-7564-0090-2, $6.99, 356pp, mass market paperback, February 2004, cover art Michael Koelsh)
Humorous SF mystery novel, sequel to The Plutonium Blonde (2001).
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Zettel, Sarah :
In Camelot's Shadow
(Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80204-8, $13.95, 490pp, trade paperback, March 2004)
Romantic fantasy novel set in the Arthurian universe; first in a series.
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Zivkovic, Zoran :
The Book/The Writer
(Prime Books 1-894815-87-4, $29.95, 193pp, hardcover, October 2003)
Omnibus of The Book, a novel first published in English in 2003, and novelette The Writer, first published in English in 1999. The former is a satire, narrated by a book, about the publishing industry, readers, booksellers, and the ultimate fate of books.
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Opening lines: We are each the love of someone's life.Opening lines: I crawl toward the enemy, blind and uncertain of my every move.
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