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August
Kristen Britain
Joe Haldeman
Herbert & Anderson
Walter H. Hunt
Ursula K. Le Guin
Jonathan Lethem
James Luceno
J.K. Rowling
Nick Sagan
Norman Spinrad
Scott Westerfeld

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Kevin J. Anderson
Sarah Ash
Greg Bear
Sara Douglass
Jude Fisher
Brian Herbert
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Paul Levinson
China Miéville
Michael Moorcock
Larry Niven
Spider Robinson
Charles Stross
Robert Charles Wilson
John C. Wright


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30 September 2004


Bova, Ben : Saturn
(Tor 0-812-57942-9, $7.99, 470pp, mass market paperback, September 2004, cover art John Harris)
(First edition: Tor, June 2003)

SF novel in the "Grand Tour" series, following Jupiter (2001) and Venus (2002) and several earlier books including Mars (1992).
• The Amazon page has the Publishers Weekly review.
• Bova's site, www.benbova.net/, include a Grand Tour chronology.
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(Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43576-1, $7.99, 391pp, mass market paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, August 2003)

Fantasy novel, first in the "High Druid" trilogy. The second volume, Tanequil, has just been published in hardcover.
• The author's bibliography links to a description and excerpts.
• It was included on Barnes & Noble's list of the Best Sf/F/H of 2003.
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(Tor Teen 0-765-34798-9, $6.99, 212pp, trade paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: Tor, August 2003)

Collection of 4 stories set in the universe of Card's popular series of novels that began with Ender's Game (1985), including the original novelette version "Ender's Game" from 1977. This edition is a reprint of the 2003 Tor hardcover titled First Meetings in the Enderverse, which was an expansion of 2002 Subterranean Press collection First Meetings.
• Includes a 12-page reader's guide.
• Amazon has the School Library Journal review, and description.
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Datlow, Ellen, ed. : The Dark: New Ghost Stories
(Tor 0-765-30445-7, $15.95, 378pp, trade paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: Tor, October 2003)

Original anthology of 16 ghost stories. Authors include Kelly Link, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard. Authors provide afterwords describing their favorite ghost stories.
• Winner of the International Horror Guild award as best anthology of 2003, and nominated for the World Fantasy Award, as are two of the stories: Glen Hirshberg's "Dancing Men" and Kelly Link's "The Hortlak".
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Jacques, Brian : Loamhedge
(Ace 0-441-01190-X, $7.99, 388pp, mass market paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: Philomel, September 2003)

YA fantasy novel, 16th in the Redwall series -- the 17th, Rakkety Tam, just came out in hardcover.
• Amazon has a review by Jennifer Hubert, and several very enthusiastic reader reviews.
The Official Redwall Site has this page of description and cover images, with a link to the handwritten outline for the book from June 2001.
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Moon, Elizabeth : Trading in Danger
(Del Rey 0-345-44761-1, $6.99, 357pp, mass market paperback, September 2004, cover illustration Dave Seeley)
(First edition: Del Rey, October 2003)

SF novel, first in a series about the daughter of a wealthy interstellar shipping family. The sequel, Marque and Reprisal, is due in October.
• The publisher's site has this excerpt.
• It was included in Cynthia Ward's Locus Online survey of The Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2003.
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Pratchett, Terry : Monstrous Regiment
(HarperTorch 0-06-001316-8, $7.5, 389pp, mass market paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: HarperCollins, October 2003)

Fantasy novel, latest in the Discworld series, whose next volume, Going Postal, is just out in hardcover.
• HarperCollins' site http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ has this description and excerpt.
(Tue 21 Sep 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Reeve, Philip : Mortal Engines
(HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-008209-7, $6.99, 373pp, mass market paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: HarperCollins/Eos, October 2003)

Young-adult SF novel, first in ``The Hungry City Chronicles'' about cities that travel, consuming smaller cities in their path. The second in the series, Predator's Gold, is just out in hardcover.
• The publisher's site has this description and excerpt.
• Faren Miller's review in the November '03 issue of Locus Magazine said the author "brings depth and grit to a novel marketed as YA science fiction..."
(Tue 21 Sep 2004) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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(Tor 0-765-34796-2, $7.99, 594pp, mass market paperback, September 2004, cover art Romas Kukalis)

Fantasy novel, second of two parts in the sequel to In Legend Born.
• The Amazon page has Publishers Weekly's review: "Fast-paced, witty and full of action, the book is a marvel of storytelling, but it's the credible, complex relationships among the characters that elevates this far above the usual fantasy standard."
• The author's website has this page about the book, with a link to an excerpt.
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Stephenson, Neal : Quicksilver
(Perennial 0-06-059308-3, $15.95, 15+927pp, trade paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: Morrow, September 2003)

SF historical novel about the origins of the scientific revolution in the 18th century; first of the "Baroque Cycle" that concluded this year with The Confusion and The System of the World.
• This edition has a "P.S." section at the end, a separately-paginated 15-page reader's guide.
• Website www.baroquecycle.com has a preview of the book, an interview with the author, etc.
• The book was shortlisted for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award.
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Tepper, Sheri S. : The Companions
(Eos 0-06-053822-8, $7.99, 549pp, mass market paperback, September 2004)
(First edition: HarperCollins/Eos, September 2003)

SF novel about a woman who escapes an overcrowded Earth with several dogs to help investigate the inhabitants of the planet Moss.
• The publisher's site has this description and excerpt.
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