* Aldiss, Brian : Comfort Zone
(UK: HarperCollins/The Friday Project 978-0007482481, £9.99, 300pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Dec 2013
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0007482498

Associational novel set in contemporary Oxford, subtitled “A novel of Present Day Discontents”, about reactions in the community to the construction of a new mosque.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• This recent Guardian interview with Aldiss discusses this and other books.

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* Meaney, John : Resonance
(UK: Gollancz 9780575085398, £15.99, 464pp, trade paperback, December 2013)
Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Dec 2013
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575094826
Ragnorak #3

SF novel, third in the “Ragnorak” space opera trilogy following Absorption (2010) and Transmission (2012), which connects Norse mythology to the universe of dark matter.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• Amazon UK’s “Look Inside” function provides an excerpt.
• Gollancz’ blog has this essay by Meaney about writing the trilogy.

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