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The December 1997 Locus Magazine is the quarterly Forthcoming Books issue, with listings of US and UK publishers' schedules through September 1998 arranged by publisher, then by month. The lists are extensive; the US titles number about 1050, of which 650 are originals. For the complete lists you'll have to order the issue, but this page lists a few highlights, arranged by month and author, selected by Locus Online.

1st editions published in the US are listed in this color. 1st editions published in the UK are listed in this color. 1st US editions of books previously published in the UK are listed in this color. Notable reprints of books earlier published in the US are listed in this color.

Book forms are indicated nvl (novel), cln (collection), an-o (anthology of original stories), an-r (anthology of reprinted stories), etc. Formats are hc (hardcover), tpb (trade paperback), or pb (paperback).

Jan 1998
  • Jones, Gwyneth • Phoenix Café • (Tor, nvl, hc) (UK edition Jan 1997)
  • Kress, Nancy • Maximum Light • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • McCaffrey, Anne • The Masterharper of Pern • (Del Rey, nvl, hc) (UK edition Nov 1997)
  • Mohan, Kim [ed] • More Amazing Stories • (Tor, an-o, tpb)
  • Willis, Connie • To Say Nothing of the Dog • (Bantam Spectra, nvl, hc)
  • Zindell, David • The War in Heaven • (Bantam Spectra, nvl, pb)
     
Feb 1998
  • Bear, Greg • Dinosaur Summer • (Warner Aspect, nvl, hc)
  • Benford, Gregory • Cosm • (Avon Eos, nvl, hc)
  • Cady, Jack • The Night We Buried Road Dog • (Dreamhaven, cln, hc)
  • Denton, Bradley • One Day Closer to Death: Eight Stabs at Immortality • (St. Martin's, cln, hc)
  • Egan, Greg • Diaspora • (Harperprism, nvl, hc) (UK edition Sep 1997)
  • Fowler, Karen Joy • Black Glass • (Holt, cln, hc)
  • Leinster, Murray • First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster • (NESFA, cln, hc)
  • Robinson, Frank M. [& Davidson, Lawrence] • Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines • (Collectors Press, art, hc)
  • Ryman, Geoff • 253 • (HarperCollins/Flamingo, nvl, )
  • Silverberg, Robert • The Alien Years • (Harpercollins/Voyager, nvl, hc)
  • Williams, Walter Jon • Frankensteins and Foreign Devils • (NESFA, cln, hc)
     
Mar 1998
  • Gunn, James • The Road to Science Fiction #5 • (White Wolf, an-r, tpb)
  • Lynn, Elizabeth A. • Dragon's Winter • (Macmillan, nvl, hc)
  • Resnick, Mike • Kirinyaga • (Del Rey, cln, hc)
  • Silverberg, Robert [ed] • The Fantasy Hall of Fame • (Harperprism, an-r, tpb)
     
Apr 1998
  • Baxter, Stephen • Traces • (HarperCollins/Voyager, cln, hc)
  • Bloch, Robert • Flowers from the Moon • (Arkham, cln, hc)
  • Card, Orson Scott • Homebody • (HarperCollins, nvl, hc)
  • Flynn, Michael F. • Rogue Star • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Lynn, Elizabeth A. • Dragon's Winter • (Ace, nvl, hc) (UK edition Mar 1998)
  • Martin, George R. R. • A Clash of Kings • (HarperCollins/Voyager, nvl, hc)
  • McDevitt, Jack • Moonfall • (Harperprism, nvl, hc)
  • McDonald, Ian • Kirinya • (Gollancz, nvl, hc)
  • Vance, Jack • Ports of Call • (Tor, nvl, hc) (1st edition Dec 1997)
     
May 1998
  • Anthony, Patricia • Flanders • (Ace, nvl, hc)
  • Bear, Greg • Foundation & Chaos • (Harperprism, nvl, hc)
  • MacLeod, Ken • The Cassini Division • (Orbit, nvl, hc)
  • Nylund, Eric S. • Signal to Noise • (Avon Eos, nvl, hc)
  • Pohl, Frederik • O Pioneer! • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Resnick, Mike • A Hunger in the Soul • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Turner, Alice K. [ed] • The Playboy Book of Science Fiction • (Harperprism, an-r, hc)
     
Jun 1998
  • Barker, Clive • Galilee • (Harperprism, nvl, hc)
  • Brin, David • Heaven's Reach • (Bantam Spectra, nvl, hc)
  • Bujold, Lois McMaster • Komarr • (Baen, nvl, hc)
  • Dozois, Gardner [ed] • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection • (St. Martin's, an-r, hc/tpb)
  • Hartwell, David G. [ed] • Year's Best SF 3 • (Harperprism, an-r, pb)
  • Martin, George R. R. • A Clash of Kings • (Bantam Spectra, nvl, hc)
  • McAuley, Paul J. • Child of the River • (Avon Eos, nvl, hc) (UK edition Sep 1997)
  • Palwick, Susan • Shelter • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Scott, Melissa • The Shape of their Hearts • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Silverberg, Robert [ed] • Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy • (HarperCollins/Voyager, an-o, hc)
     
Jul 1998
  • Datlow, Ellen [& Windling, Terri] [eds] • The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection • (St. Martin's, an-r, hc/tpb)
  • Griffith, Nicola • The Blue Place • (Avon, nvl, hc)
  • Gunn, James • The Road to Science Fiction #6 • (White Wolf, an-r, tpb)
  • Robinson, Kim Stanley • Antarctica • (Bantam, nvl, hc) (UK edition Sep 1997)
  • Sawyer, Robert J. • Factoring Humanity • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Wilson, Robert Charles • Darwinia • (Tor, nvl, hc)
     
Aug 1998
  • Baxter, Stephen • Moonseed • (HarperCollins/Voyager, nvl, hc)
  • Card, Orson Scott • Heartfire • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Dann, Jack [ed] • Nebula Awards 32 • (Harcourt Brace, an-r, hc)
  • Harness, Charles L. • An Ornament to His Profession • (NESFA, cln, hc)
  • Kress, Nancy • Beaker's Dozen • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Silverberg, Robert • The Alien Years • (Harperprism, nvl, hc) (UK edition Feb 1998)
  • Spencer, William Browning • Irrational Fears • (White Wolf, nvl, hc)
  • Stewart, Sean • Mockingbird • (Ace, nvl, hc)
  • Tepper, Sheri S. • Six Moon Dance • (Avon Eos, nvl, hc)
     
Sep 1998
  • Cadigan, Pat • Parasite • (HarperCollins/Voyager, nvl, )
  • Crowley, John • Daemonomania • (Bantam, nvl, hc)
  • Hand, Elizabeth • Last Summer at Mars Hill • (Harperprism, cln, tpb)
  • Jablokov, Alexander • Deepdrive • (Avon Eos, nvl, hc)
  • Jeter, K. W. • Noir • (Bantam Spectra, nvl, hc)
  • McAuley, Paul J. • Ancients of Days • (Gollancz, nvl, hc)
  • McKillip, Patricia A. • Song of the Basilisk • (Ace, nvl, hc)
  • Mixon, Laura J. • Proxies • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Priest, Christopher • The Cull • (Touchstone, , tpb)
  • Stableford, Brian • Inherit the Earth • (Tor, nvl, hc)
  • Zebrowski, George • Brute Orbits • (Harperprism, nvl, hc)
     

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