Notable new SF, Fantasy, and Horror books seen, 9 - 18 July

Anthology of 25 stories first published in 2002, including two first published as chapbooks (Geoff Ryman's "V.A.O." and Alastair Reynolds's "Turquoise Days"), and others by Ian R. MacLeod, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, John Kessel, Greg Egan, Michael Swanwick, James Van Pelt, Chris Beckett, Molly Gloss, etc. There's also Dozois's "Summation: 2002", almost 40 pages of tiny print about the year's developments in book, magazine, and Internet publishing, anthologies and collections, TV and movies, awards and deaths. Dozois includes a lengthy list of honorable mentions at the end of the book. Gary K. Wolfe reviews the book in the June 2003 issue of Locus Magazine, which also has an interview with Dozois about editing year's best anthologies for a quarter century, and a tally of authors who've appeared most often in those anthologies (Michael Swanwick, Greg Egan, and Nancy Kress lead--and they're all in this newest volume). Also available in hardcover; follow links on Amazon.
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Fantasy novel, third and final in "The Shadowleague" trilogy. First US edition; first published in the UK by Orbit, December 2002, as The Eye of Eternity. The author's URL, http://www.maggiefurey.com/, seems to be defunct.
(Thu 17 Jul 2003) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Anthology of art and interviews by 10 artists: Keith Parkinson, Anne Sudworth, Judith Clute, John Harris, Phil Hale, Ian Miller, J. K. Potter, Greg Spalenka, Dave Seeley, and Darrel Anderson. The UK first edition was reviewed by Karen Haber in the February 2003 Locus, and was included on Locus's 2002 Recommended Reading List. The publisher's website has this page about the book.
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Fantasy novel, fourth in the "Bedlam's Bard" series about a magician about to graduate from Julliard. The Baen page links the usual generous assortment of blurbs and excerpts.
(Thu 17 Jul 2003) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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Fantasy novel built on Russian fairytales. Cynthia Ward's review on the Amazon page calls it "beautifully written"; Amazon also reprints reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. Locus Magazine's review by Faren Miller ran in the June isue, and the book is on the magazine's "New and Notable" list for August. Further information on the author is on this unofficial home page.
(Fri 18 Jul 2003) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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SF novel, third in a series set in a technological, religiously-governed world, following Archangel Protocol (2001) and Fallen Host (2002). Reviewed by Carolyn Cushman in the May issue of Locus. The Amazon page has reviews from Booklist and from Harriet Klausner and other readers. The author's website includes descriptions of all three books, and links to reviews.
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Fantasy novel, sequel to In Legend Born, and first of two parts. It was originally scheduled earlier this year (and Amazon still lists it for May), but copies showed up in bookstores just this month. The Amazon page reprints the enthusiastic Publishers Weekly review: "Even better than the author's first book, In Legend Born (2000), this romantic fantasy leaves no doubt that here is that rare gem: a new writer with serious and already polished talent." The author's website has this page about the book, with a link to an excerpt.
(Mon 14 Jul 2003) • Purchase this book from Amazon | BookSense

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