* Beaulieu, Bradley P., & Stephen Gaskell : Strata
(Quillings B006P40OHO, $0.99, ebook, December 2011)
Nominal Publication Date: Wed 21 Dec 2011

SF novella about solar energy miners who work on platforms in close orbit of the sun, scheming for ways to earn passage back to Earth.
• Beaulieu’s site has this description and links to a sample chapter in various formats, plus a page with links to reviews.

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Benson, E. F. : The Terror by Night
(Ash-Tree Press B006Z0YYT2, $6.99, ebook, January 2012)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Jan 2012

Collection of 15 stories, first published by Ash-Tree Press in 1998 and now released as an ebook.
• This is one of a large number of backlist titles from Ash-Tree Press now being released electronically, including titles by classic writers Frederick Cowles, H.R. Wakefield, A.M. Burrage, and R.H. Malden, and contemporary authors Steve Rasnic Tem, Matt Cardin, Joel Lane, Simon Bestwick, Simon Kurt Unsworth, and Steve Duffy.
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* Brooke, Keith : Jurassic and the Great Tree
(Infinity Plus B006MKGGG4, $0.99, ebook, December 2011)

SF novelet, first published in Interzone in 1992, about descendants of human settlers on Pavonis Minor.
• This is one of Infinity Plus Singles released in December; others are by Neil Williamson, Gary Kilworth, Lisa Tuttle, and Anna Tambour.

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* Nagata, Linda : Goddesses & Other Stories
(Book View Café 978-1-93719-705-6, $3.95, ebook, January 2012)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jan 2012

Original collection of nine stories, first published from 1987 to 2000, including the Nebula Award winning title novella.
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Radford, Irene : Guardian of the Balance
(Book View Café 978-1-61138-138-2, $3.99, ebook, January 2012)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Jan 2012

(First edition: DAW, March 1999)

Arthurian fantasy novel, first of the five-volume “Merlin’s Descendants” series published from 1999 to 2005.
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