Science Fiction & Fantasy Catalogue - Pulp Fiction

November 11

Science Fiction & Fantasy Catalogue Pulp Fiction Booksellers • Shops 28-29 • Anzac Square Building Arcade • 265-269 Edward Street • Brisbane • Queensland • 4000 • Australia Postal: GPO Box 297 • Brisbane • Queensland • 4001 • Australia • Tel: 07 3236-2750 • E-mail: [email protected]

Includes new books by: Margaret Atwood Stephen Baxter Elizabeth Bear Greg Egan Jasper Fforde Alan Dean Foster Maureen McHugh Terry Pratchett David Wingrove ...and many others

All the books in this catalogue are new books due for release in November 2011. Because they are new books, we are at the whim of the publishers and to some extent the shipping companies books can sometimes arrive later (or earlier) than anticipated, or occasionally be a different retail price than originally quoted. Because space is a luxury, we bring in limited quantities of books. Prices are subject to change without notice. Please reserve copies of anything you want so you don’t miss out - ASAP! If a book has sold-out by the time we receive your order, we will back-order and supply when available. Pulp Fiction has access to thousands of books not shown in our monthly catalogues. We are only too happy to order anything if we don’t have it on the shelves. If you can’t make it into the shop, you can post, phone, fax or e-mail your order. We accept Bankcard, Mastercard, Visa, AMEX, cheques and Australia Post Money Orders. Approximate current postage within Australia is: 1 -2 paperbacks (up to 500 grams), $6.35. 2-10 paperbacks or any trade paperbacks or hardcovers within Brisbane is $8.35. Outside Brisbane metro area (over 500 grams up to 3 kilos), $11.20. Anything above 3 kilos charged at Australia Post rates. Until next time, good reading! Ron, Iain and Beau Abbreviations PBK TPB HC

used in this catalogue: = “A” format (standard size) paperback = “B” & “C” format (oversize) paperback = Hardcover or cloth binding

CAPTAIN FLANDRY: DEFENDER OF THE TERRAN EMPIRE ANDERSON, Poul The fifth volume of Baen’s reissue of the Technic Civilization Saga. Top notch space opera – don’t miss! Science fiction PBK $16.95

FATE’S EDGE ANDREWS, Ilona Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she’s determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But when her brother gets into hot water, the former thief takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with a jack of all trades. Urban fantasy PBK $16.95

THE DEPARTURE ASHER, Neal Visible in the night sky the Argus Station looks down on nightmare Earth. From Argus the Committee keep an oppressive control: citizens are watched by cams systems and political officers, it’s a world inhabited by shepherds, reader guns, razor birds and the brutal Inspectorate with its white tiled cells and pain inducers. Soon the Committee will have the power to edit human minds, but twelve billion human beings need to die before Earth can be stabilized. This is the world Alan Saul wakes to in his crate on the conveyor to the Calais incinerator. How he got there he does not know, but he does remember the pain and the face of his interrogator. Science fiction TP $27.99

MUTH-FORTUNES ASPRIN, Robert & NYE, Jody Lynn Aahz falls for a literal pyramid scheme, selling it stone by stone as a burial site, while claiming the coveted pointed stone top for himself. But Skeeve wants to know why the construction site is having so many accidents - before both he and Aahz end up in the afterlife before their time. Fantasy PBK $16.95

ATWOOD, Margaret Atwood’s account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as ‘science fiction’. Reference HC $40.00

THE INNER MAN: THE LIFE OF J.G. BALLARD HC

$49.99

BAXTER, Stephen The wall that Ana’s people built (see Stone Spring, $22.99) has long outlasted her and history has been changed. The British Isles are still one with the European mainland and Doggerland has become a vibrant and rich land. So rich that it has drawn the attention of the Greeks. An invasion is mounted and soon Greek Biremes are grinding ashore on a coastline we never knew and the world will be changed for ever. Alternate history TP $32.99

MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES 11: LAST BREATH CAINE, Rachel YA vampire

PBK

$16.95

SCIENCE FICTION MASTERWORKS: RUR & WAR WITH THE NEWTS CAPEK, Karel Science fiction

BEAR, Elizabeth This third book in Bear’s Edda of Burdens series picks up immediately after the end of All the Windwracked Stars ($16.95). Cathoair, now an Einherjar, is raising his and Muire’s son near Eiledon. But danger is coming in the form of the goddess Heythe, whose revenge will not be complete until Valdyrgard is finally a dead world. “Bear’s ability to create breathtaking variations on ancient themes and make them new and brilliant is, perhaps, unparalleled in the genre.” - Library Journal Fantasy PBK $16.95

THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS BELL, Aiden Born into a crumbling society plagued by zombies, all 15-yearold Temple knows is to kill or be killed. When she is assaulted at a safe house, she murders her attacker and goes on the run. Zombie PBK $21.99

ANGELS OF VENGEANCE TP

$32.99

THE TRAITOR’S DAUGHTER BRANDON, Paula On the Veiled Isles, ominous signs are apparent to those with the talent to read them. The polarity of magic is wavering at its source, heralding a vast upheaval poised to alter the very balance of nature. Blissfully unaware of the cataclysmic events to come, Jianna Belandor, the beautiful, privileged daughter of a powerful Faerlonnish overlord, has only one concern: the journey to meet her prospective husband. “Compellingly complex motivations and character dynamics mark Paula Brandon’s welcome debut.” - Jacqueline Carey Fantasy TP $26.95

HEART OF STEEL PBK

$26.95

TP

$19.95

AUTOMATON DAVIES, Cheryl L. A remote island. An android population existing only to entertain. Their lives broadcast around the clock and around the globe. Their actions dictated by their owners. It’s the world’s biggest game played by thousands. Welcome to Gameworld. Dean 3012 is a good guy living on the Island. He loves his girlfriend, Lily, and with their first baby on the way, life is perfect. But when things take a sinister turn, the couple is plunged into a world of darkness and despair. Science fiction TP $21.95

COURTS OF THE FEY PBK

$22.99

DAVIS, Russell (Editor) Fantasy anthology

PBK

$16.95

PATHFINDER CARD, Orson Scott Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg’s strange talent for seeing the paths of people’s pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept about Rigg’s own past, his identity, and his destiny. YA fantasy PBK $14.99

THE WARLOCK’S SHADOW

OBERNEWTYN 06: THE SENDING

THE EXEGESIS OF PHILIP K. DICK

CARMODY, Isobelle Fantasy

TP

$32.95

THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF CASSIDY, Dakota When Mary Andrews gets bitten by a mangy mutt, her hair darkens, the hair on her legs starts growing at an alarming rate, and her mood swings jeopardize her job. Then a drool-worthy man shows up claiming that he accidentally bit her because he’s a werewolf. Paranormal romance PBK $16.95

CAST, P.C. The previous, Awakened, is now in paperback ($16.99). YA fantasy TP $24.99

ANCIENT BLADES 03: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES CHANDLER, David Fantasy

PBK

DEAS, Stephen “Sequel to The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice ($16.99), The Warlock’s Shadow drags the reader back in to the nocturnal and dangerous world of Berren, orphan and reluctant hero. Perfect for readers of Trudi Canavan and Robin Hobb.” – publisher’s blurb YA fantasy PBK $22.99

DICK, Philip K. Here, Dick documents his eight-year attempt to fathom what he called “2-3-74,” a postmodern visionary experience of the entire universe “transformed into information.” “A great and calamitous sequence of arguments with the universe: poignant, terrifying, ludicrous, and brilliant. The Exegesis is the sort of book associated with legends and madmen, but Dick wasn’t a legend and he wasn’t mad. He lived among us, and was a genius.” - Jonathan Lethem Reference HC $59.95

DELILAH STREET 05: VIRTUAL VIRGIN

$24.99

CHARLTON, Blake In a world where one’s magical prowess is determined by one’s skill with words and ability to spell, Nicodemus is a wizardly apprentice afflicted by a curse that causes him to misspell magical texts. Now, the demon who cursed him has hatched a conspiracy to force Nicodemus to change language and ultimately use it to destroy all human life. The first in the series, Spellwright ($24.99), has got great customer feedback. Fantasy TP $29.99

ASCENDENT STARS

THE SEA THY MISTRESS

BROOK, Meljean Paranormal romance

D’ARC, Bianca Paranormal romance

SPELLBOUND

BRONZE SUMMER

BIRMINGHAM, John Alternate history

DEAD ALERT

BROWNE, S.G. Frustrated with his endless parade of drug addicts and career politicians, Fate has to watch Destiny guide her people to Nobel Peace Prizes and Super Bowl MVPs. To make matters worse, he has a fivehundred-year-old feud with Death, and his best friends are Sloth and Gluttony. And worst of all? He’s fallen in love with a human. Fantasy PBK $22.99

HOUSE OF NIGHT 09: DESTINED

IN OTHER WORLDS

BAXTER, John Biography

FATED

COBLEY, Michael Battle-ready factions converge above Darien, all with the same objective. The goal is control over this newly-discovered planet and access to the powerful weapons at its heart. The third in the Humanity’s Fires series, after Seeds of Earth and Orphaned Worlds ($19.99 each). Science fiction TP $32.99

SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF THE NIGHT COOK, Glen Piper Hecht’s first and greatest secret is that he knows how to kill gods. What’s not a secret is that he knows how to win wars. The sequel to The Tyranny of the Night and Lord of the Silent Kingdom ($16.95 each). Fantasy PBK $16.95

GRIMNOIR 02: SPELLBOUND

DOUGLAS, Carole Nelson Urban fantasy

PBK

CLOCKWORK ROCKET EGAN, Greg As a child, Yalda witnesses one of a series of strange meteors, the Hurtlers, that are entering the planetary system at an immense, unprecedented speed. It becomes apparent that her world is in imminent danger - and the task of dealing with the Hurtlers will require knowledge and technology far beyond anything her civilization has yet achieved. Science fiction TP $29.95

DARKEST DAWN FEEHAN, Christine An omnibus of the novellas Dark Secret and Dark Hunger. Paranormal romance TP $27.95

CHAOSWAR 01: A KINGDOM BESIEGED FEIST, Raymond Fantasy

TP

FFORDE, Jasper A long time ago magic faded away, leaving behind only yo-yos, the extremely useful compass-pointing-to-North enchantment and the spell that keep bicycles from falling over. Things are about to change. Magical power is on the rise and King Snodd IV of Hereford has realised that he who controls magic controls almost anything. One person stands between Snodd and his plans for power and riches beyond the wildest dreams of avarice. Meet Jennifer Strange, sixteen-year-old acting manager of Kazam, the employment agency for sorcerers and soothsayers. YA fantasy TP $22.99

1635: THE EASTERN FRONT FLINT, Eric Alternate history

PBK

THE HUMAN BLEND

PLAYER ONE

THE NIGHTWALKERS: ADAM

COUPLAND, Douglas A story set over five hours an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Fiction PBK $19.95

FRANK, Jacquelyn Paranormal romance

DANE, Laura Someone is illegally siphoning magic from the font of the Clan. When Meriel Owen, next in line to control the largest organization of witches in the country, discovers that it’s the hot owner of a notorious underground club, she strokes an unusual deal that may plunge them all into the heart of darkness. Paranormal romance PBK $16.95

$32.99

SONG OF THE QUARKBEAST

CORREIA, Larry The Grimnoir Society’s mission is to protect people with magic, and they’ve done so since the mysterious arrival of the Power in the 1850s. But when a magical assassin makes an attempt on the life of President Franklin Roosevelt, the crime is pinned on the Grimnoir. The sequel to Hard Magic ($26.95), which has got great feedback. Fantasy noir HC $39.95

HEART OF DARKNESS

$16.95

$16.95

FOSTER, Alan Dean “In this first novel of a thrilling new series set in the near future, Foster reveals a place where criminals are punished through genetic engineering and body manipulation—and poses profound questions about what it means to be human.” – publisher’s blurb Science fiction TP $26.95

PBK

$16.95

TRIPTYCH FREY, J.M. “Time travel, aliens, and the politics of sexuality combine with tragic violence in Frey’s deeply satisfying debut. Aliens seeking refuge from their broken planet find it on peaceful Earth. Gwen Pierson and Basil Grey work for the U.N., helping the aliens to integrate. When alien Kalp joins their team, they learn that Kalp’s people mate in threes, and soon the trio become the first humanalien marriage. Violent protests and assassinations threaten to unravel the fragile trust between the refugees and their human

Science Fiction & Fantasy November 2011 hosts, so Gwen and Basil follow the assassins back in time to the 1980s, where Gwen’s parents are still adjusting to raising newborn Gwen.” – Publisher’s Weekly Science fiction TP $34.95

COURTING DARKNESS GALENORN, Yasmine The new D’Artigo sisters novel. Paranormal romance PBK

$16.95

GIDEON, Nancy Paranormal romance

PBK

$16.95

NEW CTHULHU: THE RECENT WEIRD GURAN, Paula (Editor) A stellar selection of Cthulhiana from Neil Gaiman, Caitlin Kiernan, China Mieville, Sarah Monette, Kim Newman, Cherie Priest, Michael Marshall Smith, Charles Stross and many more. Cthulhiana TP $27.95

ALIEN CONTACT HALPERN, Marty (Editor) Science fiction anthology

TP

PBK

$19.99

KILLING RITES HANOVER, M.L.N. Urban fantasy

PBK

$16.95

THE DOOMSDAY VAULT HARPER, Steven In a clockwork Brittania, Alice’s prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale. Fantasy PBK $16.95

SOUL BEACH HARRISON, Kate When Alice Forster receives an email from her dead sister she assumes it must be a sick practical joke. Then an invitation arrives to the virtual world of Soul Beach, an idyllic online paradise of sun, sea and sand where Alice can finally talk to her sister again - and discover a new world of friendships, secrets and maybe even love... But why is Soul Beach only inhabited by the young, the beautiful and the dead? YA science fiction PBK $22.99

A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS HAUF, M. & LONDON, L. & PINEIRO, C. & MORGAN, A. Paranormal romance PBK $16.95

TIGER’S VOYAGE HOUCK, Colleen Romantic fantasy

PBK

$16.99

JOHANNES CABAL: THE FEAR INSTITUTE HOWARD, Jonathan L. Johannes Cabal and his rather inexact powers of necromancy are purchased by The Fear Institute as they hunt for the Phobic Animus the embodiment of fear. Soon they find themselves pursued by walking trees plagued with giant ticks, stone men that patrol the ruins of their castles, cats that feed on human flesh and phobias which torment and devastate. The intrepid explorers are killed off one by one as they traipse through this obfuscating and frustrating world, where history itself appears to alter. Cabal, annoyed that the quest is becoming increasingly heroic, finds himself alone with the Institute’s only remaining survivor, and after a shockingly violent experiment, begins to suspect that not everything is quite as it seems... Fantasy TP $26.99

GALES 02: THE WILD WAYS HUFF, Tanya Fantasy

HC

$39.95

THE OTHER HUGHES, Matthew Meet Luff Imbry, an insidiously clever confidence man. He likes good wine, good food, and good stolen goods, and he always maintains the upper hand. When a business rival gets the drop on him, he finds himself abandoned on Fulda—a far-off, isolated world with a history of its own. “Superlative. A droll narrative voice, dry humor, and an alternative universe that’s accessible without excessive exposition.” - Publishers Weekly Fantasy TP $26.95

UNDER ATTACK JAYNE, Hannah Sophie Lawson is a human immune to magic, which comes in handy for helping paranormal beings transition into everyday life. But fallen angel Alex Grace and his search for the Vessel of Souls is one curse she never saw coming. Suddenly an unexplainable string of killings and destruction has even San Francisco’s demons fearing for their immortal lives. And Sophie isn’t about to trust Alex’s all-toovulnerable charm or his secret agenda. Urban fantasy PBK $16.95

THEFT OF SWORDS

NEUMEIER, Rachel An omnibus of Lord of the Changing Winds, Land of the Burning Sands and Law of the Broken Earth. Fantasy TP $29.99

500 KINGDOMS: BEAUTY AND THE WEREWOLF

NORTON, Andre An omnibus of the two novels concluding the Moonsinger series: Flight to Yiktor, and Dare to Go A-Hunting Science fiction TP $22.95

SULLIVAN, Michael J. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles—until they are hired to pilfer a famed sword. What appears to be just a simple job finds them framed for the murder of the king and trapped in a conspiracy that uncovers a plot far greater than the mere overthrow of a tiny kingdom. This is getting great reviews and the next in the series is Rise of Empire ($26.95). Fantasy TP $26.95

GREEN 02: ENDURANCE

ALL THAT LIVES MUST DIE

UTOPIA

LAKE, Jay Fantasy

NYLUND, Eric Fantasy

PBK

HC

HC

$39.95

$42.95

MABERRY, Jonthan Zombie

MOONSINGER’S QUEST

PBK

$17.95

INHERITANCE 04: INHERITANCE

DUST AND DECAY PBK

$16.99

PAOLINI, Christopher YA fantasy

NIGHT TRACKER 05: VAMPIRES DEAD AHEAD

SNUFF

MCCRAY, Cheyenne Urban fantasy

PRATCHETT, Terry Discworld

PBK

$16.95

TP/HC

HC

$29.95/$45.00

$39.99

BROKEN BLADE

THE ISLANDERS

MCCULLOUGH, Kelly Once a fabled Blade of Namara, Aral Kingslayer fought for justice and his goddess alongside his familiar, a living shadow called Triss. Now with their goddess murdered and her temple destroyed, they are among the last of their kind. Surviving on the fringes of society, Aral becomes a drunken, broken, and wanted man, working whatever shadowy deal comes his way. Until a mysterious woman hires him to deliver a secret message-one that can either redeem him or doom him. Fantasy PBK $16.95

PRIEST, Christopher The Dream Archipelago is a vast network of islands. Some islands have been sculpted into vast musical instruments, others are home to lethal creatures, others the playground for high society. Hot winds blow across the archipelago and a war fought between two distant continents is played out across its waters. The Islanders serves both as an untrustworthy but enticing guide to the islands, an intriguing, multi-layered tale of a murder and the suspect legacy of its appealing but definitely untrustworthy narrator. Science fiction TP $32.99

COMING OF THE WHIRLPOOL

DARKNESS DESCENDING

MCGAHAN, Andrew Young Dow Amber is no sailor. But driven by a strange sea-longing he ventures down to the great grim bay known as the Claw. He hopes to learn there of seafaring, but he finds only a fearful people who scarcely dare sail at all, for they have been cursed by a monstrous whirlpool that haunts the bay, stealing away their sons. Then the rulers of all the world - the proud and cruel Ship Kings - arrive in the Claw. Dow is fascinated by their fine tall vessels, and even more so by a mysterious girl who lives aboard their flagship. YA fantasy HC $22.99

QUINN, Devyn Paranormal romance

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE MCHUGH, Maureen A collection of nine stories, six of them first published from 2006 to 2010, the other three, including the title novella, original to this book. Publishers Weekly have included the book on their top best books of 2011: “McHugh puts a human face on global disaster in nine fierce, wry, stark, beautiful stories.” McHugh is one of our finest exponents of humanist science fiction – recommended. Collection TP $27.95

SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH MARTIN, George R.R. & DOZOIS, G. (Editors) Romantic fantasy anthology PBK

$16.95

SOCIETY OF STEAM 02: HEARTS OF SMOKE AND STEAM MAYER, Andrew P. Fantasy

TP

$27.95

BLACK LIGHT MELTON, DUNSTAN & ROMANO If you have a supernatural problem that won’t go away, you need Buck Carlsbad: private eye, exorcist, and last resort. Buck has spent years looking deep into the Blacklight on the other side of death, trying to piece together the mystery that destroyed his family and left him for dead. When Buck takes a call from a billionaire, and finds himself working the most harrowing case of his career. Paranormal thriller TP $29.99

TP

$24.95

THE HUNTER MEYERS, Theresa “The start of an exciting new steampunk paranormal romance trilogy, which follows three brothers as they battle to find and protect their father’s piece of the missing Book of Legend, while falling in love with the paranormal heroines along the way.” – publisher’s blurb Paranormal romance PBK $16.95

MODESITT, L.E. Also, the collection, Viewpoints Critical, is now in mass market paperback ($17.95). Fantasy HC $42.95

ALLIE BECKSTROM 07: MAGIC ON THE LINE

$19.99

FIRE WORKS IN THE HAMPTONS JEROME, Celia Graphic novelist Willow Tate has a paranormal talent for “drawing” beings from the realm of Faerie into our world. So why did she foolishly make the hero of her next book a fire wizard? Now she must contend with a rash of “fire” flies, a gorgeous firefighter, and an arsonist who seems determined to set East Hampton ablaze. Urban fantasy PBK $16.95

MOODY, David Zombie

PBK

$16.95

TP

$26.95

$29.99

THEME PLANET REMIC, Andy Welcome to Theme Planet, an entire alien world dedicated to insane rides, excessive hedonism and dangerous adventure. Amba Miskalov is an Anarchy Android, an assassin/torture model fitted with a Quantell Systems v4.7 KillChip. She is beautiful, merciless and deadly, and blends perfectly with her human superiors. Sent to Theme Planet on a dangerous assassination mission, Amba stumbles upon a plot to undermine and destroy Earth’s all-powerful Oblivion Government. Science fiction PBK $16.95

ROBSON, Justina Lila Black faces her greatest challenge as she takes herself, her dead lover and the AI in her head into death’s realm. This very entertaining series begins with Keeping it Real ($22.99). Science fiction/fantasy PBK $22.99

ROMERO, George Zombie

TP

$24.95

PBK

$16.95

PBK

$16.95

TP

$29.99

AFRIKA REICH SAVILLE, Guy 1952. It is more than a decade since the Dunkirk fiasco marked the end of Britain’s war and an uneasy peace with Hitler. Britain and the Nazis have divided Africa but now the demonic plans of Walter Hochburg, architect of Nazi Africa, threaten Britain’s colonies. Ex-mercenary Burton Cole grabs the chance to settle an old score with Hochburg. Alternate history thriller PBK $19.99

HC

$39.95

THE SLEEPING ARMY SIMON, Francesca Freya is an ordinary girl living in modern Britain, but with a twist: people still worship the Viking gods. YA fantasy HC $22.99

SINGH, Nalini Paranormal romance

HC

$39.95

TP

$26.95

PBK

$16.95

WEIRD VANDERMEER, Ann & Jeff (Editors) From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird and amongst its practitioners number some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Bracketed between a Foreweird by Michael Moorcock and an Afterweird by China Miéville, here are 1152 pages of stories by just about everyone you can imagine, classic and contemporary. Recommended. Fantasy anthology TP $39.99

KYNDRED: NIGHTSHINE VIEHL, Lynn Paranormal romance

PBK

$16.95

PBK

$19.99

LOVER UNLEASHED WARD, J.R. Paranormal romance

OTHERS 11: NOT YOUR ORDINARY FAERIE TALE WARREN, Christine Paranormal romance

PBK

$16.95

WHITE, Steve Science fiction

HC

$39.95

PBK

$16.95

DEATH MAGIC WILKS, Eileen Paranormal romance

PBK

WILLIAMS, Tad Fantasy

PBK

$22.99

WILSON, F. Paul Paranormal thriller

PBK

$16.95

SON OF HEAVEN

MISTBORN 04: ALLOY OF LAW

SHIELDS, Charles J. Biography

TURTLEDOVE, Harry Alternate history collection

REPAIRMAN JACK: FATAL ERROR

JILL KISMET 06: ANGEL TOWN SAINTCROW, Lilith Urban fantasy

ATLANTIS AND OTHER PLACES

SHADOWMARCH 04: SHADOWHEART

BEYOND THE DARKNESS RUSH, Jamie Paranormal romance

TOWFIK, Ahmed Khaled A grim futuristic account of Egyptian society in the year 2023, Utopia takes readers on a chilling journey beyond the gated communities of the North Coast where the wealthy are insulated from the bleakness of life outside the walls. When a young man and a girl break out from this bubble of affluence in order to see for themselves the lives of their impoverished fellow Egyptians they are confronted by a world that they had not imagined possible. “Far more convincing a depiction of a nightmarish future even than A Clockwork Orange, Utopia is a miniature masterpiece.” – The Independent Science fiction HC $37.95

WOLF AMONG THE STARS

DOWN TO THE BONE

$16.95

WAR IN HEAVEN

CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES 05: DRINK DEEP NEILL, Chloe Paranormal romance

TP

KISS OF SNOW

IQ84 MURAKAMI, Haruki Fiction

RANKIN, Robert Fantasy

AND SO IT GOES: KURT VONNEGUT: A LIFE

IMAGER 04: SCHOLAR

MONK, Devon Fantasy

$12.95

THE MECHANICAL MESSIAH AND OTHER MARVELS OF THE MODERN AGE

SANDERSON, Brandon Fantasy

GIRL WITH THE GRANITE HEART MENDEN, A.J. Paranormal romance

PBK

DAWN OF THE DEAD

AUTUMN: DISINTEGRATION

DREAM HUNTER 04: GUARDIAN KENYON, Sherrilyn Paranormal romance

GRFFIN MAGE

KING, Stephen 11/22/63, the date that Kennedy was shot – unless… King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a journey back to 1958. Alternate history TP $32.99

$27.95

HIT LIST HAMILTON, Laurell K. Paranormal romance

11.22.63

LACKEY, Mercedes Romantic fantasy

HUNTER OF SHADOWS

(Continued)

SMITH, Gavin G. “Veteran ($22.99) was a slam-bang dive into a violent SF future. Now things get serious. This high-powered sequel sees takes the reader back into a vividly rendered bleak future. But a bleak future where there are still wonders: man travelling out into the universe, Blade Runner-esque cities hanging from the ceilings of vast caverns, aliens that we can barely comprehend.” – publisher’s blurb. Science fiction TP $32.99

WINGROVE, David 2085: Jake Reed finds himself forcibly incorporated into the everexpanding ‘World of Levels’ a global city of 34 billion. Here, a resurgent China is seeking to abolish the past and bring about world peace through rigidly enforced order. The new title is Daylight on Iron Mountain (TP, $29.99) Science fiction PBK $14.99

WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW 09: INITIATE’S TRIAL WURTS, Janny Fantasy

PBK

$32.99

HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE YU, Charles With only TAMMY - a slightly tearful computer - and an imaginary dog called Ed for company, fixing time machines is a lonely business and Charles Yu is stuck in a rut. Perhaps it’s no surprise that when he meets his future self, he shoots him in the stomach. And that’s a beginner’s mistake for a time machine repairman. Science fiction PBK $19.99

SEED ZIEGLER, Rob “The near-future United States of Ziegler’s impressive debut is dominated by Satori, a bioengineering megacorporation only nominally answerable to the weak government that distributes Satori’s genetically modified seed stock to migrants in a land ravaged by climate change. When Satori engineer Pihadassa, the seeds developer, goes rogue, agent Sienna Doss heads out to capture her and persuade her to work for the government… Fans weary of common postapocalyptic tropes will greatly appreciate Ziegler’s imaginative world-building, vivid writing, and compelling and racially diverse cast full of unique voices.” – Publisher’s Weekly Science fiction HC $39.95

COBRA GUARDIAN ZAHN, Timothy Science fiction

PBK

$16.95