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LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: MAY 2022

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: MAY 2022

  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Eyes of the Void • Orbit US, May 2022 (1st US, tp)
  • JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance • Rebellion/ Solaris, May 2022 (eb, tp)
  • NEAL ASHER • Weaponized • Macmillan/Tor UK, May 2022 (eb, hc)
  • DEREK KÜNSKEN • House of Styx • Rebellion/Solaris, May 2022 (eb, tp)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Eversion • Orion/Gollancz, May 2022 (eb, hc)
  • CASSANDRA ROSE CLARKE • Singing with the Devil • Harlequin/ Carina Press, May 2022 (eb)
  • HOLLY BLACK • Book of Night • Tor, May 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY • Kagen the Damned • St. Martin’s Griffin, May 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER RICE • Decimate • Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, May 2022 (h, hc, tp, eb)
  • KATHLEEN O’NEAL GEAR • The Ice Ghost • DAW, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SIMON JIMENEZ • The Spear Cuts Through Water • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • GUY GAVRIEL KAY • All the Seas of the World • Penguin Random House/Berkley, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SHARON LEE & STEVE MILLER • Fair Trade • Baen, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER MOORE • Razzmatazz • HarperCollins/Morrow, May 2022 (hc, eb)
  • GUY GAVRIEL KAY • All the Seas of the World • Hodder & Stoughton, May 2022 (hc)
  • CHRISTOPHER ROWE • These Prisoning Hills • Tordotcom, May 2022 (na, tp, eb)
  • TADE THOMPSON • The Legacy of Molly Southbourne • Tordotcom, May 2022 (na, h, tp, eb)
  • NGHI VO • Siren Queen • Tordotcom, May 2022 (na, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Someone in Time: Tales of TimeCrossed Romance • Rebellion/ Solaris US, May 2022 (oa, tp, eb)
  • PIERS ANTHONY • Six Crystal Princesses • Open Road, May 2022 (tp, hc, eb)
  • D.J. BUTLER • Abbott in Darkness • Baen, May 2022 (tp, eb)
  • HOLLY BLACK • Book of Night • Penguin Random House UK/Del Rey UK, May 2022 (tp, eb, hc)
  • ANDREW CALDECOTT • Momenticon • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, May 2022 (tp, eb, hc)
  • DHONIELLE CLAYTON • The Marvellers • Macmillan/Holt, May 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN • Blacktongue Thief • Orion/Gollancz, May 2022
  • SAM J. MILLER • Boys • Beasts, & Men, Tachyon Publications, May 2022 (c, tp, eb)

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: APRIL 2022

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: APRIL 2022

  • JOHN KESSEL • The Dark Ride • Subterranean Press, Apr 2022 (c, hc)
  • BRANDON SANDERSON • Skyward Flight • Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2022 (c, eb, hc)
  • JAMES BARCLAY • The Queen’s Assassin • Orion/ Gollancz, Apr 2022 (eb, tp)
  • MARY GENTLE • The Landing • Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2022 (eb, tp)
  • JENN LYONS • The Discord of Gods • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2022 (eb, hc)
  • TIM PRATT • Prison of Sleep • Angry Robot, Apr 2022 (eb, tp)
  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Eyes of the Void • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2022 (eb, hc)
  • JOHN CROWLEY • Flint and Mirror • Tor, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • JENNIFER EGAN • The Candy House • Simon & Schuster/Scribner, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • JOHN M. FORD • Aspects • Tor, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • W. MICHAEL GEAR • Implacable Alpha • DAW, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • NICOLA GRIFFITH • Spear • Tordotcom, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • T. KINGFISHER • Nettle & Bone • Tor, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • MARK LAWRENCE • The Girl and the Moon • Ace, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • JENN LYONS • The Discord of Gods • Tor, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL • Sea of Tranquility • Penguin Random House/Knopf, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • ADAM OYEBANJI • Braking Day • DAW, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • REBECCA ROANHORSE • Fevered Star • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • WEN SPENCER • Harbinger • Baen, Apr 2022 (hc, eb)
  • T. KINGFISHER • Nettle & Bone • Titan, Apr 2022 (hc)
  • MARK LAWRENCE • The Girl and the Moon • Harper Voyager, Apr 2022 (hc)
  • PAUL CORNELL • Rosebud • Tordotcom, Apr 2022 (na, tp, eb)
  • FONDA LEE • The Jade Setter of Janloon • Subterranean Press, Apr 2022 (na, hc, eb)
  • JANE LINDSKOLD • Aurora Borealis Bridge • Baen, Apr 2022 (tp, eb)
  • TIM PRATT • Prison of Sleep • Angry Robot US, Apr 2022 (tp, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak • Titan, Apr 2022 (tp)
  • PETER McLEAN • Priest of Crowns • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Apr 2022 (tp)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Inhibitor Phase • Orion/Gollancz, Apr 2022 (tp)
  • REBECCA ROANHORSE • Fevered Star • Rebellion/Solaris, Apr 2022 (tp)
  • GWENDA BOND • The Date from Hell • St. Martin’s Griffin, Apr 2022 (v, hc, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Dreams Bigger than Heartbreak • Tor Teen, Apr 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • DANIEL PINKWATER • Crazy in Poughkeepsie • Tachyon Publications, Apr 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • NEIL GAIMAN & P. CRAIG RUSSELL • Norse Mythology • Volume 2, Dark Horse Books, Apr 2022 (gn, art, hc, eb)
  • DAVID DALGLISH • The Bladed Faith • Little, Brown UK/ Orbit, Apr 2022 (tp)
  • LUKE ARNOLD • One Foot in the Fade • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Apr 2022 (tp)

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: MARCH 2022

LOCUS FORTHCOMING BOOKS: MARCH 2022

  • GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, ED. • Wild Cards: Three Kings • Tor, Mar 2022 (1st US, oa, hc, eb)
  • RAMSEY CAMPBELL • The Way of the Worm • Flame Tree Press US, Mar 2022 (1st US, h, hc, tp, eb)
  • JAMES S.A. COREY • Memory’s Legion • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2022 (c, eb, hc)
  • JAMES S.A. COREY • Memory’s Legion • Orbit US, Mar 2022 (c, hc, eb)
  • JOHN LANGAN • Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies • Word Horde, Mar 2022 (c, tp, eb)
  • SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL • Play of Shadows • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Mar 2022 (eb, hc)
  • CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO • Kingdoms of Death • Orion/Gollancz, Mar 2022 (eb, tp)
  • JOHN SCALZI • The Kaiju Preservation Society • Macmillan/Tor UK, Mar 2022 (eb, hc)
  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Ogres • Rebellion/Solaris, Mar 2022 (eb, hc)
  • KHAN WONG • The Circus Infinite • Angry Robot, Mar 2022 (eb, tp)
  • MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA • The Assassins of Consequence • DAW, Mar 2022 (eb)
  • TODD MCCAFFREY • The King’s Ghosts • Foxxe Frey, Mar 2022 (eb)
  • T.L. HUCHU • Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments • Tor, Mar 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • GRAHAM MASTERTON • The Soul Stealer • Head of Zeus/Aries, Mar 2022 (h, hc)
  • ANGELA SLATTER • The Bone Lantern • PS Publishing/Absinthe Press, Mar 2022 (h, na, hc)
  • ANNE BISHOP • Crowbones • Ace, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • PATRICIA BRIGGS • Soul Taken • Ace, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • MAURICE BROADDUS • Sweep of Stars • Tor, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • A. LEE MARTINEZ • Constance Verity Destroys the Universe • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SYLVAIN NEUVEL • Until the Last of Me • Tordotcom, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO • Kingdoms of Death • DAW, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • JOHN SCALZI • The Kaiju Preservation Society • Tor, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • PENG SHEPHERD • The Cartographers • HarperCollins/Morrow, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Ogres • Rebellion/Solaris US, Mar 2022 (hc, eb)
  • V.E. SCHWAB • Gallant • Titan, Mar 2022 (hc) SLATTER, A.G.
  • SAAD Z. HOSSAIN • Kundo Wakes Up • Tordotcom, Mar 2022 (na, tp, eb)
  • K.J. PARKER • The Long Game • Subterranean Press, Mar 2022 (na, hc, eb)
  • CHARLES STROSS • Escape from Yokai Land • Tordotcom, Mar 2022 (na, hc, eb)
  • SARAH TOLMIE • All the Horses of Iceland • Tordotcom, Mar 2022 (na, tp, eb)
  • TAD WILLIAMS • The Deathless Prince and the Peach Maiden • Hodder & Stoughton, Mar 2022 (na, hc)
  • YU CHEN & REGINA KANYU WANG, EDS. • The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories • Tordotcom, Mar 2022 (oa, tp, eb)
  • CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG • Star Father • Amazon/47North, Mar 2022 (tp, eb)
  • SEANAN MCGUIRE • Spelunking Through Hell • DAW, Mar 2022 (tp, eb)
  • PREMEE MOHAMED • The Void Ascendant • Rebellion/ Solaris US, Mar 2022 (tp, eb)
  • HAN WONG • The Circus Infinite • Angry Robot US, Mar 2022 (tp, eb)
  • A. LEE MARTINEZ • Constance Verity Destroys the Universe • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Mar 2022 (tp)
  • PREMEE MOHAMED • The Void Ascendant • Rebellion/ Solaris, Mar 2022 (tp)
  • S.J. MORDEN • The Flight of the Aphrodite • Orion/ Gollancz, Mar 2022 (tp)
  • LAURIE FOREST • The Demon Tide • Harlequin/Inkyard Press, Mar 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • V.E. SCHWAB • Gallant • HarperCollins/Greenwillow, Mar 2022 (ya, hc, eb)

 The N3F Review of Books

From the N3F :  The N3F Review of Books, Incorporating Prose Bono
Professor George Phillies, D.Sc., Editor
February 2022

Fiction
2 … A City of Ghosts by Betsy Phillips … Review by Tom Feller
2 … All Things Huge And Hideous by G. Scott Huggins … Review by Graham Bradley
3 … The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins ….Review by Graham Bradley
5 … Between Home and Ruin by Karl K. Gallagher … Review by Declan Finn
7 … Between Planets by Robert Heinlein … Review by Chris Nuttall
10 … Chalk by N.R. LaPoint …. Review by Michael Gallagher
13 … Flight of Vengeance by Andre Norton with P.M. Griffin & Mary Schaub …
Review by Caroline Furlong
15 … Good to the Last Drop by Declan Finn … Review by Ginger Man
17 … Grave Injustice by Allen Goodner … Review by Declan Finn
19 … Hell Spawn by Declan Finn … Review by Michael Gallagher
21 … Invasion: Contact: Book One by David Ryker … Review by Jim McCoy
23 … Jesus/Crawdad/Death by Betsy Phillips … Review by Tom Feller
23 … League of Angels by Thomas Tan … Review by Caroline Furlong
25 … Lost Souls by Tim Rangnow … Review by Becky Jones
26 … Mamelukes by Jerry Pournelle … Review by Pay Patterson
27 … Maxwell Cain: Burrito Avenger … Review by Declan Finn
31 … Overlook by Jon Mollison … Review by Ginger Man
32 … Overlooked Again by Jon Mollison … Review by Ginger Man
34 … Planetary Anthology Series: PLUTO Edited by Dawn Witzke and Richard Paolinelli …
Review by Pat Patterson
37 … Son of Cayn by Stormy McDonald, Alan Isom and Jason McDonald …
Review by Jim McCoy
39 … Terra Nova: The Wars of Liberation by Tom Kratman and Company …
Review by Pat Patterson
41 … The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger … Review by Will Mayo
41 … To End in Fire by David Weber and Eric Flint … Review by Jason P. Hunt
42 … The Undertakers by Nicole Glover … Review by Mindy Hunt
43 … The Widowmaker by Mike Resnick … Review by Michael Gallagher
Literary Criticism
46 … Fiction House: From Pulps to Panels, From Jungles to Space by Mitch Maglio …
Review by Jon Swartz, N3F Historian
FINIS

 

Locus Forthcoming Books: FEB 2022

Locus Forthcoming Books: FEB 2022

  • N.K. JEMISIN • The Awakened Kingdom and Other Stories • Subterranean Press, Feb 2022 (1st US, c, hc)
  • JAMES D. JENKINS & RYAN CAGLE, EDS. • The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories • Volume 2, Valancourt Books, Feb 2022 (an, tp, hc, eb)
  • SHARON LEE & STEVE MILLER • A Liaden Universe Constellation • Volume 5, Baen, Feb 2022 (c, tp, eb)
  • GAIL CARRIGER • Delightfully Deadly • Subterranean Press, Feb 2022 (c, hc)
  • R. LIONEL ANTHORPE • The Fanthorpe Collection • PS Publishing, Feb 2022 (c, hc)
  • TIM LEBBON • All Nightmare Long • PS Publishing, Feb 2022 (c, hc
  • ADAM ROBERTS • The This • Orion/Gollancz, Feb 2022 (eb, hc)
  • STEPHEN DEAS • The House of Cats and Gulls • Angry Robot, Feb 2022 (eb, tp)
  • ADAM ROBERTS • The This • Orion/Gollancz, Feb 2022 (eb, hc)
  • NEIL GAIMAN & COLLEEN DORAN • Chivalry • Dark Horse Books, Feb 2022 (gn, art, hc)
  • DELIL AH S. DAWSON • The Violence • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Feb 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • STEPHEN KING & RICHARD CHIZMAR • Gwendy’s Final Task • Cemetery Dance Publications, Feb 2022 (h, hc)
  • THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT • Echo • Tor Nightfire, Feb 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • ANNE RICE & CHRISTOPHER RICE • Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris • Penguin Random House/Anchor, Feb 2022 (h, tp, eb)
  • TIM LEBBON • Without Walls • PS Publishing, Feb 2022 (h, hc)
  • THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT • Echo • Hodder & Stoughton, Feb 2022 (h, hc)
  • DANIEL ABRAHAM • Age of Ash • Orbit US, Feb 2022 (hc, eb)
  • LOUISA MORGAN • The Great Witch of Brittany • Orbit US/Redhook, Feb 2022 (hc, eb)
  • MARLON JAMES • Moon Witch • Spider King, Penguin Random House/Riverhead, Feb 2022 (hc, eb)
  • AXIE OH • The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea • Hodder & Stoughton, Feb 2022 (hc)
  • KATE HEARTFIELD • The Embroidered Book • Harper Voyager, Feb 2022 (hc)
  • ZORAIDA CÓRDOVA, ED. • Reclaim the Stars • St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books, Feb 2022 (oa, ya, hc, eb)
  • CAT RAMBO & JENNIFER BROZEK, EDS. • The Reinvented Heart • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Feb 2022 (oa, hc)
  • KAREN LORD • The Blue • Beautiful World, DAW, Feb 2022 (tp, eb)
  • STEPHEN DEAS • The House of Cats and Gulls • Angry Robot US, Feb 2022 (tp, eb)
  • MAX GLADSTONE • Last Exit • Tor, Feb 2022 (tp, eb)
  • ESSA HANSEN • Azura Ghost • Orbit US, Feb 2022 (tp, eb)
  • JANE LINDSKOLD • Library of the Sapphire Wind • Baen, Feb 2022 (tp, eb)
  • JULIETTE WADE • Inheritors of Power • DAW, Feb 2022 (tp, eb)
  • WALTER JON WILLIAMS • Lord Quillifer • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Feb 2022 (tp, eb) K
  • LOUISA MORGAN • The Great Witch of Brittany • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Feb 2022 (tp)
  • MARKUS HEITZ • Aera: The Return of the Ancient Gods • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Feb 2022 (tp)
  • SARAH J. MAAS • House of Sky and Breath • Bloomsbury USA, Feb 2022 (v, hc, eb)
  • ORSON SCOTT CARD • Wakers • Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Feb 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • RACHEL HARTMAN • In the Serpent’s Wake • Penguin Random House/Random House, Feb 2022 (ya, hc, eb)
  • VERONICA G. HENRY • The Quarter Storm • Amazon /47North, Feb 2022 (ya, tp, eb)

Locus Forthcoming books, Jan 2022

Locus Forthcoming books, Jan 2022

  • SHEREE R. THOMAS & PAN MORRIGAN, ET AL., EDS. • Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue • Third Man Books, Jan 2022 (an, tp)
  • V. CASTRO • Mestiza Blood • Flame Tree Press US, Jan 2022 (c, h, hc, tp, eb)
  • CHERIE PRIEST • Holy Terror • Subterranean Press, Jan 2022 (c, hc)
  • V. CASTRO • Mestiza Blood • Flame Tree Press, Jan 2022 (c, tp, hc)
  • JOHN BIRMINGHAM • The Shattered Skies • Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Jan 2022 (eb, hc)
  • LOUISE CAREY • Outcast • Orion/Gollancz, Jan 2022 (eb, tp)
  • CHARLES STROSS • Quantum of Nightmares • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jan 2022 (h, tp)
  • STEPHEN JONES, ED. • Best New Horror #31 • PS Publishing, Jan 2022 (h, hc)
  • CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN • Road of Bones • St. Martin’s, Jan 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • DEAN KOONTZ • Quicksilver • Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, Jan 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • KEVIN J. ANDERSON • Gods and Dragons • Tor, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • MIKE CHEN • Light Years from Home • Harlequin/Mira, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • KATE ELLIOTT • Servant Mage • Tordotcom, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • MERCEDES LACKEY • The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley • DAW, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SEANAN MCGUIRE • Where the Drowned Girls Go • Tordotcom, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU • How High We Go in the Dark • HarperCollins/Morrow, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • TOCHI ONYEBUCHI • Goliath • Tordotcom, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • TIM POWERS • Stolen Skies • Baen, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • CHARLES STROSS • Quantum of Nightmares • Tordotcom, Jan 2022 (hc, eb)
  • IBI ZOBOI • Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler • Penguin Random House/Dutton, Jan 2022 (nf, ya, b, hc, eb)
  • TYLER JACOBSON • The Art of Tyler Jacobson • Flesk Publications, Jan 2022 (pi, hc)
  • CASSANDRA ROSE CLARKE • The Beholden • Erewhon, Jan 2022 (tp, eb)
  • K.J. PARKER • A Practical Guide to Conquering the World • Orbit US, Jan 2022 (tp, eb)
  • K.J. PARKER • A Practical Guide to Conquering the World • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jan 2022 (tp)
  • NNEDI OKORAFOR • Akata Woman • Penguin Random House/Viking, Jan 2022 (ya, hc, eb)

LOCUS: FORTHCOMING BOOKS December 2021

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

DEC 2021

  • CHRISTOPHER FOWLER • London Bridge is Falling Down • Penguin Random House/Bantam, Dec 2021 (1st US, a, hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • The Veiled Throne • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2021 (1st US, hc, eb)
  • ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection • AudioText/Infinivox, Dec 2021 (an, tp, eb)
  • H.G. PARRY • Adonais and Other Stories • Charnel House, Dec 2021 (c, hc)
  • EUGEN BACON • Saving Shadows • NewCon Press, Dec 2021 (c, hc, eb , tp)
  • LUCIUS SHEPARD • The Best of Lucius Shepard, Vol. 2 • Subterranean Press, Dec 2021 (c, hc)
  • BRENDAN P. BELLECOURT • Absynthe • Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Dec 2021 (eb, hc)
  • PAUL WITCOVER • Lincolnstein • PS Publishing, Dec 2021 (h, hc)
  • FONDA LEE • Jade Legacy • Orbit US, Dec 2021 (hc, eb)
  • JOSH MALERMAN • Ghoul n’ the Cape • Earthling Publications, Dec 2021 (hc, eb)
  • ERIC BROWN • Enigma (with Keith Brooke) • PS Publishing, Dec 2021 (hc)
  • ANGELA SLATTER • Flight • PS Publishing, Dec 2021 (hc)
  • MIRA GRANT • Square3 • Subterranean Press, Dec 2021 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • MERCEDES LACKEY, ED. • Boundaries • DAW, Dec 2021 (oa, pb, eb)
  • GENEVIEVE COGMAN • The Untold Story • Macmillan/Pan, Dec 2021 (pb, eb)
  • BRENDAN P. BELLECOURT • Absynthe • DAW, Dec 2021 (tp, eb)
  • GENEVIEVE COGMAN • The Untold Story • Ace, Dec 2021 (tp, eb)
  • SAAD Z. HOSSAIN • Cyber Mage • Unnamed Press, Dec 2021 (tp, eb, tp)
  • BENEDICT JACKA • Risen • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Dec 2021 (tp)
  • FONDA LEE • Jade Legacy • Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Dec 2021 (tp)
  • ANN VanderMEER, ED. • The Time Traveller’s Almanac: 100 Stories Brought to You From the Future (with Jeff VanderMeer) • Head of Zeus/Apollo, Dec 2021 (tp)
  • HANNAH ABIGAIL CLARKE • The Scratch Daughters • Erewhon, Dec 2021 (ya, hc, eb)

Locus List of Forthcoming Books, November

Locus List of Forthcoming Books, November

  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Even Greater Mistakes • Tor, Nov 2021 (c, hc, eb)
  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Even Greater Mistakes • Titan, Nov 2021 (c, tp)
  • BRENDAN BELLECOURT • Absynthe • Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Nov 2021 (eb, hc)
  • MICHAEL BISHOP • A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals • Fairwood Press/Kudzu Planet Productions, Nov 2021 (c, tp, eb)
  • TOBIAS S. BUCKELL • Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Stories • Fairwood Press, Nov 2021 (c, tp, eb)
  • XUETING CHRISTINE NI • Sinopticon: New Chinese Science Fiction • Rebellion/Solaris US, Nov 2021 (an, tp, eb)
  • GENEVIEVE COGMAN • The Untold Story • Macmillan/Pan, Nov 2021 (pb, eb)
  • JAMES S.A. COREY • Leviathan Falls • Orbit US, Nov 2021 (hc, eb)
  • JAMES S.A. COREY • Leviathan Falls • Little Brown UK/Orbit, Nov 2021 (eb, hc)
  • ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Thirteen • Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Nov 2021 (an, tp, eb)
  • IAN DOUGLAS • Alien Hostiles • Harper Voyager US, Nov 2021 (1st US, pb, eb)
  • STEVEN ERIKSON • The God Is Not Willing • Tor, Nov 2021 (1st US, hc, eb)
  • DIANA GABALDON • Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone • Penguin Random House/Delacorte, Nov 2021 (hc, eb)
  • DIANA GABALDON • Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone • Penguin Random House UK/Century, Nov 2021 (eb, hc)
  • CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG • Star Mother • Amazon/47North, Nov 2021 (tp, eb)
  • GREG KEYES • Realms of the Deathless • Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Nov 2021 (tp, eb)
  • CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN • Vile Affections • Subterranean Press, Nov 2021 (c, hc, eb)
  • JOE R. LANSDALE • Radiant Apples • Subterranean Press, Nov 2021 (na, a, hc, eb)
  • FONDA LEE • Jade Legacy • Orbit US, Nov 2021 (hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • The Veiled Throne • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Nov 2021 (hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • The Veiled Throne • Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Nov 2021 (eb, hc)
  • KEN MacLEOD • Beyond the Hallowed Sky • Little Brown UK/Orbit, Nov 2021 (tp)
  • NICK MAMATAS • The Second Shooter • Rebellion/Solaris US, Nov 2021 (h, tp, eb)
  • NICK MAMATAS • The Second Shooter • Rebellion/Solaris, Nov 2021 (tp)
  • MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA • A Constabulary of One • DAW, Nov 2021 (tp, eb)
  • IAN McDONALD • The Locomotives’ Graveyard • PS Publishing, Nov 2021 (na, hc)
  • IAN McDONALD • Mars Stories • PS Publishing, Nov 2021 (c, na, hc)
  • KIM NEWMAN • Something More Than Night • Titan Books US, Nov 2021 (h, tp, eb)
  • KIM NEWMAN • Something More than Night • Titan, Nov 2021 (h, tp)
  • XUETING CHRISTINE NI • Sinopticon: New Chinese Science Fiction • Rebellion/Solaris, Nov 2021 (eb, tp)
  • GARTH NIX • Terciel and Elinor • HarperCollins/Tegen Books, Nov 2021 (ya, hc, eb)
  • GARTH NIX • Terciel and Elinor • Hot Key Books, Nov 2021 (ya, tp, hc)
  • NNEDI OKORAFOR • Noor • DAW, Nov 2021 (hc, eb)
  • K.J. PARKER • A Practical Guide to Conquering the World • Orbit US, Nov 2021 (tp, eb)
  • BRANDON SANDERSON • Cytonic • Orion/Gollancz, Nov 2021 (hc)
  • NEAL STEPHENSON • Termination Shock • HarperCollins/Morrow, Nov 2021 (hc, eb)
  • NEAL STEPHENSON • Termination Shock • HarperCollins UK/The Borough Press, Nov 2021 (hc)
  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Elder Race • Tordotcom, Nov 2021 (na, tp, eb)
  • STEVE RASNIC TEM • Thanatrauma • Valancourt Books, Nov 2021 (c, h, tp, hc, eb)
  • IAN WHATES, ed. • Nova: Celebrating 50 Years of Novacon • NewCon Press, Nov 2021 (hc, eb , tp)
  • TAD WILLIAMS • Brothers of the Wind • DAW, Nov 2021 (1st US, na, hc, eb)
  • JANE YOLEN • Arch of Bone • Tachyon Publications, Nov 2021 (ya, tp, eb)


 

Locus List of Forthcoming Books, October

Locus List of Forthcoming Books, October

  • PIERS ANTHONY • A Tryst of Fate • Open Road, Oct 2021 (tp, hc, eb)
  • A. DEBORAH BAKER • Along the Saltwise Sea • Tordotcom, Oct 2021 (ya, hc, eb)
  • IAIN M. BANKS • The Culture: Notes and Drawings (with Ken MacLeod) • Little Brown UK/Orbit, Oct 2021 (nf, hc)
  • STEPHEN BAXTER • Galaxias • Orion/Gollancz, Oct 2021 (eb, hc)
  • GWENDA BOND • Not Your Average Hot Guy • St. Martin’s Griffin, Oct 2021 (v, tp, eb)
  • TERRY BROOKS • Child of Light • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • ORSON SCOTT CARD • The Last Shadow • Tor, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • CHRISTINA DALCHER • Femlandia • Penguin Random House/Berkley, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • Body Shocks • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2021 (an, tp, eb)
  • ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson • Titan Books US, Oct 2021 (1st US, oa, hc, eb)
  • SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL • Fall of the Argosi • Hot Key Books, Oct 2021 (ya, eb, hc)
  • K. EASON • Nightwatch on the Hinterlands • DAW, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • DAVE EGGERS • The Every • Penguin Random House/Knopf, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • DAVID FARLAND, ED. • L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37 • Galaxy, Oct 2021 (oa, tp, eb)
  • ALIX E. HARROW • A Spindle Splintered • Tordotcom, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • RICH HORTON, ED. • The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2021 Edition • Prime Books, Oct 2021 (an, tp, eb)
  • STEPHEN JONES & DAVID A. SUTTON, EDS. • The Best of Dark Terrors • Subterranean Press, Oct 2021 (an, hc, eb)
  • STEPHEN JONES, ed. • Terrifying Tales • PS Publishing, Oct 2021 (h, hc)
  • CASSANDRA KHAW • Nothing but Blackened Teeth • Tor Nightfire, Oct 2021 (1st US, na, h, hc, eb)
  • CASSANDRA KHAW • Nothing But Blackened Teeth • Titan, Oct 2021 (h, hc)
  • DEREK KÜNSKEN • The Quantum War • Rebellion/Solaris, Oct 2021 (eb, tp)
  • MERCEDES LACKEY • Briarheart • Little, Brown, Oct 2021 (ya, hc, eb)
  • JOHN LANGAN • Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies • Word Horde, Oct 2021 (c, tp, eb)
  • CIXIN LIU, ET AL. • The Wandering Earth • Tor, Oct 2021 (1st US, c, hc, eb)
  • JOSH MALERMAN • Pearl • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2021 (h, hc, eb)
  • L.E. MODESITT, JR. • Isolate • Tor, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • CHERIE PRIEST • Grave Reservations • Simon & Schuster/Atria, Oct 2021 (hc, eb)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Belladonna Nights and Other Stories • Subterranean Press, Oct 2021 (c, hc, eb)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Inhibitor Phase • Orbit US, Oct 2021 (1st US, tp, eb)
  • VERONICA ROTH & JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS, EDS. • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner, Oct 2021 (an, tp, eb)
  • ANGELA SLATTER • The Bone Lantern • PS Publishing/Absinthe Press, Oct 2021 (h, na, hc)
  • LAVIE TIDHAR • The Escapement • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2021 (1st US, tp, eb)
  • LAVIE TIDHAR • The Hood • Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2021 (hc)
  • CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE • Comfort Me With Apples • Tordotcom, Oct 2021 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • TAD WILLIAMS • The Navigator’s Children • Hodder & Stoughton, Oct 2021 (hc)

Book Reviews

In this issue

N3FReview202109

The N3F
Review of Books
Incorporating Prose Bono
Professor George Phillies, D.Sc., Editor
September 2021

Fiction

2 … Black Chamber by S. M. Stirling Review by Pat Patterson
4 … Bob’s Saucer Repair, by Jerry Boyd Review by Pat Patterson
5 … Fade by Daniel Humphreys Review by Jim McCoy
6 … The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein Review by Chris Nuttall
9 … Hell Spawn: Saint Tommy, NYPD Review by Pat Patterson
10 … Knightmare Arcanist by Shami Stovall Review by at Patterson
11 … Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch Review by Pat Patterson
14 … Long in the Land by Laura Montgomery Review by Pat Patterson
6 … The Menace from Earth by Robert Heinlein Review by Chris Nuttall
16 … Tiamat’s Wrath by James S.A. Corey Review by Pat Patterson
17 … Uncompromising Honor by David Weber Review by Pat Patterson
18 … Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar Review by Pat Patterson
20 … We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity, Chris Kennedy, Jamie Ibson, eds.
Review by Pat Patterson
23 … Zombie Killers: Falling by J.F. Holmes Review by Jim McCoy

Prose Bono

24 … Learning to Write ­ Experiences from a Different Sort of Writing ­
Blue Blazes and Attempting to Tame the Imposter … Jessi Silver

Literary Criticism

29 … Why Superversive fiction? A movement we need, fighting for the fiction we deserve.
Declan Finn
32 … WriterDojo Lives!

FINIS … 32