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- a listing here does not preclude a review in future updates to The ZONE website. Recommended titles (editor's choices) are highlighted in bold. December 2004... BAD MAGIC by Stephan Zielinski (author's first novel) Tor - £23.95 BLOOD DEBT by Tanya Huff (Vicki Nelson mysteries 5) Orbit - £6.99 BLOOD PACT by Tanya Huff (Vicki Nelson mysteries 4) Orbit - £6.99 CHIMAERA by Ian Irvine (Well of Echoes 4) Orbit - £12.99 THE CINEMA OF JOHN CARPENTER: The Technique Of Terror edited by Ian Conrich and David Woods, Wallflower - unpriced THE ETHOS EFFECT by L.E. Modesitt Jr, Orbit - £7.99 FLASHES OF THE FANTASTIC edited by David Ketterer (War Of The Worlds cenntenial essays) Praeger - £52.99 LURULU by Jack Vance (sequel to Ports Of Call) Tor - $22.95 NEW SPRING by Robert Jordan (a Wheel of Time novel) Orbit - £6.99 REFLEX by Steven Gould (sequel to Jumper) Tor - $25.95 THIEVES WORLD: Enemies Of Fortune edited by Lynn Abbey (anthology) Tor - $26.95 THE UTOPIAN FANTASTIC edited by Martha Bartter (genre essays) Praeger - £36.99 THE WELL OF STARS by Robert Reed (sequel to Marrow) Orbit - £6.99 November 2004... ANGEL ROAD by Steven Savile (collection of short fiction) Elastic - £6 BLOOD LINES by Tanya Huff (Vicki Nelson mysteries 3) Orbit - £6.99 BLOOD TRAIL by Tanya Huff (Vicki Nelson mysteries 2) Orbit - £6.99 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Tales Of The Vampires (graphic novel) Titan - £10.99 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SCIENCE FICTION edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, Cambridge University Press - £16.99 / $24.95 CENTURY RAIN by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz - £14.99 DRAGON'S KIN by Anne and Todd McCaffrey (a Pern novel) Corgi - £6.99 FALLEN ANGEL by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime (sequel to Guardian Angel) Telos - £9.99 / $9.95 GOBLINS! by Brian Froud and Ari Berk, Pavilion - £14.99 H.G. Wells's THE TIME MACHINE: A Reference Guide by John R. Hammond, Praeger - £45.99 THE HIGH LORD by Trudi Canavan (Black Magician 3) Orbit - £7.99 LEGACY OF BLOOD: A Comprehensive Guide To Slasher Movies by Jim Harper, Critical Vision - £9.99 / $17.95 THE MAGIC THREE OF SOLATIA by Jane Yolen, Starscape - £5.99 THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW SF 17 edited by Gardner Dozois, Robinson - £9.99 THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF NEW TERROR edited by Stephen Jones, Robinson - £7.99 MOVING TARGET by Elizabeth Moon (Vatt's War 2) Orbit - £6.99 THE ORIGINALS by Dave Gibbons, Vertigo / Titan - £17.99 PORTS OF HELL by Johnny Strike (author's first novel) Diagonal/Headpress - £8.99 / $15.95 THE SANDMAN: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, Titan - £10.99 SHADOWMARCH by Tad Williams, Orbit - £17.99 SPACE ODYSSEY: A Voyage To The Planets by Tim Haines and Christopher Riley, BBC - £20 SUPERMAN: TRUE BRIT by Kim 'Howard' Johnson and John Cleese, John Byrne and Mark Farmer (graphic novel) DC Comics / Titan - £19.99 / $24.95 October 2004... ALCHYMIST by Ian Irvine (Well Of Echoes 3) Orbit - £7.99 THE ALGEBRAIST by Iain M. Banks, Orbit - £17.99 AMAZONA by Chris Achilléos (artbook) Titan - £14.99 / $19.95 BLOOD PRICE by Tanya Huff (Vicki Nelson mysteries 1) Orbit - £6.99 FISHY WISHES by Tom Holt (2 novels, Wish You Were Here + Djinn Rummy) Orbit - £8.99 GIFTS by Ursula Le Guin, Orion - £10.99 INCOMPETENCE by Rob Grant, Gollancz - £6.99 INCUBUS DREAMS by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake, vampire hunter 12) Orbit - £10.99 THE LAST BATTLE by Chris Bunch (Dragonmaster 3) Orbit - £10.99 THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Vol.II by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, Titan - £9.99 THE ORANGE GIRL by Jostein Gaarder, Weidenfeld & Nicolson - £9.99 THE RUNES OF THE EARTH: The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson, Gollancz - £18.99 SETTLING ACCOUNTS: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove, Hodder & Stoughton - £18.99 THE SUNDERING by Walter Jon Williams (Dread Empire's Fall 2) Pocket - £6.99 SUNSHINE by Robin McKinley, Bantam - £6.99 TAO TE JINX: Collected Quotations Of Steve Aylett, Scar Garden - £6.99 September 2004... ANGEL STATIONS by Gary Gibson (author's first novel) Tor - £10.99 THE ART OF DISCWORLD by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby, Gollancz - £14.99 DUNE: The Battle Of Corrin by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Legends Of Dune 3) Hodder & Stoughton - £18.99 EDENBORN by Nick Sagan (sequel to Idlewild) Bantam - £12.99 EXULTANT by Stephen Baxter (Destiny's Children 2) Gollancz - £12.99 GODDESS OF THE ICE REALM by David Drake (Lord of the Isles 7) Gollancz - £6.99 HOWE'S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX: Update no.1 by David J. Howe and Arnold T. Blomberg, Telos - £7.99 / $8.95 INDUSTRIAL MAGIC by Kelley Armstrong, Orbit - £6.99 IRON COUNCIL by China Miéville, Macmillian - £12.99 JACKING IN TO THE MATRIX FRANCHISE: Cultural Reception And Interpretation edited by Mathhew Kapell and William G. Doty, Continuum - £12.99 / $19.95 LANCE BARNES: Post-Nuke Dick by Stefan Petrucha and Barry Crain, Moonstone - $11.95 NORTHERN STORM by Juliet E. McKenna (Aldabreshin Compass 2) Orbit - £7.99 THE PRESERVE by Patrick Lestewka (author's first novel) Necro - $15.95 QUAKE by Andy Remic (sequel to Spiral) Orbit - £6.99 THE SELLAMILLION by A.R.R.R. Roberts (another Tolkien parody!) Gollancz - £6.99 THE SIMULACRA by Philip K. Dick (reprint of 1977 novel) Gollancz - £6.99 SMALLVILLE: The Official Companion - Season 1 by Paul Simpson, Titan - £12.99 / $14.95 THE SODDIT by A.R.R.R. Roberts (parody of Tolkien's The Hobbit) Gollancz - £5.99 TANEQUIL by Terry Brooks (High Druid of Shannara 2) Simon and Schuster - 17.99 Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD COLLECTOR'S CALENDAR 2005, Gollancz - £14.99 TIME HUNTER: KITSUNE by John Paul Catton, Telos - £7.99 / $8.95 A VAULT OF HORROR: A Book of 80 Great* British Horror Movies from 1956 - 1974 (*And Not So Great) by Keith Topping, Telos - £12.99 / $17.95 WOLF BROTHER by Michelle Paver (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness 1) Orion - £8.99 WORLDSTORM by James Lovegrove, Gollancz - £12.99 August 2004... DAMNED: An Anthology Of The Lost edited by David G. Barnett, Necro - $50 DANTE'S EQUATION by Jane Jensen (author's first novel) Orbit - £7.99 DEMONSTORM by James Barclay (Legends of the Raven 3) Gollancz - £18.99 THE DRUID KING by Norman Spinrad, Time Warner - £6.99 GRENDEL by John Gardner (reprint of 1971 novella) Gollancz - £6.99 HOUND by George Green (author's first novel) Bantam - £6.99 IDLEWILD by Nick Sagan (author's first novel) Bantam - £6.99 JOHN CARPENTER: The Prince Of Darkness (book-length interview) by Gilles Boulenger, Silman-James - $19.95 KNEES UP MOTHER EARTH by Robert Rankin (Brentford 7) Gollancz - £9.99 LIQUID METAL: The Science Fiction Film Reader edited by Sean Redmond, Wallflower - £16.99 NEW YORK DREAMS by Eric Brown (Virex 3) Gollancz - £6.99 ORCS by Stan Nicholls (omnibus of 4 novels) Gollancz - £7.99 THE SEAGULL DROVERS by Steve Cockayne (Legends of the Land 3) Orbit - £6.99 SHADOW WARRIOR by Chris Bunch ('Joshua Wolfe' trilogy omnibus) Orbit - £8.99 THE SILENT WAR by Ben Bova (Asteroid Wars 3) NEL - £7.99 THE SNOW by Adam Roberts, Gollancz - £12.99 SOMNAMBULISTS by Allen Ashley, Elastic - £5 SPOOKY ENCOUNTERS: A Gwailo's Guide To Hong Kong Horror by Daniel O'Brien, Critical Vision - £13.99 / $17.95 TALL STORIES by Tom Holt (2 novels, Expecting Someone Taller + Ye Gods!) Orbit - £8.99 July 2004... CODE NOIR by Marianne de Pierres (Parrish Plessis 2) Orbit - £6.99 THE DARK FLIGHT DOWN by Marcus Sedgwick (sequel to The Book Of Dead Days) Orion - £8.99 DARK TERRORS 6 edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton, Gollancz - £7.99 THE DECEIVING EYE: The Art Of Richard Hescox, Paper Tiger - £20 / $29.95 THE GATES OF DAWN by Robert Newcomb Chronicles Of Blood And Stone 2) Bantam - £6.99 THE NOVICE by Trudi Canavan (Black Magician 2) Orbit - £7.99 POLYSTOM by Adam Roberts, Gollancz - £6.99 RINGWORLD'S CHILDREN by Larry Niven (4th in Ringworld series) Orbit - £16.99 ROMA ETERNA by Robert Silverberg, Gollancz - £6.99 THE SCROLLS OF THE ANCIENTS by Robert Newcomb (Chronicles Of Blood And Stone 3) Bantam - £12.99 SHADOWHEART by James Barclay (Legends Of The Raven 2) Gollancz - £6.99 THE SILVER CHILD by Cliff McNish, Dolphin - £4.99 SINGULARITY SKY by Charles Stross (author's first novel) Orbit - £12.99 A STIR OF ECHOES by Rochard Matheson (reprint of 1958 novel) Tor - $12.95 THE WELL OF LEARNING by Caiseal Mór (Wellspring 1) Pocket - £6.99 WILD MAGIC by Jude Fisher (Fool's Gold 2) Pocket - £6.99 THE WITCHES OF CHISWICK by Robert Rankin, Gollancz - £6.99 June 2004... ALIEN WOMAN: The Making Of Lt. Ellen Ripley by Ximena Gallardo C. and C. Jason Smith, Continuum - $19.95 THE AUTUMN CASTLE by Kim Wilkins (Europa Suite 1) Gollancz - £17.99 COALESCENT by Stephen Baxter (Destiny's Children 1) Gollancz - £6.99 DARKNESSES by L.E. Modesitt, Jr (Corean Chonicles 2) Orbit - £7.99 DEMONS OF CHITRAKUT by Ashok K. Banker (Ramayana 3) Orbit - £6.99 A FOREST OF STARS by Kevin J. Anderson (Saga Of Seven Suns 2) Pocket - £6.99 IN YOUR DREAMS by Tom Holt, Orbit - £12.99 MAUL by Tricia Sullivan, Orbit - £6.99 THE RAVEN WARRIOR by Alice Borchardt (Guinevere 2) Bantam - £6.99 RIVER OF GODS by Ian McDonald, Simon and Schuster - £17.99 TIME'S EYE by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter (Time Odyssey 1) Gollancz - £12.99 T2: THE FUTURE WAR by S.M. Stirling (Terminator spinoff novel) Gollancz - £6.99 May 2004... ABSOLUTION GAP by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz - £6.99 THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS by Marcus Sedgwick, Orion - £4.99 CLUB DEAD by Charlaine Harris (Spookie Stackhouse 3) Orbit - £6.99 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Whitley Strieber (film novelisation) Gollancz - £6.99 DEATHSTALKER LEGACY by Simon R. Green, Gollancz - £6.99 DEATHSTALKER RETURN by Simon R. Green, Gollancz - £18.99 DIGITAL ART FOR THE 21st CENTURY: Renderosity by John Grant and Audre Vysniaskas, A.A.P.P.L. - £19.95 FELAHEEN by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Arabesk 3) Pocket - £6.99 FIVE GREAT NOVELS by Philip K. Dick (omnibus edition: The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) Gollancz - £12.99 FUTURES: 50 YEARS IN SPACE by David A. Hardy and Patrick Moore, AAPPL - £17.99 JAWS OF DARKNESS by Harry Turtledove (Darkness 5) - £6.99 THE JOURNALS OF ELEANOR DRUSE: My Investigation Of The Kingdom Hospital Incident, Bantam - £6.99 MADALON by Jennifer Fallon (Demon Child 1, author's first novel) Orbit - £7.99 THE McATRIX DERIDED by Robertski Brothers (parody of Matrix films by Adam Roberts) Gollancz - £6.99 PRISONER OF IRONSEA TOWER by Sarah Ash (Tears Of Artamon 2) Bantam - £10.99 SCABBARD'S SONG by Kim Hunter (Red Pavilions 3) Orbit - £6.99 THE SKEIN OF LAMENT by Chris Wooding (Braided Path 2) Gollancz - £10.99 THE SOUND OF WHITE ANTS by Brian Howell (author's first collection) Elastic Press - £5 TRIAL OF FIRE by Kate Jacoby (Elita 5) Gollancz - £6.99 April 2004... FIVE GREAT NOVELS by H.G. Wells (omnibus: The Time Machine, The Island Of Dr Moreau, The War Of The Worlds, The First Men In The Moon, and The Invisible Man), Gollancz - £10.99 THE HUMAN ABSTRACT by George Mann, Telos original novella - £7.99 / $9.95 THE LIGHT AGES by Ian R. MacLeod, Pocket - £6.99 KNIGHTHOOD OF THE DRAGON by Chris Bunch (Dragonmaster 2) Orbit - £6.99 LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS by Charlaine Harris (sequel to Dead Until Dark) Orbit - £6.99 LORE BRINGER by Miller Lau (Last Clansman 3) Pocket - £6.99 SWORDS OF NIGHT AND DAY by David Gemmell (sequel to White Wolf) Bantam - £17.99 THE WAR OF THE FLOWERS by Tad Williams, Orbit - £7.99 THE WEAVERS OF SARAMYR by Chris Wooding (Braided Path 1) Gollancz - £6.99 WHITE WOLF by David Gemmell (Damned 1) Corgi - £6.99 THE YEAR OF OUR WAR by Steph Swainston, Gollancz - £9.99 March 2004... ALCHYMIST by Ian Irvine (Well Of Echoes 3) Orbit - £12.99 ASPECTS OF A PSYCHOPATH by Alistair Langston (author's first novella), Telos - £8 / $9.95 BEYOND INFINITY by Gregory Benford, Orbit - £6.99 CARTOMANCY by Mary Gentle (collection) Gollancz - £6.99 COWL by Neal Asher, Tor - £17.99 THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE by R. Scott Bakker (Prince Of Nothing 1) Simon & Schuster - £10.99 DEAD UNTIL DARK by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse 1) Orbit - £5.99 THE DEVIL IN GREEN by Mark Chadbourn (Dark Age 1) Gollancz - £6.99 THE DEVIL'S ARMOUR by John Marco, Gollancz - £10.99 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUPERHEROES ON FILM AND TELEVISION by John Kenneth Muir, McFarland - $59.95 FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY by Tom Holt (omnibus edition of Overtime and Grailblazers) Orbit - £8.99 LEGENDS OF DUNE 2: The Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, NEL - £7.99 THE LINE OF POLITY by Neal Asher, Tor - £6.99 LUCIFER'S DRAGON by Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Simon & Schuster - £6.99 MARKET FORCES by Richard Morgan, Gollancz - £10.99 MIDNIGHT TIDES by Steven Erikson (Malazan 5) Bantam - £12.99 NEWTON'S WAKE by Ken MacLeod, Orbit - £17.99 THE ONION GIRL by Charles de Lint, Gollancz - £6.99 THE QUEEN OF SINISTER Mark Chadbourn (Dark Age 2) Gollancz - £10.99 THE RAVEN GAME by Caiseal Mór (Watchers 3) Pocket - £6.99 SHADOWGOD by Michael Cobley (Shadowkings 2) Pocket - £6.99 February 2004... THE AFFINITY TRAP by Martin Sketchley (author's first novel) Simon & Schuster, £10.99 AMERICAN EMPIRE: The Victorious Opposition by Harry Turtledove (3rd book in series), NEL - £7.99 BRITISH SUMMERTIME by Paul Cornell, Gollancz - £6.99 THE COMPANIONS by Sheri S. Tepper, Gollancz - £10.99 DARK HEAVENS by Roger Levy (sequel to Reckless Sleep) Gollancz - £6.99 DIME STORE MAGIC by Kelley Armstrong (2nd sequel to Bitten) Orbit - £6.99 DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH by Robert Silverberg (reprint of 1977 novel) Gollancz - £6.99 HELLBOY: The Art Of The Movie (shooting script illustrated by various artists) Titan - £16.99 HITCHHIKER: A Biography Of Douglas Adams by M.J. Simpson, Coronet - £8.99 KARLOFF'S CIRCUS by Steve Aylett (Accomplice 4) Gollancz - £9.99 THE LOST BOYS' APPRECIATION SOCIETY by Alan Gibbons, Dolphin - £4.99 THE MAGICIANS' GUILD by Trudi Canavan (Black Magician 1) Orbit - £7.99 MOTHERSHIP by John Brosnan, Gollancz - £10.99 THE PORTABLE DOOR by Tom Holt, Orbit - £6.99 THE SEAGULL DROVERS by Steve Cockayne (Legends of the Land 3) Orbit - £12.99 SUPERMAN ON THE COUCH by Danny Fingeroth (nonfiction) Continuum - $19.95 TETRARCH by Ian Irvine (Well of Echoes 2) Orbit - £7.99 WHITE DEVILS by Paul McAuley, Simon & Schuster, £12.99 January 2004... THE ALSISO PROJECT edited by Andrew Hook, Elastic Press - £6 CHANGING PLANES by Ursula Le Guin (collection) Gollancz - £8.99 DEEP TEN edited by Gary Couzens and Sara-Jayne Townsend (writers' group 10th anniversay anthology), T-Party - £5 FALLING by Debbie Moon (author's 1st novel) Honno - £6.99 THE IRON CHAIN by Steve Cockayne (Legends of the Land 2) Orbit - £6.99 LORD OF SNOWS AND SHADOWS by Sarah Ash (Tears Of Artamon 1) Bantam - £6.99 MATRIX WARRIOR: Being The One by Jake Horsley (unofficial handbook) Gollancz - £5.99 MERLIN THE SORCERER by William P. Burch (Battle of Dragons 1) Taylor-Madison - $24.95 NEW SPRING by Robert Jordan (a Wheel of Time novel) Orbit - £16.99 NYLON ANGEL by Marianne de Pierres (Parrish Plessis 1) Orbit - £6.99 THE SWORD OF SHANNARA TRILOGY by Terry Brooks (omnibus of novels, 1977, 1982, 1985) Orbit - £14.99 THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next 3) NEL - £6.99 Related pages: tZ Word Works: reviews of new books - genre fiction & related non-fiction tZ A Top 10 Science Fiction Novels - critical listings Shop for books at: Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com W.H. Smith |
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