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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 2005... BRIDGE OF RANMA by Ashok K. Banker (Ramayana 5) Orbit - £7.99 BRIDGE OF SOULS by Fiona McIntosh (Quickening 3) Orbit - £7.99 CHILDREN OF THE SERPENT GATE by Sarah Ash (Tears Of Artamon 3) Bantam - £10.99 LORD OF THE SHADOWS by Jennifer Fallon (Second Sons 3) Orbit - £7.99 PLATINUM POHL: The Collected Best Stories by Frederik Pohl, Tor / Sci-Fi - $27.95 THE ROSETTA CODEX by Richard Paul Russo, Orbit - £6.99 November 2005... BLOOD RITES by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files 6) Orbit - £6.99 THE CHILDREN OF THE COMPANY by Kage Baker (Company 6) Tor / Sci-Fi - $24.95 CONVENTIONS OF WAR by Walter Jon Williams (Dread Empire's Fall 3) Simon and Schuster - £10.99 CULTURAL BREAKS by Brian Aldiss (collection of short fiction) Tachyon - $24.95 DEATH MASKS by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files 5) Orbit - £6.99 THE ENGLISH SOIL SOCIETY by Tim Nickels (author's first collection) Elastic - £5.99 / $12 EYE OF THE LABYRINTH by Jennifer Fallon (Second Sons 2) Orbit - £7.99 KING OF CROOKS by Jerry Siegel, Ted Cowan and Reg Dunn (comics of The Spider) Titan - £14.99 / $19.95 MYTHOLOGY: The DC Comics Art Of Alex Ross by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear, Titan - £16.99 THE SKYBORN by Paul Collins (sequel to Earthborn) Starscape - $17.95 A TEASPOON AND AN OPEN MIND: The Science Of Doctor Who by Michael White, Allen Lane - £12.99 THE VESUVIUS CLUB by Mark Gatiss and Ian Bass (graphic novel) Simon and Schuster - £12.99 October 2005... BACK TO THE VORTEX: The Unofficial And Unauthorised Guide To Doctor Who 2005 by J. Shaun Lyon, Telos - £12.99 / $22.95 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: The Offical Companion by David Bassom (guide to TV show), Titan - £14.99 / $15.95 GRAVE PERIL by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files 3) Orbit - £6.99 HOMEWARD BOUND by Harry Turtledove (Worldwar 5) Hodder - £7.99 KNIFE OF DREAMS by Robert Jordan (Wheel Of Time 11) Orbit - £20 LION OF SENET by Jennifer Fallon (Second Sons 1) Orbit - £7.99 NIGHT TRAIN TO RIGEL by Timothy Zahn, Tor / Sci-Fi - $24.95 OUT OF THE DARKNESS by Harry Turtledove (Darkness 6) Pocket - £6.99 THE RING COMPANION by Denis Meikle (guide to film series) Titan - £16.99 SETTLING ACCOUNTS: Drive To The East by Harry Turtledove (sequel to Return Engagement) Hodder and Stoughton - £18.99 SUMMER KNIGHT by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files 4) Orbit - £6.99 WARHEAD by Andy Remic (2nd sequel to Spiral) Orbit - £6.99 WHY GIRLS CAN'T THROW by Mitchell Symons (trivia guide) Bantam - £9.99 September 2005... CRYPTOZOO CREW: volume 1 by Allan Gross and Jerry Carr (comicbook) N.B.M. - £5.99 DIVINE INVASIONS: A Life Of Philip K. Dick by Lawrence Sutin (reprint of 1989 biography) Carroll and Graf - $15.95 FOOL MOON by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files 2) Orbit - £6.99 GREETINGS And Other Stories by Terry Bisson, Tachyon - $24.95 A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE by John Wagner and Vince Locke (reprint of 1997 graphic novel) Titan - £6.99 INCUBUS DREAMS by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 12) Orbit - £7.99 IN THE RUINS by Kate Elliott (Crown Of Stars 6) Orbit - £12.99 LORD OF THE SILVER BOW by David Gemmell (Troy 1) Bantam - £17.99 THE MARK OF RAN by Paul Kearney (Sea Beggars 1) Bantam - £6.99 MIDSHIPWIZARD HALCYON BLITHE by James M. Ward, Tor - $24.95 MIND'S EYE by Paul McAuley, Simon and Schuster - £12.99 PARISH DAMNED by Lee Thomas, Telos novella - £7.99 THE ROAD TO DUNE by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (companion book to the Dune series) Hodder and Stoughton - £11.99 SERENITY: The Official Visual Companion by Joss Whedon (illustrated screenplay) Titan - £16.99 / $19.95 STRANGE ITINERARIES by Tim Powers, Tachyon - $15.95 STORM FRONT by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files 1) Orbit - £6.99 THE TRUE NATURE OF MARS by Christiane Blasius (author's first novel) $11 WESTERN SHORE by Juliet E. McKenna (Aldabreshin Compass 3) - £7.99 August 2005... ACCELERANDO by Charles Stross, Orbit - £16.99 ALIENS, THE OTHER WHITE MEAT by E. Michael Fisher and James C. Bird (authors' first novel) Whiskey Creek - unpriced EDENBORN by Nick Sagan (sequel to Idlewild) Bantam - £6.99 THE FIRST HEROES: New Tales Of The Bronze Age edited by Harry Turtledove and Noreen Doyle, Tor - $14.95 HARSHINI by Jennifer Fallon (Demon Child 3) Orbit - £7.99 IRON SUNRISE by Charles Stross (sequel to Singularity Sky) Orbit - £6.99 LEARNING THE WORLD by Ken MacLeod, Orbit - £17.99 MISS MARY WEATHER: A Southern Nightmare by Deon C. Sanders (author's first book), AmErica - $19.95 MERCURY by Ben Bova, Hodder - £7.99 ROSE OF THE WORLD by Jude Fisher (Fool's Gold 3) Simon and Schuster - £11.99 SHADOW OF THE GIANT by Orson Scott Card (Shadow saga 4) Orbit - £17.99 SINGER OF SOULS by Adam Stemple (author's first novel) Tor - $22.95 STRAKEN by Terry Brooks (High Druid Of Shannara 3) Simon and Schuster - £17.99 TRAILER PARK FAIRY TALES by Matt Dinniman (author's first collection) Elastic - £5 / $10 THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant (18th annual collection) St Martin's Griffin - $19.95 July 2005... THE ALGEBRAIST by Iain M. Banks, Orbit - £7.99 ANOTHER WAR by Simon Morden, Telos - £7.99 / $8.95 BLOOD AND MEMORY by Fiona McIntosh (Quickening 2) Orbit - £7.99 COYOTE RISING by Allen Steele (sequel to Coyote) Orbit - £6.99 DOUBLE VISION by Tricia Sullivan, Orbit - £10.99 EMERALD EYE: The Best Irish Imaginative Fiction edited by Frank Ludlow and Roelof Goudriaan, Aeon - £6.99 / €9.99 THE EMPEROR OF GONDWANALAND And Other Stories by Paul Di Filippo, Thunder's Mouth - $16.95 FANTASTIC 4: The Making Of The Movie, Titan - £14.99 / $19.95 THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY RADIO SCRIPTS by Dirk Maggs (based on novels by Douglas Adams) Pan - £12.99 HORIZON STORMS by Kevin J. Anderson (Saga Of Seven Suns 3) Pocket - £6.99 THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN by Guy Gavriel Kay, Pocket - £7.99 PAY THE PIPER by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple, Starscape - $16.95 PLOB by Craig Zerf (author's first novel) Matador - £7.99 SCATTERED SUNS by Kevin K. Anderson (Saga Of Seven Suns 4) Simon and Schuster - £10.99 THE SCROLLS OF THE ANCIENTS by Robert Newcomb (Chronicles Of Blood And Stone 3) Bantam - £6.99 THE SHADOW ROAD by Sean Russell (Swan's War 3) Orbit - £7.99 SHELBY AND THE SHIFTING RINGS by A.M. Veillon (Defender Of Time 1) Parity - $9.95 TIME HUNTER: PECULIAR LIVES by Philip Purser-Hallard, Telos - £7.99 VALLEY OF LIGHTS by Stephen Gallagher (reprint of 1980s novel) Telos - £9.99 / $9.95 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G. Wells (reprint of 1898 novel) Cosimo Classics - $9.95 THE WARRIOR PROPHET by R. Scott Bakker (Prince Of Nothing 2) Orbit - £12.99 WHITE DEVILS by Paul McAuley, Pocket - £6.99 THE WORLD OF FAERY presented by David Riché, Paper Tiger - £20 / $29.95 THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION edited by Gardner Dozois (22nd annual collection) St Martin's Griffin - $19.95 June 2005... ALECTOR'S CHOICE by L.E. Modesitt, Jr (Corean Chronicles 4) Tor - $27.95 THE ART OF BATMAN BEGINS: Shadows Of The Dark Knight by Mark Cotta Vaz, Titan - £24.99 BATMAN BEGINS by Dennis O'Neil (novelisation of film screenplay) Titan - £5.99 BATMAN BEGINS: The Movie And Other Tales Of The Dark Knight (comicbook adaptation) Titan - £7.99 BUILDING HARLEQUIN'S MOON by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper, Tor - $22.95 CHIMAERA by Ian Irvine (Well Of Echoes 4) Orbit - £7.99 CRASH DELUXE by Marianne de Pierres (Parrish Plessis 3) Orbit - £6.99 BEYOND EACH BLUE HORIZON by Andrew Hook (writer's first collection) Crowswing - £20 THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE by R. Scott Bakker (Prince Of Nothing 1) Orbit - £7.99 GHOSTS OF COLUMBIA by L.E. Modesitt Jr (omnibus edition of novels: Of Tangible Ghosts [1994]; The Ghost Of The Revelator [1998]) Tor - $14.95 HAMMERJACK by Marc D. Giller (author's first novel) Bantam / Spectra - $12 HAUNTED by Kelley Armstrong, Orbit - £6.99 LINT by Steve Aylett, Thunder's Mouth - $14.95 THE OCULI INCIDENT by Regis Schilken (author's first novel) TurnKey - $16.95 A RUMOUR OF GEMS by Ellen Steiber, Tor - $25.95 THIEF OF LIVES by Barb and J.C. Hendee (sequel to Dhampir) Orbit - £6.99 TYRANNY OF THE NIGHT by Glen Cook (Instrumentalities Of The Night 1) Tor - $25.95 May 2005... THE BEAST OF CHICAGO by Rick Geary (A Treasury Of Victorian Murder 6) N.B.M. / ComicsLit - $8.95 BEAUTIFUL MONSTERS: The Unofficial And Unauthorised Guide To The ALIEN And PREDATOR Films by David McIntee, Telos - £9.99 / $17.95 DARK DUETS: Musical Mayhem by Michael McCarty and collaborators, Wildside - $15 / Lightning Source - £9 GODPLAYERS by Damien Broderick, Thunder's Mouth - $14.95 THE HANDBOOK: The Unofficial And Unauthorised Guide To The Production Of DOCTOR WHO (1963-96) by David J. Howe, Stephen James Walker and Mark Stammers, Telos - £16.99 / $29.95 IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY by Eric Shapiro, Permuted - $8.99 THE LIFE TO COME by Tim Lees (author's first collection) Elastic - £5 MERCURY by Ben Bova, Tor - $24.95 SHADOWFALL by James Clemens (Godslayer Chronicles 1) Orbit - £10.99 SHADOWMASQUE by Michael Cobley (Shadowkings 3) Simon and Schuster - £10.99 SILENT BOB SPEAKS: The Collected Writings Of Kevin Smith (film essays) Titan - £9.99 THE SUNBORN by Gregory Benford (sequel to The Martian Race) Orbit - £6.99 TANEQUIL by Terry Brooks (High Druid Of Shannara 2) Pocket - £6.99 THRAXIS UNDER SIEGE by Martin Scott (Thraxis 8) Orbit - £6.99 VOICES OF VISION: Creators Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Speak by Jayme Lynn Blaschke (interviews) Bison - £9.95 / $14.95 April 2005... THE ARDLY EFFECT by Mitis Green (Two Moons 1) Brambling [publisher's first book] - £7.99 ARMIES OF HANUMAN by Ashok K. Banker (Ramayana 4) Orbit - £7.99 BURNING TOWER by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (sequel to The Burning City) Orbit - £18.99 DARK TALES OF TIME AND SPACE by Sean Wright, Crowswing - £5.99 DEAD TO THE WORLD by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse 4) Orbit - £6.99 THE DESTINY MASK by Martin Sketchley (Structure 2) Simon & Schuster - £19.99 DEVICES AND DESIRES by K.J. Parker (Engineer 1) Orbit - £12.99 DRAGONSBLOOD by Todd McCaffrey Bantam (a Pern novel) - £16.99 THE GYPSY by Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm (reprint of 1992 novel) Orb - $13.95 IT'S A BIRD by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen (alternate Superman) Vertigo / Titan - £8/99 JLA #16: Pain Of The Gods by Chuck Austen and Ron Garney, DC / Titan - £9.99 THE LAIR OF BONES by David Farland (Runelords 4) Pocket - £6.99 MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE: interviews conducted by Michael McCarty, Wildside - $15 / £9 RINGWORLD'S CHILDREN by Larry Niven (4th in Ringworld series) Orbit - £6.99 RIVER OF GODS by Ian McDonald, Pocket - £7.99 STAR WARS - Episode III: REVENGE OF THE SITH adapted by Miles Lane, art by Doug Wheatley (graphic novelisation based on George Lucas' story/screenplay) Titan - £9.99 THE SWORDS OF NIGHT AND DAY by David Gemmell (Damned 2) Corgi - £6.99 THREE HANDS FOR SCORPIO by Andre Norton, Tor - $23.95 TIME HUNTER: ECHOES by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett, Telos - £7.99 THE TWISTED ROOT OF JAARFINDOR by Sean Wright, Crowswing - £5.99 TWO SIDES OF THE MOON: Our Story Of The Cold War Space Race by David Scott and Alexei Leonov, Pocket - £8.99 WELCOME TO MY WORLDS: The Art Of Rob Alexander, Paper Tiger - £20 / $29.95 THE WELL OF STARS by Robert Reed (sequel to Marrow) Tor - $25.95 March 2005... THE AFFINITY TRAP (Structure 1) by Martin Sketchley, Pocket - £6.99 ACORNA'S TRIUMPH by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Acorna 7) Corgi - £6.99 ALIENS: Why They Are Here by Brian Appleyard (polemic) Scribner - £15.99 BIRDS OF PREY: Sensei And Student by Gail Simone, DC Comics - £10.99 BRASS MAN by Neal Asher, Tor - £17.99 CONSPIRACY OF THE DEAD by John Light, Photon Press - £8 / $20 DUNE: The Battle Of Corrin by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Legends Of Dune 3) Hodder - £7.99 EX MACHINA: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris, Wildstorm / DC Comics - $9.95 / £9.99 FIRST RIDER'S CALL by Kristen Britain (sequel to Green Rider) Pocket - £6.99 IRON SUNRISE by Charles Stross (sequel to Singularity Sky) Orbit - £15.99 THE LAST BATTLE by Chris Bunch (Dragonmaster 3) Orbit - £6.99 MIDNIGHT TIDES by Steven Erikson (Malazan 5) Bantam - £6.99 PLANETARY 3: Leaving The 20th Century by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday, Wildstorm / Titan - £8.99 REVELATIONS: The Art Of Max Bertolini, Paper Tiger - £20 / $29.95 THE RISEN EMPIRE by Scott Westerfeld, Orbit - £12.99 SMALLVILLE: The Official Companion Season 2 by Paul Simpson, Titan - £12.99 / $14.95 SUPERMAN: Unconventional Warfare by Greg Rucka, DC Comics - £10.99 A THREAD OF GRACE by Mary Doria Russell, Doubleday - £12.99 February 2005... THE BEST OF THE BEST: 20 Years Of The Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois, St Martin's Griffin - $35 B.P.R.D. Volume 3: Plague Of Frogs by Mike Mignola and Guy Davis, Dark Horse - £12.99 CLABBERNAPPERS by Len Bailey (author's first novel) Starscape - $17.95 COYOTE by Allen Steele, Orbit - £6.99 THE DRAGON QUINTET edited by Marvin Kaye (5 novellas by various authors) Tor - £13.95 EARTH, AIR, FIRE AND CUSTARD by Tom Holt (sequel to In Your Dreams) Orbit - £12.99 THE ELASTIC BOOK OF NUMBERS edited by Allen Ashley (anthology) Elastic - £6 THE END OF FAITH: Religion, Terror And The Future Of Reason by Sam Harris (polemic) Free Press - £12.99 EXTINCTION by Ray Hammond, Macmillan - £10 GHOST IN THE SHELL by Masamune Shirow, Dark Horse Manga - $24.95 / Titan - £19.99 GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: Man-Machine Interface by Masamune Shirow, Dark Horse Manga - $24.95 / Titan - £19.99 HALO: The Fall Of Reach by Eric Nylund (prequel spinoff to X-Box game) Orbit - £6.99 HALO: First Strike by Eric Nylund (sequel spinoff to X-Box game) Orbit - £6.99 HALO: The Flood by William C. Dietz (official novel of X-Box game) Orbit - £6.99 THE HOUSE OF STORMS by Ian R. MacLeod, Simon & Schuster - £12.99 THE LAST MOTEL by Brett McBean (author's first novel), Biting Dog - $16.95 MYRREN'S GIFT by Fiona McIntosh (Quickening 1) Orbit - £7.99 THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME: Volume One, 1929 - 1964 edited by Robert Silverberg, Orb - $17.95 SEDUCED BY MOONLIGHT by Laurell K. Hamilton (Meredith Gentry 3) Bantam - £6.99 SINGULARITY SKY by Charles Stross (author's first novel) Orbit - £6.99 VISITS TO THE FLEA CIRCUS by Nick Jackson (author's first collection) Elastic - £5 January 2005... APPROACHING OMEGA by Eric Brown, Telos novella - £7.99 / $8.95 THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SKYWALD HORROR-MOOD by Alan Hewetson (genre comics retro) Critical Vision - £14.99 / $24.95 DHAMPIR by Barb and J.C. Hendee, Orbit - £6.99 FREK AND THE ELIXIR by Rudy Rucker, Tor - $14.95 GENE by Stel Pavlou, Simon & Schuster - £12.99 JOHN CONSTANTINE - HELLBLAZER: All His Engines by Mike Carey and Leonardo Manco, Vertigo - $24.95 / £19.99 THE KNIGHT by Gene Wolfe (Wizard Knight 1) Tor - $14.95 NEWTON'S WAKE by Ken MacLeod, Orbit - £6.99 OLD MAN'S WAR by John Scalzi (author's first novel) Tor - $23.95 PRISONER OF IRONSEA TOWER by Sarah Ash (Tears of Artamon 2) Bantam - £6.99 QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS by Judith Tarr, Tor - $13.95 RESOLUTION by John Meaney (Nulapeiron 3) Bantam - £18.99 THE ROAD OF SILK by Matt Afsahi and Barbara Dysonwilliams, Synergy - $24.99 SCIENCE FICTION FILMS by John Costello (genre media guide) Pocket Essentials - £4.99 SCIENCE FRICTION: Where The Known Meets The Unknown by Michael Shermer (polemic) Times - $26 SETTLING ACCOUNTS: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove, Hodder & Stoughton - £7.99 THE SHADOW ROAD by Sean Russell (Swan's War 3) Orbit - £17.99 SIBERIA by Ann Halam, Orion - £8.99 TIME HUNTER: The Severed Man by George Mann, Telos novella - £7.99 / $8.95 TREASON KEEP by Jennifer Fallon (Demon Child 2, sequel to Medalon) Orbit - £7.99 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. 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