From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Subject: Upcoming Books till June
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 02:33:43 GMT
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(I'm still not convinced that 'upcoming' is a word!)

The following list of sf/f books due between now and next June is taken
from Locus's quarterly listing, which appeared in its September issue.  I
have made no effort to make this list complete (legal and ethical
consideration aside, it would mean typing in about a thousand lines of
information).  Nor do I pretend that the titles I've listed were selected
on any basis other than having caught my eye or my interest.  If a book
isn't listed as being hardcover (HC) or trade paperback (TP), it is
probably a mass market paperback.  Recall that most mass market paperbacks 
appear in the month before their official publication dates. 

Adams, Douglas, Mostly Harmless, Random House HC, Nov
Asimov, Forward the Foundation, Doubleday Foundation, coll/HC, Apr
	More and more of Asimov's future publications will be
	collaborative efforts, I suspect.

Bradley and Lackey, Rediscovery:  A Darkover Novel, DAW, Apr
	This is the kickoff to Lackey's assumption of the Darkover
	universe from Bradley.

Brooks, Terry, The Elf Queen of Shannara, BB/DR, Mar
	The Talisman of Shannara, BB/DR HC, Mar

Brust, Steven, Agyar,  Tor  HC, Mar
	Athyra, Ace, Apr
	I don't know anything about "Agyar".  "Athyra" would, of course,
	be the next 'Jhereg' novel.

Bujold, The Spirit Ring, Baen HC, Nov
Card, The Call of Earth HC/ltd, Jan
	More and more high-profile books are appearing first in
	limited editions, as publishers keep working to milk the
	left end of the demand curve.

Cherryh, The Goblin Mirror, BB/DR HC, Oct
Cherryh, Hellburner, Warner Questar, Jun
Cole, Allen and Bunch, Chris, Empire's End, BB/DR, Mar
	This is the final book in their Sten series.

Deitz, Dreambuilder, AvoNova, Oct
	The sequel to "Soulsmith", I assume.

Dickson, The Dragon at War, Ace HC, Nov
	These 'dragon' books are starting to come fast and thick.

Donaldson, The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises, Bantam
	Spectra HC/ltd, Nov
Duane, Diane, The Door Into Sunset, Tor HC, Mar
	I can't wait that long!

Duncan, Dave,  A Handful of Men #1: The Cutting Edge, BB/DR, HC, Sept
	(April for the paperback)
	A Handful of Men #2: Upland Outlaws, BB/DR, HC, May

Egan, Doris, Guilt-Edged Ivory, DAW
	The third book, following the excellent "Gate of Ivory" and
	the (to me) less impressive "Two-Bit Players".

Elliott, Kate, Sword of Heaven #1: An Earthly Crown, Mar
	Sword of Heaven #2: His Conquering Sword, DAW, Apr
	Is this in the "Jaran" universe?

Emerson, Ru, Night Threads #4, Ace, May
	"Night Threads" wasn't a bad trilogy, but it wasn't so good
	that it needed a followup.

Eddings, David Domes of Fire, BB/DR HC, Jan
	The Sapphire Rose, BB/DR, Jan
Feist, Raymond E, The King's Buccaneer, Doubleday Foundation HC, Nov
Friesner, Esther, Yesterday We Saw Mermaids, Tor HC, Oct
Gentle, Mary, Rats and Gargoyles, Penguin/Roc, Oct
Gentle, Mary, The Architecture of Desire, Penguin/Roc HC, Mar
Gerrold, Season for Slaughter, Bantam Spectra, Jan
	So it's finally coming.  To be followed Real Soon by "A Furor
	for Followups", "A Decade for Dekalogies", and "A Setup for Sequels".

Goldstein, Lisa, Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon, Tor HC, Feb
Haldeman, Joe, Worlds Enough and Time, AvoNova, Jun
Hambly, The Dog Wizard, BB/DR, Feb
Holt, Tom, Ye Gods, St Martin's HC, Apr
Holt, Tom, Flying Dutch, Ace, Jun
Jones, Diana Wynne, A Sudden Wild Magic, Morrow AvoNova HC, Oct
Jordan, The Dragon Reborn, Tor, Oct
Jordan, Robert, The Shadow Rising, Tor HC/ltd, Nov
	I'm not sure what 'ltd' means in this context.  Ads say it will
	be available in October for $24.95.

Kay, Guy Gavriel, A Song for Arbonne, Random House/Crown HC, Jan
	Kay's new book takes place in a Europe in which Christianity
	never took hold, and the classical past was lost.

Kirstein, Rosemary, The Outskirter's Secret, BB/DR, Dec
	"The Steerswoman" was an excellent first novel (on the border
	between sf and fantasy) that appeared a couple of years ago
	and vanished without a trace.  With this sequel, Kirstein is
	belated being made part of the 'Discoveries' line, and getting
	a strong advertising push.

Kurtz, Katherine, King Javan's Year, BB/Dr HC, Dec
	Do I want to read this and get depressed?

Lackey, Mercedes, Mage Winds 2: Winds of Change, DAW, HC, Oct
Lackey and Mark Shepherd, Wheels of Fire: The Serrated Edge, Baen, Oct
Lackey and Guon, Ellen, Wing Commander I: Freedom Flight, Baen, Dec
Lackey and Lisle, Holly, Serrated Edge III: When the Bough Breaks, Baen, Feb
Lackey and Emerson, Ru, Bard's Tale II, Baen, Apr
	In addition to her collaboration with Bradley, Lackey has a few
	other projects on the burner.  I don't know why I keep picking
	at this sore.  No, on second thought, I do.  It's because Lackey
	writes books I enjoy greatly -- when she isn't trying to write ten
	books at once.  I can't fault her self-interest, but neither do I 
	have to like it.

MacAvoy, King of the Dead, AvoNova, Dec
	I haven't a clue why this is a sequel to "Lens of the World",
	instead of being a stand-alone novel. LotW certainly didn't
	need a sequel.

McCaffrey, Anne, Crystal Line, BB/DR HC, Nov
	McCaffrey is spreading herself almost as thin as Lackey (thinner
	than this listing suggests), but in her case I no longer care much.
	This is the third Killashandra book, which is to say it will be
	a competently written romance with a Deus Ex Machina ending.

McCaffrey and SM Stirling, The Ship who Fought, Baen, Apr
	She is showing good judgment in her coauthors, though.

McKinley, Robin, Deerskin, Ace HC, Jun
Martin, Wild Cards XI: Dealer's Choice, Bantam Spectra, Nov
	Wild Cards: Card Sharks, Baen, Mar
May, Julian, Diamond Mask, Random House/Knopf HC, May
Niven and Pournelle, The Gripping Hand, Pocket HC, Feb
	Looking forward to this!

Pierce, Tamora, Wild Magic: The Immortals, MacMillan Atheneum, ya HC, Oct
	Set in the world of the "Song of the Lioness" books, but not
	one of them.  Since I so enjoyed those, I'll be sure to seek
	this one out, though the children's library may be my best bet.

Pini, Richard, BoTC #4: Against the Wind, Tor TP, Oct
Pournelle and Stirling, Prince of Sparta, Baen, Mar
	Presumably the sequel to "Go Tell the Spartans".

Pratchett, Terry, Witches Abroad, Penguin/Roc, Feb
Roberson, Tapestry of Lions, DAW, Dec
	Amazing!  The Cheysuli Chronicles are coming to their appointed end.

Shahar, Eluki Bes, Hellflower #3: Archangel Blues, DAW, Feb
	I recommend "Hellflower" as good space opera.  If you try it and
	like it, the second book was "Darktraders" and this is the third.

Simmons, Dan, The Hollow Man, Bantam Spectra HC, Oct
Stasheff, Christopher, A Wizard in Absentia, Ace, Mar
Stirling, SM and Shirley Meier, Saber and Shadow, Baen, Nov
	Oh good, another "Fifth Millenium" book!

Tepper, Sheri, Sideshow, Bantam Spectra, Feb
Vance, Ecce and Old Earth, Tor, Sept
Williams, Tad, To Green Angel Tower, DAW HC, Mar
Zelazny, Prince of Chaos, AvoNova, Nov

Since familiar titles and authors are the most likely to catch my eye,
this list is naturally biased towards sequels of one sort or another.  Of
course, so are the bookshelves.

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   'T is with our judgements as our watches, none
   Go alike, yet each believes his own
		--Alexander Pope


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