(Caveat: Here is listed what Margaret A. Davis has just read plus books of general interest to science fiction and fantasy. I will include books by authors I do not personally read but which patrons at my library do read and tell me how much they love them. (Hint: I do not read horror. Sorry, horror fans may peruse the Horror Writers Assn. Recommended Reading List for suitable suggestions.)
This list will be maintained alphabetical by author and consists of books which have already been published in January-December 2010 and which previously appeared on my New Releases and Forthcoming Books list.
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Adams, John Joseph, editor
Way of the Wizard
(Short story anthology.)
Fantasy
Nov.2010
Anderson, Poul
Young Flandry
(bk 4 of the re-issued Poleosotechnic League series. Sequel to Rise of the Terran Empire.)
Hard sf. Trade pbk.
Jan.2010
Anderson, Poul
Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire
(bk 5 of the re-issued Poleosotechnic League series. Sequel to Young Flandry.)
Hard sf. Trade pbk.
Feb.2010
Anderson, Poul
Sir Dominic Flandry, The Last Knight of Terra
(Latest in the Technic Civilization series. Sequel to Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire
Short stories. Trade pbk
Hard sf.
Dec.2010
Anderson, Taylor
Distant Thunders
(bk 4 in his Destroyermen series. Sequel to Maelstrom.)
Alternate history.
Jun.2010
Anthony, Piers
Knot Gneiss
(Latest in the Xanth series. Sequel to Jumper Cable.)
Fantasy
Oct.2010
Anvil, Christopher
Power of Illusion
(Latest humorous sf by this author. Last book Rx for Chaos.)
Short stories plus a novel.
Hard sf.
Oct.2010
Baker, Kage
Bird of the River
(In the same universe as House of the Stag but completely different characters. More or less a sequel to House of the Stag.)
Fantasy
Jul.2010
Baker, Kage
Not Less Than Gods
(bk 10 in the Company series. Sequel to Gods and Pawns. "...[A] steampunk novel ...concerning the Company's predecessor, the Gentlemen's Speculative Society." This book features Edward Alton Bell-Fairfax and his times.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2010.
Baker, Kage
Nell Gwynne's Scarlet Spy
(Latest in the Company series. Sequel to the Women of Nell Gwynne's [novella].)
Hard sf.
Oct.2010
Banks, Iain
Surface Detail
(bk 9 of the Culture series. Sequel to Matter.)
Hard sf.
Nov.2010
Bear, Greg
Hull Zero Three
Hard sf. Trade pbk.
Nov.2010
Bova, Ben
Able One
Thriller
Feb.2010
Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Ross, Deborah J.
Hastur Lord
("...fills in the gap between WORLD WRECKERS and EXILE'S SONG as Regis Hastur, Danilo Syrtis, and Linnea Storn....)
(Latest in the Darkover series)
Fantasy.
Jan.2010
Briggs, Patricia
Silver Borne
(bk 5 in the Mercy Thompson series. Sequel to Bone Crossed.)
Urban fantasy
Mar.2010
Briggs, Patricia
Wolfsbane
(bk 4 of the Sianim series. Sequel to Masques)
Fantasy
Nov.2010
Brooks, Terry
Bearers of the Black Staff
(bk 1 in the Legends of Shannara Duology. Next Shannara book after Princess of Landover.)
Fantasy
Aug.2010
Bujold, Lois McMaster
Cryoburn
(bk 13 in the Vorkosiverse series. Miles Vorkosigan is 39. Sequel to Diplomatic Immunity.)
Hard sf.
Nov.2010
Butcher, Jim
Changes
(bk 12 of the Dresden Files. Sequel to Turn Coat.)
Urban Fantasy
Apr.2010
Butcher, Jim
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files
(Latest in the Dresden Files series. Sequel to Changes. Short Stories/Works.)
Urban fantasy
Oct.2010
Caine, Rachel
Total Eclipse
(bk 9 of the Weather Warden series. Final book. Sequel to Cape Storm.)
Urban fantasy
Aug.2010
Card, Orson Scott
Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy
(Nonfiction. How to write sf&f.)
Mar.2010
Card, Orson Scott
Pathfinder
(bk 1 of the Serpent World series. Young Adult.)
Fantasy.
Nov.2010
Cherryh, C.J.
Deceiver
(bk 11 of the Foreigner series. Sequel to Conspirator.)
Hard sf.
May 2010
Datlow, Ellen
Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories
Short story collection.
Fantasy
Feb.2010
Datlow, Ellen
Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy
(Short stories edited by Ms. Datlow which previously appeared in online sf magazines.)
Hard sf AND Fantasy.
May 2010
De Lint, Charles
Very best of Charles de Lint
Short story collection. Trade pbk
Fantasy.
Jul.2010
De Lint, Charles
Painted Boy
(Standalone young adult novel.)
Fantasy
Nov.2010
Donaldson, Stephen R.
Against All Things Ending
(bk 3 of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Sequel to Fatal Revenant.)
Fantasy
Oct.2010
Douglass, Sara
Infinity Gate
(bk 3 of the Darkglass Mountain series. Sequel to Twisted Citadel.)
Fantasy
Jun.2010
Doyle, Debra & MacDonald, James D.
Lincoln's Sword
Pbk. Standalone.
Alternate history (plus time travel).
Jul.2010
Drake, David
Legions of Fire
(bk 1 of the Books of the Elements)
Fantasy Roman Alternate History
May.2010
Drake, David
What Distant Deeps
(bk 8 in the Lt. Leary series. Sequel to In the Stormy Red Sky)
Hard sf.
Sep.2010
Duncan, Dave
Speak to the Devil
(bk 1 of "...a new series set in Europe at the end of the Middle Ages.")
Fantasy
May 2010
Duncan, Dave
Pock's World
(Standalone. Not part of any series.)
Hard sf.
Oct.2010
Feist, Raymond E.
At the Gates of Darkness
(bk 2 of the Demonwar Saga. Sequel to Rides a Dread Legion.)
Fantasy
Apr.2010
Fforde, Jasper
Shades of Grey
("Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing,....")
Hard sf.
Jan.2010
Flint, Eric, and Freer, Dave
Sorceress of Karres
(bk 3 of the Karres series. Sequel to Wizard of Karres.)
Fantasy
Jan.2010
Flint, Eric, and Wentworth, K.D.
Crucible of Empire
(Sequel to the Course of Empire.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2010
Flint, Eric and Spoor, Ryk E.
Threshold
Sequel to Boundary.
Hard sf.
Jun.2010
Flint, Eric
1635: The Eastern Front
(Latest in the 1632/Ring of Fire series. Direct sequel to the Baltic War. Note: This is "mainline", which means it will have Mike Stearns, Rebecca Abrabanel, Jeff Higgins and Gretchen Richter.)
Alternate history
Oct.2010
Flynn, Michael
Up Jim River
(Space opera. More or less but not a sequel to January Dancer. Same universe.)
Hard sf
Apr.2010
Greenberg, Martin H. & Hughes, Kerrie, eds.
Love and Rockets
Space Opera love stories.
Hard sf.
Dec.2010
Haldeman, Joe
Starbound
(Sequel to Marsbound)
Hard sf.
Jan.2010
Hamilton, Peter F.
Evolutionary Void
(bk 3 in the Void Trilogy. Sequel to Temporal Void)
Aug.2010
Harrison, Harry
Stainless Steel Rat Returns
(bk 11 of the Stainless Steel Rat series. Sequel to Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus.)
Hard sf
Aug.2010
Hickman, Tracy and Hickman, Laura
Song of the Dragon
(bk 1 of the Annals of Drakis series.)
Fantasy
Jul.2010
Hobb, Robin
Dragon Keeper
(bk 1 of the Rain Wilds Chronicles)
Fantasy
Feb.2010
Hobb, Robin
Dragon Haven
(bk 2 of the Rain Wilds Chronicles. Sequel to Dragon Keeper.)
May 2010
Hogan, James P.
Migration
Interstellar generation ship to found Earth's first off-world colony.
Hard sf
May 2010
Hoyt, Sarah A.
Darkship Thieves
("...non-military space opera with a strong female main character who doesn't roll over at the first sign of trouble...." First sf novel. Sarah has written sf short stories for years. Has also written 2 books in a shapeshifter series and a number of mystery books.)
Hard sf. Trade pbk.
Jan.2010
Jordan, Robert with Sanderson, Brandon
Towers of Midnight
(bk 13 in the Wheel of Time series. Sequel to Gathering Storm. Next to last bk in series.)
Fantasy
Nov.2010
Kay, Guy Gavriel
Under Heaven
(Standalone novel. Not part of a series. Reminiscent of the "glory and power of Tang Dynasty China in the 8th century....")
Fantasy
May 2010
Kenyon, Kay
Prince of Storms
(bk 4 in the Entire and the Rose series. Sequel to City Without End.)
Hard sf.
Jan.2010
Lackey, Mercedes and Edghill, Rosemary
Legacies
(bk 1 of the Shadow Grail series. Young Adult.)
Fantasy.
Jul.2010
Lackey, Mercedes, Flint, Eric, & Freer, Dave
Much Fall of Blood
(bk 3 in the Heirs of Alexandria series. Sequel to This Rough Magic.)
Fantasy
May 2010
Lackey, Mercedes
Sleeping Beauty
(bk 5 in the Five Hundred Kingdoms series. Sequel to the Snow Queen.)
Fantasy
Jul.2010
Lackey, Mercedes
Intrigues
(bk 2 of the Collegium Chronicles. Latest in the Valdemar series. Sequel to Foundation.)
Fantasy
Oct.2010
Lackey, Mercedes, ed.
Trio of Sorcery
(Three novellas. Two revisiting favorite characters and one has a brand-new character.)
Fantasy.
Oct.2010
Lackey, Mercedes, Sagara, Michelle, and Haley, Cameron
Harvest Moon
(Composed of 3 novellas by these 3 authors: A Tangled Web; Cast in Moonlight; Retribution]
(Note: Lackey's is a novella in the 500 Kingdoms series. Sagara's Cast in Moonlight is a novella in the Chronicle of Elantra series.)
Fantasy. Trade pbk.
Oct.2010
Lackey, Mercedes, ed.
Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar
(Latest Valdemar short story collection. Sequel to Moving Targets and other stories of Valdemar.)
Fantasy
Dec.2010
Lindskold, Jane
Five Odd Honors
(bk 3 in the Breaking the Wall series. Sequel to Nine Gates.)
Fantasy
May 2010
McCaffrey, Anne & Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann
Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats
(bk 1 of a new Barque Cats series)
Jan.2010
McCaffrey, Anne and Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann
Catacombs
(bk 2 of the Tale of the Barque Cats series. Sequel to Catalyst.)
Hard sf.
Dec.2010
McCaffrey, Todd
Dragongirl
(Latest in the Dragons of Pern series. Third Pass. Kindan, Fiona, etc. Sequel to Dragonheart.)
Hard sf.
Aug.2010
McDevitt, Jack
Echo
(bk 5 in the Alex Benedict series. Sequel to Devil's Eye.)
Hard sf.
Nov.2010
Martin, George R.R. and Dozois, Gardner
Warriors
(...military-themed cross-genre anthology [Martin] co-edited with Gardner Dozois)
Hard sf.
Mar.2010
Martin, George R.R., and Dozois, Gardner, eds.
Songs of Love and Death
Short stories.
Fantasy / Romance
Nov.2010
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Arms-Commander
(bk 16 in Saga of Recluce series. Sequel to Mage-Guard of Hamor.)
Fantasy
Jan.2010
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Imager's Intrigue
(bk 3 of the Imager Portfolio. Sequel to Imager's Challenge.)
Fantasy.
Jul.2010
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Empress of Eternity
Hard sf.
Nov.2010
Moon, Elizabeth
Oath of Fealty
(bk 4 in the Paksenarrion universe. Sequel to Oath of Gold [also found in omnibus edition The Deed of Paksenarrion]. NOTE: "In this new trilogy, Paks's former comrades in Duke Phelan's Company assume new roles and the story turns to follow their adventures.")
Fantasy.
Mar.2010
Niven, Larry
Stars and Gods
Fiction & nonficton short story/short works collection
Aug.2010
Niven, Larry and Lerner, Edward M.
Betrayer of Worlds
(bk 4 in the Fleet of Worlds series. Ringworld prequels. Sequel to Destroyer of Worlds.)
Hard sf.
Oct.2010
Niven, Larry
Best of Larry Niven
(27 Short Stories from the last 35 years. Known Space, Draco's Tavern, other series.)
Hard sf.
Dec.2010
Novik, Naomi
Tongues of Serpents
(bk 6 of the Temeraire series. Sequel to Victory of Eagles.)
Fantasy/alternate history.
Jul.2010
Owens, Robin D.
Heart Journey
(bk 9 in the Celta Heartmate series. Sequel to Heart Change.)
Romantic Fantasy.
Aug.2010
Pratchett, Terry
I Shall Wear Midnight
(bk 5 in the Discworld children's saga. Part of the Tiffany Aching series. Sequel to Wintersmith.)
Young Adult
Fantasy
Sep.2010
Rabe, Jean and Greenberg, Martin H., eds.
Timeshares
Hard sf.
Mar.2010
Rabe, Jean & Greenberg, Martin H.
Steampunked
Hard sf. pbk
Nov.2010
Resnick, Mike
Buntline Special: A Weird West Tale
"Picture a fractured America, steampunk technology, cowboys, rayguns, Native American shamans, and, drum roll please, zombies!" (From the publisher)
Hard sf.
Dec.2010
Ringo, John
Live Free or Die
(bk 1 of new series Troy Rising.)
Hard sf.
Feb.2010
Ringo, John, ed.
Citizens
(Short story collection by noted military veteran authors including "Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Elizabeth Moon, Gordon R. Dickson, David Drake, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Keith Laumer, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Gene Wolfe and more....")
Apr.2010
Ringo, John
Citadel
(bk 2 of the Troy Rising series. Sequel to Live Free or Die.)
Hard sf.
Dec.2010
Robinson, Kim Stanley
Galileo's Dream
Hard sf.
Jan.2010
Salvatore, R.A.
Bear
(bk 4 in the Saga of the First King series. Sequel to the Dame.)
Fantasy
Aug.2010
Salvatore, R.A.
Gauntlgrym
(Standalone. Not part of any series)
Fantasy.
Oct.2010
Sawyer, Robert
Watch
(Sequel to Wake. Sentient World Wide Web.)
Hard sf.
Apr.2010
Shinn, Sharon
Troubled Waters
(bk 1 in a new series.)
Fantasy
Oct.2010
Smith, Sherwood
Coronets and Steel
("...romantic, swashbuckling fun in this world, with a magical overlay." From the author. Standalone.)
Fantasy
Sep.2010
Stackpole, Michael A.
At the Queen's Command
(bk 1 of the Crown Colonies series. "a high-fantasy retelling of the American Revolutionary War... with dragons." Trade pbk)
Fantasy.
Nov.2010
Steele, Allen
Coyote Destiny
(bk 6 in the Coyote universe. Sequel to Coyote Horizon.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2010
Stirling, S.M.
A Taint in the Blood
(bk 1 of the Shadowspawn series. First book in new series.)
Urban Fantasy
May 2010
Stirling, S.M.
High King of Montival
(bk 4 of the Sunrise Lands. Sequel to Sword of the Lady.)
Hard sf.
Sep.2010
Tepper, Sheri
The Waters Rising
(Not part of any series. Standalone.)
Hard sf.
Sep.2010
Turtledove, Harry
West and East
(bk 2 of the War That Came Early series. Sequel to Hitler's War. What if Chamberlain had not signed the Munich Accord and Hitler had started WWII before he was really ready?)
Alternate history.
Aug.2010
Turtledove, Harry
Atlantis and Other Places
(bk 4 in the Atlantis series. Sequel to Liberating Atlantis.)
Alternate history
Dec.2010
Van Name, Mark L.
Children No More
(bk 4 in the Jon & Lobo series. Sequel to Overthrowing Heaven.)
Hard sf.
Aug.2010
Van Name, Mark L.
Jump Gate Twist
(Omnibus trade paperback. Reprints of the first two Jon & Lobo novels One Jump Ahead and Slanted Jack PLUS a new short story introducing Jon Moore.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2010
Vandermeer, Ann, ed. & Vandermeer, Jeff, ed.
Steampunk Reloaded
Hard sf. Trade pbk.
Oct.2010
Weber, David
A Mighty Fortress
(bk 4 of the Safehold series. Sequel to By Heresies Distressed.)
Hard sf.
Apr.2010
Weber, David
Mission of Honor
(bk 12 in the Honor Harrington (main) series. Sequel to At All Costs.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2010
Weber, David
Out of the Dark
(Standalone. Not part of any series. Novella written for a collection expanded to a 384 pp. novel in its own right.)
Hard sf.
Oct.2010
Weis, Margaret & Hickman, Tracy
Secret of the Dragon
(bk 2 of the Dragonships of Vindras series. Sequel to Bones of the Dragon.)
Fantasy
Mar.2010
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