(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 2017 and which previously appeared on my New Releases and Forthcoming Books list.
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Aaronovitch, Ben
Hanging Tree
(bk 6 in the Peter Grant/Rivers of London series. Sequel to Foxglove Summer. Pbk.)
Police Procedural Urban Fantasy
Jan.2017
Aaronovitch, Ben
Furthest Station
(bk 6.5 in the Peter Grant/Rivers of London series. Sequel to Hanging Tree. Novella. "Deluxe Hardback".)
Police Procedural Urban Fantasy
Jun.2017
Adams, John Joseph, editor
Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies
"A collection of original, epic science fiction stories by some of today’s best writers—for fans who want a little less science and a lot more action-....Inspired by movies like The Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars, this anthology features brand-new stories from some of science fiction’s best authors...." [Amazon.com]
Hard sf.
Apr.2017
Afsharirad, David, editor
Year's Best Military and Adventure SF, Volume 3
(Short story collection. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf
Jun.2017
Anderson, Taylor
Devil's Due
(bk 12 in The Destroyermen Series. Sequel to Blood in the Water.)
Alternate history.
Jun.2017
Andrews, Ilona
Innkeeper Chronicles, Volume One
(Omnibus books 1-3: Clean Sweep, Sweep in Peace, & One Fell Sweep.)
Urban Fantasy
May.2017
Anthony, Piers
Ghost Writer in the Sky
(bk 41 in the Xanth series. Sequel to Isis Orb.)
Fantasy
Apr.2017
Asaro, Catherine
The Bronze Skies
(bk 9 in the Skolian Empire series and bk 2 in the Major Bhaajan, P.I., series. Bk 2's prime murder suspect is a Jagernaut, one of the "elite soldiers in the Imperial Space Command" [Amazon.com]. Sequel to Undercity. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf
Sep.2017
Asher, Neal
Infinity Engine
(bk 3 in the Transformation series. Sequel to War Factory.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Mar.2017
Bacigalupi, Paolo
Tool of War
(bk 3 in the Ship Breaker series. Sequel to Drowned Cities. Young Adult)
Hard sf.
Oct.2017
Baker, Richard
Valiant Dust
(bk 1 in Breaker of Empires series. Space opera a la Horatio Hornblower / Honor Harrington.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Tor Books
Nov.2017
Beagle, Peter S.
The Overneath
("New and uncollected short fiction from the beloved author of The Last Unicorn." [Amazon.com] Trade pbk.)
Fantasy.
Nov.2017
Beagle, Peter S.
In Calabria
Fantasy.
Feb.2017
Beagle, Peter S. & Weisman, Jacob, editors
The New Voices of Fantasy
("...[N]ineteen breakout writers who are reinventing fantasy right now....[M]any of these rising stars have just or are about to publish their first novels and collections." Amazon.com. Short story collection. Trade pbk.)
Fantasy
Aug.2017
Benford, Gregory
The Berlin Project: An Alternative History of World War II
(What if the atomic bomb had been ready in time to be used on D-Day, June 6, 1944?)
Alternate history.
May.2017
Bernstein, David Siegel
Blockbuster Science: The Real Science in Science Fiction
Nonfiction. Trade pbk.
Oct.2017
Bishop, Anne
Etched in Bone
(bk 5 in The Courtyards of The Others series. Sequel to Marked in Flesh.)
Alternate History/Urban Fantasy
Mar.2017
Bova, Ben
Survival
(bk 3 in the Star Quest machine intelligence series. Sequel to Apes & Angels.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Dec.2017
Brennan, Marie
Within the Sanctuary of Wings
(bk 5 and last book in the Memoir of Lady Trent series. Sequel to In the Labyrinth of Drakes.)
Fantasy.
Apr.2017
Brennan, Marie
Lightning in the Blood
(bk 2 in the Varekai series. Novella. Sequel to Cold-Forged Flame. Trade pbk.)
Fantasy
May.2017
Briggs, Patricia
Silence Fallen
(bk 10 in the Mercy Thompson series. Sequel to Fire Touched.)
Urban Fantasy
Mar.2017
Brin, David, ed., with Stephen W. Potts
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World
("...Essays & short stories from writers such as Robert J. Sawyer, James Morrow, William Gibson, Damon Knight, Jack McDevitt, and many others to examine the benefits and pitfalls of technologic transparency in all its permutations." from Amazon.com.)
Non-fiction.
Jan.2017
Britain, Kristen
Firebrand
(bk 6 in the Green Rider series. Sequel to Mirror Sight.)
Fantasy
Mar.2017
Brooks, Terry
Black Elfstone
(bk 23 in the Shannara series. Sequel to Sorcerer's Daughter.)
Fantasy
Jun.2017
Brust, Steven & White, Skylar
Skill of Our Hands
(Sequel to the Incrementalists.)
Hard sf. Secret societies.
Jan.2017
Brust, Steven
Vallista
(bk 15 in the Vlad Taltos series. Sequel to Hawk.)
Fantasy
Oct.2017
Bujold, Lois McMaster
Penric's Mission
(bk 4 in the World of the Five Gods : Penric & Desdemona series. Sequel to Penric's Fox. First released as ebook. Deluxe hardback edition. Novella. NOTE: Author has re-numbered the series chronologically.)
Fantasy
Nov.2017
Bujold, Lois McMaster
Prisoner of Limnos
(bk 6 in the World of the Five Gods : Penric & Desdemona series. Sequel to Mira's Last Dance. NOTE: eBook only.)
Fantasy
Oct.2017
Butcher, Jim et al [Anthology edited by Nassise, Joseph]
Urban Enemies
(Short stories from villain's point of view from top authors of series like the Dresden Files, October Daye, Iron Druid Chronicles, etc.)
Urban fantasy
Aug.2017
Caine, Rachel
Ash and Quill
(bk 3 of the Great Library series. Sequel to Paper and Fire. Young Adult.)
Alternate history/Urban fantasy.
Jul.2017
Campbell, Jack
Vanguard
(bk 1 of the Genesis Fleet. Backstory. The founding of Alliance. Introduces "Robert Geary, a young former junior fleet officer, and Mele Darcy, a onetime enlisted Marine." [Amazon.com]. Sequel to Lost Fleet series book Leviathan.)
Hard sf. Military sf.
May.2017
Card, Orson Scott
Prentice Alvin and Alvin Journeyman
(bks 1 & 2 in the Alvin Maker series. Omnibus reissue.)
Fantasy
Apr.2017
Card, Orson Scott
Children of the Fleet
(bk 1 in the Fleet School series. Also bk 12 in the Ender's Saga series. Sequel to Shadows in Flight. NOTE: Storyline is parallel to Ender's Shadow series. New protagonist wants to attend Fleet School [successor to Battle School].)
Hard sf.
Oct.2017
Cherryh, C.J.
Convergence
(bk 18 in the Foreigner series. Sequel to Visitor.)
Hard sf.
Apr.2017
Clarke, Neil, ed.
Galactic Empires
("Here then is a diverse collection of stories that asks the questions that science fiction asks best. Empire: How? Why? And to what effect?" from Amazon.com. [www.clarkesworldmagazine.com])
Hard sf.
Jan.2017
Clarke, Neil, editor
More Human than Human: Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured Humanity
(Short story collection. "The short stories in More Human than Human demonstrate the depth and breadth of artificial humanity in contemporary science fiction." [Amazon.com] Trade pbk.)
Hard sf.
Nov.2017
Clarke, Neil, & Wallace, Sean, editors
Clarkesworld Magazine: Ten Years of Science Fiction & Fantasy
(Short story anthology. Trade pbk.)
Nov.2017
Cogman, Genevieve
Burning Page
(bk 3 of the Invisible Library series. Sequel to Masked City. Trade pbk.)
Urban fantasy/Alternate worlds
Jan.2017
Conroy, Robert & Dunn, J.R.
Day after Gettysburg
(Robert E. Lee wins the Battle of Gettysburg and rampages across Pennsylvania. In this book, the Civil War did not end at Appomattox and that is just the beginning!)
Alternate history
Jun.2017
Cooper, Brenda
Wilders
(bk 1 of the Project Earth series. Human "re-wilding crews" using bots (of course), "restoring lands once managed by humans but now being returned to more wild places." But do the bots have their own agenda? [Quotes from Goodreads])
Hard sf
Jun.2017
Corey, James S.A.
Persepolis Rising
(bk 7 of the Expanse series. Sequel to Babylon's Ashes.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Dec.2017
Czerneda, Julie E., editor
Nebula Awards Showcase 2017
Hard sf & fantasy.
May.2017
Czerneda, Julie E.
To Guard Against the Dark
(bk 9 of the Clan Chronicles. bk 3 of the Reunification Trilogy. Sequel to This Gulf of Time and Stars.)
Hard sf.
Oct.2017
Daniel, Tony
Amber Arrow
(bk 2 in the Wulf's Saga series. Sequel to Dragon Hammer. Young adult)
Fantasy
Sep.2017
Datlow, Ellen, editor,
Mad Hatters and March Hares: All-New Stories from the World of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
("An all original anthology of stories inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There....[Stories/poems from] Seanan McGuire, Jane Yolen, Catherynne M. Valente, Jeffrey Ford, and many other fantasy authors."[Amazon.com]
Fantasy.
Dec.2017
Davis, Hank
If This Goes Wrong...
("Science fiction tales, some humorous and some not-so-funny, about the downside of the future—and how to deal with a universe ruled by Murphy's Law! Includes stories by Robert A. Heinlein, Sarah A. Hoyt, Fritz Leiber, Gordon R. Dickson, Lester del Rey, Christopher Anvil, Fredric Brown, and more." FROM Amazon.com)
Hard sf. Short stories collection.
Jan.2017
Donaldson, Stephen R.
Seventh Decimate
(bk 1 of the God's War trilogy. Last book: King's Justice [two novellas].)
Fantasy.
Nov.2017
Dozois, Gardner, editor
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fourth Annual Collection
Hard sf.
Jul.2017
Dozois, Gardner, editor
The Book of Swords
("...An all-new anthology of original epic tales by...George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, and more...." [Amazon.com]
Epic Fantasy
Oct.2017
Drake, David
The Spark
(Standalone. "In a violent world in which civilization has fallen and monsters roam, a young hero will rise." [Amazon.com] Last fantasy book Air and Darkness.)
Fantasy
Nov.2017
Duncan, Dave
Portal of a Thousand Worlds
("The looming threat of a once-in-a-millennium magical event sends nineteenth-century China into violent chaos in this epic alternate-history fantasy." Amazon.com. Trade pbk.)
Alternate History Fantasy.
Feb.2017
Duncan, Dave
Ironfoot
(bk 1 of the Enchanter General series. Year 1164 England. Saxons & Normans & magic! Last fantasy book When The Saints.)
Alternate history/fantasy
Oct.2017
Elliott, Kate
Buried Heart
(bk 3 to Court of Five trilogy. Sequel to Poisoned Blade. Young Adult.)
Fantasy
Jul.2017
Flint, Eric
1636: the Ottoman Onslaught
(Latest in the 1632/Ashanti Shards series. General Mike Stearns versus the Ottomans! "Direct sequel to both 1636: The Saxon Uprising as well as my short novel in Ring of Fire III, 'Four Days on the Danube.'" [Eric Flint])
Alternate history
Jan.2017
Flint, Eric & Barber, James Griffin
1636: Mission to the Mughals
(bk 23 in the 1632/Ring of Fire series. "The U.S.E. needs a reliable source of opiates for those wounded in action, as well as other goods not available in Europe. The Prime Minister of the U.S.E., Mike Stearns, sends a mission to the Mughal Empire of India with the aim of securing a trade deal with the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan." [Amazon.com] New India storyline.)
Altrenate history
Apr.2017
Flint, Eric; Huff, Gorg; & Goodlett, Paula
Alexander Inheritance
(Yet another Ashanti Shard [ala 1632] takes a current day cruise ship from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean two thousand years ago, just 2 years after the death of Alexander the Great. bk 1 in a new alternate history series.)
Alternate history
Jul.2017
Flint, Eric & Kimble, Alistair
Iron Angels
(bk 1 in a new series OR standalone. FBI uncovers strange goings-on in Chicago.)
Urban fantasy.
Sep.2017
Flint, Eric and Gannon Charles E.
1636: The Vatican Sanctions
(bk 24 of the 1632 Ashanti Shards series. Direct sequel to 1635: The Papal Stakes.)
Alternate history
Dec.2017
Foster, Alan Dean
Strange Music
(bk 15 in the Adventures of Pip & Flinx series. Sequel to Flinx Transcendent.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Nov.2017
Freed, Alexander
Rogue One: a Star Wars Story
("The official novelization of the upcoming film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, starring a band of rebels on a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans." [Amazon.com])
Hard sf. Space opera
Jan.2017
Gabaldon, Diana
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
(Subtitle: A Collection of Outlander Fiction. Seven novellas (two original to this volume, others previously printed elsewhere). Mostly Lord John Grey stories (but at least one includes Jamie Fraser).
Outlander universe/Historical fiction.
Jun.2017
Gaiman, Neil
Norse Mythology
("In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki?son of a giant?blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.
Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants...." [Amazon.com])
Retelling of Norse myths, more like a novel than a reference book.
Feb.2017
Gannon, Charles E.
Caine's Mutiny
(bk 4 in the Tales of the Terran Empire. Sequel to Raising Caine. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Feb.2017
Gardner, James Alan
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault
(bk 1 in a new series. "So I have this new series to be published by Tor. There are vampires. There are werewolves. There are demons. There are superheroes." Two books under contract. "Book 2: They Promised Me The Gun Wasn't Loaded". If all goes well, there may be two additional books. [Author's Web site] Trade pbk.)
Urban fantasy.
Nov.2017
Godfrey, Daniel
Empire of Time
(bk 2 of the New Pompeii series. "New Pompeii, a replica city filled with Romans, pulled through time just before the volcanic eruption" [Amazon.com] by an energy company. Book 2 picks up 15 years after the events of book 1. "New Rome is cut off from the rest of the world in a new Cold War. The Romans, lead by Calpurnia, have control of the time travel technology, which keeps western governments at bay." [Amazon.com] Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Time travel.
Jun.2017
Goodkind, Terry
Death's Mistress
("The launch of an entirely new series built around Richard and Kahlan's friend and defender, the warrior woman Nicci." RisingShadow.net)
Fantasy.
Jan.2017
Gray, Claudia
Defy the Stars
(bk 1 of the Constellation Series. "She's a soldier.... He's a machine....Noemi and Abel are enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together as they embark on a daring journey through the stars." [Amazon.com] Young adult.)
Hard sf. Space opera
Apr.2017
Green, Simon R.
Moonbreaker
(bk 11 in the Secret History [Eddie Drood] series. Sequel to Dr. DOA.)
Urban fantasy
Jun.2017
Gunn, James
Transformation
(bk 3 in the Transcendental Trilogy Series. Sequel to Transgalactic. "Epic, high-concept space opera" [FantasticFiction.com])
Hard sf
Jun.2017
Guran, Paula, ed.
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore
("Librarians guide us to enlightenment as well as serving as the captains, mages, and gatekeepers who open the doors to delight, speculation, wonder, and terror. Both inspire writers of speculative fiction to pen wonderful tales woven around them." [Amazon.com] Short stories by many top sff authors. Trade pbk)
Hard sf AND Fantasy
Aug.2017
Guran, Paula, ed.
Swords Against Darkness
("An epic anthology of short stories and novellas from classic to modern, each tale a memorable vision from masters [and] mistresses of heroic fantasy past and present!" [Amazon.com]
Trade pbk.
Fantasy
Jun.2017
Hearne, Kevin
Beseiged
(bk 8.5 in the Iron Druid Chronicles series. A "collection of almost all-new Iron Druid stories" [author's Web site]. Atticus short stories. Sequel to Staked.)
Urban fantasy.
Jul.2017
Hearne, Kevin
A Plague of Giants
(bk 1 of the Seven Kennings trilogy. [Not part of Iron Druid Chronicles urban fantasy series.])
Epic Fantasy.
Oct.2017
Hearne, Kevin
Squirrel on the Train
(bk 2 of Oberon's Meaty Mysteries. Sequel to Purloined Poodle. Novella. [Iron Druid Chronicles series])
Urban Fantasy
Nov.2017
Hines, Jim C.
Terminal Alliance
(bk 1 in the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series. Amazon.com has this as a "humorous military science fiction series" in the vein of "Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett". Zombies included.)
Hard sf.
Nov.2017
Hobb, Robin
Assassin's Fate
(bk 3 in the Fitz and the Fool Trilogy. Sequel to Fool's Quest.)
Fantasy
May.2017
Hoyt, Sarah A.
Darkship Revenge
(bk 3 of the Darkship series. Sequel to Darkship Renegades. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
May.2017
Huff, Tanya
A Peace Divided
(bk 2 of the Peacekeepers series. Sequel to An Ancient Peace.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Jun.2017
Kenyon, Kay
At the table of wolves
(bk 1 in the A Dark Talents series. [At least I hope this is a series!]. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy meets X-Men in a classic British espionage story. A young woman must go undercover and use her superpowers to discover a secret Nazi plat and stop an invasion of England." [Amazon.com])
Paranormal spy novel.
Jul.2017
Kress, Nancy
Tomorrow's Kin
(bk 1 of Yesterday's Kin trilogy. Sequel to her 2014 Nebula-winning novella Yesterday's Kin.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2017
Lackey, Mercedes
A Scandal in Battersea
(bk 12 in the Elemental Masters series. Sequel to A Study in Sable. "The twelfth novel in Mercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series reimagines Sherlock Holmes in a richly-detailed alternate 20th-century England." from Amazon.com)
Fantasy.
Oct.2017
Lackey, Mercedes & Mallory, James
Blade of Empire
(bk 2 of the Dragon Prophecy. Sequel to Crown of Vengeance.)
Epic Fantasy
Oct.2017
Lackey, Mercedes, editor
Pathways: All New Tales of Valdemar
(bk 11 of the long-running Valdemar shared world short stories series. Sequel to Crucible. Pbk.)
Fantasy
Dec.2017
Latner, Alexis Glynn
Embrace the Romance
(bk 2 in the Pets in Space series. Many authors "share stories and help out Hero-Dogs.org, a charity that supports our veterans!....10% of the first month’s profits go to Hero-Dogs.org." [Amazon.com])
Hard sf.
Oct.2017
Leckie, Ann
Provenance
(Either a standalone or bk 1 of a new series. Last book Ancillary Mercy.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Sep.2017
Ledbetter, William, editor
The Jim Baen Memorial Award: The First Decade
("Since 2007, Baen Books and The National Space Society have sponsored The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, to honor the legacy of Jim Baen and to promote the ideals of forward-thinking, positive science fiction. Here gathered together for the first time are the best of the best of the first decade of the Jim Baen Memorial Award." [Amazon.com] Trade pbk)
Hard sf.
Nov.2017
Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve
The Gathering Edge
(bk 20 in The Liaden Universe. Direct sequel to Dragon Ship. A Theo Waitley story.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
May.2017
Lee, Yoon Ha
Raven Stratagem
(bk 2 of the Machineries of Empire. Sequel to Ninefox Gambit.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Jun.2017
Levine, David D.
Arabella and the Battle of Venus
(bk 2 in the Adventures of Arabella Ashby series. Sequel to Andre Norton Award-winning Arabella of Mars.)
Steampunk/Alternate Victorian adventure fantasy.
Jul.2017
McDonald, Ian
Wolf Moon
(bk 2 of the Luna series. Sequel to New Moon.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2017
McGuire, Seanan
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day
("Coming of age story about ghosts and witches and Kentucky. Not connected to any preexisting world; this is for Tor.com's new publishing arm." Seanan McGuire. Novella.)
Fantasy
Jan.2017
McGuire, Seanan
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
(bk 2 of the Wayward Children series. Sequel to Nebula Award-winning Every Heart a Doorway. Novella.)
Fantasy
Jun.2017
McGuire, Seanan
Magic for Nothing
(bk 6 in the Incryptid Series. Sequel to Chaos Choreography.)
Urban Fantasy.
Mar.2017
McGuire, Seanan
Brightest Fell
(bk 11 of the October Daye series. Sequel to Once Broken Faith.)
Urban fantasy
Sep.2017
Martin, George R.R., ed.
Mississippi Roll
(bk 24 of the Wild Cards series. Sequel to High Stakes.)
Alternate history/Urban Fantasy.
Dec.2017
Meyer, Marissa
Renegades
(Originally bk 1 of a trilogy. Currently just a standalone. Not part of any previous series.)
Fantasy
Nov.2017
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Recluce Tales: Stories from the World of Recluce
(Latest in the Saga of Recluce series. Last Recluce book Heritage of Cyador)
Fantasy
Jan.2017
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Assassin's Price
(bk 11 in the Imager Portfolio series. Sequel to Treachery's Tools.)
Fantasy.
Jul.2017
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
The Mongrel Mage
(bk 19 in the Saga of Recluce. Sequel to Heritage of Cyador.)
Fantasy
Oct.2017
Moon, Elizabeth
Cold Welcome
(bk 1 in the new Vatta's Peace series. bk 7 in the overall Vatta series. Sequel to Victory Conditions. Check blog for latest author updates!)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Apr.2017
Novik, Naomi
Golden Age and Other Stories
(Short story collection. "An original Temeraire collection as unique as the world she has created, with each tale inspired by an accompanying piece of fan art." [Amazon.com] NOTE: These are from Temeraire's world but I don't think Temeraire himself is in these stories. "Readers will delight at appearances by fan-favorite characters from the series and historical figures like the famed explorer Matteo Ricci." [again, Amazon.com])
Alternate history/Fantasy
Aug.2017
Nuttall, Christopher
Fists of Justice
(bk 12 in the Schooled in Magic series. Sequel to Sergeant's Apprentice. Young adult.)
NOTE: eBook only
Fantasy
May.2017
Nuttall, Christopher
Gordian Knot
(bk 13 in the Schooled in Magic series. Sequel to Fists of Justice. Young adult.)
NOTE: eBook only
Fantasy
Sep.2017
Nuttall, Christopher
Sergeant's Apprentice
(bk 11 in the Schooled in Magic series. Sequel to Past Tense. Young adult. Now in trade paperback.)
Fantasy
Nov.2017
Nuttall, Christopher and Chau, Alexander
Wolf's Bane
(bk 14 in the Empire's Corps series. Sequel to Culture Shock.)
NOTE: eBook only
Hard sf. Space opera.
May.2017
Owens, Robin D.
Heart Sight
(bk 14 in the Celta paranormal romance series. Sequel to Heart Legacy.)
Fantasy
Dec.2017
Pratchett, Terry
Witch's Vacuum Cleaner
(Short fiction collection. Sequel to Dragons at Crumbling Castle. Written when author was 17 years old. YA.)
Fantasy.
Jan.2017
Pullman, Philip
The Book of Dust, Volume One
("Equel", neither prequel nor sequel to the His Dark Materials trilogy. Stands alongside. Young Adult.)
Fantasy.
Oct.2017
Reisman, Jessica
Substrate Phantoms
(Ghost tale or is there alien life after all? On a space station in deep space.)
Hard sf.
May 2017
Flint, Eric & Resnick, Mike
Gods of Sagittarius
("It is a space opera. Think of it as Interstellar Indiana Jones and the Alien Investigator/Terminator and you will be well, pretty wildly off but still somewhere in the galactic vicinity." Eric Flint. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
May.2017
Resnick, Mike, Robyn, Lezli, & Hodges, Larry
When Parallel Lines Meet
(A Stellar Guild title. This series pairs best selling authors with new authors. The veteran author(s) write a book. The new author writes a companion piece, in the same world.)
Hard sf.
Nov.2017.
Ritter, William
The Dire King
(bk 4 in the Jakaby series. Sequel to Ghostly Echoes. For Doctor Who / Sherlock Holmes fans! Young adult.)
Urban fantasy / steampunk
Aug.2017
Robinson, Kim Stanley
New York 2140
("A Venice-like future New York City, flooded because of climate change, was already featured in 2312. Here it becomes the setting of the entire novel, which will deal with the nuts and bolts of how to address and how to adapt to climate change -- technologically, financially, legally, socially -- as well as giving us a glimpse into what day to day life will feel like in that future society." Kim Stanley Robinson site.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2017
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn
The Runabout
(bk 6 of the Diving Series. Sequel to The Falls.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Sep.2017
Sagara, Michelle
Grave
(bk 3 of the Queen of the Dead series. Sequel to Touch.)
Fantasy
Feb.2017
Scalzi, John
Collapsing Empire
(bk 1 of the Interdependency series. Not part of any existing series.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Mar.2017
Scalzi, John
Dispatcher
(Standalone novella. Deluxe Hardcover edition.)
Hard sf.
May.2017
Scalzi, John
Don't Live for Your Obituary: Advice, Commentary, and Personal Observations on Writing
(Deluxe hardcover edition.)
Nonfiction
Dec.2017
Schmidt, Brian Thomas (editor)
Infinite Stars: The Definitive Anthology of Space Opera and Military SF
("24 space opera stories in bestselling universes, including brand new stories by Orson Scott Card, David Weber, Jack Campbell, Elizabeth Moon, Catherine Asaro, William Deitz, David Drake, and more." [Amazon.com])
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Oct.2017
Schwab, V.E.
A Conjuring of Light
(bk 3 & FINAL book of the Shades of Magic trilogy. Sequel to A Gathering of Shadows.)
Hard sf. Parallel worlds. Alternate realities.
Feb.2017
Shearin, Lisa
Ghoul Vendetta
(bk 4 of the SPI Files series. Sequel to the Brimstone Deception.)
Urban Fantasy
Jan.2017
Silverberg, Robert
Emperor and the Maula
("Robert Silverberg's The Emperor and the Maula was written in 1992 for an aborted publishing project and has been printed only once, in a radically abbreviated version. This deluxe new edition restores more than 15,000 words of missing text, allowing us to see, for the first time, the author's original intent....The Emperor and the Maula is Silverberg's Scheherazade tale, the story of a woman telling a story in order to extend, and ultimately preserve, her life." [Amazon.com])
Novella. Deluxe hardcover edition.
Sep.2017
Silverberg, Robert
First-Person Singularities
("First-Person Singularities, stories by science fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg, features eighteen tales written over the course of his forty-year career, all told in the first-person singular....Every story in First-Person Singularities offers a one-of-a-kind narrator...." [Amazon.com] Short story collection. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf.
Oct.2017
Snodgrass, Melinda M.
In Evil Times
(bk 2 of the Imperials Saga. Sequel to The High Ground. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Jul.2017
Spencer, Wen
Black Wolves of Boston
(bk 1 in a new series.)
Urban Fantasy.
Feb.2017
Steele, Allen
Avengers of the Moon
("With the permission of the Edmond Hamilton estate, Allen Steele revives the exciting adventures of Captain Future." (Goodreads). "A reboot of the original pulp character. And second, while light in tone, it's not a humorous SF novel."(Email from author.)
Hard sf.
Apr.2017
Steinmetz, Ferrett
The Uploaded
("In the near future, the elderly have moved online and now live within the computer network." [Amazon.com] "The Dark Side of Immortality" (Author's Web site) Mass market paperback.)
Hard sf.
Sep.2017
Stirling, S.M.
Sea Peoples
(bk 11 of the Change series. Sequel to “The Golden princess”, “The Desert and the Blade”, “Prince of outcasts”, and earlier books in the series. Book 4 of the Emberverse V series. Note: it is now "Change Year 46, two generations after high-energy technology died in a catastrophe most of the human race didn’t survive." [from author's Web site]
Alternate history/Fantasy.
Oct.2017
Strahan, Jonathan, ed.
Infinity Wars
(Space opera themed anthlogy.)
Sep.2017
Swendson, Shanna
Rebels Rising
(bk 3 in the Rebels Series. Sequel to Rebel Magisters. Note: eBook only thus far. Paperback and hardback editions to follow.)
Alternate history urban fantasy.
Apr.2017
Taylor, Jodi
And the Rest is History
(bk 8 in The Chronicles of St. Mary's series. "The eighth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea." [Amazon.com] Sequel to Lies, Damned Lies, & History. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Time travel.
Jul.2017
Taylor, Jodi
The Long and Short of It
(Short stories in The Chronicles of St. Mary's series. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Time travel.
Nov.2017
Taylor, Travis
Kill Before Dying
(bk 5 of the Tau Ceti Agenda series. Sequel to Trail of Evil.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Feb.2017
Taylor, Travis and Nye, Jody Lynn
Moon Beam
(Teens participating in a TV reality show have to complete huge projects on The Moon. "The [16-yr-old] loner from farm country must find a way to weld a functional team out of fiercely independent thinkers." [Amazon.com] On live TV! YA.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2017
Thomas, Will
Old Scores
(bk 9 of the Barker & Llewelyn series. Sequel to Hell Bay.)
Victorian / Sherlock Holmes-esque mystery
Oct.2017
Thompson, Arianne "Tex"
Dreams of the Eaten
(bk 3 of the Children of the Drought series. Sequel to Medicine for the Dead.)
Urban Fantasy / Old West Post-Apocalpyse
Jan.2017
Turtledove, Harry
Armistice
(bk 3 of the Hot War. Sequel to Fallout.)
Alternate history.
Jul.2017
Tuttle, Lisa
The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross
(bk 2 of the Casebooks of Jesperson & Lane series. Sequel to The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist & the Psychic Thief. eBook ONLY.)
[Note: This listing is for the eBOOK only.]
Paranormal Victorian mystery
Nov.2017
Weir, Andy
Artemis: A Novel
("The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller--a heist story set on the moon." [Amazon.com])
Thriller.
Nov.2017
Wells, Jaye
Volatile Bonds
(bk 4 of the Prospero's War series. Sequel to Deadly Spells.)
Urban Fantasy.
Sep.2017
Wells, Martha
All Systems Red
(bk 1 of the Murderbot Diaries. Tor.com novella. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf.
May.2017
Wells, Martha
Harbors of the Sun
(bk 5 in the Books of the Raksura series. Sequel to Edge of Worlds. Raksura Book 1 is Cloud Roads.)
Fantasy
Jul.2017
White, Elle Katharine
Heartstone
("A debut historical fantasy that recasts Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice in an imaginative world of wyverns, dragons, and the warriors who fight alongside them...."[Amazon.com])
Fantasy
Jan.2017
White, Steve
Gods of Dawn
(bk 6 in the Jason Thanou series. Sequel to Soldiers Out Of Time. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Time travel.
Aug.2017
Williams, Sheila, editor
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: A Decade of Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Stories 2005-2015
(Short story collection. Trade pbk.)
Nov.2017
Yu, Charles & Adams, John Joseph, editors
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
(Short story collection. Trade pbk.)
Both hard sf. & fantasy
Oct.2017
Zahn, Timothy
Thrawn
(In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn's rise to power, uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history. [Amazon.com] Backstory to the classic Heir to the Empire trilogy.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Apr.2017
Zahn, Timothy
Pawn: A Chronicle of the Sibyl's War
(bk 1 in a new Sybil's War series.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
May.2017
Zelazny, Trent & Lapine, Warren, editors
Shadows & Reflections: Stories from the Worlds of Roger Zelazny
("...Stories that are not just inspired by Roger Zelazny, but stories set in universes created by Roger Zelazny." [Barnes & Noble.com])
Sep.2017
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