New Releases and Forthcoming Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

[See Caveat] This list will be maintained alphabetical by author. I will periodically remove books after they are no longer new (my cutoff date for this particular list is June 2009 and more recent) and move them here. I will add new titles as I find out about them.
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Most recent Locus magazine consulted: June 2009


Last update: 6/14/2009

*NEW in this revision 6/14/2009
+MODIFIED during month of June 2009
Anderson, Poul
Rise of the Terran Empire
(bk 3 of the re-issued Poleosotechnic League series. Sequel to David Falkyn: Star Trader.)
Hard sf. Trade paperback.
Jun.2009

*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

*Anthony, Piers
Jumper Cable
(Latest Xanth novel. Sequel to Two to the Fifth)
Fantasy.
Oct.2009

*Baker, Kage
Hotel Under the Sand
Young adult. Trade pbk.
Fantasy.
Jul.2009

Baker, Kage
Women of Nell Gwynne's
Limited edition steampunk novella
Jun.2009

Bova, Ben
Return
(bk 4 of Voyagers. Sequel to Star Brothers)
Hard sf.
Aug.2009

*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)
Feb.2010

+Brooks, Terry
Princess of Landover
(bk 6 of the Landover series. Sequel to Witches' Brew.)
Fantasy.
Aug..2009

Butcher, Jim
First Lord's Fury
(bk 6 of the Codex Alera series. Sequel to Princeps' Fury.)
Fantasy.
Nov.2009

Card, Orson Scott
Authorized Ender Companion
Nonfiction
Nov.2009

*Dann, Jack and Dozois, Gardner
The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy
(Short story collection. Authors include: Diana Gabaldon, Naomi Novik, Tamora Pierce, Garth Nix, and many others.)
Fantasy
Nov.2009

De Lint, Charles
Muse and Reverie
Fantasy
Dec.2009

*DeMarce, Virginia
1635: The Tangled Web
(Latest in the 1632/Ashanti series. Sequel to 1634: the Bavarian Crisis.)
Alternate history. Trade pbk.
Dec.2009

Dozois, Gardner, ed. and Strahan, Jonathan
New Space Opera 2
(bk 2 of the New Space Opera series. Sequel to New Space Opera 1.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2009

Dozois, Gardner & Martin, George R.R., editors
Songs of the Dying Earth
Short stories by major fantasy authors set in Jack Vance's Dying Earth universe. Tribute anthology.
Fantasy
Aug.2009

Dozois, Gardner, ed.
Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection
Hard sf.
Jul.2009

Flint, Eric, ed.
Grantville Gazette V
(bk 5 in the 1632 amateur author anthology series. Sequel to Grantville Gazette IV.)
Alternate history.
Aug.2009

Flint, Eric
Flames of Sunset
(bk 3 of the Belisarius omnibus reprint series. Sequel to Storm at Noontide. Contains 2 novels: Tide of Victory and Dance of Time.)
Alternate history
Aug.2009

*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

Foster, Alan Dean
Flinx Transcendent
(Latest of the Pip & Flinx series. Sequel to Patrimony.)
Hard sf.
Jun.2009

+Gabaldon, Diana
An Echo in the Bone
(bk 7 in the Outlander series. Sequel to A Breath of Snow and Ashes)
Historical time travel romance
Oct.2009

*Haldeman, Joe
Starbound
(Sequel to Marsbound)
Hard sf.
Jan.2010

Hartwell, David G., ed.
Year's Best SF 14
Short stories.
Hard sf.pbk.
Jun.2009

*Herbert, Brian & Anderson, Kevin
Winds of Dune
(Latest in the Dune series. Direct sequel to Dune Messiah.)
Hard sf.
Aug.2009

+Hobb, Robin
Dragon Keeper
(bk 1 of the Rain Wilds Chronicles)
Fantasy
Feb.2010

Jordan, Robert with Sanderson, Brandon
Gathering Storm
(bk 12 of the Wheel of Time series. Sequel to Knife of Dreams [NOTE: Memory of Light is now a trilogy. This is book one.])
Fantasy
Nov.2009

*Kenyon, Kay
Prince of Storms
(bk 4 in the Entire and the Rose series. Sequel to City Without End.)
Hard sf.
Jan.2010

Kerr, Katharine
Silver Mage
(bk 4 of the Silver Wyrm series. [bk 7 & last of the Deverry: Dragon Mage series.] Sequel to the Shadow Isle.)
Fantasy
Nov.2009

Lackey, Mercedes
Gwenhyfar: The White Spirit
(A novel of King Arthur)
Fantasy
Oct.2009

Lackey, Mercedes, ed.
Changing the World, and Other Tales of Valdemar
(bk 5 in the Tales of Valdemar series)
Fantasy
Dec.2009

*Lackey, Mercedes & Mallory, James
Phoenix Transformed
(bk 3 of the Enduring Flame. Sequel to Phoenix Endangered.)
Fantasy
Sep.2009

Lindskold, Jane
Nine Gates
(bk 2 in Breaking the Wall. Sequel to Thirteen Orphans)
Hard sf.
Aug.2009

*McCaffrey, Anne & Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann
Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats
(bk 1 of a new Barque Cats series)
Jan.2010

McDevitt, Jack
Time Travelers Never Die
Stand-alone (not part of a series)
Hard sf.
Nov.2009

McDonald, Sandra
The Stars Blue Yonder
(bk 3 of the Outback Stars series. Sequel to The Stars Down Under)
Hard sf.
Jul.2009

*Martin, George R.R.
Dance with Dragons
(bk 5 in his Song of Ice and Fire series. Sequel to A Feast for Crows.)
Fantasy.
Oct.2009

Martin, George R.R.
Suicide Kings
(bk 3 of the Wild Cards series. Sequel to Busted Flush.)
Dec. 2009

*Martin, George R.R. and Dozois, Gardner
Warriors
(...military-themed cross-genre anthology [Martin] co-edited with Gardner Dozois)
Mar.2010

Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Haze
(Not part of any series)
Hard sf.
Jun.2009

*Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Imager's Challenge
(bk 2 of the Imager Portfolio. Sequel to Imager)
Fantasy Oct.2009
*Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Arms Commander
(Latest in Saga of Recluce series.)
Jan.2010

Moon, Elizabeth
Serrano Succession
(bk 2 of the Serrano Legacy Omnibus reprint series. Contains 2 novels: Change of Command and Against the Odds. Sequel to the Serrano Connection.)
Hard sf. Trade pbk.
Sep.2009

*Moon, Elizabeth
Oath of Fealty
(bk 4 in the Paksenarrion series. Sequel to Oath of Gold [also found in omnibus edition The Deed of Paksenarrion])
Fantasy.
Mar.2010

*Niven, Larry
Scatterbrain II
(Excerpts, essays, short stories, etc. Collection of short works.)
Feb.2010

Niven, Larry with Lerner, Edward M.,
Destroyer of Worlds
(bk 3 of the Known Space Ringworld prequel series. Sequel to Juggler of Worlds)
Nov.2009

Paxson, Diana L.
Sword of Avalon
(Marion Zimmer Bradley-originated series. Sequel to Ravens of Avalon.)
Dec.2009

Pratchett, Terry
Unseen Academicals
(bk 32 in the Discworld series. Sequel to Making Money)
Oct.2009

*Rabe, Jean and Greenberg, Martin H., eds.
Timeshares
Hard sf.
Mar.2010

Resnick, Mike
Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks
Short stories.
Sep.2009

Resnick, Mike
Hazards
(bk 5 in the Lucifer Jones series. Sequel to Encounters.)
Jun.2009

Resnick, Mike
Stalking the Dragon
(bk 3 of the John Justin Mallory Stalking series. Sequel to Stalking the Vampire.)
Urban Fantasy.
Aug.2009

Resnick, Mike
Starship: Flagship
(bk in the Starship series. Sequel to Starship: Rebel)
Hard sf.
Dec.2009

Ringo, John
Eye of the Storm
(bk 11 of the Posleen War. Sequel to Honor of the Clan.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2009

*Ringo, John
Live Free or Die
Feb.2010

*Robinson, Kim Stanley
Galileo's Dream
Hard sf.
Jan.2010

Saberhagen, Fred
Of Berserkers, Swords and Vampires: A Saberhagen Retrospective
Short stories.
Hard sf, fantasy, & horror.
Jun.2009

Salvatore, R.A.
The Dame
(bk 3 of the Saga of the First King. Sequel to The Ancient)
Fantasy
Aug.2009

Scalzi, John
METAtropolis
"More than an anthology, METAtropolis is the brainchild of five of science fiction's hottest writers Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder and project editor John Scalzi who combined their talents to build a new urban future, and then wrote their own stories in this collectively-constructed world."(Amazon.com) Hard sf.
Jul.2009

*Steele, Allen
Coyote Destiny
(bk 6 in the Coyote universe. Sequel to Coyote Horizon.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2010

Stirling, S.M.
Sword of the Lady
(bk 3 of the Change. Sequel to Scourge of God.)
Alternate history.
Sep.2009

Taylor, Travis
One Good Soldier
(bk 3 in the Tau Ceti series. Sequel to Tau Ceti Agenda.)
Hard sf.
Dec.2009

Turtledove, Harry
Hitler's War
Alternate history. (What if Neville Chamberlain had refused to allow Hitler to annex the Sudetenland?)
Aug.2009

Turtledove, Harry
Liberating Atlantis
(bk in the Atlantis series. Sequel to the United States of Atlantis.)
Alternate history.
Dec.2009

*Turtledove, Harry
Golden Shrine
Alternate history.
Oct.2009

Van Gelder, Gordon, ed.
Very Best of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology
Short stories. "...[T]his extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction."
Sep.2009

Van Name, Mark L.
Overthrowing Heaven
(bk 3 in the Jon & Lobo series. Sequel to Slanted Jack.)
Hard sf.
Jun.2009

Weber, David
By Heresies Distressed
(bk 3 of the Safehold series. Sequel to By Schism Rent Asunder.)
Hard sf.
Jul.2009

Weber, David & Flint, Eric
Torch of Freedom
(Queen Berry, Zilwicki, etc. of the planet Torch. Honorverse novel)
Hard sf.
Nov.2009

Weis, Margaret & Hickman, Tracy
Dragons of the Hourglass Mage
(bk 3 of the Lost Chronicles trilogy. Sequel to Dragons of the Highlord Skies.)
Fantasy
Aug.2009

*Weis, Margaret & Hickman, Tracy
Dragonships 2
(bk 2 of the Dragonships of Vindras series. Sequel to Bones of the Dragon.)
Fantasy
Feb.2010

Zahn, Timothy
Cobra Alliance
(bk 1 of the Cobra War series. Latest of the Cobra series. Sequel to Cobra Trilogy [omnibus reprint].)
Hard sf.
Dec.2009

*Zahn, Timothy
Domino Pattern
Hard sf.
Dec.2009

See also:
  • Forthcoming Books (Published quarterly in Locus magazine.)
  • AwardWeb: Collections of Literary Award Information
  • Friends of Fandom's Science Fiction and Fantasy WWW Page

    [Caveat: Here is listed what Margaret A. Davis is looking forward to reading or 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. See also Science Fiction&Fantasy for Younger Readers. (Hint: I do not read horror. Sorry, horror fans may peruse the Horror Writers Assn. Recommended Reading List for suitable suggestions.)
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