(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-April 2012 and which previously appeared on my New Releases and Forthcoming Books list.
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Adams, John Joseph, ed.
Armored
(Short stories about "going to battle in suits of powered combat armor", etc. Pbk.)
Military sf.
Apr.2012
Baker, Kage
Best of Kage Baker
"...[T]reasure trove that gathers together twenty stories and novellas, eleven of which have never been collected anywhere."
Includes, of course, Company stories
Alternate history/fantasy/hard sf.
Apr.2012
Bova, Ben
Power Play
Thriller.
Jan.2012
Briggs, Patricia
Fair Game
(bk 3 of the Alpha and Omega series. Sequel to Hunting Ground)
Urban Fantasy
Mar.2012
Brooks, Terry
Indomitable
"With Indomitable, Brooks provides an essential epilogue to the beloved Shannara trilogy that started it all."
Fantasy
Mar.2012
Buckell, Tobias S.
Arctic Rising
Thriller.
Feb.2012
Caine, Rachel
Unbroken
(bk 4 of the Outcast Season series. Sequel to Unseen.)
Urban Fantasy
Feb.2012
Card, Orson Scott
Shadows in Flight
(Final book of the Ender/Ender's Shadow [parallel] series. "Wrap-up" novel that ties Bean & Bean's children to what Ender Wiggins has been doing as Speaker for the Dead.
Hard sf.
Jan.2012
Cherryh, C.J.
Intruder
(bk 13 of the Foreigner [Bren] series. Sequel to Betrayer.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2012
Drake, David
Road of Danger
(bk 9 in the RCN Lt. Leary series. Sequel to What Distant Deeps.)
Space Opera. Hard sf.
Apr.2012
Duncan, Dave
Against the Light
"A fantasy that begins by mirroring real historical events, and ends by reflecting some current problems...."
Trade pbk
Jan.2012
Feist, Raymond E.
A Crown Imperiled
(bk 2 of the Chaos War series. Sequel to A Kingdom Beseiged.)
Fantasy
Apr.2012
Flint, Eric and Goodlett, Paula
Grantville Gazette VI
(Latest in the longrunning 1632 series. Sequel to Grantville Gazette V.)
Alternate history.
Jan.2012
Flynn, Michael
In the Lion's Mouth
(bk 3 in the January Dancer series. Sequel to Up Jim River.)
Space Opera. Hard sf.
Jan.2012
Foster, Alan Dean
Body, Inc.
(Standalone. Not part of any series.)
Thriller.
Apr.2012
Greenberg, Martin H., & Hughes, Kerrie L., editors
Westward Weird
"...thirteen original stories that open the Old West to new frontiers of science fiction and fantasy."
Hard sf & Fantasy
Feb.2012
Herbert, Brian and Anderson, Kevin J.
Sisterhood of Dune
(Latest in Dune series. "Over the course of three novels, we’ll describe the formation of the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, the Suk Doctors, the Spacing Guild and the Navigators, as well as the solidifying of the Corrino imperium." Sisterhood of Dune is the first novel set in this early time period.)
Hard sf.
Jan.2012
Hobb, Robin
City of Dragons
(bk 3 in the Rain Wilds Chronicles. Sequel to Dragon Haven.)
Fantasy.
Feb.2012
Kerr, Katharine
Apocalypse to Go
(bk 3 in new series. Sequel to Water to Burn.)
Urban Fantasy
Feb.2012
King, Stephen
Wind Through the Keyhole
(bk 8 in the Dark Tower series. Sequel to Dark Tower.)
Fantasy
Apr.2012
Kowal, Mary Robinette
Glamour in Glass
(Sequel to Shades of Milk and Honey. [Think Jane Austen if magic worked.])
Alternate history.
Apr.2012
Kress, Nancy
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
(Standalone novel.)
Trade pbk.
Hard sf.
Apr.2012
Kress, Nancy
Fountain of Age
Short story collection including both a Hugo & a Nebula winner.
Apr.2012
Lackey, Mercedes, Libbey, Steve, Martin, Cody, & Lee, Dennis
World Divided
(bk 2 of the Secret World Chronicles. Sequel to Invasion.)
Hard sf.
Feb.2012
Meyer, Marissa
Cinder
(bk 1 in the Lunar Chronicles series. "…this series opener & debut offers a high coolness factor by rewriting Cinderella as a kickass [cyborg] mechanic in a plague-ridden future." –Kirkus)
Young Adult
Jan.2012
Moon, Elizabeth
Echoes of Betrayal
(bk 3 of the Paladin's Legacy series. Sequel to Oath of Kings of the North)
Fantasy
Feb.2012
Novik, Naomi
Crucible of Gold
(bk 7 of the Temeraire series. Sequel to Tongues of Serpents)
Alternate history/fantasy
Mar.2012
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn
Boneyards
(bk 3 of the Diving series. Sequel to City of Ruins. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf.
Jan.2012
Sawyer, Robert J.
Triggers
(Standalone. Not part of any series.)
Thriller
Apr.2012
Shinn, Sharon
Shape of Desire
(bk 1 of the Shifting Circle series. Love with a secret shapeshifter.)
Fantasy
Apr.2012
Smith, Sherwood
Banner of the Damned
(Standalone novel. Not part of any series.)
Fantasy.
Apr.2012
Weber, David
A Rising Thunder
(bk 13 in the Honor Harrington (main) series. Sequel to Mission of Honor.)
Hard sf.
Mar.2012
Weis, Margaret & Hickman, Tracy
Rage of the Dragon
(bk 3 of the Dragonships of Vindras. Sequel to Secret of the Dragon.)
Fantasy
Apr.2012
Wells, Martha
Serpent Sea
(Sequel to Cloud Roads. Orphan shapeshifter finally finds his people but isn't sure he belongs yet. [book 1 premise])
Fantasy.
Jan.2012
Zahn, Timothy
Cobra Gamble
(bk 3 of the Cobra War series. Sequel to Cobra Guardian.)
Hard sf.
Jan.2012
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