News from Murder One

Science Fiction:

Frederic Brown, From These Ashes. There appears to be a heart-warming
resurgence of interest in 'Golden Age' SF (see Schmitz below) and this
latest publication is a complete collection of all Brown's short
fiction from 1941-1965. In this post-Internet age it is too easy to
forget how important the early writers were and how ahead of the game,
but books like this are an essential reminder. US hardcover, #25.00.

David Gerrold, Bouncing Off the Moon. A Sci-Fi writer's Sci-Fi writer,
Orson Scott Card said of Gerrold's previous book Jumping Off the
Planet 'If there's not a sequel to...I'm going to be so %@$$~ off!'.
Well lucky for Mr C. (and us) here it is. A classic tale which has
drawn many comparisons to Heinlein, it tells of three boys who have
divorced their bickering parents, only to find themselves pursued by
an avaricious mega-corporation across the Lunar landscape. Their only
hope is to trust Alexei, but can they? US hardcover, #17.50.

David Gemmell, Ravenheart. Eight centuries have passed since Connavar
went to war and won peace for the Rigante. Now they are a broken
people, living under the boot heel of the Varlish. One woman, the Wyrd
of Wishing Tree Wood knows of the coming Evil and of the three on
whose shoulders the fate of the world rests. UK hardcover, #16.99.

Robert Rankin, Web Site Story. The Millennium Bug, the biggest no-show
scare in history. Except the Bug is real and has been biding it's
time. Now the time has come to emerge from the cyber-sanctuary in
which it has been hiding and make the cross-over from machine to man.
UK hardcover, #16.99.

Wilbur Smith, Warlock. Return to the world of River God and The
Seventh Scroll. Taita has spent years in prayer and contemplation to
become the Warlock, a man wise to the ancient ways and magics.
Summoned from his retreat he returns to find the throne of Egypt under
threat and the young prince Nefer in danger. For his love of Nefer's
dead grandmother, Queen Lostris, Taita must use all he has learned to
help the boy. UK hardcover, #18.99.

Dennis Jones, The Mask and the Sorceress. Epic fantasy following on
from The Stone and the Maiden. News has reached Mandine that her
exiled sister, Theatana, has wrestled with her madness and gained
control of her personal demons. Now she has garnered new allies and
dark powers, travelling from her place of imprisonment with a single
purpose; to destroy her enemies and rest control of the throne. US
hardcover, #18.50.

Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Past the Size of Dreaming. Sequel to the award
winning A Red Herat of Memories this finds Matilda Black and her
companion Edmund looking for peace and rest in Edmund's home town.
But, staying in the house where Edmund and his friends sought refuge
brings no comfort, for the building talks to Matilda and warns the
they must find the children who had long ago lived there in order to
stop a dangerous evil. US hardcover, #16.99.

Robin Jarvis, Deathscent. Signed, 1st edition. First in a new series
'Intrigues of the Reflected Realm'. Elizabeth I, Queen of Englandia,
is celebrating her One hundred and Seventy-eighth year of rule. But a
stranger is coming, bringing with him strange new ways, and the
ninety-three islands of Britain may never be the same again. UK
hardcover, #12.99.

John Shirley, The View from Hell. Signed, 1st limited edition. What is
Hell? Would you know if you were in it? A new story from a great
writer in which characters find themselves facing trial and
tribulation, sometimes thrust upon them, sometimes of their own
making. Or is it? US hardcover, #30.00.

Michael Scott, The Culai Heritage. An omnibus edition of Scott's three
tales of Paedur the Bard. At first accepting the command from Mannam,
Lord of the Dead, to travel the realms to instil anew belief in the
old ways, Paedur begins to suspect that Mannam may have a darker
agenda. US, trade paperback, #15.99.

Sara Douglas, The Nameless Day. First volume of The Crucible. In the
pagan calendar the Nameless Day is the one day of the year when the
world's above and below touch. If this confluence is left unattended
then evil and chaos will have access to the world above and man will
face his darkest threat. UK trade paperback, #11.99.

New in paperback:

James H. Schmitz, The Hub : Dangerous Territory. Fourth and final
volume of stories based in Schmitz' seminal creation; a loose
affiliate of human world's and colonies called The Federation of the
Hub, always one step away from chaos. US, #6.69.

Robert Rankin, Waiting for Godalming. God's dead, under mysterious
circumstances, and He's left His estate (which comes with some very
nice beach property) to his youngest son Colin. Colin has plans to
sell it all to his chum Mr Cipher, so Mrs G. hires private eye Lazlo
Woodbine to sort things out. UK, #5.99.

Harry Potter tie-ins:

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them. A guide to some the wonderful
and weirdest creatures in literature. Do you know where a Quintaped
chooses to live, what a Puffskin eats, or indeed why you should most
definitely not leave out milk for a Knarl?

Quidditch Through the Ages. An essential guide to the world Harry
Potter inhabits. Both UK, #2.50.

Sharon Green, Deceptions. Lorand, Rion, Tamrissa, Vallant, Jovvi, and
Narran, the Chosen Six, are called away to deal with events that
threaten the hard won peace of Gandistra. But in their absence, dark
wills are massing, and they return to face a foe that may be immune to
their blended powers. US, #6.99.

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