News from Murder One
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Science Fiction and Fantasy (Rhonda):
Christopher Stasheff, A Wizard in a Feud. Under the nom de guerre of Gar
Pike, renegade psychic wizard Magnus D'Armand travels the stars fighting
injustice and oppression, like his father, Rod Gallowglass, the Warlock
in Spite of Himself. But unlike his famous father, Magnus refuses to
play by the rules, sowing the seeds of freedom and revolution throughout
the galaxy. US Hardcover, #17.50.
Neil Gaiman, American Gods. After three years in prison Shadow has done
his time, but as the minutes until his release tick away he can sense
something is about to go very wrong. Two days before he's due to get out
his wife dies in a mysterious car crash. Dazed, Shadow makes his way
back home, only to encounter en route the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday, who
claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god, and the king of
America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the
heart of the USA. UK Hardcover, #10.00.
Steven Brust, Issola. On the run from House Jhereg, which he
double-crossed, Vlad Taltos has been living far too long in the woods,
where you can't even get a decent cup of klava first thing in the
morning. Then suddenly he's found by, of all the improbable people, Lady
Teldra, the courtly, preternaturally charming servant of his old friend
the Dragonlord Morrolan. US Hardback,#17.99.
Nancy Kress, Probability Sun. In this sequel to "Probability Moon",
Kress returns to the future in which the human race is losing an
interstellar war against the mysterious alien fallers. A shipload of
scientists from earth is sent to study the enigmatic artifact discovered
on a distant planet, while the military crew of their ship is secretly
holding prisoner, for study, the only live Faller ever captured. US
Hardcover, #18.50.
Jack Williamson, Terraforming Earth. After a catastrophic impact by a
huge meteor a group of people escape to establish a safe harbor on the
moon. From their base they can monitor conditions on the devastated
earth. Years pass, then centuries,as they, their cloned children, and
their children's children undertake the challenge of restoring life to a
barren planet. US Hardcover, #18.50
L.E. Modesitt, Empire and Ecolitan. Major Jimjoy Earle Wright, secret
agent of the Empire, is intelligent and highly trained. But he succeeds
all to well in overthrowing a military dictatorship -and the result is a
new government inimical to the Empire and disgrace for Jimjoy. Contains
the complete novels "The Ecolitan Operation" and "The Ecologic
Succession". US Trade Paperback, #14.99.
David and Leigh Eddings, The Redemption of Althalus. Althalus, burglar
and armed robber, is paid to steal a book by a sinister stranger named
Ghend. Althalus sets off to the House at the End of the World where the
book is kept. There, in the same room as the book Ghend described, he
finds a talking cat. What he can't find is the door by which he entered.
UK Paperback, #7.99.
Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God. An alien shuttle craft lands outside
a museum. Out pops a six-legged, two-armed alien named Hollus who says,
"Take me to your paleontologist". US Paperback, #6.99.
Shariann Lewitt, Rebel Sutra. The harsh world of Maya is run by the
Changed: a carefully inbred aristocracy clustered in their hillside
city, high above the wretched swarms of human colonists. For generations
now the Changed have been altering their own genes and their children's.
They're smarter, faster, longer-lived, and acutely aware of their own
superiority. What they don't admit is that they have become a separate
species. US Paperback, #6.99.
David G. Hartwell, Years Best Fantasy. A collection of the best fantasy
of 200 by such authors as: Terry Goodkind, Nalo Hopkins, George R.R.
Martin, and Michael Swanwick. US Paperback, #6.99.
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Acorna's World. Although
she has made peace with her Linyaari heritage, Acorna knows that only by
returning to the frozen stillness of space will she ever truly feel at
home. But the solitude she desires must wait. UK Paperback, #5.99.
[snip]
Nick Waterman. Senior Systems Administrator, So-Net, Sony UK
mailto:nick-sig@ http://www.nilex.co.uk/~nick/
AX25:G7RZQ@#32.GBR.EU #include <stddisclaimer> Team *AMIGA*!
Science Fiction and Fantasy (Rhonda):
Christopher Stasheff, A Wizard in a Feud. Under the nom de guerre of Gar
Pike, renegade psychic wizard Magnus D'Armand travels the stars fighting
injustice and oppression, like his father, Rod Gallowglass, the Warlock
in Spite of Himself. But unlike his famous father, Magnus refuses to
play by the rules, sowing the seeds of freedom and revolution throughout
the galaxy. US Hardcover, #17.50.
Neil Gaiman, American Gods. After three years in prison Shadow has done
his time, but as the minutes until his release tick away he can sense
something is about to go very wrong. Two days before he's due to get out
his wife dies in a mysterious car crash. Dazed, Shadow makes his way
back home, only to encounter en route the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday, who
claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god, and the king of
America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the
heart of the USA. UK Hardcover, #10.00.
Steven Brust, Issola. On the run from House Jhereg, which he
double-crossed, Vlad Taltos has been living far too long in the woods,
where you can't even get a decent cup of klava first thing in the
morning. Then suddenly he's found by, of all the improbable people, Lady
Teldra, the courtly, preternaturally charming servant of his old friend
the Dragonlord Morrolan. US Hardback,#17.99.
Nancy Kress, Probability Sun. In this sequel to "Probability Moon",
Kress returns to the future in which the human race is losing an
interstellar war against the mysterious alien fallers. A shipload of
scientists from earth is sent to study the enigmatic artifact discovered
on a distant planet, while the military crew of their ship is secretly
holding prisoner, for study, the only live Faller ever captured. US
Hardcover, #18.50.
Jack Williamson, Terraforming Earth. After a catastrophic impact by a
huge meteor a group of people escape to establish a safe harbor on the
moon. From their base they can monitor conditions on the devastated
earth. Years pass, then centuries,as they, their cloned children, and
their children's children undertake the challenge of restoring life to a
barren planet. US Hardcover, #18.50
L.E. Modesitt, Empire and Ecolitan. Major Jimjoy Earle Wright, secret
agent of the Empire, is intelligent and highly trained. But he succeeds
all to well in overthrowing a military dictatorship -and the result is a
new government inimical to the Empire and disgrace for Jimjoy. Contains
the complete novels "The Ecolitan Operation" and "The Ecologic
Succession". US Trade Paperback, #14.99.
David and Leigh Eddings, The Redemption of Althalus. Althalus, burglar
and armed robber, is paid to steal a book by a sinister stranger named
Ghend. Althalus sets off to the House at the End of the World where the
book is kept. There, in the same room as the book Ghend described, he
finds a talking cat. What he can't find is the door by which he entered.
UK Paperback, #7.99.
Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God. An alien shuttle craft lands outside
a museum. Out pops a six-legged, two-armed alien named Hollus who says,
"Take me to your paleontologist". US Paperback, #6.99.
Shariann Lewitt, Rebel Sutra. The harsh world of Maya is run by the
Changed: a carefully inbred aristocracy clustered in their hillside
city, high above the wretched swarms of human colonists. For generations
now the Changed have been altering their own genes and their children's.
They're smarter, faster, longer-lived, and acutely aware of their own
superiority. What they don't admit is that they have become a separate
species. US Paperback, #6.99.
David G. Hartwell, Years Best Fantasy. A collection of the best fantasy
of 200 by such authors as: Terry Goodkind, Nalo Hopkins, George R.R.
Martin, and Michael Swanwick. US Paperback, #6.99.
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Acorna's World. Although
she has made peace with her Linyaari heritage, Acorna knows that only by
returning to the frozen stillness of space will she ever truly feel at
home. But the solitude she desires must wait. UK Paperback, #5.99.
[snip]
Nick Waterman. Senior Systems Administrator, So-Net, Sony UK
mailto:nick-sig@ http://www.nilex.co.uk/~nick/
AX25:G7RZQ@#32.GBR.EU #include <stddisclaimer> Team *AMIGA*!