Text Box: News in October News and goings on Firstly, an odd little piece of info from Japan; a studio (the mighty Ghibli) over there have turned Ursula le Guin’s brilliant Earthsea series into an animated film. Encouragingly it is doing well at the box office and even beating the second ‘Pirate’s of the…’ film. If it is anything like as good as the amazing Japanese animation tradition (Princess Monoke and Spirited Away) then I hope the version makes its way over here so we get to see it. At a time when publishers, of music as well as books, are desperately trying to protect their property (as they see it) one of their number has jumped ship and taken up pirating. Even Brett Easten Ellis, he of ‘American Psycho’ fame, is a fantasy writer. Yup, according to the World Fantasy Awards which rates ‘Lunar Park’ as one of the years best fantasy novel. Aside from the fact that Mr Eastern Ellis being nominated for best anything is hopeful (did anyone else think ‘American Psycho’ was boring? And I like gratuitous sex and violence). While Murakami is a tremendous author I’m not sure the award I would nominate him for is the World Fantasy one, which (un)surprisingly is made up from mainly yanks and brits. So it goes. Robin. Bestsellers September Wintersmith Terry Pratchett Into the Dark Realm Raymond Feist Thud Terry Pratchett Hunters of Dune Frank Herbert Judas Unchained Peter Hamilton Pushing Ice Alastair Reynolds Harsh Cry of the Heron Lian Hearn Flight of Nighthawks Raymond Feist Winterbirth Brian Ruckley Galactic North Aqlastair Reyunolds NEW TITLES OCTOBER Wintersmith Terry Pratchett £14.99 A Story of Discworld Our Price £11.99 Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong (or several steps) and now the Spirit of Winter is in love with her.. He gives her roses made of ice. The icebergs suddenly look remarkably like her. He says it in snowflakes, and avalanches, which is tough when you are only thirteen, but also a little bit …… cool. Thud Terry Pratchett 6.99 With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, Commander Sam Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him. At six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read "Where's My Cow?" to his little boy. Unseen University Cut Out Book Terry Pratchett 6.99 The Unseen University sits in the centre of Discworld's greatest city, Ankh-Morpork. Ancient and magical, it is the home to the greatest library in the multiverse and the oldest building on the Discworld, the soaring Tower of Art. With easy-to-follow instructions, this title is suitable for all from 10 up, including the adult serious model maker. Winterbirth Brian Ruckley 12.99 A fantasy debut for a new UK writer. It is a godless world. An uneasy truce exists between the human clans and ancient races. But now the clan of the Black Road move south, and their arrival will herald a new age of war and chaos. Behind it all seems to be one man, Aeglyss, a man whose desire for power will only be sated when he has achieved his ultimate goal: immortality. Crown of Stars Kate Elliott 8.99 Crown of Stars 7 The final volume of this thrilling epic. King Henry's kingdom has been ravaged by internecine warfare, in a conflict that has been both long and bloody. Furthermore, the spell holding the exiled Ashioi from the world has failed, and the land, ravaged by the fury of their return, is only now showing signs of recovery. Sanglant is struggling to legitimise his leadership as the returned Ashioi are planning war, and Stronghand has begun a march of conquest into the heart of Sanglant's realm. Adelheid and Antonia have made an unholy alliance, and Sabella and Duke Conrad are moving to seize Sanglant's crown. Cultures, religions, and races are clashing in what will be the ultimate struggle for control of this strange new world. Abarat 2, Days of Magic Nights of War Clive Barker 6.99 Abarat Quartet 4 The Abarat is a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands - one for each hour of the day, plus an island out of time. Candy Quackenbush, escaping her dull, dull life from the most boring place in our world, Chickentown, USA, finds that in the Abarat, she has another existence entirely, one which links her to marvels and mysteries; and even to murder! . Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? She wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn't even remember learning? There is a mystery here. And Carrion, along with his fiendish grandmother, Mater Motley, suspects that whatever Candy is, she could spoil his plans to take control of the Abarat. Now Candy's companions must race against time to save her from the clutches of Carrion, and she must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night and Day clash and Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands. A final war is about to begin. And Candy is going to need to make some choices that will change her life forever! Polity Agent Neal Asher 17.99 Our Price 15.99 A runcible gate is opened into the Polity and those coming through it have been sent to take the alien 'Maker' back to its home civilization in the Small Magellanic cloud. Once these refugees are safely through, the gate itself is rapidly shut down. Agent Cormac learns that the Maker civilization has been destroyed by pernicious virus. Braided Path Chris Wooding 12.99 Omnibus version of Chris Wooding’s trilogy. Galactic North Alastair Reynolds 9.99 Revelation Space series Short stories and a novella in the world of Revelation Sopace. Pushing Ice Alastair Reynolds 6.99 Some centuries from now, the exploration and exploitation of the Solar System is in full swing. On the cold edge of the system, Bella Lind, captain of the huge commercial spacecraft Rockhopper IV, helps fuel this new gold rush by attaching mass-driver motors to organic-rich water-ice comets to move them back to the inner worlds. Her crew are tough, blue-collar miners, engineers and demolition experts. Around Saturn, something inexplicable happens: one of the moons leaves its orbit and accelerates out of the Solar System. The icy mantle peels away to reveal that it was never a moon in the first place, just a parked spacecraft, millions of years old, that has now decided to move on. Rockhopper IV, trapped in the pull, is hurled across time and space into the deep, distant future, arriving in a vast, alien-constructed chamber. And the crew are not alone, for each chamber contains an alien culture dragged into this cosmic menagerie at the end of time. The crew of the Rockhopper IV know a lot about blowing up comets, but not much about first contact with ultra-advanced aliens. They have two things to worry about: can they (and their new alien allies) negotiate their way through each harrying contact? And can they assimilate the avalanche of knowledge about their own future - including all the glittering, dangerous technologies that are now theirs for the taking - Voyage of the Sable Keech Neal Asher 7.99 Sable Keech is a walking dead man, and the only one to have been resurrected by nanochanger. Did he succeed because he was infected by the Spatterjay virus, or because he came late to resurrection in a tank of seawater? An ancient hive mind, almost incomprehensible to the human race, has sent an agent to this uncertain world. Living Next Door tho the God of Love Justina Robson 7.99 Metropolis is a city of superheroes where you can become anyone you like. Sankhara is a universe where everything is remade by night, according to the inhabitants' deepest, darkest dreams. Koker Ai is a city of another time and space, where Intana, courtesan to the court of a decaying empire, has just discovered a warrior who cannot die. Conventions of War Jon Walter Williams 6.99 Dread Empires Fall 3 The universe has fallen into bloody chaos now that the dread empire of the tyrannical Shaa is no more at the mercy of the merciless insectoid Naxid who, freed from subjugation, now hunger for domination. But, the far-flung human descendants of Terra have finally tasted liberty, and their warrior heroes will not submit. Eastern Tide Juliet McKenna 8.99 Aldabreshin Compass 4 The Archipelago is still plagued by dragons and its peoples live in terror of their coming. Kheda, Risala and Velindre chase rumours of a water dragon, as they alone have gathered secrets of how to repel these fearsome beasts. Yet this has won them no friends as they are forced to travel incognito, their lives at risk. The delicate political balance of the islands teeters as rival factions spar and warfare threatens. Kheda is reluctantly drawn into the fray as his dragon fighting powers become a powerful political tool - but he and his companions are tainted by the suspicion of forbidden magic. This places them in great danger but also has wider implications for the power structure of the islands. Kheda's contact with northern magic has caused him to doubt the very foundations of his people's ancient beliefs, placing his future as a warlord in doubt and the making the succession of his realm a dark and bloody question ... Black Sun Rising Celia Friedman 7.99 Coldfire Trilogy 1 Over a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But the seemingly habitable planet was fraught with perils no one could have foretold, and the colonists found themselves caught in a desperate battle for survival against the fae, a terrifying natural force with the power to prey upon the human mind itself, drawing forth images from a person's worst nightmare or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. Twelve centuries after fate first stranded the colonists on Erna, mankind has achieved an uneasy stalemate, and human sorcerers manipulate the fae for their own profit, little realising that demonic forces which feed upon such efforts are rapidly gaining in strength. Now, as the hordes of the dark fae multiply, four people - Priest, Adept, Apprentice and Sorcerer - are about to be drawn inexorably together for a mission which will force them to confront an evil beyond their imagining, in a conflict which will put not only their own lives but the very fate of humankind in jeopardy ... Destiny Fiona McIntosh 7.99 Trinity 3 The Paladin are reunited in the Heartwood and the Trinity is revealed at last. But what is the key to the secret that will unlock their power? The Land is in peril and they are helpless to save it. Tor and Alyssa are surrounded by danger. Their old enemy Goth is still free and causing pain and suffering wherever he goes. Alyssa's nemesis, Xantia, returns to haunt her. And the ruthless god Orlac has installed himself on the throne of Cipres and now turns his attention to hunting down Tor, determined to kill him and those he loves. The battle lines are set for the final confrontation between the two most powerful sentients ever to walk the Land. Star Wars : Darth Bane Path of Destruction Drew Karpyshyn 17.99 Our Price 14.99 The story of the transformation of Des, a young miner, into the legendary Sith Lord Darth Bane. Des - like many of the disenfranchised who live on the Outer Rim - is disillusioned with the stagnancy of the Old Republic. When the Sith unite to bring the Republic down, Des is one of many to join their cause. Dead Witch Walking Kim Harrison 6.99 Rachel Morgan 1 Good, The Bad and the Undead Kim Harrison 6.99 Rachel Morgan 2 Every Way But Dead Kim Harrison 6.99 Rachel Morgan 3 Fist Full of Charms Kim Harrison 6.99 Rachel Morgan 4 If you make a deal with the devil, can you still save your soul? To avoid becoming the love-slave of a depraved criminal vampire, bounty-hunter and witch, Rachel Morgan, is cornered into a deal that could promise her an eternity of suffering. Her vampire roommate, Ivy, has rediscovered her taste for blood. Reviews: 'Discovering a new series like this is like finding buried treasure' Diana Gabaldon 'A spellbinding blend of sharp wit and vivid imagination.' Kelly Armstrong Text Box: Newsletter Date Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 1 Text Box: Business Name Text Box: Fantasy and Science Fiction Newsletter Text Box: October 2006 __________________________________________________
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