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Released: July 3, 2012
"Readers familiar with Stross' dazzling science fiction should relish this change of pace and direction. "
Fourth in the series (
The Fuller Memorandum, 2010, etc.) about the Laundry: a weirdly alluring blend of superspy thriller, deadpan comic fantasy and Lovecraftian horror.
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FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
"Still, the authors have plenty of fresh insights to offer, and fans of either will want to tag along and see where it all leads."
Pratchett, author of the esteemed Discworld yarns (
Snuff, 2011, etc.), and collaborator Baxter (
Stone Spring, 2011, etc.) venture into alternate worlds.
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FICTION
Released: June 12, 2012
"Overstuffed and underpowered, but not to the extent that fans of the first book will be deterred."
Sequel to
The Killing Moon (2011), this New York resident author's ancient Egypt–flavored fantasy.
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Certainly worth a try for existing lycanthrophiles. "
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Check the date. If it isn't April 1st, you've been had."
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Let your path lead you to the Nightside series, which has everything--real wit, personalities, plot, invention--that this book does not."
Another in Green's Secret Histories series about Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond (
For Heaven's Eyes Only, 2011, etc.), set in the same universe as his Nightside yarns and occasionally intersecting with them.
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Finishes with enough loose ends to allow for sequels, but that shouldn't be encouraged."
The fifth installment of Zahn's science fiction thriller series concerning the Quadrail, an interstellar train system, brings the series to a close.
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Starr doesn't let plot development or characterization impede the flow of violence or improbable twists and turns in this tale about a guy who parents by allowing his 3-year-old to hang out with people-eating werewolves."
Jason Starr continues the saga of regular-guy-turned-werewolf that he began with
The Pack (2011).
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Readers hoping for adventures in the mind-boggling fashion of Revelation Space may emerge dissatisfied but certainly not deterred. "
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"If this book sounds appealing, then read Mind Storm first to avoid at least some of the confusion. "
Continuation of
Mind Storm (2011) as "psions," mutants with psychic powers, battle it out over the fate of humanity.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"A verbose, unwieldy, frustrating, nugget-strewn mess."
Huge, ambitious concoction from the author of
Kiln People (2002, etc.) that tackles the question of why we haven't yet been contacted by aliens.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"Amiable and charming, but the earnest moral that the most valiant deeds and valuable treasures can be found in mundane domesticity is unlikely to resonate with readers looking for more adventurous fare."
In the first of a projected trilogy, a cozy village in an epic fantasy world manages to stand nearly every heroic trope on its head.
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