New and Notable Science Fiction for 2011

FICTION

Released: April 1, 2011

ALL THE LIVES HE LED

by Frederik Pohl

"Always a pleasure to welcome a new Pohl, even when, as here, he's transmitting a decidedly ambiguous message."

In sci-fi grandmaster Pohl's latest venture (The Last Theorem, 2008, etc.), terrorists threaten the bimillennial celebration of Pompeii's destruction by Vesuvius. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: March 1, 2011

UP AGAINST IT

by M. J. Locke

"Gripping, well-rounded hard sci-fi, satisfyingly concluded while nicely poised for sequels."

Disaster threatens the survival of an asteroid colony in Locke's part thriller, part survival epic (as Laura J. Mixon, she wrote Burning the Ice, 2002, etc.). Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Feb. 1, 2011

THE DESERT OF SOULS

by Howard Andrew Jones

"Sufficiently involving to keep readers coming back for more."

Middle Eastern sword-and-sorcery debut and first of a series. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Feb. 1, 2011

THE KING OF THE CRAGS

by Stephen Deas

"A fairly successful stab at viciously political fantasy."

The brutal scheming continues in Book II of The Memory of Flames series (The Adamantine Palace, 2010), set in a world where king and queens enslave dragons with alchemical potions that deaden the creatures' intelligence, telepathy and memories of their past lives. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Jan. 27, 2011

THE FALLEN BLADE

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

"Pounce on this one."

Alternate-world fantasy from the talented and versatile author of End of the World Blues (2007), wherein Marco Polo's family founded the dynasty that rules Venice. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Jan. 25, 2011

BLOODSHOT

by Cherie Priest

"A refreshing and addictive lure for readers uninterested in fangs, bats, capes and hissing."

A 100-year-old vampire thief runs afoul of secret biological experimenters--first of an urban fantasy series from the versatile author of Boneshaker (2009). Read full book review >

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New and Notable Science Fiction for 2011