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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Spotlight on August Books

This month we are featuring 36 books. There are more than twice as many new sff and related releases this month in traditional publishing not to speak of the countless indies from Amazon and Smashwords but we are limiting ourselves to books that will be reviewed here or are similar with such. For the full schedule of August 2012 titles known to us, you can consult the Upcoming Releases page.

 The release dates are US unless marked otherwise, though for books released in the UK and US in the same month but on different dates we generally use the US  date and they are first edition unless noted differently. The dates are on a best known basis so they are not guaranteed; same about the edition information. 

Since information sometimes is out of date even in the Amazon links we use for listings, books get delayed or sometimes even released earlier, we would truly appreciate if you would send us an email about any listing with incorrect information. 

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 “Wildcatter” by Dave Duncan, August 1, 2012. Published by Edge. (SF).
“The Air War” by Adrian Tchaikovsky, UK, August 2, 2012. Published by Tor UK. (FAN).
“Zero Point” by Neal Asher, UK, August 2, 2012. Published by Tor UK. (SF).
“The Heretic Land” by Tim Lebbon, UK, August 2, 2012. Published by Orbit. (FAN).
“The City's Son” by Tom Pollock, UK, August 2, 2012. Published by Jo Fletcher Books. (FAN).
“Bryant & May and the Invisible Code” by Christopher Fowler, UK, August 2, 2012. Published by Doubleday UK. (MISC).

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“Monster” by Dave Zeltserman, August 2, 2012. Published by Overlook. (HF).
“King of Thorns” by Mark Lawrence, August 7, 2012. Published by Ace. (FAN).
“The Constantine Affliction” by T. Aaron Payton, August 7, 2012. Published by Night Shade Books. (Steampunk)
“When Diplomacy Fails” by Michael Z. Williamson, August 7, 2012. Published by Baen. (SF).
“Containment” by Christian Cantrell, August 7, 2012. Published by 47North. (SF).
“Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Doctor Moreau” by Guy Adams, August 7, 2012. Published by Titan Books. (MISC).

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“Silver” by Andrew Motion, August 7, 2012. Published by Crown. (MISC).
“The Black Isle” by Sandi Tan, August 7, 2012. Published by Grand Central. (MISC).
“Queen of Wands” by John Ringo, August 7, 2012. Published by Baen. (UF).
“A Wolf At The Door” by K.A. Stewart, August 7, 2012. Published by Roc. (UF).
“Wake” by Amanda Hocking, August 7, 2012. Published by St. Martin’s Press. (YA).
“Crackpot Palace” by Jeffrey Ford, August 14, 2012. Published by William Morrow. (Collection).

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“Bullettime” by Nick Mamatas, August 14, 2012. Published by ChiZine. (MISC).
“Iron Winter” by Stephen Baxter, UK, August 16, 2012. Published by Gollancz. (SF).
“The Black Mausoleum” by Stephen Deas, UK, August 16, 2012. Published by Gollancz. (FAN).
“The Lost Prince” by Selden Edwards, August 16, 2012. Published by Dutton. (MISC).
“The Unincorporated Future” by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin, August 21, 2012. Published by Tor. (SF).
“Black Bottle” by Anthony Huso, August 21, 2012. Published by Tor. (FAN).

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“The Devil In Silver” by Victor LaValle, August 21, 2012. Published by Spiegel & Grau. (HF).
“Widow's Web” by Jennifer Estep, August 21, 2012. Published by Pocket. (UF).
“A Guile of Dragons” by James Enge, August 24, 2012. Published by Pyr. (FAN).
“The Dusk Watchman” by Tom Lloyd, August 24, 2012. Published by Pyr. (FAN / US Debut).
“Sanctuary: The Outcast Chronicles Volume 3” by Rowena Cory Daniells, August 28, 2012. Published by Solaris. (FAN).
“The Corpse-Rat King” by Lee Battersby, August 28, 2012. Published by Angry Robot. (FAN).

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“Taken” by Benedict Jacka, August 28, 2012. Published by Ace. (UF).
“Seven Wonders” by Adam Christopher, August 28, 2012. Published by Angry Robot. (Superhero).
“Blades of Winter” by G. T. Almasi, August 28, 2012. Published by Del Rey. (Alt-Hist).
“Blood Eye” by Giles Kristian, August 28, 2012. Published by Bantam. (MISC / US Debut).
"Lady of the Shades” by Darren Shan, UK, August 30, 2012. Published by Orion. (MISC).
“Zeuglodon” by James P. Blaylock, August 31, 2012. Published by Subterranean Press. (MISC).

4 comments:

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

Now that is a collection of books for the month. I keep saying August is going to bust the book budget for sure. :) Thank you!

Unknown said...

A lot of interesting books this month, but I'm really looking forward to Black Bottle!

Elfy said...

Seven Wonders has me interested. I quite like the entries in what seems to be the growing subgenre of superhero SFF.

Liviu said...

Great comments all and it's very interesting how different books appeal; for me the big novel is of course Air War (currently reading) and then Black Mausoleum, Devil in Silver and Zero Point, while I read/rv Blood Eye and its sequels on UK publication

September and October though are huge

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