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New book releases, week of May 7th: Sookie ends, the Jedi begin, and Eoin Colfer moves on from Artemis Fowl

Dead Ever After

Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey The Passage meets Ender’s Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule [...]

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Updates from Star Wars book give us blurbs and covers for upcoming novels

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Star Wars books has revealed the cover for Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor’s Edge which is expected to hit shelves on October 15th. It’s a bit odd to have Leia sporting her future sister-in-law’s signature outfit…and I’ll try not to read to much into that. I’m also really hoping that they aren’t going to revisit [...]

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And the Arthur C. Clarke Award for excellence in science fiction goes to Dark Eden

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Yesterday, Chris Beckett’s novel Dark Eden captured the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the top British award for science fiction. The award is in it’s 27th year, and Dark Eden joins the ranks of such novels as Margret Atwood’s The Handmaiden’s Tale and Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow. Other novels short listed for the award were: Nod [...]

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This week’s new book releases, week of April 30th: Milkweed concludes and Subterranean new releases dominate

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Here are the Science Fiction and Fantasy new releases for the week April 30th. As always, click on the title to view the cover and further information. Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Necessary Evil (Milkweed Triptych) by Ian Tregillis 12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II. Again. Raybould Marsh, one [...]

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This week’s new book releases, week of April 23th: Neil Gaiman’s been busy!

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Here are the new releases for the week April 23th. As always, click on the title to view the cover and further information. We’re going to be trying some new formats, so please let us know what you think and if you have any ideas for improvement! Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected [...]

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Rick Riordan announces new Greek myths book ‘written’ by Percy Jackson!

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Rick Riordan is on a roll! The young adult mythical fantasy writer has announced that he’s currently hard at work on another book, this one a bit different from the rest. Tentatively titled Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, the author’s new book will be a guide to Greek myths as they exist in Riordan’s universe. The book [...]

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The official title of Martha Wells’ Leia novel might shed light on the direction of the new series

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Today Star Wars Books announced the actual title of the upcoming Leia novel on their Facebook page. We have a title for the upcoming Martha Wells book featuring Princess Leia – STAR WARS: EMPIRE AND REBELLION: RAZOR’S EDGE. The book is a Princess Leia adventure that will also include Han Solo and Luke Skywalker and is [...]

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Cover reveal: ‘The Fall of Five’, from ‘I Am Number Four’ series by Pittacus Lore

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Fans of The Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore, which started with I Am Number Four, you’re in luck! The cover has been revealed for the fourth book in the series, The Fall of Five. Here it is! It stays nicely in line with the other covers in the series, though it doesn’t really give anything away about the book (good [...]

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This week’s new book releases, week of April 16th

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Here’s this week’s new scifi, fantasy and horror books. Click on the title to see the cover! Released Tuesday, April 16, 2013 London Falling by Paul Cornell Police officers Quill, Costain, Sefton, and Ross know the worst of London—or they think they do. While investigating a mobster’s mysterious death, they come into contact with a strange artifact [...]

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James Dashner reveals the first chapter from new virtual reality-inspired book, ‘The Eye of Minds’

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James Dashner is at it again! The best-selling author of The Maze Runner trilogy and The 13th Reality series has just released an excerpt from The Eye of Minds, the soon-to-be-released first book in his new series, The Mortality Doctrine. The new series is heavily video game influenced, with a large portion of the book taking [...]

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