Las nuevas aventuras de Sherlock Holmes

El inminente estreno de una superproducciónbasada en las aventuras del famoso detective más famoso, protagonizada por Robert Downey Jr. y Jude Law (ver trailer), ha provocado un revival en el mercado. La editorial británica Titan Books se ha apuntado a este para poner en marcha una nueva colección, The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Esta colección recoge, por el momento, reediciones de algunos de los innumerables pastiches que se han publicado a lo largo de los años. Como aficionado desde hace años a leer este tipo de obras (que, como todo en este mundo, tienen una calidad que va de lo excelente a lo infecto), me parece estupendo una colección que presente una selección de este material, presentada con un diseño atractivo y uniforme.

El lanzamiento inicial consta de cuatro títulos:

1 - The Veiled Detective, de David Stuart Davies

Davies es un verdadero especialista en el tema, y tiene en su haber varios ensayos y novelas sobre Holmes. La que nos ocupa se publicó por primera en 2004. Sin entrar mucho en detalles se trata de uno de esos pastiches que son, a un tiempo, respetuosas e iconoclastas con respecto al canon, que lo ponen en cuestión y extrapolan a partir de él. En este sentido se la puede comparar con The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (aka Elemental, Dr. Freud), novela de Nicholas Meyer la que Watson relataba lo que había sucedido «realmente» en los relatos The Final Problem y The Adventure of the Empty House. Aquí, Davies nos cuenta los detalles que Watson se reservó en varios casos, especialmente en A Study in Scarlett, la novela seminal del canon. Se trata sin duda de la mejor del cuarteto inicial. 10/10

2 - The War of the Worlds, de Manly W. Wellman y Wade Wellman

Un fix-up de relatos publicados por primera vez en The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction entre 1969 y 1972, con material adicional escrito posteriormente para convertirlo en una novela. Como se puede adivinar por el título, esta obra pertenece a esa otra familia de obras que enfrenta a Holmes con alguna otra creación literaria, en este caso la invasión marciana de H.G. Wells. En este caso, el Detective cuenta con la ayuda del Profesor Challenger (otra creación de Doyle, el protagonista del ciclo de novelas y relatos que empieza con The Lost World). En pocas palabras, decepcionante. Holmes y Challenger se pasan el libro felicitándose mutuamente por lo listos que son. Al final, ambos son simples testigos, y no motores, de la trama sobre la cual resultan irrelevantes. Como único detalle a destacar, un aspecto de la vida personal de Holmes que, desafortunadamente, los autores no exploran ni desarrollan. 4/10

3- The Ectoplasmic Man, de Daniel Stashower

Publicado originalmente en 1985. Una variación de la familia anterior; Holmes combinado con un personaje o acontecimiento histórico. El hombre ectoplásmico del título es Harry Houdini, el legendario escapista, al que Holmes debe exonerar de un crimen del que es acusado injustamente. Sin ser una maravilla, resulta una lectura agradable y entretenida. Stashower continuría esta novela con una serie de novelas protagonizada por Houdini (ya sin Holmes) y narradas por su hermano (que se convierte en su Watson particular). 7/10

4 - The Scroll of the Dead, de David Stuart Davies

De nuevo Davies, con una obra publicada en 1998. Holmes vs personaje literario. Ahora le toca el turno al Melmoth de Maturin, un personaje gótico que buscaba la inmortalidad. De nuevo, se deja leer con agrado, pero decepciona si se la compara con The Veiled Detective. 6/10

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Stein, Jeanne C. - Retribution

Stephenson, Neal - Cryptonomicon

With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century.

In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detatchment 2702-commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe-is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a game, a cryptographic chess match between Waterhouse and his German counterpart, translated into action by the gung-ho Shaftoe and his forces.

Fast-forward to the present, where Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia - a place where encrypted data can be stored and exchanged free of repression and scrutiny. As governments and multinationals attack the endeavor, Randy joins forces with Shaftoe's tough-as-nails grandaughter, Amy, to secretly salvage a sunken Nazi sumarine that holds the key to keeping the dream of a data haven afloat. But soon their scheme brings to light a massive conspiracy with its roots in Detachment 2702 linked to an unbreakable Nazi code called Arethusa. And it will represent the path to unimaginable riches and a future of personal and digital liberty...or to universal totalitarianism reborn.

A breathtaking tour de force, and Neal Stephenson's most accomplished and affecting work to date, CRYPTONOMICON is profound and prophetic, hypnotic and hyper-driven, as it leaps forward and back between World War II and the World Wide Web, hinting all the while at a dark day-after-tomorrow. It is a work of great art, thought, and creative daring; the product of a truly icon.

Stirling, S.M. - The Scourge of God 
Stross, Charles - Saturn's Children 

Stross, Charles - The Clan Corporate

Stross, Charles - The Hidden Family 
Stross, Charles - The Merchant's War 
Sunny - Lucinda, Dangerously 
Swallow, James - The Blood Angels Omnibus 
Swann, S. Andrew - Dragons & Dwarves 

Swann, S. Andrew - Fearful Symmetries: The Return of Nohar Rajasthan

Thorpe, Gav - The Last Chancers

Omnibus of all three of the popular Last Chancers novels. Hardened criminal Kage and his team are given one last chance to redeem themselves - they must go on a series of desperate missions behind enemy lines, each more dangerous than the last. Last man standing goes free.
Includes: 13th Legion, Kill Team, Annihilation Squad

Traviss, Karen - Aspho Fields


Turtledove, Harry - How Few Remain


Twelve Hawks, John - The Dark River

Udon - Udon's Art of Capcom

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Street Fighter franchise, Udon Entertainment is proud to present this special volume commemorating the studio's involvement with legendary video game company Capcom. Beautifully reproduced images from Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, Mega Man, Devil May Cry and more are showcased in this lush 300-page art book. Included are rare book covers, pin-ups, sketches, and merchandising artwork by Alvin Lee, Arnold Tsang, Jo Chen, Omar Dogan, and the whole Udon crew! Plus, you'll get interviews with the Capcom staff and the Udon creative crew, tutorials showcasing the development process, and all-new, never-before-seen artwork created exclusively for this collection!

Van Eekhout, Greg - Norse Code

Van Name, Mark L. & T.K.F. Weisskopf - Transhuman: What Humanity Becomes Next

Viehl, Lynn - Shadowligh

vv.aa. - Awakening the Beast

vv.aa. - Battlestar Galactica Trilogy

vv.aa. - Midnight Cravings

vv.aa. - Unbound

vv.aa. - Warcraft Archive 

In the mist-shrouded haze of past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wonders of every kind. Magical races and ancient beasts strode alongside the tribes of man -- until the arrival of the demonic Burning Legion and its baneful lord, Sargeras. Now dragons, elves, orcs, and dwarves all vie for supremacy across their scarred, war-torn kingdoms -- all part of a grand, malevolent scheme to determine the fate of the world of Warcraft

DAY OF THE DRAGON: A terrifying upheaval among the highest ranks of the world's Wizards sends the maverick Mage, Rhonin, on a perilous journey into the Orc-controlled lands of Khaz Modan. What Rhonin uncovers is a vast, far-reaching conspiracy, darker than anything he ever imagined -- a threat that will force him into a dangerous alliance with ancient creatures of air and fire if the world of Azeroth is to see another dawn.
LORD OF THE CLANS: Slave and Gladiator. Shaman and Warchief. The enigmatic Orc known as Thrall has been all of these. Raised from infancy by cruel human masters who sought to mold him into their perfect pawn, Thrall was driven by both the savagery in his heart and the cunning of his upbringing to pursue a destiny he was only beginning to understand -- to break his bondage and rediscover the ancient traditions of his people. Now the tumultuous tale of his life's journey -- a saga of honor, hatred, and hope -- can at last be told.
THE LAST GUARDIAN: The Guardians of Tirisfal were a line of champions imbued with godlike powers, each one through the ages charged with fighting a lonely secret war against the Burning Legion. Medivh was fated from birth to become the greatest and most powerful of this noble order. But from the beginning a darkness tainted him, corrupting his soul and turning to evil the powers that should have fought for good. Medivh's struggle against the malice within him became one with the fate of Azeroth itself...and changed the world forever.
OF BLOOD AND HONOR: The paladin Tirion Fordring had always believed the Orcs were vile and corrupt, but an unexpected act of honor and compassion sets in motion a chain of events that will challenge his most fundamental beliefs and force him to decide, once and for all, who are the men...and who are the monsters.

Wallace, Daniel - Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters

Wallace, Daniel & Jason Fry - Star Wars: The Essential Atlas

Warren, Christine - Big Bad Wolf

Watts, Peter - Starfish

Weber, David - By Schism Rent Asunder

Weber, David & Linda Evans - Hell Hath No Fury

Weber, David & Linda Evans - Hell's Gate

Weeks, Brent - Shadow's Edge 

Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman - Dragons of the Dwarven Depths

Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman - Elven Star

Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman - Fire Sea

Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman - The Second Generation

Wellington, David - Monster Nation

Westerfeld, Scott - Peeps

Williams, Tadd - River of Blue Fire

Williams, Walter John - Implied Spaces

Aristide, a semi-retired computer scientist turned swordsman, is a scholar of the implied spaces, seeking meaning amid the accidents of architecture in a universe where reality itself has been sculpted and designed by superhuman machine intelligence. While exploring the pre-technological world Midgarth, one of four dozen pocket universes created within a series of vast, orbital matrioshka computer arrays, Aristide uncovers a fiendish plot threatening to set off a nightmare scenario, perhaps even bringing about the ultimate Existential Crisis: the end of civilization itself. Traveling the pocket universes with his wormhole-edged sword Tecmesssa in hand and talking cat Bitsy, avatar of the planet-sized computer Endora, at his side, Aristide must find a way to save the multiverse from subversion, sabotage, and certain destruction.


Windham, Ryder - A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

Wisdom, Linda - Hex in High Hells

Yoda, Hiroko & Matt Alt - Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide

Forget Godzilla.
Forget the giant beasties karate-chopped into oblivion by endless incarnations of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and the Power Rangers. Forget the Pocket Monsters. Forget Sadako from The Ring and that creepy all-white kid from The Grudge. Forget everything you know about Japanese tales of terror. The yokai are the spookiest Japanese creatures you've never heard of, and it's high time they got their due.


York, Rebecca - Dragon Moon

Zahn. Timothy - Dark Force Rising

Zahn, Timothy - Vision of the Future

Zelazny, Roger - The Great Book of Amber

Zelazny, Roger - The Lord of Light

Zou, Henry - Emperor's Mercy

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Neill, Chloe - Friday Night Bites
Niven, Larry - Three Books of Known Space
Novik, Naomi - His Majesty's Dragon
 

Nylund, Eric - Ghosts of Onyx

The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left?While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultrasecret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as “Section Three” devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. They're going to need hundreds of willing soldiers, though... and one more Spartan to get the job done.The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in motion. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of UNSC and Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War. But this reawakened and ancient force may have plans of its own...

Odom, Mel - Threat from the Sea
Outsuichi - Zoo
Palmer, Philip - Red Claw
Peters, S.M. - Whitechapel Gods
 

Piven, Joshua &; David Borgenicht - The Complete Worst-Case Scenarios Survival Handbook

The worst of the worst, all in one place! This deluxe desk reference includes a hardbound volume of the most popular scenarios from all 11 Worst-Case Scenario handbooks, plus the entire contents of all the books on a fully searchable CD. Avoid the perils of mountain lions and blind dates, avalanches and teenage driving lessons, runaway golf carts and Christmas turkeys on fire a remedy for every crisis the worst-case experts have anticipated is now only a click away. The CD also contains newly created extra features: screensavers, e-cards, wallpaper, and more. Boasting more than 500 pages, this sturdy addition to the Worst-Case Scenario library could stop a bullet just one more way to be prepared for the worst.

Porter, Lynette et al. - Saving the World: A Guide to Heroes
Pournelle, Jerry - Exile- and Glory
Rabe, Jean - Goblin Nation
Reeve, Laura E. - Vigilante
Reid, Thomas M. - The Crystal Mountain
 

Reynolds, Alastair - Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

Alastair Reynolds burst onto the SF scene with the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlisted Revelation Space, British Science Fiction Award winning Chasm City, and Redemption Ark. Now experience the phenomenal imagination and breathtaking vision of 'The most exciting space opera writer working today' (Locus) in two tales of high adventure set in the same universe as his novels. 'Diamond Dogs', first published in Infinities, tells of a group of mercenaries trying to unravel the mystery of a particularly inhospitable alien tower on a distant world; 'Turquoise Days' features Clavain, the Conjoiner star of Redemption Ark.

Reynolds, Alastair - Galactic North
Reynolds, Alastair - Redemption Ark

Reynolds, Alastair - Revelation Space

Dr Dan Sylveste, an archaeologist who has for years been fascinated with the long-dead alien race the Amarantin, is about to discover something that could change the course of mankind. But before he can act on anything his wife is killed and he is captured when a coup sweeps across the planet Resurgam. Meanwhile, an astonishing ship bearing a crew of militaristic cyborgs and a kidnapped Gunnery Officer is bearing down on Resurgam, crossing light years of space to enlist Sylveste's help to save their metamorphosing Captain. Only Sylveste, or, more accurately, the software programme containing his father's knowledge that he carries in his mind, can save the Captain. None of them can anticipate the cataclysm that will result when they meet, a cataclysm that will sweep through space and could determine the ultimate fate of humanity.

Reynolds, Alastair - The Prefect
Riggs, Ransom - The Sherlock Holmes Handbook
 

Rinzler, J.W. - The Making of Star Wars

After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history, and how it was made is a story as entertaining and exciting as the movie that has enthralled millions for thirty years–a story that has never been told as it was meant to be. Until now.
Using his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives and its trove of never-before-published “lost” interviews, photos, production notes, factoids, and anecdotes, Star Wars scholar J. W. Rinzler hurtles readers back in time for a one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes look at the nearly decade-long quest of George Lucas and his key collaborators to make the “little” movie that became a phenomenon. For the first time, it’s all here:
• the evolution of the now-classic story and characters–including “Annikin Starkiller” and “a huge green-skinned monster with no nose and large gills” named Han Solo
• excerpts from George Lucas’s numerous, ever-morphing script drafts
• the birth of Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects company that revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking
• the studio-hopping and budget battles that nearly scuttled the entire project
• the director’s early casting saga, which might have led to a film spoken mostly in Japanese–including the intensive auditions that won the cast members their roles and made them legends
• the grueling, nearly catastrophic location shoot in Tunisia and the subsequent breakneck dash at Elstree Studios in London
• the who’s who of young film rebels who pitched in to help–including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Brian DePalma
But perhaps most exciting, and rarest of all, are the interviews conducted before and during production and immediately after the release of Star Wars–in which George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, composer John Williams, effects masters Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, and John Dykstra, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker, legendary production designer John Barry, and a host of others share their fascinating tales from the trenches and candid opinions of the film that would ultimately change their lives.
No matter how you view the spectrum of this thirty-year phenomenon, The Making of Star Wars stands as a crucial document–rich in fascination and revelation–of a genuine cinematic and cultural touchstone.

Roberts, Adam - On
Roberts, Adam - Yellow Blue Tibia
Robinson, Kim Stanley - Fifty Degrees Below
Rosenberg, Aaron - Queen of Blades
Rosetti, Denise - The Flame and the Shadow
++Rothfuss, Patrick - The Name of the Wind
Rush, Jaime - Out of the Darkness
Saberhagen, Fred - An Old Friend of the Family
Saintcrow, Lilith - Hunter's Prayer
Saintcrow, Lilith - Redemption Alley
Salvatore, R.A. - The Legend of Drizzt Collectors Edition III
Salvatore, R.A. - The Ghost King
Salvatore, R.A. - The Pirate King
 

Sanderson, Brandon - The Hero of Ages

Who is the Hero of Ages?
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness---the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists---is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.
Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!
The conclusion of the Mistborn trilogy fulfills all the promise of the first two books. Revelations abound, connections rooted in early chapters of the series click into place, and surprises, as satisfying as they are stunning, blossom like fireworks to dazzle and delight. It all leads up to a finale unmatched for originality and audacity that will leave readers rubbing their eyes in wonder, as if awaking from an amazing dream.
 

Sanderson, Brandon - The Well of Ascension

The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves. As Kelsier's protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.
Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies - one of them composed of ferocious giants - now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal. As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.

Sands, Lynsay - The Renegade Hunter
Savile, Steven - Vampire Wars
 

Sawyer, Robert J. - Flashforward

Robert J. Sawyer’s award-winning science fiction has garnered both popular and critical acclaim. TheNew York Times called Frameshift “filled to bursting with ideas, characters, and incidents.” His novels are fixtures on the Hugo and Nebula ballots. Now, his award-winning novel Flash Forward is becoming a network TV series, expected to air in the fall of 2009.
In pursuit of an elusive nuclear particle, an experiment goes incredibly awry, and, for a few moments, the consciousness of the entire human race is thrown ahead by about twenty years. As the implications truly hit home, the pressure to repeat the experiment builds. Everyone wants a glimpse of their future, a chance to flash forward and see their successes…or learn how to avoid their failures.
 

Scalzy, John - Zoe's Tale

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?
I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.
Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did — how I did what I had to do — not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.
It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.

Schroeder, Karl - Queen of Candesce
Schweighofer, Peter & Craig Carey - Tales from the New Republic
Sehestedt, Mark - Sentinelspire
Shirley, John - Doom
Showalter, Gena - The Darkest Whisper
Simmons, Dan - Ilium
 

Simmons, Dan - Olympos

Helen of Troy is in mourning for her dead husband, Paris. Killed in single combat with the merciless Apollo. His body a scorched and blasted thing. Hockenberry, her lover, still sneaks from her bed after their nights of lovemaking. And the Gods still strike out from the besieged Olympos. Their single-molecule bomb casings quantum phase-shifting through the moravecs' force shield and laying waste to Ilium. Or so Hockenberry and the amusing little metal creature, Mahnmut, have tried to explain to her. Helen of Troy does not give a fig about machines. She must dress for the funeral. And man and the gods and the unknown players in this tragedy must prepare for the final act. And a battle that will decide the future of the universe itself.
  

Simmons, Dan - The Terror

The bestselling author of Ilium and Olympos transforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expedition into a thriller worthy of Stephen King or Patrick O'Brian. Their captain's insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmen of The Terror trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But the real threat to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white, the provisions that have turned to poison before they open them, or the ship slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat is whatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship, snatching one seaman at a time or whole crews, leaving bodies mangled horribly or missing forever. Captain Crozier takes over the expedition after the creature kills its original leader, Sir John Franklin. Drawing equally on his own strengths as a seaman and the mystical beliefs of the Eskimo woman he's rescued, Crozier sets a course on foot out of the Arctic and away from the insatiable beast. But every day the dwindling crew becomes more deranged and mutinous, until Crozier begins to fear there is no escape from an ever-more-inconceivable nightmare.

Slade, Jessa - Seduced by Shadows
Smedman, Lisa - House of Serpents
Smedman, Lisa - The Ascendancy of the Last
Smith, L.J. - The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle
Smith, L.J. - The Vampire Diaries: The Fury and Dark Reunion
Snodgrass, Melinda - The Edge of Reason
Snyder, Maria V. - Magic Study
Snyder, Maria V. - Sea Glass
Snyder, Maria V. - Storm Glass
Soulban, Lucien - Renegade Wizards

Southwell, David & Matt Adams - Death by Stupidity

If the stories were not true, no one would believe that these 1001 people managed to die in such utterly stupid yet highly amusing ways—but they did. From the woman who drunk herself to death with water trying to win a contest that required her to hold in her wee longer than the other contestants to the convicted killer who turned his toilet into a homemade electric chair by frying himself while sitting on it and fixing a television set at the same time, Death by Stupidity presents hundreds of newly collected accounts of what might kindly be described as actions lacking foresight or less-kindly described as really idiotic ways to meet one's maker.
The ultimate cautionary guide on what not to do, this comprehensive catalog of ridiculous ways to die offers snappy tellings of awe-inspiring examples of actions that led to truly amusing incidences of fatality. It also features a series of unique lists that present examples of the "top ten" stupid ways people have died in various categories, including alcohol-induced, wildlife-included, crime-related, and sex-involved deaths.

Spurrier, Simon - Lord of the Night
Stackpole, Michael A. - Isard's Revenge

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Kane, Paul & Marie O'Regan (eds.) - Hellbound Hearts
Kay, Guy Gavriel - The Lions of Al-Rassan
Kaye, Marvin (ed.) - Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #2

Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Born of Night 

In the Ichidian Universe, The League and their ruthless assassins rule all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption...

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades once turned his back on the League—and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him or stop him from completing his current mission: to protect Kiara Zamir, a woman whose father’s political alliance has made her a target..

As her world becomes even deadlier, Kiara must entrust her life to the same kind of beast who once killed her mother and left her for dead. Old enemies and new threaten them both and the only way they can survive is to overcome their suspicions and learn to trust in the very ones who threaten them the most: each other.

Kemp, Paul S. - Shadowbreed 
Keyes, J. Gregory - Edge of Victory 1: Conquest
Keyes, J. Gregory - Edge of Victory 2:  Rebirth
Kholer, Sharie - To Crave a Blood Moon 
Kikuchi, Hideyuki - Wicked City: Black Guard
King, J. Robert/Jeff Grubb -  Artifacts Cycle I 
King, John R. - The Shadow of Reichenback Falls
King, William - Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus 
King, William - Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus 
Knaak, Richard A. - Legends of the Dragonrealm 
Knaak, Richard A. - The Demon Soul 

Knaak, Richard A. - The Sundering 

The hour of wrath draws near...
The valiant night elves have been shattered by the loss of their beloved general. The black dragon, Neltharion, has claimed the Demon Soul and scattered the mighty dragonflights to the winds. Above all, the demonlord, Archimonde, has led the Burning Legion to the very brink of victory over Kalimdor. As the land and its denizens reel from this unstoppable evil, a terror beyond all reckoning draws ever nearer from the Well of Eternity's depths...
In the final, apocalyptic chapter of this epic trilogy, the dragon-mage Krasus and the young druid Malfurion must risk everything to save Azeroth from utter destruction. Banding together the dwarves, tauren and furbolg races, the heroes hope to spark an alliance to stand against the might of the Burning Legion. For if the Demon Soul should fall into the Legion's hands, all hope for the world will be lost. This then, is the hour...where past and future collide!


Knaak, Richard A. - The Well of Eternity 

Many months have passed since the cataclysmic Battle of Mount Hyjal, where the demonic Burning Legion was banished from Azeroth forever. But now, a mysterious energy rift within the mountains of Kalimdor propels three former warriors into the distant past -- a time long before orcs, humans or even high elves roamed the land. A time when the Dark Titan Sargeras, and his demon pawns persuaded Queen Azshara and her Highborne to cleanse Azeroth of its lesser races. A time when the Dragon Aspects were at the height of their power -- unaware that one of their own would soon usher in an age of darkness that would engulf the world of...War Craft®.
In the first chapter of this epic trilogy, the outcome of the historic War of the Ancients is forever altered by the arrival of three time-lost heroes: Krasus, the dragon mage whose great power and memories of the ancient conflict have inexplicably diminished; the human wizard Rhonin, whose thoughts are divided between his family and the seductive source of his now-growing power; and Broxigar, a weathered orc veteran who seeks a glorious death in combat. But unless these unlikely allies can convince the demigod, Cenarius, and the untrusting night elves of their queen's treachery, the burning Legion's gateway into Azeroth will open anew. And this time -- the struggles of the past may well spill over into the future...


Knaak, Richard A. - WarCraft War of the Ancients Archive 

The valiant night elves have been shattered by the loss of their beloved general. The black dragon, Neltharion, has claimed the Demon Soul and scattered the mighty dragonflights to the winds. Above all, the demonlord, Archimonde, has led the Burning Legion to the very brink of victory over Kalimdor. As the land and its denizens reel from this unstoppable evil, a terror beyond all reckoning draws ever nearer from the Well of Eternity's depths. This epic trilogy is based on the bestselling computer game sensation. The dragon-mage Krasus and the young druid Malfurion must risk everything to save Azeroth from utter destruction. Banding together with dwarves, tauren and furbolg races, the heroes hope to spark an alliance to stand against the might of the Burning Legion, or the world will be lost.


Kohler, Sharie - Marked by Moonlight 
Koontz, Dean R. - Brother Odd
Koontz, Dean R. - The Good Guy

Kuhn, Matt - The Bro Code 

Since the time of the caveman, men have lived their lives by an sacred and unspoken code of conduct. Now, in THE BRO CODE, television writers Barney Stinson and Matt Kuhn have put this manly ethos into words. Is it okay to sleep with your bro's ex-girlfriend and/or mother? Can you hug another bro? How many pizzas should we order? All these pressing questions are answered once and for all in the Holy Bible of male behavior and misbehavior. The BRO CODE originated as a reference in Season Three of the sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, but now it has become a reality.








Kyme, Nick - Salamander

Hailing from the volcanic world of Nocturne, Space Marines from the Salamanders Chapter are in search of an ancient artefact that leads to a world overrun by Chaos. They are the fire–born: implacable warriors with iron hard determination. But all is not what it seems as far more dangerous foe is revealed. As bitter rivalries break out amongst the Salamanders their endurance will be tested to the limit. Will the Salamanders survive long enough to discover the truth about this world and the revelations that will shake the very foundations of this Chapter forever?









Kyme, Nick & Lindsey Priestley - Heroes of the Space Marines 

In the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe mankind is best by foes in a galaxy wracked by eternal war. Set forth the Space Marines, superhuman warriors and the ultimate protectors of humanity.
Heroes of the Space Marines is an anthology of stories about these brave champions and their dark counterparts, the Chaos Space Marines.
Heroes of the Space Marines includes the novella ‘Fires of War’, a prelude to the novel Salamander and featuring the heroes Brother-Sergeant Dak’ir and Brother-Sergeant Tsu’gan.







Kyme, Nick & Lindsey Priestley - Tales of Heresy 
Lackey, Mercedes - Foundation
Lackey, Mercedes - Reserved for the Cat 
Lebow, Jess - Obsidian Ridge 

Lee, Mike - Fallen Angels 

The Horus Heresy is the Black Library's premium SF series, telling the story of the civil war that nearly tore the human Imperium apart, ten thousand years ago. This latest title sees triumphant return of the Dark Angels, by Darkblade co-author Mike Lee.













Leisner, William - Losing the Peace 
Little, Denise (ed.) - Intelligent Design 
Mack, David - The Calling 
Malan, Violette - The Mirror Prince
Mangels, Andy & Michael A. Martin - The Red King
Marmell, Ari - Agents of Artifice 
Marsh, Anne - The Hunt

Martin, George R.R. - A Clash of Kings

In this sequel to A GAME OF THRONES, George Martin pursues the embattled Seven Kingdoms through a bitter 10-year winter in which good and evil contend for power. When cruel Queen Cerisi's son takes the Iron Throne following the death of its king, Robert Baratheon, the Queen's sons and Robert's brothers battle for control of the realm. Robert's young daughter, Princess Arya Stark, flees the kingdom disguised as a boy, as the exiled last heir of the former ruling family tends to his dragons. Meanwhile, the guardians of the realm's Wall dwindle in numbers as menacing barbarians gather their forces. Set in a glittering fantasy world enriched by 8,000 years of history, this baroque jewel captivates with its believable characters, deftly realized magic, and intricate plotting.





Martin, George R.R. - A Game of Thrones 

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.


Martin, George R.R. - A Storm of Swords 

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords...


Matheson, Richard - I Am Legend 

Robert Neville is the last living man on earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this?












Matheson, Richard - The Box

Both longtime fans and readers who have never encountered horror and suspense author Matheson (I Am Legend), winner of Stoker and World Fantasy lifetime achievement awards among many others, should enjoy this collection of a dozen stories originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. In the standout title story, later adapted as a Twilight Zone episode, a discontented husband and wife are presented with a device and told they will get $50,000 every time they press its button. The catch is that every push will cause someone else's death. Many of the other tales pack a similar punch. The collection also includes The Creeping Terror, a vicious parody of the author's home state of California. The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of the ordinary men and women caught up by forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence. 




McCaffrey, Anne & Todd - Dragon Harper 
McCloud, Scott - Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 
McDevitt, Jack - Chindi
Miéville, China - The Scar
Milton, John - Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained 
Mitchell, Sandy - Cain's Last Stand 
Morgan, Alexis - Dark Warrior Unbroken 
Murphy, C.E. - Heart of Stone

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Egan, Greg - Crystal Nights and Other Stories 

The nine stories in Greg Egan's new collection range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-future tales of our immortal descendants.
In "Lost Continent", a time traveler seeking refuge from a war-torn land faces hostility and bureaucratic incompetence. "Crystal Nights" portrays a driven man s moral compromises as he chases an elusive technological breakthrough, while in "Steve Fever" the technology itself falls victim to its own hype.
"TAP" brings us a new kind of poetry, where a word is more powerful than a thousand images. "Singleton" shows us a new kind of child, born of human DNA modeled in a quantum computer who, in "Oracle", journeys to a parallel world to repay a debt to an intellectual ancestor.
"Induction" chronicles the methods and motives behind humanity s first steps to the stars. "Border Guards" reflects on the painful history of a tranquil utopia. And in the final story, "Hot Rock", two immortal citizens of the galaxy-spanning Amalgam find that an obscure, sunless world conceals mind-spinning technological marvels, bitter factional struggles, and a many-layered secret history.

Enge, James - This Crooked Way

Erikson, Steven - The Bonehunters

The sixth volume in Steven Erikson's truly epic fantasy sequence, The Malazan Book of the Fallen.
There's nothing like sweeping up tag-ends to change the world. The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. Sha'ik slain by Tavore, the Malazan forces pacifying city after city on the troubled subcontinent, and one last rebel army, under the reluctant, embittered command of Leoman of the Flails, is pursued to the ancient and infamous city of Y'Ghatan by Tavore and the Fourteenth Army. Dogged by self-doubt and ill omens, the 14th must lay siege to the city, and Adjunct Tavore must seek to outwit Leoman of the Flails, the deadliest foe she has ever faced.
Into this fraught scenario come both new and familiar characters. Among the latter, Heboric Ghost Hands, journeying to redress an old wrong. Apsalar, haunted by possession and now the principal agent of Cotillion, Patron of Assassins, marking a trail with blood and dripping daggers. Cutter, the killer who had once been a thief in Darujhistan, fleeing a shattered heart. Karsa Orlong, a warrior hunting his destiny. And two old friends, traveling companions, Mappo and Icarium, wandering once more the ravaged wastelands, Icarium seeking the ancient truths of his own life, Mappo seeking to keep those truths from him, at all costs.
All, searching for such fates as they might fashion with their own hands, guided by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. Alas, the gods are disinclined to be kind, now that knives have been unsheathed, and there shall be war, war in the heavens.


Evans, Annaliese - Night's Rose 

Evans, Annaliese - The Prince of Frogs 

Farland, David - The Wyrmling Horde 
Ferdowsi, Abolqasem - Rostam: Tales of Love and War from the Shahnameh 

Forbes, David - The Commanding Stone 
Foster, Alan Dead - Quofum

Gaiman, Neil & P. Craig Russell - Coraline Graphic Novel

When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and the toy box is filled with fluttering wind-up angels and dinosaur skulls that crawl and rattle their teeth.
But there's another mother there and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and all the tools she can find if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
This beloved tale has now become a visual feast. Acclaimed artist P. Craig Russell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting nationally bestselling children's book Coraline to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.


Gentry, Ed - Neversfall
Gilbert, Paul D. - The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes
Golden, Christie - Arthas: Rise of the Lych King

Goodkind, Terry - Confessor

Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.
Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule, and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history.
When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed. 


Goodkind, Terry - Naked Empire

Goss, James - Almost Perfect

The ninth novel in the bestselling Torchwood range from BBC Books. Emma is 30, single and, frankly, desperate. She woke up this morning with nothing to look forward to but another evening of unsuccessful speed-dating. But now she has a new weapon in her quest for Mr Right. And it's made her almost perfect! Ianto Jones woke up this morning with no memory of last night. He went to work, where he caused amusement, suspicion, and a little bit of jealousy. Because Ianto Jones woke up this morning in the body of a woman! And he's looking just about perfect! And Jack Harkness has always had his doubts about Perfection...







Goto, C.S. - Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus

Greenwood, Ed - Elminster's Daughter 
Gunn, David - Death's Head

Haldeman, Joe - Marsbound

Young Carmen Dula and her family are embarking on the adventure of a lifetime - they're going to Mars. But Carmen's rebellious streak leads her to venture out into the bleak Mars landscape alone, where she is saved by an angel. An angel with too many arms and legs, a head that looks like a potato gone bad - and a message for the humans on Mars: We were here first.





Hamilton, Laurell K. - Nightseer

Hamilton, Peter F. - The Dreaming Void

At the far edge of the known universe stands a Centurion Station, a research base built atop ruins two million years old, abandoned by aliens since the dawn of time. Recently however, this quiet zone is attracting notice because of signs that the dread Void has begun to stir again. Set several centuries after the events of Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, Peter F. Hamilton's The Dream Void unfurls a large-scale space opera in the tradition of Heinlein, Asimov, and Frank Herbert.









Harris, Charlaine - Dead and Gone

Harris, Charlaine - Dead to the World

Harris, Charlaine - From Dead to Worse

Harris, Charlaine - A Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse Complete Stories

Hearn, Lafcadio - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

Heitz, Markus - The Dwarves 

Hendee. Barb - Blood Memories

Vampires have lived among Mankind for countless millenia, hiding in the darkness, hunting, feeding and killing Mortals. They live lives of utter secrecy, scattered far apart, always aware that the surging tide of Humanity could crush them if they became truly aware of their presence. For Eleisha, a young vampire who has remained hidden since the 19th Century, things are about to change.

Hendee, Barb - Hiunting Memories

Henham, R.D. - The Brass Dragon Codex

Herbert, Frank - Children of Dune

Herbert, Frank - Dune Messiah

Herbert, Frank - God Emperor of Dune

Hines, Jim C. - The Mermaid's Madness

Hobb, Robin - Royal Assassin

Huff, Tanya - A Confederation of Valor
Jeter, K.W. - Hard Merchandise

Jeter, K.W. - The Mandalorian Armor

Jones, Diana Wynne - House of Many Ways

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Abnett, Dan - Ravenor: The Omnibus 

In the war-torn future of the 41st millennium, the Inquisition fights a secret war against the darkest enemies of mankind - the alien, the heretic and the daemon. The three stories in this omnibus tell the tale of Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his lethal band of operatives, whose investigations take them from the heart of the Scarus Sector to the wildest regions of space beyond, and even through time itself. Wherever they go, and whatever dangers they face, they will never give up until their mission succeeds. Contains the novels Ravenor, Ravenor Returned and Ravenor Rogue, plus two short stories and an introduction by the author.

Adams Douglas - The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 
Allston, Aaron - Solo Command 

Anthony, Piers - Two to the Fifth 

Armintrout, Jennifer - Queene of Light 

Ashley, Mike (ed.) - The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures

Asimov, Isaac - Foundation 

The first volume of Asimov's saga, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series. The ostensible task of Foundation, a group of savants established by Seldon on the remote planet Terminus, is to compile the "Encyclopedia Galactica", a complete account of human knowledge.

Asimov, Isaac - Foundation and Empire

The second volume in the "Foundation" saga. Catastrophic events unfold as predicted by Hari Seldon. The First Galactic Empire is crumbling at its centre; conflict rages at its periphery, where the Traders of the Foundation based on Terminus have become a mighty power.

Asimov, Isaac - I, Robot 
Asimov, Isaac - The Gods Themselves

Austen, Jane & Seth Grahame-Smith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read. 

Auswaks, Alex (ed.) - Sherlock Holmes in Russia 

Baker, Cage - In the Garden of Iden  

Bangs, Nina - My Wicked Vampire 
Banks, L.A. - Cursed to Death 
Bardsley, Michelle - Over My Dead Body 

Bardsley. Michelle - Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home 

Barnes, Alan - Sherlock Holmes on Screen 

Bennett, Christopher L. - Orion's Hounds 

Bennett, Tara - Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Companion 

Bentley, C.F. - Harmony 

Boylett, Steven R. - Ariel 

Bradley, Marion Zimmer - Exile's Song 

Bradley, Marion Zimmer - Heritage and Exile

Bradley, Marion Zimmer - The Ages of Chaos 

Bradley, Marion Zimmer - The Forbidden Circle 
Bradley, Marion Zimmer - The Saga of the Renunciates 

Bradley, Marion Zimmer - Traitor's Sun

Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Deborah J. Ross - A Flame in Hali 
Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Deborah J. Ross - The Alton Gift 

Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Deborah J. Ross - The Fall of Neskaya 

Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Deborah J. Ross - Zandru's Forge

Briggs, Patricia - Hunting Ground 

Mated to werewolf Charles Cornick, the son -and enforcer- of the leader of the North American werewolves, Anna Latham now knows how dangerous being a werewolf is, especially when a werewolf opposes Charles and his father is struck down. Charles's reputation makes him the prime suspect, and the penalty for the crime is execution. Now Anna and Charles must combine their talents to hunt down the real killer -or Charles will take the fall.

Brook, Meljean - Demon Forged 

Brooke, Hall - The Art of Mass Effect

Mass Effect is set in a rich and diverse universe hundreds of years in our future. The challenge of creating a plausible vision for humanity and a galaxy of ancient and exotic alien races was given to BioWare's talented art and design teams. They began in a formless void and shaped their worlds, their races, and their civilizations to finish with a living breathing setting exclusive to the Xbox 360.
From a massive space citadel whose origins are lost in time to the utilitarian clothing of frontier colonists, each component, whether small or colossal, anomalous or common, within Mass Effect's universe need to be brought to detailed life.
In this stunning volume, take an exclusive step back to when this universe was still forming in this compilation of art, images, and commentary taken directly from the artists' sketchbooks as they created the universe of Mass Effect.

Brooks, Max - The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks 
Brust, Steven - Sethra Lavode 

Brust, Steven - The Book of Jhereg 

Brust, Steven - The Path of the Dead 

Bujold, Lois McMaster - Miles Errant 

A covert ops liberation of Barrayaran allies in a Cetagandan POW camp goes awry and Miles Naismith is right in the middle of it. Will he find damnation though good works, or faith alone?

Still reeling from the prior mission, the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet puts in at old Earth for repairsand finds old enemies. Miles's attempt to juggle both his identities, Admiral Naismith and Lieutenant Lord Vorkosigan, crashes when a new player enters the game: the brother he never knew he had.

Two years later, on the crime planet of Jackson's Whole, disaster gets a new name: Mark Pierre Vorkosigan. Another rescue, of clone children scheduled to be murdered for their bodies, goes seriously sour. This time, the consequences look fatal and permanentunless two brothers can each learn the other's true names and games.

Publisher's Note: Miles Errant has been previously published in parts as "Borders of Infinity," Brothers in Arms, and Mirror Dance. This is the first chronologically combined edition, as chosen by the author.

Butcher, Jim - Storm Front

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things -- and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a -- well, whatever.

There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get... interesting.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

Byers, Richard Lee - Unholy 
Campbell, J.R. & Charles Prepolec (eds.) - Gaslight Grimoire: Fnatatic Tales of Sherlock Holmes 
Campbell, Jack - Lost Fleet: Fearless 
Caine, Rachel - Cape Storm 
Canavan, Trudi - Voice of the Gods 

Card, Orson Scott - Empire 

Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science fiction and fantasy works. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near future scenario of a new American Civil War.
The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.
The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side, and militia foot-soldiers on the other, devastating the cities, and overrunning the countryside. But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop, and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons and strategic geniuses of their own.
When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?

Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game 

When humanity is under threat from an alien race, Ender Wiggin, at the age of six, leaves his family on Earth to journey to the Belt. There he enters Battle School, where his life is strictly disciplined by mind games and computer mock-battles fought in deadly earnest. Instinct, compassion and genius make Ender unequalled. But while he trains, the invasion approaches fast. And Ender will be pushed to the limits of endurance, for he is a unique destiny...

Card, Orson Scott - Speaker for the Dead 

Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. Like its predecessor, this book won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Card, Orson Scott - Xenocide 

Ender and Valentine Wiggin are brother and sister who both share the gift of genius. The monstrous Starways Congress has sent a warfleet to their home planet of Lusitania, containing two alien species and the deadliest virus ever known. They have also issued the order to destroy the planet.

Card, Orson Scott - War of Gifts 

Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with this short novel set during Ender's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays. The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older students, doesn't see it that way. He thinks that giving gifts isn't exactly a religious observation, and on Sinterklaas Day he tucks a present into another student's shoe.

This small act of rebellion sets off a battle royal between the students and the staff, but some surprising alliances form when Ender comes up against a new student, Zeck Morgan. The War over Santa Claus will force everyone to make a choice.

Cashore, Kristin - Graceling 
Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark 

Clare, Cassandra - City of Bones 

Clare, Cassandra - City of Glass

To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that enter-ing the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadow-hunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadow-hunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City -- whatever the cost?
Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling trilogy The Mortal Instruments.

Clarke, Arthur C.  - Childhood's End 

Clarke, Arthur C. & Frederik Pohl - The Last Theorem 

Cooper, Brenda - Reading the Wind

Correia, Larry - Monster Hunter International

Counter, Ben - Battle for the Abyss

Horus sends the Worldbearer space marines to the planet Calth, where they are to ambush the loyalist Ultramarines. In addition to the main fleet, Horus sends a new doomsday battleship for use againsy the Ultramarines home world of Ultramar. A small strike force travels space and the warp to delay or destroy the doomsday ship to save the Ultramarines.

Croggon, Alison - The Crow 

Croggon, Alison - The Riddle 

Czerneda, Julie E. - Beholder's Eye

Czerneda, Julie E. - Regeneration

Danielewski, Mark Z. - House of Leaves 

Davidson, MaryJanice - Dead and Loving It 
Delacroix, Claire - Guardian 
Denning, Troy - Star by Star

Dick, Philip K. - Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.
By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . .
They even built humans.
Emigrees to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak, the government banned them from Earth. But when androids didn't want to be identified, they just blended in.
Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids, and to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.

Dick, Philip K. - Solar Lottery 

Dick, Philip K. - The Man in the High Castle 

Douglass, Sara - Enchanter

Douglass, Sara - Starman 

Dozois, Gardner & Johathan Strahan (eds.) - The New Space Opera 

Drake, David - The Complete Hammer Slammers, Volume 1 
Drake, Jocelynn -Dawnbreaker 
Drinkard, William H. - Elom