Release Week: Jay Lake's Kalimpura, James P. Blaylock's The Aysleford Skull, Norse Code, and (of course) another episode of The Human Division

Release Week: Jay Lake's Kalimpura, James P. Blaylock's The Aysleford Skull, Norse Code, and (of course) another episode of The Human Division

Posted on 2013-01-30 at 19:43 by Sam

Now that’s what I’m talking about — an absolutely monstrous release week, with a long list of concurrent new releases, exciting previously released books coming to audio for the first time, and even another haul of Dungeons and Dragons audiobooks. And that’s just the past few days — already this week had brought us Norse Code by Greg van Eekhout and The Disaster Diaries by Sam Sheridan, and of course it also brings the next installment of John Scalzi’s The Human Division, with We Only Need the Heads: The Human Division, Episode 3. And, also of course, and as has gotten to be the usual thing for these “release week” roundups, a few more “Whispersync for Voice Price Quirks” at the bottom of the post.

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Kalimpura: Green Universe, Book 3 By Jay Lake, Narrated By Katherine Kellgren for Audible Frontiers — Series: Green Universe, Book 3 — Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins. Out also in print/ebook from Tor, while this is third in a series, via author @jay_lake on Twitter: “KALIMPURA should stand alone, but will make more sense & have more depth if you’ve read the first two. Not a ‘tight’ series.” Here is the publisher copy: “This sequel to Green and Endurance takes Green back to the city of Kalimpura and the service of the Lily Goddess. Green is hounded by the gods of Copper Downs and the gods of Kalimpura, who have laid claim to her and her children. She never wanted to be a conduit for the supernatural, but when she killed the Immortal Duke and created the Ox god with the power she released, she came to their notice.Now she has sworn to retrieve the two girls taken hostage by the Bittern Court, one of Kalimpura’s rival guilds. But the Temple of the Lily Goddess is playing politics with her life.”

The Aylesford Skull By James P Blaylock, Narrated By William Gaminara for Audible Ltd — Recently at the sf convention illogiCon, I heard praise after praise for Blaylock’s writing both from guest of honor Tim Powers and other attendees; here, the first new steampunk novel in over twenty years from one of the genre’s founding voices: “It is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives - brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer - is at home in Aylesford with his family. However, a few miles to the north a steam launch has been taken by pirates above Egypt Bay; the crew murdered and pitched overboard. In Aylesford itself a grave is opened and possibly robbed of the skull. The suspected grave robber, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, is an old nemesis of Langdon St. Ives. When Dr. Narbondo returns to kidnap his four-year-old son Eddie and then vanishes into the night, St. Ives and his factotum Hasbro race to London in pursuit.”

ALSO OUT THIS WEEK:

• Norse Code By Greg Van Eekhout, Narrated By Dave Thompson for Audible -- yeah, I focused a lot of time/space/energy on this on its release day, but it bears repeating, because, hey, how often does one's co-blogger narrate an audiobook? (OK, so it's happening with regularity now...) "Is this Ragnarok, or just California? The NorseCODE genome project was designed to identify descendants of Odin. What it found was Kathy Castillo, a murdered MBA student brought back from the dead to serve as a Valkyrie in the Norse god’s army. Given a sword and a new name, Mist’s job is to recruit soldiers for the war between the gods at the end of the world – and to kill those who refuse to fight. But as the twilight of the gods descends, Mist makes other plans."
• Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier By Myke Cole, Narrated By Korey Jackson for Recorded Books -- book two after Shadow Ops: Control Point -- "The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began to develop terrifying powers - summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Overnight the rules changed...but not for everyone." -- More info on the book and its author via a recent Big Idea and Cole's personal essay On Use-of-Force
• Climb the Wind: A Novel of Another America By Pamela Sargent, Narrated By Edoardo Ballerini for Audible Frontiers -- Audible assigns an all-star narrator to this little known alternate history, originally published in 1998: "The Civil War is finally over, and a weakened America is struggling to rebuild. The white man is sweeping across the continent, driving native peoples on the prairies and plains from their lands. But time is about to stand still, the map of history rewritten.... Something is wrong out West. The Buffalo Soldiers sent to subdue the Cheyenne are deserting and joining their former enemy. The Sioux are leaving their reservations in hordes. And armed bands of Apaches have been sighted riding east of the Mississippi!"
• Teen: The Madman's Daughter: Madman's Daughter Trilogy, Book 1 By Megan Shepherd, Narrated By Lucy Rayner for HarperAudio -- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins -- "Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London - working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father's gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations are true. ... Inspired by H. G. Wells's classic The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Madman's Daughter is a dark and breathless Gothic thriller about the secrets we'll do anything to know and the truths we'll go to any lengths to protect."
• Memoir: The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse by Sam Sheridan, Narrated by Donald Corren for Blackstone Audio — Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins — also available at Downpour — a chapter by chapter novel of “participatory journalism” in which Sheridan, who has been “an amateur boxer, mixed-martial-arts fighter, professional wilderness firefighter, EMT, sailor, and cowboy, and has worked in construction at the South Pole”, takes on a “hypothetical doomsday scenario”.
• She Returns from War By Lee Collins, Narrated By Alison Larkin for Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio -- book two after The Dead of Winter
• The Mad Scientist's Daughter By Cassandra Rose Clarke, Narrated By Kate Rudd for Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio
• Scent of Darkness: A Novel By Margot Berwin, Narrated By Margot Berwin for Random House Audio
• The Winter Witch By Paula Brackston, Narrated By Marisa Calin for Macmillan Audio
• Hurt: A Novel by Travis Thrasher, read by Kirby Heyborne for Oasis Audio (Jan 28) — “The fourth and final title in the Solitary Tales shines light into deep darkness as Chris’ journey to Solitary comes to a dramatic close.” -- also on Audible as: Hurt: Solitary Tales Series, Book 4
• Caught in Amber By Cathy Pegau, Narrated By Rachel Anslover for Carina Press
• Haunted Moon: Otherworld Series, Book 13 By Yasmine Galenorn, Narrated By Cassandra Campbell for Recorded Books
• Shattered Souls: A Caitlyn O’Connell Novel, Book 1 By Delilah Devlin, Narrated By Natalie Ross for Brilliance Audio
• Teen: Prodigy: A Legend Novel, Book 2 By Marie Lu, Narrated By Steven Kaplan
• Homer's Daughter By Robert Graves, Narrated By Karen Cass for Audible Inc.
• The Architect By John Scott, Narrated By Richard Aspel for Bolinda Audio
• Earthshaker By Robert T. Jeschonek, Narrated By Joell A. Jacob
• The Arm of the Stone By Victoria Strauss, Narrated By Michael McConnahie for Audible Inc.
• Sherlock Holmes in America By Jon L. Lellenberg (editor), Martin H. Greenberg (editor), and Daniel Stashower (editor), Narrated By Graeme Malcolm -- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
• Troubled Bones: A Crispin Guest Medieval Noir, Book 4 By Jeri Westerson, Narrated By Michael Page
• Dancer of Gor: Gorean Saga, Book 22 By John Norman, Narrated By Alicyn Aimes
• The Frankenstein Papers By Fred Saberhagen, Narrated By Keith Szarabajka for Audible Frontiers
• The Cutting Edge: Part One of A Handful of Men By Dave Duncan, Narrated By Mil Nicholson for Audible Frontiers
• The Honorable Barbarian By L. Sprague de Camp, Narrated By Brian Holsopple for Audible Frontiers
• Dragon War: Land Between the Rivers, Book 2 By Mark Acres, Narrated By Danny Campbell for Audible Frontiers
• Hero: Thousand Worlds, Book 4 By Joel Rosenberg, Narrated By Maxwell Glick for Audible Frontiers -- Series: Thousand Worlds, Book 4
• Ghost Dance By Kathryn Ptacek, Narrated By Lou Hecker for Crossroad Press
• The Black King: Black Throne, Book 2 By Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Narrated By Peter Ganim for Audible Frontiers -- Series: Black Throne, Book 2
• Harmony By Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, Narrated By Melissa Frank for Audible Frontiers
• The Mind Pool: Chan Dalton, Book 1 By Charles Sheffield, Narrated By Andy Caploe for Audible Frontiers -- Series: Chan Dalton, Book 1
• Crossover: Cassandra Kresnov, Book 1 By Joel Shepherd, Narrated By Dina Pearlman for Audible Frontiers
• Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader By Cassandra Clare (editor), Narrated By Emily Beresford, Luke Daniels, and Tanya Eby — Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
• The Eldritch Conspiracy: Blood Singer Series, Book 5 By Cat Adams, Narrated By Arika Escalona -- Series: Blood Singer, Book 5
• Sister Raven by Karen Rae Levine, Narrated by Danielle Daly for Halesite Press — Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
• Falling: Fade, Book 2 by Kailin Gow, Narrated by Jessica Geffen for Sparklesoup — Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
• Once a Dream Did Weave By William Hrdina, Narrated By William Hrdina
• Short: The Plagiarist: A Novella By Hugh Howey, Narrated By Alexander J. Masters -- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
• Short: The Perfect Totem By M. C. A. Hogarth, Narrated By Peter Katt -- Length: 15 mins
• Short: Jukebox Gifts By Dean Wesley Smith, Narrated By T. J. Jones -- Length: 51 mins
• And a pile of Dungeons and Dragons audiobooks, including: Dragons of a Fallen Sun: Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Book 1 By Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Finder's Bane: Forgotten Realms: Lost Gods, Book 1 By Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak, Elminster: The Making of a Mage: Forgotten Realms: Elminster, Book 1 By Ed Greenwood,
  Shadowbred: Forgotten Realms: The Twilight War, Book 1 By Paul S. Kemp, and
  and some Ravenloft, Dark Sun, and even Eberron titles as well

• Nevermore - A Novel of Love, Loss, & Edgar Allan Poe by David Niall Wilson and Lisa Snellings (Crossroad Press, Jan 14, 2013)
• Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer, translated by Amalia Gladhart (Small Beer Press, Jan 29) -- Originally published in Argentina in 1979, a novel-in-stories "about Trafalgar Medrano, who tells tall tales about his intergalactic travels" (via Locus Online)
• Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa and Stephen Snyder (Picador, Jan 29, 2013) — excerpt and review by Adam Mills at WeirdFictionReview.com
• Dangerous Gifts by Gaie Sebold (Solaris Books, Jan 29) -- book two in a series after Babylon Steel
• The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia by Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Patrick Thorpe and Akira Himekawa (Dark Horse, Jan 29)

• The Iron Ring By Lloyd Alexander, Narrated By Ron Keith -- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 01-30-13
• Dead Aim By Joe R. Lansdale, Narrated By Phil Gigante for Dreamscape — Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 01-31-13
• Salvage and Demolition by Tim Powers and J. K. Potter (Subterranean, Jan 31, 2013) -- no audio news for this time travel novella
• Fiction: A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri, read by Sneha Mathan for Blackstone Audio (Jan 31) — “Spellbinding in its narration, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea is the story of an Iranian girl who, separated from her mother and twin sister during the turmoil following the Iranian Revolution, invents a rich, imaginative world in which they live.”
• THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson, read by Spider Robinson (Blackstone Audio, 1 February)
• FALLING STARS by Michael Flynn, read by Malcolm Hillgartner (Blackstone Audio, 1 February) — The Firestar Saga, Book 4
• AFTERMATH by Charles Sheffield, read by Gary Dikeos (Blackstone Audio, 1 February) — The Supernova Alpha Series, Book 1
• Thistle & Thorne By Ann Aguirre, Narrated By Lauren Fortgang -- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-01-13
• Dawn of Eden By Julie Kagawa, Narrated By Therese Plummer -- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-01-13
• A Voice in the Wilderness: The Human Division, Episode 4 By John Scalzi, Narrated By William Dufris for Audible Frontiers -- Series: The Human Division, Book 4 -- Length: 49 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-05-13 -- and of course every week thereafter for a bit
• A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (Tor, Feb 5)
• Homeland by Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen, Feb 5, 2013)
• Mark Chadbourn | The Devil’s Looking Glass: Swords of Albion: Book 3  (Pyr, Feb 5, 2013) — no audio news
• Exile: The First Book of the Seven Eyes by Betsy Dornbusch (Night Shade Books, Feb 5, 2013) — coming to audio from Audible Frontiers
• Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School) by Gail Carriger (Feb 5, 2013)
• Scarlet: The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2 By Marissa Meyer, Narrated By Rebecca Soler — Series: The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2 — Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 02-05-13
• Lord of the Isles (Isles Series) by David Drake and read by Michael Page (Brilliance Audio, Feb 5, 2013) — also out on the same day are Queen of Demons (Isles Series) and Servant of the Dragon (Isles Series) — Page is the award-winning narrator of Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora
• The Queen Is Dead By Kate Locke, Narrated By To Be Announced -- Series: Immortal Empire, Book 2 -- Length: 20 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-05-13
• Fireblood: Whispers from Mirrowen, Book 1 By Jeff Wheeler, Narrated By Michael Page -- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-05-13
• The Departure: The Owner, Vol. I By Neal Asher, Narrated By Steve West and John Mawson — Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 02-05-13
• Rising Sun: A Black Hole Sun Novella (HarperTeen Impulse) by David Macinnis Gill (HarperCollins, Feb 5, 2013) -- prequel to Gill's trilogy
• The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde — Young Adult | Never before in audio  — “In his witty first novel for young fans, New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde introduces fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange, who runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away.” (Brilliance Audio, Feb 5)
• Shadow on the Crown: A Novel by Patricia Bracewell (Viking Adult and Penguin Audio, Feb 7, 2013) -- historical fiction set in the early 1000s
• The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Novel by Karen Lord (Del Rey, Feb 12, 2013) — no audio news
• American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit, Feb 12, 2013) — no audio news; c’mon publishers, it took far too long for The Troupe to make it into audio, get working on this!
• Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell (Knopf, Feb 12, 2013)
• Anthology: Who Done it? with Lev Grossman, Lemony Snicket, Libba Bray, and more (Soho Teen, Feb 12)
• The Daylight War: Book Three of The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett (Feb 12, 2013)
• Farside By Ben Bova, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki — Length: 10 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 02-12-13
• Gauntlgrym: Legend of Drizzt: Neverwinter Saga, Book 1 By R. A. Salvatore, Narrated By Victor Bevine — Series: Legend of Drizzt: Neverwinter Saga, Book 1 — Scheduled Release Date: 02-12-13 — with the remaining 3 books in this series coming over the following weeks
• Teen: Maggot Moon By Sally Gardner, Narrated By Robert Madge -- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-12-13
• THE STOCKHOLM OCTAVO by Karen Engelmann, read by Simon Vance (Blackstone Audio, 15 February) -- apparently available 1/30 as: The Stockholm Octavo
• Sutherland’s Rules by Dario Ciriello (Panverse, February 15) — “Some people go gentle into that long good night. Billy Sutherland isn’t one of them. All Christian White wants is a quiet life. But between the FDA threatening new regulations which would bankrupt his business, and the challenges posed by his open marriage to Carol, his attractive, younger, bi wife, peace isn’t anywhere on the horizon. And when he receives a letter from Billy, his old chum and sometime guardian angel from their hippie days, asking him to come to London and help him to collect on a forty-year-old IOU, Christian’s other problems start to look insignificant. Because the IOU is for two hundred and fifty kilos of charas, high-grade hashish from Afghanistan. And Christian owes Billy too much to even consider refusing.”
• The Inner City by Karen Heuler (ChiZine, February 19) — “Heuler continues to delight with her thoughtful brand of modern surrealism/magic realism—a criminally underrated writer. –Jeff VanderMeer”
• The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius by John Joseph Adams — Brilliance Audio Exclusive | Simultaneous Release with the Hardcover (February 19)
• Fuse By Julianna Baggott, Narrated By Khristine Hvam, Casey Holloway, Kevin T. Collins, and Pierce Cravens -- Series: Pure, Book 2 -- Length: 14 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-19-13
• Star Corps: Book One of The Legacy Trilogy By Ian Douglas, Narrated By David Drummond -- Length: 12 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-19-13 -- with books two and three coming shortly thereafter
• Extinction Point: Extinction Point, Book 1 By Paul Antony Jones, Narrated By Emily Beresford -- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-19-13
• Six Heirs by Pierre Grimbert — Brilliance Audio Exclusive | Simultaneous Release with the Trade Paperback — “In a vast land of elemental magic, myriad gods, and powerful legends, protecting an astonishing secret will unite a determined band of unlikely heroes against the forces of destruction and domination.” (February 19)
• The Office of Mercy: A Novel by Ariel Djanikian (Viking Adult, Feb 21, 2013) -- "Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real future imagined by a phenomenal new voice in fiction. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five—a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha’s allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it."
• The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist (Dutton Juvenile, Feb 21, 2013)
• Imager’s Battalion: Book 6 in the Imager Portfolio by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., read by William Dufris (Tantor Audio, February 25) — hardcover from Tor is Jan 22
• Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil’s Bargain by Tony Daniel (Pocket Books/Star Trek, Feb 26)
• Fade to Black By Francis Knight, Narrated By To Be Announced for Hachette Audio -- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-26-13 -- excerpt available
• Dreams and Shadows: A Novel by C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager and Harper Audio, Feb 26, 2013)
• The Teleportation Accident: A Novel by Ned Beauman (Bloomsbury, Feb 26, 2013)
• Mongoliad, The: Book Three (The Foreworld Saga) by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo and Nicole Galland (Feb 26, 2013)
• Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen — Brilliance Audio Exclusive | Simultaneous Release with the Trade Paperback (February 26)
• Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman (Angry Robot:26 February)
• Hell to Pay by Matthew Hughes (Angry Robot:26 February)
• Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman | Brilliance Audio Exclusive | Simultaneous Release with the Trade Paperback — “In this intelligently-written urban fantasy novel, listeners will sink into Emma Newman’s mirror world, hidden somwhere amid the streets of Bath, England.” (February 26)
• Fragments: Partials, Book 2 By Dan Wells, Narrated By Julia Whelan — Length: 16 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 02-26-13
• Seer: The Third Prequel to the Mongoliad: The Foreworld Saga By Mark Teppo, Narrated By Luke Daniels -- Series: Mongoliad -- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 02-26-13
• Six-Gun Snow White  by Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean, Feb 28) — “From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title s heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West where Coyote is just as likely to be found as the seven dwarves.”
• The Night of the Swarm (Book 4 in the Chathrand Voyage series) By Robert V. S. Redick, Read By Michael Page (Tantor Audio, February)
• Low Down Death Right Easy by J David Osborne (Swallowdown Press, February) -- from the author of By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends -- excerpt available

MARCH:

• THE VEILED WEB by Catherine Asaro, read by Caroline Shaffer (Blackstone Audio, 1 March)
• CHAOSBOUND by David Farland,read by Ray Porter (Blackstone Audio, 1 March)
• STARFIRE by Charles Sheffield, read by Gary Dikeos (Blackstone Audio, 1 March)
• The Human Front (Outspoken Authors) by Ken Macleod (PM Press, Mar 1, 2013)
• The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Mar 1, 2013)
• No Return by Zachary Jernigan (Night Shade Books, Mar 5, 2013)
• Empty Space by M. John Harrison (Mar 5, 2013) — US release for this very well-received conclusion after Light and Nova Swing
• The Demonologist: A Novel by Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster and S&S Audio, Mar 5, 2013)
• Teen: Requiem: Delirium Trilogy, Book 3 By Lauren Oliver, Narrated By Sarah Drew -- Length: 10 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 03-05-13
• Teen: When We Wake by Karen Healey (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Mar 5, 2013) -- audiobook coming from Hachette Audio -- "My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027--she's happiest when playing the guitar, she's falling in love for the first time, and she's joining her friends to protest the wrongs of the world: environmental collapse, social discrimination, and political injustice."
• Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Evolution, and Revolution edited by Victoria Blake (Underland Press, March 12)
• Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson (Mar 12, 2013)
• Bloodfire Quest: The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Book 2 By Terry Brooks, Narrated By Rosalyn Landor -- Series: Dark Legacy of Shannara, Book 2 -- Length: 15 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 03-12-13
• MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza (Mar 12, 2013) -- read by Tara Sands for HarperCollins
• The Curve of The Earth by Simon Morden (Orbit, Mar 19, 2013)
• Self-Reference ENGINE by Toh EnJoe (Haikasoru, Mar 19, 2013) -- "This is not a novel. This is not a short story collection. This is Self-Reference ENGINE."
• Anthology: Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor, March 19)
• The Gate Thief By Orson Scott Card, Narrated by To Be Announced (though my money’s on Stefan Rudnicki) — Series: Mither Mages, Book 2 — Length: 13 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-19-13
• The Clockwork Princess: Infernal Devices, Book 3 By Cassandra Clare, Narrated By Daniel Sharman — Length: 18 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-19-13
• YOU by Austin Grossman (Mulholland, March 26) — no audio news
• Shadow on the Sun (Black Hole Sun #3) by David Macinnis Gill (Greenwillow, March 26)
• Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace Hardcover, Mar 26, 2013)
• The Marching Dead by Lee Battersby (Angry Robot: 26 March)
• Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey (Angry Robot: 26 March)
• The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher (Angry Robot: 26 March)
• Dead Earth: Sanctuary By David Wilbanks and Mark Justice, Narrated By James Snyder for Audible Frontiers -- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 03-26-13
• The Rift Walker: Vampire Empire, Book 2 by Clay and Susan Griffith, read by James Marsters for Buzzy Multimedia (March 2013) -- print/ebook published September 2011 by Pyr
• Channel Zilch by Doug Sharp (Panverse, March/April 2013) — “Mick Oolfson trashed his astronaut career by stunt-flying a shuttle during re-entry. He’s miserable as a groundling, so when testosterone-surfing geek goddess Heloise Chin offers him an astronaut gig on Channel Zilch, a pirate orbiting reality show, Mick jumps at the chance to return to space, though it means denting his Boy Scout scruples by stealing space shuttle Enterprise from the Smithsonian. CHANNEL ZILCH is a near-future hard science fiction caper with heart and purpose, the first book of The Geek Rapture Project. Book 2, HEL’S BET, will be published by Panverse later in 2013.”

• Into the Cave by Alex Granados (April 1)
• New Taboos (Outspoken Authors) by John Shirley (PM Press, Apr 1, 2013)
• Prophet of Bones: A Novel by Ted Kosmatka (Henry Holt and Macmillan Audio, Apr 2, 2013)
• Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books, Apr 2, 2013)
• Odds Against Tomorrow: A Novel by Nathaniel Rich (FSG, Apr 2, 2013)
• Dead Roads by Robin Riopelle (Night Shade Books, Apr 2, 2013)
• Without a Summer (Shades of Milk and Honey) by Mary Robinette Kowal (Apr 2, 2013)
• Use of Weapons By Iain M. Banks, Narrated By Peter Kenny for Hachette Audio -- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 04-02-13 -- a recording available in the UK for some time now
• Blood Trade (Jane Yellowrock, #6)  by Faith Hunter (Roc, April 2)
• The Heretic (Raj Whitehall) by Tony Daniel and David Drake (Baen, April 2)
• Fearless: Mirrorworld By Cornelia Funke, Narrated By To Be Announced for Listening Library -- Length: 7 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 04-02-13
• Collection: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron (Night Shade, April 2)
• Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card (editor), Narrated by To Be Announced — Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 04-02-13
• Anthology: Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations by Simon R. Green, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale and Paula Guran (Prime Books, Apr 3, 2013)
• The Far Time Incident by Neve Maslakovic and read by Mary Robinette Kowal (Apr 9, 2013)
• Teen: The Flame in the Mist By Kit Grindstaff, Narrated By Rosalyn Landor -- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 04-09-13
• The Machine by James Smythe (Blue Door UK, 11 Apr 2013)
• A Stranger in Olondria: a novel by Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press, Apr 16, 2013) — no audio news
• London Falling by Paul Cornell (Tor, Apr 16, 2013)
• Equilateral: A Novel by Ken Kalfus (Bloomsbury, Apr 16, 2013)
• The Silver Dream: An InterWorld Novel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves (HarperTeen, Apr 23, 2013)
• Unnatural Creatures: Short Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman (Harper Collins, Apr 23, 2013)
• Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass, #3) by Jenna Black (Pocket Books, April 30)
• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (William Morrow, April 30) — no audio news
• The Whispering Muse, The Blue Fox, and From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón (FSG, April 30) — new US English editions of “one of Iceland’s greatest living novelists”
• The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Angry Robot: 30 April)
• Collection: The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan (Hippocampus Press, April 2013)

• The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel by Daniel Wallace (Touchstone, May 7)
• Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig (Abaddon, May 7, 2013)
• The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Teen, May 14, 2013)
• The Tyrant’s Law (The Dagger and the Coin) by Daniel Abraham (Orbit, May 14, 2013)
• The Human Division by John Scalzi (Tor, May 14, 2013) — currently being serialized in both ebook and audiobook
• Teen: THE PLANET THIEVES by Dan Krokos (Blackstone Audio, 21 May)
• The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty (Orbit, May 28)
• RED HORSE by Alex Adams (Blackstone Audio, 28 May) — sequel to White Horse
• The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon (Angry Robot: 28 May)
• The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig (Angry Robot: 28 May)
• Anthology: The Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, May 28)
• After Earth By Peter David, Narrated By To Be Announced for Random House Audio -- Length: 10 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 05-28-13 -- novelization of the forthcoming Will Smith film
• Fiction: WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES by Karen Joy Fowler (Blackstone Audio, 31 May)
• Unfettered edited by Shawn Speakman (Grim Oak Press, May 2013) –a charity anthology with stories from Terry Brooks, Patrick Rothfuss, Tad Williams, Brandon Sanderson, R.A. Salvatore, Naomi Novik, Peter V. Brett, Lev Grossman, Daniel Abraham, Michael J. Sullivan, David Anthony Durham, Robert V.S. Redick, Kevin Hearne, Mark Lawrence, …
• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (Mulholland, Jun 4, 2013) — no audio news
• Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse) by James S.A. Corey (Orbit, Jun 4, 2013)
• In Thunder Forged: Iron Kingdoms Chronicles (The Fall of Llael Book One) by Ari Marmell (Jun 4, 2013)
• Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X) by Richelle Mead (Penguin Audio, Jun 4, 2013)
• After the End: Recent Apocalypses by Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Margo Lanagan and Nnedi Okorafor (Jun 5, 2013)
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow and Harper Audio, Jun 18, 2013)
• The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (Harper, Jun 18, 2013) -- sequel to The Long Earth
• The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Orion UK, Jun 20, 2013) — no US release news
• Divinity and the Python by Bonnie Randall (Panverse, June 21)
• Cold Steel (The Spiritwalker Trilogy) by Kate Elliott (Orbit, Jun 25, 2013)
• Thieves’ Quarry by D.B. Jackson (Tor, July 2) — sequel to Thieftaker
• Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross (Ace, Jul 2, 2013) — “The year is AD 7000. The human species is extinct—for the fourth time—due to its fragile nature. Krina Alizond-114 is metahuman, descended from the robots that once served humanity. She’s on a journey to the water-world of Shin-Tethys to find her sister Ana. But her trip is interrupted when pirates capture her ship. Their leader, the enigmatic Count Rudi, suspects that there’s more to Krina’s search than meets the eye.”
• A Discourse in Steel by Paul S. Kemp (Angry Robot: 2 Jul 2013)
• Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond (Jul 2, 2013)
• North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press, July 16)
• Anthology: Carniepunk (Pocket Books, July 30)
• Darwen Arkwright and the School of Shadows (Darwen Arkwright #3) by AJ Hartley (Razorbill, August 1)
• The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles #1) by Michael J. Sullivan (Orbit, August 3)
• The Emergence of the Digital Humanities by Steven E. Jones (Routledge, Aug 3, 2013)
• Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire) by Mark Lawrence (Ace, Aug 6, 2013)
• Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik (Del Rey, Aug 13, 2013)
• The Time of Contempt (The Witcher) by Andrzej Sapkowski (Orbit, Aug 27, 2013)
• Billy Moon: A transcendent Novel Reimagining the Life of Christopher Robin Milne by Douglas Lain (Tor, Aug 27, 2013)
• The Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson (Jo Fletcher Books, August 2013) -- a "Viking fantasy novel" by a new Icelandic author
• Super Stories of Heroes and Villains edited by Claude Lalumiere (Tachyon, August 2013) — Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola, Jonathan Lethem, Cory Doctorow, Kelly Link’s “Origin Story”, Carol Emshwiller, Gene Wolfe, GRRM, …

• The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) by Scott Lynch (Spectra, September 3)
• Shaman: A novel of the Ice Age by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit, 3 Sep 2013) -- UK release date, US date not confirmed for this historical fiction "novel set in the ice age, about the people who made the paintings in the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southern France, about 32,000 years ago"
• Monsters of the Earth (Books of the Elements #3) by David Drake (Tor, September 2013)
• Three (Duskwalker Cycle #1) by Jay Posey (Angry Robot, Autumn 2013)
• Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest (Tor, Autumn 2013)
• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio, September 24) — King returns to The Shining
• Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Sep 24, 2013)
• Dead Run, The by Adam Mansbach (HarperCollins, Sep 24, 2013)
• Hero by Alethea Kontis (Harcourt Children’s Books, October 1)
• Copperhead by Tina Connolly (Tor, October? 2013) — not formally announced, but cover revealed
• Collection: Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor (Prime, October 2013)
• Maze by J.M. McDermott (Apex, January 2014)
• The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman (Viking, Early 2014) — book three after The Magicians and The Magician King
• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (Crown/Broadway, Early 2014) — “a second-world story of spies, subterfuge, and statesmanship set in a nation of dead gods.”
• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2014) — the first of three “Southern Reach” novels being published in 2014 — “For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious, remote, and concealed by the government as an environmental disaster zone even though it is to all appearances pristine wilderness. For thirty years, too, the secret agency known as the Southern Reach has monitored Area X and sent in expeditions to try to discover the truth. Some expeditions have suffered terrible consequences. Others have reported nothing out of the ordinary. Now, as Area X seems to be changing and perhaps expanding, the next expedition will attempt to succeed where all others have failed. What is happening in Area X? What is the true nature of the invisible border that surrounds it?”

• Replay By Ken Grimwood, Narrated By William Dufris for Tantor Audio -- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins. Regular Price :$24.49 / Member Price :$17.14 or 1 Credit -- "Listen to Replay, then pick up right where you left off with the Kindle book, available from Amazon.com for $7.99. Get this Audiobook for the reduced price of $3.99, when you buy the Kindle edition first."
• The Legacy of Heorot By Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes, Narrated By Tom Weiner for Blackstone Audio -- Series: Heorot, Book 1 -- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins -- Regular Price :$23.07  / Member Price :$16.15 or 1 Credit -- "Listen to The Legacy of Heorot, then pick up right where you left off with the Kindle book, available from Amazon.com for $6.35. Get this Audiobook for the reduced price of $6.49, when you buy the Kindle edition first."
• Zeuglodon By James P Blaylock, Narrated By Jennifer Woodward -- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins -- "Listen to Zeuglodon, then pick up right where you left off with the Kindle book, available from Amazon.com for $6.99. Get this Audiobook for the reduced price of $1.99, when you buy the Kindle edition first."
• Red Seas Under Red Skies By Scott Lynch, Narrated By Michael Page for Tantor Audio -- Series: Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Book 2 -- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins -- "Listen to Red Seas Under Red Skies, then pick up right where you left off with the Kindle book, available from Amazon.com for $7.99. Get this Audiobook for the reduced price of $6.99, when you buy the Kindle edition first." So, total is maybe what you might have paid for a credit, so it's about six of one, half-dozen of the other, unless you are out of credits and ready for another book early.
• Prince of Thorns By Mark Lawrence, Narrated By James Clamp for Recorded Books -- while the current Kindle retail price of $7.99 and the discounted "Whispersync upgrade" price of $6.49 together is about on the low end for mention here as that's about the price of a credit, you may have (like thousands of others) picked up the Kindle version late last year during a $1.99 promotional campaign, in which case the audiobook becomes a genuine steal.

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