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5/28/2014

SHIPSTAR authors Larry Niven & Gregory Benford - Interview (VIDEO)

The Bowl

Mark Turner
Fantastic Almanac
05/28/2014

In their latest space epic, famed science fiction authors Larry Niven & professor of physics Gregory Benford, bring us a fascinating view of their deep space adventure - Shipstar. Google Talk recently hosted a sit-down with the two authors to discuss their latest work and other far-reaching space subjects.

Shipstar
by Gregory Benford & Larry Niven

Hardcover $20.96

Paperback $8.99
Kindle $14.99

Nook $14.99
Audible $21.95 or Free with Audible 30-day free trial

"Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is to colonize.

Investigating the Bowl, or Shipstar, the human explorers are separated—one group captured by the gigantic structure’s alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape—while the mystery of the Shipstar’s origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that transform their understanding of their place in the universe."

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Edge of Tomorrow - 4 New Featurettes

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5/27/2014

New Scifi/Fantasy Books from Harper Voyager

Available now or coming soon; new science fiction and fantasy titles from Harper Voyager . . .

The Given
by Vicki Pettersson

Paperback $11.24
Kindle $9.99
Nook $9.99

The dramatic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Vicki Pettersson’s critically acclaimed Celestial Blues series—an inventive blend of paranormal romance, noir mystery, and urban fantasy—involving a fallen angel and a flesh-and-blood rockabilly reporter.

Dark Matter:
Star Carrier Book Five
by Ian Douglas

Paperback $7.19
Kindle $6.83

Nook: $7.99
Audio Book: $20.74

An enemy might just have to become an ally in order to save humankind in Ian Douglas’s new Star Carrier novel!

The Memory of Water
by Emmi Itäranta

Paperback $11.24

Kindle

$9.78

Nook $10.99

In the not-so-distant future, water is scarce. China rules all Europe, including the Scandinavian Union, where teenage Noria Kaitio is learning to become a tea master like her father. And only tea masters know of a secret source of water. But when her father dies, the army starts watching their town—and Noria.

Available June 10, 2014

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Innocent Blood
by James Rollins & Rebecca Cantrell

Paperback $9.99

Kindle $6.87

Nook $16.99

Now available in mass market paperback!

The riveting follow-up to The Blood Gospel,Innocent Blood is the second book in the thrilling and atmospheric Order of the Sanguine series from New York Times bestselling author James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell. Also includes bonus novella Blood Brothers!

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5/13/2014

NEW Science Fiction/Fantasy BOOKS coming soon in 2014

Mark Turner
Fantastic Almanac
05/13/2014

The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel
by Neil Gaiman

Hardcover 14.63

Paperback $9.48

Kindle $7.99

Nook $7.99

Available June 18th

This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...

The Year's Best Science Fiction:

Thirty-First Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois/Editor

Hardcover 25.80

Nook $10.99
Kindle $9.78

Available July 15th, 2014

"In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world in the year's best short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre."

The Atlantis World (The Origin Mystery, Book 3)

By A.G. Riddle

Paperback $14.39

Kindle $4.99

Available May 15th, 2014

A global cataclysm beyond imagination. A mysterious signal from space, and one last hope to save the human race: The Atlantis World. As the clock ticks down to humanity's extinction, a team of scientists will risk it all to unravel the secrets of the past.

The Atlantis World is the third and final book in A.G. Riddle's Origin Mystery trilogy. This adventure across space and time explores the history of the Atlantean homeworld and culture, a topic readers have asked about since the first novel in the series, The Atlantis Gene.

Skin Game (Dresden Files Series #15)

by Jim Butcher

Hardcover $16.77
Kindle: $11.99
Nook $11.99
(Also available in AUDIO format)

Available May 27, 2014

Mab has just traded Harry Dresden’s skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains—led by one of Harry’s most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus Archleone—to break into the highest-security vault in town, so that they can then access the highest-security vault in the Nevernever.

Midnight Crossroad (A Novel of Midnight, Texas)

by Charlaine Harris

Hardcover$17.10

Kindle $11.99

Nook $11.99

Available now

From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created The Sookie Stackhouse Novels comes this first volume of her new Midnight, Texas trilogy.

Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth...

Mirror Sight: Book Five of Green Rider

by Kristen Britain

Hardcover $21.58
Kindle $11.99
Nook $11.89
Audio $29.95

Available Now

Karigan G’ladheon is a Green Rider—a seasoned member of the elite messenger corps of King Zachary of Sacoridia. King Zachary sends Karigan and a contingent of Sacoridians beyond the edges of his nation, into the mysterious Blackveil Forest, which has been tainted with dark magic by a twisted immortal spirit named Mornhavon the Black.

The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Steadfast
by Jack Campbell

Hardcover $20.50
Kindle $12.99
Nook $ 12.99
Audio $21.95

Available now

New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell’saction-packed Lost Fleet series has propelled readersfrom deep space to the very edge of their seats. Now Admiral John “Black Jack” Geary embarks on a thrilling new adventure to defend the Alliance and safeguard the future.

Geary and the crew of the Dauntless have managed to safely escort important alien representatives to Earth. But before they can make tracks for home, two of Geary’s key lieutenants vanish. The search for his missing men leads Geary on a far-flung chase, ultimately ending at the one spot in space from which all humans have been banned: the moon Europa. Any ship that lands there must stay or be destroyed—leaving Geary to face the most profound moral dilemma of his life.

The Three

by Sarah Lotz

Hardcover $26.00

Kindle $12.99

Nook $12.89

Audio CD 30.00

Available May 20th, 2014

Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists the three are harbingers of the apocalypse. What if he's right?

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