Monday, June 27, 2011

INCOMING

  • Jeff Abbott, Panic.  Thiller.
  • K. J. Anderson, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.  Movie tie-in.  Yes, that's Kevin J. Anderson hiding behind those obvious initials.
  • William Arden, The Secret of Shark Reef.  Juvenile mystery, #30 in The Three Investigators series originally created by Robert Arthur.  This is a revised edition of Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in The Secret of Shark Reef; Alfred Hitchcock seems to be missing in this revision.  "William Arden", of course, is Dennis Lynds.
  • Harry Castleman & Walter J. Podrazik,  Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows:  A Fact-Filled Opinionated Guide to the Best and Worst on TV.  Reference, I guess.
  • Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos,  Polar Shift.  Thriller/adventure, the sixth novel in The NUMA Files series.
  • Peter David, The Incredible Hulk.  Movie tie-in.  This is from the Louis Leterrier Hulk movie, not Ang Lee's.
  • Alan Dean Foster, Splinter of the Mind's Eye.  Media tie-in, an original Star Wars novel from 1978.
  • Esther M. Friesner, Men in Black II.  Movie tie-in.
  • James Grippando, Born to Run.  Political thriller, the eighth in the Jack Swyteck series.
  • Joe Haldeman, Guardian.  SF novel.
  • K. W. Jeter, Alien Nation:  Dark Horizon,  TV tie-in.  This one novelizes the cliffhanger final episode of the cancelled series and the script for the never-produced two-hour resolution to the cliffhanger.
  • Carol Kendall, The Gammage Cup.  Juvenile fantasy, a Newbery Honor Book.
  • Edward Lee, The Golem.  Horror novel.
  • Patricia Moyes, Black Girl, White Girl.  Mystery novel, #18 in the Henry Tibbett series.
  • Andre Norton & P. M. Griffin, Redline the Stars.  Number five in the Solar Queen series.
  • Jeff Rovin, Fatalis.  Horror novel, with saber-tooth cats.
  • Steven H. Silver & Martin H. Greenberg, editors, Horrible Beginnings.  Horror anthology of seventeen stories, each the debut horror story of a well-known author.
  • Scott Smith, The Ruins.  Horror novel.
  • Joseph Staten, Halo:  Contact Harvest.  Gaming tie-in novel.

     Kitty also scored some interesting books this week: 
  • Elizabeth George, With No One As Witness.  Mystery novel, #14 in the Thomas Lynley/Barbara Havers series.
  • Nigel Hamilton, JFK:  Reckless Youth.  Biography.
  • Mark Kurlansky, Cod:  A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World.  Non-fiction.
  • Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlam's The Bourne Betrayal.  Spy novel, Lustbader's sophomore continuation of the Jason Bourne series.
  • William Martin, Annapolis.  Novel.
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2 comments:

  1. Todd MasonJune 27, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    I hope you didn't pay too much for the Lee. (Never liked Rovin's writing too much, either.)

    Say, did you see that Bill Crider wrote you up in his EQMM column?

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  2. Randy JohnsonJune 28, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    Splinter of The Mind's Eye was written before Star Wars was released(I refuse to call it A New Hope). It's evidence to me that, despite Lucas' statements to the contrary, Han Solo was originally intended to be a one-off character. He's not in Splinter, and if memory serves, he's not mentioned either.

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