Category Archives: speculative fiction
Grand Crusades – The Early Jack Vance Volume Five – edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
Title: Grand Crusades – The Early Jack Vance Volume Five
Series: The Early Jack Vance
Number in Series: 5 (five)
Author(s): Jack Vance
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: March 2015
ISBN-10: 1596067101
ISBN-13: 9781596067103
Contents:
“Introduction” by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
“The Rapparee”
“Crusade to Maxus”
“Gold and Iron”
“The Houses of Iszm” (Nopalgarth)
“Space Opera”
Crystal Keepers by Brandon Mull
Operation Arcana – edited by John Joseph Adams
Title: Operation Arcana
Author(s): Tobias S. Buckell, Myke Cole, Glen Cook, Simon R. Green, Tanya Huff, David Klecha, Yoon Ha Lee, Jonathan Maberry, Ari Marmell, T.C. McCarthy, Seanan McGuire, Elizabeth Moon, Linda Nagata , Weston Ochse, Genevieve Valentine, Carrie Vaughn, Django Wexler
Editor(s): John Joseph Adams
Cover Artist: Dominic Harman
Language:English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: March 2015
ISBN-10: 1476780366
ISBN-13: 9781476780368
Contents:
“Introduction” by John Joseph Adams
“Rules of Enchantment” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
“The Damned One Hundred” by Jonathan Maberry
“Blood, Ash, Braids” by Genevieve Valentine
“Mercenary’s Honor” by Elizabeth Moon
“The Guns of the Wastes” by Django Wexler
“The Graphology of Hemorrage” by Yoon Ha Lee
“American Golem” by Weston Ochse
“Weapons in the Earth” by Myke Cole
“Heavy Sulfur” by Ari Marmell
“Steel Ships” by Tanya Huff
“Sealskin” by Carrie Vaughn
“Pathfinder” by T.C. McCarthy
“Bone Eaters” by Glen Cook
“Bomber’s Moon” by Simon R. Green
“In Skeleton Leaves” by Seanan McGuire
“The Way Home” by Linda Nagata
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Title: Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Megan Hilty, Angelica Huston, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, Mae Whitman
Director(s): Steve Loter
Producer(s): Makul Wigert
Music: Joel McNeely
Studio: DisneyToon Studios
Released: March 2015
Series: Disney Fairies, Peter Pan
Number in Series: 6 (six), n/a
Language: English
Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories by Alex Shvartsman
Title: Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories
Author(s): Alex Shvartsman
Cover Artist: Dixon Leavitt
Interior Artist(s): unknown
Language: English
Publisher: UFO Publishing
Published: February 2015
ISBN-10: 0988432854
ISBN-13: 9780988432857
Contents:
“Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma”
“The Rumination on What Isn’t”
“Doubt”
“Spidersong”
“Things We Leave Behind”
“The Epistolary History”
“A Shard Glows in Brooklyn”
“Requiem for a Druid”
“Nuclear Family”
“Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 AD”
“Seven Conversations in Locked Rooms”
“High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity”
“The Keepsake Box”
“The Field Trip”
“Superior Firepower”
“Life at the Lake’s Shore”
“The Take”
“The Dragon Ships of Tycho”
“A Brief Respite from Eternity”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Ravages of Time”
“Price of Allegience”
“The Tell-Tale Ear”
“A Miracle on Tau Prime”
“The Tinker Bell Problem”
“True Love”
“You Bet”
“The Far Side of the Wilderness”
“Worldbuilding”
“In the Wake of the Storm”
“Putting It All Together”
“Dominoes Falling”
“Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw”
“Small Magics”
“Icarus Falls”
“Coffee in End Times”
“The Hourglass Brigade”
“A One-Sided Argument”
“How Earth Narrowly Escaped and Invasion from Space”
“Fate and Other Variables”
Woven by Michael Jensen and David Powers King
2015 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide – edited by Corie and Sean Weaver
Title: 2015 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide
Author(s): Marilag Angway, Deanna Baran, Mike Barretta, Salena Casha, Brigid Collins, Ron Collins, Cory Cone, C.J. Daring, Eric Del Carlo, Evan Dicken, Amy Griswold, Anne E. Johnson, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, Nancy Kress, Wendy Lambert, Vanessa MacLellan, Phoebe North, Angela Penrose, Sherry D. Ramsey, Douglas Smith, Eric James Stone, Sonja Thomas, Jeannie Warner, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Editor(s): Corie Weaver, Sean Weaver
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Publisher: Dreaming Robot Press
Published: February 2015
ISBN-10: 1940924065
ISBN-13: 9781940924069
Content:
“Why I Hate Earth” by Nancy Kress
“Standing Up” by Anne E. Johnson
“Goliath vs. Robodog” by Ron Collins
“Unsealed” by Jeanne Kramer-Smyth
“The Doom of Wonder Bread” by Sonja Thomas
“Lobstersaurus” by Eric James Stone✓
“The Journey of a Thousand Miles” by C.J. Daring
“The Mystery of the Missing Clockwork Birds” by Deanna Baran
“The Sugimori Sisters and the Interplanetary Concept Clash” by Brigid Collins
“Pax” by Eric Del Carlo
“Of USBs and Fingerprints” by Salena Casha
“Chit Win” by Deborah Walker
“The Best Cheesecake in the Universe” by Cory Cone
“A Smelly Problem” by Angela Penrose
“The Care and Feeding of Your Pet Robot” by Phoebe North
“The Wreck of the Airship Octavia” by Amy Griswold
“Robot Sister Number Phi” by Marilag Angway
“The Cliff” by Vanessa MacLellan
“Where You Belong” by Jeannie Warner
“Repeat After Me” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
“Jigsaw” by Douglas Smith
“When Mama Went to Dumfries” by Wendy Lambert
“A Universe of Talk” by Evan Dicken
“The Rocket Maker” by Mike Barretta
“The Seventh Crow” (sneak preview) by Sherry D. Ramsey