{"id":9797,"date":"2020-01-28T10:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=9797"},"modified":"2020-01-28T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:41:29","slug":"locus-new-and-notable-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=9797","title":{"rendered":"Locus: New and Notable books"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"I0lANA2UIg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2020\/01\/new-books-21-january-2020\/\">New Books : 21 January 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;New Books : 21 January 2020&#8221; &#8212; Locus Online\" src=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2020\/01\/new-books-21-january-2020\/embed\/#?secret=I0lANA2UIg\" data-secret=\"I0lANA2UIg\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6><strong>Augmented and alternate realities are available in THE SEEP by Chana Porter, WOLVES by Simon Ing, and William Gibson\u2019s much-anticipated AGENCY.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>From Locus Magazine On Line: New titles this week are by S.K. Dunstall, William Gibson, Terry Goodkind, Charlie N. Holmberg, Simon Ings, Sarah Kozloff, Tochi Onyebuchi, Chana Porter, Alexander Weinstein, and F.C. Yee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"97546\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9780399587641&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/dunstallsb_144x220.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Dunstall, S. K. : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9780399587641&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Stars Beyond<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Ace 978-0-399-58764-1, $16, 416pp, trade paperback, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9780399587658&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9780399587658<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9780593153390&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9780593153390<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Stars Uncharted #2<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">SF space opera novel, second in a series following <b>Stars Uncharted<\/b> (2018), about a spaceship crew in pursuit of a treasure of transurides while avoiding Justice Department agents and Company men tracking them.<br \/>\n\u2022 Penguin Random House\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/557034\/stars-beyond-by-s-k-dunstall\/\">this description<\/a> with an excerpt.<br \/>\n\u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9780399587641\">Publishers Weekly review<\/a> concludes, \u201cReaders unfamiliar with this universe will struggle to untangle the complex story lines, but the vivid action and lovable characters keep the pages turning. Series fans won\u2019t be disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9780399587641&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780399587641\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"95249\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781101986936&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/gibsona_146x220.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Gibson, William : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781101986936&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Agency<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Berkley 978-1-101-98693-6, 416pp, hardcover, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781101986950&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781101986950<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9780525498421&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9780525498421<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">SF novel, a prequel to Gibson\u2019s previous novel <b>The Peripheral<\/b> (2014), about an eyeglass digital assistant being Beta-tested for a Bay Area tech startup, and people in the 22nd century manipulating past timelines.<br \/>\n\u2022 Penguin Random House\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/530536\/agency-by-william-gibson\/\">this description<\/a> with an excerpt.<br \/>\n\u2022 Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the January issue of <i>Locus<\/i> Magazine: \u201c\u2026despite his catalog of all the things that could go wrong in the various possible futures, despite his fondness for characters who toss off whole infodumps in terse snippets of dialogue, despite the ominous shadowy corporations whose machinations seem only a few inches away from what we already live with, he manages to end on a note of refreshing, if not entirely convincing, optimism. Behind the hardware and the unforgiving systems, Gibson\u2019s always been a humanist, and <b>Agency<\/b> ends as a deeply humane and rewarding novel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781101986936&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781101986936\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"97565\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250194794&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/goodkindhbi_145x220.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Goodkind, Terry : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250194794&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Heart of Black Ice<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Tor 978-1250194794, $29.99, 528pp, hardcover, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250194817&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781250194817<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>The Nicci Chronicles #4<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">Fantasy novel, fourth and concluding volume in a series following <b>Death\u2019s Mistress<\/b> (2017), <b>Shroud of Eternity<\/b> (2018), and <b>Siege of Stone<\/b> (2018), that centers on one character from the Sword of Truth series.<br \/>\n\u2022 Macmillan\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250194794\">this description<\/a> with an excerpt.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250194794&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781250194794\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"98062\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781542005005&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/holmbergww_147x220.jpg\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Holmberg, Charlie N. : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781542005005&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">The Will and the Wilds<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (47North 978-1-5420-0500-5, $14.95, 267pp, trade paperback, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B07Q1C9JZP\/locusmagazine\">B07Q1C9JZP<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781799700326&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">978-1799700326<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">Fantasy novel about a woman, threatened by a nearby wildwood, who summons a mysting trickster to protect her.<br \/>\n\u2022 Amazon\u2019s page has a summary and previews via its \u201cLook Inside\u201d function.<br \/>\n\u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781542005005\">Publishers Weekly review<\/a> concludes, \u201cHolmberg draws readers in with a fast-moving plot, rich details, and a surprisingly sweet human-monster romance. This is a lovely, memorable fairy tale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781542005005&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781542005005\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"97586\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781785659201&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/ingsw_141x220.jpg\" width=\"141\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> + Ings, Simon : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781785659201&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Wolves<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Titan 978-1785659201, $14.95, 320pp, trade paperback, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nFirst US edition (UK: Gollancz, January 2014)<\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">SF novel about a new technology, Augmented Reality, that overlays the real world with digital images.<br \/>\n\u2022 Titan\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/titanbooks.com\/9624-wolves\/\">this description<\/a>. Amazon\u2019s \u201cLook Inside\u201d function provides previews.<br \/>\n\u2022 This is the first publication of the book from a US publisher, though Gollancz distributed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wolves-Simon-Ings\/dp\/057511987X\/\">this edition<\/a> in the US in January 2015.<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9780575119871\">reviewed that 2015 edition<\/a>: \u201cSlowly creeping toward a society of virtual experiences, the story provides mystery with vivid references to water, floods, and the characters\u2019 persistent pursuit of detachment from reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781785659201&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781785659201\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<span id=\"h61f4e4e005\">Multiple kinds of herbs are present to benefit in  <a href=\"http:\/\/amerikabulteni.com\/2018\/10\/30\/orta-amerika-gocmen-kervani-nedir-abdye-tehdit-haline-nasil-geldi\/\">cheap discount levitra<\/a> other ways, too. 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It calls to  <a href=\"http:\/\/amerikabulteni.com\/2011\/10\/15\/michael-moore-is-watching\/\">canada cialis from<\/a> sadness very often. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"98042\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250168542&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/kozloffqh_143x220.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Kozloff, Sarah : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250168542&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">A Queen in Hiding<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Tor 978-1-250-16854-2, $12.99, 496pp, trade paperback, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250168535&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781250168535<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250243546&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781250243546<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>The Nine Realms #1<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">Fantasy novel, the author\u2019s first novel and first of a quartet to be published over four months, about an orphaned, exiled princess.<br \/>\n\u2022 Macmillan\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250168542\">this description<\/a> with an excerpt.<br \/>\n\u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781250168542\">Publishers Weekly review<\/a> calls it a \u201csweeping debut fantasy,\u201d and concludes, \u201cThis series opener is literary, ambitious, and epic in scope, but it is unclear how the disparate plot threads will connect, and the novel ends just as the story picks up. Readers will be left hooked but unsatisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250168542&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781250168542\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"98059\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250214751&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/onyebuchirb_137x220.jpg\" width=\"137\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Onyebuchi, Tochi : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250214751&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Riot Baby<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Tor.com 978-1-250-21475-1, $19.99, 176pp, trade paperback, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250214768&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781250214768<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">Fantasy novel about Ella and her baby brother Kev, both supernaturally gifted, as Kev is arrested and spends years at Rikers prison.<br \/>\n\u2022 Macmillan\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250214751\">this description<\/a> with an excerpt.<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i> gives it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781250214751\">starred review<\/a>: \u201cOnyebuchi\u2019s unexpectedly hopeful ending is just as powerful as his unflinching, heartbreaking depictions of racism and cruelty. This staggering story is political speculative fiction at its finest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250214751&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781250214751\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"98112\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781641290869&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/porterts_137x220.jpg\" width=\"137\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Porter, Chana : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781641290869&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">The Seep<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Soho Press 978-1-64129-086-9, $25, 216pp, hardcover, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B07QWH7XLP\/locusmagazine\">B07QWH7XLP<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781721358618&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">978-1721358618<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">SF novel, the author\u2019s first novel, about a trans woman living in the aftermath of an invasion by an entity called The Seep, which transforms reality and enables anything that can be imagined to become possible.<br \/>\n\u2022 The publisher\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/sohopress.com\/books\/the-seep\/\">this description<\/a> with blurbs from Jeff VanderMeer, China Mi\u00e9ville, and others.<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i> gives it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781641290869\">starred review<\/a>: \u201cPorter employs profound compassion and gentle humor to convey Trina\u2019s fear of change and distrust of complacency. Readers will delight in the eerie disquietude and optimism of this well-calibrated what-if.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781641290869&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781641290869\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"98174\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250144355&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/weinsteinul_146x220.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Weinstein, Alexander : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250144355&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Universal Love<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Henry Holt 978-1-250-14435-5, $26, 240pp, hardcover, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250144348&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781250144348<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250263285&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">9781250263285<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">Collection of 11 speculative stories stories, three previously published, set in the near future.<br \/>\n\u2022 Macmillan\u2019s site has <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250144355\">this description<\/a> with an excerpt.<br \/>\n\u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781250144355\">Publishers Weekly review<\/a> concludes, \u201cThough some of the stories lean on intriguing concepts without developing complete narratives, the collection convincingly explores many potential effects of social engineering. Channeling Ray Bradbury with contemporary allegories, Weinstein will make readers think twice about their relationship to technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781250144355&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781250144355\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"97712\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781419731457&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2020\/covers\/yeeiw_147x220.jpg\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> * Yee, F. C. : <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781419731457&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">The Iron Will of Genie Lo<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"biblio\"> (Abrams\/Amulet 978-1-4197-3145-7, $18.99, 304pp, hardcover, January 2020)<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Jan 2020<\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781683353812&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">978-1-68335-381-2<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Genie Lo #2<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"descr\">Young adult fantasy novel, sequel to <b>The Epic Crush of Genie Lo<\/b> (2017), about a 16-year-old Chinese-American girl charged with defeated demons escaped from Chinese hell.<br \/>\n\u2022 Abrams\u2019 site has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abramsbooks.com\/product\/iron-will-of-genie-lo_9781419731457\/\">this description<\/a> with quotes from reviews.<br \/>\n\u2022 Amazon\u2019s \u201cLook Inside\u201d function provides previews.<br \/>\n\u2022 <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i> gave the first book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781419725487\">starred review<\/a>: \u201cYee mixes humor, Chinese folklore, and action to deliver a rousing, irreverent adventure packed with sharp-edged banter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"purchase\"> \u2022 Purchase this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?keywords=9781419731457&amp;index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;tag=locusmagazine\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781419731457\">Indiebound<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>These listings are based on publisher schedules and availability on Amazon (rather than on confirmation of physical publication via purchase, review copies, or sightings in bookstores). 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