New Books (December-January)

January 19, 2019January 18, 2019 Civilian Reader New Books Adam Stemple, Bret Easton Ellis, Brett Paesel, Chris Riddell, Dan Abnett, David Swinson, David Szalay, David Weber, Didrik Søderlind, J. Barton Mitchell, James Brabazon, James Swallow, Jane Yolen, Jean Edward Smith, JoAnn Chaney, Jonathan de Shalit, Karen Ellis, Karen Thompson Walker, Liv Constantine, Michael Moynihan, N.K. Jemisin, Nancy Kress, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Coleman, Preet Bharara, Robert A Caro, Sadie Jones, Sam Sykes, Sarah Gailey, V.E. Schwab, VE Schwab

Featuring: Dan Abnett, Preet Bharara, James Brabazon, Robert A. Caro, JoAnn Chaney, Patrick Coleman, Liv Constantine, Jonathan de Shalit, Bret Easton Ellis, Karen Ellis, Sarah Gailey, Neil Gaiman, N.K. Jemisin, Sadie Jones, Nancy Kress, J. Barton Mitchell, Michael Moynihan, Brett Paesel, Chris Riddell, James Swallow, V.E. Schwab, Jean Edward Smith, Didrik Søderlind, Adam Stemple, David Swinson, Sam Sykes, David Szalay, Karen Thompson Walker, David Weber, Jane Yolen

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New Books (February-March)

March 27, 2018August 23, 2018 Civilian Reader New Books Aimee Agresti, Barbara Kingsolver, Charlton Pettus, Christopher Fowler, David Ricciardi, E.M. Brown, J Todd Scott, Jack Carr, Jason Fry, Josh Reynolds, Julie Schumacher, JY Yang, K.M. McKinley, Karl Schroeder, Ken Jennings, Laura Lippman, Louisa Hall, Mark Lawrence, Martha Wells, Michael Farris Smith, Michael Harvey, Nancy Kress, Raymond A Villareal, Raymond E Feist, Richard Kadrey, Ricki Schultz, Roger Levy, Ruthanna Emrys, Sean Parnell, Sebastien de Castell, Stuart Turton, Wallace Stroby

Featuring: Aimee Agresti, E.M. Brown, Jack Carr, Sebastien de Castell, Ruthanna Emmys, Raymond E. Feist, Christopher Fowler, Jason Fry, Louisa Hall, Michael Harvey, Ken Jennings, Richard Kadrey, Barbara Kingsolver, Nancy Kress, Mark Lawrence, Roger Levy, Laura Lippman, K.M. McKinley, Sean Parnell, Charlton Pettus, Josh Reynolds, David Ricciardi, Karl Schroeder, Ricki Schultz, Julie Schumacher, J. Todd Scott, Michael Farris Smith, Wallace Stroby, Stuart Turton, Raymond A. Villareal, Martha Wells, JY Yang

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Excerpt: IF TOMORROW COMES by Nancy Kress (Tor)

March 13, 2018 Civilian Reader Excerpt If Tomorrow Comes, Nancy Kress, Sci-Fi, Tomorrow's Kin, Tor Books

Today, we have an excerpt from Nancy Kress‘s latest novel, If Tomorrow Comes. Selected as a March SFF must-read by io9, Kirkus and the Verge, it is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Tomorrow’s Kin. If Tomorrow Comes is published by Tor Books. Here’s the synopsis:

Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendship, to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected. No interplanetary culture, no industrial base — and no cure for the spore disease.

A timeslip in the apparently instantaneous travel between worlds has occurred and far more than ten years have passed.

Once again scientists find themselves in a race against time to save humanity and their kind from a deadly virus while a clock of a different sort runs down on a military solution no less deadly to all. Amid devastation and plague come stories of heroism and sacrifice and of genetic destiny and free choice, with its implicit promise of conscious change.

And now, read on for the first chapter…

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Upcoming in 2017… Tor Books (US)

January 7, 2017 Civilian Reader Upcoming AJ Hartley, Allen Steele, Brian Staveley, Cory Doctorow, Ian McDonald, John Scalzi, Laura Lam, Michael Johnston, Most Anticipated 2017, Nancy Kress, Thoraiya Dyer, Tor Books

Just a couple of handfuls of upcoming novels from Tor Books (there are many that look interesting, these stood out).

Featuring: Cory Doctorow, Thoraiya Dyer, A.J. Hartley, Michael Johnston, Nancy Kress, Laura Lam, Ian McDonald, John Scalzi, Brian Staveley, Allen Steele

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