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|REY| The DEL REY BOOKS Internet Newsletter
Number 42 (July 1996)
WHAT'S NEW IN THE STORES===========================================
THE WATERBORN by J. Gregory Keyes. Hardcover. (VC)
A breathtaking fantasy of an imperial princess born to magic, and the
barbarian hero sworn to kill her River God. Keyes spins this tale of
magic and adventure with so sure a hand that it's hard to believe this is
his first novel.
NOTE: This is not hype--the story is this good! Send e-mail to
vchapman@randomhouse.com for an impressive assortment of enthusiastic
comments from authors and reviewers.
THE WATERBORN is currently featured on our Web site, with art, sample
chapters, background information, etc., and a quiz contest will be coming
soon: http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/promo/waterborn/
>> SAMPLE CHAPTERS AVAILABLE ONLINE:
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/sample/waterborn.html
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SLOW RIVER by Nicola Griffith. Trade Paperback. (EKH)
This book (published last year in hardcover) just won a Lambda Award (for
best lesbian sf)--the author's second.
Every once in a while, an author pigeonholed into a genre (sf, in this
case) writes a book that bursts the genre's boundaries and brings his or
her work to the attention of a whole new audience, dragging the genre
along willy-nilly. That's what Nicola Griffith, author of the
award-winning AMMONITE, has done with SLOW RIVER, which has a deceptively
simple set-up: It's the story of a young woman from a rich, powerful
corporate dynasty who's separated from everything she thinks defines her:
her family, her status, her money, her career, her identity itself. She
has to start over from scratch, on the underside of a near-future European
city, with nothing, building a new person from the ground up. Few of us
ever get that chance once we've embarked upon our lives, and the central
question of SLOW RIVER is who you are, who you become, when you have
nothing left--what core of yourself remains when you strip everything
external away, and how much control do you have over what crystallizes
around it?
Of course there's a lot of thought-provoking skiffy stuff in SLOW
RIVER--information crimes, ID implants, bioremediation of the environment
through genetically tailored bacteria, a future Net with its own
mechanisms and its own scams--but SLOW RIVER is more a novel (type: sf)
than science fiction (form: novel). However, _Locus_ and _SF Age_ loved
the it. So if you're looking for a book that stands up to mainstream
novels like Jane Smiley's A THOUSAND ACRES and Dorothy Allison's BASTARD
OUT OF CAROLINA, plus rings the literary-genre bells of, say, Ursula K. Le
Guin, try SLOW RIVER. Don't take my word for it--try the sample chapter.
That was what grabbed me and refused to let go when the book was first
submitted. (The months until the manuscript was finished were No Fun!)
>> SAMPLE CHAPTER AVAILABLE ONLINE:
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/sample/slowriver.html
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GRAYHEART by Tara K. Harper. Paperback. (SS) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
After a two-book detour to explore telepathic relationships with wild
cats, Tara Harper returns to the world of the wolfwalkers with a new story
set decades after the events of WOLFWALKER, SHADOW LEADER, and STORM
RUNNER. GRAYHEART introduces a young woman new to wolfwalking,
determined to prove herself by saving her family's business from an
unsavory competitor involved in illegal doings. But she learns that she
can't do it alone--that she must depend on her wolf cub and on her
fledgling bond with the wolves. And to do that, she'll need guidance from
an older wolfwalker who has more to teach her about running with the
wolves than she ever expected. Fans of the earlier books will find a
pleasant surprise in this one...but this is a great book to introduce the
world of the wolfwalkers to new readers, as one needn't have read the
earlier books to understand and enjoy this one.
We at Del Rey believe in Tara's talent and think she is a worthy successor
to Anne McCaffrey. So we're not only pricing this book at $4.99 instead
of $5.99 (the going rate these days), we're making it our first DEL REY
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED title. If you don't like the book, fill out the
feedback form and send it back for a replacement of equal or greater
value. We hope this will encourage new fans to discover Tara Harper for
the first time since it's risk-free.
>> SAMPLE CHAPTER AVAILABLE ONLINE:
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/sample/grayheart.html
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HAMMER AND ANVIL by Harry Turtledove. Paperback. (VC)
Turtledove returns to the Byzantine-inspired fantasies of _The Videssos
Cycle_ for this second volume of _The Time of Troubles._ In Book I, THE
STOLEN THRONE, the rightful ruler of Makuran used magic and cunning to
claim his crown. Now, in HAMMER AND ANVIL, the action returns to
Videssos. Maniakes is an exiled patriot who must depose a tyrant. If he
can survive the civil war, he'll have to deal with an empire in ruins and
incursions from enemies both magic and mundane--not the least of which is
Makuran!
>> SAMPLE CHAPTER AVAILABLE ONLINE:
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/sample/hammerandanvil.html
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WHEEL OF DREAMS by Salinda Tyson. Paperback. (VC)
Fantasy with a feminist slant, from first-time author Salinda Tyson. Her
heroine, Kiera, escapes the religious repression of the Southland to seek
the land of the witches and learn to understand the magic that is growing
within her. But neither the archpriest nor the handsome soldier from the
north wants to let her go ...
>> SAMPLE CHAPTER AVAILABLE ONLINE:
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/sample/wheelofdreams.html
DEL REY DATA=======================================================
JULY 1996:
BELGARATH THE SORCERER by David & Leigh Eddings (F)
Mass-market edition of our 8/95 hardcover; 345-40395-9
Paperback, 737 pp; cover art by Laurence Schwinger; VC, editor
GENELLAN: Book Two, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON by Scott G. Gier (SF)
Sequel to GENELLAN: PLANETFALL; 345-40449-1
Paperback, 480 pp; cover art by Bob Eggleton; SS, editor
CHILDHOOD'S END by Arthur Clarke (SF)
345-40449-1
Repackage, 218 pp; cover collage by David Stevenson; SWS, editor
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AUGUST 1996:
THE WATERBORN by J. Gregory Keyes (F)
345-40393-2
Hardcover, 320 pp; cover art by Tom Kidd; VC, editor
GRAYHEART by Tara K. Harper (SF)
DEL REY SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
A Wolfwalker novel; 345-38053-3
Paperback, 352 pp; cover art by Eric Peterson; SS, editor
WHEEL OF DREAMS by Salinda Tyson (F)
345-39403-5
Paperback, 320 pp; cover art by Michael Kaluta; VC, editor
HAMMER AND ANVIL by Harry Turtledove (F)
345-38048-7
Paperback, 384 pp; cover art by Steve Youll; VC, editor
SLOW RIVER by Nicola Griffith (SF)
Trade paperback edition of our 8/95 hardcover; 345-39537-9
Trade paperback, 352; cover art by David Stevenson; EKH, editor
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SEPTEMBER 1996:
THREE BOOKS OF KNOWN SPACE by Larry Niven (SF)
Includes full text of WORLD OF PTAAVS and A GIFT FROM EARTH; stories from
TALES OF KNOWN SPACE minus the Beowulf Shaeffer stories, which can be
found in the new collection CRASHLANDER; an updated timeline, bibliography,
and introduction by the author; 345-40448-3
Trade paperback, 608 pp; cover art and design by David Stevenson from
photos courtesy of Phototake; SS, editor
LAST SWORD OF POWER by David Gemmell (F)
345-37901-2
Paperback, 320 pp; cover art by Royo; SWS, editor
HUNT THE HEAVENS by Chris Bunch (SF)
Book Two of _Shadow Warrior_; 345-38736-8
Paperback, 256 pp; cover art by Nicholas Jainschigg; SS, editor
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OCTOBER 1996:
MOTHER OF WINTER by Barbara Hambly (F)
345-39722-3
Hardcover, 352 pp; cover art by Donato Giancola; VC, editor
TARZAN: THE EPIC ADVENTURES by R.A. Salvatore (SF)
Based on the TV special; 345-40810-1
Trade paperback, 256 pp; cover photo by Michelene Keller; SWS, editor
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY by Ray Bradbury (SF)
Repackage of our paperback; 345-40785-7
Trade paperback, 336 pp; cover art by Janet Woolley; CL, editor
THE QUOTABLE STAR WARS: I'D JUST AS SOON KISS A WOOKIEE by
Stephen J. Sansweet (SF)
345-40760-1
Trade paperback, 128 pp; cover art from Lucasfilm Ltd.; SWS, editor
THE ROAD TO MADNESS: THE TRANSITION OF H.P. LOVECRAFT by H.P.
Lovecraft (SF)
Third of our Lovecraft collections; 345-38422-9
Trade paperback, 384 pp; cover art by John Jude Palencar; SWS, editor
MID-FLINX by Alan Dean Foster (SF)
Mass-market edition of our 11/95 hardcover; 345-40644-3
Paperback,352 pp; cover art by Bob Eggleton; SS, editor
DEVILS TOWER by Mark Sumner (F)
345-40209-X
Paperback, 352 pp; cover art by Sanjulian; VC, editor
A GUIDE TO THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE, SECOND EDITON, REVISED & EXPANDED
by Bill Slavicsek (SF)
345-38625-6
Reissue, 495 pp; cover art by Ralph McQuarrie, SWS, editor
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NOVEMBER 1996:
STARSHIELD: SENTINELS by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (SF)
345-39760-6
Hardcover,344 pp; cover art by Stephen Youll, SS, editor
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC: INTO THE DIGITAL REALM by Mark Cotta Vaz
and Patricia Rose Duigham (SF)
Follow-up to our successful 1980 ILM book; 345-38152-1
Hardcover,358 pp; cover photo composite created by Industrial Light
& Magic, EZ, editor
ART OF MARS ATTACKS by Karen Jones (SF)
345-40998-1
Trade paperback, 176 pp; cover art by Tim Burton Productions, SWS, editor
TRAVELING WITH THE DEAD by Barbara Hambly (F)
Mass-market edition of our 10/95 hardcover; 345-40740-7
Paperback, 368 pp; cover art by Wictor Sadowski, VC, editor
MARS ATTACKS: MARTIAN DEATHTRAP by Nathan Archer (SF)
Mass-market edition of our 4/96 hardcover;345-40953-1
Paperback, 288 pp; cover art by Ken Steacy, SWS, editor
OPERATION: SHATTERHAND by Jake Page (SF)
345-39721-5
Paperback, 336 pp; cover art by Eric Peterson, SS, editor
THE LOST ROAD AND OTHER WRITINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien (F)
345-40685-0
Paperback, 512 pp; cover art by John Howe, VC, editor
THE BEASTS OF TARZAN and THE SON OF TARZAN (SF)
Two-in-one volume; 345-40830-6
Paperback, 378 pp; cover art by Joe Jusko, CL, editor
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