Anderson, Kevin J. Dogged
Persistence. SF
(Adult)
The author of various Star
Wars and X-Files novels as well as the co-author of the new Dune Prequel trilogy has produced his first short-story
collection.
Anderson, M. T. Feed. SF (Gr. 8+) National Book Award Finalist 2002.
Titus and his friends all
have ³feeds² or computer implants in their heads, which means they are
connected 24/7 to a vast computer network and to each other. In Titusıs world, to consume is to
live. A trip to the moon is just a
lark, until Titus meets a girl there and must choose between true love and the
feed.
Armstrong, Jennifer and Nancy
Butcher. The Kindling. Fire-Us Trilogy Book 1. SF (Gr. 7+) Sequel: Keepers
of the Flame. Fire-Us Trilogy Book 2.
The virus (fire-us) struck
five years ago. Now a group of
children, the only survivors in their Florida town, are going to Washington DC
to get the President to set things right.
Barker, Clive. Abarat.
FAN (Gr. 7+)
Abarat is a magical realm of
twenty-five islands, each representing one hour of the day. Thatıs where Candy Quackenbush of
Chickentown, Minnesota, is suddenly transported. And thatıs where she gets caught in a power struggle between
two ruthless rivals.
Barnes, John. The Sky So Big and Black. SF (Adult)
Terpsichore ³Teri² Murray
lives on Mars. Sheıs an
eco-prospector in training, looking for wealth in underground rivers and gas
pockets. But then a planetwide
disaster and an attack by the collective intelligence that rules the Earth
changes everything.
Bell, Hilari. A
Matter of Profit. SF (Gr.
6-10) Also: Songs of Power.
The inhabitants of the TıChen
universe donıt seem to care that they have been conquered. They just care about making a
profit. Now a young Vivitare
warrior wants to know why (while he finds out who plans to assassinate the
Emperor.)
Billingsley, Franny. The
Folk Keeper. FAN (Gr.
5-8)
The folk live in the
dark. When they come out they can
be dangerous. Only folk keepers
can control them, and only boys can be folk keepers. Except for Corinna, who cuts her hair, dresses as a boy, and
controls them. But now her life is
in danger from the folk.
Black, Holly. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale. FAN (Gr. 7+)
Kaye never imagined that
saving the life of the impossibly gorgeous Roiben would bring her to the
attention of the Unseelie Faerie Court -- as the intended sacrifice for the
tithe.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer and Deborah J. Ross. The Fall of Neskaya. Book
One of The Clingfire Trilogy. SF (Adult)
Bradleyıs last Darkover novel before her death is the first of a trilogy.
Hopefully her co-author will complete these adventures set on a medieval
world where mental abilities are more powerful than advanced weapons and
spaceships.
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Diplomatic
Immunity. (Miles Vorkosigan Series) SF (Adult) Prequels: Shards of Honor. Barrayar. The Warriorıs Apprentice. The Vor Game.
Mirror Dance. Cetaganda. Komarr. A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners.
In his latest adventure Miles
is on honeymoon, so of course he winds up in the middle of a potential war!
Burgess, Melvin. Bloodtide. SF (Adult)
Romeo and Juliet, the Hatfields
and the McCoys, the Volsons and the Conors. What do they all have in common? Vengeance, revenge, murder, misunderstanding and tragedy in
this powerful retelling of the Icelandic Volsunga Saga, set against the
backdrop of a near-future apocalyptic London, laid waste by gang warfare.
Cadnum, Michael. Forbidden Forest: The Story of
Little John and Robin Hood. FAN (Gr. 7+)
Companion Novel: In a
Dark Wood.
The author returns to
Sherwood Forest, this time with the story of how Little John met Robin Hood and
joined his infamous band of thieves.
Card, Orson Scott. Shadow
Puppets. (Ender series)
SF (Adult) Sequel to: Ender's Shadow. Shadow of the Hegemon. Companion Novel: Ender's Game.
Bean is back, still fighting
the serial killer Achilles. He
helped Ender in Enderıs Shadow,
Enderıs brother the political leader known as the Hegemon in Shadow of the
Hegemon. Now itıs time to help himself (and save the world again)!
Chabon, Michael. Summerland.
FAN (Gr. 5+)
Summerland is a link to alternate
worlds inhabited by fantastical creatures under the rule of the trickster
Coyote, who wants to destroy our world.
Enter Ethan Field (11), who finds himself playing baseball for the fate
of the world.
Chambers, Stephen. Hope's
End. SF (Adult) Sequel: Hope's
War.
On the planet Hera, where the
city-state of Hope is dominated by the Church, sixteen-year-old street thief
and con man Vel is the target of pursuit by the secret police and involved in
the mystery of the missing heir to the throne.
Cherryh, C. J. Hammerfall. SF (Adult) (Gene Wars Vol 1)
This is the first in a new
series by an author who specializes in first-contact and the relationship
between humans and aliens. Set in
a future where nanotechnology is a reality, a planetıs survival depends on one
manıs visions.
Clement-Davies, David. The
Sight. FAN (Gr. 6+)
Other: Fire-Bringer.
In the tradition of Watership
Down, we have the deer of Herla
fighting an evil outsider in Fire-Bringer and the wolves or Varg facing a similar battle in The Sight.
Clements, Andrew. Things Not Seen.
FAN (Gr. 7-10)
What would happen if you woke
up one morning and you were invisible?
Thatıs what happened to fifteen-year-old Bobby Phillips. To make matters worse, his parents
donıt want anyone to find out.
Which should be easy if youıre invisible? Right?
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis
Fowl. FAN (Gr. 6-8)
Sequel: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.
The dastardly deeds of a 12-year-old genius who is a criminal mastermind, a
villainous villain, and a young boy who loves his ailing mother and needs a
hoard of fairy gold to heal her.
Coville, Bruce. Half-Human.
FAN (Gr. 6+)
An eclectic collection of
short stories by renowned YA authors about young teens, usually on the cusp of
puberty, who soon realize they are becoming...something else.
De Lint, Charles. Waifs and Strays. FAN (Adult)
Charles de Lint is a thirteen-time finalist for the World Fantasy
Award. Eight of his books were
chosen for the reader-selected Modern Library Top 100 Books of the Twentieth
Century. Here he has produced a
collection of stories about teenagers that will appeal to teen and adult
readers alike.
Douglass, Sara. The
Wayfarer Redemption. The Axis Trilogy. Book 1. FAN (Adult) Sequels: Enchanter.
(Book 2) Starman. (Book 3)
Australia's most popular
fantasist creates a world where mankind reveres the plough and the axe and
fears the forest. It is a story of
the human struggle to put aside an age-old enmity for two other races and join
them in battle against a deadly invasion.
Farmer, Nancy. The
House of the Scorpion. SF
(Gr. 6-10) National Book Award
Winner 2002. Newbery Honor 2003. Printz
Honor 2003.
Matt (12) is a clone, but he
doesnıt know it. El Patron, patriarch
of the House of the Scorpion, does.
Heıs giving Matt a normal life while he waits for clone #8, this young
boy who is him, to get old enough so that El Patron can harvest his organs and
live to be 150.
Fforde, Jasper. The
Eyre Affair. SF (Adult)
Using a prose portal device,
literary detective Thursday Next enters the Bronte novel Jane Eyre in an
attempt to rescue its kidnapped heroine from a serial killer in this inventive
comic fantasy.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.
FAN (Gr. 5-8)
Like Alice through the
Looking Glass, young Coraline wanders down a dark corridor and meets the Other
Mother and the Other Father, with their black button eyes. They want her to stay with them, and
they already have the black buttons to replace her eyes.
Goonan, Kathleen Ann. Light Music. SF (Adult) Nanotech
Cycle: Queen City Jazz, Mississippi Blues, Crescent City
Rhapsody, Light Music.
In this exuberant conclusion
to Goonan's Nanontech Quartet, the
microscopic machines of the 22nd century have gone beyond creating sentient
cities and controlling all communications on Earth to evolving themselves.
Gray, Luli. Falcon
and the Charles Street Witch.
FAN (Gr. 5-9) Prequel: Falcon's Egg.
On her way back to New York
from Australia, Falcon (12) goes after her brother Toody when he falls out of
the airplane, carried safely to the ground by dragonsbreath belonging to her
long-lost dragon pal, Egg
Hamilton, Laurell K. A
Caress of Twilight. (Meredith Gentry series) FAN (Adult) Prequel: A Kiss of Shadows.
This sexy new series by the
author of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series features Meredith Gentry or Princess Meredith, the only
real-life Faerie princess ever born on American soil. Disguised as Merry, a human with fey ancestry, she works for
the Grey Detective Agency, which specializes in supernatural problems and
magical solutions. If she wants to
be the new ruler of the Faerie Court, she needs to get pregnant right
away. Fortunately she has a cadre
of handsome bodyguards close by.
Herbert, Brian and Kevin J.
Anderson. Dune: House Corinno.
SF (Adult) Prequels: Dune: House Atreides. Dune: House
Harkonnen.
This trilogy sets the stage
for the struggle in Dune that
takes place on the desert planet of Arakis when Paul Atreides claims his
birthright as the Muıad Dib, the Messiah foretold by the Bene Gesserit witches.
Hobb, Robin. Fool's
Errand. (The Tawny Man, Book 1)
FAN (Adult) Sequel to The Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's
Apprentice. Royal Assassin. Assassin's Quest.
The author returns to the world
of her acclaimed Farseer Trilogy. Fifteen years have passed for the
assassin FitzChivalry Farseer, years of peace and contentment with his wolf
bondmate and his foster son. But
the Tawny Man ends Fitzıs retirement, calling him back to court to help find
the Queenıs missing son.
Hoyt, Sarah. Ill Met by Moonlight.
FAN (Adult)
Debut novel in which Will
Shakespeareıs wife and baby are stolen by fairies. To get them back, he has to help the Dark Lady in a plot to
kill the fairy king.
Jeapes, Ben. The
Xenocide Mission. SF (Gr.
6-9)
The authorıs first young
adult novel published in this country is an excellent example of
action-adventure science fiction, featuring a spy mission on a planet of
Xenocides that goes wrong when Commonwealth forces are attacked and an ultimate
weapon of destruction falls into the wrong hands.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Year
of the Griffin. FAN (Gr.
7+) Prequel: Dark Lord of
Derkholm.
Eight years have passed since Wizard Derk saved his world from the devastating visits
of Mr. Chesneyıs tour groups. Now
Derkıs griffin daughter Elda, old enough to go to college, enrolls in the
Wizardıs University without her fatherıs permission and makes friends who
decide to teach themselves the theory of magic, with hilarious results.
Jordan, Sherryl. The
Hunting of the Last Dragon.
FAN (Gr. 6-10)
Jude, whose village is
destroyed by a dragon attack, finds himself becoming friends and unlikely
allies with Jing-Wei, a young girl with bound feet who is the "freak"
in a sideshow. After rescuing her,
they set off to hunt the dragon -- a quest that could kill them both.
Lackey, Mercedes. Gates
of Sleep. FAN
(Adult) Other Fairytale
Retellings: The Black Swan. Firebird. The
Fire Rose. The Serpentıs Shadow.
Sleeping Beauty retelling,
set in Edwardian England and featuring Elemental Masters or Magicians who have
power over Earth, Air, Fire and Water, in a struggle to save a young girlıs
life.
Lackey, Mercedes, Eric Flint
& Dave Freer. The Shadow of the Lion. FAN (Adult)
A massive alternative
history, set in new-Age Venice, that involves a struggle against magic and
monsters, witch hunts and slavers, church inquisitors, assassins, and a
Demonlord. It culminates in a
final battle for the fate of the city that wakens the great Winged Lion of
Venice and brings him down from his pedestal.
Lee, Sharon and Steve
Miller. I Dare. Liaden Unverse #7. SF (Adult)
This long-awaited culmination
of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's internationally acclaimed Liaden Universe
novels pits unexpected friends and unexpected enemies against each other in a
war that spans planets and races and threatens to bring interstellar violence
to the very surface of fabled Liad.
McCaffrey, Anne. The Skies of Pern. FAN (Adult) Prequels: Dragonflight. Dragonquest. The White Dragon.
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. Nerilkaıs Story. Dragonsdawn. The
Renegades of Pern. All the Weyrs of Pern. The Chronicles of
Pern:First Fall. The Dolphins of Pern. Dragonseye. The
MasterHarper of Pern.
What will the Dragonriders do
now that they have destroyed the Red Planet and the deadly thread will no
longer fall from the sky? Thatıs
the dilemma facing Weyrleaders
Lessa and Fılar. Until their son
Fılesson, rider of the bronze dragon Golanth, explores the skies with a
telescope and sees a meteor approaching.
At the same time his new love, Tia, rider of the green dragon Zoranth,
discovers that her dragon can shove things out of the way with just her mind.
McKinley, Robin and Peter
Dickinson. Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits. FAN (Gr. 6+)
Sea serpents, mer-people, and
creatures of watery legend populate these six short stories of love, courage,
and enchantment, including one story set in McKinleyıs famous kingdom of
Damar.
Norton, Andre and Sasha
Miller. To the King a Daughter.
FAN (Adult) Sequel: Knight or Knave.
This is the world of Oak,
Yew, Ash and Rowan, once all powerful but now in decline. Oak and Yew are married, but the King
of Oak is a drunken lout and the Queen of Yew is a power-hungry practitioner of
the dark arts. She sends soldiers
to kill the kingıs latest indiscretion, a Lady of the House of Ash who is now
pregnant. They catch and kill her
in the Bale Bog, but the baby, a lovely daughter, survives.
Norton, Andre and Mercedes
Lackey. Elvenborn. (Halfblood
Chronicles, Bk 3). FAN
(Adult) Prequels: The Elvenbane. Elvenblood.
In a world of evil Elves who
hold humans as slaves, shape-shifting dragons spread the legend of the
Elvenbane, a half-human, half-elf child who will grow up to lead a successful
revolt. The Elves respond by
killing every concubine that gets pregnant. But they miss one.
And when Shana grows up, imagine the dragonsı surprise when the legend
of the Elvenbane comes true.
Pierce, Tamora. Lady
Knight. (Protector of the Small #4). FAN (Gr. 6-9) Prequels: First Test.
Page. Squire.
A Knight is a Protector of the Small, which is what Keladry of Mindelan, first
girl candidate officially accepted into knight training, finally becomes after
three earlier books and eight long years of incredibly hard work.
Shusterman, Neil. A Shattered Sky. Star Shards Trilogy Book 3. SF (Adult) Prequels: The Scorpion Shards. Star Shards Trilogy Book 1. Thief of Souls. Star Shards Trilogy Book 2.
Can Dillon, who has the power to bring order out of chaos and regenerate and
restore that which is dead or broken, bring all the Holocaust dead back to
life?
Silverberg, Robert. The
Longest Way Home. SF
(Adult)
Joseph Master Keilloran (15),
who has lived a life of privilege, respect, and civility, is to be a Master
when he comes of age. Then on a
trip an uprising leaves him stranded 10,000 miles from his home. Surrounded by enemies who would kill
him in a minute, he has a lot to learn about life and himself as he struggles
to make it safely home.
Skurzynski, Gloria. The Clones.
SF (Gr. 7+) Prequel: Virtual War.
A gripping
sequel to Virtual War that could be ripped straight from the headlines -- in eighty years....
Corgan (15), hero of the early 21st-century's Virtual War, is visited by
Sharla, his partner in war and the girl he loves. She brings a baby boy, a clone of their third partner, for
Corgan to raise in secret. She has cloned four replicas of the deceased
strategist, instead of the one allowed by the ruling council.
Weaver, Will. Memory
Boy. SF (Gr. 8)
Miles is the memory boy of
the title, so named because he always won the memory game when his family
played it. Heıs also a teenage Mr.
Gadget, using his wits and his inventions to rescue his family from the
pollution and violence in Minneapolis after the entire Cascade Range goes
up in volcanic eruptions.
Weber, David and John Ringo. March Upcountry. SF (Adult) Sequels: March to
the Sea. March to the Stars.
Prince Roger, the youngest
child of the Empress of Man, is stranded on a planet far from any hope of
rescue. He and his bodyguards, an
elite unit of the Empressı Own Regiment, face flesh-eating plants, vampire
bats, primitive tribesmen, mammoth-sized behemoths, and greed, treachery and
avarice, all of which hone Roger and company into fine-tuned steel. In the process, this boy becomes a man.
But the journey has just begun in this first in a trilogy.
Zettel,
Sarah. The Sorcererıs Treason: A Novel of Isavalta. FAN (Adult)
This first in a trilogy
features Bridget, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper on Sand Island, Wisconsin
at the turn of the 20th century. Bridget keeps to herself and keeps the light and thatıs
it. Until a stranger washes ashore
one stormy night and changes everything.
He is the sorcerer Kalami, come on a mission for the Dowager Empress of
Isavalta. Bridgetıs mother saved
their world years ago. Now itıs
Bridgetıs turn. But she doesnıt
know how to use her powerful magic.
Nor is she prepared for Kalamiıs treachery!
Zicree, Marc Scott and
Barbara Hambly. Magic Time.
SF (Adult)
A top-secret government
experiment goes awry worldwide, destroying all types of electric and mechanical
power and altering the personalities and physical appearance of certain
individuals. Afterwards, a small
group of unaffected survivors heads south and west to find the 'Source'.