Books Received, June 29 — July 5

[james_davis_nicoll]

Eleven works new to me. The number is high in part due to an influx of magazines.

This month sees a first: one of the incoming works cites me. Guess which one?

Books Received, June 29 — July 5

Poll #31532 Books Received, June 29 — July 5

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 43

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Which of these look interesting?

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Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson (September 2024)
13 (30.2%)

Netherford Hall by Natania Barron (August 2024)
17 (39.5%)

The Dark Issue 110 published by The Dark Magazine (July 2024)
2 (4.7%)

The Relentless Legion by J. S. Dewes (November 2024)
4 (9.3%)

FIYAH No. 31: DISABILITY FIYAH published by Fiyah Literary Magazine (July 2024)
16 (37.2%)

Still the Sun by Charlie N. Holmberg (July 2024)
11 (25.6%)

The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune (February 2025)
9 (20.9%)

Weave the Lightning by Corry L. Lee (July 2024)
8 (18.6%)

Locus, July 2024 published by Locus Publications (July 2024)
3 (7.0%)

How Space Physics Really Works: Lessons From Well-Constructed Science Fiction by Andrew May (June 2023)
19 (44.2%)

A Rose by Any Other Name by Mary McMyne (July 2024)
5 (11.6%)

Some other option (See comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
30 (69.8%)

Comments

[jreynolds197]

Looking forward to the new Kate Atkinson.

[(Anonymous)]

I feared that she was done with JB.


William Hyde

[kgbooklog]

Is there a name for the art style used on Netherford and Weave? I'm sure I've seen it on other recent books.

[julian]

"...cites me..."

The Space Physics book, maybe?

[petrea_mitchell]

That would be my guess too.

[bolindbergh]

Yep. Reference 39 is SF Novels That Get Special Relativity All Wrong.

[(Anonymous)]

"tenants, rivals, suitors and enemies start to circle Netherford" - something to watch, if this setting provides binoculars. And I wonder if someone has been watching television's "Gentleman Jack".

"Still the Sun" - starting up the broken machines of deceased ancients is one way to find out how the machines got broken and the ancients got deceased. A stray thought is that actually stopping the movement of the sun in the sky is going to bother a lot of people. A case in the bible has led to quite some fuss. :-)

"The Bones Beneath My Skin" - the cover vaguely reminds me of the entranceway to Stargate Command and the funky stuff within.

Robert Carnegie