Books Received, August 31 to September 6

[james_davis_nicoll]

It's the magazine time of the month, on top of which the late summer upcoming release doldrums have ended. Thus, nine works new to me.

Books Received, August 31 to September 6

Poll #31855 Books Received, August 31 to September 6

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Which of these look interesting?

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The Dark Issue 112 published by The Dark Magazine (September 2024)
3 (9.4%)

Blacklight Born by Alexander Darwin (December 2024)
2 (6.2%)

Rebel Blade by Davinia Evans (December 2024)
9 (28.1%)

From Eve to Evolution: Darwin, Science, and Women’s Rights in Gilded Age America by Kimberly A. Hamlin
17 (53.1%)

Sanctum of the Soul by Kel Kade (February 2025)
4 (12.5%)

Locus, September 2024 published by Locus Publications (September 2024)
3 (9.4%)

The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen (October 2024)
3 (9.4%)

A Dragon of Black Glass by James Rollins (February 2025)
2 (6.2%)

Ardent Violet and the Infinite Eye by Alex White (December 2024)
9 (28.1%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (3.1%)

Cats!
28 (87.5%)

Comments

[james_davis_nicoll]

The colour scheme on the Kade has a late 1970s Ace or Del Rey vibe.

[(Anonymous)]

It looks like tabletop gaming figures to me. Except that she is checking him out. I don't know if tabletop gaming figures do that.

Well, in many tellings, it is how gods see us. As gaming figures, I mean, not as objects of lust. Except for quite a lot of the time.

Robert Carnegie

[petrea_mitchell]

Under the heading of sf-like books that aren't officially sf, I would like to recommend 1 Dead in Attic, which is essentially a post-apocalyptic epistolary novel. CW: don't read when you need a mood lift.

[(Anonymous)]

In the apocalyptic postal service genre then? ;-)

Robert Carnegie

[dranon]

Having been keeping up with these lists for a while now, is it just me or are there always an awful lot of "The third book in the New York Times bestselling [optional adjective] [series]" and "The epic conclusion to the [optional adjective] [series]" but hardly any "Part one of the [series]"?

[patrick_morris_miller]

Sometime around 1990, publishers decided to start treating "the book in your hands is part one of a trilogy" somewhat like governments treat "here is an easy way to make a nuclear bomb from materials you probably already have in your house".

[(Anonymous)]

There are some part one books, but for example "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" appeared as a standalone before it was a trilogy (of six books if you count the latest one), even though the survivors at the end of book one decide to go off and have lunch, and in the second book, they do so.

I don't know what governs James Nicoll's Books Received, if it's stuff that James sends for, or if it just comes.

Robert Carnegie

[(Anonymous)]

I think I know what "The Dark" cover artist was dreaming about this month, and so does Dr Sigmund Freud. The question is, are you? ;-)

Robert Carnegie

[bolindbergh]

Sometimes, a pink crevice is just a pink crevice.