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james_davis_nicollLists courtesy of Andrew Wheeler.
Contents for anthologies and omnibuses from the Locus Index
to Science Fiction www.locusmag.com/index/
OCTOBER
DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Avoided this.
[Based on later books, I would expect this to be an abomination that should shame every person involved in creating it. And I include the people who by buying this crap ensured I would see the sequels]
CHILD OF FLAME by Kate Elliott
Missed this.
STAR WARS: THE NEW JEDI ORDER: AGENTS OF CHAOS (2-in-1 of HERO'S TRIAL and JEDI ECLIPSE) by James Luceno (Alternate)
And this.
THE TELLING by Ursula K. Le Guin (Alternate)
And this.
RINGWORLD by Larry Niven (Alternate)
Reprint of what should have been the final book in the Known Space series, by internal dating. A very large artificial habitat is discovered fairly close to Known Space (although still years away by standard hyperdrive: in Known Space even FTL is slow and the galaxy very large) and a mixed species expedition heads out to look at it. Not a lot happens, they only get to see a tiny bit of the Ringworld but I still have enough residual fondness for this that I will never read it again.
TO THE KING A DAUGHTER by Andre Norton & Sasha Miller (Alternate)
I missed this.
LORD BROCKTREE by Brian Jacques (Alternate)
And this.
THE BLACK COMPANY: GLITTERING STONE I (2-in-1 of BLEAK SEASONS and SHE IS THE DARKNESS) by Glen Cook (Alternate)
Somehow, somewhere, Cook lost me on this. I know I read this but I don't recall what happened.
THE BLACK COMPANY: GLITTERING STONE II (2-in-1 of WATER SLEEPS and SOLDIERS LIVE) by Glen Cook (Alternate)
Own them, never got around to reading them.
ANNALS OF THE BLACK COMPANY (3-in-1 of THE BLACK COMPANY, SHADOWS LINGER and THE WHITE ROSE) by Glen Cook (Reactivation)
Previously reviewed, I think. This is a fairly tightly linked trilogy about a mercenary company in a fantasy world run by some fairly powerful characters. The Black Company manages, despite their best intentions not to have best intentions, to get caught up in politics and revolution.
This features an good example of archaeology gone horribly wrong...
THE ART OF ROWENA text by Doris Vallejo (Gift Catalog)
Hey! Saddam Hussein's favorite artist!
A MEDIEVAL MISCELLANY selected by Judith Herrin (Gift Catalog)
No idea.
SPECTRUM 7: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner (Gift Catalog)
Art, I think.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS: THE MAKING OF A TRADITION by Charles M. Schulz (Gift Catalog)
If I had to guess, non-fiction about A Charlie Brown Christmas.
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS by Dr. Seuss (Gift Catalog)
Is there anyone who has not seen this? The original book and/or movie, I mean, not the more recent abomination.
TITANS by Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell (Altiverse)
No idea.
PROMETHEA by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III (Altiverse)
I think this is the first collection of issues.
A young lady living in a world with super heroes (here called Science Heroes) finds that she is the lastest incarnation of a super-hero named Promethea. Some very nice bits, although not really my thing: I stopped reading sometime after the Occult Journey. Still worth a look, though.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER(tm): SPIKE & DRU: PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW by Christopher Golden (Altiverse)
I missed this.
[The title makes me think of an Agatha Christie/Buffy crossover or at least a Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple/Buffy crossover]
Contents for anthologies and omnibuses from the Locus Index
to Science Fiction www.locusmag.com/index/
OCTOBER
DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Avoided this.
[Based on later books, I would expect this to be an abomination that should shame every person involved in creating it. And I include the people who by buying this crap ensured I would see the sequels]
CHILD OF FLAME by Kate Elliott
Missed this.
STAR WARS: THE NEW JEDI ORDER: AGENTS OF CHAOS (2-in-1 of HERO'S TRIAL and JEDI ECLIPSE) by James Luceno (Alternate)
And this.
THE TELLING by Ursula K. Le Guin (Alternate)
And this.
RINGWORLD by Larry Niven (Alternate)
Reprint of what should have been the final book in the Known Space series, by internal dating. A very large artificial habitat is discovered fairly close to Known Space (although still years away by standard hyperdrive: in Known Space even FTL is slow and the galaxy very large) and a mixed species expedition heads out to look at it. Not a lot happens, they only get to see a tiny bit of the Ringworld but I still have enough residual fondness for this that I will never read it again.
TO THE KING A DAUGHTER by Andre Norton & Sasha Miller (Alternate)
I missed this.
LORD BROCKTREE by Brian Jacques (Alternate)
And this.
THE BLACK COMPANY: GLITTERING STONE I (2-in-1 of BLEAK SEASONS and SHE IS THE DARKNESS) by Glen Cook (Alternate)
Somehow, somewhere, Cook lost me on this. I know I read this but I don't recall what happened.
THE BLACK COMPANY: GLITTERING STONE II (2-in-1 of WATER SLEEPS and SOLDIERS LIVE) by Glen Cook (Alternate)
Own them, never got around to reading them.
ANNALS OF THE BLACK COMPANY (3-in-1 of THE BLACK COMPANY, SHADOWS LINGER and THE WHITE ROSE) by Glen Cook (Reactivation)
Previously reviewed, I think. This is a fairly tightly linked trilogy about a mercenary company in a fantasy world run by some fairly powerful characters. The Black Company manages, despite their best intentions not to have best intentions, to get caught up in politics and revolution.
This features an good example of archaeology gone horribly wrong...
THE ART OF ROWENA text by Doris Vallejo (Gift Catalog)
Hey! Saddam Hussein's favorite artist!
A MEDIEVAL MISCELLANY selected by Judith Herrin (Gift Catalog)
No idea.
SPECTRUM 7: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner (Gift Catalog)
Art, I think.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS: THE MAKING OF A TRADITION by Charles M. Schulz (Gift Catalog)
If I had to guess, non-fiction about A Charlie Brown Christmas.
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS by Dr. Seuss (Gift Catalog)
Is there anyone who has not seen this? The original book and/or movie, I mean, not the more recent abomination.
TITANS by Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell (Altiverse)
No idea.
PROMETHEA by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III (Altiverse)
I think this is the first collection of issues.
A young lady living in a world with super heroes (here called Science Heroes) finds that she is the lastest incarnation of a super-hero named Promethea. Some very nice bits, although not really my thing: I stopped reading sometime after the Occult Journey. Still worth a look, though.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER(tm): SPIKE & DRU: PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW by Christopher Golden (Altiverse)
I missed this.
[The title makes me think of an Agatha Christie/Buffy crossover or at least a Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple/Buffy crossover]
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Date: 2014-02-23 07:44 pm (UTC)I had no idea Boris had been married to a Doris. This seems so cute to my superficial eyes.
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Date: 2014-02-23 08:56 pm (UTC)(I'll go away now.)
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Date: 2014-08-29 08:08 am (UTC)--Dave, everything's better with deep Roosian basses, right?
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Date: 2014-02-24 09:53 pm (UTC)Has Niven ever had a major female character that didn't have sex with the main male character?
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Date: 2014-08-29 08:13 am (UTC)--Dave, I have the Elliott and the entire rest of its series and haven't gotten around to reading ANY of it yet