A Book Cover Gallery of 209+ Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books Coming Out in October 2012
Looking for some new sf/f/h reads this month? Here’s a massive-but-handy (and still incomplete) list at forthcoming (mostly U.S.) book releases for October 2012.
Tell us the ones you are most looking forward to!
- 100 Years of Vicissitude by Andrez Bergen (John Hunt Publishing)
- 1635: Papal Stakes (Ring of Fire) by Eric Flint & Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
- A Coming of Age by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- A Feast Unknown (Secrets of the Nine #1 – Wold Newton Parallel Universe) by Philip Jose Farmer (Titan Books)
- A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James (Libri Publishing)
- A Tolkien Treasury by W.H. Auden (Running Press)
- A Trace of Moonlight (Abby Sinclair) by Allison Pang (Pocket Books)
- After (Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia) edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Hyperion Book CH)
- After the King by Martin H. Greenberg (Tor Books)
- Alleyman (No Mans World 3) by Pat Kelleher (Abaddon Books)
- Angel’s Ink: The Asylum Tales by Jocelynn Drake (Harper Voyager)
- Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman (Titan Books)
- Annotated Sandman Vol. 2 by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
- Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro (AmazonCrossing)
- Assassin’s Curse (Strange Chemistry) by CassandraRose Clarke (Angry Robot)
- Beautiful Redemption (Beautiful Creatures) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Belka, Why Don’t You Bark? by hideo Furukawa (VIZ Media LLC)
- Beta by Rachel Cohn (Hyperion Book CH)
- Bethany’s Sin by Robert McCammon (Subterranean)
- Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (Ace Hardcover)
- Black Lament (A Black Wings Novel) by Christina Henry (Ace)
- Blackcollar: The Blackcollar Series (Book One) by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- Blood Crime (Graphic Novel): An Original Hollows Graphic Novel by Kim Harrison (Del Rey)
- Bloody Fabulous edited by Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books)
- Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (Tor Books)
- Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation by Mark J.P. Wolf (Routledge)
- Chasers (Alone # 1) by James Phelan (Kensington Books)
- Chosen of Khorne by Anthony Reynolds (Black Library)
- Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (Sf Masterworks) by D G Compton (Gollancz)
- Courting Trouble by Jenny Schwartz (Carina Press)
- Crown Thief (Tales of Easie Damasco 2) by David Tallerman (Angry Robot)
- Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs (InkLit)
- DEATH Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
- Daniel X: Armageddon by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company)
- Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper edited by Nancy Kilpatrick (Edge)
- Dark Currents: Agent of Hel by Jacqueline Carey (Roc Hardcover)
- Dark Nights by Christine Feehan (Avon)
- Daughter of Light by V.C. Andrews (Gallery Books)
- Daughter of the Sword: A Novel of the Fated Blades by Steve Bein (Roc Trade)
- Dead Space by BK Evenson (Titan)
- Dead Spots by Melissa F. Olson (47North)
- Dead of Winter by Lee Collins (Angry Robot)
- Deadman Switch by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- Death’s Apprentice: A Grimm City Novel by K. W. Jeter & Gareth Jefferson Jones (Thomas Dunne Books)
- Death’s Rival: A Jane Yellowrock Novel by Faith Hunter (Roc)
- Desperate Days: Selected Mysteries, Volume Two by Jack Vance (Subterranean)
- Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter (Midnight Liaisons) by Jessica Sims (Pocket Books)
- Deviants (The Dust Chronicles) by Maureen McGowan (Amazon Children’s Publishing)
- Diverse Energies edited by Joe Monti (Tu Books)
- Doctor Who: Dark Horizons: An Unabridged Doctor Who Novel Featuring the Eleventh Doctor by J.T. Colgan (AudioGO Ltd.)
- Doctor Who: the Pirate Planet (Dr Who) by Douglas Adams (Audiogo)
- Doctor Who: the Visitation (Dr Who) by Eric Saward (Audiogo)
- Dreamsongs: Volume I by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
- Dreamsongs: Volume II by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
- Eve and Adam by Katherine Applegate & Michael Grant (Feiwel & Friends)
- Every House Is Haunted by Ian Rogers (ChiZine Publications)
- Fantastic Erotica: The Best of Circlet Press 2008-2012 edited by Cecilia Tan & Bethany Zaiatz (Circlet Press)
- Father Gaetano’s Puppet Catechism: A Novella by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Press)
- Feedback by Robinson Wells (Harper Collins USA)
- Fire Season (Star Kingdom) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen)
- Forbidden by Jacquelyn Frank (Ballantine Books)
- Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson) by Darynda Jones (St. Martin’s Press)
- Fury’s Kiss: A Midnight’s Daughter Novel (DORY) by Karen Chance (Signet Select)
- Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher (Tor Science Fiction)
- Ghost Town by Jason Hawes & Grant Wilson & Tim Waggoner (Gallery Books)
- Ghosts of Memories: A Vampire Memories Novel by Barb Hendee (Roc)
- HALO: The Thursday War by Karen Traviss (Tor Books)
- Heart of the Dragon’s Realm by Karalynn Lee (Carina Press)
- Helix Wars by Eric Brown (Rebellion 2000ad)
- Hell to Heaven: Journey to Wudang: Book Two by Kylie Chan (Harper Voyager)
- Heroes Lost and Found by Sheryl Nantus (Samhain Publishing, Ltd.)
- Heroics by Brian Moll (Boxfire Press)
- Hidden (House of Night) by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- Hitman: Damnation by Raymond Benson (Del Rey)
- Home by Matthew Costello (Thomas Dunne Books)
- Iced: A Dani O’Malley Novel (Fever Series) by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte Press)
- Immune (The Rho Agenda: Book Two) by Richard Phillips (47North)
- Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager)
- Ironskin by Tina Connolly (Tor Books)
- Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw (Dark Horse)
- Janus by John Park (ChiZine Publications)
- Journey Into Space by Charles Chilton (Fantom Films Limited)
- Journey Into Space by Charles Chilton (Fantom Films Limited)
- Journey Into Space by Charles Chilton (Fantom Films Limited)
- Kekkaishi, Vol. 34 by Yellow Tanabe (VIZ Media LLC)
- Killables by Gemma Malley (Hodder & Stoughton)
- King of Marbury: A Tor.Com Original by Andrew Smith (Tor Books)
- King’s Assassin (Thief Takers Apprentice 3) by Stephen Deas (Gollancz)
- Knights of Breton Court by Maurice Broaddus (Angry Robot)
- Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom (Harper Voyager)
- Kris Longknife: Furious by Mike Shepherd (Ace)
- Leopard Dreaming by A A Bell (Voyager)
- Little Star: A Novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Thomas Dunne Books)
- London Eye (Toxic City Book One) by Tim Lebbon (Pyr)
- Luminous Chaos: A Novel (The Mysteries of New Venice) by Jean-Christophe Valtat (Melville House)
- Mastiff: The Legend of Beka Cooper #3 by Tamora Pierce (Bluefire)
- Mercury Rests by Robert Kroese (47North)
- Merge / Disciple: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion by Walter Mosley (Tor Books)
- Middle Kingdom (Chung Kuo 3) by David Wingrove (Corvus)
- Midnight City: A Conquered Earth Novel by J. Barton Mitchell (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape (Carina Press)
- Need by Todd Gregory (Kensington)
- Night & Demons by David Drake (Baen)
- Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett (Tor Books)
- Osama: A Novel by Lavie Tidhar (Solaris)
- Out for Blood (House of Comarré) by Kristen Painter (Orbit)
- Palace of the Damned (The Saga of Larten Crepsley) by Darren Shan (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Pandaemonium by Ben Macallan (Solaris)
- Pariah: Ravenor vs Eisenhorn (Warhammer 40,000) by Dan Abnett (Games Workshop)
- Passenger by Andrew Smith (Feiwel & Friends)
- Perfection by Nick Kyme (Black Library)
- Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen)
- Place of Dead Kings by Geoffrey Wilson (Hodder Export)
- Poltergeeks (Strange Chemistry) by Sean Cummings (Angry Robot)
- Quantum Coin by E. C. Myers (Pyr)
- Ragnarok: A Jack Sigler Thriller by Jeremy Robinson & Kane Gilmour (Seven Realms Publishing)
- Red Knight by Miles Cameron (Gollancz)
- Redlaw: Red Eye (Redlaw 2) by James Lovegrove (Rebellion 2000ad)
- Redoubt: Book Four of the Collegium Chronicles (A Valdemar Novel) by Mercedes Lackey (DAW Hardcover)
- Religion and Science Fiction by James F. McGrath (Lutterworth Press)
- Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman by Robert Shearman (ChiZine Publications)
- Royal Blood by Sarah Marques (Prime Books)
- Ruins (Pathfinder Trilogy) by Orson Scott Card (Simon Pulse)
- Sanctum (Book 1 in the Guards of the Shadowlands series) by Sarah Fine (Amazon Children’s Publishing)
- Season of Wonder edited by Paula Guran (Prime Books)
- Shoggoths in Bloom by Elizabeth Bear (Prime Books)
- Skarlet: Part One of the Vampire Trinity (Vampire Babylon Trilogy) by Thomas Emson (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- Son by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children)
- Songs of Love and Darkness by Mary Jo Putney & Carrie Vaughn (Pocket Star)
- Spinneret by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory: Book One by David Mack (Pocket Books/Star Trek)
- Star Wars (Star Wars Agent of the Empire) by John Ostrander (Titan)
- Star Wars Art: Illustration by Lucasfilm LTD (Harry N. Abrams)
- Star Wars Omnibus: Clone Wars 2 by John Ostrander (Dark Horse Comics)
- Stardust: The Gift Edition by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow)
- Steaming into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology by (Scarecrow Press)
- Stone of Tymora: Forgotten Realms by R.A. Salvatore & Geno Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast)
- Strangers in the Land (The Zombie Bible) by Stant Litore (47North)
- Stray Souls (Magicals Anonymous) by Kate Griffin (Orbit)
- Superior by Mark Millar (Titan)
- The Abolition of Species (SB-The German List) by Dietmar Dath (Seagull Books)
- The Backlash Mission: The Blackcollar Series (Book Two) by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- The Book of Cthulhu 2 by (Night Shade Books)
- The Brain Eater’s Bible: Sound Advice for the Newly Reanimated Zombie by Pat Kilbane & J.D. McGhoul (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- The Clone Sedition by Steven L. Kent (Ace)
- The Commonplace Book: A Tor.Com Original by Jacob Clifton (Tor Books)
- The Complete Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- The Doctor’s Monsters: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who by Graham Sleight (I. B. Tauris)
- The Earth Turned Upside Down by Jules Verne (Hesperus Press)
- The Emperor’s Might by John Blanche (Games Workshop)
- The Essential Novels: Star Wars 10-Book Bundle by Timothy Zahn & Michael A. Stackpole & James Luceno & R.A. Salvatore & Aaron Allston (LucasBooks)
- The Essential Novels: Star Wars Reads Day 4-Book Bundle: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron; Heir to the Empire; New Jedi Order: Vector Prime; Legacy of the Force: Betrayal by Timothy Zahn & Michael A. Stackpole & R.A. Salvatore & Aaron Allston (Del Rey)
- The Essential Reader’s Companion: Star Wars by Pablo Hidalgo (LucasBooks)
- The Fallen Boys by Aaron Dries (Samhain Publishing, Ltd.)
- The First Days: As the World Dies by Rhiannon Frater (Tor Books)
- The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel & Friends)
- The Hive by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
- The Hobbit Companion by David Day (Pavilion)
- The Hobbit and Philosophy: For When You’ve Lost Your Dwarves, Your Wizard, and Your Way (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) by Gregory Bassham & Eric Bronson (Wiley)
- The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
- The Indigo Pheasant: Longing for Yount Volume 2 by Daniel A. Rabuzzi (ChiZine Publications)
- The Joshua Files: Invisible City by M. G Harris (Walker Childrens)
- The Lands of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
- The Last Dragonslayer (The Chronicles of Kazam) by Jasper Fforde (Harcourt Children’s Books)
- The Lost Books: Includes four complete novels—Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, and Chaos by Ted Dekker (Thomas Nelson)
- The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight by Jack Campbell (Ace Hardcover)
- The Magic Quirt (Stories from the Golden Age) by L. Ron Hubbard (Galaxy Press)
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 23 by (Running Press)
- The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback by Stephen Jones (Running Press)
- The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg (Phoenix Pick)
- The Orphaned Worlds (Humanity’s Fire) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)
- The Perimeter by Will McIntosh (Orbit)
- The SCREAM by Laurent Graff (Aurora Metro Press)
- The Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda (Arthur A. Levine Books)
- The Second Ship (The Rho Agenda: Book One) by Richard Phillips (47North)
- The Secret Book of Sacred Things by Torsten Krol (Atlantic Books)
- The Shadow Rising: Book Four of ‘The Wheel of Time’ by Robert Jordan (Tor Books)
- The Shattered Dark (A Shadow Reader Novel) by Sandy Williams (Ace)
- The Tainted City (The Shattered Sigil) by Courtney Schafer (Night Shade Books)
- The Tangled Bridge by Rhodi Hawk (Tor Books)
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel by Justin Cronin (Ballantine Books)
- The Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas by Geoff Ryman (Small Beer Press)
- The Valmont Contingency by Val Roberts (Carina Press)
- The Very Best of Barry N. Malzberg by Barry N. Malzberg (NonStop Press)
- The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury by Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga (Thomas Dunne Books)
- The War of Vengence: The Great Betrayal (Time of Legends) by Nick Kyme (Games Workshop)
- The Wildside Book of Fantasy: 20 Great Tales of Fantasy (Wildside Press)
- The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life by Noble Smith (Thomas Dunne Books)
- The Work of the Devil by Katherine Amt Hanna (47North)
- The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster (AudioText)
- Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
- This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It by David Wong (Thomas Dunne Books)
- Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Tor Books)
- Tomorrow, the Killing by Daniel Polansky (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd)
- Triplet by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- Turtle Recall by Stephen Briggs (Gollancz)
- Under the Poppy: A Novel by Kathe Koja (Small Beer Press)
- Unwritten by Mike Carey (Titan)
- Vampyric Variations by Nancy Kilpatrick (Edge)
- Warhorse by Timothy Zahn (Open Road)
- When Will You Rise: Stories to End the World by Mira Grant (Subterranean)
- Windhaven by George R.R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle (Bantam)
- Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Jonathan Cape)
- Wonders of the Invisible World by Patricia A. McKillip (Tachyon Publications)
- World Enough, and Time (New World Trilogy) by James Kahn (FastPencil Premiere)
- Wrong Goodbye (Collector 2) by Chris Holm (Angry Robot)
- Zom-B by Darren Shan (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Zombie, Illinois: A Novel (Zombie, Ohio) by Scott Kenemore (Skyhorse Publishing)
- Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy by Andy Briggs (Open Road E-riginal)
Note: Also being released in September (no Amazon covers available):
- Green Speculations: Science Fiction and Transformative Environmentalism by Eric C. Otto (Ohio State University Press)
- H. G. Wells (Leather-bound Classics) by H. G. Wells (Canterbury Classics)
- Jules Verne (Leather-bound Classics) by Jules Verne (Canterbury Classics)
- Newsflesh Trilogy Boxed Set by Mira Grant (Orbit)
- Sand Witches in the Hamptons: A Willow Tate Novel by Celia Jerome (DAW)
- Splintegrate by Deborah Christian (Tom Doherty Assoc Llc)
- Star Trek: Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (Pocket Books/Star Trek)
- Star Trek: Titan #5: Over a Torrent Sea by Christopher L. Bennett (Pocket Books/Star Trek)
- Star Trek: Vanguard #2: Summon the Thunder by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore (Pocket Books/Star Trek)
- Star Trek: Vanguard: In Tempest’s Wake by Dayton Ward (Pocket Books/Star Trek)
- The Boolean Gate by Walter Jon Williams (Subterranean)
- The Culture Boxed Set by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
- The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless (Alexia Tarabotti) by Gail Carriger (Orbit)
- Warehouse 13: A Touch of Fever by Greg Cox (Gallery Books)
(Note: Release information was sourced from Amazon US and elsewhere. Most reprints have been omitted. Release dates subject to change. So there.)