Bakka Phoenix Books http://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com Wed, 22 May 2013 21:51:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Tardy New Books Post http://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/2013/05/22/1210/ http://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/2013/05/22/1210/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:50:33 +0000 Chris Szego http://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/?p=1210 Sorry we’re so late with the new books this week: we were busy trying to pry last week’s new books out of the warehouse. But we’re pretty much caught up now.

Hardcover
The Human Division, John Scalzi
Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson
Mending The Moon, Susan Palwick
Necessary Evil, Ian Tregellis
Extinct For A Reason, Scott Cooney
Tarnished, Rhiannon Held

Trade Paperback
Face Like Glass, Frances Hardinge
Confusion of Princes, Garth Nix
Flora’s Fury, Ysabeau Wilce
Island of Doom, Arthur Slade
Song of the Quarkbeast, Jasper Fforde
172 Hours On the Moon, Johan Harstad
Death of an Empire, M.K. Hume
Star Trek: Into Darkness, Alan Dean Foster
Red Plague Affair, Lilith Saintcrow
Gateway of the Saviours, A.J. Dalton

Mass Market
Long Earth, Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett

 

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Have a great long weekend! Remember: the water’s REALLY cold, and only morons drink and drive.

 

 

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Hardcover
Magician’s End, Raymond E. Feist
Make Good Art, Neil Gaiman
Faeryland, Freda Warrington
Icons, Margaret Stohl
Loki’s Wolves, K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr
Raven Girl, Audrey Niffenegger
Red Moon, Benjamin Percy
The Country Of Wolves, Louise Flaherty & Neil Christopher
The Reluctant Assassin, Eoin Colfer
Never, K.D. McEntire
The School For Good And Evil, Soman Chainani
Yellowcake, Margo Lanagan

Trade Paperback
Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi
Bedlam, Christopher Brookmyre
The Shifting Price of Prey, Suzanne McLeod
Ghost Knight, Cornelia Funke
The Serpent’s Shadow, Rick Riordan
The Prince Who Fell From the Sky, John Claude Bernis
Spirit And Dust, Rosemary Clement-Moore
Alien Invasion And Other Inconveniences, Brian Yansky
Cabinet of Earths, Anne Nesbet
Throne Of Glass, Sarah J. Maas

Mass Market
Deep Space, Ian Douglas

 

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Hardcover
Dead Ever After, Charlaine Harris
House of Steel, David Weber
Doll Bones, Holly Black
5th Wave, Rick Yancey
Kings And Queens of Roam, Daniel Wallace
Portal, Eric Flint
Reboot, Amy Tintera
Tunnel Out of Death, Jamil Nasir
Who Owns The Future? Jaron Lanier
Alpha and Omega Vol #2, Patricia Briggs
Fall of Night, Rachel Caine
Lost Fleet: Guardian, Jack Campbell
Shadows of Falling Night, S.M. Stirling
My Dog: The Paradox, The Oatmeal
Tiny Confessions, Christopher Rozzi

Trade Papberback
Dead Man’s Deal, Jocelynne Drake
Fictional Man, Al Ewing
House of Steel, David Weber
Unclean Spirits, Chuck Wendig
Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo

Mass Market
Silence, Michelle Sagara
Assassin’s Dawn, Stephen Leigh
Mist-Torn Witches, Barb Hendee
Generation V, M.L. Brennan
Nightbound, Lynn Viehl
Havoc Machine, Stephen Harper

 

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If you’re interested, the details and sign up information can be found here.  Workshop spaces are limited, and tend to go quickly.

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Mass Market
Echoes of Betrayal, Elizabeth Moon
Crucible of Gold, Naomi Novik
Bronze Gods, A.A. Aguirre
Dark Magic, James Swain
Folded World, Jeff Mariotte
Graveyard Child, M.L.N. Hanover
Lost Fleet: Invincible, Jack Campbell
Rebirth, Sophie Littlefield
Rogue Descendant, Jenna Black
After Earth: Perfect Beast, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, Peter David
Serene Invasion, Eric Brown
Transgalactic, A.E. Van Vogt
Wicked As She Wants, Delilah S. Dawson
World Divided, Mercedes Lackey et al
Kitty Rocks The House, Carrie Vaughn

Trade Paperback
Firebird, Susanna Kearsley
Railsea, China Miéville
Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce
Year Zero, Rob Reid
Feynman, Jim Ottaviani & Leland Myrick
Gilead’s Blood, Dan Abnett & Nik Vincent
Make it So! Star Trek Craft Book, Angie Pederson
Wake Up! Simon Toefield

Hardcover
Over My Head, Charles de Lint
Henri, Le Chat Noir, William Braden

 

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Oh, and we had another rather unexpected guest:


Yeah.  That’s the Cup being reached for by by the world’s cutest fan.

The takeaways here are: A) Bakka Phoenix knows how to throw a book launch, and B) OMG! THE! STANLEY! CUP!

 

 

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Hardcover
Protector, C.J. Cherryh
The Forever Knight, John Marco
Arclight, Josin L. Quein
House Of Secrets, Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini
The Silver Dream, Neil Gaiman (story), Michael Reaves
The Ability, M.M. Vaughan & Iacopo Bruno
The Grail Of The Summer Stars, Freda Warrington
A History Of Weapons, John O’Bryan & Barry Orkin
How To Speak Klingon, Ben Grossblatt & Alex Fine
Kevin, Paul Kupperberg
Obsidian Mirror, Catherine Fisher
The River of No Return, Bee Ridgway
Vader’s Little Princess, Jeffery Brown

Trade Paperback
The Golem And The Jinni, Helene Wecker
Ex-Patriots, Peter Clines
The Enchanted Life Of Adam Hope, Rhonda Riley
Unnatural Creatures, Neil Gamain, editor
Unraveling, Elizabeth Norris
Zombie Versus Fairy Featuring Albinos, James Marshall
Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce
Hot Blooded, Amanda Carlson

We also a got a bunch of classic Dr. Who reprints.  These aren’t ‘new’ strictly speaking, but they sure are pretty:
Mass Market
Ten Little Aliens, Stephen Cole
Dreams Of Empire, Justin Richards
Last of the Gaderene, Mark Gatiss
Festival of Death, Jonathan Morris
Fear of the Dark, Trevor Baxendale
Players, Terrance Dicks
Rememberance of the Daleks, Ben Aaronovitch
Earthworld, Jacqueline Rayner
Only Human, Gareth Roberts

 

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Join us here at the store this coming Saturday, April 20th, to celebrate the launch of Masked Mosaic.  Come on out at 3pm to meet several of the contibutors, nosh on tasty treats, and generally enjoy some super-themed goodness.

 

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Hardcover
You, Austin, Grossman
Promise of Blood, Brian McClellan

Trade Paperback
Legend, Marie Lu
Liberator, Richard Harland
Who is AC?, Hope Larson
Poseidon’s Spear, Christian Cameron

 

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