ACE
Death Day (Sept., $21.95) by William C. Dietz. After a victorious alien attack, one man emerges from the wreckage, the last hope of an enslaved Earth.
Ill Met by Moonlight (Oct., $21.95) by Sarah A. Hoyt. Shakespeare's first love takes magical twists and turns.
Ombria in Shadow (Jan., $TBA) by Patricia A. McKillip is the latest romantic fantasy from the Fantasy Award-winning author.
ANDREWS MCMEEL/LIONHEART
The Way of Wizards (Oct., $34.95) by Tom Cross invites readers to visit a world of enchantment. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
BANTAM SPECTRA
Dune: House Corrino (Oct., $27.95) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson concludes the trilogy of prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune.165,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity. SFBC selection.
Fool's Errand (Jan., $TBA) by Robin Hobb picks up FitzChivalry Farseer's tale after the end of the Liveship Traders trilogy. 35,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Hopscotch (Feb., $TBA) by Kevin J. Anderson ventures to a future where humans can hopscotch into different bodies. 25,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
DAW
Take a Thief (Oct., $24.95) by Mercedes Lackey is a stand-alone novel in the Valdemar series.
Defender (Nov., $23.95) by C.J. Cherryh. In the sequel to Precursor, survivors of a lost spacecraft contend with a planet's hostile alien race.
Sword-Sworn (Feb., $24.95) by Jennifer Roberson. The sixth and final novel in the Sword-Dancer series continues the adventures of macho Tiger and the beautiful Del.
DEL REY
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax (Sept., $26.95) by Terry Brooks. The last of the Druids journeys into the unknown seeking forbidden magic. Advertising. SFBC selection. 12-city author tour.
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star (Nov., $26) by Troy Denning. Han and Leia's younger son leads a Jedi strike force that will take him to his destiny. Advertising.
Vitals (Jan., $24.95) by Greg Bear. A man fights for his life after uncovering the key to immortality. Advertising. 8-city author tour.
Star Wars: The Approaching Storm (Feb., $26) by Alan Dean Foster ties in with the upcoming movie Star Wars: Episode II. Advertising. Author publicity.
EOS
Nekropolis (Sept., $24) by Maureen F. McHugh. Two radically different beings do the impossible and fall in love. 25,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
The Mystic Rose: The Celtic Crusades: Book III (Oct., $25) by Stephen R. Lawhead completes the trilogy. 35,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
Guardians of the Lost: Book Two of the Sovereign Stone Trilogy (Nov., $26) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Loerem is home to humans, elves, dwarves and orken. 50,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Acorna's Search (Dec., $25) by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Seeking her missing lifemate, the Unicorn Girl discovers a subterranean world. 75,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
GOLDEN GRYPHON PRESS
(dist. by IPG)
The Wild Boy (Sept., $22.95) by Warren Rochelle. In this tale, ursine invaders domesticate mankind.
Impact Parameter and Other Quantum Realities (Nov., $24.95) by Geoffrey A. Landis reads like a news report from the future.
NBM
Brusel (Sept., $19.95) by Francois Schuiten and Benoit Peeters. In this latest installment in the Cities of the Fantastic graphic novel series, a town is completely made over.
POCKET BOOKS/STAR TREK
Star Trek: Gateways: What Lay Beyond (Nov., $24) by Peter David et al. concludes the Gateways series by wrapping up the universe's gateways menace once and for all. Ad/promo.
Star Trek: The Genesis Wave III (Jan., $24) by John Vornholt. The galaxy faces the threat of an interdimensional invasion.
ROC
Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (Dec., $24.95), edited by Al Sarrantonio, anthologizes Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven and others.
The Peshawar Lancers (Jan., $23.95) by S.M. Stirling suggests an alternate history in which the British Empire rules from exile in India.
TOR
Angelmass (Sept., $24.95) by Timothy Zahn is a new epic novel by the Hugo Award winner. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Mistress of the Catacombs (Sept., $25.95) by David Drake. In the Lord of the Isles series, monsters from the past battle one another to rule the world of men. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Enchanter (Oct., $25.95) by Sara Douglass. A tale of love and prophecy is a sequel to The Wayfarer Redemption: Battleaxe. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
The Pillars of Creation (Nov., $29.95) by Terry Goodkind is the seventh novel of the Sword of Truth series. 500,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour.
Kil'n People (Jan., $TBA) by David Brin. What happens when a powerful man wants to live forever by creating duplicates? Advertising.
WARNER/ASPECT
Futureland (Nov., $24.95) by Walter Mosley. Nine interconnected stories set in a near-future U.S. resemble the high-tech world of The Matrix. Ad/promo. 5-city author tour.
Lion's Blood (Feb., $24.95) by Steven Barnes. In this alternate history, Africa arose hundreds of years ago as a superior military and intellectual power. Advertising. Author publicity.
WESLEYAN UNIV. PRESS
Invasion of the Sea (Nov.) and The Mysterious Island (Dec., $24.95 each) by Jules Verne. The former appears in its first English translation, while the latter is a new unabridged translation since 1876.
WIZARDS OF THE COAST
Sea of Swords (Oct., $25.95) by R.A. Salvatore. Drizzt Do'Urden returns in the fourth book of the Paths of Darkness series. Advertising. Author tour.
Fall 2001 Hardcovers: Fiction/Science Fiction & Fantasy
Aug 15, 2001
A version of this article appeared in the 08/13/2001 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
