Archive for the 'Recent Releases' Category
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan">The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan
March 5th 2008 at 1:46 pm
The depth and breadth of science fiction and fantasy fiction continues to change with every passing year. The twenty-five stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully map this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy […]
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Baciglaupi">Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Baciglaupi
February 19th 2008 at 3:26 pm
Paolo Bacigalupi’s debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo’s work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience. The eleven stories in Pump […]
The Demon and the City by Liz Williams">The Demon and the City by Liz Williams
February 14th 2008 at 4:44 pm
Now available in Mass Market Paperback! When inspector Chen goes on Holiday, Chen’s demonic partner Zhu Irzh finds himself alone in Singapore Three. The missing body of a brutally murdered socialite and the strange experiments of a well connected, beautiful young heiress leads Zhu into a maze of murder and corruption. Liz Williams (Snake Agent) […]
The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures by William Hope Hodgson">The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures by William Hope Hodgson
February 14th 2008 at 4:28 pm
Now in its second printing. The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures is the first installment in our five volume set collecting the works of one of the great fantasists of the 20th Century. This volume concentrates on Hodgson’s nautical fiction, the material that first helped him achieve commercial success, and includes […]
The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook">The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
January 17th 2008 at 11:50 am
Glen Cook delivers a masterpiece of galaxy spanning space opera. For four thousand years, the Guardships ruled Canon Space with an iron fist. But now the House Tregesser believes they have an edge; a force from outside Canon Space offers them the resources to throw off Guardship rule. Their gambits precipitate an avalanche of unexpected […]
Snake Agent by Liz Williams">Snake Agent by Liz Williams
January 15th 2008 at 3:12 pm
John Constantine meets Chow Yun-Fat in Snake Agent, the first in Liz Williams’ acclaimed series of near-future occult thrillers. Detective Inspector Chen is the Singapore Three police department’s snake agent, in charge of supernatural and mystical investigations. Now available in Mass Market Paperback! Liz Williams delivers the first in a series of near future occult […]
Wastelands edited by John Joseph Adams">Wastelands edited by John Joseph Adams
March 26th 2007 at 7:38 am
From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the […]
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Vol.3 by David Drake">The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Vol.3 by David Drake
March 25th 2007 at 7:38 am
Night Shade Books is proud to present The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Volume 3: the third and final volume collecting David Drake’s landmark, genre-defining military SF series, for the first time, in a uniform hardcover set. This volume contains the last two Slammers Novels: The Sharp End (1993) and Paying the Piper (2002) as well […]
Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan">Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan
March 24th 2007 at 7:42 am
An eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It’s a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the first […]
