Re: BOOKS: Recommendations

Hal Finney (hal@rain.org)
Fri, 2 May 1997 09:02:03 -0700


I have recently learned that by checking the home pages of some book
publishers, you can find out their (predicted) schedule for upcoming
books. I always hear about upcoming movies but with books it seems like
a surprise when I walk into the store. Is there a more centralized
source for this kind of information?

>From http://www.tor.com/sched.html here are some excerpts for hardcover
SF books by authors mentioned here occasionally:

June 1997 trade hardcovers and paperbacks

DESTINY'S ROAD by Larry Niven

July 1997 trade hardcovers and paperbacks

/ [pronounced "Slant"] by Greg Bear
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert A. Heinlein (Orb trade pb)
FUTURE PRIMITIVE ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor trade pb)

August 1997 trade hardcovers and paperbacks

BERSERKER FURY by Fred Saberhagen
BRETTA MARTYN by L. Neil Smith
TRUE NAMES by Vernor Vinge & others (Tor trade pb)

September 1997 trade hardcovers and paperbacks

Gregory Benford, ed., FAR FUTURES (Tor trade pb)
Charles Sheffield, PUTTING UP ROOTS

Del Ray books didn't have as many that looked good to me, but here are
a couple, from: http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/schedule9697.html#nextfive

AUGUST 1997:

MIND MATTERS: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by James P. Hogan (Nonfiction)
Nonfiction; 345-41240-0
Hardcover, 352 pp; cover design by David Stevenson ; OL, editor

THE TRUTH MACHINE by James L. Halperin (SF)
Mass-market edition of our 9/96 hardcover; 345-41288-5
Paperback, 416 pp; cover design by David Stevenson; SS, editor

Hal