Archive of book reviews by Title (Alphabetical)
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The book conversions July 2009
01/07/2009. Hardbacks to enlarged or standard paperbacks. Use the SFC search engine to see what we thought of them.

Ice Song by Kirsten Imanikasai
01/07/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 372 page enlarged paperback. Price: $15.00 (US), $17.50 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-50881-2.

GUD issue 4 spring 2009
01/07/2009. pub: Gud Magazine. 2 issues/$18 (US) per year, $ 3.50 (US) electronic PDF copy.

Caprica by Bear McCreary and The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
01/07/2009. CD pub: La-La Land Records LLLCD 1098. 18 tracks 54:04 minutes. Price: $15.99(US), £ 9.99 (UK).

Sky: The Complete Series
01/07/2009. Region 2 DVD: Pub: Network 7953059. 1 DVD 7 * 25 minute colour episodes 175 minutes plus extras. Price: £14.99 (UK))

The Ruby Dice (The Skolian Empire series book 13) by Catherine Asaro
01/07/2009. pub: Baen Books. 400 page hardback. Price: £14.44 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-41655-514-8 reprint edition. 592 page paperback, Price: $ 7.99 (US). ISBN: 978-141659-158-0.

How Not To Write A Novel by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittelmark
01/07/2009. pub: Penguin. 262 page indexed small enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-141-03854-4.

Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko (Hardcover) by Steve Ditko and Blake Bell
01/07/2009. pub: Fantagraphics. 220 page hardback. Price: about £18.00 (UK) if you know where to look. ISBN: 978-1-56097-921-0.

The Lightstone (The Lightstone book 1) by David Zindell
01/07/2009. pub: TOR. 414 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US), $34.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-76531-129-0.

Shadows In The Starlight (A Changeling Detective novel) by Elaine Cunningham
01/07/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 286 page small hardback. Price: $23.95 (US), $31.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-076530-971-6.

All The Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear
01/07/2009. pub: TOR/Sci Fi Channel. 368 page small hardback. Price: $24.95 (US), $27.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-1882-4.

The Gift Of Joy by Ian Whates
01/07/2009. pub: New Con Press. 252 page small limited edition hardback. Price: £18.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-907069-00-0.

Fireball XL5 Special Edition
01/07/2009. DVD Region 2. Pub: Network B001VAF6SE. 6 DVDs 39 black and white episodes 975 minutes with colour extras. Price: £59.99 (UK).

The Perils of Quad by Carl Joglar
01/07/2009. pub: iUniverse.com. 272 page enlarged paperback. Price: $17.95 (US), £12.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-144012-275-0.

Diamond Star (The Skolian Empire series book 14) by Catherine Asaro
01/07/2009. pub: Baen Books. 512 page hardback. Price: $15.64 (US), £13.59 (UK). ISBN: 978-1416591603.

Robin Hood: Friendly Fire by Trevor Baxendale
01/07/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute 1 CD with extras. Price: CD: £ 8.99; Download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-389-7) read by David Harewood

Robin Hood: Tiger's Tail by Jonathan Clements
01/07/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute 1 CD with extras. Price: CD: £ 8.99; Download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-388-0) read by Jonas Armstrong.

Dr Who: The Companion Chronicles: Magician's Oath by Scott Handcock
01/07/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute 1 CD with extras. Price: CD: £ 8.99; Download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-379-8) read by Richard Franklin and Michael Chance.

Dr Who: The Companion Chronicles: Transit of Venus by Jacqueline Rayner
01/07/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute 1 CD with extras. Price: CD: £ 8.99; Download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-356-9) cast: William Russell and Ian Hallard.

The Dark Volume: Glass Books Volume Two by Gordon Dahlquist
01/07/2009. pub: Bantam Dell. 508 page hardback. Price: $26.00 (US), $30.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-385-34036-6.

Blood Lust 4: Aftermath by Rhys A. Wilcox
01/07/2009. pub: RAW! 209 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.95 (UK). ID: 3755149.

Swarmthief's Dance (The Swarmthief Trilogy book 1) by Deborah J. Miller
01/07/2009. pub: TOR-UK. 314 page enlarged paperback. Price: £10.99 (UK). ISBN: 1-4050-5074-8 pub: TOR-UK. 500 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 1-330-43636-8.

Ink (The Book Of All Hours) by Hal Duncan
01/07/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 615 page enlarged paperback. Price: $15.95 (US), ISBN: 1-4050-8853-4 530 page enlarged paperback. $15.95 (US), $19.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-48733-9 pub: Pan MacMillan. 615 page hardback. £17.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-4050-5209-2.

The Sons Of Heaven (A Company Novel) by Kage Baker
01/07/2009. pub: TOR/SciFi Channel. 431 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US) $26.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-1746-9.

Another Time, Another Place - Quantum Leap by Richie F. Levine & Judith A. Moose
01/07/2009. pub: BearManor Media. 246 page illustrated enlarged paperback. Price: $29.95 (US), £15.00 (UK) but you really have to look around for it to get a decent price. ISBN: 159393-119-0.

Cinema Anime edited by Steven T. Brown
01/07/2009. pub: Palgrave Macmillan. 248 page illustrated indexed enlarged paperback. Price: £14.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-230-60621-0.

With The Light: Vol 2: Raising An Autistic Child by Keiko Tobe
01/07/2009. pub: Yen Press/Orbit Books. 527 page enlarged paperback. Price: £10.99 (UK), $14.99, $17.25 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7595-2359-3.

On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 21 no. 1 # 76 Spring 2009
01/07/2009. pub: Copper Pig Writers Society. 114 small magazine. Price: $ 6.95 (CAN). ISSN: 0843-476X.

Flames Of Herakleitos by Bob Lock
01/07/2009. pub: Screaming Dreams. 350 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-9555184-1-5.

The Wingless Boy (The Clouded World books 1 and 2) by Jay Amory
01/07/2009. pub: Gollancz. 601 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08371-4.

Wordsmithery: The Writer's Craft And Practice edited by Jayne Steel
01/07/2009. pub: Palgrave Macmillan. 183 page indexed small enlarged paperback. Price: £16.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-4039-9828-6.

Starship Fall by Eric Brown
01/07/2009. pub: New Con Press. 103 page small limited edition hardback. Price: £18.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-907069-02-4.

The Hienama: A Story Of The Sulh by Storm Constantine
01/07/2009. pub: Immanion Press. 179 page hardback. Price: £16.99 (UK), $30.99 (US), Є24.99 (euro). ISBN: 978-1904853275.

The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
01/07/2009. pub: Gollancz. 505 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-575-08046-1 508 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-575-08348-6.

Star Wars: Dark Lord - The Rise Of Darth Vader by James Luceno
01/07/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 322 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US), $35.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0345477323.

How To Write Fiction (And Think About It) by Robert Graham
01/07/2009. pub: Palgrave Macmillan. 254 page indexed small enlarged paperback. Price: £14.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-4039-9315-1.

Interzone # 222 -
01/07/2009. bi-monthly magazine: UK publisher/editor address: Andy Cox, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2LB. Price: £ 3.75 (UK) $ 7.00(US). ISSN: 0264-3596.

Starcombing by David Langford
01/07/2009. pub: Cosmos Books/Wildside Press. 233 page indexed enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US). ISBN: 978-0-8095-7348-6).

Victory Of Eagles (Temeraire book 5) by Naomi Novik
01/07/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 273 hardback. Price: $25.00 (US), $28.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-49688-1.

Speaker For the Dead audio book by Orson Scott Card
01/07/2009. Macmillan Audio. 14 hours 12 CDs. Price: $49.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59397-476-3) read by David Birney and Stefan Rudnicki.

Conversions June 2009
01/06/2009. We've seen them in hardback and sizes, now the books below at different prices, different countries and different sizes. Check the internal SFC search engine for what we thought about the stories.

Starfall by Stephen Baxter
01/06/2009. pub: PS Publishing. 95 page hardcover Price: $18.00 (US) £12.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-90630-160-6.

Overthrowing Heaven by Mark L. Van Name
01/06/2009. pub: Baen, 416 page hardcover. Price: $16.50 (US), £17.09 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-4391-3267-8.

Flinx Transcendent (A Pip And Flinx Adventure - book # 14) by Alan Dean Foster
01/06/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 398 page hardback. Price: $26.00 (US), $30.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-49607-2.

On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 20 no. 3 # 75 Winter 2008/09
01/06/2009. magazine: Copper Pig Writers Society. Price: $ 6.95 (CAN). ISSN: 0843-476X. Distributed in Canada by CMPA and the UK by BAR.

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer: 2 Disc Special Edition
01/06/2009. DVD region 2: pub: 20th Century Fox 3518901001. 2 DVDs 88 minute film with extras. Price: £ 6.00 (UK) if you look around. stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Julian McMahon.

Saga Of A Crew 2008 Special Edition
01/06/2009. DVD Region 1: pub: Daniel R. Christopher Productions. 67 minute film. Price: $ 15.95 + $3.00 (p&p world wide) (US).

Doctor Who: Hothouse by Jonathan Morris
01/06/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute CD with extras. Price: CD: £10.99; Download: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-394-1). cast: Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Nigel Planer, Lysette Anthony, Adna Sablyich, Stuart Crossman and Barnaby Edwards.

Robin Hood: The Witch Finders by Rebecca Levene
01/06/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute story CD with extras. Price: CD: £ 8.99; Download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-387-3). read by Richard Armitage.

Doctor Who: The Magic Mousetrap by Matthew Sweet
01/06/2009. pub: Big Finish. 120 minute 2 CDs with extras. Price: CD: £14.99; Download: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-408-5. cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Philip Olivier, Paul Anthony-Barber, Joan Walker, Nadim Sawalha, Nadine Lewington, Andrew Fettes and Andrew Dickens.

Back Issue! # 29 August 2008
01/06/2009. pub: TwoMorrows. 98 page A4 magazine. Price: $ 9.95 (US).

Eternal Light by Paul McAuley
01/06/2009. pub: Gollancz. 419 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08640-1.

On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 20 no. 3 # 74 Fall 2008
01/06/2009. magazine: Copper Pig Writers Society. Price: $ 6.95 (CAN). ISSN: 0843-476X. Distributed in Canada by CMPA and the UK by BAR.

Farscape Classics Volume Three by Guy Gross
01/06/2009. pub: La-La Land Records. LLLCD 1067. 30 tracks 71 minute limited edition CD. Price: $19.98 (US).

Century 21 Volume 2: Invasion In The 21st Century
01/06/2009. pub: Reynolds & Hearn. 160 page softcover. £ 9.96 (UK) if you know where to look. ISBN: 978-1-905287-94-9.

The Writer's Handbook 2010: 23nd edition by Barry Turner
01/06/2009. pub: Palgrave Macmillan. 774 page indexed enlarged paperback. Price: £14.99 (UK), $29.95 (US). ISBN: 978-0-0230-57324-6.

Murky Depths # 8
01/06/2009. pub: House of Murky Depths. 84 page comic size. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-906584-10-8.

The Magic Thief: Lost by Sarah Prineas
01/06/2009. pub: Quercus Publishing Plc. 391 page hardback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84724-854-1.

The Bionic Book by Herbie J Pilato
01/06/2009. pub: BearManor Media. 374 page illustrated enlarged paperback. Price: $29.95 (US) but you really have to look around for it to get a decent price. ISBN: 1-59393-083-6.

Halo: The Cole Protocol audio book by Tobias Buckell
01/06/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. 9 CDs 10.5 hours. Price: $39.95 (US)ISBN: 978-1-4272-0528-5. read by Jonathan Davis.

Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers by Peter O'Donnell and Neville Colvin
01/06/2009. pub: Titan Books. 104 page graphic novel. Price: £11.99 (UK), $19.95 (US), $22.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84856-106-9.

Dan Dare: The Phantom Fleet by Frank Hampson and Don Harley
01/06/2009. pub: Titan Books. 96 page graphic novel. Price: £16.99 (UK), $22.95 (US), $27.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84856-127-4.

The Doomsday Machine by Catherine Webb
01/06/2009. pub: Atom/Little Brown. 309 page hardback. Price: £10.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-905654-00-0. 309 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-905654-02-4.

The Watchers Out Of Time by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
01/06/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine. 289 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.00 (US), $16.50 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-48569-6.

Jerry Cornell's Comic Capers by Michael Moorcock
01/06/2009. pub: Immanion Press. 329 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK), $20.99 (US). ISBN: 978-1-9048-5318-3.

Century 21 Volume 1: Adventures In The 21st Century
01/06/2009. pub: Reynolds & Hearn. 160 page softcover. £ 9.96 (UK) if you know where to look. ISBN: 978-1-905287-93-2.

Consorts Of Heaven by Jaine Fenn
01/06/2009. pub: Gollancz. 333 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08323-3.

Patrimony (A Pip And Flinx Adventure book # 13) by Alan Dean Foster
01/06/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 228 page hardback. Price: $24.95 (US), $29.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-48507-6.

The Matrix by Joshua Clover
01/06/2009. pub: BFI Publishing/Palgrave MacMillan. 95 page illustrated enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.99(UK). ISBN: 978-1-84457-045-4.

The Apollo Story: Man's Journey to the Moon
01/06/2009. region 2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. PAR61303. 1 DVD 45 minute film plus extras. Price: £ 4.99 (UK).

Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herber & Kevin J Anderson
01/06/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. 20 CDs 22 hours. Price: $60.00 (US). ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-55927-755-6 read by Scott Brick.

Beyond The Blue Event Horizon (The Heechee Saga book 2) by Frederick Pohl
01/06/2009. pub: Orb/TOR/Forge. 315 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-2177-0.

Blade Runner by Scott Bukatman
01/06/2009. pub: BFI Publishing/MacMillan. 96 page illustrated enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-8517062-3-8.

The Burning Skies by David J. Williams
01/06/2009. pub: Bantam Spectra. 398 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.00 (US), $16.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-553-38542-7.

Fantasy Workshop: Mastering Painting Techniques
01/06/2009. pub: Collins &Brown/Anova. 108 page horizontal illustrated softcover. Price: £17.99 (UK), $24.95 (US), $26.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84340-472-9.

Snake Agent (Detective Chen novel # 1) by Liz Williams
01/06/2009. pub: Night Shade Books. 375 page paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-59780-107-2.

Starship: Rebel (The Starship Series book 4) by Mike Resnick
01/06/2009. pub: Pyr/Prometheus Books. 287 page hardback. Price: $25.98 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59102-495-2.

Pax Britannia 2: El Sombra by Al Ewing
01/06/2009. pub: Abaddon Books. 290 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK), $ 7.99 (US). ISBN: 978-1-905437-34-X.

Last And First Men by Olaf Stapledon
01/06/2009. pub: Gollancz. 297 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08256-4.

Novels - conversions May 2009
01/05/2009. Actually most of these books below are re-issues of sone great books we've reveiewed before so use our search enging to see what we said.

To Hell And Back (A Dante Valentine Novel) by Lilith SaintCrow
01/05/2009. pub: Orbit. 389 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-669-6.

This Is Not A Game by Walter Jon Williams
01/05/2009. pub: Orbit. 369 page enlarged paperback. Price: £11.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-657-3.

StereoOpticon: Fairy Tales In Split Vision edited by Cindy Lynn Speer
01/05/2009. pub: Drollerie Press 276 page e-book. Price: $12.95 (US).

Trouble Magnet (A Pip And Flinx Adventure - book # 12) by Alan Dean Foster
01/05/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 272 page hardback. Price: $24.95 (US), $32.95 (CAN). ISBN: 0-345-48504-1.

Invincible (Star Wars Legacy Of The Force book 9) by Troy Denning
01/05/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books/Lucas Books. 299 page hardback. Price: $27.00 (US), $32.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-47746-0.

Sacrifice (Star Wars Legacy Of The Force book 8) by Karen Traviss
01/05/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books/Lucas Books. 367 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US), $34.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-47740-8.

Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series book 7) by Aaron Allston
01/05/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine/Lucas Books. 356 page paperback. $ 7.99 (US). ISBN: 978-0-345-47756-9.

Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series book 6) by Troy Denning
01/05/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine/Lucas Books. 299 page paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US). ISBN: 978-0-345-47755-2.

Farscape Classics Volume Two by Guy Gross
01/05/2009. pub: La-La Land Records. LLLCD 1046. 26 tracks 74 minute limited edition CD. Price: $19.98 (US).

Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History by Steve Holland
01/05/2009. pub: Ilex. 192 page illustrated and indexed softcover. Price: £17.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-905814-39-8.

The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes
01/05/2009. pub: Gollancz. 277 page enlarged paperback. Price: £10.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-575-08230-4. pub: Gollancz. 281 page small enlarged paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08231-1.

Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: Resistance by Steve Lyons
01/05/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute CD. Price: CD: £ 8.99 (UK), download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-378-1). Cast: Anneke Wills and John Sackville.

Doctor Who: Beast of Orlok by Barnaby Edwards
01/05/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute CD. Price: CD: £10.99 (UK), download: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-395-8). Cast: Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Samuel Barnett, Peter Guinness, Nick Wilton, Trevor Cooper, Alison Thea-Skot and Nicholas Briggs.

Let the Right One In aka Låt den rätte komma
01/05/2009. movie: Swedish with sub-titles now on general release. director: Thomas Alfredsson. Writer: John Lindqvist.

Back Issue! # 8 February 2005
01/05/2009. pub: TwoMorrows. 98 page illustrated A4 magazine. Price: $ 9.95 (US).

The Twig Trilogy: The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
01/05/2009. pub: Doubleday/Random House. 368 page illustrated small hardback. Price: £12.99 (UK), $32.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-385-61345-3.

Primeval: Extinction Event by Dan Abnett
01/05/2009. pub: Titan Books. 283 small hardback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK), $12.95 (US), $14.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84576-693-1.

Thicker Than Water (A Felix Castor Novel) by Mike Carey
01/05/2009. pub: Orbit. 480 page paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84149-656-6.

Transhuman by Mark L. Van Name & T. K. F. Weisskopf
01/05/2009. pub: Baen. 304 page hardback. Price: £14.03 (UK), $19.36 (US). ISBN: 978-1-4165-5523-0.

Val / Orson by Marly Youmans
01/05/2009. pub: PS Publishing. 129 page hardback. Price: £10.00 (UK), $15.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-90630-151-4.

Sorrow (A Witch Ember tale) by John Lawson
01/05/2009. pub: Drollerie Press. 242 page e-book. Price: $ 6.95 (US). ASIN: B0024NP3LW.

Longeye by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee
01/05/2009. pub: Baen. 304 page hardcover. Price: £14.39 (UK), $16.32 (US). ISBN 1416591532.

Duainfey by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee
01/05/2009. pub: Baen. 496 pages paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US). ISBN 1416591672.

Monsters Within: The Unofficial And Unauthorised Guide To Doctor Who 2008 by Stephen James Walker
01/05/2009. pub: Telos. 303 page small hardback. Price: £12.99 (UK), $22.95 (US), $29.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84583-028-1.

Iron Man: Ultimate 2-Disc Edition
01/05/2009. region 2 DVD: pub: Paramount Home Entertainment PHE 9807. 121 minute film with extras. Price: £ 9.99 (UK) if you know where to look. Stars: Robert Downey Jr, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The Folklore Of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson
01/05/2009. pub: Doubleday/Transworld. 386 page indexed hardback. Price: £17.99 (UK), $36.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-385-61100-8.

Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic Illustrated Screenplay by Vadium Jean and Terry Pratchett
01/05/2009. pub: Gollancz. 256 page illustrated hardback. Price: £20.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08045-4.

Midnight Street #12
01/05/2009. pub: Immediate Direction Publications. 56 page A4 magazine. Price: £ 3.80 (UK), $11.00 (US), E6.80 (Europe), £5.50 (RoW), three times per year.

The Lost Ones by Christopher Golden
01/05/2009. pub: Bantam Spectra. 427 page enlarged paperback. Price: $12.00 (US), $15.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-553-38328-7. Bantam Spectra. 427 page paperback. Price: $ 6.99 (US), $ 7.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-553-58780-7.

Kubrick's Cinema Odyssey by Michel Chion translated by Claudia Gorbman
01/05/2009. pub: BFI Publishing/MacMillan. 194 page illustrated enlarged paperback. Price: £16.99 (UK). ISBN: 0-85170-839-0.

Jupiter # 24: SF Magazine April 2009: Jupiter XXIV Locaste
01/05/2009. pub: Ian Redman, 19 Bedford Road, Yeovil, Somerset BA21 5UG, UK. 56 A5 magazine. ISSN: 1740-2069. Price: £ 2.75 plus postage (UK). £4.99 PDF for 4 issues (requires 1.5mb in mailbox).

Genesis by Bernard Beckett
01/05/2009. pub: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 150 page small enlarged paperback. ISBN: 978-0-547-22549-4. pub: Quercus Books. 185 page hardback. Price: £10.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84724-723-0.

The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison
01/05/2009. pub: Gollancz. 199 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08257-1.

The Relìgion audio book by Tim Willocks
01/05/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. ISBN: 978-1-4272-0100-3. 21 CDs 25 hours. Price: $59.95 (US) read by Simon Vance.

Saint City Sinners (A Dante Valentine Novel) by Lilith SaintCrow
01/05/2009. pub: Orbit. 371 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-670-2.

Hell Girl Volume 2: Puddle
01/05/2009. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72602. 1 DVD 150 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Sorcery In Shad (Tales Of The Primal Land book 3) by Brian Lumley
01/05/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 272 page small hardback. Price: $23.95 (US). ISBN: 0-765-31077-5.

Wolverine And The X-Men Volume One - Hindsight
01/05/2009. Region 2 CD: pub: Contender Home Entertainment B001TEKJXE . 6 * 25 minute episodes. Price: £12.99 (UK).

Heroes by Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin
01/05/2009. pub: La-La Land Records LLLCD 1091. 10 tracks 54 minute CD. Price: £17.00 (UK), £15.98 (US).

Interzone # 221 - March/April 2009
01/05/2009. bi-monthly magazine: UK publisher/editor address: Andy Cox, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2LB. Price: £ 3.75 (UK) $ 7.00(US). ISSN: 0264-3596.

The Reach Of Children by Tim Lebbon
01/05/2009. pub: Humdrumming. 89 page enlarged paperback. Special Edition Price: £25.00 (UK), $50.00 (US). Very Special Edition Price: £25.00 (UK), $25.00 (US). All very limited, folks and the company has folded.

Danse Macabre (the 13th Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel) by Laurell K. Hamilton
01/05/2009. pub: Orbit. 536 page paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-319-0.

The Last House On The Left by John Murphy
01/05/2009. pub: La-La Land Records. LLLCD 1092. 18 tracks 46 minute CD. Price: £17.99 (UK), $15.98 (US).

Buyout by Alexander C. Irvine
01/05/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 319 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.00 (US), $16.50 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-49433-7.

Physics Of The Impossible by Michio Kaku
01/05/2009. pub: Anchor Books/Random House. 329 page small enlarged paperback. Price: $15.95 (US). ISBN: 978-0-307-27882-1.

Back Issue! # 14 February 2006
01/05/2009. pub: TwoMorrows. 98 page A4 magazine. Price: $ 9.95 (US).

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
01/05/2009. pub: Gollancz. 187 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08258-8.

Eclipse Two edited by Jonathan Strahan
01/05/2009. pub: Night Shade Books. 287 page enlarged paperback. Price: $ 14.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59780-136-2.

Watchmen: The Art Of The Film by Peter Aperlo
01/05/2009. pub: Titan Books. 254 page horizontal illustrated hardback. Price: £29.99 (UK), $40.00 (US), $45.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84856-068-0.

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
01/05/2009. pub: Disney BUA0090201. 2 DVDs 144 minute film with extras, Price: about £ 6.00 (UK) if you shop around. Stars: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Mosely, Anna Popplewell and Ben Barnes.

The Walls Of The Universe by Paul Melko
01/05/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 383 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US), $28.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-1997-5.

Watchmen: The Film Companion by Peter Aperlo
01/05/2009. pub: Titan Books. 174 page horizontal illustrated softcover. Price: £17.99 (UK), $19.95 (US), $22.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84856-067-3.

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
01/05/2009. pub: Quercus Publishing Plc. 421 page hardback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84724-432-1.

Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
01/05/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 334 page small enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-2289-0.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers Of The Future Volume XXII edited by Algis Budrys
01/05/2009. pub: Galaxy Press. 493 page paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US). ISBN: 1-59212-345-7.

Conversions of the book kind: April 2009
01/04/2009. Assorted books we've reviewed and now out in different formats and countries - cross-check our reviews search engine to see what we thought of them.

Halo: Ghosts Of Onyx audio book by Eric Nyland
01/04/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. 9 CDs,11 hours. Price: $29.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59397-983-6. Read by Jonathan Davis.

The Terminator by Sean French
01/04/2009. pub: BFI Publishing/Palgrave Macmillan. 72 page illustrated small softcover. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-85170-553-8.

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Ernie Malik
01/04/2009. pub: HarperCollins. 213 page illustrated softcover. Price: I pulled my copy for £ 3.50 (UK) so shop around for the best price. ISBN: 978-0-00-782397-0.

The Magician And The Fool by Barth Anderson
01/04/2009. pub: Bantam Spectra. 290 page enlarged paperback. Price: $13.00 (US), $16.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-553-38359-1.

Shout For The Dead (The Ascendants Of Estorea book 2) by James Barclay
01/04/2009. pub: Gollancz. 628 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 0-575-07622-4. pub: Gollancz. 628 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-57507-982-3.

Cry Of The Newborn by James Barclay
01/04/2009. pub: Gollancz. 819 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK only). ISBN: 0-575-07620-8. pub: Gollancz. 821 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN: 0-575-07812-X.

The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 21 edited by Gardner Dozois
01/04/2009. pub: Constable Robinson. 714 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84529-828-9.

Empire Of Ivory (Temeraire book 4) by Naomi Novik
01/04/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 388 paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-49687-4.

Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan
01/04/2009. pub: Night Shade Books. 263 page enlarged paperback. Price: $ 14.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59780-117-1.

Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004 by Frank Garcia and Mark Phillips
01/04/2009. pub: McFarland. 421 page illustrated indexed hardback. Price: £56.50 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-7864-2483-2.

Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: The Darkening Eye by Stewart Sheargold
01/04/2009. pub: Big Finish. 1 CD 60 minutes. Price: CD: £ 8.99 (UK), download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-355-2. Cast: Sarah Sutton and Derek Carlyle.

Doctor Who: Key 2 Time: The Chaos Pool by Peter Anghelides
01/04/2009. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minutes. Price: CD: £14.99 (UK), download: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-365-1. Cast: Peter Davison, Ciara Janson, Laura Doddington, Lalla Ward, David Troughton, Ben Jones, Toby Longworth and Cate Hamer.

Doctor Who: Orbis (Parts 1 and 2) by Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs
01/04/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minutes CD. Price: CD: £10.99 (UK), download: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-393-4. Cast: Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Andrew Sachs, Laura Solon, Katarina Olsson, Beth Chalmers and Barry McCarthy.

Dark Shadows: The Wicked And The Dead by Eric Wallace
01/04/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minutes CD. Price: CD: £ 9.99 (UK), download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: TBA. Voices: Jerry Lacy and John Karlen.

Postscripts #17
01/04/2009. pub: PS Publishing. 146 page paperback. Price: £ 6.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-184863-018-5.

Heir To Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
01/04/2009. pub: TOR-UK. 395 page hardback. Price: £18.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-230-01789-4.

Heir Of Autumn (The Heartstone Trilogy book 1) by Giles Carwyn and Todd Fahnestock
01/04/2009. pub: Eos/HarperCollins. 608 pages paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US). ISBN: 0-0-6082-976-1.

Harsh Oases by Paul Di Filippo
01/04/2009. pub: PS Publishing. 334 page hardback or slip-cased hardback: Price: £50.00/£75.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-90583-434-9.

Ender's Game audio book by Orson Scott Card
01/04/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. 9 CDs 10.5 hours. Price: $39.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-4272-0526-1. Read by: Stefen Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison and cast.

Beyond The Gap by Harry Turtledove
01/04/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 332 page hardback. Price: $24.95 (US), $31.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-765-31710-0.

Terminator Salvation: From The Ashes by Timothy Zahn
01/04/2009. pub: Titan Books. 318 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK), $ 7.99 (US), $ 8.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84856-286-4.

Chapterhouse Dune audio book by Frank Herbert
01/04/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. Price: $49.95 (US). 13 CDs16hrs 30 mins. ISBN: 978-1-4272-0317-5. Read by Euan Morton, Katherine Kelloren, Scott Brick, Simon Vance.

The Nightmarist by Duncan Roulau
01/04/2009. pub: Active Images. 180 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US). ISBN: 0-9766761-8-4.

Wildstorm: Armageddon by Christos Gage, Simon Coleby, Neil Googe, Brandon Badeux, Jonboy Meyers, Leandro Ferandez and Talent Caldwell
01/04/2009. pub: Titan/Wildstorm. 143 page graphic novel. Price: £11.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-749-5.

Bureau Of Special Investigations Starside: Final Inquiries by Roger MacBride Allen
01/04/2009. pub: Bantam Spectra. 421 page paperback. Price: $ 6.99 (US), $ 9.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-553-58728-9.

The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine
01/04/2009. pub: Bantam Spectra. 467 page paperback. Price: $ 6.99 (US), $ 9.99 (CAN). ISBN: 0-440-25274-6.

Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 3 by Nicholas Knight
01/04/2009. pub: Titan Books. 159 page illustrated softcover. Price: £ 9.99 (UK), $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84856-103-8.

Whipping Star by Frank Herbert
01/04/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 255 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-1775-9.

Black Man by Richard Morgan (US title: Thirteen)
01/04/2009. pub: Gollancz. 546 page hardback. Price: £14.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-575-07513-9. pub: Gollancz 630 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-07813-0.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke translated by Anthea Bell
01/04/2009. pub: The Chicken House. 544 page illustrated paperback Price £6.99 (UK). ISBN 978-1-904442-21-9.

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
01/04/2009. pub: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment KAL8009/B001NGGBB2. 48 minute film with extras. Price: £12.99 (UK).

Peril's Gate (Book 3 of The Alliance Of Light) by Janny Wurts
01/04/2009. pub: HarperVoyager. 800 page paperback, £8.99, ISBN: 978 0 00 710108 5.

Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier
01/04/2009. pub: TOR-UK. 410 page paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-330-43829-2.

Wanted
01/04/2009. Region 2 DVD: Universal 825 560 5. 105 minute film with extras including a limited edition copy of the first issue of the original comic. Price: £ 6.99 (UK) if you know where to look. Stars: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.

Zombie-Loan: Vol 2 by Peach-Pit
01/04/2009. pub: Yen Press/Orbit Books. 192 page graphic novel. Price: £ 5.99 (UK), $10.99, $12.75 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7595-2836-9.

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
01/04/2009. pub: Gollancz. 421 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08692-0.

Conversions March 2009
02/03/2009. Hardbck to paperback and UK to US release. Use the SFC search engine to read the original reviews.

Duke Elric: Chronicles Of The Last Emperor Of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock and illustrated by Justin Sweet
02/03/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 346 page illustrated enlarged paperback. Price: $15.00 (S), $17.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-49865-6.

Religion & Belief by Joan Garrod and Marsha Jones
02/03/2009. pub: Palgrave Macmillan. 201 page indexed enlarged paperback. Price: £19.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-333-68763-5.

City Without End (Book Three of The Entire And The Rose) by Kay Kenyon
02/03/2009. pub: Pyr/Prometheus Books. 469 page hardback. Price: $25.98 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59102-698-3.

Site reviews: Galaxy Zoo 2
02/03/2009. Volunteers required for Galactic mission! What is 'The Galaxy Zoo'? The website above will give you all the information you need but basically it involves using volunteers over the Internet to help classify galaxies to give a better understanding of the universe and its evolution.

Every Last Drop (A Joe Pitt Novel) by Charlie Huston
02/03/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 252 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.00 (US), $16.50 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-49588-4. pub: Orbit. 350 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-681-8.

Doctor Who Stageplay: The Curse Of The Daleks by David Whittaker and Terry Nation
02/03/2009. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minute. Price: £14.99 (UK), £12.99 (download). ISBN: 978-1-84435-375-0. cast: Michael Praed, Patric Kearns, Beth Chalmers, Nick Wilton, James George, John Line, Derek Carlyle, Glynn Sweet, Denise Hoey and Nicholas Briggs.

Embracing The Wide Sky by Daniel Tammet
02/03/2009. pub: Hodder & Stoughton. 294 page indexed small hardback. Price: £16.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-340-96132-2.

Doctor Who: Key 2 Time (Part 2) Destroyer of Delights by Jonathan Clements
02/03/2009. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minute. Price: £14.99 (UK), £12.99 (download). ISBN: 978-1-84435-364-4. cast: Peter Davison, Ciara Janson, David Troughton, Jason Watkins, Jess Robinson, Bryan Pilkington, Paul Chahidi, Will Barton and David Peart.

Humpty Dumpty In Oakland by Philip K. Dick
02/03/2009. pub: TOR. 252 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-1691-2.

Iris Wildthyme-The Sound of Fear by Mark Michalowski
02/03/2009. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute CD. Price: £10.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-366-8. cast: Katy Manning, David Benson, Miles Richardson, Helen Goldwyn, Jane Goddard and Scott Handcock.

Doctor Who: Key 2 Time (Part 1) Judgement of Isskar by Simon Guerrier
02/03/2009. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minutes. Price: £14.99 (UK) or £12.99 (download). ISBN: 978-1-84435-363-7. cast: Peter Davison, Ciara Janson, Laura Doddington, Nicholas Briggs, Andrew Jones, Raquel Cassidy, Jeremy James and Heather Wright.

The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling
02/03/2009. pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 297 page hardback. Price: $25.00 (US), $28.00 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-345-46062-2.

Lamentation Audio Book (Part One of Five, The Psalms of Isaak Series) by Ken Scholes
02/03/2009. pub: Macmillan Audio. ISBN: 978-1-4272-0625-1. 15 hours 12 CDs. Price: $44.95 (US). read by: Stefan Rudnicki, Scott Brick, William Dufris and Maggi-Meg Reed.

The Spider-Man Chronicles: The Art And Making Of Spider-Man 3 by Grant Curtis
02/03/2009. pub: Chronicle Books. 233 page large illustrated hardback. Price: originally $50. 00 (US) but I got it for £ 12.00 (UK) if you know where to look. ISBN: 978-0-8118-5777-2.

Subtle Edens edited by Allen Ashley
02/03/2009. pub: Elastic Press. 318 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK), $15.00 (US). ISBN: 978-0-9553181-9-1.

The First Betrayal (The Chronicle Of Josan book 1) by Patricia Bray
02/03/2009. pub: Bantam Spectra. 342 page paperback. Price: $ 6.99 (US), $ 9.99 (CAN). ISBN: 0-553-58876-1.

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
02/03/2009. pub: TOR-UK. 369 page hardback. Price: £14.99 (UK). ISBN: 1-4050-5204-X.

Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair
02/03/2009. pub: Bantam Books. 424 page paperback. Price: $ 6.99 (US). ISBN: 978-0-553-59218-4.

Murky Depths # 7
02/03/2009. pub: House of Murky Depths. 84 page American comic-size. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-906584-11-5.

Severian Of The Guild by Gene Wolfe
02/03/2009. pub: Gollancz. 905 page enlarged paperback. Price: £14.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-5750-8130-7.

Constantine Hellblazer: Joyride by Andy Diggle and Leonardo Manco
02/03/2009. pub: Titan/Vertigo. 190 page graphic novel. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-775-4.

Tales From The Crypt # 8
02/03/2009. pub: Papercutz. 48 page comic. Price: $ 3.95 (US), $ 4.95 (CAN).

Site review: Bookviewcafe.com
02/03/2009. The Internet has brought many changes to media publishing. Music is available as a download and it may be the case that in ten to twenty years, the CD will have vanished, gone the same way as the audiotape.

Spaceship Away Parts 17 Spring 2009
02/03/2009. pub: Spaceship Away. Rod Barzilay, 8 Marley Close, Preston, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 6DH, UK. 44 page A4 glossy stock magazines. Price: £ 6.99 (UK), 9.00 euro, £10.00 (overseas). On subscription or wanting to get back issues, buy 6 and the 7th is for free!!!.

Maelstrom by Peter Watts
02/03/2009. pub: TOR/Forge. 378 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-2053-7.

Seeds Of Earth (book one of Humanity's Fire) by Michael Cobley
02/03/2009. pub: Orbit. 486 page enlarged paperback. Price: £10.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-632-0.

Conversions Feb 2009
01/02/2009. Missed the book the first time around, watch for the different versions.