A discussion of “best bets” for science fiction, fantasy and horror for January 2014 appears in an article by John DeNardo in Kirkus Reviews. There
are a number of social science fiction and dystopian novels listed,
as well as “off-planet” action novels. Also mentioned is a
collection of essays on science fiction and fantasy entitled What
Makes This Book So Great by Jo
Walton, a Hugo award-winning author.
On
the horror front, two books are mentioned (with the promise of a
future article highlighting more horror selections). Sarah
Pinborough's Mayhem transports
readers to Victorian England at the time of Jack the Ripper. Scotland
Yard must now deal with the "Torso Killer", who dismembers his
victims and leaves behind “neatly-wrapped packages” of body parts
for the police to discover. Also featured is Snowblind by
Christopher Golden, his first new horror novel in more than a decade, which is set in the New England town of Coventry where a
snowstorm brings supernatural figures threatening the town's
inhabitants.
For
the complete article by John DeNardo, please click here. And for a more detailed list
of upcoming 2014 horror novels, you might want to visit the listings
published by Powell's Books at http://www.powells.com/section/horror/coming-soon/2/.
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