Short Recommendations - Uncle Hugo's

wakes up in the jungle with the five intervening years missing from his memory, he sets out to
do something about the laughing sickness, and winds up in San Francisco, where a crew of
survivalist hackers holed up in a porn studio are leading the fight against the laughing corpses
and the corporate stooges who have tried to profit from the slaughter.)
Scarrow, Alex TimeRiders $9.99 (YA; Maddy should have died in a plane crash. Liam should have died
when the Titanic sank. Sal should have died in a fire. But a mysterious man whisked them away
to safety - to join an agency created to stop time travel from destroying the world.)
Slonczewski, Joan The Highest Frontier $26.99 (On an Earth altered by global warming, with an invasive alien
species threatening the surviving ecosystems, Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, daughter of a rich and
influential family, is headed for the college of the future, in orbit.)
Starmer, Aaron The Only Ones $17.99 (Kids; Martin arrives at the village of Xibalba. Like the other children
who've journeyed there, he faces an awful truth. When families and friends all disappeared one
afternoon, he and these other children were forgotten. Inspired by the prophesies of a
mysterious boy who talks to animals, Martin believes he can reunite them with their loved ones
- but believing and knowing are two different things.)
Stephenson, Neal Reamde $35.00 (Richard Forthrast is a wealthy high-tech entrepreneur with a shady past,
whose company owns a wildly popular online role-playing game. The line between fantasy and
reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young gold farmer accidentally triggers a virtual
war for dominance - and Richard is caught in the crossfire.)
Ueda, Sayuri The Cage of Zeus $14.99 (On a space station orbiting Jupiter, the 'rounds', artificially created
humans with the sex organs of both genders, have created their own society with a radically
different view of gender and of life itself. Security chief Shirosaki keeps the peace between the
rounds and the single-gendered humans, but after a terrorist attack disturbs the balance of
power and tolerance, an entire people is targeted for genocide.)
Weber, David How Firm a Foundation $27.99 (Safehold #5: If Charis is to survive, it must defeat the
Church of God Awaiting on its own ground. But how to invade the mainland when the foe has
numerical superiority? And how to prevent the Church from rebuilding its fleets and attacking
yet again?)
Westerfeld, Scott Goliath $19.99 (Leviathan #3: YA; Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world
quest to end the Great War and reclaim Alek's throne, as the Leviathan steams toward New
York City with a homicidal lunatic on board.)
Weston, Robert Paul Dust City $8.99 (YA; Ever since his father's arrest for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood,
Henry Whelp has kept a low profile at a Home for Wayward Wolves - until a murder at the
Home leads Henry to believe his father was framed.)
Willingham, Bill Down the Mysterly River $15.99 (YA; Sean, Jimm, and Dave were boyhood friends. Then a
strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something
terrible happened that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. 25 years later,
Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. Dave is trying to
keep his demons at bay - demons that urge him to do terrible things. When Jimmy's daughter is
murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy,
who is inclined to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave, who came home
the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood.)
Yancey, Rick The Curse of the Wendigo $9.99 (Monstrumologist #2: YA; While attempting to disprove the
existence of the vampire, Dr. Warthrop is asked by an old flame to rescue her husband from a
Wendigo. Warthrop thinks the Wendigo is fictitious, but he rescues her husband in the
Canadian wilderness. When the husband transforms into a Wendigo, can the doctor and Will
Henry hunt down this vicious predator?)
Early October
Abbott/Lavery (ed) TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural $14.95 (Nonfiction; essays
examining the TV series' cultural footprint, covering folklore, religion, gender and sexuality,
music, and more. Plus a brief episode guide.)
Abnett, Dan Salvation's Reach $24.99 (Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: The Tanith First is deployed
into the line again, their first combat since Jago. Under secret orders from Crusade High
Command, they undertake a covert mission into the space hulk debris belts of Salvation's
Reach. But can Gaunt trust everyone around them?)
Adams, CT /Clamp, C Demon Song $7.99 (Blood Singer #3: A long-sealed pathway to the demonic dimension
begins to open, and only Celia has the combination of abilities needed to close it again.)
Anderson, Kevin (ed) Blood Lite II: Overbite $7.99 (Anthology; 31 humorous horror stories)
Anderson, Taylor Rising Tides $7.99 (Destroyermen #5: As Reddy and the crew of the USS Walker continue
their battle for freedom and survival in a parallel universe, the stakes become much more
personal, and much more perilous)
Anderson, Taylor Firestorm $25.95 (Destroyermen #6: Even as the Allies and the Empire of New Britain Isles
stand united against the Grik and the Japanese, the Holy Dominion - a warped, power-hungry