Spontaneous ∂erivation

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Someone decided to Upload™ himself illegally after his death. Also, how do you have sex with a cyborg boyfriend?

This is an oldie—from 1999 in the UK, finally appearing in the US theatre. You can also find her 2004 critically acclaimed novel in the Kindle store, Natural History.

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Mind alteration, mind control, moral dilemmas, and short-listed for the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke award.

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From the writer who brought you Brasyl (not yet available in the Kindle store) comes its precursor, River of Gods, bringing a future India to life.

I’ve been waiting for this one for a long, long time.

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The first two books of Edelman’s debut Jump 225 trilogy are now available in the Kindle store. The second book, MultiReal, also makes its first showing in the Kindle store today.

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Well, we have book two of the Starship series, but no book one (Starship: Mutiny) in the Kindle store yet. Military SF opera.

I never feel comfortable starting smack in the middle of that type of series.

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Now this anthology I’ve been waiting for as well! Nineteen stories of—well, the title covers it all—edited by Lou Anders!

Includes stories by Robert Charles Wilson, Justina Robson, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robyn Hitchcock, Kage Baker, Tony Ballantyne, Elizabeth Bear, Stephen Baxter, A. M. Dellamonica, Larry Niven with Brenda Cooper, Louise Marley, Ken MacLeod, Mike Resnick with Nancy Kress, Ian McDonald, Pamela Sargent, Mary A. Turzillo, George Zebrowski, Gene Wolfe, John Meaney, and Paul Di Filippo.

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File this under humorous paranormal investigator fantasy, the sequel to Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight (also available in the Kindle store).

No Stalking the Dragon yet, though, but there’s plenty of time.

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The third book in the Quantum Gravity series. The first two (Keeping it Real and Selling Out) are not yet available.

Cyborg Action Girl is tossed into political intrigue and dangerous byplay between elves and demons.

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Dave Freer comments, “A powerful obsessive dynastic fantasy with clever shades of Arthurian mythos.” And I definitely can’t do better than that. For those looking for a series, this is a stand-alone debut novel.

Mind you, authors and publishers sometimes go back on their word….

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In a post-apocalyptic world, an ex-marine establishes an autocratic fortress/school for troubled young rich folks. Things go horribly wrong, and teenage geeks save the world.

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Regular Joes and Janes are recruited to act as Witnesses for the atonement acts of an alien race. Through Craig’s List. Or something like it (this is near-future SF).

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Modesitt launches another fantasy trilogy.

An apprentice artist learns he’s an Imager—what he wishes comes true. This is almost never good (and it really isn’t) and causes much trouble for him (as par for such courses).

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Based on the hit video game of the same name, and a prequel to Dragon Age: Origins (not yet on the Kindle).

A deposed prince Maric must take back his father’s lands. Fortunately he has an army. Unfortunately, he can safely trust about a total of two people in the world: an outlaw and a warrior maiden.

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An idea SF tale: a tycoon wakes up in the 24th century, where society has become a sort of Ayn-Randian utopia¹, controlled by corporations and the free market, where people own stock in each other in lieu of actual relationships.