ReAnimus Press new releases [2019]

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New from ReAnimus Press: SENSE OF WONDER by Gardner Dozois

https://ReAnimus.com/1589 (available in both ebook and paperback [$19.99, 531 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D1DL89S

SENSE OF WONDER presents an epic set of short story reviews by a legend in the business--all of Gardner Dozois' reviews from his Locus Magazine column from 2009-2017. If you wanted to know how one of the best editors and writers thinks about short stories and what makes them tick, who would you want to know from? Gardner Dozois! Gardner won more Hugo awards for editing than anyone, for his incredible work with Asimove's Science Fiction Magazine--where stories he selected and edited won tons more awards. He won awards for his own writing as well, and created a huge number of anthologies, including the reknowned "Year's Best Science Fiction" series. There's no better choice than getting an education from a profound mind like that. We mourn his recent passing, but his insights are timeless. A must-have for any writer or fan of the field.

(Aptly, SENSE OF WONDER was reviewed [positively] in Locus in November 2018.)

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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New from ReAnimus Press: BEING GARDNER DOZOIS by Michael Swanwick

https://ReAnimus.com/1588 (available in both ebook and paperback [$14.99, 290 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D25G4B9

It's terribly sad that Gardner was recently taken from us, so if you want insight into one of the best editors there was, who would you want to know about? Gardner Dozois! Gardner won more Hugo awards for editing than anyone, for his incredible work with Asimove's Science Fiction Magazine--where stories he selected and edited won tons more awards. He won awards for his own writing as well, and created a huge number of anthologies, including the reknowned "Year's Best Science Fiction" series. There's no better choice than getting insights into a mind like that.

BEING GARDNER DOZOIS is an in-depth look at what made him tick; a facinating interview with his friend (and notable SF author) Michael Swanwick, that describes Gardner's thoughts on writing, his obsessions, collaborations, and his influence in the world of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

A must for anyone who wants to get published (or get published more... or win awards... or win more awards), or anyone who loves the science fiction field.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: DREAMS OF THE TECHNARION by Sean McMullen

https://ReAnimus.com/1582 (available in both ebook and paperback [$15.99, 336 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0783MWC2K

Hugo finalist and steampunk master Sean McMullen presents ten science fiction stories that skirt the borderlands of reality--and most of the science is not fiction.

• The Andromedans will arrive and wipe us out in a few centuries, so should we be worried?
• We can't yet accelerate a space probe to a tenth of the speed of light, but we already have the technology to slow it down.
• Will humanity be doomed unless all astronauts go on creative writing courses?
• Oscar Wilde is dead, so why is he still writing?
• What Roman warship was powered by fish?
• Why were the Metropolitan Police interested in quantum entanglement back in 1899?
• Why was an American typist trying to save the world from computers in 1875?

And this volume includes: OUTPOST OF WONDER - SF in Australia 1832--2017

Based on the research for Sean's twenty-six books and articles on Australian SF, this is the amazing, heroic, sometimes amusing and occasionally horrifying story of nearly two centuries of science fiction by Australians. How many Hugo Awards has Australian SF brought home? How many Oscars? Which Australian novels may have saved the world? Who wrote and staged a feminist space opera in 1958? More Australian SF has been published since 2000 than in the rest of its history put together, but what are its prospects for the future?

If you want answers, you will have to keep reading.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: THE STARCROSSED by Ben Bova - $3.99

https://ReAnimus.com/1466 (available in both ebook and paperback [$12.99, 264 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VELE758

A stinging SFnal, futuristic satire on the TV industry, based on Ben's and Harlan Ellison's involvement in a real TV series, THE STARLOST.

(Bova dedicates the novel to "Cordwainer Bird", the pen name Harlan Ellison used when he did not want to be associated with a television or film project.)

Television in the 21st century, where ratings are everything... Physicist Bill Oxford has just developed a device that can make the networks even more powerful, and now he is caught in the most vicious battle of the future: the ratings war!

Harlan's script won a major award (though his script isn't what was filmed!); and ReAnimus Press has the novel edition of his award-winning version (PHOENIX WITHOUT ASHES).

A delightful bit of fun in the future, poking fun at those who should be poked.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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https://ReAnimus.com/1598 (available in both ebook [$3.99] and paperback [$14.99, 317 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MYPRS2C

A cubed--Controversial Tales of the Fantastic from Alaska, Africa, and Asia--from an award-winning author

Sometimes the most alien and exotic places are right here on Earth in our modern era. Journey along with three amazing science fiction & fantasy stories from each "A" part of the world (for nine total), including some major award finalists--all with some aspect of controversy.

The controversies range from cultural situations in the areas themselves and from the intersection of cultures, to inherently controversial topics, to controversies surrounding the very writing, publication, or award standings of the stories themselves.

All the stories are fantastic -- in both senses of the word, "excellent quality" and "science fiction & fantasy." All the controversies ultimately enrich the stories, and you'll feel enriched for having explored the exotic landscapes within.

George Guthridge is a Nebula and Hugo Award finalist, and winner of the Stoker Award.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: SAFECRACKING by Richard Byrne

https://ReAnimus.com/1562 (available in both ebook for $3.99 and paperback for $13.99, 286 pages)
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYYL4GY

Packed with hilarious anecdotes and astonishing tales from those on both sides of the law, Richard Byrne's absorbing history of the safecracking industry reveals the whole fascinating story. From the earliest strong-boxes to today's hightech alarm systems, from standard dynamite to complex thermic lances, the battle between burglar and protector is timeless. Illustrated with photos, Safecracking is the definitive study of the history of that notorious criminal activity.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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New from ReAnimus Press: PAST THE SLEEPING SONS OF GOD by Alfred Coppel

https://ReAnimus.com/1599 (available in both ebook and paperback [$17.99, 367 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P1J2F9S

Newly discovered, never-before published novel from a master writer!

Flor Ortega has lived many lives. She has been the estranged daughter of an American former CIA agent, a secret sister, a poet, a lover, a passionate revolutionary. She strikes passionate loyalty into the hearts of some, and hatred into the hearts of others, but one one thing is certain: No one who crosses her path is left unchanged.

Her ailing father orders two of his people to retrieve her from Mexico, archeology professor Thomas Bryan Avila and lawyer Caroline Warren--who find her missing, taken by a military squad calling themselves "La Noche Triste."

The two soon find themselves entangled in the complex political, religious, and geographic history of the region. For one it is home, the place of his birth and of his beloved archeological dig. For the other it is a land more foreign than she had imagined. Together they must find Flor Ortego before it's too late, but to do that they must answer an important question: Who is Flor Ortega? Or, perhaps more importantly, what is she?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alfred Coppel was born in Oakland, and served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started his career as a writer. He became one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950s and 1960s, adopting the pseudonyms Robert Cham Gilman and A.C. Marin and writing for a variety of pulp magazines and later "slick" publishers. Though writing in a variety of genres, including action thrillers, he is known for his science fiction short stories and novels.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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New from ReAnimus Press: ICEMAN by Cynthia Felice

https://ReAnimus.com/1611 (available in both ebook and paperback [$12.99, 229 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QCVH74X

In the distant future, fire and ice can lead to revolution...

Jacinta was a starborn noblewoman and cyberlinked ship's navigator, ignorant of the strange ways of planet Earth in its second Ice Age. When her shuttle crashes on a desolate patch of Earth along with Michael, the dashing young officer, they have to depend on each other to survive the deadly climate and hope for rescue. In Michael grows a burning passion and he hopes he might see Jacinta again after their rescue. She has other hopes, for a life in space. Regardless of what either might want, Jacinta's uncle, the powerful head of the Consortium and enforcer of the Consortium's rigid, repressive social rules, would never allow them to even see each other... Or would he? Was there a hungry fire in Jacinta's and Michael's hearts that could melt a whole planet of ice?

"the most spectacular thing about Felice's skill [is] the freshness of her vision and the clarity of her style."
--Denver Post

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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New from ReAnimus Press: BOBBY'S GIRL by J. D. Austin, author of the TIMESHARE time travel series (Joshua Dann = J. D. Austin)

https://ReAnimus.com/1520 (available in both ebook and paperback)
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VQTP8WC

Brilliant young Hollywood director Bobby Albertson is delighted when he finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover that beautiful Kathy Miller is really an alien on the run from some nasty intergalactic enemies.

Also released is the sequel, MEET THE THRADONS, where Bobby and friends pay a visit to Thradon...

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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New from ReAnimus Press: PAINT YOUR FACE ON A DROWNING IN THE RIVER by Craig Strete

https://ReAnimus.com/1597 (available in both ebook and paperback [$11.99, 133 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MCGCKFF

Tall Horse and Joseph Little Eagle are rivals for Nila, with whom they have grown up. In a poignant love story, they face not only the normal conflicts of a triangle situation, but are torn by the pressures innate in reservation life--the fierce loyalty to their own as against the lure of the outside. And, in a sense, it is the outside world that decides their fate.

The story of the young people runs concurrently with the drama of Tall Horse's grandparents, Old Cat and his wife. To them the ultimate tragedy is Tall Horse's views of the outside world. "We are not afraid of dying," the old woman says, "we are afraid of dying out."

Craig Strete, himself a native American, gives us a compelling look at life on an Indian reservation. He writes with passion and humor, and his characters speak urgently in voices that must be heard.

The poetic title of this vivid, sensitive novel is an Ojibway saying. It means, "You are killing me."
"Compellingly orchestrated... high in tension and charged with interacting emotion"
--Kirkus Reviews

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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New from ReAnimus Press: CHALLENGE FOR A THRONE by Robert Silverberg

https://ReAnimus.com/1615
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VSQH3TS

Read the real life Game of Thrones, the basis George R.R. Martin says he used for the GoT series... A time full of amazing intrigue, battles, incredible characters, and lots of, er, death.

In the fifteenth century, two families of royal descent, the Houses of York and Lancaster, clashed in an epic series of civil wars to win and control the throne of England.

Fantasy & Science Fiction Grandmaster Robert Silverberg brings the personalities, politics, and events of this complex and exciting period to vivid and relevant life, with two dozen illustrations by noted SF author and artist Judith Ann Lawrence (Judy Blish).

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: THE GATE OF WORLDS by Robert Silverberg

https://ReAnimus.com/1584 (available in both ebook and paperback [$12.99, 212 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078BTNMH1

An Alternate History adventure...

From Turkish dominated Europe, across the high seas to the land of opportunity--the Aztec Empire-- Dan Beauchamp is a young Englishman whose heart longs for fortune and adventure. But industrial Mexico is a long way from primitive Britain, and Dan has a lot to learn.

From the city of London--better known as New Istanbul--to the untamed wilderness of North America lies a high adventure not to be missed.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: LOCAL KNOWLEDGE (A KIERAN LENAHAN MYSTERY) by Conor Daly

https://ReAnimus.com/1277 (available in both ebook and paperback [$14.99, 270 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ANB7URC

Competing in the Capitol Metropolitan Golf championship, lawyer-turned-golf pro Kieran Lenahan is taken in for questioning by the police, who believe that his young ward is responsible for the murder of millionaire country-club owner Sylvester Miles.

"A FAST-PACED MYSTERY"
--THE NEW YORK TIMES

Set in the world of pro-am golf, Kieran Lenahan, golf pro at Milton Country Club in Westchester County, N.Y., has just earned a berth in a local PGA tournament when the police inform him that the body of one of his club's co-owners has been fished out of a water hazard. Lenahan, a former lawyer, is stunned to hear he has been named in the dead man's will and designated to evaluate a set of rare, legendary Blitzklubs clubs, the sale of which is the sole inheritance for the dead man's beautiful trophy wife. Then the clubs are stolen, and Lenahan's young shop assistant, a reforming juvenile delinquent, is arrested for the murder. Lenahan must find the real murderer to free his assistant, search for the clubs--and prepare to play his opening PGA round.

As Publisher's weekly says, "Even non-golfers will delight in Lenahan's love of the game and the fairway world."

"DALY SCORES A BIRDIE"
--PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

Conor Daly is the pen name of a practicing attorney.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE SUDDENLY SINGLE by Barbara Berson and Ben Bova

https://ReAnimus.com/1573 (available in both ebook and paperback [$14.99, 272 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072HTRD5Q

There are almost a million divorces a year in the United States. Some 2,000,000 suddenly-single men and women find themselves facing the bewildering problems of building new lives for themselves each year. Survival Guide For The Suddenly Single is written for them, by a woman and a man who have faced similar problems and overcome them.

Survival Guide is written in chapters that alternate between the woman's viewpoint and the man's, by a woman and a man who have gone through their suddenly single time. They show the funny, tragic, maddening, happy things that can--and do--happen when you become suddenly single. Their emphasis is on using this time as an opportunity to learn how to live, to build a new lifestyle, to achieve independence, self-esteem, and emotional maturity.

In specific chapters, they show the problems facing the suddenly-single person. And their solutions. For example:[*] How to keep your ex from invading your suddenly-single home.[*] How to cope with the financial disaster area left in the wake of the marriage's break-up.[*] How to tell the children about the split, and how to handle their relationships with their other parent.[*] How to meet new people and deal with the fun and fears of sex.[*] How to survive friends and relatives who are either overly-helpful or terribly distant.[*] How to learn to stand on your own feet and face the world unafraid, free, and open to the lifestyle you've always wanted to achieve.[*] How to choose a place to live and deal with the intricacies of cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc.[*] How to build a suddenly-single lifestyle while still supporting your ex and children.[*] How to get back into the swing of dating.[*] How to keep your marital split from affecting your job.[*] How to keep your children from becoming strangers to you.[*] How to get past the guilt feelings and start living.

A time of woe, or a time of growth. Survival Guide For The Suddenly Single shows how to turn the first few weeks and months after a marriage break-up into a period of renewal and accomplishment.

Ben Bova (six-time Hugo Award winning author) and his long-time soul mate Barbara Berson wrote this book after each faced a breakup. They were married over 30 years, until Barbara's passing in 2009.

** Publisher's Note

Many things have changed since this book was written in 1974--though many things have not. Please understand there may be some obvious social anachronisms, as well as dated dollar amounts, etc. These should all be obvious, with the bulk of the advice remaining useful.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new

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Introducing, from ReAnimus Press: ROCK STAR by Tim Poston and Ian Stewart

https://ReAnimus.com/1576 (available in both ebook and paperback [$14.99, 351 pages])
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074DG7MYG

The awesome sequel to The Living Labyrinth. It's all fun and games with syntei until they fall into the wrong hands...



Ingredients



Rock Star -- a planetless blue giant orbited by hundreds of millions of rocks forming a single vast asteroid field, subtly disobeying human laws of gravity and dynamics. An enigma concealing the greatest threat that humanity has ever encountered.

Old Earth -- polluted, damaged, all ice melted, ecosystems slowly dying. Most of its people live in the polar regions, in floating cities, or in undersea domes. Kept alive by external aid, imported down three closely guarded beanstalks.

The Concordat -- a loose-knit federation of former Old Earth colony worlds and their own colonies, wealthy beyond measure. Imposed Quarantine on the birth world of humanity 1700 years ago, denying it access to the stars, except for carefully vetted colonists. Its ultimate power is a monopoly on the means of interstellar travel.

Ira da Terra -- a person and a liberation movement. Terra-ists will stop at nothing to free Earth from Concordat dominion and repression, and open the path to the Galaxy.

Church of Cthulhu -- surviving in the remnants of drowned Manhattan, waiting for their souls to be eaten when the stars are right.

Qish -- a lost colony, rediscovered in Living Labyrinth, which has lost most human science but developed tech based on syntei.

Syntei -- matter transmitters that grow on trees. Reaching the Concordat, syntelics threaten its very basis ... even as it faces the danger from Rock Star.

Nazg -- a system with twenty-three inhabited worlds and innumerable artificial habitats. Home to Salim Sisters, the Concordat's most advanced hi-tech corporation.

Valkyrie -- an obsolete Da Silva caltrop, used to train candidates for Galactic citizenship, twice destroyed. Its impossibly resurrected crew must work with the Syntelic League to save the human race from annihilation.

Recipe

Mix ingredients thoroughly and simmer over relentlessly increasing heat.

Lots more new books from ReAnimus Press - see the list at www.reanimus.com/new