The View From Monday - January 25, 2021

Happy Last Monday in January!

There are 3 debuts this week:

Dead Money by Srinath Adiga;

Faye, Faraway by Helen Fisher;

and

Gutter Child by Jael Richardson.

Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.

From formerly featured DAC Authors:

False Value (Rivers of London 8) by Ben Aaronovitch is out in Mass Market Paperback;

We Could be Heroes by Mike Chen;

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez is out in Trade Paperback;

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu is out in Trade Paperback;

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry is out in Trade Paperback;

Brother Red by Adrian Selby;

The Mask Falling (Bone Season 4) by Samantha Shannon;

and

Shades of Allegiance (Anomaly 3) by Sandy Williams.

Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.

 

 

 

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

January 26, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
False Value (h2mm)	Ben Aaronovitch	UF - Rivers of London  8
Dead Money (D)	Srinath Adiga	Dys/Th
Stake (h2tp)	Kevin J. Anderson	H
Dealbreaker	L. X. Beckett	SF/AC/CyP - The Bounceback 2
The Queen's Bargain (h2mm)	Anne Bishop	DF/RF - Black Jewels 10
Straight Outta Dodge City (tp2mm)	David Boop (Ed)	DF - Anthology
The Science of Doctor Who: The Scientific Facts Behind the Time Warps and Space Travels of the Doctor	Mark Brake	Science - The Science of
Penric's Progress (h2mm)	Lois McMaster Bujold	F
One Poison Pie	Lynn Cahoon	CM - Kitchen Witch Mysteries 1
The Swallowed Man	Edward Carey	FairyT/FolkT/LM/MR/Hist
We Could Be Heroes	Mike Chen	SH/SF/HU
Faye, Faraway (D)	Helen Fisher	CW/TT
The Spear of Malice	R.S. Ford	F/DF - War of the Archons 3
Empire City	Matt Gallagher	LF
Agency (h2tp)	William Gibson	TechTh/SF/LF - The Jackpot Trilogy 2
The New Improved Sorceress (tp2mm)	Sara Hanover	F - Wayward Mages 2
Pawn's Gambit (Ke)	Rob J. Hayes	F - Mortal Techniques  2
The Vanished Birds (h2tp)	Simon Jimenez	SF/SO/LF
The Only Good Indians (h2tp)	Stephen Graham Jones	H
Breaking Silence (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey Cody Martin	CF - Serrated Edge 10
The Unspoken Name (h2tp)	A. K. Larkwood	F - Serpent Gates 1
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (h2tp)	Ken Liu	SF - Collection
The One (h2mm)	John Marrs	LF/GenEng/Dys
Doctor Who: All Flesh is Grass: Time Lord Victorious	Una McCormack	SF - Doctor Who
A Tapestry of Treason	Anne O'Brien	His/LF/CW/AH
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (h2tp)	H. G. Parry	HistF/Occ/Sup/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Shadow Histories 1
The Mistress of Illusions (h2mm)	Mike Resnick	F/DF - Dreamscape Trilogy 2
Gutter Child (D)	Jael Richardson	LF
Brother Red	Adrian Selby	DF
The Mask Falling	Samantha Shannon	Dys/CF/UF - Bone Season 4
A Cat on the Case	Clea Simon	PCM - Witch Cats of Cambridge 3
The Expert System's Champion	Adrian Tchaikovsky	SF/GenEng - The Expert System's Brother 2
Mazes of Power (h2tp)	Juliette Wade	SF/AP/PA - The Broken Trust 1
Knight's Ransom	Jeff Wheeler	F/HistF - First Argentines 1
Shades of Allegiance	Sandy Williams	SF/SO - Anomaly 3

January 27, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Shards: A Tor.com Original (e)	Ian Rogers	H

January 28, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Interpreting Star Wars: Reading a Modern Film Franchise	Miles Booy	HC/SF

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Ke - Kindle eBook
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BHU - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CM - Crime & Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
GothicR - Gothic Romance
GW&CC - Global Warming and Climate Change
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HistR - Historical Romance
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
Med - Medical
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash-Up
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PF - Paranormal Fantasy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
PP - Police Porcedural
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SFTh - Science Fiction Thriller
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical
WS - Women Sleuths

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.