Uncle Hugo's Bookstore Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore 2864 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55407

Newsletter #97 March — May, 2012

Hours: M-F 10 am to 8 pm RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION Sat. 10 am to 6 pm; Sun. Noon to 5 pm Already Received Uncle Hugo's 612-824-6347 Uncle Edgar's 612-824-9984 Magazine #440 (Christmas Special news; memories of Elisabeth Fax 612-827-6394 Sladen; more)...... $9.99 E-mail: [email protected] Doctor Who Magazine #441 (Celebrate Christmas with the Doctor; David Website: www.UncleHugo.com Troughton, Patrick's son, takes on his dad's role; more)...... $8.99 Doctor Who Magazine #442 (Preview of 'The Doctor, the Widow and the 38th Anniversary Sale Wardrobe'; 3 exclusive art cards; more)...... $10.99 Fantasy & Science Fiction January / February 2012 (New fiction, reviews, more)...... $7.50 Uncle Hugo’s is the oldest Locus #611 December 2011 (Interviews with Charles Stross and Gemma Files; surviving science fiction bookstore in the World Fantasy award and convention report; forthcoming books; industry news, reviews, United States. We opened for business more)...... $6.95 on March 2, 1974. To encourage you to Locus #612 January 2012 (Interviews with Lois McMaster Bujold and Claude help us celebrate Uncle Hugo’s 38th Lalumiere; Anne McCaffrey obituary; industry news, reviews, more)...... $6.95 Anniversary, we’re having a sale. Come Locus #613 February 2012 (Interview with ; the year in review; Locus into either Uncle Hugo’s or Uncle Edgar’s and get 10% off everything recommended reading list; industry news, reviews, more)...... $6.95 except gift certificates. A discount card Beard, Matthew The Last Garrison (Dungeons & Dragons: PBO; A dark figure controls the forest, will save you even more–you’ll get both served by crowlike humanoids that menace the village of Haven. If the Old Stargazer cannot the 10% savings from the sale and the or will not protect the villagers, they will have to find someone who can. Nergei knows they 10% savings from the discount card. must venture beyond the safety of Haven to find the help they need. With little to offer (Sale prices apply to in-store sales, but mercenaries, and a ragged band at his side, he sets forth in search of heroes).. . . . $7.99 not to mail orders.) Carlson, J.P. Rex Riders (YA; Near his uncle's broken-down Texas ranch, 14-year-old Zeke Calhoun The 38h Anniversary sale lasts finds a stranger lying face down in the dirt, and a juvenile T-Rex keeping a pack of wolves Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March at bay. While Zeke saves the stranger, he notices a bridle on the T-Rex. His actions plunge 11. This gives you two weekends to take him into an incredible adventure)...... $16.95 advantage of the sale. Collins, Suzanne (of interest): Seife, Emily Hunger Games Tribute Guide (YA; Movie tie-in; full color guide to the 24 tributes participating in Panem's 74th annual Hunger Games). . . . $7.99 Crumb, R. The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat (Reissue; Adults only. Black & white graphic Award News novel; underground comix featuring the freewheeling feline chiseler)...... $19.99 Duchamp, L. Timmel Never at Home (PBO; Collection; 7 works of short sf, 2 original to this volume) The World Fantasy Award for ...... $18.00 best novel went to Who Fears Death? Durbin, Frederic The Star Shard (Kids; 12-year-old Cymbril is a slave on a gigantic wagon city. The by Nnedi Okorafor ($15.00). wagon's master purchases Loric, a new slave who is one of the magical Fey. Cymbril and Loric join forces to plan their escape, threading their way through a series of increasing The 2012 William L. Crawford dangers as their one chance for freedom draws nearer)...... $16.99 Fantasy Award for best first fantasy Ellis/Caceres Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island (Full color novel went to Mechanique: A Tale of graphic novel. 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Dragon Mound (Knight in Shadow #1: Evan, a knight, returns to the scene of the The Mystery Writers of long-ago climactic battle against Novaris, where he uncovers the sorcerer-king's long- America have announced the nominees dreamt plot of vengeance - and learns that the dead - even dragons - may not rest easy) for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe awards...... $24.95 The winners will be announced April 26. Krengel, Matthew John Staff of Elements (Elemental #1: Haunted by a pack of supernatural wolves which The nominees for Best Novel follow the will of a terrible evil known as the Dark One, Nathel runs for his life. In the midst are The Ranger by Ace Atkins ($25.95, of this trial, his destiny will be revealed and he must decide if he will embrace his call; $15.00 trade pb due early May), Gone Signed copies)...... $14.95 by Mo Hayder ($14.00 trade pb), The Lassen, J.M. (ed) Z: Zombie Stories (PBO; Anthology; 11 stories, 1 original to this volume, about Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo coming of age during the zombie apocalypse)...... $12.99 Higashino ($24.99, $14.99 trade pb due Lewis, J.F. Burned (Void City #4: PBO; Eric has taken control of the city's supernatural hierarchy, early March), 1222 by Anne Holt putting all the deals and contracts that allow Void City to function up for renegotiation. ($25.00), and Field Gray by Philip Kerr When he installs his insane vampire daughter Greta as Void City's sheriff of the ($26.95, $16.00 trade pb due early supernatural, bloody mayhem ensues)...... $7.99 March). Liu, Marjorie Within the Flames (Dirk & Steele #11: PBO; Eddie, a pyrokinetic and former car The nominees for Best First thief, accepts an assignment from the Dirk & Steele agency to rescue Lyssa, a shapeshifter Novel by an American Author are Red and the last of her kind)...... $7.99 on Red by Edward Conlon ($26.00, Martiniere, Stephan Velocity (Full color collection of his sf and fantasy art)...... $24.95 $15.00 trade pb due late March), Last to Mayo, E/Brown, C (ed) Three Messages and a Warning (Anthology; 34 original sf and fantasy stories Fold by David Duffy ($25.99), All Cry by Mexican authors)...... $16.00 Chaos by Leonard Rosen ($29.00), Bent Monchinski, Tony Eden (Reissue; Hordes of undead pound relentlessly against the barriers of the humans' Road by Lori Roy ($15.00 trade pb due last sanctuary; inside the walls, Harris faces deceit and treachery as he tries to solve a early March), and Purgatory Chasm by murder)...... $15.00 Steve Ulfelder ($23.99, $14.99 trade pb Moorcock, Michael London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction (Nonfiction; Moorcock selected the best due early May). of his published, unpublished, and uncensored essays, articles, reviews and opinions on a The nominees for Best wide range of subjects: books, films, politics, reminiscences of old friends, and attacks on Paperback Original are The Company new foes. Plus bibliography)...... $23.95 Man by Robert Jackson Bennett Ochse, Weston Blood Ocean (Afterblight Chronicles: PBO; As a conspiracy of murder unfolds in a ($13.99), The Faces of Angels by floating city, Kavika strives to overcome his low status and the condemnation of his peers Lucretia Grindle ($14.95), The Dog Sox in order to save them all from an enemy living within)...... $9.99 by Russell Hill, Death of the Mantis by Peake, Mervyn The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Groan / Gormenghast Michael Stanley ($14.99), and Vienna / Titus Alone (Omnibus reprint of the classic fantasy trilogy, with black & white Twilight by Frank Tallis ($15.00) illustrations by the author)...... $40.00 The nominees for the Simon & Pratchett, T/Jones, J Going Postal DVD (Discworld Movie: Lord Vetinari (Charles Dance) offers con man Schuster–Mary Higgins Clark Award Moist von Lipwig (Richard Coyle) a choice: suffer a painful death, or take over Ankh- (presented at the same ceremony as the Morpork's derelict post office; full color, live action, 185 minutes, widescreen).. . $39.99 Edgars, for the novel in style of Mary Professor Happycat How 2 Be Awsum: A LOLcat Guide 2 Life (125 all-new photos with misspelled Higgins Clark) are Now You See Me by captions, showing cats and their hoomins how to apply the tenets of awsumness to their own S. J. Bolton ($25.99, $14.99 trade pb lives)...... $12.00 due mid-April), Come and Find Me by Robeson, Kenneth The River of Ice / The Flame Breathers (Avenger #06: Pulp reprints) Hellie Ephron ($24.99, $13.99 trade pb ...... $14.95 due early March), Death on Tour by Robeson, Kenneth Ost / According to Plan of a One-eyed Mystic (Doc Savage #53: Pulp Janice Hamrick ($24.99, $7.99 pb mid reprints)...... $14.95 May), Learning to Swim by Sara J. Robeson, Kenneth The Yellow Cloud / Men of Fear (Doc Savage #54: Pulp reprints).... $14.95 Henry ($15.00), and Murder Most Rucker, Rudy Surfing the Gnarl (PBO; Collection; 3 short stories plus an outspoken interview and Persuasive by Tracy Kiely ($24.99). a bibliography)...... $12.00 Russell, Gary Doctor Who Encyclopedia (Nonfiction; revised and updated guide to the TV series. The nominees for the Dilys Full color photos throughout)...... $39.99 Award, given by the Independent Saintcrow, Lilith Angel Town (Jill Kismet #6: PBO; Jill Kismet wakes up in her own grave. She doesn't Mystery Booksellers Association to the know who put her there, she doesn't know where she is, and she has no friends or family. mystery title they have most enjoyed selling, are When Elves Attack by Tim She does know she has a job to do: cleansing the night of evil)...... $7.99 Shawl, Nisi (ed) The Wiscon Chronicles Vol. 5: Writing and Racial Identity (PBO; Dorsey ($16.99), Wicked Autumn by WisCon is the world's largest feminist science fiction convention, held annually in Madison, G. M. Malliet ($23.99), Tag Man by Wisconsin. This volume explores some of the issues of interest at WisCon 2010 through Archer Mayor ($25.99 signed), A Trick essays, interviews, and more)...... $15.00 of the by Louise Penny ($25.99), Sutter, James L. Death's Heretic (Pathfinder Tales: PBO; Salim Ghadafar serves as a problem-solver for and Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan a church he hates, bound by the goddess of death to hunt down those who