CONTENTS NEW TITLES January – 2 February – 5 March – 8 The very best in SF, F and WTF!? April – 10 May – 12 Traditional SF and fantasy has been ploughing an June – 15 entertaining furrow for many decades, but to our way of July – 19 thinking much of it is missing a trick. To the new generations August – 21 of readers reared on Dr Who and Marvel Universe movies, September – 23 graphic novels and the latest Final Fantasy, old school can October – 25 mean staid, stuck in a rut. “Crossover” is increasingly November – 28 the way forward and you’ll find plenty of it here. BACKLIST – 30 Highlights – 30 Other titles – 37 angryrobotbooks.com “Ella Patel is a “I absolutely loved fantastic, flawed, The Queen of All sympathetic Crows. 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