October is nearly here , which imply it ’s time to re - up your pile of reading material for a newfangled month . And there is some excellent subject matter here : Twin Peaks , political intrigue , conjurer , artificial world , the Revelation , vampire , and Young Frankenstein , to name just a few .
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Karen Joy Fowler and John Joseph Adams
The co - founder of io9 , Charlie Jane Anders ( All the Birds in the Sky ) , has a inadequate story in this accumulation , which also features works by Salman Rushdie , Kelly Link , Ted Chiang , and more . Karen Joy Fowler ( The Jane Austen Book Club ) serve as node editor in chief . ( Oct. 4 )
Crosstalk by Connie Willis
A pair of lovebirds who both work in tech decide to undergo a simple aesculapian procedure to increase empathy between them . But things do n’t quite process out as plan , and the woman in the equation finds herself link to someone else exclusively — in a way far beyond what she signed up for . io9 will be featuring an single excerpt from Crosstalk Mon/3 and an interview with Willis Tues/4 , so check up on back next week for more . ( Oct. 4 )
A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky
An ageless magician fond of drink in beer and sleeping late visit New York City to visit one-time friend , only to find the city has changed in unexpected ways — and a supernatural state of war is brew on its fringes . ( Oct. 4 )
Impersonations by Walter Jon Williams
The Nebula - make headway author ’s late keep abreast a badass warrior who runs afoul of her master — and must endure being assigned new obligation on the out - of - the - way outpost hump as Earth . Fortunately , she ’s catch by Earth history ; alas , she before long realizes she ’s got an foe on the aging major planet . ( Oct. 4 )
Replica by Lauren Oliver
This tale about contrived world take after a couple of young women whose fib finally become intertwined . The pattern of the book matches the concept ; once readers finish one tale , they can flip the book over and start the young tale starting from the other cover . ( Oct. 4 )
The Rise of Io by Wesley Chu
An intergalactic minor - fourth dimension felon is in the wrong place at the wrong clock time when a body - swapping noncitizen choose her as its next host . That would be strange enough , but her invader also needs her helper inquire a series of mysterious murders . ( Oct. 4 )
Savant by Nik Abnett
This debut novel conceive of a future in which the Earth is protect from alien invasion by a shield kept in place by psychics . But what happens when one of the key generator of its mindpower becomes compromised ? ( Oct. 4 )
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
This subsequence to the very well - have “ silkpunk heroic fantasy ” Grace of Kings call more adventures and treachery in the island nation of Dara . ( Oct. 4 )
The Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
It ’s an especially good time to be an Atwood fan , between hergraphic novel , Hulu ’s upcomingHandmaid ’s Tale adaption , and novel crone - Seed — the author ’s fresh spin on Shakespeare ’s The Tempest . ( Oct. 11 )
Young Frankenstein: The Story of the Making of the Film by Mel Brooks
If you ’re a fan of Mel Brooks ( who is n’t ? ) , this is gon na be a must ; the timing of the release is sadly co-occurrent , but it ’s also a nice tribute to the late Gene Wilder .
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Judd Apatow compose the forward ; the Koran contains over 225 photos and presumably just as many juicy behind - the - prospect stories . ( Oct. 18 )
A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition by George R.R. Martin
We sure wish well we could include a minuscule something called The Winds of Winter on this list . But circumstances being what they are , this deluxe , illustrate first volume in GRRM ’s A Song of Ice and Fire will have to do . ( Oct. 18 )
Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny
This dystopian tale imagines a not - all - that - far - fetched future in which rich the great unwashed are able-bodied to purchase special treatment that allow them to last evermore . ( Oct. 18 )
Exploded View by Sam McPheeters
This investigator taradiddle , fix in the year 2050 , follow an LAPD homicide cop as she works a tough case using innovative technology that might actually be as harmful as it is helpful . ( Oct. 18 )
The Mammoth Book of Kaiju edited by Sean Wallace
An anthology of scant stories about elephantine monsters that ’s nearly as self-aggrandizing as Baby Godzilla , at over 600 pages . Contributors include Neil Asher , Gary McMahon , Frank Wu , and more . ( Oct. 18 )
Neil Gaiman’s Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman, Illustrated by Colleen Doran
Thesecond of two Gaiman short storiesto be transformed into a graphic novel is here . It ’s about a troll that start tormenting a young boy and follows him as he grows up , too , in a saga that ’s vividly brought to life by Doran ’s drawings . ( Oct. 18 ) Link to buy atAmazon .
The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
Twin Peaks returns to the airwaves next class , and David Lynch ’s co - Godhead has write this novel to further fan the fire , promising a deeper interrogation of the tiny town ’s history and its many deep and disturbing mysteries . ( Oct. 18 )
Certain Dark Things: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Moreno - Garcia ( Signal to Noise ) returns with another fantasy tale set in Mexico City . This time , the independent character is a vampire who fall for the untried man she ’s earmarked as her next victim . ( Oct. 25 )
Faller by Will McIntosh
The Hugo winner returns with a stand - alone novel about a man named Faller who awakens on an Earth that ’s been drastically , terribly interpolate — and must figure out who he is and how to survive . ( Oct. 25 )
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Williams
A new novelette set in the same worldly concern as the author’sepic phantasy The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps . ( Oct. 25 )
The Terranauts by T.C. Boyle
Circa 1994 , a grouping of scientists move into a series of glass over - in biome , under closemouthed scrutiny of the media and the project ’s creator , who has a snatch of a God complex . thing soon go awry in this latest novel from the writer of World ’s Endand The Road to Wellville . ( Oct. 25 )
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse edited by Robert Silverberg
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