• The week’s biggest new title is FOREVER ODD, Dean Koontz’s sequel to his 2003 fan-favorite ODD THOMAS, about a fry cook who communicates with the dead. That book managed to be funny, scary, thrilling, heartbreaking and practically pitch-perfect, so here’s hoping the sequel is every bit its equal. We’ll let you know just as soon as we finish it.
• Tor reissues Christopher Priest’s 1996 novel THE PRESTIGE, about warring magicians during turn-of-the-century London (shades of JONATHAN STRANGE!). This is particularly noteworthy since Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman will be filling the roles for director Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to BATMAN BEGINS.
• Another title seeing reissue is GRANDMASTER, 1985′s Edgar Award-winning collaboration between DESTROYER creator Warren Murphy and DESTROYER ghostwriter Molly Cochran. It has something to do with an American CIA agent, an evil Russian and a plot of good ol’ assassinations and spies. This is the last book under the “Otto Penzler Presents” series, which has sought to spotlight the very best of modern mysteries. Look for our review soon.
• And then there’s TALES BEFORE TOLKIEN: THE ROOTS OF MODERN FANTASY, a Douglas A. Anderson-edited anthology of classic short stories in the fantasy vein that influenced (either directly or supposedly) J.R.R. Tolkien as he set to write something called THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? Now in mass-market paperback, this collection features works from L. Frank Baum, Arthur Machen and H. Rider Haggard, among many, many others. We plan to read it soon, despite our LOTR allergy.
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