The end of summertime is easy draw near , but there ’s no wrong time to do some otiose - sidereal day version . Or , as the case may be , stay put - up - all - night - because - you - can’t - put - the - al-Qur’an - down recitation . Here are 15 science fiction and fantasy Scripture to add up to your shelf ( or tocopherol - lector ) this month , in chronological ordination .
1) The Hike: A Novel by Drew Magary
The fourth book fromDeadspin ’s own Drew Magaryis a fantasy tale that blends folklore and television games . It ’s about a suburbanite who gets lose while hike through an unfamiliar woodland — and shortly , to his surprise , bump himself on an epic and wizard quest . betimes reviewshave praise its humor , but also its spookiness . ( Aug. 2 )
2) The Swarm: The Second Formic War Vol. 1 by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
The first Koran in a unexampled trilogy fromthe controversialOrson Scott Card is set before the event of Ender ’s Game , but ( obviously ) after the effect chronicled in the author ’ trilogy about the First Formic War . It ’s about the people of Earth ’s ongoing battle in blank space with their fear alien opposite — and about the battle back home for power , which is just as intemperately - fought . ( Aug. 2 )
3) The Guns of Empire (The Shadow Campaigns #4) by Django Wexler
The penultimate Holy Scripture in Django Wexler ’s Shadow Campaigns series — which unfolds in a fantasy - tinged nineteenth one C , “ where muskets and thaumaturgy are both weapons to be feared”—takes place in the aftermath of a annihilative battle , amid a extremely uneasy and likely soon - to - be - expose repose . ( Aug. 9 )
4) I Am Providence: A Novel by Nick Mamatas
From an writer who named his unforesightful - chronicle collection The Nickronomicon comes this tale of a writer who attends an H.P. Lovecraft convention , only to become entangle in a gruesome murder that threatens to turn her own life into a Lovecraftian horror plot . The fact that the slaying victim — who was found with his face completely removed — is also the narrator of this tale only adds to its strong streak of pitching - black humor . ( Aug. 9 )
5) The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville
In this short fancy novel that imagines history by style of a parallel universe , an outre French objector takes on the concern Nazis with a special invention : a “ surrealist bomb . ” When it detonate incidentally , “ manifs ” ( manifestation of creative thinking ) take over Paris , bringing works of art to life — make for a book about surrealism that sounds fairly dreamlike itself . ( Aug. 9 )
6) Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
The author of the Lotus War serial publication and co - author of the Illuminae Files returns with a fresh serial . This first book is about a untried woman name Mia who falls in with an elite chemical group of assassins , memorize their ways so that she can incur some much - trust vengeance on behalf of her fellowship . Definitely some Arya Stark vibes here , but rather of George R.R. Martin - style off - kilter seasons , Mia ’s world is one of almost unvarying daylight , thanks to the three suns overhead . ( Aug. 9 )
7) Dancing in Dreamtime by Scott Russell Sanders
The fecund source , litterateur , and donnish revisits the science fabrication genre — he wrote Terrarium back in 1985 — with this collecting of speculative short stories that apportion bionomic themes . ( Aug. 15 )
8) Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Espionage meets spiritualism in this tale from the author of Shades of Milk and Honey . Set during World War I , it follows the adventure of an American inheritrix serving in England as part of the Spirit Corps — a group of metier who facilitate the war endeavor by using their psychical mogul . The danger ramp up when she discovers a turncoat in their midst . ( Aug. 16 )
9) The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth Book 2) by N.K. Jemisin
“ The season of endings grows dreary as civilization fades into the retentive cold night , ” begin this book ’s description . It ’s the 2nd part in N.K. Jemisin ’s illusion trilogy , and it bear on the story of The Fifth Season — last year’sacclaimed taleof an apocalypse - prostrate planet teetering on the verge of yet another ruinous climate change , and the complex characters who have a hand in its fate . ( Aug. 16 )
10) Not So Much, Said the Cat by Michael Swanwick
A second collection of short science fiction from the author of The Dog Said Bow - Wow , with tales that promise to include the Devil , clip travelers , a sawbuck with magic powers , and “ a semi - penitent trolling . ” ( Aug. 19 )
11) Spellbreaker by Blake Charlton
The third record in the Spellwright Trilogy amount five years after second entryway Spellbound , and generator Blake Charlton describes it as “ a darker book than its predecessor , more focussed on endings and difficult choices . ” It focalise on the type of Leandra Weal , who is given a chance to see the future only to learn something very unpleasant about herself : she ’ll confide a terrible crime . Can she stop herself — and help preclude a demon invasion while she ’s at it ? ( Aug. 23 )
12) Sixth Watch (Night Watch) by Sergei Lukyanenko
The Moscow - set Night Watch serial publication is hugely popular in Russia , and spawned two blockbuster adaptations ( Night Watch and Day Watch ) that raised its international profile . The last book sees the two sides of the magical , supernatural faction that secretly tarry among humans — the Light and the Dark Others — reluctantly joining force out to foreclose the Book of Revelation . ( Aug. 30 )
13) A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes Book 2) by Sabaa Tahir
The author follows up her hit debut with a sequel that returns to the dystopian Martial Empire . It piece up right where An Ember in the Ashes left off , following striver Laia and soldier Elias as they continue the pursuit to break her comrade out of prison . New and surprising enemies make the journeying more dangerous than they ever imagined . ( Aug. 30 )
14) Early Days: More Tales from the Pulp Era by Robert Silverberg
The seasoned scientific discipline fiction writer ( Dying Inside , down to the Earth , Lord Valentine ’s Castle ) releases his 2nd collection of entertainingly pulpy shortsighted account , pluck from the twelvemonth 1956 to 1958 . Each of the 17 tales comes with new notes , offer context for each piece as well as its documenting its publication history . ( Aug. 31 )
15) Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook by Joanna Farrow
Yes , it ’s a cookery book — and a knickknack one at that . But given that Doctor Who buff wo n’t get a new sequence of the showfor several more months , the prescribed tie - in offers a merriment social disease of fan service , plus a chance to hone your gingerbread TARDIS - construction skill well before the holiday . Other recipes admit Cyberman Pie , Ood Rolls , and Weeping Angel Food Cake . ( Aug. 30 )
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