Here are upcoming SF/fantasy books from Del Rey Books:
DECEMBER 1998:
THE FIRST IMMORTAL by James L. Halperin (SF) Mass-market edition of our 1/98 hardcover; 345-42182-5 Paperback, 432 pp; cover art by David Stevenson; SS, editor
CONRAD'S QUEST FOR RUBBER by Leo Frankowski (SF) 345-36850-9 Paperback, 304 pp; cover art by Peter Peebles; JS, editor
THE MASTERHARPER OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey (SF) Mass-market edition of our 1/98 hardcover, 345-42460-3 Paperback, 432 pp; cover art by Brom; SS, editor
ICEFALCON'S QUEST by Barbara Hambly (F) Mass-market edition of our 2/98 hardcover; 345-38824-0 Paperback, 368 pp; cover art by Donato Giancola; VC, editor
JANUARY 1999:
THE TERMINATION NODE by Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg (SF) 345-41245-1 Hardcover, 320 pp; cover art by Barclay Shaw; SWS, editor
POLGARA THE SORCERESS by David and Leigh Eddings (F) Mass-market edition of our 11/97 hardcover; 345-42255-4 Paperback, 768 pp; cover art by Keith Parkinson; VC, editor
STARFIST: STEEL GAUNTLET by David Sherman and Dan Cragg (SF)
345-42526-X Paperback, 368 pp; cover art by Jean Targete; OL, editor
OF SWORDS AND SPELLS by Delia Marshall Turner (F) 345-42432-8 Paperback, 224 pp; cover art and design by Heather Kern; VC, editor
BABYLON 5: A CALL TO ARMS (SF) by Robert Sheckley 345-43155-3 Paperback, 272 pp; cover art courtesy of Warner Bros.; SWS, editor
FEBRUARY 1999:
COLONIZATION: SECOND CONTACT by Harry Turtledove (SF) 345-43019-0 Hardcover, 496 pp; cover art by Tim O'Brian; SWS, editor
NIMISHA'S SHIP by Anne McCaffrey (SF) 345-38825-9 Hardcover, 416 pp; cover art by Michael Herring; SS, editor
THE DEMON SPIRIT by R. A. Salvatore (F) Mass-market edition of our 4/98 hardcover; 345-39152-7 Paperback, 544 pp; cover art by Alan Pollack; VC, editor
WOLVES OF THE GODS by Allan Cole (F) Mass-market edition of our 3/98 trade paperback; 345-42319-4
Paperback, 416 pp; cover art by Stephen Hickman; SS, editor
THE DIVIDED by Katie Waitman (SF) 345-41437-3 Trade paperback, 368 pp; cover art by Cliff Nielsen; SS, editor
MARCH 1999:
DRAGONSHADOW by Barbara Hambly (F) 345-42187-6 Hardcover, 480 pp; cover art by Donato Giancola; VC, editor
THE DEMON APOSTLE by R. A. Salvatore (F) 345-39153-5 Hardcover, 304 pp; cover art by Alan Pollack.
STAR WARS: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO DROIDS by Daniel Wallace (SF) 345-42067-5 Trade paperback; 224 pp; cover art from Lucasfilm, Ltd.
THE WILD ROAD by Gabriel King (F) Mass-market edition of our 3/98 hardcover; 345-42303-8 Paperback, 480 pp; cover art by Donna Diamond.
WIT'CH FIRE by James Clemens (F)
GAMMALAW: TO WATERS' END by Brian Daley (SF) 345-42211-2 Paperback, 368 pp; cover art by Julie Bell.
BABYLON 5: DEADLY RELATIONS: BESTER ASCENDANT by J. Gregory Keyes (SF) 345-42716-5 Paperback, 272 pp.
UPN Wants More Seven Days
UPN has ordered more episodes of the one-hour SF drama Seven Days, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series stars Jonathan LaPaglia as a government agent who can be sent back in time one week thanks to a bit of alien technology picked up in Roswell, N.M.
"As we expected, Jonathan LaPaglia has shown clear signs of becoming a breakout male action star on Seven Days, and creator Chris Crowe has delivered a dynamic hour of television each week," The Hollywood Reporter quoted UPN president Tom Nunan as saying.
Sony Takes Up Demonkeeping
Sony Pictures bought the rights to the film adaptation of Chris Moore's supernatural novel Practical Demonkeeping, according to Variety.
Idle Hands writers Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer have been hired to work on the project, which had been languishing at Disney.
Practical Demonkeeping is about a former seminary student named Travis O'Hearn who has been given everlasting youth by his demon side-kick Catch. However, Catch's appetite for human flesh proves too much for O'Hearn, who decides he must find a way to send the demon back to hell.
Harper Plans Legends Audio Series
HarperAudio announced it will be releasing a four-volume series of audio books based on Robert Silverberg's acclaimed anthology Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy.
Each installment will include four cassettes with a running time of about six hours and a suggested price of $25.00.
Legends Volume 1: The Dark Tower will feature stories by Stephen King and Silverberg; Volume 2: The Wheel of Time will include works by Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett and Orson Scott Card; Volume 3: The Sword of Truth will feature stories by Terry Goodkind, Ursula K. Le Guin and Tad Williams; and Volume 4: Pern: Runner of Pern will include stories by Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist and George R.R. Martin.
The first Legends audio volume went on sale earlier this year, while Vol. 2 was just released. Vol. 3 is due out in January 1999, to be followed by Vol. 4 in February 1999.