In His Majesty ’s Service by Naomi Novik . Pretty much the pure elbow room for your friend who loves phantasy to discover this substitute history with flying lizard , all in one go . The first three Temeraire novels , starting with His Majesty ’s Dragon , are collected , allow you to get up to speed and then go find the other volume on your own . It ’s a nice - wait package but also a good manner to get up to hurry on the golden eld of naval warfare — with dragon !
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies : The Deluxe Heirloom Edition by Seth Grahame - Smith . stupefy a friend who missed out on the “ literary mashup ” trend ? Or who just really really loves the idea of Austen and snake god mingle ? Thisdeluxe expanded editionis the one to get : it ’s a nice four - gloss hardcover , which will hold out for generations , it has even more zombie activity , and most of all , it has full - color illustrations , like this fantastic head - kick karate activeness pose .
The Last Colony by John Scalzi . Subterranean Press has put out a beautiful hardcover of the third loudness of the Old Man ’s War trilogy , with great illustrations by Vincent Chong and a terrific new cover . There ’s a unconstipated hardcover for $ 60 or a deluxe circumscribed edition for $ 250 .
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger . Just 4,000 copy of this fancy hardcover of Niffenegger ’s supernatural followup to The Time Travelers Wife , have a special picture by Niffenegger , were print . They also let in “ special blueprint constituent , ” and debate that Niffenegger has taught book - making and woodcut art for year , it ’s probably fairly gorgeous . I ’m not sure if all of the copy are sign , but some of them are . It does go for around $ 75 though .
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow . This limited deluxe variation is a slipcased hardcover , include a ratify transcript of the ledger with fancy endpapers showing San Francisco ’s Mission District redrawn as a circuit diagram , and eight pieces of Creative Commons - license fine art by Richard Wilkinson . somewhat much the perfect gift for the disaffected teenager hack or Doctorow fanatic in your spirit . It ’s not useable in the U.S. or Canada , but the UK on-line bookstore The Book Depository will ship for free to the U.S. , so it ’s hunky-dory .
The Rookie by Scott Sigler . The first book in the Infected source ’s “ Galactic Football League ” series , this observe Quentin Barnes , a 19 - year - honest-to-goodness field general portent who fall in a league 700 years from now , where humans and aliens alike romp ball . Sigler ’s volunteer a signed , modified - edition hardcover , out of a print run of just 3,000 copies . Sigler will individualise your transcript if you ask nicely , making the rule book even more of a collectable .
Crimson vestige : The Best Of Robert E. Howard Vol . 1 . Subterranean Press has been put out some lovely editions of Howard , andthis oneis available in a deluxe edition ( with a slipcover ) and a steady hardcover . This collection , with illustrations by Jim and Ruth Keegan , covers all of the wide-ranging genres Howard tackled , including fantasy , science fiction , mystery and “ piquant . ”
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld . Given how prissy the regular hardcover of this account book is , with the endpapers record a map of the alternative - chronicle First World War between Darwinists and Clankers , and the passably fantastic illustrations by Keith Thompson , this pretty much counts as a deluxe edition . Meet Alek , the potential heir to the throne of Austria , and Deryn , a girl who ’s determined to disguise herself as a male child and join the gang of a genetically engineered flight creature , the Leviathan .
A Working Writer ’s Daily Planner . Okay , so it ’s not a novel , but I was n’t sure where else to put this . Small Beer Press , Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link ’s release company , has put together an utterly gorgeous - looking bookfull of helpful info for would - be fable writers . There ’s advice on MFA programme and how to workshop your fable , but also every week has deadline , contests , residencies you should be applying for , and more . There ’s a submissions tracker to keep track of where you ’ve send your work , and much more . And this is a undecomposed place to mention thatSmall Beer Press is get a sales event of all their books , with the takings go to Franciscan Children ’s Hospital . Hopefully we ’ll do a roundup of holiday gift that benefit worthy case , but in typeface we do n’t , I wanted to mention that here .
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