September ’s novel books boast extraterrestrial being , superheroes , time locomotion , and what sounds like a wonderfully literary genre - fall apart new novel from Alan Moore . This list include our cream fromlast calendar week ’s downfall preview , as well as lot of extra titles to add to your exponentially develop reading inclination .
1) Angel Catbird Vol. 1 by Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christmas, and Tamra Bonvillain
The acclaimed author write her first pictorial novel , record book one of a trilogy , with illustrations by artist Christmas and Bonvillain . As the title intimate , it ’s abouta superbly unknown hero who is part - bird , part - cat . Pick up the playscript next hebdomad , then ensure to tune up in when Atwood stop over by io9 ( Sept. 15 , 2 - 3:00 necropsy ET ) for what ’s certain to be a fascinating live Q&A ! ( Sept. 6 )
2) Invasion by Luke Rhinehart
When the outlander come , they are furred , on the face of it favorable , and really good at information processing system hacking . The latter causes some major beef cattle with the American governance — and big bother for the family of average humans who get caught up in the action . ( Sept. 6 )
3) MJ-12: Inception by Michael Martinez
Martinez ( The Daedalus Incident , The Enceladus Crisis ) return with the first in a new serial ; he line it to io9 as “ a extrasensory Cold War spy - fi thriller . conceive Bond meets ex - military man during the height of the Cold War . ” ( Sept. 6 )
4) Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black
This epic adventure , set 500 years after an alien intrusion devastated Earth and sparked centuries of war , has already earn comparison to Starship Troopers and Harry Potter . Not bad for a launching novel . ( Sept. 6 )
5) Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle
The generator of The Last Unicorn reelect with his first book in over 10 years ; it ’s a Pacific Northwest - set fantasy about a couple who find their animation transformed when they befriend a mysterious and enchanting young woman . ( Sept. 6 )
6) Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (editor)
Do n’t have time to dig into a full - length novel ? find fault up this light - story collection of works by some of science fiction ’s most prominent female authors , including the late Leigh Brackett , co - writer of The Empire Strikes Back . ( Sept. 6 )
7) Black Wave by Michelle Tea
The author of Valencia and Mermaid in Chelsea Creek combines her dearest of fiction and memoir with this cross work , a dystopian tale about a author named Michelle who actuate from San Francisco to Los Angeles in search of a fresh start , only to learn that the existence will be end in one class . ( Sept. 13 )
8) Eternity’s Mind by Kevin J. Anderson
The author — who also co - authors a fresh Dune book this month — wraps up his own Saga of Shadows space opera house trilogy with this final epic installment . ( Sept. 13 )
9) Jerusalem by Alan Moore
The acclaimed cartoon strip author ( Watchmen , V for Vendetta ) finally releases his long - awaited 2nd novel , which has over 1,000 pages andapproximately one million words . It ’s determine in Moore ’s stomping ground of Northampton , England , andis distinguish as“an opulent mythology for those without a crapper to piss in ” and “ the story of everything . ”Read an selection here . ( Sept. 13 )
10) Navigators of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert ’s Dune , navigator of Dune wraps up the Great Schools of Dune trilogy , which is itself the prequel to the author ’ Legends of Dune trilogy . Co - author Brian Herbert is , of course , Frank Herbert ’s son . ( Sept. 13 )
11) Children of Lovecraft by Ellen Datlow (editor)
Another little - story collection , this time of story ( by Richard Kadrey , Brian Hodge , A. C. Wise , and others ) inspired by the uncanny world of H.P. Lovecraft . The nervous cover illustration is by Hellboy ’s Mike Mignola . ( Sept. 20 )
12) Death’s End by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu)
A twenty-first - 100 applied scientist wake hundreds of year in the future , after Earth has forged a tentative alliance with an invading alien race … accent on “ tentative . ” The final book in the Three - Body Trilogy conclude the account Chinese author Liu begin withhis smash hit The Three - Body Problem . ( Sept. 20 )
13) The Gradual by Christopher Priest
The latest from the author of The Prestige is about a composer who lives in a fascist body politic that ’s locked into a perpetual warfare — and the strange journey he takes while looking for his miss brother ( including some drifts through fourth dimension ) . ( Sept. 20 )
14) The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
The YA author makes her adult fantasy unveiling with this heroic story , coif in a world where the savage spirits of nature would ruin humankind if not for the efforts of a single knock-down faggot . When the current authorities shows signs of trouble , a young student steps up to hear and save the world . ( Sept. 20 )
15) The Warren by Brian Evenson
This novella from Evenson ( Last day ) runs just 96 page . It ’s about a lineament call up disco biscuit who may or may not be human , and who may or may not find the answers he seeks ( an other online review describe it as “ lusciously frustrative ” ) . ( Sept. 20 )
16) Cloudbound by Fran Wilde
Wilde ’s continuation to herNebula Award - win Updraftreturns to that account book ’s city fill up with pillar made of growing bones , whose citizen employ mechanical wings to fly wherever they need to go . There ’s a new young wedge this time : Naton , who uncovers surprising secret as he tries to help the city rebuild . ( Sept. 27 )
17) The Fever Code by James Dashner
The 5th Word of God in the popular Maze Runner YA series is a prequel that promises to reveal all the secret of the snarl , including how the damn affair was build in the first topographic point . ( Sept. 27 )
18) A Night Without Stars: A Novel of the Commonwealth by Peter F. Hamilton
A biologically - enhanced human on an obscure planet fights administration prejudice and invading unknown in this sequel to Hamilton ’s The Abyss Beyond Dreams . ( Sept. 27 )
19) Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
scientific discipline and technical school writer Gleick has investigate bedlam , genius , amphetamine , and information in his previous books , which work his current topic , time travel , a perfect next stone’s throw . This is a history and cultural survey of how we comprehend fourth dimension travel , and how the concept has affected the room we view real time , too . ( Sept. 27 )
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