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Finch
"Finch is the story of a detective who has been coerced into working for the species of sentient fungus (the Gray Caps) that has invaded the decaying city of Ambergris. But you shouldn't think that Finch is just a gritty version of Super Mario Brothers, despite the walking mushrooms. It's a book that will make you feel like maybe it's been too long since you cleaned your bathroom..."

Turnskin
"The setting is an Alternate Universe Modern Old West, complete with a wild-and-woolly frontier town, oppressed native peoples, villainous gangs, a darkly arrogant hero-with-a-past, and an ingénue with big dreams of stardom and epic romance. Familiar characters have been lovingly – and sometimes hilariously – rendered in the new light of modern issues of gender and sexuality..."

Space Magic
"...David Levine likes to play: with language, with ideas, with the remote and/or extreme possibilities of...just about everything. Accordingly, the subject matter in this collection of short stories ranges widely, from ecologically sound faerie pest control, to human/zeppelin romance, to the existential angst of being a cartoon – and lots of stuff in between..."

The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals
"How many times have you wondered about burning questions of orthodox Jewish dietary law such as "Are Wookies kosher?" Well, wonder no more. This A-to-Z guide onsiders the kosher possibilities of a wide cast of fantastical creatures, from Japan's Abumi-Guchi, the patient, furry ghost of the stirrup...to the biblical Ziz, a kind of super griffin with a wingspan big enough to blot out the sun..."

The Windup Girl
"In a year featuring at least a dozen excellent novels, The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi easily sets itself apart as one of the best...This isn't a happy novel. The characters are all abusers or abused, and sometimes both. They are all largely motivated by their own personal damage and work for their own, selfish purposes. But the depth with which each character is written is impressive..."

Eclipse
"James Dunne is a newly-minted officer in the Royal Interstellar Services whose story begins as he is about to board his first ship, the HMS Eclipse. Dunne is a naïve and likable do-gooder who is about to embark upon a journey through his worst nightmare. Part space opera, part Heart of Darkness, Full Metal Jacket, and Biloxi Blues (yeah, there's a little coming-of-age romance and humor in there, too)..."