Well, this definitely falls under the “better late than never” category. Grumpy was on vacation, so I am running a bit late, but there are still some really great sounding books releasing in April that are worth talking about.The Short List



Batman Noir: The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller – April 3

Frank Miller is at it again, bringing us back to Gotham City 3 years after The Dark Knight Returns, the Caped Crusader returns with Carrie Kelley, a past Robin and the new Catwoman. The book is done completely in black and white, for maximum noir effect.

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Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon – April 3

Losing Ursula Le Guin this year was a HUGE loss to the scifi and fantasy community. Luckily for us, she has one more contribution, and it’s even bigger than another novel. She leaves her wisdom about writing. In a series of interviews with David Naimon, one of the greatest scifi/fantasy writers gives us her thoughts on what is good writing, what she thinks of the industry, and who were her inspirations. A must-read for writers of speculative fiction.

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Marvel’s Avengers : Infinity War Prelude by Will Corona Pilgrim – April 3

Are you jazzed for Infinity War? We’re a little nutso here at Geekiverse Tower. This graphic novel is the run up to this summer’s biggest blockbuster (well, until Black Panther, right?) This is a great way to get even more excited.

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The Oracle Year by Charles Soule – April 3

A guy wakes up from a dream with a head full of predictions about the future. He immediately realizes the good and bad of it, and hides his identity while releasing the predictions regularly on his website. He makes friends and enemies and is the most powerful man in the world while everyone is trying to figure out who Oracle is. A writer for Marvel Comics, Soule delivers a fast paced satire that The Geekiverse’s Trey Wydysh calls “a gripping debut” in his review.

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One Way by S.J. Morden – April 10

Another Mars book? I’m totally OK with that. This one has a few nice twists on familiar themes. A company contracted to build a base on Mars can’t meet it’s contract, so it gets rid of the expensive automation that would build the base, and instead sends a crew of convicts. The crew gets to work, and “accidents” happen, although the head of the project, a convicted murderer himself, has to figure out what’s going. Did I mention that the author, Dr. S.J. Morden, is an actual rocket scientist? Yeah, there’s that.

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Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente – April 10

I fell in love with Valente’s work after I read and reviewedThe Refrigerator Monologues last summer. So fun with an edge. In Space Opera, Valente brings us a galaxy that was torn apart years earlier during the Sentience Wars. Now, they’ve developed a better idea. A sort of “The Galaxy’s Got Talent” contest, with newfound planets needing to compete in order to join the ranks of the sentient. And if they fail…extermination. No big deal. Space Opera finds us in the year that Earth first competes.

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Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel by Daniel José Older – April 17

No, it is not a requirement from Josiah that I list ALL Star Wars novels, although he doesn’t balk when I do. We’re so used to Han and Chewie stories, that a Han and Lando novel sounded like great fun to me. In Last Shot, younger versions of both Han and Lando tried to steal from the criminal Fyzen Gor. Now, ten years after Han the hero and Leia the Princess settled down, Lando shows up in the middle of the night at the Solo household running from Gor’s assassins. The two (and Chewie) must team up to stop Gor from using the device to destroy Cloud City.

Last Shot comes out April 17 but you can pre-order here





The Fandom by Anna Day – April 24

A freak accident at a comicon transports super fan Violet and her friends into the story of their favorite book and movie franchise, where they almost immediately cause the heroine to die and are taken prisoner by the good guys. Violet needs to step up and finish the story, but when you change one important element, the story has a tendency to change too.

This is this month’s best bet. It sounds like great fun.

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