At first, Yoko Ogawa's new story collection Revenge just seems like a slightly weird, slightly sad collection of literary stories. The first few stories feel like your standard funny little tales of strange, lonely people who are with other strange, lonely people.

This year's science fiction books are going to rock. John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War universe, there's a brand new Neil Gaiman novel, and Stephen King's long-awaited sequel to The Shining. Plus brand new books from Austin Grossman, Nalo Hopkinson, Christopher Priest, Diana Gabaldon, Robert J. Sawyer, Joe…