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What upcoming SF&F books are people in this group eagerly anticipating? Books you either pre-ordered or are going to rush right out and buy as soon as they hit the bookstore shelves?

For me right now:

#1 A Memory of Light due out the first week of the new year (in US).
Finally, the Wheel of Time concludes. Had I known in 1990 that reading The Eye of the World, the start of an alleged six twelve fourteen book series was going to span 23 years and 14 huge novels, I might've waited a few decades before starting on it. In the interim, I've become an even bigger fan of Brandon Sanderson than I was of Robert Jordan. It better deliver.


What's your upcoming obsession?

Well I picked up CAPTAIN VORPATRIL'S ALLIANCE by Lois Bujold the first week it came out, and as usual having read it in one day I am irritably contemplating a long long wait until the next book. I see no reason why she cannot publish a book a day, is that so unreasonable?

Considering I fell out of favor with much of the Expanded Universe stuff, I'm actually looking forward to reading The Last Jedi. It really sounds epic.

My #2 anticipated book right now:

The Human Division.
John Scalzi isn't always as great as his Old Man's War, but I always enjoy his books. According to , this will be released as 13 individual installments on Tor's website, with the combined edition being published in May.

, coming out on Tuesday

Kevin wrote: "(Cold Days), coming out on Tuesday"

So Amazon's recommendation keeps reminding me! :)

I'm far from up to date on my Dresden Files. I only started reading Urban Fantasy a few years back, sampling a bunch of authors. I got bogged down on Harry's 3rd adventure, and haven't gotten back to it.

Brenda wrote: "Well I picked up Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois Bujold the first week it came out,..."

Amazon keeps recommending this to me, too. Now that I picked up Shards of Honor on my Kindle, perhaps I will one day be able to anticipate new entries in this series as well.

My advice to you is to pace yourself carefully. Do not read one Vorkosigan novel a day! Hold yourself back, to one a month, or at the most one a week. This will spin out the very limited supply and postpone the inevitable day when there are no more new ones. At that point you can join us all on the sidelines, irritably carping about how there are no more and the jones is getting really bad.

G33z3r wrote: "What upcoming SF&F books are people in this group eagerly anticipating? Books you either pre-ordered or are going to rush right out and buy as soon as they hit the bookstore shelves?

For me right..."

I'm also waiting for that one. It's right near my birthday so I'll hope someone gets it for me :D

I'm also looking forward to The Doors of Stone and The Daylight War. The Daylight war I haven't read the second yet but will by the time it comes out. It looks interesting. Then there's The Crown Tower which I liked the beforehand series to. And of course I want to read Sanderson's new book in The Stormlight Archive whenever it comes out!

Kevin wrote: ", coming out on Tuesday"

Waiting for mine to arrive.

Brenda wrote: "Well I picked up CAPTAIN VORPATRIL'S ALLIANCE by Lois Bujold the first week it came out, and as usual having read it in one day I am irritably contemplating a long long wait until the next book. I..."

Yeah, what a slacker she is! Though I'm enjoying it vicariously, as my wife rereads it.

* The Daylight War (Demon Cycle #3) by Peter V. Brett
* Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire #3) by Mark Lawerence
* Penguin's release of Blood Song by Anthony Ryan (I've read the self-published one)
* The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
* The Tyrant’s Law (Dagger & Coin #3) by Daniel Abraham
* Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
* The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
* And yes, the two books that I have coming out but I'll not mention them by name.

There are several that won't hit in 2013 that I'm interested in

* Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss
* Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
* The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks
* Stormlight #2 by Brandon Sanderson.

Rithmatist is due in 2013? I'll have to add that to my to read for 2013. Also is his YA superheroes book due out that year too?

I'm interested in Neil Gaiman's book and in starting Mark Lawerence's series. I also am interested in looking at Daniel Abraham's books.

Jonathan wrote: "Rithmatist is due in 2013? I'll have to add that to my to read for 2013."

Definitely adding it to my list:
The Rithmatist

Sanderson is one of those authors I trust to deliver solid entertainment. (I'd have pre-ordered it already, but I'm still vacillating between e-books and dead tree scrolls.)

Steelheart is up for preorder on Amazon. Have to search for Steelheart.

John wrote: "Steelheart is up for preorder on Amazon. Have to search for Steelheart."

I couldn't find it (on US Amazon); The only Steelheart book I found was a recent William Deitz novel of the same title (though the search did find other works by Sanderson, so clearly something in Amazon "knows" about it.) I will definitely check out that Sanderson YA title when it's released (vaguely scheduled for autumn, 2013.)

It's interesting Sanderson Sanderson is trying out the YA fantasy market. He's not the only SF&F author to dip his toe in those waters. Many of Heinlein's early novels were YA, (less diplomatically called "juveniles" at the time.) Recent YA series such as Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games have racked up huge sales and movie deals (and to a lesser extent Uglies, The Maze Runner and Divergent.) Judging by vote tallies in Goodread's "Best of 2012" YA Fantasy vs. Fantasy polls, it's hugely popular here!

Thanks, John. (It's now in my shopping cart! :)

The Human Division #1: The B-Team

I debated whether I wanted to get the chapters in this serial set in Scalzi's Old Man's War universe individually as weekly eBooks (for a buck each, staring January 15, 2013) or wait for the finished novel (hardcover currently priced at $16 for April pre-order). Curiosity has won out over my penurious instincts and I pre-ordered all 13 chapters this morning . (Consistent with Tor's press release at the start of the year, these are being sold DRM-free on Amazon & B&N.)

John Scalzi is another author I trust to deliver an entertaining read.

I'm only really looking forward to three books:
1 - Gail Z. Martin's Ice Forged
2 - Kate Elliott's Cold Steel
3 - Peter V. Brett's Daylight War

After that it's a trip round all the free books by the indie writers, which is a great way to find some new authors out there.

I don't generally know titles until I see that something has been published, but pretty much every year I look for any new books by my favorite writers, not all of whom are fantasy or sci-fi (I like mysteries and thrillers, too). My must read list includes anything new in on-going series' by: Jim Butcher, Tim Dorsey, Dean Koontz, Robert Crais, Brad Thor, Mario Acevedo, Christopher Farnsworth, Charles Stross, and any new major story arcs in the Star Wars expanded universe, just to name a few...

Frances wrote: "I'm only really looking forward to three books:
2 - Kate Elliott's Cold Steel..."

I've seen this on a couple of anticipation lists for 2013. I've had Kate Elliott's Cold Magic on my to-read shelf for a while, so I guess I should get to it!

G33z3r wrote: "For me right now:

#1 A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14; A Memory of Light, #3) A Memory of Light due out the first week of the new year (in US)...."

Great, for me too. But the problem is that I am reading a pocket version and for this version I have to wait a couple of months. I started this series in 2006, but last year I read every month one book. So the story became a part of my life.

Nelleke wrote: "G33z3r wrote: '#1 A Memory of Light...'

Great, for me too. But the problem is that I am reading a pocket version and for this version I have to wait a couple of months. "

I often wait for the paperback edition of books myself (always looking to save money). But in the case of the Wheel Of Time, after re-reading the paperback of The Eye of the World, I realized that this was one of those series I needed in a more durable hardcover. (So I didn't even consider an eBook for the final tome.)

I am looking forward to Anthony Ryan's Blood Song. Will be out in Hardcover this summer. Gets us closer to book 2! Its out already on ebook. Give it a try if you have not read it yet.

John wrote: "Steelheart is up for preorder on Amazon. Have to search for Steelheart."


Steelheart now has and a release date (Sept 24, 2013.)

I guess I can add this anthology to my to-read list:

Unfettered

Mostly for the "deleted sequence" from A Memory of Light, "River of Souls", though I don't know if I'm really into a Demandred story arc.

Also of interest are a Kushiel prequel story by Jacqueline Carey, a Shannara story by Terry Brooks, a Demon Cycle story by Peter V. Brett, an Iron Druid prequel by Kevin Hearne, a Riyria story by Michael J. Sullivan and the story by Patrick Rothfuss.

Apparently due out in May. (I'll pencil it in for my nomination for June for our group short story discussion. :)

Neptune's Brood

A new novel by Charles Stross for June. (And not part of his "Laundry" horror fusion series!) I really love Mr. Stross's trenchant prose as well as his gift for both near-future cyber and singularity speculative fiction. It looks like this one is zapping us into the far-flung future, like one of my favorites his, Saturn's Children.

Promise of Blood

This one looks pretty cool too. One of Brandon Sandersons Protégé/Students due out next month.

Neil Gaiman's "Ocean at the End of the Lane" comes out in June. Cannot wait for that one.

My Urban Fantasy selection for April 2013, the 5th book of the "Black Sun's Daughter" series.

Graveyard Child

I thought the 4th book in the series was very good, and not just because the series's title character finally made an appearance. (Seriously, who names a series after a character who isn't mentioned in the first two novels and doesn't actually show up until the 4th book?)

Michael J. wrote: ...* And yes, the two books that I have coming out but I'll not mention them by name...."

Well,I will. I'm looking forward to both all three of them:


The Crown Tower
The Rose and the Thorn
Hollow World

J.D. wrote: "Michael J. wrote: ...* And yes, the two books that I have coming out but I'll not mention them by name...."

Well,I will. I'm looking forward to both all three of them:


The Crown Tower[bookcover:..."

As am I. I'll be buying them from the shops.

i understand a new book about Ray Palmer is hitting the shelves in June. got it pre-ordered on amazon. for those who do not know Palmer was the guy who ruined Amazing Stories back in the 1940s with all the "shaver mystery" trash. if you want to hear that sad story google shaver mystery

The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian by Jack Campbell


I think this is the 10th novel in the "Lost Fleet" series, and I'm still reading. Due out the beginning of May.

sad news about Ian Banks having terminal cancer, The Culture series is a truly magnificent SF series.

:(

Previously mentioned, but noting it's out next Tuesday (in US at least):


The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson.

His first novel labeled "Young Adult". I'm curious how this will differ from his usual writing.

The "Winds of Winter"(I think that's the name of George R.R.Martin's 6th book?)

yea I cant wait for winds of winter either but dont think its out until 2014 :-(

Can I just remark on what a great month May has been for SF/F books? (At least, in my little corner of it :)

I started off with a couple of additions to series I follow: Graveyard Child, fifth in the Black Sun's Daughter series (and an excellent payoff novel it was) and the latest of Moon's Paksworld's stories, Echoes of Betrayal.

Then Sanderson's first YA novel, The Rithmatist, which was interestingly Euclidian.

The latest of Jack Campell's Lost Fleet sequels: Guardian.

And I still have Reynolds's Blue Remembered Earth to look forward to.

A lot of nice summer reading (for those of us on the northern side of the equator; your season may vary down under.)

The next Burton and Swinburne adventure.
The next tale of the Ketty Jay.
Some of George Mann's early books, cause it seems I've bought a few out of sequence...and that drives me nuts to read them that way.
And finally, my own book as the edits come in!

John Gregory wrote: "Steelheart is up for preorder on Amazon..."


The is up for reading on the Onion AV Club website. (Huh? Usually Sanderson's previews go on Tor.com.)

Steelheart is not through Tor. It is being published by Delacorte Press/Random House.

John Gregory wrote: "Steelheart is not through Tor. It is being published by Delacorte Press/Random House."

So it is. I guess the good old days when publishers owned their authors are over (and Hollywood studios no longer own their own movie stars.) Chaos, that's what it is.

I'm really only following two Urban Fantasy series these days. One is The Black Sun's Daughter, and the other is Kate Daniels:


Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
July

I read Stormdancer last week. (It was nominated for the 2012 Aurealis Award and I liked the cover, plus it had a cover blurb from Rothfus :) It was pretty much your standard dystopian Japanese-flavored supernatural steampunk samurai YA novel, and was pretty entertaining, even though the author had read too much Dune. So now I'm looking forward to the sequel:


Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
(September)

Mostly, I'm in it for the Jason Chan cover. (He also did my favorite cover for Throne of the Crescent Moon. :)

G33z3r wrote: "John Gregory wrote: "Steelheart is not through Tor. It is being published by Delacorte Press/Random House."

So it is. I guess the good old days when publishers owned their authors are over (and Ho..."

G33z3r wrote: "Previously mentioned, but noting it's out next Tuesday (in US at least):


The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson.

His first novel labeled "Young Adult". I'm curio..."

I enjoyed The Rithmatist a lot. Good fun. And Steelheart is supposed to be his other Young Adult book this year.

nyankobutaboru wrote: "I enjoyed The Rithmatist a lot. Good fun...."

I liked it, a bit. I think Sanderson may have overestimated how much fun Euclidean geometry was :)

Sanderson really likes to create detailed magic systems with underpinnings that his readers can grasp (so-called "hard magic", a parallel to the "hard sci-fi" designation.) So in Mistborn he has magic (Allomancy) based on metals. And in Elantris he's based his magic system on glyphs. And in The Rithmatist he's based his magic on chalk diagrams of straight lines and circles and animated chalklings. I don't know, I had trouble taking those little 2D dragons and unicorns skittering across the floor seriously. :)

PS. I wonder how the audiobook edition comes off, without all the diagrams?

nyankobutaboru wrote: "I enjoyed The Rithmatist a lot. Good fun...."

Tor has made a pretty elaborate . That takes all the imagination out of reading.