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A fantasy anthology, now on sale at better bookstores (in US, at least):



Unfettered

Contains "River of Souls", the chapter that was cut from A Memory of Light by Sanderson and Jordan, plus a ton of stories by other great authors, including Terry Brooks, Patrick Rothfuss, Tad Williams, Carrie Vaughn, Jacqueline Carey, Peter Brett, R.A. Salvatore & Michael J. Sullivan.

(Really ugly cover though.)

Just wanted to mention that "the waiting is over" for Unfettered for those that read ebooks.

The hardcovers have arrived with Shawn and it will take him a few weeks to ship them. (The special edition signed copies are still making their way through the authors)

In any case the ebook version of has been released in for kindle, nook, and kobo. It's a short story anthology which is raising money to re-pay Shawn Speakman's medical debuts. I, and all the contributing authors, have donated our stories and will receive no money for the project. It has a pretty impressive line up including:

* Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks
* How Old Holly Came To Be by Patrick Rothfuss
* The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams
* Game of Chance by Carrie Vaughn
* The Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey
* Mudboy by Peter V. Brett
* The Sound of Broken Absolutes by Peter Orullian
* The Coach with Big Teeth by R.A. Salvatore
* Keeper of Memory by Todd Lockwood
* Heaven in a Wild Flower by Blake Charlton
* Dogs by Daniel Abraham
* The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne
* Select Mode by Mark Lawrence
* All the Girls Love Michael Stein by David Anthony Durham
* Strange Rain by Jennifer Bosworth
* Nocturne by Robert V.S. Redick
* Unbowed by Eldon Thompson
* In Favour with Their Stars by Naomi Novik
* River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
* The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan
* The Duel by Lev Grossman
* Walker and the Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks
* The Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman

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where can you order the signed paper edition?

I'm pretty sure the signed copies (limited edition to 100) are sold out. There are still

thanks. :)

The writers and publishers of Unfettered did an AMA tonight (Ask Me Anything)

None to be honest I need to read from more authors. Last one I was very looking forward to was The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. Very good by the way.

I'm looking forward to reading John meaney s third book in his ragnarok series. It's set in lots of different timelines but pulled together as characters from each are taken out of time to serve on the ragnarok council thousands of years in the future.

Dust by Hugh Howey. I only just discovered the wool series this year in April when I met Hugh Howey at Supernova in Melbourne, Australia. I had no idea who he was or what he had done. He gave a fantastic speech on his career and the series in general. I immediately got a copy of wool and was hooked within the first few pages. Dust is only just a few days off. Can't wait.

The Eye of Minds by James Dashner. I ran across this book not to long ago and it seems very similar to Ready Player One and Snow Crash. Two of my favorite novels so im anxiously awaiting its release.

Skirmishes by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The 4th book in Rusch's "Diving" space opera series is due in "the fall", according to this month's Asimov's Magazine. (Amazon doesn't list the book, yet. But Audible lists and audiobook for 9/17.)

By the way, also in this month's Asimov's Magazine (Oct-Nov 2013 double issue) is "Kappa Station", a KKR novella in that Diving universe (in which Coop & the Ivoire returned to "The Room of Lost Souls".)

I like KKR, have read quite a few of her books including several retrieval artist books and I read a lot of her short fiction both from buying it on Amazon and reading the stories she publishes for free on her websites.

I enjoyed the novella I read by her in that series but not as much as some of her other work so probably wont be rusching to get it.

I do find her slightly frustrating as an author in that she always writes well but I think she sometimes focuses a little on volume rather than quality which I appreciate in that it gives me lots of very different stories to read but they do not all feel equally polished and satisfying.

Ben wrote: "I enjoyed the novella I read by her in that series but not as much as some of her other work so probably wont be rusching to get it...."

I saw what you did there :)

I wouldn't say Rusch is my favorite author, but I have become invested in her Diving series.

The scifi premise is that Earth expanded out through the galaxy, and then that civilization fragmented into a bunch of smaller, independent stellar cultures, one of which (the Enterran Empire & Nine Planets Alliance) is the subject of the series. The main character is a "diver", sort of a spacefaring archaeologist exploring abandoned spacecraft and planetary structures left behind by the older, technologically different, civilizations. It treats exploring abandoned spacecraft much like deep-sea diving into old sunken galleons: methodically, with emphasis on safety.

What I especially liked about the first book in the series (Diving into the Wreck) was that it created a very mysterious sci-fi story that almost felt like a ghost story at times. (That book included two previously-published novella, "Diving into the Wreck" and "The Room of Lost Souls", in addition to other material.) It had a very different atmosphere from most space opera.

And she has done a few side-novella set in the same universe. One involved all different characters and two involved Cooper, but well before the main story. Plus the one in this month's Asimov's Mag (which unlike the previous novellas, I didn't think would stand up well for people who aren't already following the main series, since it's planted firmly in the current chronology.)

I've read a couple of her Retrieval Artist books, but didn't really get into the character. So while it's still on my "revisit someday" list, that's a long list and that someday probably isn't in my lifetime. So many books, so little time.

I do feel the Miles Flint character is not instantly interesting although the more of the stories I read the more elements of the character come out and the more interesting he becomes.

I particularly enjoyed some of the Retrieval Artist novellas including The Recovery Man's Bargain and The Possession of Paavo Deshin: A Retrieval Artist Short Novel. In the first of these Miles plays a fairly small role.

I have only read the 1 Diving novella.

I really like some of her crime stories, they do vary a bit in quality but at the best they are among the best short crime fiction I have read. Patriotic Gestures is one of my favorites.

I'm looking forward to Drakenfeld. I'm eager to find out, what kind of world Mark Charan Newton invented for this new series.

Book of Iron by Elizabeth Bear

A novella prequel to her fantasy novella Bone and Jewel Creatures, which I liked a lot.

(I will, however, be waiting for the e-book release.)

Junot Diaz published a short story/ start of a novel last year Monstro - if he ever makes this into a full novel I would definitely be excited to read it, or any other SF work as he has both the literary chops and the SF love to do something very interesting in the genre.


Paolo Bacigalupi Has just announced he has a new adult book out with Knopf in Spring 2015 with "The Water Knife" his Zombie Baseball Beatdown out soon will have to tide me over till then.

Gene Wolfe has a new book out in November which sounds pretty interesting The Land Across.

There are books that are just out but I have either not got round to getting or am waiting for them to be available more cheaply including Graham Joyce's Year of the Ladybird, Caitlin Kiernan's latest and possibly The String Diaries.

I am actually looking forward to Stephen Baxter's new book Proxima which is due out this week. His output can be variable but this one looks good, and got a very favourable review in SFX magazine this month.

2014 is shaping up very nice:

Feb Brian McClellan Crimson Campaign
Mar Brandon Sanderson Words Of Radiance
Jul Anthony Ryan Tower Lord
Aug Brent Weeks The Broken Eye

Cant Wait!

Book of Iron by Elizabeth Bear

It's a fantasy prequel to her earlier novella Bone and Jewel Creatures.

I really liked the latter's portrait of a pair of aging sorcerers in a unique fantasy world. The prequel will apparently catch them when they're young.


However, it's initial release next week is one of those Subterranean Press "commemorative" hardcover editions, so I think I'll wait for the Kindle edition in a few months and save a few bucks.

Yipeee! One of my favorite short story authors, Ken Liu, is writing a book! A nevel, even. I am so in. Title: The Chrysanthemum and the Dandelion. (Ken's Blog)

(No date, yet, but earliest possible is late 2014, given that it's promised on and that doesn't even have a name, yet.)