tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6478688894988042093..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Shape of Things to Come: Books for 2012Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-54476112203317118842012-01-13T15:48:52.975+00:002012-01-13T15:48:52.975+00:00Nice work - thanks for compiling a posting it.
Yo...Nice work - thanks for compiling a posting it.<br /><br />You might add The Last Dark, final book in The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson to your list for 2013.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-24489568640749687072012-01-13T06:14:58.347+00:002012-01-13T06:14:58.347+00:00Lot of releases to look forward to this year. Than...Lot of releases to look forward to this year. Thanks for a very extensive list. <br />I presume that you are not following David Weber's Honorverse, otherwise you would have probably included A Rising Thunder, book 13 in the ongoing series. I am eagerly expecting that one. This is the longest series I have read and I still cannot get enough.<br />http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/david-weber/rising-thunder.htmTanaroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446981531073318695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-60427942446256863502012-01-10T13:45:37.746+00:002012-01-10T13:45:37.746+00:00I'll chime in with Luke - I'm anticipating...I'll chime in with Luke - I'm anticipating McAuley's "In the Mouth of the Whale", another Quiet War sequel farther in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-32493688091343489332012-01-10T09:03:40.895+00:002012-01-10T09:03:40.895+00:00Looking forward to J.V. Jones Endlords. She doesn&...Looking forward to J.V. Jones Endlords. She doesn't get any recognition whatsoever but her current series has really seen her develop massively as a writer IMHOAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622441892958864311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-91518519814210357722012-01-09T19:45:16.625+00:002012-01-09T19:45:16.625+00:00Great list! According to Amazon UK, Tad Williams&#...Great list! According to Amazon UK, Tad Williams' "The Dirty Streets of Heaven" will be released in September:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Streets-Heaven-Tad-Williams/dp/1444738550/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326137739&sr=1-1<br /><br />This seems possible, because Williams finished the novel last year. He is now writing the second book in the "Bobby Dollar" series.Jussinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-82830500676848400922012-01-09T18:55:03.882+00:002012-01-09T18:55:03.882+00:00Thx, great list.
Can't find much information a...Thx, great list.<br />Can't find much information about JVJones lately. Her homepage is without new information for over a year. Her FAQ (from 2008) tells that the series should be ready in five books. Where did you get the date and info about a sixth book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-69504174076681423092012-01-09T14:36:27.195+00:002012-01-09T14:36:27.195+00:00Concerning City of Dragons: The Rain Wilds Chronic...Concerning City of Dragons: The Rain Wilds Chronicles was indeed originally one book that got split into two because of its length. Then Hobb decided to write a sequel that also grew to two books. So it's basically two duologies... or two single split-up books, or however you want to look at it.<br /><br />Anyway, I belong to Hobb's "legion of fans" and am very much looking forward to this book.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-9354397123092934052012-01-09T07:29:31.572+00:002012-01-09T07:29:31.572+00:002012 is looking to be an amazing year for spec-fic...2012 is looking to be an amazing year for spec-fic releases (not to mention GoT dvd release!). Not so good for my bank account though. :PChris Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-21542530153173196302012-01-09T07:21:10.873+00:002012-01-09T07:21:10.873+00:00You forgot Tad Williams` "The Dirty Streets o...You forgot Tad Williams` "The Dirty Streets of Heaven", the first volume in his new sequence. Coming in fall 2012 (September most likeley) from Daw (US) and Hodder & Stoughton (UK).<br /><br />His new story collection, "A Stark and Wormy Knight" (already out as e-book), will have a print edition from Subterranean Press in June/July 2012.<br /><br />OlafAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-28410486862833036302012-01-09T06:22:48.817+00:002012-01-09T06:22:48.817+00:00Sorry if this appears twice, my first comments wer...Sorry if this appears twice, my first comments were apparently deleted by Google not recognizing my ID. <br /><br />I just tried to note that Glen Cook's A Path to Coldness of Heart is already available from leading online retailers. I ordered my copy from one of them at the end of 2011, and received it on January 4. I'm one of those who has actually been waiting since 1988 to see how the story ends, so I'm enjoying reading it now.<br /><br />I hope you read and enjoy more Black Company books. If you then go on, sooner or later, to the Dread Empire, bear in mind that the books get better as you progress. The first one, A Shadow of All Night Falling, is different and stranger than what follows. Some people are thrown off by it, but it is worth it to get to the later titles.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474232677152016337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-2153485635197187972012-01-09T05:12:14.387+00:002012-01-09T05:12:14.387+00:00I'm really looking forward to "The King&#...I'm really looking forward to "The King's Blood." I quite enjoyed "The Dragon's Path," and I'm hoping the sequel will be just as entertaining.Bibliotropichttp://www.bibliotropic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-25151654041226479792012-01-09T04:28:38.195+00:002012-01-09T04:28:38.195+00:00Thanks for the great post and breakdown for the ye...Thanks for the great post and breakdown for the year to come. Very informative and handy for sure!Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191138179644187910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66260606150217272032012-01-09T02:37:53.352+00:002012-01-09T02:37:53.352+00:00A lot of "epic conclusion"s to look forw...A lot of "epic conclusion"s to look forward, as well as one "monumental and epic conclusion".<br /><br />Surprised you didn't mention the new Paul McAuley. No interest in that one?Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10158899379220434308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-79739140617695734432012-01-09T02:06:53.110+00:002012-01-09T02:06:53.110+00:00Adam,
The City of Dragons is not the last novel i...Adam,<br /><br />The City of Dragons is not the last novel in The Rainwild Chronicles. Blood of Dragons is and is due out in 2013. <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Dragons-Four-Wilds-Chronicles/dp/0062116851/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326074794&sr=8-1atlashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14240695288645347418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-39553754560505761542012-01-09T01:53:57.954+00:002012-01-09T01:53:57.954+00:00I've stopped anticipating 'Republic of Thi...I've stopped anticipating 'Republic of Thieves.' If and when it is released, I'll be overjoyed, but I've mentally taken it off my "To Read" list.Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-76374144198398640832012-01-09T00:51:32.323+00:002012-01-09T00:51:32.323+00:00Since it's only about once a decade that I can...Since it's only about once a decade that I can think of an upcoming release that others haven't noticed, I must re-iterate this one:<br /><br /><b>The Brides of Rollrock Island</b>, by Margo Lanagan - published next month in some places, in other places not until near the end of the year, and called "Sea Hearts" in Australia. It's a novel with half a dozen narrators set over several generations of a community in which a witch has been creating women out of seals.<br /><br />I've only found two reviews so far. <br /><br />One, a brief note at Strange Horizons, warns "watch out for this book; it will put you through the wringer", and summarises the difference from <i>Tender Morsels</i> as "less brutality, more emotional desolation". <br /><br />The other said "She has a true and unique voice, a poetic prose that catches you up and throws your heart around like a seal in a storm. Nothing I can write here can do justice to this beautiful book, so all I can say is, if you love good writing, really good writing, then read it."<br /><br />Did I mention the four WFAs she's won?<br /><br />I don't imagine it'll be happy reading (although actually I thought Tender Morsels was mostly a pretty fun and gentle book, if you don't count the repeated brutal rape scenes), and it's not exactly populist either - but then you're ARE listing a Christopher Priest novel, so...<br /><br />[Side-note: I don't understand "YA" at all. Two descriptions I think would spring to mind for many people to describe Lanagan's writing: "poetic and literary" and "brutal and adult". Yet everything she writes is marketed as Young Adult. Huh? Sure, young adults can enjoy her work, but to single it out as aimed as that market? Most teenagers wouldn't get it, and many parents wouldn't want their children reading it. No wonder she doesn't sell many copies.]Wastrelhttp://vacuouswastrel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-24055330199220692522012-01-08T23:37:03.474+00:002012-01-08T23:37:03.474+00:00Looks like August onward is gonna kick a whole lot...Looks like August onward is gonna kick a whole lot of arse.Jebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985667608602099242noreply@blogger.com