Timothy’s Comments (group member since Jul 30, 2013)

Timothy’s comments from the Adventures in SciFi Publishing group.

I will post our reviews in this folder, but it is also open to your reviews. Start a new topic with the format of "Book Title by Author". Don't post reviews of your book here.

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Please post your review requests as a reply to this thread. Include a brief synopsis, a link to your book on Goodreads or another website (preferably both), what formats you have available (including print), and a max of one blurb.

Please post your review requests as a reply to this thread. Include a brief synopsis, a link to your book on Goodreads or another website (preferably both), what formats you have available (including print), and a max of one blurb.

I recently finished reading The Echo by James Smythe and in my review, I said something like, "He's among the future authors of our genre," and "We need to spread the word about him." It got me thinking about trying to incorporate this into a blog series where I post about authors that are the future of our genre and why. It may be difficult to identify who is the future and who is already a leader, but with those who are already leaders, I often am too overwhelmed by the time it would take to read their back catalog for the newest release. So, it's easier for me to read someone with their debut novel coming out and get on the train there. Maybe I'll qualify it as working on their first published series or just having finished theirs.

That got me thinking about who else would be on this list of future authors. So far, I would pick via reading experience:

Science Fiction:
James Smythe
Hugh Howey - He wasn't big until his Wool series came out two years ago, so I'd say he's still in the future category.
James S.A. Corey - true, he's published multiple series, but his first SF series is still going.
T.C. McCarthy
Ernest Cline
Nate Kenyon

Horror:
Ronald Malfi
Mark Tufo
Peter Stenson
Mercedes Yardley


Fantasy: (I'll admit, I don't read much Fantasy, so this list is thin)
Michael J. Sullivan
Moses Siregar III
Zachary Jernigan
Mark Lawrence
Brian McClellan
Django Wexler
... I'm going to stop here because I am getting into names I've heard about and not read. Back to identifying who is future and who is now, the above authors are in their first series still.

Now, I'd like to include in this post the list of Kitschies for your easy perusal:
https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

The Red Tentacle (Novel)
Red Doc>
A Tale for the Time Being
Bleeding Edge
More Than This
The Machine

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Stray
A Calculated Life
Ancillary Justice
Nexus

The Inky Tentacle (Cover)
by C. Robert Cargill (Gollancz) / Design and illustration by Sinem Erkas
by Adam Christopher (Angry Robot) / Art by Will Staehle
and by Cory Doctorow (Titan) / Design by Amazing15
by Monica Hesse (Hot Key) / Art by Gianmarco Magnani
by Charlie Human (Century) / Art by Joey Hi-Fi

I can hear him reading right now, so I totally see that. that would be a cool experience.

Thanks for pointing this out, Steve! I love Quarter Share. It's hard to imagine experiencing these books without the audio, his narration is up there with the best. I can still hear Nathan's voice as Ishmael. Looks like Owner's Share will be available (hopefully) on October 1st (per his blog, www.solarclipper.com).

Very engaging start to this book. I like all the POV characters and am enjoying the prose as though I'm being shown how Space Opera should be done. While Leviathan Wakes took a long time to make me commit to finish, if this keeps up, I'll burn through this quickly.

Noticing a couple themes of people who are lost and how we decide how to deal with human stupidity (violence or wit).

Crux, the sequel to Nexus by Ramez Naam, is my current adventure in Cyberpunk. Have you read him?