Locys 2012 recommended reading list is out !

[Aildiin]

Here are some extracts :

Novels – Science Fiction

The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Bowl of Heaven, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (Tor)
Any Day Now, Terry Bisson (Overlook Press; Duckworth ’13)
Blueprints of the Afterlife, Ryan Boudinot (Black Cat)
Arctic Rising, Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois Mcmaster Bujold (Baen)
Intruder, C. J. Cherryh (DAW)
Caliban’s War, James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross (Tor)
The Eternal Flame, Greg Egan (Night Shade; Gollancz)
Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway (Heinemann; Knopf)
Empty Space, M. John Harrison (Gollancz; Night Shade ’13)
Rapture, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)
Intrusion, Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
In the Mouth of the Whale, Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
Fate of Worlds, Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner (Tor)
The Fractal Prince, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)
Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Ace)
Jack Glass, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Turing & Burroughs: A Beatnik SF Novel, Rudy Rucker (Transreal Books)
Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor; Gollancz)
Ashes of Candesce, Karl Schroeder (Tor)
Lost Everything, Brian Francis Slattery (Tor)
Slow Apocalypse, John Varley (Ace)
The Fourth Wall, Walter Jon Williams (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Last Policeman, Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)


Novels – Fantasy

Whispers Under Ground, Ben Aaronovitch (Del Rey; Gollancz)
Red Country, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz; Orbit US)
The King’s Blood, Daniel Abraham (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Troupe, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Queen’s Hunt, Beth Bernobich (Tor)
The Ruined City, Paula Brandon (Spectra)
The Steel Seraglio, Mike Carey, Linda Carey & Louise Carey (ChiZine; Gollancz ’13 as The City of Silk and Steel)
Boneland, Alan Garner (Fourth Estate)
The Killing Moon, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
And Blue Skies from Pain, Stina Leicht (Night Shade)
Bullettime, Nick Mamatas (ChiZine)
Sharps, K. J. Parker (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Hide Me Among the Graves, Tim Powers (Morrow; Corvus)
The Mirage, Matt Ruff (HarperCollins)
The Apocalypse Codex, Charles Stross (Ace)
Crandolin, Anna Tambour (Chômu)
Worldsoul, Liz Williams (Prime)


and the full list link : http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2013...

[Aildiin]

I've only read 1 book on the list( the Vorkosigan) but to my credit I usually wait the e-book price drops bellow 10$ to read a book...

[Paul]

Nice list. I've only read Angelmaker thus far, but own or have several others on my wanted list - and many others are from my must-read authors.

So many books, so little time. Still, better than the alternative.

[Kate]

I've read 11 and 3 half books on the list. Not a bad year for me, if I was nominating for the Hugos I'd feel somewhat quaffed.

[Dara]

Good list to get recommendations from. Thanks for posting it!