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Which new releases are you most looking forward to?
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May 01, 2020 04:46PM
I'm probably the only one here who can be excited about this, but I just learned that Emmi Itäranta has a new book coming out in September! It's called Kuunpäivän kirjeet (Moonday letters), and so far I only see a Finnish edition, but since she translates her own work, I hope and assume there will also be an English edition? It sounds interesting, definitely scifi with colonies in space, a botanist character, and the blurb also talks about language, so I can't wait to read this!
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@Anna: you're not the only one! If there is an English translation I'm definitely here for it!
Yes Gabi I was thinking you would be interested, but can you be excited for a Finnish edition? :D
weeeell, if I use my lockdown to start learning the language now... LOL!
Books I plan to read in 2020 that are published in 2020:I finished reading The Last Emperox by John Scalzi right after it was released on April 14, 2020,
I plan to read Network Effect by Martha Wells when it is released on May 5, 2020,
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie when it is released on 09-15-20,
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson when it is released on 11-17-20,
and the untitled ninth Expanse book by James S.A. Corey if it is released in 2020.
Gary wrote: "Books I plan to read in 2020 that are published in 2020:I finished reading The Last Emperox by John Scalzi right after it was released on April 14, 2020,
I plan to re..."
Just downloaded Aurora Rising :)
I read Aurora Rising a few weeks ago and loved it. Hopefully the bookshop near the farm has Aurora Burning when I go in there later today. And The Girl and the Stars. They probably won’t have Murderbot though.
Jacqueline wrote: "I read Aurora Rising a few weeks ago and loved it. Hopefully the bookshop near the farm has Aurora Burning when I go in there later today. And The Girl and the Stars. They probably won’t have Murde..."And I meant to say I downloaded Aurora Burning🤦🏽♀️
Lol Leonie. I did pick up Aurora Burning and The Girl and the Stars this afternoon. They didn’t have Network Effect though. I’ll order it when I get back to the Outback maybe.
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Yes! It should drop today if all goes well!
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@Anna, that book is connected to McGuire’s Middlegame, the mythology and the book itself are an element. I am looking forward to it.
Yes, I read that! I haven't read Middlegame yet, but maybe I have to now, just so I can try her MG :D
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Sarah Pinsker has a new book coming out next year, We Are Satellites! I haven't read her first novel yet - it wasn't quite my thing even before the pandemic rendered it too relatable - but I love her short fiction and this one sounds interesting.
Remote Control has a cover! I hope this means that the (January 2021) release date is also accurate, this seems to have been pushed further and further for a very long time. I keep seeing it at the top of my new-standalones queue, and then it jumps forward. At one point it had a 2030 release date.
I've stopped reading AdB because for some reason I never fully love her stuff, even when I should. But! I can't stop myself from being excited about Fireheart Tiger, which is described as The Goblin Emperor meets Howl's Moving Castle in a precolonial Vietnamese setting.
I just preordered The Relentless Moon, next in Mary Robinette Kowal's Calculating Stars series. It comes out next month!edit: Anna, I agree Fireheart Tiger looks soooo good!
Anna wrote: "I'm excited for more Lady Astronaut!"She's going to read some chapters in TorCon (live now!)
I LOVE AdB and hadn't heard about Fireheart Tiger yet. So excited!
Is it just me or are these titles getting more obscure? This one sounds like it could use one of those "stranded along the highway" country western laments as background music. Still I'm looking forward to it.
I don't think Becky Chambers will ever be able to publish a book with a normal/short title! Even her upcoming Monk&Robot novellas are titled like that.
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I like them too! I just wasn't expecting *all* her books to be titled in this way, I thought it was a Wayfarers thing.
”Bread Wizard” finally has a release date! ❤️ It’s about a girl whose familiar is a sourdough starter and she can only work magic on bread. I cannot wait!!!A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
I love the angry gingerbread man on the cover 😄
Peace Talks by Jim Butcher, now that is is almost here.Also, The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie and Ballistic Kiss by Richard Kadrey (probably the final one in the series?)
I'm also carefully optimistic about Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne after the inglorious ending of the Iron Druid Chronicles.
Anna wrote: "”Bread Wizard” finally has a release date! ❤️ It’s about a girl whose familiar is a sourdough starter..."Now I'm feeling guilty that we retired our sourdough starter a few weeks ago. I'm still looking forward to the book.
Anna wrote: "”Bread Wizard” finally has a release date! ❤️ It’s about a girl whose familiar is a sourdough starter and she can only work magic on bread. I cannot wait!!
I'm waiting for this release, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. I haven't read anything by the author but after watching him speak about his writing and his stories, I'm giving him a try.
Raucous and Gabi, wanna BR Bread Wizard? 😊 I bet it’ll be a thread full of glee and squee!
Anna wrote: "Raucous and Gabi, wanna BR Bread Wizard? 😊 I bet it’ll be a thread full of glee and squee!"If I can get it, gladly! So far it doesn't show up on amazon.de
It's not on Amazon US yet either, but surely it'll turn up soon!BTW does everyone know that Ursula Vernon's Patreon supporters get her self-pub ebooks for free? I always buy them anyway, because I love her so much and want to support her, but if someone is unable to purchase them elsewhere, this is an option!
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Ursula Vernon / T. Kingfisher (or emus) nor do I get paid to plug her wonderful stuff (or emus).
Anna wrote: "”Bread Wizard” finally has a release date! ❤️ It’s about a girl whose familiar is a sourdough starter and she can only work magic on bread. I cannot wait!!!..."Cozy Fantasy is a thing now?
I'd call it fluffy! I'm expecting severed heads at the very least!
Aliette de Bodard has a novella coming from Tor.com, Fireheart Tiger. The comps are The Goblin Emperor and Howl's Moving Castle, so I'm especially excited!
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