Forthcoming books for October 2010

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Hi everyone,

As part of my ongoing effort to feed everyone's book addiction, here's the list of major forthcoming SF&F books for October 2010. Please let us know if you're planning to read any of these!

Aaron, Rachel: The Spirit Thief (pbo)
Adams, Cat: Siren Song (#2 Celia Graves) (tpo)
Ahern, Jerry & Sharon: Written in Time (pbo)
Anthony, Piers: Knot Gneiss (Xanth)
Anthony, Piers: Jumper Cable (#33 Xanth) (pap)
Anvil, Christopher: The Power of Illusion (tp)
Asimov, Isaac: The Currents of Space (Reissue) (tp)
Asprin, Robert: Myth-Interpretations: The Worlds of Robert Asprin (tp)
Baker, Kage: Nell Gwynne’s Scarlet Spy (tpo)
Ballantine, Philippa: Geist: A Book of the Order (pbo)
Banks, Iain M.: Surface Detail
Bernobich, Beth: Passion Play
Boyett, Steven R: Elegy Beach (#2 Book of the Change) (pap)
Brook, Meljean: The Iron Duke (#1 Iron Seas) (tpo)
Butcher, Jim: Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files
Chiang, Ted: Stories of Your Life: and Others (tpo)
Connolly, John: The Gates (tp)
Cook, Dawn: The Decoy Princess (#1 Princess) (Reissue) (pap)
Couper, Lexxie: The Sun Sword (tp)
Dietz, William C: Bones of Empire (#2)
Doctorow, Cory: Makers (tpo)
Donaldson, Stephen R: Against All Things Ending (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
Dunn, Adam: Rivers of Gold
Enge, James: The Wolf Age (tp)
Evans, Chris: The Light of Burning Shadows (#2 Iron Elves) (pap)
Flint, Eric: 1635: The Eastern Front
Gilman, Felix: The Half-Made World
Gilman, Laura Anne: Weight of Stone (#2 Vineart War)
Harmon, Ken: The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir
Hendee, Barb: Hunting Memories (#2 Vampire Memories) (pap)
Hendee, Barb: Memories of Envy (#3 Vampire Memories) (tpo)
Jemisin, N K: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (pap)
Jordan / Sanderson: Towers of Midnight (#13 Wheel of Time)
Jordan / Sanderson: The Gathering Storm (#12 Wheel of Time) (pap)
Kadrey, Richard: Kill the Dead (#2 Sandman Slim)
Kay, Guy Gavriel: Lord of Emperors (#2 Sarantine Mosaic) (tp)
Kearney, Paul: Corvus (Sequel to The Ten Thousand) (pbo)
Kent, Steven L: The Clone Empire (#6 Clone) (pbo)
Kiernan, Celine: The Rebel Prince (#3 Moorehawke Trilogy) (tpo)
Knaak, Richard A: Legends of the Dragonrealm, Vol. II (Omnibus with original novella) (tp)
Knapp, James: The Silent Army (#2 Nico Wachalowski) (pbo)
Lackey, Mercedes: Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit (King Arthur) (pap)
Lackey, Mercedes: Intrigues (#2 Collegium Chronicles (Valdemar))
Lebbon, Tim: Echo City (pbo)
Leiber, Fritz: Our Lady of Darkness (Reissue) (tp)
Maguire, Gregory: The Next Queen of Heaven (tp)
Marillier, Juliet: Heart’s Blood (pap)
Mcdevitt, Jack: Time Travelers Never Die (pap)
Mcdonald, Sandra: The Stars Blue Yonder (#3 Commander Jodenny Scott) (pap)
Meydan, Lena: Twilight Forever Rising (tpo)
Modesitt, L E, Jr,: Empress of Eternity
Modesitt, L E, Jr: Adiamante (Reissue) (pap)
Modesitt, L E, Jr: Imager’s Challenge (#2 Imager Portfolio) (pap)
Niven / Lerner: Betrayer of Worlds (Prelude to Ringworld)
Palmer, Philip: Version 43 (tpo)
Pelegrimas, Marcus: Vampire Uprising (Skinners) (pbo)
Pevel, Pierre: The Cardinal’s Blades (tp)
Price, Kalayna: Grave Witch (#1 Alex Craft) (pbo)
Priest, Cherie: Dreadnought (Sequel to Boneshaker) (tpo)
Ringo, John: Live Free or Die (#1 Troy Rising) (pap)
Sawyer, Robert J: Hybrids (#3 Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy) (Reissue) (tp)
Shepherd, Joel: Tracato (#3 Trial of Blood and Steel) (tp)
Shepherd, Mike: Kris Longknife: Redoubtable (pbo)
Sherman / Cragg: Starfist: Double Jeopardy (pap)
Shinn, Sharon: Troubled Waters
Smith, Sherwood: Treason’s Shore (#4 Inda) (pap)
Snyder, Lucy A: Shotgun Sorceress (pbo)
Taylor, Travis S: One Good Soldier (Sequel to The Tau Ceti Agenda) (pap)
Verne, Jules: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Reissue) (pap)
Weber, David: Out of the Dark (#1)
Wells, H G: The Invisible Man (Reissue) (pap)
Willis, Connie: All Clear
Freeman, John: Sci-Fi Art Now
Mead, Syd: Sentury II (tp)
Sibley, Brian: Harry Potter Film Wizardry
Theroux, Alexander: The Strange Case of Edward Gorey

Stefan

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I'll probably pick up the Dresden short story collection at some point, but that's the only thing that catches my eye.

[Brenda]

I've got Makers and The Spirit Thief on my TBR list, so eventually I'll get to those.

[Cindy]

All Clear! Blackout has been burning a hole in my TBR, but I've been patiently waiting to read it once All Clear comes out... only a few more weeks, and I'll get started.

[Shel, Moderator]

I got all excited to see Guy Kay's name on the list - is Under Heaven out in paperback already!?!?!? - but it's just a reprint of a book I already have - how disappointing! ;)

I'll probably pick up Lackey's Intrigues, even though I didn't think Foundation was that great - I can't help it, I'm addicted to her Valdemar books, even though the newer ones haven't been nearly as good as my older favorites!

[Ken]

Elegy Beach is a buy, still have to read the first book
The 3rd Covenant chronicles is on the list. I have not read the previous 2, waiting for the 4th book to be annouced and I will reread the whole series and the 3rd Chronicles. I am also going to pick up up the new Wheel of Time book.
I have both the Donaldson and Jordan books on order at my favorite bookstore

[Chris]

Jordan / Sanderson: Towers of Midnight (#13 Wheel of Time)

....that is all...

[Sandi]

I already have All Clear on order.

[Phoenixfalls]

SOOOO excited it's October! Several books that I've been drooling over are coming out this month. ;)

Nell Gwynne's Scarlet Spy is already ordered from Amazon. (R.I.P. Ms. Baker. You are missed.)

I always buy Sharon Shinn, so I'm sure I'll pick up Troubled Waters someday soon -- though I may make it a Christmas gift to my mother, and then borrow it as soon as she's done with it.

All Clear will be ordered soon -- then I'll be able to read Blackout (I refuse to read Pt. 1 of 2 novels until I have Pt. 2)

And you missed that Lois McMaster Bujold's first Vorkosigan novel in almost a decade, CryoBurn, had its release date moved up to Oct. 19th!!! (I've been waiting on this one for YEARS.)

[Sandi]

Phoenixfalls wrote: "All Clear will be ordered soon -- then I'll be able to read Blackout (I refuse to read Pt. 1 of 2 novels until I have Pt. 2)"

I've been holding off on reading Blackout too. I heard an interview with Connie Willis where she said that it was written as one book and the publisher split it in two. It's really stupid because a lot of her books are longer than the two installments of this story put together. I guess the publishers are trying anything to make a buck.

[Kerry]

I did read Blackout because I couldn't wait, so I'm really looking forward to All Clear.

I've preordered Troubled Waters and CryoBurn.

[Shel, Moderator]

Phoenixfalls wrote: "And you missed that Lois McMaster Bujold's first Vorkosigan novel in almost a decade, CryoBurn, had its release date moved up to Oct. 19th!!! (I've been waiting on this one for YEARS.)"

*squee*

THAT is exciting news...hadn't heard :) Yay!

[Jon]

I'll be picking up the reissue of Lord of Emperors and finally reading both new Connie Willis novels - Blackout and All Clear.

[Cindy]

Oh man, there's a HUGE book not on your release list! Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks is the latest in his Culture series. It's out on October 7 in the UK, but October 28 for the US.

[Phoenixfalls]

That's right! I have to pick up a copy of Surface Detail too. . . though that will likely be a Christmas present for my dad and then I'll borrow it. ;)

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Thanks for letting me know! I get this list from a local bookstore's website, so it's not always complete. I'm glad you mentioned this book though - I'm a big fan of Iain M. Banks and his Culture series. If this one is as good as Matter, we're in for a treat.

[Sandra]

The ARC is already available from Baen Books for free. I just downloaded it. They have formats to be read on any ereader. That's of CryoBurn, just thought I should clarify.

[Christine]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "The ARC is already available from Baen Books for free. I just downloaded it. They have formats to be read on any ereader. That's of CryoBurn, just thought I should clarify."

Sleo, I couldn't find CryoBurn on Baen

[Random]

Here's the direct link to the ARC copy of CryoBurn
http://www.webscription.net//p-1289-c...

[Ken]

Man, I have to add Surface Detail to the list, and I really need to get off my duff and read the other Culture Novels. I read the first but nothing else

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Ah Ken, you really have to get The Player of Games as soon as possible then! Consider Phlebas is easily the worst of the bunch - after that they get excellent with The Player of Games and Use of Weapons.

[Sandra]

Christine wrote: "Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "The ARC is already available from Baen Books for free. I just downloaded it. They have formats to be read on any ereader. That's of CryoBurn, just thought ..."

It's right on the front page. Meanwhile Random has the link.

Here's the front page. It's blinking on the right.

[Ken]

I have them all except for Matter and the new one

[Ken]

as for ARC of cryoburn, 15bucks. really!

[Sandra]

Ken wrote: "as for ARC of cryoburn, 15bucks. really!"

The electronic version is free.

[Ken]

Really, maybe I am missing something

But at the bottom page it says
Ebook Price: $15.00

[Sandra]

Ken wrote: "Really, maybe I am missing something

But at the bottom page it says
Ebook Price: $15.00"

If you just go to the page and click on the kind of file you want, it downloads. There is no charge. Maybe it's going to be 15 for the completed book.

[Bryan]

Sorry, but I am sure that Baen does not give away their e-ARC's for free. When I visit the site, I can get the first few chapters for free (in HTML format only, no other choices).

If you can see other choices, then you must have bought the book, or been given a free subscription.

I've bought perhaps 30 books on Baen, plus I've downloaded every single one of the free library books. So I hope I know what I'm talking about...

[Sandra]

Ooops. You're right. I bought it a while ago. Sorry.

[Christine]

I did find it, but noticed the $15 price for the e-book

[Stuart]

Stefan wrote: "Ah Ken, you really have to get The Player of Games as soon as possible then! Consider Phlebas is easily the worst of the bunch - after that they get excellent with [book:..."

I am intrigued, what don't you like about "Consider Phlebas", I found it one if not the most exciting novel I have ever read.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I'm not saying it's a bad book - I just consider it the least good book in the series. I felt that it was a bit of mess in terms of structure, and didn't have the same level of tension as the later books. I also thought the scene with the Eaters was one of the most disgusting things I've ever read. We had it as our Book of the Month not so long ago - if you do a search you can probably find the discussion. I always felt like CP was a book you have to get through to get to the really good books in the series - and I know at least a few people who unfortunately gave up on Banks after reading it.

[Random]

Stefan wrote: "and I know at least a few people who unfortunately gave up on Banks after reading it. "

I was one. I just haven't been able to motivate myself to giving him another chance.

For myself it was just a book version of an action movie. Lots of explosions, etc and not much else. Its like covering styrofoam with salt and butter and calling it popcorn. *blech*

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Random, I really do recommend checking out The Player of Games and Use of Weapons before giving up. It's unbelievable how much better those books are - they're 2 of my favorite SF novels ever.

[Random]

I've considered it, but just can't get the motivation. It doesn't help that while I love Sci-Fi, I rather dislike Space Opera.

My husband threatens divorce every time I say that. :)

[Stuart]

Random wrote: "Stefan wrote: "and I know at least a few people who unfortunately gave up on Banks after reading it. "

I was one. I just haven't been able to motivate myself to giving him another chance.

For my..."

I grant you it did read like an action movie. On the minus side it did not tackle the grey matter as frankly I can't remember much but the action.

[Sandi]

I almost missed that Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher is coming out. It'll be good filler while waiting for the next Dresden Files novel to come out in Spring.

By the way, do not read the blurb for the next Dresden Files novel if you have not read Changes. It's a huge spoiler for Changes

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Baker, Banks, Sanderson/Jordan, Lackey, Bujold... yikes, my list is getting longer and longer!

[Candiss]

I'd like to pick up a copy of the Ted Chiang collection now that it will be easier to find (and cost less than an arm, leg, and firstborn.) It's one of my favorites, and I could kick myself for not grabbing it when it was first out in hardcover, before it became scarce.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I just received a review copy of it. Apparently this version is much closer to how the author originally wanted it. I'm planning to read it soon - it looks excellent.

[Cindy]

I preordered my copy of the Chiang collection - I'm stoked!

(edited because I got confused!)