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[Werthead]

The books we are expecting in 2012 (so far):

January 2012
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Shadows Alive (Unnecessary and Unwanted Ender Cash-In Hack Job #4,713) by Orscon Scott Card
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children #1) by Alastair Reynolds
Skirmish (The House War #4) by Michelle West
City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore
Seven Princes (Book of the Shaper #1) by John R. Fultz
A Path to the Coldness of Heart (Dread Empire #8) by Glen Cook
Transmission (Ragnarok #2) by John Meaney
In the Mouth of the Whale (Quiet War #3) by Paul J. McAuley

February 2012
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Minority Council (Matthew Swift #4) by Kate Griffin
Arctic Rising by Tobias Buckell
Glamour in Glass (Shades of Milk and Honey #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
City of Dragons(Rain Wild Chronicles #3) by Robin Hobb

Note: Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin is getting its first UK edition in 20 years in February 2012.

March 2012
Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Hollow City by Dan Wells
The Fractal Prince (Quantum Thief #2) by Hannu Rajaniemi
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers
Crucible of Gold (Temeraire #7) by Naomi Novik
A Crown Imperiled (Chaoswar Saga #2) by Raymond E. Feist
Trinity Moon (Wild Hunt #2) by Elspeth Cooper
Morituri (a Spartacus: Blood and Sand novel) by Paul Kearney
Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London #3) by Ben Aaronovitch
The Black Mausoleum (Memory of Flames #4/new series #1) by Stephen Deas
The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard #3) by Scott Lynch (provisional)

April 2012
The King's Blood (Dagger and the Coin #2) by Daniel Abraham
The Skybound Sea (Aeon's Gate #3) by Sam Sykes
A Tale of Tales (Runelords #9) by David Farland (Jesus, is this thing still being published?)
Empty Space (Kefahuchi Tract ((sounds like a form of bowel surgery)) Trilogy #3) by M. John Harrison
Caine's Law (Acts of Caine #4) by Matt Stover
Trinity Moon (Wild Hunt #2) by Elspeth Cooper

May 2012
Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) by James SA Corey (Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) by NK Jemisin
Intruder (Foreigner #13) by CJ Cherryh
The Twelve (The Passage #2) by Justin Cronin
Night of the Swarm (Chathrand Voyage #4) by Robert VS Redick
Railsea by China Mieville
Bitterblue (Graceling #3) by Kristin Cashore

June 2012
Lord of Slaughter (Wolfsangel #3) by M.D. Lachlan
Traitor Son (Traitor Son Trilogy #1) by Miles Cameron

July 2012
The Dusk Watchmen (Twilight Reign #5) by Tom Lloyd
Shadow's Master (Shadow Saga #3) by Jon Sprunk
The Hammer and the Blade (Egil and Nix #1) by Paul S. Kemp
Jack Glass by Adam Roberts

August 2012
The Middle Kingdom (Chung Kuo #3) by David Wingrove
vN (Von Neumann Sisters #1) by Madeline Ashby

October
Maps of Ice and Fire (Song of Ice and Fire tie-in book, nature unknown)

Mid-Late 2012
The Unholy Consult (Aspect-Emperor #3) by R. Scott Bakker
Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
The Air War (Shadows of the Apt #8) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Forge of Darkness (Kharkanas Trilogy #1) by Steven Erikson
Dangerous Women, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (including Dunk 'n' Egg #4)
Lowball (Wild Cards #22), edited by George R.R. Martin
A Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
The Wind Through the Keyhole (Dark Tower #8) by Stephen King
Dragon Blood (Rain Wild Chronicles #4) by Robin Hobb
Godborn (Cycle of Night #1) by Paul S. Kemp
Black Opera by Mary Gentle
The Three Princes War by Pierre Pevel
The Coldest War (Milkweed Triptych #2) by Ian Tregellis (finally!)
The Daylight War (The Demon Cycle #3) by Peter V. Brett
Requiem (Psalms of Isaak #4) by Ken Scholes
King of Thorns (Broken Empire #2) by Mark Lawrence
Endlords (Sword of Shadows #5) by JV Jones
The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer #2) by Brent Weeks
Princeps (Imager Portfolio #5) by LE Modesitt Jr.
Stonemouth by Iain Banks
Cold Days (Dresden Files #14) by Jim Butcher
The Sea-Beggars (Sea Beggars omnibus, including the new Book 3, Storm of the Dead) by Paul Kearney
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
Sharps by KJ Parker
City in the Jungle (Novels of the Malazan Empire #5) by Ian Cameron Esslemont

Tales of the Ketty Jay #4 by Chris Wooding (maybe)
Gravedigger Chronicles #2 by Alan Campbell (maybe)
A King in Cobwebs (Durand Col #3) by David Keck (maybe)

2013 releases
A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time #14) by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan
The Book of Endless Pages (Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson
The World of Ice and Fire (Song of Ice and Fire companion book) by George R.R. Martin, Elio Garcia & Linda Antonsson

Edited by Werthead, 20 February 2012 - 10:21 AM.

[madking]

You forgot The Winds of Winter by George r.r. Martin.

[Josscock]

Werthead, on 03 July 2011 - 04:41 AM, said:

Mid-Late 2012

Joe Abercrombie's Western Thing by Joe Abercrombie

Is that the actual title, or a working title?

Cos I would buy that book just for the title.

[TheEvilKing]

Any KJ Parker on the cards?

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Caine's Law by Stover comes out in February I believe.

Here's hoping for better debuts in 2012.

[WrathOfSQL]

A new Erikson? What's the topic?

(did I miss this discussion?)

[SkynJay]

I too am hoping for some Parker.

But man, Abercrombie is supposed to hit that quick? I sure hope its true. (BTW, spell check thinks the correct way to spell Abercrombie is Beachcomber).

[Jussi]

These books haven't been mentioned yet:

January
Seven Princes by John R. Fultz (Books of the Shaper #1)

February
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb (The Rain Wild Chronicles #3)

March
Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers
Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik (Temeraire #7)
A Crown Imperiled by Raymond E. Feist (The Chaoswar Saga #2)
Trinity Moon by Elspeth Cooper (The Wild Hunt #2)

April
The Black Mausoleum by Stephen Deas
The Skybound Sea by Sam Sykes (The Aeons' Gate #3)
Pearlant by M. John Harrison (Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy #3)
A Tale of Tales by David Farland (The Runelords #9)

May
The Twelve by Justin Cronin (The Passage #2)
The Night of the Swarm by Robert V.S. Redick (The Chathrand Voyage #4)

June
Miklagard by M.D. Lachlan (Wolfsangel #3)
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (Seven Kingdoms #3)

July
The Dusk Watchman by Tom Lloyd (The Twilight Reign #5)
Shadow's Master by Jon Sprunk (Shadow Saga #3)

Early 2012
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

Mid-Late 2012
Dragon Blood by Robin Hobb (The Rain Wild Chronicles #4)
Godborn by Paul S. Kemp (Cycle of Night #1)
Black Opera by Mary Gentle
The Three Prince War by Pierre Pevel
The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis (The Milkweed Triptych #2)
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (The Broken Empire #2)
Endlords [working title] by J.V. Jones (Sword of Shadows #5)
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks (Lightbringer #2)
Princeps by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Imager Portfolio #5)

I believe Glen Cook's new Dread Empire novel A Path to Coldness of Heart will be published in 2012.

Nebuchadnezzar, on 03 July 2011 - 08:52 AM, said:

Caine's Law by Stover comes out in February I believe.

In April.

Here is the blurb for Fultz's debut novel Seven Princes:

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An ancient necromancer slaughters the king and his court in front of the unbelieving eyes of crown prince D’zan. From that moment, his life is consumed by one thought – to regain his throne. Others will join him, some will oppose him. In a world where men and giants fight side by side against ancient monsters and new powers, only one thing is sure – war is coming. Blood will run. Princes will clash.

Seven Princes. Seven destinies.

All will be legend.

[Werthead]

WrathOfMe, on 03 July 2011 - 10:50 AM, said:

A new Erikson? What's the topic?

(did I miss this discussion?)

The first of his Kharkanas Trilogy, set 300,000-odd years before the main series. It tells the story of Anomander Rake, Silchas Ruin, Mother Dark and all the shit that went down between the Tistes and the shattering of the Shadow Realm and so on and so forth. Apparently they're going to be slightly shorter than the main series novels (20 chapters rather than 24, which means still around 750-800 pages in hardcover) but will come out at 18 month intervals (so I'd expect the first one in late 2012).

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You forgot The Winds of Winter by George r.r. Martin

Without further information, I'm not even going to put this on a speculative list until we do The Books We're Expecting in 2015

[henderson]

Wert,

You listed SHADOWS OF THE APT book #9 coming out in mid to late 2012. I know HEIRS OF THE BLADE, SHADOWS OF THE APT book #7, is coming out in October 2011. When is book #8 going to be released?

[Noros]

I'd prefer the Toblakai trilogy before the Kharkanas

There will be another Esselmont novel in 2012, called Throne & Orb

[Werthead]

henderson, on 03 July 2011 - 09:25 PM, said:

Wert,

You listed SHADOWS OF THE APT book #9 coming out in mid to late 2012. I know HEIRS OF THE BLADE, SHADOWS OF THE APT book #7, is coming out in October 2011. When is book #8 going to be released?

Good point. Book 8, The Air War, was originally pencilled in for Spring 2012, but the delay to Heirs of the Blade may have delayed it, probably bumping #9 to 2013.

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There will be another Esselmont novel in 2012, called Throne & Orb

Last I heard, this remained in place for 8 December 2011. Esslemont's next book, Assail, may be a 2012 release but given the 1 year+a month or two slippage between the last few books, it's more likely early 2013.

[Jussi]

Erikson says that The Forge of Darkness is half-finished. I think it will be released in 2012.

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Anyway, I am finding it refreshing to read what goes on here for another reason, as I am halfway through the first Kharkanas novel, brow knitted as I wonder what the hell I'm doing -- which is exactly how I felt while writing MOI. Let's hope lightning strikes twice, huh?

http://www.tor.com/b...epilogue#195748

[red snow]

Werthead, on 04 July 2011 - 04:23 AM, said:

Good point. Book 8, The Air War, was originally pencilled in for Spring 2012, but the delay to Heirs of the Blade may have delayed it, probably bumping #9 to 2013.

To be fair maybe only releasing one book a year as opposed to two is hardly a huge slip given his company. His books seem to vary in length and due to focusing on different characters one book may take longer than another. I guess it would be a stretch to have book 13 out before 2013 but I wouldn't entirely run it out.

[Myshkin]

Werthead, on 03 July 2011 - 04:41 AM, said:

The Wind Through the Keyhole (Dark Tower #8) by Stephen King

What?

[Werthead]

myshkin, on 04 July 2011 - 08:05 AM, said:

What?

King has written a new Dark Tower book, though it's not strictly a sequel. It takes place between Books 4 and 5.

[The faceless others]

What about the Dresden files? I'm a bit confused about the released dates.

[Myshkin]

Werthead, on 04 July 2011 - 08:10 AM, said:

King has written a new Dark Tower book, though it's not strictly a sequel. It takes place between Books 4 and 5.

No that doesn't seem right....

[Werthead]

The faceless others, on 04 July 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

What about the Dresden files? I'm a bit confused about the released dates.

Book 14, Cold Days, is apparently due in mid-to-late 2012.

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No that doesn't seem right....

Yeah, a lot of people went, "Huh?" over that one.

Though nowhere near as much bafflement as was generated when he said the book afterwards would be The Shining II

[beniowa]

Jesse Bullington mentioned on his blog a while back that Orbit bought a third novel, Hook and Cod. No idea if it'll be released next year or not though.

Werthead, on 03 July 2011 - 04:41 AM, said:

Morituri (a Spartacus: Blood and Sand novel) by Paul Kearney

I'm not too sure about a Spartacus tie-in novel, but if it's Kearney it's gotta be good.

Any more news on the final Sea Beggars?

Edited by beniowa, 04 July 2011 - 09:35 AM.