AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Dead Set by Richard Kadrey (Harper Voyager) On Sale Date: October 29, 2013The New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series delivers an eerie, compelling stand alone fantasy in which a young girl is caught between the worlds of the living and the deadAfter her father's funeral, Zoe and her mother moved to the Big City to start over. But life's not so easy, the money is tight, and a new school brings trials. Fortunately, she has an escape: her dreams. A world of freedom and solace removed from the loneliness and anxieties of real life, Zoe's dreamscape offers another, more precious, gift: It is the only place where she can spend time with her closest companion-her lost brother Valentine. Yet something is very wrong. An unfamliar-and univited-presence has entered her private realm to threaten Zoe and Valentine, a disturbing turn of events that is compounded by an impossible discovery. A chance encounter at a used record store where the grooves of the vinyl discs hold not music, but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. Now, the shop's strange proprietor is offering Zoe the chance to commune with the father whose passing took a piece of her heart. The price? A lock of hair. Then a tooth. Then . . .How far into this eerie world will Zoe go to discover what she truly needs? And once she does, will there be enough left of her to come back?http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ProductDetailPage.aspx?sequence=11&group=search&keywords=Richard+Kadrey&searchContext=&searchOrgID=&searchCatalogID=&searchMailingID=&sku=0062283014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowborn Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Haruki Murakami's next novel is coming out in April, in Japan. There isn't any more information about it... Some say it could be the fourth part of 1Q84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I'm intrigued by the Viking Fantasy novel coming out in August from Quercus:There's nothing like a good, rip-roaring Viking yarn to get the blood flowing, and when you add a recently converted warrior king determined to bring Christianity at the point of hissword and a powerful Northlands witch determined the Old Gods will triumph and, you know you're in for a good time. I'm really thrilled to welcome Snorri to JFB, as part of my commitment to publish the very best in fantasy, SF and horror."The Swords of Good Men is a Viking fantasy novel and here's some more info about it. "Our first novel of that ilk, in fact, and it’s awesome. It’s got a mad king determined to bring the White Christ to the masses, a mysterious and beautiful woman drawing the souls of dead warriors to her cause, a gentle blacksmith with dangerous blood and a young hero, who has a lot to learn about the cruelty of the world. And they’re all converging on Steinvik, a place where your enemies do not necessarily reside outside the walls . . . It’s fast, vicious and reminiscent of Joe AbercrombieSynopsis:Ulfar Thormodsson has spent two years travelling as envoy and bodyguard to his high-born cousin. They have one last stop - the walled town of Stenvik - before they can finally go home.Audun Arngrimsson works his forge and lives a secretive, solitary life. No one knows about his past, and he'd like to keep it that way. But the Old Gods have other ideas.The factions within Stenvik are about to come to blows, but a far bigger battle is approaching: a young king is bringing the White Christ at point of sword and edge of blade. And on the horizon are the sails of another, more mysterious enemy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Random House Fall 2013 catalog:http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/CatalogOverview.aspx?catalogID=81030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Daniel Polansky's third Low Town novel She Who Waits is coming out in August 2013.http://www.amazon.co...63431624&sr=1-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Just came out in the UK, coming out in the US on April 2ndThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker coming out April 23rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garlan the Gallant Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Why are the following books available to pre-order on Amazon UK but not Amazon US:The Book and the Sword by Antoine RouaudThe Twelve Children of Paris by Tim Willocks The Adjacent by Christopher Priest Theatre of the Gods by M. Suddain Gallow: The Crimson Shield by Nathan Hawke The Siege by Arturo Perez-ReverteThe Ill Made Knight by Cameron Christian The Swords of Good Men by Snorri KristjanssonGallow: Cold Redemption by Nathan Hawke Son of the Morning by Mark Alder Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson Gallow: The Last Bation by Nathan Hawke Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea by Adam Roberts Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiSpellbreaker by Blake CharltonMoon’s Artifice by Tom LloydThe High Kingdom by Pierre PevelThe Ace of Skulls by Chris WoodingThe Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchThe Fell Sword by Miles CameronThe Unholy Consult by R. Scott BakkerAdditionally, why are the following books not even listed on either Amazon UK or Amazon:Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik DavidsonFall of Light by Steven EriksonIn Dark Service by Stephen HuntDangerous Women Anthology edited by George RR MartinThe Winds of Winter by George RR MartinDrakenfield: A Death Divine by Mark Charan NewtonThe Doors of Stone by Patrick RothfussThe Free by Biran RuckleyThe Blood Mirror by Brent WeeksLastly, is there any news on when the seventh Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell will be hitting the shelves?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Additionally, why are the following books not even listed on either Amazon UK or Amazon:The Winds of Winter by George RR MartinThe Doors of Stone by Patrick RothfussWhy should these be listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Haha what. I don't think you know how publishing works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Lastly, is there any news on when the seventh Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell will be hitting the shelves?September 2013.Blurb for Chris Willrich's debut novel The Scroll of Years (published by Pyr):It's Brent Weeks meets China Mieville in this wildly imaginative fantasy debut featuring high action, elegant writing, and sword and sorcery with a Chinese flare.Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone are a romantic couple and partners in crime. Persimmon is a poet from a well-to-do family, who found herself looking for adventure, while Imago is a thief in his ninth decade who is double-cursed, and his body has not aged in nearly seventy years. Together, their services and wanderlust have taken them into places better left unseen, and against odds best not spoken about. Now, they find themselves looking to get away, to the edge of the world, with Persimmon pregnant with their child, and the most feared duo of assassins hot on their trail. However, all is never what it seems, and a sordid adventure--complete with magic scrolls, gangs of thieves, and dragons both eastern and western--is at hand.http://www.randomhou...h/9781616148133"Reading Chris Willrich feels a bit like playing Dungeons and Dragons with a drunken Will Shakespeare. Great fun, and beautifully written."--Saladin Ahmed, author of Throne of the Crescent Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Why are the following books available to pre-order on Amazon UK but not Amazon US:You could always ask Amazon. However, in a lot of those cases the UK edition is the primary one and the US edition is not coming out until a lot later. I don't think Amazon allows international pre-orders in all cases (but I might be wrong about that). In other cases the release date has not been firmly set.Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik DavidsonFall of Light by Steven EriksonIn Dark Service by Stephen HuntDangerous Women Anthology edited by George RR MartinThe Winds of Winter by George RR MartinDrakenfield: A Death Divine by Mark Charan NewtonThe Doors of Stone by Patrick RothfussThe Free by Biran RuckleyThe Blood Mirror by Brent WeeksTWoW is listed on Amazon UK, but not Amazon US. Amazon US is at least partially responsible for the whole mess with ADWD, which they kept putting up fictitious date after fictitious date for the book which people would then complain about when they were missed, despite the dates not coming from either GRRM or his publishers. I suspect the publishers don't want that happening again and may not want a listing put up until the book is nearly done.As for the other books, Amazon does not creating listings for a book until they are sent details by the publishers. I assume the publishers have not done so in these other cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Allright, I take a stab at these.Why are the following books available to pre-order on Amazon UK but not Amazon US:The Book and the Sword by Antoine Rouaud- No US publisherThe Adjacent by Christopher Priest- No US publisherThe Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson- No US publisher I thinkSon of the Morning by Mark Alder- No US publisherShaman by Kim Stanley Robinson- Will be on amazon.com with a fall release date soon.The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron- Will be on amazon.com with a fall release date soon.The Unholy Consult by R. Scott Bakker- In process, 2014 release date.Additionally, why are the following books not even listed on either Amazon UK or Amazon:Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson- Confirmed for early 2014Fall of Light by Steven Erikson- In processThe Winds of Winter by George RR Martin- In processDrakenfield: A Death Divine by Mark Charan Newton- Due in October in the UK. Don't think he has a US publisher anymore.The Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss- In processThe Free by Biran Ruckley- Will be out in the first half of 2014 as per the author.The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks- In processThanks.One that I am wondering about is Stella Gemmell's The City, an epic standalone. Comes out in April in the UK and in June in the US, have not seen any reviews for it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 From Prime Books - The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich HortonPublication Date: July 10, 2013Content:“Nahiku West” by Linda Nagata (Analog)“A Murmuration of Starlings” by Joe Pitkin (Analog)“The Black Feminist’s Guide to Science Fiction Film Editing” by Sandra McDonald (Asimov’s)“The Bernoulli War” by Gord Sellar (Asimov’s)“In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s)“The Castle That Jack Built” by Emily Gilman (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)“The Governess and the Lobster” by Margaret Ronald, (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)“Sunshine” by Nina Allan (Black Static)“Scattered Along the River of Heaven” by Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld)“A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia (Clarkesworld)“Prayer” by Robert Reed (Clarkesworld)“Honey Bear” by Sofia Samatar (Clarkesworld)“The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Rowe (Eclipse Online)“Heaven Under Earth” by Aliette de Bodard (Electric Velocipede)“Scrap Dragon” by Naomi Kritzer (F&SF)“Twenty-Two and you” by Michael Blumlein (F&SF)“One Breath, One Stroke” by Catherynne M. Valente (The Future is Japanese)“One Day in Time City” by David Ira Cleary (Interzone)“The Philosophy of Ships” by Caroline Yoachim (Interzone)“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream” by Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed)“The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring” by Genevieve Valentine (Lightspeed)“Arbeitskraft” by Nick Mamatas (The Mammoth Book of Steampunk)“Fireborn” by Robert Charles Wilson (Rip-Off)“Under the Eaves” by Lavie Tidhar (Robots: The New A.I.)“Four Kinds of Cargo” by Leonard Richardson (Strange Horizons)“The Keats Variation” by K. M. Ferebee (Strange Horizons)“Things Greater Than Love” by Kate Bachus (Strange Horizons)“The Weight of History, The Lightness of the Future” by Jay Lake (Subterranean)“Elementals” by Ursula K. Le Guin (Tin House)“Two Houses” by Kelly Link (Tin House)“Swift, Brutal Retaliation” by Meghan McCarron (Tor.com)“Uncle Flower’s Homecoming Waltz” by Marissa K. Lingen (Tor.com)“The Magician’s Apprentice” by Tamsyn Muir (Weird Tales)http://www.prime-books.com/shop/print-books/the-years-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2013-edited-by-rich-horton/Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny edited by Steve BermanPublication Date: July 10, 2013CONTENTS:“If Damon Comes” by Charles Grant“Treats” by Norman Partridge“The Family” by Halli Villegas“The Horse Lord” by Lisa Tuttle“My Name Is Leejun” by John Schoffstall“Princess of the Night” by Michael Kelly“Duck Hunt” by Joe R. Lansdale“The Choir” by Joel D. Lane“Children of the Corn” by Stephen King“Yellowjacket Summer” by Robert McCammon“The Stuff that Goes on in Their Heads” by Michael Marshall Smith“Second Grade” by Charles Antin“Respects” by Ramsey Campbell“Melanie Klein Said” by Robert McVey“Gaslight” by Jeffrey Ford“Endless Encore” by Will Ludwigsen“Cockroach” by Dale Bailey“By the Mark” by Gemma Files“The Disappearance of James H___” by Hal Duncan“I Was a Teenage Slasher Victim” by Stephen Graham Jones“Blue Rose” by Peter Straub“Making Friends” by Gary Raisor“You Deserve” by Alex Jeffers“The Queen of Knives” by Georgina Bruce“The Naughty List” by Christine Morgan“The Perfect Dinner Party” by Cassandra Clare & Holly Black“Make Believe” by Michael Reaveshttp://www.prime-books.com/shop/print-books/bad-seeds-evil-progeny-edited-by-steve-berman/The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2013 edited by Paula GuranPublication Date: August 14, 2013CONTENTS(Listed alphabetically by author)Laird Barron, “Hand of Glory” (The Book of Cthulhu 2)Peter S. Beagle, “Great-Grandmother in the Cellar” (Under My Hat)Peter Bell, “Glamour of Madness” (The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows)Joseph Bruchac, “Down in the Valley” (Postscripts #28/29: Exotic Gothic 4)Jim Butcher, “Bigfoot on Campus” (Hex Appeal)Mike Carey, “Iphigenia In Aulis” (An Apple for the Creature)Terry Dowling, “Nightside Eye” (Cemetery Dance #66)K. M. Ferebee, “The Bird Country” (Shimmer #15)Jeffrey Ford, “The Natural History of Autumn” (F&SF, July/August 2012)Neil Gaiman, “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury” (The Shadow Show)Theodora Goss, “England Under the White Witch” (Clarkesworld, Issue 73)Maria Dahvana Headley, “Game” (Subterranean, Fall 2012)Robert Hood, “Escena de un Asesinato” (Postscripts #28/29: Exotic Gothic 4)Stephen Graham Jones, “Welcome to the Reptile House” (Strange Aeons #9)Caitlín R Kiernan, “Fake Plastic Trees: (After)Ellen Klages, “The Education of a Witch” (Under My Hat)Marc Laidlaw, “Forget You” (Lightspeed, June 2012)John Langan, “Renfrew’s Course” (Lightspeed, April 2012)Joe R. Lansdale. “The Tall Grass” (Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations)Tim Lebbon, “Slaughterhouse Blues” (Nothing As It Seems)Alison Littlewood, “The Eyes of Water (The Eyes of Water)Good Hunting, Ken Liu (Strange Horizons, October 2012)Helen Marshall, “No Ghosts In London” (Hair Side, Flesh Side)Sarah Monette, “Blue Lace Agate” (Lightspeed, January 2012)Ekaterina Sedia, “End of White” (Shotguns v Cthulhu)Priya Sharma, “Pearls” (Bourbon Penn 04)Robert Shearman, “Bedtime Stories for Yasmin” (Shadows & Tall Trees 4)John Shirley, “When Death Wakes Me to Myself” (Black Wings II)Cory Skerry, “Sinking Among Lilies” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #92)Simon Strantzas, “Go Home Again” (Fungi)Rachel Swirsky, “The Sea of Trees” (The Future Is Japanese)Melanie Tem, “Dahlias” (Black Wings II)Karen Tidbeck, “Arvid Pekon” (Jagganath: Stories)Genevieve Valentine, “Armless Maidens of the American West” (Apex, August 7, 2012)Brooke Wonders, “Everything Must Go” (Clarkesworld, Issue 74)http://www.prime-books.com/shop/print-books/the-years-best-dark-fantasy-and-horror-2013-edited-by-paula-guran/Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages edited by Steve BermanPublication Date: August 14, 2013CONTENTS:~Before Lazarus~“Blood Marker” by Victoria Janssen“Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE)” by Alex Dally MacFarlane“Immortals” by Nathan Southard“The Cost of Moving the Dead” by E. L. Kemper“Hauntings and Hungers on the Banks of the Vipasa” by Rajan Khanna~After Lazarus~~Antiquity~
“A Frenzy of Ravens” by Christopher M. Cevasco
“The Wedding of Osiris” by Adam Morrow~The Middle Ages~
“The Hyena’s Blessing” by Alex Jeffers“The Good Shepherdess” by S. J. Chambers“The Fledglings of Time” by Carrie Laben~16th and 17th Centuries~“Hung from a Hairy Tree” by Samantha Henderson“Good Deaths” by Paul Berger“Dead Reckoning” by Elaine Pascale“Grit in a Diseased Eye” by Lee Thomas“Theater is Dead” by Raoul Wainscoting~18th Century~“Deathless” by Ed Kurtz“Tantivy” by Molly Tanzer“Cinereous” by Livia Llewellyn~19th Century~“The Wailing Hills” by L. Lark“As the Crow Flies” by Rita Oakes“Seneca Falls: First Recorded Outbreak of Strain Z” by Dayna Ingram“Pegleg and Paddy Save the World” by Jonathan Maberry“Dead in the Water” by Richard Larson“Starvation Army” by Joe McKinney“Lonegan’s Luck” by Stephen Graham Jones“The Rickshaw Pusher ” by Mercurio D. Rivera“The Revenge of Oscar Wilde” by Sean Eads~Early 20th Century~
“The Gringo” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia“The End of the Caroll A. Deering” by Bob Hole“Tell Me Like You Done Before” by Scott Edelman“Wineville, California (1928)” by Richard Gropp“The Fated Sky” by Aimee Payne“The Crocodiles” by Steven Popkeshttp://www.prime-books.com/shop/print-books/zombies-shambling-through-the-ages-edited-by-steve-berman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowborn Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 So Murakami's next book will be released, in Japanese, on April 12th, and it will be called “色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 (Colorblind/Colorless Tasaki Tsukuru and the Year of His Pilgrimage)”Since ‘1Q84’ was a story somewhat like a roller coaster, I wanted to write something different. But I didn’t know what it would be like until I actually started writing.http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201303150108Sources:http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/130315/bks13031511520002-n1.htmhttp://www.haruki-murakami.com/post/45410560235/breaking-murakamis-new-books-title-and-release-date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 The Quarry by Iain Banks (Little, Brown) (October 2013)The new novel from Iain Banks, the bestselling author of The Wasp FactoryKit doesn’t know who his mother is. What he does know,however, is that his father, Guy, is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent, Guy gathers around him his oldest friends – or at least the friends with the most to lose by his death. Paul – the rising star in the Labour Party who dreads the day a tape they all made at university might come to light; Alison and Robbie, corporate bunnies whose relationship is daily more fractious; Pris and Haze, once an item, now estranged; and finally Hol – friend, mentor, former lover and the only one who seemedto care. But what will happen to Kit when Guy is gone? And why isn’t Kit’s mother in the picture? As the friends reunite for Guy’s last days, old jealousies, affairs and lies come to light as Kit watches on. Untitled Dresden Files 15 by Jim Butcher (Orbit) (December 2013) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Rhinos Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Dresden 15 has the working title of Skin Game. We'll see if it sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Dan's Inferno: A Parody by Dan T. Alighieri (a pseudonym of author Tim Collins) The title will be published on 9th May 2013 by Michael O'Mara BooksThis is a book parodying Dan Brown's forthcoming novel Inferno.The title follows Robert Blandon, the world's greatest puzzleologist. During a visit to Florence, Blandon is drawn into a mysterious web of underground tunnels, secret societies and really hard anagrams.Senior editorial director Louise Dixon said: "We've always had great fun with—and sold good numbers of–parodies, most recently Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy by the renowned William Codpiece Thwackery. With Dan's Inferno, Dan T. Aligheiri pokes his cheeky tongue out at Dan Brown's bestsellers. The result is a laugh-out-loud book that will appeal whether you're a Dan Brown fan or not." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 From a new Martin interview:NJM: When will the Dangerous Women anthology be published?GRRM: We don’t have publishing date on that yet. They might get it out for the end of the year. Or it might be early in 2014. We also will have The World of Ice and Fire, which will be out in November, and it’s a big book we’ve been doing with Bantam.Dangerous Women was delivered to the publisher in January. I thought we will get to read the anthology before this summer, but it might be as late as early 2014. Tor is in no hurry to publish new Westeros material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 From a new Martin interview:Dangerous Women was delivered to the publisher in January. I thought we will get to read the anthology before this summer, but it might be as late as early 2014. Tor is in no hurry to publish new Westeros material...It was delivered late and Tor have to find a space in their schedule for it. We're lucky they aren't sitting on it for 18+ months (like they did with A Sword from Red Ice and a whole ton of other, more recent books). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks, Wert. I didn't consider scheduling problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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