AncalagonTheBlack Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) New year (soon!) and new thread! First, let's get some of the elephants in the room out of the way! Unknown publication dates: The Winds of Winter by George R. R. MartinThe Doors of Stone by Patrick RothfussThe Thorn of Emberlain by Scott LynchEndlords by J. V. Jones My book list for 2020 releases will be done by Sunday (hopefully).In the meantime, which upcoming releases from 2020 are you guys looking forward to? January The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley Prosper's Demon by K. J. Parker City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexler The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman (US) Highfire by Eoin Colfer The Shadow Saint by Gareth Hanrahan Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris The God Game by Danny Tobey Resurgence by C. J. Cherryh The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton Song of the Risen God by R. A. Salvatore The Bard's Blade by Brian D. Anderson A Queen in Hiding by Sarah Kozloff Stars Beyond by S. K. Dunstall The Fugitive and the Vanishing Man by Rod Duncan Heart of Black Ice by Terry Goodkind February False Value by Ben Aaronovitch The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds (ebook/US) Daughter from the Dark by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko Sword of Fire by Katharine Kerr Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire Stormsong by C. L. Polk The Light Years by R.W.W. Greene Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Fenmere Job by Marshall Ryan Maresca Twilight of the Gods by Scott Oden Burn Cycle by Joel Dane Black Leviathan by Bernd Perplies (Drachenjäger in Germany) Finna by Nino Cipri The Queen of Raiders by Sarah Kozloff The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood Three Californias: The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor Omnibus) A Blight of Blackwings by Kevin Hearne Mazes of Power by Juliette Wade The Chill by Scott Carson Breath of Gods by Tina LeCount Myers The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu Gravity of a Distant Sun by R. E. Stearns Carved from Stone and Dream by T. Frohock March The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin War of the Maps by Paul McAuley Servant of the Crown by Duncan M. Hamilton Mother of Daemons by David Hair Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs The Queen's Bargain (Black Jewels #10) by Anne Bishop Sixteenth Watch by Myke Cole Beneath The Rising by Premee Mohamed Anthropocene Rag by Alex Irvine The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo A Broken Queen by Sarah Kozloff The Poet King by Ilana C. Myer Docile by K.M. Szpara Otaku by Chris Kluwe The Last Human by Zack Jordan Cries from the Lost Island by Kathleen O'Neal Gear Shadows of Annihilation by S. M. Stirling Cyber Shogun Revolution by Peter Tieryas Agatha H and the Siege of Mechanicsburg by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag Ravencaller by David Dalglish The Breach by M. T. Hill April The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence Peace Talks by Jim Butcher (UK) Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett The Devil's Blade by Mark Alder The Book of Koli by M. R. Carey A Time of Courage by John Gwynne The Ranger of Marzanna by Jon Skovron Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds (Paperback /US) The Last Emperox by John Scalzi Critical Point by S. L. Huang Lady of Shadows by Breanna Teintze Creeping Jenny by Jeff Noon The Cerulean Queen by Sarah Kozloff Repo Virtual by Corey J. White The Glass Magician by Caroline Stevermer Ghost Money by Stephen Blackmoore Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst The Mistress of Illusions by Mike Resnick Titan's Day by Dan Stout Looking Glass by Christina Henry Alchemy of Glass by Barbara Barnett The Human Son by Adrian J Walker Weave The Lightning by Corry L. Lee Dark Star Rising by Bennett R. Coles Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu) May The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell Network Effect by Martha Wells Firewalkers by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Maker's Curse by Trudi Canavan The Human by Neal Asher Rule by Rowenna Miller Goldilocks by Laura Lam Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz Hope Island by Tim Major Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks Thrawn (Star Wars): The Ascendancy Trilogy #1 by Timothy Zahn T.I.M.E Stories: The Heiden File by Christophe Lambert The Aleph Extraction by Dan Moren Westside Saints by W.M. Akers The Home by Mats Strandberg Empress of Flames by Mimi Yu June The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe (Omnibus) The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson (republished by Orbit) The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty The Ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie Vaughn The Black Coast by Mike Brooks (US) A Child of Two Worlds by Stephen Cox Out of Body by Jeffrey Ford Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air by Jackson Ford Stormblood by Jeremy Szal Glorious by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven Drowned Country by Emily Tesh The Unconquered City by K. A. Doore By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar The Living Dead by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus The Shadow Commission by David Mack Chasing Starlight by Teri Bailey Black Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson The Last Druid by Terry Brooks Hella by David Gerrold Spy, Spy Again by Mercedes Lackey Red Noise by John P. Murphy Corporate Gunslinger: A Novel by Doug Engstrom July The Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski (US) The Black Song by Anthony Ryan (UK) The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter Play of Shadows by Sebastien de Castell The Baron of Magister Valley by Steven Brust Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott When Jackals Storm the Walls by Bradley Beaulieu Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist Or What You Will by Jo Walton A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio Malorie: A Bird Box Novel by Josh Malerman The Worst of All Possible Worlds by Alex White ReV by Madeline Ashby Savage Legion by Matt Wallace Kill Orbit by Joel Dane The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings Quantum Shadows by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. In the Kingdom of All Tomorrows by Stephen R. Lawhead The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Chimera Code by Wayne Santos The House of the Rising Sun by Richard Cox Relentless by R. A. Salvatore The Book of Dragons: An Anthology, edited by Jonathan Strahan The Culture: Notes and Drawings by Iain M. Banks and Ken MacLeod August The Black Song by Anthony Ryan (US) The Black Coast by Mike Brooks (UK) Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley The Heirs of Locksley by Carrie Vaughn The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim #11) by Richard Kadrey Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne Breath by Breath by Morgan Llywelyn City Under the Stars by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick The Last Uncharted Sky by Curtis Craddock Sorcery of a Queen by Brian Naslund A Chorus of Fire by Brian D. Anderson The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May The House of Styx by Derek Künsken Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell Noumenon Ultra by Marina J. Lostetter Bystander 27 by Rik Hoskin Divine Heretic by Jaime Lee Moyer The Ikessar Falcon by K. S. Villoso September Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Trials of Koli by M. R. Carey A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini The Stars Around Us by Mark Oshiro Call of the Bone Ships by RJ Barker Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool World Engines: Creator by Stephen Baxter October The Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski (UK) Map's Edge by David Hair Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross Dead Man in a Ditch by Luke Arnold November The Shattered Realm of Ardor Benn by Tyler Whitesides Legacy of Steel by Matthew Ward God of Night by Tom Lloyd Quiver X by Christopher Hinz December Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke Untitled K. J. Parker 1 Paperback – 27 Aug 2020https://www.amazon.co.uk/Untitled-K-J-Parker-1/dp/0356514382/ The captivating follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City from World Fantasy Award-winner K. J. Parker Edited November 13, 2021 by AncalagonTheBlack Jussi, Maia, john and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenaExMachina Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Thorn should actually be out this year though, unless i am mistaken. Isn’t it actually with the editors this time? I’m looking forward to Eragon in Space! Spoiler Kidding, of course The two i am looking forward to are the second in Abercrombie’s new series and also Sooty Feathers #2. I would also like to see Robin Hobb/Meghan Lindholm publish something but haven’t heard that she is working on anything currently Derfel Cadarn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 3 hours ago, HelenaExMachina said: Thorn should actually be out this year though, unless i am mistaken. Isn’t it actually with the editors this time? It is meant to have been handed in so I would think it should be sometimes in 2020 even if we don't know when yet. For other continuing series I'm also looking forward to Abercrombie's next book, the new Peter Grant book and Robert Jackson Bennett's sequel to Foundryside. I'm also intrigued by Susanna Clarke's new novel. I'm sure Adrian Tchaikovsky will probably have written another 4 or 5 books at least. Do we think we're going to get the ninth Expanse book in 2020? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 The second Sooty Feathers book, sequel to Resurrection Men. Assuming the publisher likes it. Hope to submit it very soon. HelenaExMachina, john, Rorschach - 2 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 As of now most excited for Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and the 2nd age of madness book by Abercrombie. Winds would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenaExMachina Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 7 hours ago, Mark Antony said: As of now most excited for Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and the 2nd age of madness book by Abercrombie. Winds would be cool. Forgot about Mirror and the Light! Very excited for that too. Waterstones have been advertising it pretty heavily since September/October here! (At least my local branch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Something worth getting excited about: Ricardo Pinto will be re-releasing his Stone Dance of the Chameleon series in seven slim volumes. (The books were initially released as three big novels in the late 90s and early 00's; The Chosen, The Standing Dead, and The Third God.) He's written about it a bit at his blog: https://www.ricardopinto.com/2019/11/06/stonedance-proofs/ (The comments sections are adorable - particularly when he starts bantering with his brother.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Yeah I’d bet 3 of those elephants get published before a certain 4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Should we add 'Capital's Tower' by Melanie Rawn to this list? (Exiles #3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, IlyaP said: Should we add 'Capital's Tower' by Melanie Rawn to this list? (Exiles #3) I was just thinking that. Last I heard she was writing it, but she had zero online presence now and even that forum that has her and like 3 other uses is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 6:27 AM, Mark Antony said: As of now most excited for Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Given how much of an improvement The Monster Baru Cormorant was over The Traitor, The Tyrant by Seth Dickinson is worth getting a bit excited for. Due in June it looks like. We should get Dresden Files Peace Talks next year too, though I don't believe a date is set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maia Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) Most anticipated SFF books in 2020 according to tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2019/11/26/the-25-most-anticipated-sff-books-of-2020/#more-524115 The recommendation text snippets are rather cringeworthy, for some reason, but all in all a decent overview. I am interested to various degrees in maybe half of the featured books. Edited November 26, 2019 by Maia AncalagonTheBlack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenaExMachina Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Maia said: Most anticipated SFF books in 2020 according to tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2019/11/26/the-25-most-anticipated-sff-books-of-2020/#more-524115 The recommendation text snippets are rather cringeworthy, for some reason, but all in all a decent overview. I am interested to various degrees in maybe half of the featured books. You mean you weren’t a fan of this ringing endorsement? Quote Do I have to say anything other than hot lady orcs to get you interested in this one? No, I didn’t think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Yeah that list is automatically nullified by having Paolini on it. Plus those blurbs....what the actual fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 JV Jones and Susanna Clarke would be the ones I'm anticipating most. I would expect a new Michelle West Essalieyan book in 2021, but a new prequel series set in the Cast world and featuring Severn as the MC will begin in September 2020. That Tor list had some interesting books. Paolini sells well, doesn't he? He'll be pushed by Tor. The blurbs are pretty funny. It hurts my head when I see someone actually write out 'hella'. To be true it hurts my head to hear it spoken aloud as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I am apparently out of the loop as far as English fantasy goes, so I am just patiently waiting for the new Moers - Die Insel der 1000 Leuchttürme ("Island of 1000 lighthouses") sounds like a very intriguing title to me, and I cannot wait to read that. Spoiler Although after the last two books, I feel that the time has come for the Mythenmetz-saga to finish and give room to a new protagonist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Book list posted in my OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Good god there’s like 6 or 7 must buys per month on there. Is the new Malazan due next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lessingham Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 4:47 PM, AncalagonTheBlack said: Unknown publication dates: The Winds of Winter by George R. R. Martin I might have some bad news for you ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.