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Hi everyone,

Here's the list of major forthcoming SFF books for October. As always, please let us know if you're planning to read any of these!

Abercrombie, Joe: The Heroes (tp)
Adams, Cat: Demon Song (pap)
Anderson, Taylor: Firestorm (#6 Destroyermen)
Anderson, Taylor: Rising Tides (#5 Destroyermen) (pap)
Anthony, Piers: Knot Gneiss (pap)
Anthony, Piers: Well-Tempered Clavicle (#35 Xanth)
Atwood, Margaret: In Other Worlds
Barant, DD: Better Off Undead (#4) (pbo)
Bear, Greg: Hull Zero Three (tp)
Berg, Carol: Song of The Beast (tp)
Bova, Ben: Leviathans of Jupiter (pap)
Brandon, Paula: The Traitor’s Daughter (tpo)
Brooks, Terry: The High Druid of Shannara Trilogy (Reissue)
Brust, Steven: The Book of Dzur (tp)
Chane, Lee Arthur: Magebane (pbo)
De Bodard, Aliette: Master of the House of Darts (#3 Obsidian and Blood) (pbo)
Dick, Philip K: A Scanner Darkly (tp)
Duncan, J N: The Vengeful Dead (pbo)
Durham, David Anthony: The Sacred Band (#3 Acacia)
Evans, Chris: Ashes of a Black Frost (#3 Iron Elves)
Hanenberger, Patrick: Kolonie (tp)
Hendee, Barb: In Memories We Fear (#4 Vampire Memories) (pbo)
Jemisin, N K: The Kingdom of Gods (#3 Inheritance Trilogy) (tpo)
Jordan / Sanderson: Towers of Midnight (#13 Wheel of Time) (pap)
Kent, Jasper: The Third Section (tp)
Lackey, Mercedes: Changes: Volume Three of the Collegium Chronicles (Valdemar)
Lackey, Mercedes: Intrigues (#2 Collegium Chronicles) (pap)
Liss, David: The Darkening Green
Maguire, Gregory: A Lion Among Men (tp)
Matheson, Richard: Steel (pap)
Morgan, Richard K: The Cold Commands (Sequel to The Steel Remains)
Murakami, Haruki: 1q84
Nassise, Joseph: Eyes to See (#1 Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles)
Oakley, Ryan: Technicolor Ultra Mall (tp)
Painter, Kristen: Blood Rights (#1 House of Comarr) (pbo)
Palahniuk, Chuck: Damned
Petrucha, Stefan: Dead Mann Walking (pbo)
Pratchett, Terry: Snuff (Discworld #39)
Resnick, Laura: Vamparazzi (#4 Esther Diamond) (pbo)
Rushdie, Salman: Luka and the Fire of Life (tp)
Sagara, Michelle: Cast in Ruin (#7 Chronicles of Elantra) (tpo)
Stross, Charles: Palimpsest
Swanwick, Michael: The Dragons of Babel (reissue) (tp)
Turner, Joan Frances: Dust (tp)
Turner, Joan Frances: Frail
Vinge, Vernor: The Children of the Sky (Sequel to A Fire upon the Deep)
Weeks, Brent: Perfect Shadow (Subterranean Press Limited)
Willis, Connie: All Clear (tp)
Wurts, Janny: Initiate's Trial (Wars of Light and Shadow)
Eds. Martin / Dozois: Down These Strange Streets

Stefan

PS I get this list from a local bookstore, and it's often incomplete... If you spot anything missing on the list, please let us know in the comments!

Initiate's Trial!!!!!

I'm psyched for and ! And if Ms. Atwood is finally going to embrace SF and her relationship with it, I will give a chance, too.


Additions:

- Snuff (Discworld #39) - Terry Pratchett October 11
- Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders - Samuel R. Delany October 18 (A new Delaney! However, I'm not sure I'm part of the book's target audience. Still, I love Delaney.)
- Infidel - Kameron Hurley October 4 (sequel to God's War)

Whoops, you're right, Initiate's Trial IS missing from the list! And a new Discworld novel too... I feel like I need to start looking for a new source for this list, because they're missing some major releases now in addition to some of the ones from smaller presses.

Stefan, Down These Strange Streets should be Martin/Dozois.

Fixed. The dangers of cutting and pasting without reading carefully first...

Snuff. A couple others I'll read eventually.

Catherine Asaro's Carnelians is officially scheduled for October 11th, though Baen released the ebook a little early (I think they're starting to make this a habit).

I didn't think Snuff was scheduled so soon. Squeee!!! Glad I still have some audible points left over. :)

Yo, man what about the new Drizzt book, Neverwinter coming out next week?

Children of the Sky, Snuff, Palimpsest, Hull Three Zero, and at last The Cold Commands. And Maybe the Rushdie too, as I loved Haroun and the Sea of Stories.

Lessee. . .

Just read and quite enjoyed the first book in the series, so I'm sure at some point I'll pick up Aliette de Bodard's Master of the House of Darts; also quite enjoyed Jemisin's first two, so I'll have to get The Kingdom of Gods (though I'll probably wait until I can get it from SFBC so I have matching hardcovers for the whole series); and even though I haven't read book #1 in Hurley's series yet, I'm fairly confident I'll enjoy it based on her blog and the reviews I've seen, so I'll be picking up Infidel too.

And one to add! It doesn't have a page here on GoodReads yet, and I just found out about it when Catherynne M. Valente mentioned it on her blog today, but she's got a novella titled Silently and Very Fast that WSFA is publishing a limited run of for Capclave; if I'm reading their website correctly they'll be selling them at Capclave and shipping to those who aren't attending immediately afterward, which means a release date of October 14-16, I guess?

Oh boy, lots of things on here that I'm interested in, but budgets are tight these days and we've reluctantly decided that we need to cut down on our book purchases... we'll see :)

I'd love to get my hands on the new Mercedes Lackey (this new trilogy isn't NEARLY as good as her earlier Valdemar books, but I'm an addict, I can't help it), the Jemisin, the Pratchett, the Vinge, and OF COURSE Initiate's Trial (though I still have to work my way through Traitor's Knot and Stormed Fortress).

I already pre-ordered Initiate's Trial: First Book of the Sword of the Canon from the Book Depository. I probably won't received it before Hallowe'en though, so I'll be reading it in November.

I've enjoyed Laura Resnick's Esther Diamond books, so I might give that a look. Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories is something I am looking forward to, mainly because it has a story by Ysabeau S. Wilce. (But also Cory Doctorow, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Delia Sherman, and others.) Also to Dearly, Departed. (These are both YA titles.)

Janny's and Jemison's. I have the first two but not read yet, is it a trilogy?

Couple books on the radar

Vinge, Vernor: The Children of the Sky (Sequel to A Fire upon the Deep)
Willis, Connie: All Clear (tp)

This one too but I am going to wait for the Mass Market
Pratchett, Terry: Snuff (Discworld #39)

I've just discovered Clive Barker's Absolute Midnight has hit the stores too. I'm a bit stunned it's made it and won't be convinced until I have it in my hands!

Looking forward to:

Lackey, Mercedes: Changes: Volume Three of the Collegium Chronicles (Valdemar)
Lackey, Mercedes: Intrigues (#2 Collegium Chronicles) (pap)
Morgan, Richard K: The Cold Commands (Sequel to The Steel Remains)
Pratchett, Terry: Snuff (Discworld #39)
Vinge, Vernor: The Children of the Sky (Sequel to A Fire upon the Deep)
Wurts, Janny: Initiate's Trial (Wars of Light and Shadow)

But probably none of them will be immediate purchases...

I've already pre-ordered The Kingdom of Gods for my Nook. I'm saving an Audible credit for The Children of the Sky.

I already have The Kingdom of Gods and Initiate's Trial preordered for my Kindle. (Initiate's Trial is also preordered in hardcover.) Carnelians is preordered in hardcover. (I already have the ebook version as Baen tends to release those a couple of weeks in advance of the paper book release.)

For my lighter reading, I like some urban fantasy/romance, so I also have preordered for the Kindle Serpent's Kiss, Angels of Darkness and The Bite Before Christmas.

Further down the list (ie pending having the money to spend), I'd also like to pick up The Unquiet and Toll-Gate. Thanks to the August Sourcebooks sale, I only have about five more books to get to have all of Georgette Heyer's books as ebooks, and The Toll-Gate is one of those.

I think it's going to be a rather expensive month. Thank goodness I have some credit on account with Amazon.

Strangely enough, I've had The Dragons of Babel on my TB-finished list for years. And I keep meaning to, so maybe it's time. Not sure why they re-issued it though...

I'm downloading Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella right now. Thanks for the heads up, I was needing a little audio fix (and I just recently finished the trilogy, which was awesome).

Adding to my to be read list

Atwood, Margaret: In Other Worlds - debating this one, her attitude that her writing is 'better' than genre SF has really rubbed me the wrong way over the years, and since this is just a collection of essays/speeches, not sure if it will just irritate me more...

Bova, Ben: Leviathans of Jupiter - have to re-read Jupiter first, but I'm looking forward to this one.

De Bodard, Aliette: Master of the House of Darts (#3 Obsidian and Blood) - going to be picking up the first in the series, hadn't heard of it before and it looks interesting!

Lackey, Mercedes: Changes: Volume Three of the Collegium Chronicles (Valdemar) - very weak, compared to her earlier Valdemar book, but like Shel, I'm an addict, so I'll be reading this one too.

Liss, David: The Darkening Green - unfamiliar with this one, the only David Liss listed on GR only writes historical fiction mysteries...

Maguire, Gregory: A Lion Among Men - have this, but haven't read it yet.

Resnick, Laura: Vamparazzi (#4 Esther Diamond) - these look fun, so I will be checking out this series, starting with #1.

Sagara, Michelle: Cast in Ruin (#7 Chronicles of Elantra) - definitely! I've been reading these as soon as they come out.

Willis, Connie: All Clear - have this and Blackout on my tbr list already

Eds. Martin / Dozois: Down These Strange Streets - these anthologies are always fun, have to check out who the authors are before I decide to read it or not.

Really really looking forward to Vinge, Vernor: The Children of the Sky (Sequel to A Fire upon the Deep)

Bookbrow wrote: "Really really looking forward to Vinge, Vernor: The Children of the Sky (Sequel to A Fire upon the Deep)"

I hope it comes out in audio soon. I have an Audible credit saved. I've got too many print books to tackle this one the traditional way.

The Children of the Sky wasbdelivered to my kindle a few days ago! Yippee, now to try to clear the decks enough to start it.

The Children of the Sky is on Audible as of today. However, it's two credits instead of one. That makes the $12.99 for the ebook seem more reasonable.