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January 3 - Sisterhood of DuneJanuary 24 - Orb, Sceptre, Throne
January 25 - The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Battle of Tull
February 22 - The Stand: The Night Has Come
April 24 - The Wind Through the Keyhole
June 19 - The Devil Delivered and Other Tales
August 2 - Forge of Darkness
I am waiting for a coupleActually one of them is available now
Skirmish
and Robert J. Sawyers latest
April - Triggers
November - A Memory of Light
January 10th-Star Wars: Darth PlagueisJanuary 17th-Shadows in Flight
February 21st-Echoes of Betrayal
March 6th-Crucible of Gold
April 3rd-Nocturnal
June 26th-Sky Dragons: Dragonriders of Pern
May 15th-Railsea
July 24th-Sorry Please Thank You: Stories
August 7th-Charon's Claw
August 21st-The Wards of Faerie: Shannara's Dark Legacy
May 10th- The Twelve by Justin Cronin (sequel to The Passage)
Jennifer wrote: "May 10th- The Twelve by Justin Cronin (sequel to The Passage)"Wow, I did not know there was going to be sequel, thanks for the update.
January 31 - Honorverse Stories #5: In Fire Forged by David Weber (MM paperback release)March 6 - Bridge of Dreams by Anne Bishop
March 13 - Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse by Troy Denning
August 7 - Star Wars: X-Wing: Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston
August 14 - The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan
It would be great to get all of these on a single list. ;-)
October 11th - The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton, on the S.F. Masterworks list from Gollancz.
Laurel wrote: "January 3rd Iron Kissed in hardcover
The Republic of Thieves
The Bride Wore Black Leather..."
The release date I'm seeing for Republic of Thieves is September 3, 2013 :(
Jennifer wrote: "May 10th- The Twelve by Justin Cronin (sequel to The Passage)"I am also pretty excited about this one. I enjoyed The Passage.
They keep moving up the US publishing date for Orb, Sceptre, Throne even though I know it's available elsewhere. That makes me crazy!
An interview with Lois McMaster Bujold announcing a tentative release date for her next book - November, 2012. Working title is Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and it features Ivan - something we've all been looking forward to, I think.http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/...
January 31Undone Deeds
April 1
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
April 3
Black Heart
April 30
The Best of Kage Baker
May 1
Shine
May 8
Flora's Fury
June 1
Blackout
June sometime
Worldsoul
Sometime 2012 (probably)
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: Tales of Gaslight Fantasy
Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "An interview with Lois McMaster Bujold announcing a tentative release date for her next book - November, 2012. Working title is Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and it features Ivan - something we've ..."Awesome news! Sounds like she definitely plans a departure from Miles as the focus.
If you dig around you can find some audio recordings and transcriptions of her reading sample chapters at conventions. (I don't have the links to hand but I can try and find them later if no one else does.)I knew about the tentative release date, but the thing that struck me from that interview were the comments about readers bitching about her doing things wrong. That surprised me. Not that people had had that reaction (tastes vary) but that she seemed so publicly cranky about it.
Jennifer wrote: "May 10th- The Twelve by Justin Cronin (sequel to The Passage)"On the Amazon they have a different date, maybe the publisher changed the date. Now its stated to be published on August 28th.
Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "An interview with Lois McMaster Bujold announcing a tentative release date for her next book - November, 2012. Working title is Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and it features Ivan - something we've ..."I dunno, Ivan always seemed to me as a sidekick. He has always worked well with our favorite Vor but I really dont see a book.
Of course I am not a writer so what do I know
The latest of Charles Stross' Laundry Cthuloid espionage books, The Apocalypse Codex, due out 3rd July.
Also, I just found out another book in the Ender's Series is also coming out this year. It is Earth Unaware, which is about the first war againist the Buggers, coming out July 17th, 2012.
I was pretty excited about the Bugger book, then I noticed its co written with Aaron Johnston. From the looks of it he is an artist or writer of comics or Graphic Novels.I am not sure what to think now.
So is this a book written by the Johnston fellow riding on Cards coattails?
Ken wrote: "I was pretty excited about the Bugger book, then I noticed its co written with Aaron Johnston. From the looks of it he is an artist or writer of comics or Graphic Novels.I am not sure what to thin..."
I think he is a screenwriter, so it might no be that good since the other book that they wrote together, Invasive Procedures did not do that well. I feel like it too much like a movie or too mainstream. It really felt more like a Michael Crichton novel than something Card would write.
I noticed the last 3 Clancy books are co-written. Which usually indicates that Clancy is just lending his name.I am thinking that maybe card is doing the same thing
Also, the last couple of "prequel" books I have read are not as good as expected
Ken wrote: "I noticed the last 3 Clancy books are co-written. Which usually indicates that Clancy is just lending his name.I am thinking that maybe card is doing the same thing
Also, the last couple of "preq..."
Yes, I agree with you on that. Everything he has written since Shadow of the Giant has been terrible because it has been more mainstream, which before I would have never though of him as been mainstream.
The Nightmare Garden is coming out on February 14 - I enjoyed the prequel, so I'm looking forward to reading this.
May 1st The Killing MoonI like Jemisin's books, though the last one The Kingdom of Godswas a bit of a disappointment for me, I'm still looking forward to reading her books
I cannot tell you how excited I am for Railsea, or as I think of it in my head, RAILSEA! I am counting down the days...
Jenny wrote: "I cannot tell you how excited I am for Railsea, or as I think of it in my head, RAILSEA! I am counting down the days..."Yes! I concur. I am also very excited for The Wind Through the Keyhole.
To add:
Wide Open (Deborah Coates, March 13)
Hide Me Among the Graves: A Novel (Tim Powers, March 13) According to the author, this is related to/in the same alt-world as The Stress of Her Regard but is not really a sequel.
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (anth., Jeff & Ann VanderMeer, May 8)
The Islanders (Christopher Priest, June 1, US release. Orig. UK release 2011)
For Darkness Shows the Stars (Diana Peterfreund, June 12)
The Long Earth (June 9/12, a non-Discworld SF by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter)
vN (Madeline Ashby, July 31)
Books mentioned in this topic
Hide Me Among the Graves (other topics)For Darkness Shows the Stars (other topics)
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (other topics)
The Islanders (other topics)
The Long Earth (other topics)
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Charles Stross (other topics)D.G. Compton (other topics)





I'm making a pocket calendar of 2012 book releases I'm looking forward to. Any to add to the list?
January 3rd
Iron Kissed in hardcover
The Republic of Thieves
The Bride Wore Black Leather
February 7th
Fair Game
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb
February 21st
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
February 28th
Timeless
Partials
March 6
A Rising Thunder
March 27th
A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One
April 24th
Tricked
June 4/5
The Monster Hunters omnibus of the first three MHI books
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
June 26
Caliban's War
July 31
Gunmetal Magic
September 4
Monster Hunter Legion