Forthcoming SF&F Books 2012-2020

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May 012013
 

These are the upcoming books I would like to read and review

It is also my teaser page of things to come. The further away a release is the less certain is the information, covers can change from week to week and delays are common. This is also a collection of data from public sources that can contain errors or old information. So you can’t trust this calendar like it is written in stone.

Click on the covers for a larger image. Titles in Italic have covers. Recent changes are bold

2013

May 2013

   Alien in the House (Katherine "Kitty" Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow)  ACID by Emma Pass (Random House) The Lives of Tao by Wesley Tao (Angry Robot)

  • House of Steel (Honorverse novella) by David Weber (Baen) – uk us
  • Dead ever After (Sookie Stackhouse 13) by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz) – the final True Blood novel – uk
  • Guardian (Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier 3) by Jack Campbell (Ace) – uk us
  • Alien in the House (Katherine “Kitty” Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow) - uk us
  • ACID by Emma Pass (Random House) – uk
  • The Lives of Tao by Wesley Tao (Angry Robot) - uk

Summer 2013

  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown

June 2013

    On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) Lexicon by Max Barry (Mulholland) A Private Little War by Jason Sheehan (47North)

  • Limits of Power (Paladin’s Legacy 4) by Elizabeth Moon (Orbit) - uk  us
  • The Crash by Guy Haley (Solaris) – uk us
  • Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse 3) by James S. A. Corey (pseudonym for Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck) (Orbit) - uk us
  • Earth Afire (First Formic War 2) by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Tor) – uk us
  • On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon’s Children Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) - uk us
  • Lexicon by Max Barry (Mulholland) - uk
  • A Private Little War by Jason Sheehan (47North) – uk us

July 2013

   Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen) Evening's Empires (A Quiet War Novel) by Paul McAuley
iD (The Second Machine Dynasty 2) by Madelaine Ashby (Angry Robot) Hellfire (Theirs Not to Reason Why 3) by Jean Johnson (Ace) Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz) The Clone Rebellion (The Clone Empire 6) by Steven L. Kent (Titan)  Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz)

  • On the Razor’s Edge (The January Dancer 4) by Michael Flynn (Tor) – uk
  • Phoenicia’s Worlds (Book 1) by Ben Jeapes (Solaris) – us uk
  • Heaven’s Fall (Heaven’s Shadow 3) by Michael Cassutt & David S. Goyer (Tor)
  • Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) – uk us
  • Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen) – us uk
  • Evening’s Empires (A Quiet War Novel) by Paul McAuley
  • iD (The Second Machine Dynasty 2) by Madelaine Ashby (Angry Robot) - uk
  • Hellfire (Theirs Not to Reason Why 3) by Jean Johnson (Ace) - uk us
  • Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz) - uk us
  • The Clone Rebellion (The Clone Empire 6) by Steven L. Kent (Titan) – us uk
  • Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz) – uk us

August 2013

The Ace Of Skulls (Tale of the Kitty Jay 4) by Chris Wooding (Gollancz)  Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles 3) by Larry Correia (Baen) Jupiter War (Owner Trilogy 3) by Neal Asher (TorUK)

  • The Ace Of Skulls (Tale of the Kitty Jay 4) by Chris Wooding (Gollancz) - us uk
  • Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles 3) by Larry Correia (Baen) - uk us
  • Jupiter War (Owner Trilogy 3) by Neal Asher (TorUK) - uk us
  • No Life But This (A Long, Long Sleep 2) by Anna Sheehan (Gollancz) – uk

Autumn 2013

  • Warcage (Humanity’s Fire Universe) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)
  • Like A Mighty Army (Safehold 7) by David Weber (Tor) – sept/oct/dec – title?

September 2013

23 Years on Fire (A Cassandra Kresnov Novel) by Joel Shepherd (Pyr) Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)  Marauder (A Shaol universe book) by Gary Gibson (Tor UK)

  • 23 Years on Fire (A Cassandra Kresnov Novel) by Joel Shepherd (Pyr) - uk us
  • Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz) – uk
  • Marauder (A Shaol universe book) by Gary Gibson (Tor UK) - uk
  • Prince Thief (Tales of Easie Damasco 3) by David Tallerman (Angry Robot) – us uk
  • Diving Universe 4 by Kristine Kathryn Rush

October 2013

The Arrows of Time (The Orthogonal 3) by Greg Egan - uk Abyss Deep (Star Corpsman 2) by Ian Douglas Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen) Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars 2) by Jack Campbell (Ace)

  • The Arrows of Time (The Orthogonal 3) by Greg Egan - uk
  • Abyss Deep (Star Corpsman 2) by Ian Douglas
  • Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen)
  • Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars 2) by Jack Campbell (Ace) - uk us
    Cape Grace (Shaman’s Tales 2) by Nathan Lowell
  • Defender (Kris Longknife 11) by Mike Shepherd (Ace) - us uk
  • The Clone Assassin (Clone Republic 9) by Steven L. Kent (Ace) - uk
  • The Deaths of Tao (Tao 2) by Weskey Chu (Angry Robot)

November 2013

Fiddlehead (Clockwork Century) by Cherie Priest (Tor)  Starhawk (Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins 7) by Jack McDevitt (Ace)

  • Fiddlehead (Clockwork Century) by Cherie Priest (Tor) - us uk
  • Starhawk (Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins 7) by Jack McDevitt (Ace) – uk
  • Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives 2) by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)  - uk

December 2013

Andromeda's Choice (Legion of the Damned 0.2) by William C. Dietz

  • Andromeda’s Choice (Legion of the Damned 0.2) by William C. Dietz - uk us
  • Skin Game (The Dresden Files 15) by Jim Butcher (Orbit) - uk
  • Alien Research (Katherine “Kitty” Katt 8) by Gini Koch (DAW) - us uk

2013 date to be decided

  • Gods of Risk (an Expanse novella) by James S. A. Corey
  • Penny Royal (A Polity Novel) by Neal Asher (TorUK) – year?
  • Crux (Nexus 2) by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) – later in the year
  • Cauldron of Ghosts (Honorverse – Torch) by David Weber & Eric Flint (Baen) – title pending
  • Armada by Ernie Cline (Crown Publishing) – 2014?

2014

2014 date to be decided

  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin
  • A Travesty of Hope (Honorverse Travis Uriah Long 1) by David Weber and Timothy Zahn (Baen)
  • The Lambda Functionar (Halting State 3) by Charles Stross – working title
  • Red Snow by Ian R. MacLeod
  • Hopeland by Ian R. MacLeod
  • The Day That I Loved (RNC 10) by David Drake
  • Breach Zone (Shadow Ops 3) by Myke Cole
  • Like a Mighty Army (Safehold 7) by David Weber (Tor)
  • The Lambda Functionar (Halting State) by Charles Stross – working title
  • The Sea Without a Shore (RCN 10) by David Drake (Baen)
  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin
  • Mamelukes (Janissaries) by Jerry Pournelle
  • The Betrayal (The Bone World 3) by Peadar Ó Guilín (David Fickling?)
  • Shadow of Self (Mistborn 5) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Breach Zone (Shadow Ops 3) by Myke Cole
  • Red Sky Dawning (The Mako Saga 2) by Ian J. Malone

January 2014

  • To Do or Die Hounds of War (Ray Longknife 4) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
  • Enders (Starters 2) by Lisa Price (Delacorte) - uk us

February 2014

  • The Glorious Angels by Justina Roberts (Gollancz)
  • Star Carrier 5 by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager)

March 2014

Ancestral Machines (Humanity's Fire 4) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)

  • Ancestral Machines (Humanity’s Fire 4) by Michael Cobley (Orbit) - uk
  • The Causal Angel (Quantum thief 3) by Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz) - uk

May 2014

  • Crown of Renewal (Paladin’s Legacy) by Elizabeth Moon (Orbit) - uk 

June 2014

  • Target (Vicky Peterwald 1) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)
  • The Expanse 3 by James S. A. Corey

September 2014

  • Hellhole book 3 by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Simon & Schuster) - uk

November 2014

  • Tenacious (Kris Longknife 12) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2015

  • Beneath the Avalanche (Hedren war 2) by John Ringo

June 2015

  • Survivor (Vichy Peterwald 2) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2015

  • Relentless (Kris Longknife 13) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2016

June 2016

  • Rebel (Vichy Peterwald 3) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2016

  • Ambassador (Kris Longknife 14) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2017

  • A Dream of Spring (A Song of Ice and Fire) George R. R. Martin

2020

  • Master of the Wind (Hedren War 3) by John Ringo

Unsure when

  • (Storm?) Black Mountain (Ray Longknife 5) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
  • Iteeche War (Ray Longknife 6) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
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The Highest Frontier (The Frontera Cycle 1) by Joan Slonczewski [Book Review]

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Apr 112013
 

What If You Believe Your Roommate Is An Alien?

This is a story about a young girl going to college so it includes teenage love, dealings with teachers and unruly fraternity boys, the whole coming of age thing. But that is the simple part what if you believe your roommate is an alien? Or that your professor is trying to brainwash you? Or that you fear the space station will be flooded? Glad to know you are not crazy?

Joan Slonczewski is new to me so I did not have any preconceptions beyond the blurb which made me think of a strong girl going to college on a space station possible with some aliens involved.

Jenny comes across a sweet easy-to-like main character. She is a spawn of the Ramos Kennedy family which are deep into the politics of the time, on both sides. The political part felt a bit too true and reflects things easy to imagine of our own time. I am talking from the far north of Scandinavia here.

Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Yes there are small mini-elephants in Jenny’s room now and then but I am talking about the aliens. Earth is to a large part devastated by ecological calamities but on top of that it is being infested by alien RNA based life, mostly as a thick layer over the Great Lakes but they are changing fast much like viruses. The Ultraphytes or Ultras are important to the story and the whole series.  Jenny’s parallel between smallpox decimating the Indians even before they saw a white man and the Ultra was fascinating and a bit scary.

I like reading about Jenny dealing with it all and doing ordinary teenage things too. The ordinary things make the futuristic world more tangible. And there lots of fascinating futuristic concept to take in. They have printers that can print out almost anything including real viruses. Hacks are frequently life-threatening and outbreaks of new tailor-made diseases are common. People don’t pay taxes any more they are Taxplayers and gamble at a casino instead and the surplus fund the government. Some of the names of technologies and gadgets feel a bit juvenile like Toynet and calling bears for teddies. Teenagers of today would never use that kind of vocabulary but many things might change in a hundred years.

Jenny also does sports. She plays Slanball the game of mind force (See Slan a novel by A E Van Vogt about telepaths). It is a bit like that game in Harry Potter.

Joan is a microbiologist with teaching experience and that comes across in her writing. I particularly liked the way she used virtual worlds for teaching and anthrax for building the space elevator. It has been a pleasure to read this new-to-me author. Her last novel came out more than ten years ago and this is the first novel in the Frontera Cycle so I hope it doesn’t take another ten years to write the next one because I want to read it and read it soon. The story has a young adult feel to it but worked well for me at my age. It is also stand alone if that is what you prefer.

Joan told me that the Frontera Cycle will continue with Jenny. She visits Cuba, and discovers that ultraphytes have evolved to grow in the ocean–but what are they up to?  Meanwhile, back at Frontera for her sophomore year, the college faces an uncertain future because the casino is losing money–and proposes an alarming solution.

The Highest Frontier get my strong recommendation.

Book Information

The Highest Frontier (The Frontera Cycle 1) by Joan Slonczewski (Tor 2011) – review copy – Amazon US | UK

One of the most respected writers of hard SF, it has been more than ten years since Joan Slonczewski’s last novel. Now she returns with a spectacular tour de force of the college of the future, in orbit. Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from a rich and politically influential family (a distant relation descended from the famous Kennedy clan), whose twin brother has died in an accident and left her bereft, is about to enter her freshman year at Frontera College.

Frontera is an exciting school built with media money, and a bit from tribal casinos too, dedicated to educating the best and brightest of this future world. We accompany Jenny as she proceeds through her early days at school, encountering surprises and wonders and some unpleasant problems. The Earth is altered by global warming, and an invasive alien species called ultraphytes threatens the surviving ecosystem. Jenny is being raised for great things, but while she’s in school she just wants to do her homework, go on a few dates, and get by. The world that Jenny is living in is one of the most fascinating and creative in contemporary SF, and the problems Jenny faces will involve every reader, young and old.

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Forthcoming SF&F Books 2012-2020

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Apr 092013
 

These are the upcoming books I would like to read and review

It is also my teaser page of things to come. The further away a release is the less certain is the information, covers can change from week to week and delays are common. This is also a collection of data from public sources that can contain errors or old information. So you can’t trust this calendar like it is written in stone.

Click on the covers for a larger image. Titles in Italic have covers. Recent changes are bold

2013

April 2013

 deep space  Protector (Foreigner 14) by C. J. Cherryh (Daw)

  • Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon (Baen) – uk us
  • Deep Space (Star Carrier 4) by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) – uk us
  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown (Solaris) - uk us
  • Protector (Foreigner 14) by C. J. Cherryh (Daw) – uk us

May 2013

   Bloodstar (Star Corpsman 1) by William Keith (Harper) Alien in the House (Katherine "Kitty" Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow)  ACID by Emma Pass (Random House)

  • House of Steel (Honorverse novella) by David Weber (Baen) – uk us
  • Dead ever After (Sookie Stackhouse 13) by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz) – the final True Blood novel – uk
  • Guardian (Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier 3) by Jack Campbell (Ace) – uk us
  • Bloodstar Star Corpsman 2 by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) - uk
  • Alien in the House (Katherine “Kitty” Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow) - uk us
  • ACID by Emma Pass (Random House) – uk

Summer 2013

  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown

June 2013

    On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) Lexicon by Max Barry (Mulholland)
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Tao (Angry Robot) A Private Little War by Jason Sheehan (47North)

  • Limits of Power (Paladin’s Legacy 4) by Elizabeth Moon (Orbit) - uk  us
  • The Crash by Guy Haley (Solaris)
  • Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse 3) by James S. A. Corey (pseudonym for Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck) (Orbit) - uk us
  • Earth Afire (First Formic War 2) by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Tor) – uk us
  • On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon’s Children Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) - uk us
  • Lexicon by Max Barry (Mulholland) - uk
  • The Lives of Tao by Wesley Tao (Angry Robot) - uk 
  • A Private Little War by Jason Sheehan (47North) – uk us

July 2013

   Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen) Evening's Empires (A Quiet War Novel) by Paul McAuley
iD (The Second Machine Dynasty 2) by Madelaine Ashby (Angry Robot) Hellfire (Theirs Not to Reason Why 3) by Jean Johnson (Ace) Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz)

  • On the Razor’s Edge (The January Dancer 4) by Michael Flynn (Tor) – uk
  • Phoenicia’s Worlds (Book 1) by Ben Jeapes (Solaris) – us uk
  • Heaven’s Fall (Heaven’s Shadow 3) by Michael Cassutt & David S. Goyer (Tor)
  • Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) – uk us
  • Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen) – us uk
  • Evening’s Empires (A Quiet War Novel) by Paul McAuley
  • iD (The Second Machine Dynasty 2) by Madelaine Ashby (Angry Robot) - uk
  • Hellfire (Theirs Not to Reason Why 3) by Jean Johnson (Ace) - uk us
  • Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz) - uk us

August 2013

The Ace Of Skulls (Tale of the Kitty Jay 4) by Chris Wooding (Gollancz)  Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles 3) by Larry Correia (Baen) Marauder (A Shaol universe book) by Gary Gibson (Tor UK) Jupiter War (Owner Trilogy 3) by Neal Asher (TorUK)

  • The Ace Of Skulls (Tale of the Kitty Jay 4) by Chris Wooding (Gollancz) - us uk
  • Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles 3) by Larry Correia (Baen) - uk us
  • Marauder (A Shaol universe book) by Gary Gibson (Tor UK) - uk
  • Jupiter War (Owner Trilogy 3) by Neal Asher (TorUK) - uk us
  • No Life But This (A Long, Long Sleep 2) by Anna Sheehan (Gollancz) – uk

Autumn 2013

  • Warcage (Humanity’s Fire Universe) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)
  • Like A Mighty Army (Safehold 7) by David Weber (Tor) – sept/oct/dec – title?

September 2013

23 Years on Fire (A Cassandra Kresnov Novel) by Joel Shepherd (Pyr)

  • 23 Years on Fire (A Cassandra Kresnov Novel) by Joel Shepherd (Pyr) - uk us
  • Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz) – uk

October 2013

The Arrows of Time (The Orthogonal 3) by Greg Egan - uk Abyss Deep (Star Corpsman 2) by Ian Douglas Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen) Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars 2) by Jack Campbell (Ace)

  • The Arrows of Time (The Orthogonal 3) by Greg Egan - uk
  • Abyss Deep (Star Corpsman 2) by Ian Douglas
  • Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen)
  • Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars 2) by Jack Campbell (Ace) - uk us
    Cape Grace (Shaman’s Tales 2) by Nathan Lowell
  • Defender (Kris Longknife 11) by Mike Shepherd (Ace) - us uk
  • Prince Thief (Tales of Easie Damasco 3) by David Tallerman (Angry Robot) – uk
  • The Clone Assassin (Clone Republic 9) by Steven L. Kent (Ace) - uk

November 2013

Fiddlehead (Clockwork Century) by Cherie Priest (Tor)  Starhawk (Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins 7) by Jack McDevitt (Ace)

  • Fiddlehead (Clockwork Century) by Cherie Priest (Tor) - us uk
  • Starhawk (Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins 7) by Jack McDevitt (Ace) – uk
  • Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives 2) by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)  - uk

December 2013

Andromeda's Choice (Legion of the Damned 0.2) by William C. Dietz

  • Andromeda’s Choice (Legion of the Damned 0.2) by William C. Dietz - uk us
  • Skin Game (The Dresden Files 15) by Jim Butcher (Orbit) - uk

2013 date to be decided

  • Gods of Risk (an Expanse novella) by James S. A. Corey
  • Penny Royal (A Polity Novel) by Neal Asher (TorUK) – year?
  • Crux (Nexus 2) by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) – later in the year
  • The Betrayal (The Bone World 3) by Peadar Ó Guilín (David Fickling?)
  • Cauldron of Ghosts (Honorverse – Torch) by David Weber & Eric Flint (Baen) – title pending
  • Armada by Ernie Cline (Crown Publishing) – 2014?
  • Mamelukes (Janissaries) by Jerry Pournelle

2014

2014 date to be decided

  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin
  • A Travesty of Hope (Honorverse Travis Uriah Long 1) by David Weber and Timothy Zahn (Baen)
  • The Lambda Functionar (Halting State 3) by Charles Stross – working title
  • Red Snow by Ian R. MacLeod
  • Hopeland by Ian R. MacLeod
  • The Day That I Loved (RNC 10) by David Drake
  • Breach Zone (Shadow Ops 3) by Myke Cole
  • Like a Mighty Army (Safehold 7) by David Weber (Tor)
  • The Lambda Functionar (Halting State) by Charles Stross – working title
  • The Sea Without a Shore (RCN 10) by David Drake (Baen)
  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin

January 2014

  • To Do or Die Hounds of War (Ray Longknife 4) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
  • Enders (Starters 2) by Lisa Price (Delacorte) - uk us

February 2014

  • The Glorious Angels by Justina Roberts (Gollancz)

March 2014

Ancestral Machines (Humanity's Fire 4) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)

  • Ancestral Machines (Humanity’s Fire 4) by Michael Cobley (Orbit) - uk
  • The Quantum Thief 3 by Hannu Rajaniemi 

June 2014

  • Target (Vicky Peterwald 1) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)
  • The Expanse 3 by James S. A. Corey

November 2014

  • Tenacious (Kris Longknife 12) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2015

  • Beneath the Avalanche (Hedren war 2) by John Ringo

June 2015

  • Survivor (Vichy Peterwald 2) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2015

  • Relentless (Kris Longknife 13) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2016

June 2016

  • Rebel (Vichy Peterwald 3) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2016

  • Ambassador (Kris Longknife 14) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2017

  • A Dream of Spring (A Song of Ice and Fire) George R. R. Martin

2020

  • Master of the Wind (Hedren War 3) by John Ringo

Unsure when

  • (Storm?) Black Mountain (Ray Longknife 5) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
  • Iteeche War (Ray Longknife 6) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
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Forthcoming SF&F Books 2012-2020

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Mar 032013
 

These are the upcoming books I would like to read and review

It is also my teaser page of things to come. The further away a release is the less certain is the information, covers can change from week to week and delays are common. This is also a collection of data from public sources that can contain errors or old information. So you can’t trust this calendar like it is written in stone.

Click on the covers for a larger image. Titles in Italic have covers. Recent changes are bold

2013

March 2013

    The Last Threshold (Neverwinter Saga 4) by R.A. Salvatore
Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza  Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace)

  • Shadow of Freedom (Honorverse – Talbott) by David Weber (Baen) – uk us
  • The Gate Thief (Mither Mages 2) by Orson Scott Card (Tor) - uk us
  • A Few Good Men (A Darkship novel) by Sarah A. Hoyt (Baen) - us uk 
  • The Art of War (Chung Kuo 5) by David Wingrove (Canongate)
  • The Last Threshold (Neverwinter Saga 4) by R.A. Salvatore - uk
  • Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza – uk - Debut
  • Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace) – uk us
  • Growing Pains by Ian Whates
  • Evening’s Empires (A Quiet War Novel) by Paul McAuley – July?

April 2013

 deep space  Protector (Foreigner 14) by C. J. Cherryh (Daw)

  • Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon (Baen) – uk us
  • Deep Space (Star Carrier 4) by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) – uk us
  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown (Solaris) - uk
  • Protector (Foreigner 14) by C. J. Cherryh (Daw) – uk us

May 2013

   Bloodstar (Star Corpsman 1) by William Keith (Harper) Alien in the House (Katherine "Kitty" Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow)

  • House of Steel (Honorverse novella) by David Weber (Baen) – uk
  • Dead ever After (Sookie Stackhouse 13) by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz) – the final True Blood novel – uk
  • Guardian (Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier 3) by Jack Campbell (Ace) – uk
  • Bloodstar Star Corpsman 2 by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) - uk
  • Alien in the House (Katherine “Kitty” Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow) - uk
  • ACID by Emma Pass (Random House)

Summer 2013

  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown

June 2013

   

  • Limits of Power (Paladin’s Legacy 4) by Elizabeth Moon (Orbit) - uk 
  • The Crash by Guy Haley (Solaris)
  • Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse 3) by James S. A. Corey (pseudonym for Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck) (Orbit)
  • Earth Afire (First Formic War 2) by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Tor) – uk us
  • On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon’s Children Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) - uk us
  • The Lives of Tao by Wesley Tao (Angry Robot) – uk
  • An Inch of Ashes (Chung Kuo 6) by David Wingrove (Corvus)
  • Lexicon by Max Barry (Mulholland)
  • Enders (Starters 2) by Lisa Price (Delacorte) – uk us

July 2013

   Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen)

  • On the Razor’s Edge (The January Dancer 4) by Michael Flynn (Tor) – uk
  • Phoenicia’s Worlds (Book 1) by Ben Jeapes (Solaris) – us uk
  • Heaven’s Fall (Heaven’s Shadow 3) by Michael Cassutt & David S. Goyer (Tor)
  • Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) – uk us
  • Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen) – us uk
  • iD (The Second Machine Dynasty 2) by Madelaine Ashby (Angry Robot) - uk
  • Hellfire (Theirs Not to Reason Why 3) by Jean Johnson (Ace) - uk us
  • Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz) - uk us

August 2013

  • No Life But This (A Long, Long Sleep 2) by Anna Sheehan (Gollancz) – uk
  • The Ace Of Skulls (Tale of the Kitty Jay 4) by Chris Wooding (Gollancz) – us uk
  • Marauder / The Core (A Shaol universe book) by Gary Gibson (Tor UK)
  • Jupiter War (Owner Trilogy 3) by Neal Asher (TorUK) - uk us

Autumn 2013

  • Warcage (Humanity’s Fire Universe) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)
  • Like A Mighty Army (Safehold 7) by David Weber (Tor) – sept/oct/dec – title?

September 2013

  • Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz) – uk
  • Fiddlehead (The Clockwork Century 5) by Cherie Priest
  • 23 Years on Fire (A Cassandra Kresnov Novel) by Joel Shepherd (Pyr) – uk us

October 2013

  • Cape Grace (Shaman’s Tales 2) by Nathan Lowell
  • The Arrows of Time (The Orthogonal 3) by Greg Egan – uk
  • Defender (Kris Longknife 11) by Mike Shepherd (Ace) - us uk
  • Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars 2) by Jack Campbell (Ace) - uk us
  • Prince Thief (Tales of Easie Damasco 3) by David Tallerman (Angry Robot) – uk
  • Evening’s Empire (Quiet War universe) by Paul McAuley
  • The Clone Assassin (Clone Republic 9) by Steven L. Kent (Ace) - uk

November 2013

Fiddlehead (Clockwork Century) by Cherie Priest (Tor)

  • Fiddlehead (Clockwork Century) by Cherie Priest (Tor) - us uk
  • Starhawk (Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins 7) by Jack McDevitt (Ace) – uk
  • Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives 2) by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)  - uk

December 2013

  • Andromeda’s Choice (Legion of the Damned 0.2) by William C. Dietz
  • The Dresden Files 15 by Jim Butcher

2013 date to be decided

 Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen)

  • Gods of Risk (an Expanse novella) by James S. A. Corey
  • Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen)
  • Penny Royal (A Polity Novel) by Neal Asher (TorUK) – year?
  • Crux (Nexus 2) by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) – later in the year
  • The Betrayal (The Bone World 3) by Peadar Ó Guilín (David Fickling?)
  • Cauldron of Ghosts (Honorverse – Torch) by David Weber & Eric Flint (Baen) – title pending
  • Armada by Ernie Cline (Crown Publishing) – 2014?
  • The Betrayal (The Bone World 3) Peader Ó Guilín
  • Marmelukes (Janissaries) by Jerry Pournelle

2014

2014 date to be decided

  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin
  • A Travesty of Hope (Honorverse Travis Uriah Long 1) by David Weber and Timothy Zahn (Baen)
  • The Lambda Functionar (Halting State 3) by Charles Stross – working title
  • Red Snow by Ian R. MacLeod
  • Hopeland by Ian R. MacLeod
  • The Day That I Loved (RNC 10) by David Drake

January 2014

  • To Do or Die Hounds of War (Ray Longknife 4) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)

February 2014

  • The Glorious Angels by Justina Roberts (Gollancz)

March 2014

  • The Quantum Thief 3 by Hannu Rajaniemi 
  • Ancestral Machines (Humanity’s Fire 4) by Michael Cobley (Orbit) - uk

June 2014

  • Target (Vicky Peterwald 1) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)
  • The Expanse 3 by James S. A. Corey

November 2014

  • Tenacious (Kris Longknife 12) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2015

  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin
  • Beneath the Avalanche (Hedren war 2) by John Ringo 

June 2015

  • Survivor (Vichy Peterwald 2) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2015

  • Relentless (Kris Longknife 13) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2016

June 2016

  • Rebel (Vichy Peterwald 3) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2016

  • Ambassador (Kris Longknife 14) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2020

  • Master of the Wind (Hedren War 3) by John RIngo

Unsure when

  • (Storm?) Black Mountain (Ray Longknife 5) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
  • Iteeche War (Ray Longknife 6) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
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Forthcoming SF&F Books 2012-2016

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These are the upcoming books I would like to read and review

It is also my teaser page of things to come. The further away a release is the less certain is the information, covers can change from week to week and delays are common. This is also a collection of data from public sources that can contain errors or old information. So you can’t trust this calendar like it is written in stone.

Click on the covers for a larger image. Titles in Italic have covers. Recent changes are bold

2013

February 2013

  Resonance (Ragnarok book 3) by John Meaney (Gollancz)

  • Hellhole Awakening (Hellhole 2) by Kevin J. Anderson & Brian Herbert (Simon & Schuster) - uk us
  • Breaking Point (Article 5 2) by Kristen Simmons (Tor)
  • Resonance (Ragnarok book 3) by John Meaney (Gollancz) – uk

March 2013

    The Last Threshold (Neverwinter Saga 4) by R.A. Salvatore
Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza  Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace)

  • Shadow of Freedom (Honorverse – Talbott) by David Weber (Baen) – uk us
  • The Gate Thief (Mither Mages 2) by Orson Scott Card (Tor) - uk us
  • A Few Good Men (A Darkship novel) by Sarah A. Hoyt (Baen) - us uk 
  • The Art of War (Chung Kuo 5) by David Wingrove (Canongate)
  • The Last Threshold (Neverwinter Saga 4) by R.A. Salvatore - uk
  • Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza – uk - Debut
  • Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace) – uk us
  • Growing Pains by Ian Whates
  • Evening’s Empires (A Quiet War Novel) by Paul McAuley – July?

April 2013

 deep space  Protector (Foreigner 14) by C. J. Cherryh (Daw)

  • Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon (Baen) – uk us
  • Deep Space (Star Carrier 4) by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) – uk us
  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown (Solaris) - uk
  • Protector (Foreigner 14) by C. J. Cherryh (Daw) – uk us

May 2013

   Bloodstar (Star Corpsman 1) by William Keith (Harper) Alien in the House (Katherine "Kitty" Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow)

  • House of Steel (Honorverse novella) by David Weber (Baen) – uk
  • Dead ever After (Sookie Stackhouse 13) by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz) – the final True Blood novel – uk
  • Guardian (Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier 3) by Jack Campbell (Ace) – uk
  • Alien in the House (Katherine “Kitty” Katt 7) by Gini Koch (Dow) - uk
  • ACID by Emma Pass (Random House)
  • Bloodstar Star Corpsman 2 by Ian Douglas (Harper Voyager) - uk

Summer 2013

  • Serene Invasion by Eric Brown

June 2013

   

  • Limits of Power (Paladin’s Legacy 4) by Elizabeth Moon (Orbit) - uk 
  • The Crash by Guy Haley (Solaris)
  • Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse 3) by James S. A. Corey (pseudonym for Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck) (Orbit)
  • Earth Afire (First Formic War 2) by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Tor) – uk us
  • On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon’s Children Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) - uk us
  • The Lives of Tao by Wesley Tao (Angry Robot) – uk
  • An Inch of Ashes (Chung Kuo 6) by David Wingrove (Corvus)
  • Lexicon by Max Barry (Mulholland)
  • Enders (Starters 2) by Lisa Price (Delacorte) – uk us

July 2013

   Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen)

  • On the Razor’s Edge (The January Dancer 4) by Michael Flynn (Tor) – uk
  • Phoenicia’s Worlds (Book 1) by Ben Jeapes (Solaris) – us uk
  • Heaven’s Fall (Heaven’s Shadow 3) by Michael Cassutt & David S. Goyer (Tor)
  • Storm Surge (Destroyermen) by Taylor Anderson (Roc) – uk us
  • Beginnings (World of Weber 6) by David Weber (Baen) – us uk
  • iD (The Second Machine Dynasty 2) by Madelaine Ashby (Angry Robot) - uk
  • Hellfire (Theirs Not to Reason Why 3) by Jean Johnson (Ace) - uk us
  • Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz) - uk us

August 2013

  • No Life But This (A Long, Long Sleep 2) by Anna Sheehan (Gollancz) – uk
  • The Ace Of Skulls (Tale of the Kitty Jay 4) by Chris Wooding (Gollancz) – us uk
  • Marauder / The Core (A Shaol universe book) by Gary Gibson (Tor UK)
  • Jupiter War (Owner Trilogy 3) by Neal Asher (TorUK) - uk us

Autumn 2013

  • Warcage (Humanity’s Fire Universe) by Michael Cobley (Orbit)
  • Like A Mighty Army (Safehold 7) by David Weber (Tor) – sept/oct/dec – title?

September 2013

  • Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz) – uk
  • Fiddlehead (The Clockwork Century 5) by Cherie Priest
  • 23 Years on Fire (A Cassandra Kresnov Novel) by Joel Shepherd (Pyr) – uk us

October 2013

  • Cape Grace (Shaman’s Tales 2) by Nathan Lowell
  • The Arrows of Time (The Orthogonal 3) by Greg Egan – uk
  • Defender (Kris Longknife 11) by Mike Shepherd (Ace) - us uk
  • Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars 2) by Jack Campbell (Ace) - uk us
  • Prince Thief (Tales of Easie Damasco 3) by David Tallerman (Angry Robot) – uk
  • Evening’s Empire (Quiet War universe) by Paul McAuley
  • The Clone Assassin (Clone Republic 9) by Steven L. Kent (Ace) - uk

November 2013

  • Starhawk (Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins 7) by Jack McDevitt (Ace) – uk
  • Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives 2) by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)  - uk

December 2013

  • Andromeda’s Choice (Legion of the Damned 0.2) by William C. Dietz
  • The Dresden Files 15 by Jim Butcher

2013 date to be decided

  • Gods of Risk (an Expanse novella) by James S. A. Corey
  • Penny Royal (A Polity Novel) by Neal Asher (TorUK) – year?
  • Crux (Nexus 2) by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) – later in the year
  • The Betrayal (The Bone World 3) by Peadar Ó Guilín (David Fickling?)
  • Treecat Wars (Stephanie Harrington 3) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold (Baen)
  • Cauldron of Ghosts (Honorverse – Torch) by David Weber & Eric Flint (Baen) – title pending
  • Armada by Ernie Cline (Crown Publishing) – 2014?
  • The Betrayal (The Bone World 3) Peader Ó Guilín
  • Marmelukes (Janissaries) by Jerry Pournelle

2014

2014 date to be decided

  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin
  • A Travesty of Hope (Honorverse Travis Uriah Long 1) by David Weber and Timothy Zahn (Baen)
  • The Lambda Functionar (Halting State 3) by Charles Stross – working title
  • Red Snow by Ian R. MacLeod
  • Hopeland by Ian R. MacLeod
  • The Day That I Loved (RNC 10) by David Drake

January 2014

  • To Do or Die Hounds of War (Ray Longknife 4) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)

February 2014

  • The Glorious Angels by Justina Roberts (Gollancz)

March 2014

  • The Quantum Thief 3 by Hannu Rajaniemi 
  • Ancestral Machines (Humanity’s Fire 4) by Michael Cobley (Orbit) - uk

June 2014

  • Target (Vicky Peterwald 1) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)
  • The Expanse 3 by James S. A. Corey

November 2014

  • Tenacious (Kris Longknife 12) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2015

  • The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire 6) by George R. R. Martin

June 2015

  • Survivor (Vichy Peterwald 2) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2015

  • Relentless (Kris Longknife 13) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

2016

June 2016

  • Rebel (Vichy Peterwald 3) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

November 2016

  • Ambassador (Kris Longknife 14) by Mike Shepherd (Ace)

Unsure when

  • (Storm?) Black Mountain (Ray Longknife 5) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
  • Iteeche War (Ray Longknife 6) by Mike Shepherd (ACE)
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