Huge array of new books in 2006!

[Mithfânion]

Take a little list at this list I found on another site which takes a look at many of next year's new Fantasy offerings. They're listed by date, so the first ones are to be released in January etc.

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Dusk by Tim Lebbon
The Skewed Throne by Joshua Palmatier
The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker
Resenting the Hero by Moira Moore
Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
Cartomancy by Michael A. Stackpole
The King's Own by Lorna Freeman
Heir of Autumn by Giles Carwyn and Todd Fahnestock
Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott
Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
Voidfarer by Sean McMullen
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson (UK)
Sorcerer's Moon by Julian May (UK)
The Queen in Winter by Sharon Shinn, Sarah Monette et al
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn
The Awakened City by Victoria Strauss
Pretender by C.J. Cherryh
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
The Sword of Straw by Amanda Hemingway
The Wizard Lord by Lawrence Watt-Evans
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd (UK)
Shinigami by Django Wexler
Harald by David M. Friedman
The Amber Wizard by David Forbes
In the Eye of Heaven by David Keck
Kharavans by Jennifer Roberson
The Blood Knight by Greg Keyes
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
The First Law by Joe Abercrombie (UK)
The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling (UK)
Bridge of Dreams by Chaz Brenchley
The Last of the Wilds by Trudi Canavan
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
Time Dancers by Steve Cash
Path of Blood by Diana Pharaoh Francis
The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross
Elementals Anthology
The Stars We Steer By by Paul Kearney (UK)
The Virtu by Sarah Monette
The Tainted by Glenda Larke
Tides of Fate Book I: The Tower of Shadows by Drew Bowling
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Children of Chaos by Dave Duncan
The Mirror Prince by Violette Malan
The Engineer II by K.J. Parker (UK)
The Heritage-Maggie Furey (UK)
Forest Mage by Robin Hobb (UK)
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
The Tourmaline by Paul Park
Freedom's Sisters by Naomi Kritzer
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Lessek's Key by Robert Scott and Jay Gordon (UK)
No Flame Brither than Mine by Tanith Lee (UK)
White Time by Margo Lanagan
The Fledging of Az Gabrielson by J. Linden Armory (UK)
Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley (UK)
Dzur by Steven Brust
Farthing by Jo Walton
Shadowed by Wings by Janine Cross
Swarmthief's Treason by Deborah Miller (UK)
The Song of Tears by Ian Irvine (UK)
Rome Burning by Sophia McDougall (UK)
Hinterland by James Clemens (UK)
Eastern Tide by Juliet E. McKenna (UK)
The Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
Ilario: The Lion's Eye by Mary Gentle (UK)

In addition, books that are not yet firmly set but which have good to excellent chances of being out in the second half of 2006 are:

Shadowplay by Tad Williams;
A new Guy Gavriel Kay novel, apparantly the Penguin Canada publisher has hinted that they have the book scheduled for Fall 2006 but it all depends on when the manuscript comes in;
Martin's "Dance with Dragons". No matter what others say, if we are going by the author's own words than we can still expect Dance to be released by the end of 2006. Even this week he said he hopes and expects to do book signings of ADWD this time next year. He still has half the book to write though.

Books from the above list that I'd love more info about (other than what is already on Amazon) :

Crystal Rain
Giants of the Frost
Heir of Autumn
Shadow in Summer
The Wizard Lord
The Stormcaller
The Amber Wizard
The Eye of Heaven
The Tower of Shadows
The Mirror Prince
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Fledging of Az Gabrielson
Winterbirth

Some very cool looking stuff in that list, I have to say.

[Yobmod]

The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker
Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
The Blood Knight by Greg Keyes
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Farthing by Jo Walton

Are the ones i'm looking forward to from that list, either because i know i like the writer, or because i've been waiting for the trilogy the be finished before i start (so just hoping they're good).

Lots of cliched titles, doesn't mean the books will be, but they are not catching my interest. Lots of them sound like other books too, hopefully they aren't all cases of people thinking they can write fantasy all because they are fans (a la Eragon)

10 featuring royalty / nobility: The Mirror Prince, The Blood Knight, Throne of Jade, Oracle's Queen, His Majesty's Dragon, The Wizard Lord, The Queen in Winter, Crown of Stars, The King's Own, The Skewed Throne.

So that will be fun, as there aren't enough unrealistically portrayed royal families in fantasy

[Rob B]

Pulled from the original list, here's what I am looking forward to

• Dusk by Tim Lebbon
• The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker (already read it)
• Cartomancy by Michael A. Stackpole
• Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell He's written some pretty good short stories check out the author's Web site for the book
  http://www.crystal-rain.com.
• The Wizard Lord by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham - I've been seeing some very positive things about Abraham, this one sounds interesting. He also collaborated with Gardner Dozois and G.R.R. Martin on a book
• The Blood Knight by Greg Keyes
• The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling (UK)
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• Forest Mage by Robin Hobb (UK)
• Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
• Dzur by Steven Brust
• Shadowplay by Tad Williams;
• Martin's Dance with Dragons No matter what others say, if we are going by the author's own words than we can still expect Dance to be released by the end of 2006. Even this week he said he hopes and expects to do book signings of ADWD this time next year. He still has half the book to write though.

[Jack]

*fills up amazon shopping cart*

Hey, I don't have the money for all of these...

*pulls out credit card*

[FicusFan]

The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker (PB in Canada)
Voidfarer by Sean McMullen
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson (UK)
The Queen in Winter by Sharon Shinn, Sarah Monette et al
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn
Pretender by C.J. Cherryh
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (Chinese ?)
Shinigami by Django Wexler
Harald by David M. Friedman (Harald Who ?)
The Blood Knight by Greg Keyes
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik (Chinese ?)
The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling (UK)
Bridge of Dreams by Chaz Brenchley
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik (Chinese ?)
The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross
The Stars We Steer By by Paul Kearney (UK)
The Tainted by Glenda Larke
Forest Mage by Robin Hobb (UK)
The Tourmaline by Paul Park
Freedom's Sisters by Naomi Kritzer
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Dzur by Steven Brust
The Song of Tears by Ian Irvine (UK)
Rome Burning by Sophia McDougall (UK)
Ilario: The Lion's Eye by Mary Gentle (UK)

I am also looking forward to:

Stone Dance of the Chameleon (Stone Dance of the Chameleon #3)
by Ricardo Pinto which is due out in HC in the UK 01/06

Danse Macbre by Laurell K. Hamilton

Can't think of anything else right now.

[cheese]

Wow..That is a pretty good list..The three that im most looking forward to Would be Thousandfold thought by Bakker, Bonehunters by Erikson, and the bloodknight by Keyes. I also wonder how im going to find money for all these books..At least im getting a job soon

[Lfex]

Another book I am eager to see is Feast of Souls by C. S. Friedman

[funky_fantasist]

My book 'Swarmthief's Treason' will be out from Tor in September (in the UK) even though I am behind schedule.

No US sale yet for the trilogy though...


Cheers
Funky
aka Deborah J. Miller

[Randy M.]

In 2006 I'm pretty sure I'll still be working on the pile from 1983.

Oh, well. Maybe in 2029 ...


Randy M.

[werewolfv2]

The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson (UK)
The Blood Knight by Greg Keyes
The Stars We Steer By by Paul Kearney (UK)
Forest Mage by Robin Hobb (UK)

A new Guy Gavriel Kay novel,

great

I still have to wonder about the crack heads in US publishing that take so long to print up UK released books.

I mean, Bonehunters is being released in the UK and in the US we just finally got Memories of Ice. It pisses me off to have to buy the UK version.

[JRMurdock]

Let us know when your book is close to shelves Funky!

Dang what an amazing list that's coming out. Guess I'll need to eat less and read more.

[Steven Savile]

Hey Mith - thanks for listing Elemental on your massive list of new releases. It's very nice to see word spreading slowly.

I figured I'd give a little extra info as Amazon is very sketchy:

All proceeds from this book go to Save The Children's Tsunami Relief effort, and authors include:

Arthur C. Clarke
Kevin J Anderson & Brian Herbert
Lynn Flewelling
Martha Wells
Jaqueline Carey
Sean Williams
Stel Pavlou
Brian Aldiss
Larry Niven
Joe Haldeman
David Drake
William C. Dietz
David Gerrold
Tim Lebbon
Nina kiriki Hoffman
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Eric Nylund
Adam Roberts
Janny Wurtz
Sharon Shinn
Michael Marshall Smith
Syne Mitchell
Esther Friesner

And I have to admit that I am very proud to have been part of putting this together with Tor. I really hope people will pick this one up - right now Amazon have an amazing 35% off the hardcover making it only 3 bucks more than the tradepaper back...

I've read it, and in all honesty I think it is an amazing anthology and expect it to get a lot of attention over the next 12 months.

Steve

[Steven Savile]

Oh and February sees the release of my novel Inheritance from Games Workshop's Black Library, august sees the release of Dominion, the second book of the trilogy, and December sees the release of my SLAINE novelisation via Black Flame...

Busy year.

[Rob B]

Hey Mith - thanks for listing Elemental on your massive list of new releases. It's very nice to see word spreading slowly.

I figured I'd give a little extra info as Amazon is very sketchy:

I thought there was an anthology I was really looking forward to. I can't seem to find it on amazon, Steve. VERY IMPRESSIVE list there, I must say again. Are your authored books going to be available in the States?

Funky, here's hoping your books will be on US Shelves soon!

[Postaurch]

Lots of cliched titles, doesn't mean the books will be, but they are not catching my interest. Lots of them sound like other books too, hopefully they aren't all cases of people thinking they can write fantasy all because they are fans (a la Eragon)

10 featuring royalty / nobility: The Mirror Prince, The Blood Knight, Throne of Jade, Oracle's Queen, His Majesty's Dragon, The Wizard Lord, The Queen in Winter, Crown of Stars, The King's Own, The Skewed Throne.

So that will be fun, as there aren't enough unrealistically portrayed royal families in fantasy

A quick note underscoring that you can't always assume you know a book by its title:

Crown of Stars in the title does not refer to a material crown, but rather a variety of items metaphoically identified as a crown (e.g., a series of stone rings that allow travel between places and worlds)

That said, Eliott has established a magic-based world in the millieu of a historic european land, Wendar, which today is Poland/Eastern Germany. Much of her geography, noble titles, and character names come straight from that region during a particular time period.

hmmmmmm.