Werthead wrote:1. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire
ETA: Late 2007 (touch wood)
The 'other half' of A Feast for Crows brings back all the fan-favourite characters missing from the last book, introduces the last (apparently) new POV character in the series, moves the storyline on into new areas and, if we are lucky, will answer the cliffhangers left dangling from Book 4.
2. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Book 2 of The Gentleman Bastard
ETA: 21 June 2007
The Lies of Locke Lamora was the big fantasy debut of 2006, and Lynch's already-completed second novel is eagerly awaited by many.
3. The Aspect-Emperor: Book One by R. Scott Bakker
Book 1 of The Aspect-Emperor (duh)
ETA: Very Late 2007 (US/Canada), May 2008 (UK)
The second in the trilogy-of-series begins by picking up the story 20 years further on from The Thousandfold Thought.
4. Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson
Book 7 of The Malazan Book of the Fallen
ETA: 2 April 2007 (UK/Canada), June 2008 (USA)
The Bonehunters was (arguably) the weakest book in the series to date, but Midnight Tides was one of the stronger and the return of many key characters and storylines from that book, plus a major collision with the series' other key characters, bodes well for this novel.
5. Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
ETA: 5 March 2007
Guy Gavriel Kay's first urban fantasy has attracted some pretty stunning pre-release reviews, some labelling it his best work to date. And with an author of this quality, that's some doing.
6. The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Book 1 of The Void Trilogy
ETA: September 2007
Although the first book in a new trilogy, The Dreaming Void also picks up some dangling loose ends from Judas Unchained. This semi-sequel series stands alone, but is set in the same universe some 1,200 years later.
7. The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien
ETA: 16 April 2007
Probably the highest-profile release in 2007 (unless the final Harry Potter book does arrive). A labour of love for Christopher Tolkien, who has spent 30 years carefully editing together dozens of different drafts to create this story of Middle-earth, set during the tumults of the War of the Jewels.
8. The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
ETA: 19 April 2007
Reynolds' new stand-alone novel in the Revelation Space universe.
9. Storm of the Dead by Paul Kearney
Book 3 of The Sea-Beggars
ETA: Late 2007
Kearney's excellent nautical fantasy series continues, although going by the first two books expect a slightly confusing last-minute title-change just before the book goes to press.
10. A Sword from Red Ice by JV Jones
Book 3 of Sword of Shadows
ETA: December 2007
Jones' long, long-delayed penultimate volume in her Sword of Shadows series. Expect the final volume, The Shadow Under the Ice, some time in 2010.
Night of Knives by Ian Cameron Esslemont, Making Money by Terry Pratchett and The Sworn Sword by George RR Martin all just fail to make the grade, NoK and TSS because they have been already published in different forms and MM because, well, I'm a bit behind on Pratchett and probably won't catch up before it comes out.
Early votes for 2008 are Neuropath by R. Scott Bakker (whoever ends up publishing it), A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan (the long-awaited, probably-not-kidding end to WoT), Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson, Return of the Crimson Guard by Ian Cameron Esslemont and The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch.
Plus, let's hope we get some more unexpectedly great new authors who we haven't even heard of yet!
Jeg får frysninger på ryggen av å se på alle bøkene jeg burde lese
Lottas liste:
1. Red Seas under Red Skies av Scott Lynch
2. Reapers Gale av Steven Erikson
3. The Children of Hurin av JRR Tolkien
4. Night of Knives av Ian Cameron Esselmont.
5. Ysabel av Gay Gavriel Kay. (jeg har hørt mye godt om denne forfatteren og må nesten prøve noe)
Legg merke til at Ian Cameron Esselmonts "The Return of the Crimson Guard" er utsatt til 2008.
Er det noen utgivelser dere vil legge til? Jeg regner med at det er flere enn Werthead som gleder seg aDwD.
Det er gøy å ha noe å se fram til, ikke sant?
Hvis dette blir en suksess kan vi prøve å gjøre det til en årlig greie