No time to spare! I already read only good great and greater books in the first half January and if this is what will be in store for me for the remainder of the year, it is going to be mighty fine!
here is my reading list for the second half of January.
1. Dangerous Women by George R. R. Martin and Gerdner R. Dozois, Tor
All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers,
and seven stories set in the authors’ bestselling
continuities—including a new “Outlander” story by Diana Gabaldon,
a tale of Harry Dresden’s world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev
Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word
novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast
civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the
events of A Game of Thrones.
Also included are original stories of dangerous women--heroines and villains alike--by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherilynn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.
Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, “Here you’ll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you’ll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find sword-wielding women warriors, intrepid women fighter pilots and far-ranging spacewomen, deadly female serial killers, formidable female superheroes, sly and seductive femmes fatale, female wizards, hard-living Bad Girls, female bandits and rebels, embattled survivors in Post-Apocalyptic futures, female Private Investigators, stern female hanging judges, haughty queens who rule nations and whose jealousies and ambitions send thousands to grisly deaths, daring dragonriders, and many more.”
2. Something You Are by Hanna Jameson, Head of Zeus
Nic Caruana is paid to kill people. Once, he was destined for a white-collar job in a middle-class area. But like many kids, he made a fatal mistake. Now, he inhabits the bleak, dark city that runs like a seam beneath London. His latest job is to track down the daughter of an arms dealer, using any weapon necessary to get to the truth. But Nic has fallen in love with his dangerous employer's wife. When the missing girl turns up dead, this grief-stricken mother starts playing twisted games with Nic...and this time he has nothing in his amoury to protect himself. Taut, spare, and brilliantly plotted, Something You Are is the first in a series of menacing urban crime novels from a young female writer of exceptional talent.
3. Hang Wire by Adam Christopher, Angry Robots
Ted Hall is worried.
He’s been sleepwalking, and his somnambulant travels appear to coincide
with murders by the notorious Hang Wire Killer.
Meanwhile, the circus has come to town, but the Celtic dancers are taking their pagan act a little too seriously, the manager of the Olde Worlde Funfair has started talking to his vintage machines, and the new acrobat’s frequent absences are causing tension among the performers.
Out in the city there are other new arrivals – immortals searching for an ancient power – a primal evil which, if unopposed, could destroy the world!
4. Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson, Bantam Press
Now is the time
to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the
stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told...
It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold...
Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now he returns with the first novel in a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen and introduces readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness. It is the epic story of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in shaping the world of the Malazan Empire.
5. Valour's Choice by Tanya Huff, Titan Books
In the distant future, humans and several alien races have been granted membership in the Confederation—at a price. They must serve and protect the far more civilized species who have long since turned away from war. When her transport ship is shot down, a routine diplomatic mission across the galaxy becomes anything but, and Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr must fight to keep her platoon alive.
6. Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge by Martha Wells, Arrow
Times are desperate for
the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital
supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet
Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer much-needed materials for sale,
Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo lead an Alliance delegation to
negotiate a deal.
But when treachery forces the rebel ship to flee into territory controlled by pirates, Leia makes a shocking discovery: the fierce marauders come from Leia’s homeworld of Alderaan, recently destroyed by the Death Star. These refugees have turned to pillaging and plundering to survive—and they are in debt to a pirate armada, which will gladly ransom the princess to the vengeful Empire . . . if they find out her true identity.
Struggling with intense feelings of guilt, loyalty, and betrayal, Leia is determined to help her wayward kinspeople, even as Imperial forces are closing in on her own crippled ship. Trapped between lethal cutthroats and brutal oppressors, Leia and Han, along with Luke, Chewbacca, and a battle-ready crew, must defy death—or embrace it—to keep the rebellion alive.
What will you be reading the coming weeks?
Cheers,
Jasper
here is my reading list for the second half of January.
1. Dangerous Women by George R. R. Martin and Gerdner R. Dozois, Tor
All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers,
and seven stories set in the authors’ bestselling
continuities—including a new “Outlander” story by Diana Gabaldon,
a tale of Harry Dresden’s world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev
Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word
novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast
civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the
events of A Game of Thrones.Also included are original stories of dangerous women--heroines and villains alike--by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherilynn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.
Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, “Here you’ll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you’ll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find sword-wielding women warriors, intrepid women fighter pilots and far-ranging spacewomen, deadly female serial killers, formidable female superheroes, sly and seductive femmes fatale, female wizards, hard-living Bad Girls, female bandits and rebels, embattled survivors in Post-Apocalyptic futures, female Private Investigators, stern female hanging judges, haughty queens who rule nations and whose jealousies and ambitions send thousands to grisly deaths, daring dragonriders, and many more.”
2. Something You Are by Hanna Jameson, Head of Zeus
Nic Caruana is paid to kill people. Once, he was destined for a white-collar job in a middle-class area. But like many kids, he made a fatal mistake. Now, he inhabits the bleak, dark city that runs like a seam beneath London. His latest job is to track down the daughter of an arms dealer, using any weapon necessary to get to the truth. But Nic has fallen in love with his dangerous employer's wife. When the missing girl turns up dead, this grief-stricken mother starts playing twisted games with Nic...and this time he has nothing in his amoury to protect himself. Taut, spare, and brilliantly plotted, Something You Are is the first in a series of menacing urban crime novels from a young female writer of exceptional talent.
3. Hang Wire by Adam Christopher, Angry Robots
Ted Hall is worried.
He’s been sleepwalking, and his somnambulant travels appear to coincide
with murders by the notorious Hang Wire Killer.Meanwhile, the circus has come to town, but the Celtic dancers are taking their pagan act a little too seriously, the manager of the Olde Worlde Funfair has started talking to his vintage machines, and the new acrobat’s frequent absences are causing tension among the performers.
Out in the city there are other new arrivals – immortals searching for an ancient power – a primal evil which, if unopposed, could destroy the world!
4. Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson, Bantam Press
Now is the time
to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the
stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told...It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold...
Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now he returns with the first novel in a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen and introduces readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness. It is the epic story of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in shaping the world of the Malazan Empire.
5. Valour's Choice by Tanya Huff, Titan Books
In the distant future, humans and several alien races have been granted membership in the Confederation—at a price. They must serve and protect the far more civilized species who have long since turned away from war. When her transport ship is shot down, a routine diplomatic mission across the galaxy becomes anything but, and Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr must fight to keep her platoon alive.
6. Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge by Martha Wells, Arrow
Times are desperate for
the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital
supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet
Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer much-needed materials for sale,
Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo lead an Alliance delegation to
negotiate a deal.But when treachery forces the rebel ship to flee into territory controlled by pirates, Leia makes a shocking discovery: the fierce marauders come from Leia’s homeworld of Alderaan, recently destroyed by the Death Star. These refugees have turned to pillaging and plundering to survive—and they are in debt to a pirate armada, which will gladly ransom the princess to the vengeful Empire . . . if they find out her true identity.
Struggling with intense feelings of guilt, loyalty, and betrayal, Leia is determined to help her wayward kinspeople, even as Imperial forces are closing in on her own crippled ship. Trapped between lethal cutthroats and brutal oppressors, Leia and Han, along with Luke, Chewbacca, and a battle-ready crew, must defy death—or embrace it—to keep the rebellion alive.
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What will you be reading the coming weeks?
Cheers,
Jasper
Those are some great titles. These are the ones that are on my schedule until the end of the month:
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Amalie Howard - The Almost Girl
Christopher Gortner - The Tudor Conspiracy
Laura Lam - Shadowplay
Brian Staveley - The Emperor's Blades
Paul Kearney - A Different Kingdom
Raymond E. Feist - Rise of a Merchant Prince
Helene Wecker - The Golem and the Djinni
Hopefully, I'll manage to read all of them!
Yeah there are quite a few tomes in there! I have the same I hope I can manage there are just to many great books out there and soo little time to get around to them all. I can tell you upfront that you will thoroughly enjoy The Emperor's Blades it's a really strong debut and kick off of a new series. Yours look great as well, ill have to some mails to the publishers :-)
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