Today’s New Books and ARCs, 8/22/13
Posted on August 22, 2013 Posted by John Scalzi 48 Comments
Here’s what I’ve got for you today.
I’ll note the book at the top, Steven Brust’s and Skyler White’s The Incrementalists, comes with a blurb from me:
And there you have it.
So. What looks good to you?
Steven Brust, duh!
Nothing off my to get list but _The Incrementalists_ sounds interesting.
OMG, look at that beautiful, enormous TOME in the middle! I don’t even care what it’s about, I want that doorstopper! You know it has to have a wonderfully intricate plot and cast to be that thick!
Incrementalists FTW.
I love Kim Stanley Robinson’s work. Glad he has a new one out.
How can you talk about Brust taking your money when you are obviously getting the Incrementalist for free? I’ll be doing it the same way when it comes to my library. I am also glad to be introduced to the Apt series.
Brust!!!
“Shut up and take my money” are pretty much exactly the words I uttered when I heard The Human Division was coming.
The Incrementalists, A Stir of Echoes, Shaman.
The Incrementalists, A Stir of Echoes, Shaman all look interesting.
Totally up for Warmasters Gate, Fiddlehead and Impossible Monsters…..
And damn did not see The God Tatoo…. Cool… You are one lucky guy….
Impossible Monsters has been on my wishlist since it was announced. It has two of my top 10 favorite writers in it, and several others I really like.
Oh man, do I want to read that new Brust book.
I’m envious of the Sue Lange and Cherie Priest books.
You torture me with possibilities well before Amazon or Fantastic Fiction. Good thing. But I want to read.
you absolutely must read The Incrementalists.
Damnit, but Brust *and* Robinson have books out? Too much to read…
Oooh, Fiddlehead ARC! That is definitely on my list of books to buy.
Shaman. KSR is not always in the Hugo and Nebula short lists, but always worth reading.
The Incrementalists and Fiddlehead.
*drool*
Brust’s co-author is named Skyler White? All I can think of is does Walt know? How did she have enough time away from laundering money at the car wash to write a novel?
Definitely interested in The Incrementalists, and Perpetual Motion Club has a cool intriguing title…
I liked A Stir of Echoes when I read it back in ’99, and I have a weakness for doorstop books, so War Master’s Gate too.
The Incrementalists of course!
“Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries and Las Vegas”? Sounds like Brust has been reading too much Tim Powers…nah, who am I kidding. There’s no such thing as too much Tim Powers *or* too much Steven Brust! :)
The Incrementalists preordred!
A first: I can read all the title/authors and am so high on chopped up peaches that have some sugar and spices and anti browning agents (citric and ascorbic acid) added to them that I’m willing try to type the whole list. (Hey, it’s like eating cookie dough: If you don’t? What’s wrong with you!?)
The Incrementalists Brust and White
Queen of Nowhere Fenn
Biting Bad Neill
Impossible Monsters edited by Lansdale
War Master’s Gate Tchaikovsky (Wait, what? Oh. Adrian, not Peter. Well, anyway if that’s a good read it looks like it has enough pages to be an astounding per word value if it wasn’t written by some friendless agoraphobic. (Really, If you have a question, ask. Don’t speculate about the answer, ask a friend)(this is a reference to books that go on ad nauseum about the obvious and may have been written as an explanation of feelings for sociopaths)(But sorry, I digress).
A Stir of Echoes Matheson
The Perpetual Motion Club Lange
Fiddlehead Priest
The God Tattoo Lloyd
Shaman Robinson.
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About Fiddlehead? Years ago, I had a really soggy place in my back yard. I planted a few fiddle head ferns. That place instantly dried and they died. No Sauteed Fiddlehead Ferns for me.
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And, yes, I /am/ trying to get back down to fifty pounds overweight.
So.
Hungry.
The Richard Matheson looks good.
The Incrementalists and Shaman in particular but this is an especially attractive stack of books.
Dammit, I got all excited for my pre-order, but Incrementalists isn’t coming until the 24th.
A Stir of Echoes wasn’t first rate Matheson, as I recall, but it’s still good.
Brust, Robinson, and Impossible Monsters. :)
I would drive over there and steal your copy of that top beauty; if I had not already pulled the trigger on the pre-order at Audible.
War Master’s Gate in a big bad way. I’m a huge fan of the Shadows of the Apt series.
Oh. My. The next Shadows of the Apt book! Adrian Tchaikovsky has created one of the most engaging heroic fantasy worlds in this series. Must have this book!
Stir of Echoes is an my list. I’ve heard good things about Kim Stanley Robinson. I’m going to have to add The Perpetual Motion Club to my list.
Fiddlehead Fiddlehead Fiddlehead!
I want very little more out of life than my steampunk zombies.
Having just read 2312, I know Shaman goes right onto my to-read list.
Brust’s co-author is named Skyler White? All I can think of is does Walt know? How did she have enough time away from laundering money at the car wash to write a novel?
Well, Walt did say they needed other outlets to launder all that cash…
I’m going with “A Stir of Echoes” and everyone’s comments have me thinking about “The Incrementalists.’
I hate to encourage Brust to do anything other than give me my next Vlad novel, dammit, but I’ll be reading Incrementalists.
Lots looks good here. Definitely will read Cherie Priest, Steven Brust and Kim Stanley Robinson. I have War Master’s Gate in my hot little hands because I absolutely could not wait for it and paid a fortune to have it sent from Amazon UK. Shadows of the Apt is a great series but for anyone unfamiliar with it, this is book 9 of 10 and you really should start with the 1st one. You will thank me.
You are going to enjoy ‘Queen of nowhere’. Oh yes, you will.
Maybe it’s the font, or the colors, or maybe it’s the two words themselves, but Impossible Monsters eyenapped me instantly.
@Amy Fredericks: Shaman goes right on my to-read list in the hope that it is *not* like 2312!
Sorry, but I’m in take no prisoners mode here; ‘The Incrementalists’ is MINE!
I was going to add some more exclamation marks, but sanity supervened, which is just as well, really, because I was perilously close to bwaahahaha and then it’s just about impossible to avoid Mount Doom…
I’m eyeing the Chloe Neill book. I’m not a huge fan of vampires, but I love her Chicagoland Vampire series. Her books always make me really hungry, though.