Posted on September 13, 2019 Posted by John Scalzi 17 Comments
It’s Friday the 13th, and here’s a very lucky collection of new books and ARCs that have arrived at the Scalzi Compound. What here would you feel lucky to have? Share in the comments!
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WHOA!!!! A new (sorta) Michael Crichton? Can’t wait! I hope it’s better than his last couple of novels, which were 80% rant and 20% story. But if he wrote a sequel to Andromeda Strain, I’m definitely pre-ordering it!
Yeah, nice to see Crichton’s still writing from the Afterlife.
New Jeff Lemire! (I think — I don’t remember hearing about it.)
I both want The Twisted Ones and don’t want it. (I am a wimp who likes horror)
Oooooh, the galley of Across the Universe and the third book in Theodora Goss’s Famous Monsters of Filmland in Their Natural State series (or whatever she’s actually calling it).
Sadly, these being wasted on a man who has a novel to write. Fortunately, he can enjoy them when he finishes.
I always think the “Best American” series are fun, so I’d go with “The Best American Science Fiction and Fanstasy 2019”. I recall stumbling into that series via our public library years ago and going through all the science (not SF/F) ones they had.
Oooh… New Theodora Goss!
The Crichton sequel, yeah. Loved the original, both book and movie.
I’m greatly looking forward to T. Kingfisher’s The Twisted Ones! I hear it’s scary.
Marian Womack writes amazing stuff!
The Twisted Ones is something I’m buying in September 24th as soon as it’s out. I’ve been reading her fantasy novellas in anticipation. Anything by Lemire is also great.
Jeff Lemire is always inspiring, can’t wait to read this one
Andromeda Evolution is now on my Amazon UK list – I loved the original book and the film.
The Andromeda Evolution is a must read for any SF and Fantasy fan who wants to keep his science knowledge up to date.
Nothing catches my eye, but you’re filling my reading list faster than I can handle anyways, so I’m not too sad about that
Super excited for the Goss book, I’ve been enjoying that series a lot.
Theodora Goss, yes
T. Kingfisher, I had on preorder. I should be getting it anytime now.
>> A new (sorta) Michael Crichton? Can’t wait! I hope it’s better than his last couple of novels, which were 80% rant and 20% story. But if he wrote a sequel to Andromeda Strain, I’m definitely pre-ordering it! >>
He didn’t.
Daniel Wilson did, with the approval of Crichton’s estate. But it’s no more a Crichton novel than the Spenser novels that have been coming out since Robert B. Parker’s death are Parker novels.
Doesn’t mean it can’t be good, of course, but they’re putting his name on it as branding, not because he did any writing on it.