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Most Anticipated Books of 2014
Posted by AJ
For two years now, my goal has been to read as many different kinds of novels as I can. I’ve tried out several different genres/subgenres that I normally would not, and the experience has helped me in becoming a better reader and a reviewer. Being a prolific reader and reviewer is all about diversity, in all its different forms. And that’s what I’ve come to value most.
Still, its not that easy, dealing with the diversity, or just the sheer volume of all the reading. When I put together the 2013 list of my most anticipated books (link), I intended to read all of them. But sadly that never happened and somewhere along the way I just lost track. The 2013 list had 51 books on it. The 2014 list has 41 books on it. A much more manageable number I dare say.
We’ll see how the year pans out and whether or not I will indeed be able to get through all them. I remain hopeful as ever. And there will be some more lists going up in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned for those.
Posted in 2014 Reading Challenge, Book Lists, Challenges
Tags: 2014 Debut, 2014 Reading Challenge, 2014 Release, A Darkling Sea, Abaddon Books, Age of Monsters, Age of Shiva, Alex Bledsoe, Alternate History, Amalie Howard, Amish Tripathi, Andy Remic, Angry Robot Books, Anna Kashina, Anne Bishop, ®Evolution, Binary, Black Dawn, Black Jewels Trilogy, Black Library, Black Plague, Blades of the Old Empire, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Brian McClellan, Brian Staveley, C. L. Werner, Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne, Daedalus, Daughter of the Blood, Dave Hutchinson, David Edison, Debut Author, Dirty Magic, Eddie LaCrosse, Emilie, Emilie and the Sky World, Epic Fantasy, Eric Brown, Europe In Autumn, Evie Manieri, Fantasy, Fortune's Blight, Gaie Sebold, Gareth Powell, Gav Thorpe, Gotrek & Felix, Graham Edwards, Graham McNeill, He Drank And Saw The Spider, Heaven's Queen, Heirs of a Demon King, Hindu Mythology, Historical Fiction, Hive Monkey, Honor's Knight, Horus Heresy, James L. Cambias, james lovegrove, Jani and The Greater Game, Jaye Wells, Joseph D’Lacey, Josh Reynolds, Julianna Scott, Kaiju Rising, Karen Lord, Last God Standing, Laura Lam, Legacy of Caliban, Majat Code, Marianne de Pierres, Martha Wells, Master of Sanctity, Mentats of Dune, Michael Boatman, Michael J. Martinez, Most Anticipated Books, Mystery, Mythology, Nick Kyme, Night Shade Books, Orbit Books, Pantomime, Paradox, Peacemaker, Powder Mage, Prospero's War, Rachel Bach, Ramona Wheeler, Rebirth, Religion, Salamanders, Sarah Cawkwell, Science Fiction, Shadowplay, Shanghai Sparrow, Shattered Kingdoms, Skyhorse Publishing, Space Opera, Steampunk, Steampunk Fantasy, Stephanie Saulter, Strange Chemistry, Talus and the Frozen King, The Almost Girl, The Book of The Crowman, The Crimson Campaign, The Doom of Dragonback, The Emperor's Blade, The Enceladus Crisis, The Galaxy Game, The Iron Wolves, The Oath of The Vayaputras, The Pilgrims, The Rage of Kings, The Seers, The Serpent Queen, The Shiva Trilogy, The Waking Engine, Three Princes, Thriller, Time of Legends, Tor Books (Macmillan), Uprising, Urban Fantasy, Vengeful Spirit, Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Will Elliott, Wolf of Sigmar, World of Fire
Names: A New Perspective Part 3
Posted by AJ
The last two weeks have been spent in a mad scramble to get people on board for the next phase of Names: A New Perspective. I really should have gotten this done a month ago, but I kept getting sidetracked by other things (Game of Thrones, finishing edits on Project Dharmayoddha, reading a ton of graphic novels, catching up on my monthly reading, etc), that it just didn’t happen on time.
But, I have the new schedule done and all worked out, and my thanks to everyone who has agreed to participate. The last few guest posts that have gone up have not been mentioned in any of the schedules, since I was mostly just winging it all, but now everything is set for the most part. This is the schedule that I will be referring to in the coming weeks, and I will also be expanding on this one as I contact yet more authors and bring them on board.
Here they are:
Posted in Debut Authors Guest Series, Guest Posts
Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Amy McCulloch, Andy Smillie, Angel Exterminatus, Beneath The Flesh, Bruce Cordell, Bryony Pearce, C. L. Werner, Christian Schoon, Cold Magic, DAW Books, Deathwatch, Debut Authors Guest Series, Django Wexler, Dragonfly Falling, E. J. Swift, Elizabeth Bear, Empire In Black and Gold, Epic Fantasy, Evie Manieri, Fantasy, Flesh of Cretacia, Forgotten Realms, Francis Knight, Generation V, Gini Koch, Graham McNeill, Guest Posts, Horus Heresy, James Maxey, Jean Johnson, Joe Parrino, John C. Scott, Kate Elliott, King's Dragon, M L Brennan, Names, Names A New Perspective, Nathan Long, Orbit Books, Patrick Hester, Priests of Mars, Robbie MacNiven, Science Fiction, Scott Lynch, Shadows of the Apt, Solaris Books, Space Opera, Spinner of Lies, Stephanie Saulter, Steve Parker, Sword of the Gods, Tau, The meaning of Names, The Patient Hunter, The Thousand Names, The Weight of Souls, Urban Fantasy, Warhammer 40000, Wizards of the Coast, Young Adult
NANP: Naming Swords, Defining Themselves
Posted by AJ
Really excited to welcome today’s guest Evie Manieri for Names: A New Perspective, author of Blood’s Pride, released last year in August through Jo Fletcher Books and in February this year by Tor. I read the book earlier this year, and I thought it was a pretty good start to what promises to be an excellent series (my review). It certainly is a different and innovate approach to epic fantasy, and I can’t wait to read the sequel, Fortune’s Blight. The naming conventions used by Evie in Blood’s Pride are really interesting, and in this guest post she goes into some detail about them.
51 Most Anticipated Releases For 2013
Posted by AJ
With regards reading, 2012 was a fantastic year for me. It was the year that I stepped out of my comfort zone and read in genres that I normally would not read, such as urban fantasy (involving angels, vampires, werewolves etc) and historical fiction. It was also the year that I read more than the traditional fantasy, and tie-in fantasy at that. My experiments seem to have mostly been successful as I’ve started to really like reading these kind of books.
My goal for this year is to continue on that same path and read as widely as I can. Which is why this massive list is so huge in scope, with tons of variety. I went through the catalogues for most of these publishers and picked out things I liked,and which caught my eye. Getting through the entire list this year will probably not happen, but then again, never say never!
Posted in 2013 Reading Challenge, Book Lists
Tags: 2013 Most Anticipated, A Discourse in Steel, A. E. Rought, Adam Christopher, Aliens, Amanda Carlson, Androids, Angry Robot Books, Baneblade, Before The Fall, Ben Bova, Ben Counter, Between Two Thorns, Billy Fox, Binding, Black Feathers, Black Library, Blighted Empire, Blood of Asaheim, Blood's Pride, Brian McClellan, Broken, C. L. Werner, Carol Wolf, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Cat Adams, Chris Wraight, Christian Schoon, Chuck Wendig, Cora Oglesby, Cracked, David Annandale, David Guymer, Egil and Nix, Eliza Crewe, Elspeth Cooper, Emillie and The Hollow World, Emma Newman, Epic Fantasy, Evie Manieri, Fade To Black, Fantasy, Far Future, Farside, Fortune's Pawn, Francis Knight, Gemsigns, Gotrek & Felix, Guy Haley, Heroic Fantasy, Hot Blooded, Ian Irvine, Imperial Guard, Jessica McClain, Jo Fletcher Books, Joseph D’Lacey, Josh Reynolds, Julianna Scott, Lee Collins, Linda Stasi, M. C. Planck, Mark Teppo, Marked, Martha Wells, Michael J. Martinez, Michael J. Sullivan, Moon Saga, Near Future, Nightshade Books, No Return, Orbit Books, Paul S. Kemp, Paul Tobin, Playing Tyler, Powder Mage, Promise of Blood, Rachel Aaron, Rebellion, Richard Lee Byers, Riyria Chronicles, Road of Skulls, Robots, Rojan Dizon, Science Fiction, She Returns From War, Space Marine Battles, Space Opera, Space Wolves, Split Worlds, Steampunk, Stephanie Saulter, Sword and Sorcery, T. L. Costa, The Age Atomic, The Black Plague, The Blue Blazes, The Constantine Affliction, The Crown Tower, The Curse of the Everliving, The Daedalus Incident, The Death of Antagonis, The Eldritch Conspiracy, The Holders, The Immortals of Meluha, The Kassa Gambit, The Lives of Tao, The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, The Secret of the Nagas, The Sixth Station, Tor Books, Trinity Rising, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Van Horstmann, Warhammer, Warhammer Heroes, Werewolves, Wesley Chu, Wild Hunt, Zachary Jernigan, Zenn Scarlett