SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

Aside from wishful thinking of having The Winds of Winter and The Thorn of Emberlain (fingers crossed), what are the books you are waiting for that will be published in 2018?

I have these for now:
1.The 8th Expanse novel - James SA Corey (December?)
2.Points of Impact - Marko Kloos (January)
3.Revenant Gun - Yoon Ha Lee (June)
4. Artificial Condition - Martha Wells (May)
5. Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells (August)
6.Broken Heavens/Apocalypse Nyx - Kameron Hurley (July?)
7. Wrath of Empire - Brian McClellan (March)
8.Exit Strategy - Martha Wells (October)
9. Head On - John Scalzi (?)
10. Dragon Pearl - Yoon Ha Lee (?)

the final book in Patrick Rothfuss' trilogy

the burning maze in the trials of apollo series

Record of a Spaceborn Few

The final book of Mistborn era 2 (hopefully)

CBRetriever wrote: "the final book in Patrick Rothfuss' trilogy"

Now that really is wishful thinking!

Silvana wrote: "Artificial Condition - Martha Wells (May)
Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells (August) "

And the final Murderbot novella, Exit Strategy, comes out in October. All three are in my top5.

The other two are probably:
Revenant Gun
Record of a Spaceborn Few

I'm also excited for:
Before Mars
Dragon Pearl

The ones I'm mostly waiting for right now are almost here:
The Night Masquerade
Beneath the Sugar Sky

The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okrafor (Binti 3)

Semiosis: A Novel by Sue Burke

Under Seven Skies by J. Patrick Black (sequel to Ninth City Burning

I'm sure that my list will grow a lot longer as the new book lists start coming out.

Perhaps the Stars - final book in Terra Ignota (May/June?)
Brief Cases (mostly because it might mean that Peace Talks will be out early 2019! This one's out over the summer)

Fail wrote: "The final book of Mistborn era 2 (hopefully)

CBRetriever wrote: "the final book in Patrick Rothfuss' trilogy"

Now that really is wishful thinking!"

second that!!

Beste wrote: "Fail wrote: "The final book of Mistborn era 2 (hopefully)

CBRetriever wrote: "the final book in Patrick Rothfuss' trilogy"

Now that really is wishful thinking!"

second that!!"

it's just as likely as George R.R. Martin releasing The Winds of Winter. It's been the same length of time

@Anna: Wow, I did not know that. Martha Wells is going to make me bankrupt next year :)

CBRetriever wrote: "Beste wrote: "Fail wrote: "The final book of Mistborn era 2 (hopefully)

CBRetriever wrote: "the final book in Patrick Rothfuss' trilogy"

Now that really is wishful thinking!"

second that!!"

it'..."

I gave up on Patrick Rothfuss.
I really appreciate Brandon Sandersons speed though. He's well organized.

Silvana wrote: "@Anna: Wow, I did not know that. Martha Wells is going to make me bankrupt next year :)"

But you will also be so very happy spending time with Murderbot!

I’m not very big on new releases and had a very hard time fitting them into my schedule this year. The one that I am very much looking forward to is The Infernal Battalion by Django Wexler. It’s the 5th and final book in his Shadow Campaigns series.

I would be very happy for anything by John Scalzi but I am excited that the second books in both the Lock In and The Interdependency series are supposed to be coming out in 2018:
Head On
The Widening Gyre

Oh, right, I forgot about that Lock In sequel. Now I have to put it in my list. *grumble grumble

I also forgot to add Wrath of Empire from Gods of Blood and Powder series by Brian McClellan.

All the books I was waiting for came out in 2017. Naturally I didn’t get around to reading any of them.

The only new one be heard about is Record of a Spaceborn Few, but. Need to read the second one first.

Silvana wrote: "Oh, right, I forgot about that Lock In sequel. Now I have to put it in my list. *grumble grumble"

I have just pre-ordered it on TBD.

I already have a bunch of SFF books I want to read next year.

January:
Unearthed
Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots

February:
Honor Among Thieves
The Enormous Profit
Pitch Dark

March:
Obsidio

April:
Before Mars
Paper Girls, Vol. 4

May:
Artificial Condition (and the other Murderbot novellas)

June:
Revenant Gun

July:
Ancestral Night

September:
Dragon Pearl

October:
Mutiny at Vesta

December:
Agency

Sometime:
The Monster Baru Cormorant, which I think is maybe out in 2018? There's no actual date that I can find yet though.

I have another that made it onto a bunch of anticipated lists:

Macbeth

this should be interesting

Fail wrote: "The final book of Mistborn era 2 (hopefully)

CBRetriever wrote: "the final book in Patrick Rothfuss' trilogy"

Now that really is wishful thinking!"

Not as wishful as waiting for the last Game of Thrones book to come out in 2018. LOL

George R.R. Martin's last GoT = July 12, 2011
Patrick Rothfuss's last in trilogy = March 1, 2011

only 4 months between their last series books

CBRetriever wrote: "George R.R. Martin's last GoT = July 12, 2011
Patrick Rothfuss's last in trilogy = March 1, 2011

only 4 months between their last series books"

Well maybe they are hanging out in the same Pub tossing darts and ideas?

watching football maybe? Judging by Martin's blog he spends time doing that

Elysium Fire It's a sequel to one of my fav Alastair Reynolds, The Prefect which has now apparently been republished under the new name Aurora Rising. (Same book, though). I always liked the dour Inspector Dreyfus, and now we're getting more of him. I'm looking forward to it. It's out January 25.

CBRetriever wrote: "watching football maybe? Judging by Martin's blog he spends time doing that"

Hope he is a Seahawks fan then, otherwise, no mercy. LOL.

Giants and/or Jets from what I understand

Obsidio
And the next Mistborn book - that would be wonderful.

I agree with everyone who mentioned the new Patrick Rothfuss book because that would be amazing....starting to worry it's never going to happen...

Looking forward to:
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Impostor Syndrome by Mishell Baker
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

Though Hell Should Bar the Way - David Drake

Angeleyes - Michael Z Williamson

Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners - Larry Correia

Children of Blood and Bone looks really amazing.

CBRetriever wrote: "Giants and/or Jets from what I understand"

Hmmm, well I am not sure they are worth that much effort to watch, so I guess he should start writing again. LOL.

There's a few on my list that have already been mentioned but here goes:

Perhaps the Stars
The Outsider
Unearthed
Wonderblood
Semiosis
Gnomon
Season of Storms
Feeder
Iron Gold

I will second
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown and add
Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
The Burning White by Brent Weeks
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence (probably not till 2019)
Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan
Points of Impact by Marko Kloos - thanks Silvana, I didn't even know this was coming until I saw it on your want to read

I voted for Fahrenheit 45, but currently reading 2 books and have 3 on the table.

HOLY CATS! Tamora Pierce is finally telling Numair's story!

So, I guess I'm, like, whatever about that coming out on Feburary 6, 2018. NBD.

Tempests and Slaughter

@Hank: My pleasure.

For new non-part-of-series releases, Space Opera by Catherynne Valente looks very interesting. Any others?

CBRetriever wrote: "it's just as likely as George R.R. Martin releasing The Winds of Winter. It's been the same length of time"

Yeah, that's the one I'd like to see this year.

I guess I'll settle for Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik.

I would also like Master Alvin and Shadows Alive from Orson Scott Card so I can wrap up those series.

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Wayfarers #3 New ship, new crew. The first two books in this series were amazing !

Whoa!!! Very excited to hear about a sequel to The Prefect!! It's one of my favorite Reynolds books!

Thanks!

Really, people are still reading Orson Scott Card books AFTER he has been revealed as a frothing homophobe and theocratic misogynist?

Not me.

MadProfessah wrote: "Really, people are still reading Orson Scott Card books AFTER he has been revealed as a frothing homophobe and theocratic misogynist?

Not me."

If he writes good books I will read them. I haven't stopped listening to Ted Nugent, just because he is a box of fries short of a happy meal.

MadProfessah wrote: "Whoa!!! Very excited to hear about a sequel to The Prefect!! It's one of my favorite Reynolds books!

Thanks!"

Yeah I'm looking forward to this one too.

MadProfessah wrote: "Really, people are still reading Orson Scott Card books AFTER he has been revealed as a frothing homophobe and theocratic misogynist?

Not me."

Me either! Ted Nugent is out for me too, my enjoyment of their art is forever tinged by negative emotions so it isn't as good anymore.

what about Marion Zimmer Bradley?

CBRetriever wrote: "what about Marion Zimmer Bradley?"

Is she coming out with a new book or is she a raging homophobe?

Hank wrote: "MadProfessah wrote: "Really, people are still reading Orson Scott Card books AFTER he has been revealed as a frothing homophobe and theocratic misogynist?

Not me."

Me either! Ted Nugent is out fo..."

Seems to be a good way to lose a lot of the joy of art by holding the artist to a higher standard. Or a really good reason to stop looking into the personal lives of the artist you admire. Everyone has feet of clay in the end.

Dj wrote: "Hank wrote: "MadProfessah wrote: "Really, people are still reading Orson Scott Card books AFTER he has been revealed as a frothing homophobe and theocratic misogynist?

Not me."

Me either! Ted Nug..."

Idk, "doesn't want to torture 10% of the population" is a pretty baseline standard I have for people. He is an advocate for conversion therapy, which has outright killed dozens of people, and been the direct cause of many more suicides.

We each get to navigate the line between personal and political as we choose. I have a hard time reconciling a lot of actors, personally. Tom Cruise is an awful person, but am I really never going to watch his movies ever again? How bad a person am I if I do?

The fact that Orson Scott Card wants to torture so many of my family for who and how they love really does put a damper on my enjoyment, personally, and I'm glad to know, because while I did love Ender's Game, pre-awareness of this, there are so many great books out there by people who AREN'T using their notoriety to begin genocide, and I'd rather my money go there!

Allison wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "what about Marion Zimmer Bradley?"

Is she coming out with a new book or is she a raging homophobe?"

neither, she's dead but her daughter accused Bradley of molesting her plus being aware of her husband's (daughter's father) pedophile actions and not reporting them or doing anything about it

CBRetriever wrote: "Allison wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "what about Marion Zimmer Bradley?"

Is she coming out with a new book or is she a raging homophobe?"

neither, she's dead but her daughter accused Bradley of mol..."

Oh, gosh, that's terrible! I didn't know that. Sigh. There seem to be a lot of heroes dying lately.