Late April and early May got filled with reading Hugo award nominees, the various short from category works from the voters pack ought to be included in there too. The Hugos are the only reason I forced myself to finish "The Dark Between The Stars", calling the characters cardboard is denigrating shredded tree products. On the other hand because of the ker-pupple of the last couple of years I've been getting a bunch of recommendations from places like File 770, John Scalzi's Whatever and Charlie Stross's Diary. Some work out well, others not so good, but a lot come with "cheap today on Amazon/Kobo/Smashwords/etc". For the first time in forever I've actually got a To Be Read pile of around 10 physical books and 50 or so electric ones.
Highlights: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold which I read in ARC form, Cordelia Vorkosigan as Vicereine of Sergeyar after the death of Aral and a re-interpretation of previous history.
The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein, starts out looking like one sort of story but as details get filled in you realise it's something completely different.
The March North by Graydon Saunders, set in a world where magic has been messing with the landscape and environment for millenia. There's a sequel but it's electric only and the price is still over my threshold.
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, my pick for the Hugo novel category.
Lowlights: The Dark Between the Stars which was just terrible, Freedom at Feronia which was a major letdown after the first in the asteroid police series, and Annihilation from the Southern Reach trilogy which has not made me want to read the other two volumes.
December
- 31st Strong Arm Tactics - Jody Lynn Nye
- 28th Hummingbird Futures: Stories of Magic and Machines - Simon Bisson
- 26th Among Others - Jo Walton
- 18th The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
- 14th Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft - Elizabeth Bear
- 12th A Presumption of Death - Jill Paton Walsh,Dorothy L Sayers
- 10th Pandora's Legions - Christopher Anvil
- 7th Uprooted - Naomi Novik
- 1st Old Venus - George R. R. Martin,Gardner Dozois
November
- 24th Light - M. John Harrison,Sam Green
- 18th Vikings battle Zeppelins while forbidden desires spark! (Swords Versus Tanks Book 2) - M Harold Page
- 18th The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (Science of Discworld 4) - Ian Stewart,Jack Cohen,Terry Pratchett
- 11th The Long Mars: (Long Earth 3) - Stephen Baxter,Terry Pratchett
- 8th Dark Intelligence: Transformation: Book One (Transformation 1) - Neal Asher
- 5th A Plague On Both Your Houses: 1: The First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew (Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew) - Susanna Gregory
- 2nd Cyber Way - Alan Dean Foster
October
- 31st Something Coming Through - Paul McAuley
- 25th White Trash Zombie Gone Wild: A White Trash Zombie Novel - Diana Rowland
- 24th The Language of Power - Rosemary Kirstein
- 23rd Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga) - Lois McMaster Bujold
- 22nd The Lost Steersman - Rosemary Kirstein
- 18th Mad Skills (Ace Science Fiction) - Walter Greatshell
- 17th Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch) - Ann Leckie
- 16th Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch) - Ann Leckie
- 14th Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
- 12th Ash: A Secret History - Mary Gentle
- 6th Armoured heroes clash across the centuries! (Swords Versus Tanks Book 1) - M. Harold Page
- 2nd The Outskirter's Secret - Rosemary Kirstein
September
- 28th The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Vintage Children's Classics) - Joan Aiken
- 27th Northworld Trilogy - DAVID DRAKE
- 20th The Black Company (Chronicle of the Black Company) - Glen Cook
- 17th Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold
- 14th The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold
- 12th The Twenty-Sided Sorceress Series, Books 1-3: Justice Calling, Murder of Crows, Pack of Lies - Annie Bellet
- 11th CYBERPUNK: MALAYSIA - Zen Cho
- 7th Suited - Jo Anderton
- 4th The Mallet of Loving Correction - John Scalzi
- 4th Big Time - Fritz Leiber
August
- 31st Three Men in a Boat & Three Men on a Bummel (Wordsworth Classics) - Jerome K. Jerome,Cedric Watts M.A. Ph.D,Dr Keith Carabine
- 30th The Causal Angel (Quantum Thief 3) - Hannu Rajaniemi
- 28th Debris (Angry Robot) - Jo Anderton
- 22nd Annihilation (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1) - Jeff VanderMeer
- 21st The Pendragon Protocol (Devices Trilogy) - Philip Purser-Hallard
- 19th Angles of Attack (Frontlines) - Marko Kloos
- 18th The End of All Things - John Scalzi
- 17th The Human Division - John Scalzi
- 15th The March North - Graydon Saunders
- 12th American Elsewhere - Robert Jackson Bennett
July
- 31st Engineman - Eric Brown
- 25th The Serene Invasion - Eric Brown
- 23rd Red Rising - Pierce Brown
- 20th Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul - Barbara Reynolds
- 18th The Severed Streets (James Quill 2) - Paul Cornell
- 16th The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files) - Charles Stross
- 13th Outies - Dr. J R Pournelle
- 10th Foxglove Summer (PC Peter Grant 5) - Ben Aaronovitch
- 6th The Hot Rock (Dortmunder Novels) - Donald E Westlake
- 4th How To Train Your Dragon: 11: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero - Cressida Cowell
June
- 29th How To Train Your Dragon: 10: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel - Cressida Cowell
- 29th The Legend of Jig Dragonslayer: Goblin Quest/Goblin Hero/Goblin War - Jim C. Hines
- 12th Lines of Departure (Frontlines) - Marko Kloos
- 9th Terms of Enlistment (Frontlines) - Marko Kloos
- 8th Man-Kzin XIV (Man-Kzin Wars) - Larry Niven
- 3rd A Dance With Dragons: Part 2 After the Feast (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5) - George R. R. Martin
- 1st A Dance With Dragons: Part 1 Dreams and Dust (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5) - George R. R. Martin
May
- 29th A Feast for Crows (Reissue) (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) - George R. R. Martin
- 23rd A Storm of Swords, Part 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) - George R. R. Martin
- 16th A Storm of Swords: Part 1 Steel and Snow (Reissue) (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) - George R. R. Martin
- 14th Cibola Burn: Book 4 of the Expanse - James S. A. Corey
- 10th The Lost Fleet : Beyond the Frontier - Leviathan (Book 5) (Lost Fleet 5) - Jack Campbell
- 9th Hero Complex - Sean O'Hara
- 6th The Rhesus Chart: A Laundry Files novel - Charles Stross
- 3rd The Dark Between the Stars (The Saga of the Shadows) - Kevin J. Anderson
April
- 29th The Noise Revealed (Noise 2) - Ian Whates
- 27th Goblin Emperor, The - Katherine Addison
- 26th A Clash of Kings (Reissue) (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2) - George R. R. Martin
- 21st Three-Body Problem, The - Cixin Liu
- 19th A Game of Thrones: 1 (Song of Ice and Fire) - George R. R. Martin
- 15th The Noise Within: 1 - Ian Whates
- 11th Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity - Christopher Anvil,Eric Flint
- 6th Interstellar Patrol - Christopher Anvil
- 4th Jacaranda: A Novella of the Clockwork Century - Cherie Priest
- 4th Blackbirds: (Angry Robot): 1 - Chuck Wendig
- 1st The Martian - Andy Weir
March
- 30th Earth Dreams - Morris Janet
- 27th Cruiser Dreams (The Kerrion saga) - Janet E. Morris
- 27th Dream Dancer (The Kerrion Consortium) - Janet E. Morris
- 20th A Key, An Egg, An Unfortunate Remark - Harry Connolly
- 17th Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel - Howard Tayler
- 17th Schlock Mercenary: Longshoreman Of The Apocalypse - Howard Tayler
- 17th Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic - Howard Tayler
- 17th Schlock Mercenary: The Sharp End Of The Stick - Howard Tayler
- 15th Schlock Mercenary: Emperor Pius Dei - Howard Tayler
- 15th Schlock Mercenary: Resident Mad Scientist -
- 14th Schlock Mercenary: The Scarpyard of Insufferable Arrogance - Howard Tayler, Sandra Tayler (Editor)
- 14th Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between - Sandra Tayler, Steve Troop Howard Tayler
- 13th Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management - Sandra Tayler Howard Tayler
- 13th Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars -
- 11th Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness -
- 10th Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels Novels) - Ilona Andrews
- 8th Skin Game (Dresden Files) - Jim Butcher
- 5th The Sea Without A Shore (RCN) - David Drake
- 1st Raising Steam: (Discworld novel 40) (Discworld Novels) - Terry Pratchett
February
- 25th Eight Skilled Gentleman - Barry Hughart
- 22nd The Story of the Stone - Barry Hughart
- 19th Bridge of Birds - B. Hughart
- 16th Shockwave Rider - John Brunner
- 12th Anathem - Neal Stephenson
- 9th Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
- 7th The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
- 5th Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
- 1st The Misplaced Battleship - Harry (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey) Harrison,Schoenherr
January
- 31st Star Born - Andre Norton
- 31st Plague Ship - Andre Norton
- 30th Champion of Mars - Guy Haley
- 26th Freedom at Feronia: 2 (Asteroid Belt Police) - Richard Penn
- 26th Accelerando - Charles Stross
- 22nd Neptune's Brood - Charles Stross
- 22nd A Working of Stars (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald,James Macdonald
- 22nd The Stars Asunder (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald
- 22nd The Long Hunt (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald
- 22nd The Gathering Flame (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald
- 7th By Honor Betray'd (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald
- 7th Starpilot's Grave (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald
- 7th The Price of the Stars (Mageworlds) - Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald
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