Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to let readers share their excitement for books coming out soon, and the novel I’m eagerly awaiting is . . .
The Book of Swords edited by Gardner Dozois
Genre: SFF
Series: Anthology
Publisher: Bantam (October 10, 2017)
Length: 544 pages
In the Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and bestselling author Gardner Dozois presents an all-new anthology of original epic tales by a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters—many of them set in their authors’ best-loved worlds. Join today’s finest tellers of fantastic tales, including George R.R. Martin, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, C.J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, and more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do, featuring a stunning assortment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down danger and death at every turn with courage, cunning, and cold steel.
Contents:
– The Best Man Wins by K.J. Parker
– Her Father’s Sword by Robin Hobb
– The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu
– The Sword of Destiny by Matthew Hughes
– “I Am a Handsome Man”, Said Apollo Crow by Kate Elliott
– The Triumph of Virtue by Walter Jon Williams
– The Mocking Tower by Daniel Abraham
– Hrunting by C.J. Cherryh
– A Long, Cold Trail by Garth Nix
– When I Was a Highwayman by Ellen Kushner
– The Smoke of Gold Is Glory by Scott Lynch
– The Colgrid Conundrum by Rich Larson
– The King’s Evil by Elizabeth Bear
– Waterfalling by Lavie Tidhar
– The Sword Tyraste by Cecelia Holland
– The Sons of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
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Awwww man. I thought this was going to be a review of Saberhagen’s series 😦
I shall go drown my sorrows in energy drink!
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I need to pull Saberhagen out again and give SWORDS another try. I can’t ever seem to get past book one. 😦
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Love some of the authors in this. But I am horrible at actually reading anthologies
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I tend to turn to them when I’m terribly busy at work. Much easier to digest a short story/novella over quick lunches than try to stay focused on a lengthy novel. 🙂
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Great lineup! Should be an awesome anthology:-)
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Looks good — especially that last one. 🙂
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A motley crew of quill-wielding wordsmiths! Does anyone know if the Scott Lynch story is new?
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I assumed it was, but I have no verification for that assumption.
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Seems like i have to get this for the robin hobb story 🙂 maybe it’ll motivate me to finish ‘rogues’ before!
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