Del Rey has media-tie ins, fantasy by Terry Brooks, AH by Turtledove and a little bit SF. Nothing really exciting, but one of the Turtledoves sounds at least interesting.
I’m not really into AH, but a “What if there had be a Nazi resistance after the war had ended” sounds interesting. I think the obvious solution would have been to nuke our whole country, but I think neighboring countries would have slightly objected.
Another book of Brooks ongoing attempt to bridge his Shannara and his Word & Void series. Are there any other than financial reasons for this, or why do some genre writer have the need to make ever vaster fictional universe by connecting their disparate works?
Two Landover omnibuses, with the first collecting the first three novels and the second one the last two. I do remember starting to read the first novel years ago, but I can’t remember whether I ever finished it. It’s of the guy-from-our-world-goes-to-a-magic-world kind. I still want to read it some day, as I’m fond of Brooks books in general. But time is ever in short supply.
The sixth novel sees the daughter of Ben Holiday taking the spot-light. An attempt to appeal to Harry Potter fans or merely the need to introduce some new blood into an old formula?
How many AH novels can one author write about the second world war before it gets old? I have no idea, but Del Rey seems to think the answer is, as long as people buy it, which is sound reasoning.
Del Rey – Jul/Aug 09
June 13, 2009 at 10:01 am (Commentary)
Del Rey has media-tie ins, fantasy by Terry Brooks, AH by Turtledove and a little bit SF. Nothing really exciting, but one of the Turtledoves sounds at least interesting.
Harry Turtledove: The Man with the Iron Heart (Jul 09) (AH)
I’m not really into AH, but a “What if there had be a Nazi resistance after the war had ended” sounds interesting. I think the obvious solution would have been to nuke our whole country, but I think neighboring countries would have slightly objected.
David Gunn: Death’s Head 2 – Day of the Damned (Jul 09) (SF)
Pablo Hidalgo: G.I. Joe vs. Cobra – The Essential Guide (Jul 09) (non-fiction)
Karen Traviss: Gears of War – Jacinto’s Remnant (Jul 09) (SF)
Terry Brooks: Genesis of Shannara 3 – The Gypsy Morph (Jul 09) (F)
Another book of Brooks ongoing attempt to bridge his Shannara and his Word & Void series. Are there any other than financial reasons for this, or why do some genre writer have the need to make ever vaster fictional universe by connecting their disparate works?
Terry Brooks: The Magic King of Landover Volume 1 (Aug 09) (F)
Terry Brooks: The Magic King of Landover Volume 2 (Aug 09) (F)
Two Landover omnibuses, with the first collecting the first three novels and the second one the last two. I do remember starting to read the first novel years ago, but I can’t remember whether I ever finished it. It’s of the guy-from-our-world-goes-to-a-magic-world kind. I still want to read it some day, as I’m fond of Brooks books in general. But time is ever in short supply.
Terry Brooks: Landover 6 – A Princess of Landover (Aug 09) (F)
The sixth novel sees the daughter of Ben Holiday taking the spot-light. An attempt to appeal to Harry Potter fans or merely the need to introduce some new blood into an old formula?
Terry Brooks: The World of Shannara (Aug 09) (non-fiction)
Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl: The Last Theorem (Aug 09) (SF)
The last novel written by Clarke. Doesn’t sound too interesting and too be honest, the last novels written by even the best writer rarely excite.
Harry Turtledover: Hitler’s War (Aug 09) (AH)
How many AH novels can one author write about the second world war before it gets old? I have no idea, but Del Rey seems to think the answer is, as long as people buy it, which is sound reasoning.