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    Future Cities, The Steampunk Past, And Everything In Between

    Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books

    Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    07/10/09

    In reply to Future Cities, The Steampunk Past, And Everything In Between
    Here I am, bitching that I wanted to find some great steampunk novels to get cozy with, and there you are, givin' me what I want.



    I need a cigarette.
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    Image of ticktockman ticktockman
    06/27/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    I like the reviews here, too. If I want to know what Tor is putting out then I can look at the Tor website, or at the sci-fi section at the borders down the street. There's no good independent bookstore in town here for sci-fi, so all I see on the big book chain shelves are novels by Bujold--who I like, don't get me wrong--and Mcaffery and stack upon stack of awful licensed books. I'm more interested in reading about books I might not find on my own and in new editions of works by older writers that I might not see sitting on the shelf of a book store (Jack Vance, here I come).
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    Image of ticktockman ticktockman
    06/27/09

    @ticktockman: It seems my newborn son disagrees. He vomited all over me just as I finished writing that last post.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/27/09

    @ticktockman: Your kid won't be a hipster then. WTF are you feeding him?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of secretmission secretmission
    06/26/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    David Hartwell's Year's Best SF 14 is even better than Dozois' anthologies...
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    secretmission was starred secretmission was unstarred
    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    06/27/09

    @secretmission: Nope, wrong. All the best stories of the year are repeated in both anthologies, but Hartwell's unique picks are uniformly sub-par. Plus Dozois has more bang for your buck, more stories equals more enjoyment
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/27/09

    @Franknbeans: Exactly. Dozois picks better quality and a wider variety. Always has.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of AileenPaterculus AileenPaterculus
    06/26/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    I actually enjoy the way you guys do reviews because book specific sites and forums have always held tons of references for the less "arty" stuff. This site turns me on to stuff I wouldn't normally find that would fall through the cracks, and maybe I am just in tune with your style of hipster sci-fi lit, but your choices seem spot on to me.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    06/26/09

    @AileenPaterculus: "Hipster"? Ouch! well, as long as we are turning you on to stuff you like, cool.
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    Image of AlessandroGiraffe AlessandroGiraffe
    06/26/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    The Strain sounds an awful lot like Scott Westerfeld's Peeps, with vampirism portrayed as a parisitic disease that threatens civilization.
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    AlessandroGiraffe was starred AlessandroGiraffe was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    06/26/09

    @AlessandroGiraffe: The vampirisim as disease thing is hardly new and has been done better.
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    The Dozois Year's Best anthologies are always, always a delight. Sooo worth picking up and reading. All excellent, across all genres; stuff you already like and a good way to discover authors/genres you wouldn't have given a thought to.


    If you can only afford one of these books, get that one.

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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of EbeneezerSquid EbeneezerSquid
    06/26/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    You know, I've been lurking here on i09 for quite some time, and these book posts have always seemed odd to me.

    It seems that the authors I tend to read never end up here.

    No John Ringo, Harry Turteldove, Anne (or Todd) McCaffery, Louis McMaster Bujold.

    Thinking about it, most of the Writers that I've started reading over the past few years I got started on by the Baen Free Library (free e-books, usually the first in a series).

    Have any Baen Books been mentioned on these "New Books" posts?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/26/09

    @EbeneezerSquid: We make a point of being as inclusive as possible, especially in our monthly roundup of new books. At the same time, it's probably fair to say that none of those authors has put out a book recently that any of us contributing to the site has felt like reading or reviewing, for whatever reason. We only have a limited amount of time to devote to new books, and we pick the ones we're personally most excited about to write about. I love older Anne McCaffrey, especially The Ship Who Sang, but haven't read anything she and Todd have written in the past decade or so. As for Bujold, we've mentioned her work a lot.
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: io9 does tend to go a little arty-er and more "literary". ESquid has a good point.


    Maybe you just need more reviewers with wider taste/preferences? Reviewing books that are Ripping Yarns, but not going to be up for awards?


    (Perhaps someone who was already adult and going to cons in the 80's and has been a fan since Star Trek was brand new?)

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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    06/27/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders:

    I could swear you reviewed something from Baen last fall, but I can't remember what.

    -Kle.
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    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(
    06/27/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: The Baen Free Library definitely got a shout out during the last year as did some of the books on its e-shelves. I do recall the one with the Fast Elves on the cover.
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    brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( was starred brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/27/09

    @brentbent: I think that was a post making fun of their cover art.


    Which is indefensible -- I kinda feel sorry for the authors sometimes.

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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/26/09

    In reply to Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
    Jeez, I got my copy of House of Suns like two months ago, and it barely took a week to arrive. Mmmmm....


    Can't wait for The Women of Nell Gwynne's to arrive, though.

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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    Give me a buzz when Iain Banks or William Gibson has something new.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/14/09

    @Chip Overclock: Banks' next novel, Transition is slated for September release. I think it's a non SF book.
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    No mention of the stateside release of The new Witcher book by Sapkowski: Blood of Elves? Where's the love?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    I know this information doesn't help anyone now but Chuck Palahniuk was doing a book signing for Pygmy last saturday at a book store a few blocks away from where I live. I heard some folks drove in from as far away as boston.
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    05/14/09

    @tetracycloide: *Checks Boston off list of possible Tetrachloride hiding places*
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was starred ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: Don't worry, Tetra revealed his location in a previous post. Can You Find Where It Is?
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/14/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: What, he's Carmen Sandiego now?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: If he was as hot as Ms. Sandiego I'd hunt him/her/whatever down right now. But he isn't. Look at his teeth!
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    05/15/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: How can you not love that chin?
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    Looking at the Diamond Star description, I was just thinking about how funny it is trying to name future Empires. Like, everyone wants to give their empire a unique, baroque-sounding name, and so people keep using these ever-more-complex names like "Imperialate."


    I mean, yes, it makes sense, but why wouldn't it just be an Empire? Or, to get particularly fancy, an Imperium?

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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    @braak: "Regal Empirical Legionnaire Imperium Consortium Vomitarium Rex"
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/14/09

    @braak: I liked the mention of a nation called Regionia and its main city, Capitolier in Banks' Against a Dark Background
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/14/09

    @braak: how many empires in human history went by their baroque sounding names while they existed? i'm betting not a lot, most citizens would just use a slang term of some kind. inventing future slang is much harder than inventing convaluted, baroque sounding names though.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/14/09

    @Grey_Area: R.O.A.C.H.: our planet is cyclopia. this is the capitol, cyclops city. stop me if i'm going to fast for you.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    05/14/09

    @tetracycloide: One day we should really do a post on the worst future slang. Among my treasured possessions is a silly 70s novel by Tanith Lee called "Don't Bite the Sun," whose back cover is devoted entirely to explaining how "it's *jang* to be wild and sexy and reckless and teen-age." Yes, it really is *jang* to be part of the Imperialate.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    05/14/09

    @braak: But honestly isn't the Ruby Dynasty the best name EVAR? Not as good as my own invention, the Peanut Butter Confederation. But pretty darn good.
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    Annalee Newitz was starred Annalee Newitz was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/14/09

    @Annalee Newitz: it doesn't help that nine times out of fraking ten the slang is just a ploy to get around the goram censors.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    05/14/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Is the Peanut Butter Confederation at war with the Chocolate Dominion? Those two crazy kids should kiss and make up.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/14/09

    @TemporalSword: Hopefully with the signing of the Reese's Concordat these two proud nations will go to accomplish great things together.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    @Grey_Area: R.O.A.C.H.: And lo, I shall descend upon this unified land and devour it like a plague o' locusts. Delicious.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    Never has a book cover given me the creeps quite the way Diamond Star does.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    @BadUncle: The creeps... or a tingly feeling?
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    05/14/09

    @BadUncle: Based on the cover I see this as a Will Ferrell movie.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/14/09

    @Mathmos: Now that gives me a tingly feeling.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/14/09

    @Mathmos: Based on the cover, I was thinking it'd have to star the reincarnation of Andy Gibb (or other teeny-bopper idol of the same era).
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Sproing Sproing
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    Why does the Palahniuk pitch make me yawn?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    In reply to Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books
    I am NOT reading Diamond Star in public. Jeez.


    Will Twisted Metal feature a sadistic clown ice cream truck driver?

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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    05/14/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: So you're saying you would read it in private, then? I see.


    Looks like Intergalactic Idol anyways.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/14/09

    @TemporalSword: It's like, he's singing, but he's also gathering up energy for a Hadoken.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    05/14/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I know - that cover is INSANE. Still it actually sounds like it might be a pretty good YA novel.
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    Annalee Newitz was starred Annalee Newitz was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/14/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: It's more like some horrible album cover for a member of Toto's solo project.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    05/14/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: SONGDOUKEN!
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was starred ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/14/09

    @TemporalSword: He'd totally read it in his bunker.
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