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seawasp1) Per my New Year's revol...er, RESOlution, I'm going to be reading at least one book from all the authors I have a reasonable connection to that have a novel or more published since 2003, assuming I haven't read any of their books since 2003. This is to rectify the fact that my reading has plummeted INCREDIBLY since I got published (and more since I got more kids). So those on my list (e.g., Autopope, LWE, Anghara, etc.) who have published at least one novel in that time, please let me know which novel you think I should read of yours.
EDIT: If you're on my LJ friendslist, that's "reasonable connection". If you're on r.a.sf.c, definitely a reasonable connection.
EDIT 2: "Published" means "traditional publication" -- you were paid an advance, worked with an editor, your book is on Amazon as a paper book, and not as a self-published thingie.
2) As you know, I've just been informed that Grand Central Arena is to be translated and published in Japan. I'm wondering how common this is -- that is, how often in general do novels get picked up for that kind of treatment? For someone like (for instance) Charlie Stross I presume virtually all his books will, but for a lesser-known author? One in 2? One in 5? One in 10?
EDIT: If you're on my LJ friendslist, that's "reasonable connection". If you're on r.a.sf.c, definitely a reasonable connection.
EDIT 2: "Published" means "traditional publication" -- you were paid an advance, worked with an editor, your book is on Amazon as a paper book, and not as a self-published thingie.
2) As you know, I've just been informed that Grand Central Arena is to be translated and published in Japan. I'm wondering how common this is -- that is, how often in general do novels get picked up for that kind of treatment? For someone like (for instance) Charlie Stross I presume virtually all his books will, but for a lesser-known author? One in 2? One in 5? One in 10?
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Date: 2011-01-25 06:49 pm (UTC)As for recommendations, you're specifically looking for something published after 2003? That narrows it down to four choices, I guess, depending on what you've read (and liked) previously.
If you read and liked Nightside City back in 1989, you should check out the sequel, Realms of Light, published last year by FoxAcre Press. If you haven't read Nightside City, or didn't like it, this is not a good option.
If you liked the Ethshar series, I've written three more of them since 2003 -- The Spriggan Mirror, The Vondish Ambassador, and The Unwelcome Warlock. (The last isn't out yet. In fact, technically it isn't finished yet -- it's still in first draft.) The Spriggan Mirror is a sequel to With A Single Spell, and The Vondish Ambassador is a sequel to The Unwilling Warlord, so choose according to which you've read, or which you liked better.
If you want something where no prior knowledge is needed, you can choose between The Wizard Lord (first of a trilogy but stands alone), or A Young Man Without Magic/Above His Proper Station (two halves of a story). The former is sort of a deconstructionist approach to traditional fantasy -- it's got your standard Dark Lord and doughty band of destined heroes, but handled in a non-standard fashion.
And the latter was inspired by reading too many swashbucklers as a kid, though in the end it turned out less swashbuckling than I'd hoped -- and you know, swashbucklers never were wall-to-wall action.