Received quite a few review copies on Monday. Each of these in this picture and all but one in the second arrived from Tor, Orbit, Nightshade, and Norilana. Several of them will be read and reviewed in the near future, while those that are middle volumes in series that I have not read will probably not be considered as this time, as I do not own the previous volumes nor have the money to spare for purchasing them even if I were so inclined. Will note that the Kowal book certainly is one that I've looked forward to for a few months now, so there'll likely be a review of it in the near future.
The Girondo, the only purchased book in this picture, is avant-garde poetry that may prove to be a stern challenge to my Spanish comprehension skills. The Cook and Beamer are duplicates of books that I do plan on reviewing in the future, with the Beamer likely in the next few days and the Cook a little later (I also have vol. 1, so it'll be a review of both volumes and maybe the third if it comes out shortly). The Pratt-edited reprint anthology certainly will be read in the next couple of months. Same goes for Lee's book, as she is an outstanding talent.
Here are the latest Gollancz SF Masterworks books that have arrived over the past few days. Notice how the redesign is a bit too much yellow for my liking, yet the book as a whole feels sturdier in the new edition. Either here or on SFF Masterworks will appear reviews of each of these books in the next few months. My ultimate goal is to have reviewed at least two dozen of the Fantasy and SF Masterworks releases by Christmas 2010 and to have read/reviewed all the currently-released books on both lists by mid-2011. Considering that I'm about to review Kate Wilhelm's Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Robert Silverberg's Dying Inside, and David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus within the next week for SFF Masterworks, I think this is an achievable goal. Might make the Priest my next Masterworks read, seeing how this edition only came out a few months ago and all...
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I've just read the Kowal book today in an afternoon of reading and while I enjoyed it, I felt it was the epitome of a "beach book", very light and kind of forgettable fast.
Kind of the Scalzi of fantasy since the two are associated in SFWA...
The "Galen Beckett" novels - Magicians and Mrs Quent and the upcoming sequel House on Durrow Street are the real deal as "regency fantasy" goes since they have all the depth, characters and magic you want and when I finished the latter the other day I was very upset that it ended despite its 700 page heft and I really wanted the trilogy ending now...
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