Newly Discovered Authors

[rune]

What newly published authors have folks discovered?

 

[Trey Greyjoy]

Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora.

 

[genisis2]

Will Thomas: Some Danger Involved
Its his first book a murder mystery, set in Victorian London. Half way through so far so good.Easy read.

 

[BookStop]

Jeff Strand is not too bad, and William Rawlings, Jr. is pretty good.

 

[ScottSF]

how new? John Meaney's first novel was published in the U.K. in 1998. On my time scale that's new.

 

[GOLLUM]

Neal Stephenson. I know he's been around for a while but just discovering his work.

 

[genisis2]

Hi ladies & gentlemen could you please put in a wee bit more information,like genre and if its good or a bad read.

 

[genisis2]

Neal Stephenson. I know he's been around for a while but just discovering his work.

whats the verdict on him . I always fly around his books like a vulture onhovering around a carcass.

 

[Brys]

Newly published? I'm always behind on recent releases, so there aren't that many. There are hundreds of newly discovered authors, but this will help to keep the list limited.

Scott Lynch - after the Lies of Locke Lamora I'm willing to place him up with Erikson, Martin and Bakker. One of the best debuts I've ever read.

Tom Lloyd - incredibly mediocre. Not bad, but not good either. Especially as I read the Stormcaller after the Lies of Locke Lamora.

Naomi Novik - a little entertaining with a couple of good ideas, but nothing special. It didn't feel like a waste of my time reading Temeraire, but I have no plans to read anything else by her.

Vera Nazarian - an author not nearly as well known as she should be. She has some of the best prose in epic fantasy and is quite imaginative - there were a few problems with Lords of Rainbow, but overall it was very good (see my review in Heliotrope for more details).

K. J. Bishop - another very good, very imaginative author. One of the better discoveries.

 

[GOLLUM]

whats the verdict on him . I always fly around his books like a vulture onhovering around a carcass.

I've only just started reading his stuff with the Baroque cycle (trilogy), starting with Quicksilver. It's brilliant stuff, well worth a read if you like historical fiction mixed in with derring-do, alchemy, witchraft, religion, philosophy, EPIC scope and historical figures like Newton, Pepys, Franklin, Louis XIV et al

If you've read Susanna Clarke's Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, that's the most recent book I've read that it reminds me of.

It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and definitely not a light read.

 

[BookStop]

Wade Kimberlin, my true love and husband, only had his first novel published last year.

‘A dead ex-girlfriend. A genetically engineered super soldier. An evil corporation that corrupts everything it touches. A subversive computer-worshipping cult. A deranged AI assistant. And Bob.
What do they have in common?
Me.
I’m Jake Turner, the best damn pilot in the Solar System. During a routine shuttle run down to Mars, my ‘good friend’ Bob asked me to pick up some ‘sensitive’ software on my way to dinner. I should have known better. Before I could eat my fajitas, I was shot, tortured, and had sustained more concussions than an OmegaCorp Security Force target dummy. Even worse, my AI assistant developed a serious personality disorder.
OmegaCorp ruined my life, killed my ex-girlfriend, blew up my shuttle, and interrupted my dinner. Now they’re going to pay.
My only allies are an elite group of super hackers and the most dangerous warrior ever to break free of OmegaCorp’s Elite program. Nice allies, eh? Only they’re also lunatic cultists who keep worshipping electronic devices and seem to think I’m some kind of Holy Man.
Everything centers on my ex-girlfriend. Holly. And I thought she was a pain in the ass when she was alive!’

 

[rune]

I think new published authors could safely say first published in the last 12 months.

Well for me I discovered Nate Kenyon - read his first book BloodStone and was impressed with his style and imagination.
This is a horror novel

 

[genisis2]

I've only just started reading his stuff with the Baroque cycle (trilogy), starting with Quicksilver. It's brilliant stuff, well worth a read if you like historical fiction mixed in with derring-do, alchemy, witchraft, religion, philosophy, EPIC scope and historical figures like Newton, Pepys, Franklin, Louis XIV et al

If you've read Susanna Clarke's Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, that's the most recent book I've read that it reminds me of.

It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and definitely not a light read.

I thank you sir.

 

[Nesacat]

Kij Johnson. She's only got two books out so far. One is called Fox Woman and the other is Fudoki. I've read Fudoki, which is set in old Japan and is about a cat woman. She writes beautifully and this book is worth a re-read. There's a review posted under the Fantasy recommendations for the enlightened thread for anyone who'd like to know a little more.

China Mieville who's been writing for some time but who I just discovered. I've finished reading Looking for Jake and Other Stories and I'm now looking forward to reading the rest of this books. Again, there is a review in the China Mieville sub-forum. I started with Looking for Jake as it was short stories and I wanted an idea of his writing before I embarrked on reading the novels. Jake is very good indeed.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Sarah Monette, author of Mélusine, and another book just out, called The Virtu, which I am eager to get my hands on. Magicians, thieves, assassins, decadent urban setting. Monette really knows how to turn the thumbscrews on her characters, with prodigious amounts of physical, mental, and emotional suffering. I actually prefer the last two and would have liked less of the former, but I enjoyed the book anyway.

Also, YA author Patricia Elliott, whose Murkmere I liked, for it's unusual premise -- gothic romance in a world where the people worship a pantheon of birds -- and who has written yet another sequel that I want, Ambergate. (Her books are actually several years old, but I didn't find out about them until they were recently released in new editions.)

A writer I rediscovered after I met her at BayCon, is Betsy James, whose books Long Night Dance, Dark Heart, and Listening at the Gate, are perhaps the best YA novels I've read since LeGuin's Earthsea trilogy. I'm interviewing her and will post the end result as soon as Ms. James gets back to me with the answers to all my questions. Probably sometime around next weekend.

 

[Hiro Protagonist]

Neal Stephenson. I know he's been around for a while but just discovering his work.

You will love it.

 

[Rosemary]

I've only just started reading his stuff with the Baroque cycle (trilogy), starting with Quicksilver. It's brilliant stuff, well worth a read if you like historical fiction mixed in with derring-do, alchemy, witchraft, religion, philosophy, EPIC scope and historical figures like Newton, Pepys, Franklin, Louis XIV et al

If you've read Susanna Clarke's Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, that's the most recent book I've read that it reminds me of.

It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and definitely not a light read.

This one was very quickly added to my 'to get' list Louis XIV and Pepys, alchemy and witchcraft...definately a book that will interest me. So thank you for the recommendation Precioussss

 

[BAYLOR]

Kagan the Damed by Johnathan Maberry I have the book it my reading pile.

 

[Rodders]

Jo Zebedee.

I recently read “Into A Blood Red Sky” a post apocalyptic story set in Ireland. Told from two standpoints, it was bleak but surprisingly uplifting.

I bought it because i wanted to support some of the published authors here on the Chron’s and wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m glad I did.

 

[BAYLOR]

Custer At the Alamo by Gregory Urbach This is spectacular alt history novel in which George Armstrong Custer and his men instead of meeting the fate at LittleBighorn in 1876 find themselves transported back in time to 1936 and the Alamo. This is a terrific book !