Most Anticipated books of 2017? (Besides Oathbringer)

[Hood he/him]

I am one of those few who liked all books of 'The Gentleman Bastards'. Tho, like everyone else, the rating for each book fell successively as its number increased (TLoLL was 10/10, Red seas was 8/10, and third one was 6/10). Still, I am desperately hoping for The Thorn of Emberlain. I suspect it won't have those flashbacks (loved them in the first book).

The second book is 'Name of The Wind' 10th anniversary edition. Pat said that there will be some illustrations in his live talk after his worldbuilders (saw that when the time here was 4 am).

And, well, Robin Hobb has already delivered hers.

[Left he/him]

4 hours ago, Hood said:

I am one of those few who liked all books of 'The Gentleman Bastards'. Tho, like everyone else, the rating for each book fell successively as its number increased (TLoLL was 10/10, Red seas was 8/10, and third one was 6/10). Still, I am desperately hoping for The Thorn of Emberlain. I suspect it won't have those flashbacks (loved them in the first book).

The second book is 'Name of The Wind' 10th anniversary edition. Pat said that there will be some illustrations in his live talk after his worldbuilders (saw that when the time here was 4 am).

And, well, Robin Hobb has already delivered hers.

Holy Crem. The Name of the Wind is having its 10th anniversary?......Storm it ROTHFUSS, write the third book already!

[Ammanas]

9 minutes ago, Left said:

Holy Crem. The Name of the Wind is having its 10th anniversary?......Storm it ROTHFUSS, write the third book already!

Based on a interview he gave a few months ago there is good news and bad news regarding Doors of Stone.

The good news: The rumors of him making no progress are false.

The bad news: He has actually been making negative progress. He has said he is not satisfied with major portions of the book and need to rewrite them.

I say this with all seriousness when I say that 2020 is a optimistic guess/hope for a release.

[Left he/him]

6 minutes ago, Ammanas said:

Based on a interview he gave a few months ago there is good news and bad news regarding Doors of Stone.

The good news: The rumors of him making no progress are false.

The bad news: He has actually been making negative progress. He has said he is not satisfied with major portions of the book and need to rewrite them.

I say this with all seriousness when I say that 2020 is a optimistic guess/hope for a release.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Time for a betting pool: what will get finished first: the Kingkiller Chronicles or a Song of Ice and Fire?

[Ammanas]

18 minutes ago, Orlion On a Cob said:

Time for a betting pool: what will get finished first: the Kingkiller Chronicles or a Song of Ice and Fire?

I'm fairly confident for Winds of Winter coming first for a 2018 release. Of course I was the same guy who was confident for Peace Talks to be out this year, so what do I know? Anyways put me down for Winds of Winter first!

[Alfa he/him]

I'm on Lynch, then Rothfuss, then Martin. 

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

Surprised no one has mentioned The Core by Peter V Brett - it's due out a month before Oathbringer. [Note: This series is "R-Rated" and it's what they call a "strong R" - - I skim or skip parts of it 'cause there are images I don't need in my mind, but I'm invested enough in the story to need to know what happens, you know what I mean. People have mentioned the violent tone of the books to Brett, as he is a family man, but he feels this is the way he wants to write, and the books are way popular. But he's no Brandon when it comes to worldbuilding or characterization, IMO.]

I'd say I was looking forward to McClellan's next Powder Mage book, Sins of Empire, but it's already out and It.Is.Awesome.

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[Alfa he/him]

5 hours ago, old aggie said:

Surprised no one has mentioned The Core by Peter V Brett - it's due out a month before Oathbringer. [Note: This series is "R-Rated" and it's what they call a "strong R" - - I skim or skip parts of it 'cause there are images I don't need in my mind, but I'm invested enough in the story to need to know what happens, you know what I mean. People have mentioned the violent tone of the books to Brett, as he is a family man, but he feels this is the way he wants to write, and the books are way popular. But he's no Brandon when it comes to worldbuilding or characterization, IMO.]

I'd say I was looking forward to McClellan's next Powder Mage book, Sins of Empire, but it's already out and It.Is.Awesome.

I tried Brett once, but somehow I didn't come past the first chapters of the warded man (or how is it called again?). Always thought it was the standard post-WoT epic fantasy trope with a farmer boy who discovers that he is some kind of lost heir/ promised saviour / chosen one in a more or less typical fantasy world.

Is that belief unjustified? 

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

On 6/18/2017 at 5:17 AM, Alfa said:

I tried Brett once, but somehow I didn't come past the first chapters of the warded man (or how is it called again?). Always thought it was the standard post-WoT epic fantasy trope with a farmer boy who discovers that he is some kind of lost heir/ promised saviour / chosen one in a more or less typical fantasy world.

Is that belief unjustified? 

@ Alfa - IMO it's not typical / trope. Arden, the "farmer boy," doesn't discover he has powers - he figures out stuff about the in-world magic on his own. His plot arc is a little similar to Kaladin's in that he suffers due to betrayals, but his character/personality aren't similar to Kaladin (no depression) - just the plot. The books do a good job illustrating the real costs of life in societies that run by "an eye for an eye," and (again, this is my take) and contrasting that with how communities that work together are stronger and can overcome evil and tragedy better in the long run. There's also a theme of self-sacrifice. The down-side, and this is a big one that has generated a good deal of controversy, is that Brett routinely uses rape as a device to move his plot forward. As I said, the series is a "strong-R"  and not for everyone. hth