Welcome to a slightly shorter than usual TBR & Beyond. Shorter, but by no means less meaningful.

TBR

My reading plan for this coming month is incredibly slim. I’ve started with Neal Asher’s The Voyage of the Sable Keech in the hopes of finding a new future history to immerse myself in. Then I’ve got another Star trek novel to read before posting my quick reviews of a whole batch of Next Generation novels.

Beyond that I have no real plans. I’ll be doing a fair bit of travelling this month, which might not leave much time for reading. I’ll be taking my next Peter F. Hamilton book along on the trip and intend to peck away at it over the next few weeks. There are also plenty of Black Library audiobooks for me to tuck into if and when I have the listening time.

I said it was slim, and I wasn’t kidding. If I do have extra time on my hands, I expect I’ll start work on those Star Trek: New Frontier books I’ve been accumulating, but don’t hold me to that.

& BEYOND

The reason I’ll be quieter on the blogging front is because I’ll be going on a long trip with my girlfriend. We’re both massive nerds, so it’s entirely possible I’ll have some science fiction related sightseeing reports by the end of the month, but for obvious reasons I’m prioritising the trip over the blog.

Nevertheless, I’m still running a small scale WarhamMarch this year. I’ve got some audio reviews lined up, and at least one article I hope you’ll all enjoy. If you want to get involved, feel free to use the term WarhamMarch on social media, join the discussions in my Discord server, or just read and enjoy the reviews. It’s all good fun.

RELEASE SCHEDULE

1st – Dune: Part Two – Probably one of the year’s biggest film releases, this one covers the second half of Frank Herbert’s original novel. I’m not sure if I’ll have the time to get to the cinema, but it is for sure an instant purchase as soon as the DVD releases towards the end of the year.

4th – The Sunlit Man, by Brandon Sanderson – Technically this one is a fantasy novel, being part of Sanderson’s Cosmere. However, it does sound like there are a lot of science fiction elements involved, so it will be interesting to see how the two genres crossover.

5th – The Cruel Stars #3: The Forever Dead, by John Birmingham – The final book in the trilogy will presumably wrap up the fight between genetic extremists and the last remnants of human civilisation. Honestly, I have forgotten a lot of what happened in the first two, but I do remember enjoying them, and look forward to the last instalment.

14th – Jumpnauts, by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu) – Only one of Hao’s novels has made it to English previously, and it was the phenomenal Vagabonds. As such, I am very much excited for her second translated work. I’m doing my best to go in blind, but I have high hopes.

21st – The Three-Body Problem – Netflix’s mega-budget adaptation of Cixin Liu’s trilogy starts this month, and it looks stunning. Whether or not the story adapts well to a new medium remains to be seen, but I look forward to find out how the endeavour goes.

28th – Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky – A new Tchaikovsky novel is always a cause for celebration. This one looks to be in a similar vein to Cage of Souls, but set in distant space rather than the far future. I’m more excited for this than I have been for a Tchaikovsky novel in a long time.