Michael Swanwick, very quietly reports on his website, that he has completed his new novel The Dragons of Babel. No publication dates yet, but it seems reasonable to imagine a late 2007 or early 2008 publication date. I’m guessing it incorporates all or part of the stories “King Dragon”, “The Word That Sings the Scythe”, “An Episode of Stardust”, “Lord Weary’s Empire”, “The Bordello in Faerie”, and “A Small Room in Koboldtown”. Should be very interesting indeed.
And when you consider that William Gibson has delivered Spook Country for August 2007 publication, and that Greg Egan has apparently finished (or is near finishing) Incandescence for an early 2008 publication, and there are some pretty fine books on the horizon. I, for one, can’t wait.
New Swanwick is cause for celebration! So is new Gibson, for that matter.
I’ve been hit and miss on Swanwick, but when I’ve liked his stuff, I’ve really liked his work (Iron Dragon’s Daughter, for instance)