Books recently added to my wishlist

It should probably be no surprise that I've added the fifth of Kage Baker's Company books, The Life of the World to Come, to my list. If you're not already a fan of Kage's Company books, you're missing one of the best time-travel/cyborg series ever. Kage has announced, btw, that the first book, In the Garden of Iden, will be reprinted by Tor next year. Woohoo!

That may not be a surprise, but I'm almost ashamed of the fact that I added Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze to my list. I mean, aside from the obvious fact that any title with two colons in it is generally something to be avoided, there's also the fact that it's a licensed fucking Tomb Raider book.

But there are two reasons I'm getting this one.

First, the (second) subtitle. For those not aware (for shame!), The Man of Bronze is Doc Savage, one of the original pulp heroes (fans of Warren Ellis's Planetary know him as Doc Brass). I'm assuming that the book will at least reference him, if not directly feature him.

The second reason?

The author is James Alan Gardner. I kid you not. I only found out about this from his web page. Gardner's books kick all sorts of ass.

So yeah, I'm embarrassed to have this title on my list, but I'm also very much looking forward to it.