The Most Eagerly Awaited and Long Overdue SF/F Books

From an SF Signal post via IO9 inspired by a misquote by Charles Stross that lead me to google Irontown Blues by John Varley:

http://io9.com/tag/irontown-blues/

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/005868.html

Texas Best Grok, aka Fred Kiesche, has posted a comprehensive list of long overdue science fiction books. Here, "long overdue" means it was promised and/or announced a really long time ago, but has yet to see publication.

I edited Sf Signal's list to those authors still with us:

* The Star Conquerors by Ben Bova
* Cyteen II by C.J. Cherryh
* Demon With a Glass Hand by Harlan Ellison
* Blood and Vic by Harlan Ellison
* The Ghost Ships by Larry Niven
* Inferno (updated version) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* Purgatorio by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* The Moon Bowl/Moonmites by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn
* Falkenberg on Kennicott by Jerry Pournelle
* Mamelukes by Jerry Pournelle
* Spartan Hegemony by Jerry Pournelle
* The Return of the Space Viking by Jerry Pournelle
* Irontown Blues by John Varley
* Heaven Chronicles by Joan Vinge

All books I would not mind reading.

Texas Best Grok's full annotated list is here and worth checking out:

http://texasbestgrok.mu.nu/archives/246234.php

The amazing internet at work!

My most sought after lost book:

This book was actually published but is out of print now:

Terminal Freedom,

(a limited edition novel co-authored by Daniel Keys Moran and his sister, Jodi Moran)
has COMPLETELY sold out - but you can still read the first 3 chapters at the link below:

http://www.kithrup.com/dkm/dkmfic/tf/

Most of his books were in the intriguing Continuing Time setting and came out in the late 80's and early 90's in paperback. If you rummage around his website you can see that he has a number of other unpublished works in progress, sigh.

The Armageddon Blues, Bantam Books, 1987; (ISBN 0-553-27115-6).
DKM's first novel. The Armageddon Blues is not a Continuing Time novel per se, but does take place on The Great Wheel of Existence (i.e., it is one universe in a larger multiverse). Note that it is the expansion and continuation of All the Time in the World, DKM's first short story sale, mentioned above. An excellent book in its own right.

Emerald Eyes, Bantam Books, 1987; (ISBN 0-553-27347-7).
The first Continuing Time novel. It covers the period from about 2030 through 2062, and focuses on the creation and destruction of the Castanaveras telepaths.

The Ring, Bantam Books, 1987; (ISBN 0-385-24816-4).
This is a novelization of a movie script based on the Ring of the Nibelungen (the Wagner Opera, not the Bugs Bunny cartoon). Not a Continuing Time Novel, possibly not even a Great Wheel of Time novel, although there is mention of the ken'Selvren from The Armageddon Blues. DKM is unhappy with this novel for the reasons described in the article linked to above, but more than a few people have expressed the opinion that it isn't that bad, and the first half is actually pretty good.

The Long Run, Bantam Books, 1989; (ISBN 0-553-28144-5).
The second Continuing Time novel. It follows the exploits of Trent Castanaveras, called the Uncatchable, whom we first met in Emerald Eyes. The time period is 2069 through 2070.

The Last Dancer, Bantam Books, 1993; (ISBN 0-553-56249-5).
The third Continuing Time novel. This book is probably the hardest to summarize - it describes the experiences of Denice Castanaveras (who also appeared in Emerald Eyes and The Long Run) from the years 2072-2076, and the Tricentennial Revolution, but there is a long flashback which takes place in the years 48,800 B.C. to 35,000 B.C., which is in some ways necessary to understand what is happening to Denice in the 2070's.

How the US economy got to be where it is:

Via phecda:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4240

The US financial sector seems to love exploiting loopholes without any regard as to the long term consequences as long as they get their commissions. The savings and loan collapse being the other one that comes to mind. Which also happened under the Repbulicans' watch and at the other time the US national debt was run up. The sector wants to have its cake and to eat too.