Waiting on Wednesday is the brainchild of Breaking the Spine, although Jill isn’t hosting this meme anymore. In any case, I will continue to post Waiting on Wednesdays, simply because it’s one of my favorite posts to do each week:-D
I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am for this book! Jeff Noon has written some of my favorite books, and if you’ve never heard of him, it’s probably because it’s been YEARS since he’s had anything new published. Looks like Angry Robot has snagged him, though, check out this amazing cover:
Below the neon skies of Dayzone – where the lights never go out, and night has been banished – lowly private eye John Nyquist takes on a teenage runaway case. His quest takes him from Dayzone into the permanent dark of Nocturna.
As the vicious, seemingly invisible serial killer known only as Quicksilver haunts the streets, Nyquist starts to suspect that the runaway girl holds within her the key to the city’s fate. In the end, there’s only one place left to search: the shadow-choked zone known as Dusk.
A Man of Shadows by Jeff Noon. Releases in August 2017 from Angry Robot. Two of my favorite SF books of all time are Noon’s Vurt and Pollen. I haven’t read them in years, so I’m curious to see if Noon’s writing will still appeal to me. I’m thinking it will:-) And what do you think of this cool cover? (Artwork by Will Staehle.)
I love how it sounds like it mixes sci-fi with mystery elements. It also has a noir feeling to it. Gee, I don’t know how I got all that from a short blurb. I will be keeping my eye open for some reviews on this one because it may be one I want to pick up.
I have never heard of Noon. But this sounds interesting and I love the cover.
That is an awesome cover! Hope you’re able to get ahold of it soon! You can check out my Wednesday pick in the link below!
Interesting premise, and I love how the play of light and darkness is mirrored in the cover!
Sounds fascinating! I’m going to have to check out those other two you mentioned… haven’t heard of this author before!
Woah, two of your *favorites*… I don’t throw around the word “favorite” often, so I always perk up when people talk about favorites. I hope you love this book when you get the chance to read it!
Have a fabulous week, Tammy. =)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
I’ve never read Jeff Noon, but your excitement is very encouraging! It just occurred to me I haven’t read anything from Angry Robot for a long time too…
I haven’t heard of the author, but the book sounds really good, and hard to ignore a recommendation like that from you
How exciting. I’ve not read this author but your enthusiasm definitely makes me way to pick this up.
Lynn
I’ve never heard of him, so I’m really excited to hear that his work’s been picked up by Angry Robot! It’s always good news when a favourite author has a new release, and stunning cover art doesn’t hurt either.
That is a sexy cover.