I'm finding myself reading more lately rather than less, but it's increasingly skewed away from SF at the moment.

However, having said that, I am looking forward to new books from Paul MacAuley, Ian McDonald, Richard Morgan and China Mieville in 2026.  
 

starexplorer wrote:

I am always intrigued by anything new from IM or RM. I have not read PMac.

I think the first of his that I read was Cowboy Angels and I've been happy with all of his work since, particularly Austral and War of the Maps. (which i thought was outstanding, just quietly).  Stylistically and thematically, his books would fit well in a group with Ken MacLeod, Iain Banks, Justina Robson and M John Harrison.

And I notice i left Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Strife out of my 2026 wishlist. Almost unforgiveable of me.


 

Kroyd wrote:

John Varley has passed on

Yes, I saw that.  It's quite sad.

I was quite a fan of his earlier work in the Eight Worlds stories and I enjoyed the Gaia novels. I think I'll pull out some of his story collections for the re-read portion of my 2026 reading plan.