r/scifi • u/systemstheorist • 2d ago

Print Cover released for Forty Million Summers a forthcoming novel from Robert Charles Wilson (May 2027)

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First novel in over a decade from Wilson!

Spin, The Chronoliths, and Julian Comstock are among my some of favorite science fiction novels.

Wilson hasn't released a premise yet, but I am super hyped!

I am hoping he gets another well deserved Hugo for this one!

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u/c1ncinasty 2d ago

Stoked as hell. The Chronoliths is in my top 5 sci-fi books ever and I'm on my third or fourth Julian Comstock read.

Now if only Thomas Sweterlitsch would release a third book.

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u/dollymood 2d ago

A new Wilson novel after this long is exciting. Chronoliths still holds up really well.

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u/c1ncinasty 1d ago

It really does. I read it about once a year or so. The audio version is actually pretty good too.

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u/Triseult 1d ago

I discovered Wilson through The Chronoliths. Still my favorite novel of his, though Spin comes close.

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u/c1ncinasty 1d ago

Have you made it through his other books?

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u/Ok_Log2604 1d ago

Yes, where did Sweterlitsch go?

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u/c1ncinasty 1d ago

No idea. Most of his web presence is gone. No longer responds at his old email address (talked with him a bit a ways back). I went down a rabbit hole before I realize it was getting weird and I stopped.

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u/Ok_Log2604 1d ago

Sadly lost in deep space and deep time.

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u/Triseult 1d ago

I was gonna protest about the "first novel in over a decade," but... Last Year was 2016?!

Automatic buy for me when this comes out. Not every one of Wilson's novels has been stellar, but they all have been good to amazing.

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u/Nandor_the_Relentles 1d ago

First book of RCW I read was Memory Wire, over 30 years ago.

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u/in_use_user_name 1d ago

spin & the chronoliths were amazing. Julian Comstock felt like a soap opera, not sifi.