A new Charlie Stross from Subterranean

Subterranean have announced a previously unpublished Charless Stross novel, entitled Scratch Monkey. Here is the blurb:

Scratch Monkey is the 2011 Boskone Book by Boskone's Guest of Honor Charles Stross. It contains his previously unpublished novel, Scratch Monkey, an essay about writing the novel, and a second essay about a writer's view of publishing. The novel is set in the distant future, when humans have spread through the galaxy, physically and virtually. We are not alone; we have created a race of AIs, the Superbrights, to administer and expand the virtual side of our presence in the Milky Way. Oshi Adjani works for a Superbright, traveling to worlds where her Boss cannot go, and solving the problems he has set her. One success reveals a secret of the Superbrights, so the Boss forces her into one last, deadly mission, with her freedom as her reward for doing the impossible.

Sounds interesting, but then again, all Stross' books sound interesting to me. I will keep an eye for that one. Here's the Subterranean page for the novel, and the release date is set for this week. Also - awesome cover art!

The Books Charles Stross will not write, parts 5 and 6

Charlie Stross continues his exploration of the never-to-happen universes in his head. Here are his last two posts:

Part 5, where he describes his time-shifting military unit sub-genre idea

and

Part 6, dealing with Halting State variations

As usual, both are worth reading, although probably less interesting than some of the previous posts on the subject.

The Books Charles Stross will not write, part 4

In the fourth part of his series of posts, Stross finally delves into the reasons why he will never write a third Eschaton novel (damn him!), and also describes the outline for its never-to-be story. To be honest, I am really sad there won't be another book in that universe, but I get the reasons why.

The Books Charles Stross will not write, part 3

In his third post, titled No plan survives contact with the editor, Stross describes the process of writing and pitching The Merchant Princes series, as well as the reason why it's not comprised of big fat volumes. Very entertaining, just like the previous two.

The Books Charles Stross will not write, part 2

Here's part 2 of Stross' blog series, this time dedicated to the talking cat in Iron Sunrise that never happened. There's also a long passage from that "what if" storyline. Enjoy!

The books Charles Stross will not write, part 1

There is a post up on Charlie Stross' blog that describes a story concept that he almost wrote back in 2002, instead of the first part in The Merchant Princes sequence. It's pretty interesting, so check it out! I find myself impatient to finish The Hero of Ages, so that I can delve into some of Stross' stuff.