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Dude. 2011 is looking AWESOME.

I’ve just kinda come to the realization that 2011 is going to be a banner year for entertainment. It’s like all the creative minds in North America are trying to release something before the great (zombie/Mayan/pasta) apocalypse of 2012. Let’s take a QUICK look at the first half of the year—and this isn’t an exhaustive list by any means, just the stuff that pings loudly on my personal radar:

January: Bloodshot by Cherie Priest. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie.  Tempest’s Legacy by Nicole Peeler. The Warlord’s Legacy by Ari Marmell.

February: I don’t know, because I’m going to spend the entire month marking off the days until we get to…

March 1! The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss! Gimme! In the theaters, I’m going to see Sucker Punch, a movie full of imagery that nerds will love. Dragons? Check. Robots? Check. Hot girls with samurai swords? Check. Mechanical suits? Hell yeah. Also coming later in the month is River Marked by Patricia Briggs and Ghost Story by Jim Butcher.

April: The River of Shadows by Robert Redick, coming out on the 19th, same day as…Hounded, my debut! Also coming out—Rage, by Jackie Morse Kessler, sequel to Hunger.

May: The movie Thor. See what happens when Marvel and Hollywood get hold of Norse mythology! And at the end of the month, my second book, Hexed.

June: Now you’ll see what happens when I get hold of Norse mythology! Book 3 of The Iron Druid Chronicles, Hammered, releases at the end of the month. The Thor in this book is quite different from the one you’ll see in the movie.

July: Another Kind of Dead by Kelly Meding. And there’s this movie franchise, maybe you’ve heard of it? Harry Potter comes to an end.

What are you looking forward to in 2011?