Coming Soon and Go Book Rumors
For those of us addicted to Go books to collect all the rumors so we can drool over upcoming tomes.
New Releases
The New Books in Go page at Schaak en Gowinkel het Paard is always an excellent reference for what has recently been published.
The first volume of 21st Century Dictionary of Basic Joseki by Takao Shinji is available at Kiseido (July 2011)
The most difficult problem ever. Igo Hatsuyoron 120 by Thomas Redecker is available at Brett und Stein Verlag (July 2011)
Coming Soon
John Fairbairn is working on a series of thorough game commentaries of Go Seigen's jubango (ten-game matches) of which Kamakura was the first, Final Summit the second, and 9-Dan Showdown against Fujisawa Kuranosuke the third. Future volumes will include the matches with Sakata Eio, Hashimoto, Iwamoto Kaoru, the 'Ten Rising Stars,' Karigane Junichi and an unfinished ten-game match with Kitani Minoru. More info here.
John Fairbairn also has plans for more books in the Famous Games series, including The Insha Game (Shusai-Karigane) and Jowa's Three Brilliancies. More info here.
The second volume of 21st Century Dictionary of Basic Joseki will be available early 2012 according to Kiseido. (The second volume is already published in German, however in the german edition has 3 volumes in total.)
Coming Someday?
FredK: I've been waiting for years for Intermediate Level Power Builder, Volume 3. Does anyone have inside information on when Yutopian might release it?