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It's from the US publisher.

Got an arc of Brightness Long ago. That's what I call early

The upside though is that we can expect a massive fight. These two guys are exciting fighters, in their prime. Would be nice if Jones could not dope this time though. Just this once.

What if Khabib beats Ferguson though, then Conor would have to get in the ring with Khabib again and I think that might the one thing he does not want.

It was very spectacular. Great fight. I thought Conor was done in that second round, he took an astonishing amount of hits there. I thought for a moment after round 4 started, is Khabib really going to stay on his feet to prove a point, Conor might win this after all. But then he resorted to wrestling and Conor tapped quickly I thought. What's next? Ferguson deserves a shot, but I'd also love to see Ferguson vs McGregor,

Is there a guy Joshua could be lined up to fight that would make it a fight we could look forward to? Who could give him a real run?

Let's be honest though, Cormier vs Jones III is what we want and need to see here, so for my part I have no objections.

Till gave a very poor performance I thought.

Don't know about that, but I hope he wins. McGregor vs Khabib is a massive fight though. Khabib the clear favorite for me.

Have to say I have the same feeling. I'm not very excited by this synopsis. On top of that, his last couple of books have not been as good as his earlier work. I'm not sure I'd say he's lost it as he is clearly still a superb wordsmith but his plots have become less interesting. His first couple of works are still the best regarded ones as well if you look at ratings on forums etc. I do hope it will be better than the last few.

New novel details are out, it is called "Brightness long ago", comes out in May 2019:

I agree with that, the costumes of the humans officers looked perfectly fine, it's when it goes beyond that formalwear into what the alies were wearing or some of the regular humans on the show.

I actually watched some episodes of it in the 90's as I came back from football practice. I had never seen something like this before and immediately thought it looked great. If you look at the designs, and the space battles in season 2 3 and 4, it still holds up today. The thing that I always thought looked dated, even then, was the costuming. I never liked that, not in Star Trek, and not in B5 either, that is what makes it feel outdated to me. The visual aspects like B5 itself, the designs of the ships, the whole feel of it, that still looks very good.

A B5 reboot would be wonderful and has long been hoped for. Decent budget, new CGI, I'd just be interested in a completely new look. Lost Tales was disappointing because it was such a brief effort, but nice to be back in that world for a bit.

The problem IMO is that season 1 is just far less interesting than what comes after, especially season 2, 3 and 4. I did not rate season 1 at all, even though B5 is one of my three favorite SF shows.

Are the two fairly different from another, in terms of the story it tells?

Lions of Al-Rassan first because that one is easy to get into. Tigana is a classic but I found it harder to get into at the start. Sarantine Mosaic and Under Heaven come highly recommended by many people. Last Light of the Sun seems very interesting to me. I personally loved his only high fantasy work, the Fionavar Tapestry, it remains my favorite alongside " Lions". I still have a lot of Kay books still to read though.

What did you like about River of Stars? Agreed btw on the World Fantasy Award, he should be on that every time he releases a book because he writes the sort of stuff they generally like to reward anyway, and he's actually both popular and very good. And that popularity can be a strike against him with these sort of awards, I feel.

Found it very hard to get into to start with, and just didn't connect with the characters in it the way I usually can with Kay's excellent novels. River of Stars seemed quite dull in comparison.

I am liking this one more than the previous one with the Asian setting, River of Stars, which ranks as the worst Kay novel for me.

Second excerpt: http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2016/03/excerpt-children-of-earth-and-sky-by-guy-gavriel-kay/

Seems like the story is all about evolving young characters from the looks of it. Any characters of Rodrigo or Ammar's stature in the book, like we saw in Lions? Also, is a significant amount of time spent in the palaces of The Grand Khalif or other ruling entities? I enjoyed that stuff in Sarantium duology.

I don't know why the change to this new forum was made. That said it does not feel like a step forward. The skin doesn't look as good as the old one, there is a lot of white which gives it a different feel and makes it a bit less readable somehow. I also think the margin to the left of the forum is too wide, and definitely wider than we had before this update. This should ideally be quite a bit smaller. I also think that if the threads remain lost that would be unfortunate. Hopefully you will still be able to integrate them into this new board. It's a bit weird to lose all the content from the last two months since some discussions now are built on what was revealed or said then. On the positive side, the avatars look really nice and the new skin does feel fresh. Would love it if the "like" function came back, as that was a big success among posters.

It's always the most remarkable thing when people discuss their favourite Kay novels, we've had quite a few of such discussions over the last 15 years here with different participants. Everybody has a different favourite. There's no consensus whatsoever. Really speaks to the consistent great writing that Kay produces.   Though having said that, one can acknowledge that Ysabel, Last Light of the Sun and River of Stars rarely, if ever, come up as the no.1. The praise for Song for Arbonne has faded as well, and while I personally loved the Fionavar Tapestry and still see that as one of the best epic fantasy trilogies ever, it's not a series that ranks the highest amongst fans in general.   Hopefully Children of Earth and Sky will rank among the very best.

So what time period and place might be the real world equivalent? Fall of Constantinople?   Could that be the " great fortress" on the borders of the two worlds?