Werthead Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 It's "the first new Osten Ard novel in 23 years" and "the first of the new set of Osten Ard novels". It's not the first book in The Last King of Osten Ard trilogy, though. That's The Witchwood Crown, which comes out three months later. The Heart of What Was Lost is also a full-length novel at 368 pages. It's not a novelette or novella or short story, or a short story collection. The Witchwood Crown sounds like it'll be about twice the size so is more substantial, but Heart is definitely a full-length book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiriki Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Quote It's "the first new Osten Ard novel in 23 years" and "the first of the new set of Osten Ard novels". Yes. Quote The Heart of What Was Lost is also a full-length novel at 368 pages. It's not a novelette or novella or short story, or a short story collection. The Witchwood Crown sounds like it'll be about twice the size so is more substantial, but Heart is definitely a full-length book. I suspect TWC will likely be three times as long, based on the May 2015 manuscript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I won't mind if it is that size. Still really looking forward to that Witchwood Crown, and will definitely get the January book as well. Witchwood still a good ways off unfortunately due the long delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlafK Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Reading order Volume 0.5 "The Burning Man" (published 1998) Novella (takes place roughly 300 years before the events in THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR) Volume 1.0 The Dragonbone Chair (published 1988) Novel Volume 2.0 Stone of Farewell (published 1990) Novel Volume 3.0 To Green Angel Tower (published 1993) Novel (hardcover version) Volume 3.1 To Green Angel Tower Part 1 (US, published 1994)[In the UK this was published as To Green Angel Tower: Siege] Novel (paperback version) Volume 3.2 To Green Angel Tower Part 2 (US, published 1994) [In the UK this was published as To Green Angel Tower: Storm] Novel (paperback version) Volume 3.5 The Heart of What Was Lost (forthcoming January 2017) direct sequel to To Green Angel Tower and bridge to Witchwood Crown Volume 4.0 The Witchwood Crown (forthcoming April 2017) 30 years after To Green Angel Tower Volume 4.5 The Shadow of Things to Come (forthcoming) Volume 5.0 Empire of Grass (forthcoming) Volume 6.0 The Navigator´s Children (forthcoming) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Wait, so it's already not a trilogy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 looks like prequel, first trilogy, bridge, second tetralogy, so an ennealogy altogether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlafK Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The Heart of What Was Lost and The Shadow of Things to Come are both not part of the main narrative, but tell side stories. When did Tad ever write a straight-up trilogy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn was a trilogy. Only the paperback of TGAT was split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 2 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn was a trilogy. Only the paperback of TGAT was split. Croatian hardcover edition was also split in half and those are two very big books. But, I get what you are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Yeah the hardcover To Green Angel Tower is like, the most massive massive fantasy hardcover ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlafK Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 In most countries it is not a trilogy. It is at least divided up into four volumes (Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Croatia). Occasionally, it is even divided up into more volumes, e.g. 12 volumes in Sweden. In the US, it is available in three volumes in trade paperback, but the third book is barely readable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 OlafK, The hardback is perfectly readable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 3 hours ago, OlafK said: Occasionally, it is even divided up into more volumes, e.g. 12 volumes in Sweden. Also in Finland. To Green Angel Tower is here six hardcover books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Those words are used somewhat loosely here anyway. E.g. Lord of the Rings is not a trilogy. It is a novel that originally appeared in three volumes. A trilogy originally meant three works that have some independence (how much is probably up to debate) not just an artifact of publishing. In any case it should depend on what an author considers ONE book, not what is published as one volume. Sometimes it seems to be done to make more money. E.g. the German translation of the two Dragonlance trilogies were in 6 volumes each (this does not make them hexalogies), and several (probably all but the first one) of the SoAIF books have also been split in the German editions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Why do European publishers split large books into so many volumes? Milking the customer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 22 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Why do European publishers split large books into so many volumes? Milking the customer? Well, when you translate English into Croatian, you made text little longer. I don't know if it's true in German or Finnish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I think the Dragonlance paperbacks in the 1980s/90s were "milking", at least to some extent, because those were not very long books. But it might sometimes also be a "test run" if a series sells well in a particular country/market. And there is the effect that translations between certain languages are up to 20% or more longer. I don't know exactly how it is with German and English but it is fairly obvious that e.g. in Latin things are far more condensed: no articles, participles can express longer relative or subsidiary clauses in one word, pronouns "swallowed" in verb forms, verb endings instead of auxiliaries etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlafK Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 On 19. April 2016 at 2:44 PM, Ser Scot A Ellison said: OlafK, The hardback is perfectly readable. I beg to differ and prefer the split version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlafK Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 4 hours ago, Lady Winter Rose said: Well, when you translate English into Croatian, you made text little longer. I don't know if it's true in German or Finnish. Some is milking for sure. Translations from English to German tend to get up to 30% longer in the process though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 On 4/18/2016 at 4:00 AM, Darth Richard II said: Yeah the hardcover To Green Angel Tower is like, the most massive massive fantasy hardcover ever. Not just fantasy but one of the longest fiction novels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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