jurble Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Is anybody else surprised that we have a nearly maxed out thread on a book that is still months away from being published? Awesome and a little sad Not really, there's lots of threads like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Hat Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Well, having a bunch of them doesn't make it better, necessarily. Damn it, authors, hurry up and bring me my books already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samalander Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 And the GRRM blurb really fills in the dead spot in the upper left corner. That blurb looks like something that might have been written for "Lies of Locke Lamora"! Did GRRM even read this book? Maybe by now he's thinking "getting old, where has the freshness gone?" but they just intend on using his old quotes all the way to book 7!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 That blurb looks like something that might have been written for "Lies of Locke Lamora"! Did GRRM even read this book? Maybe by now he's thinking "getting old, where has the freshness gone?" but they just intend on using his old quotes all the way to book 7!!! That's industry standard practice. They're still using cover blurbs for the first book of ASoIaF on Book 4, and for the first book of Wheel of Time on Book 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Yeah, they usually put it under the heading "More praise for Scott Lynch" or something as opposed to "Praise for Republic of Thieves." Robert Jordan has been the modern Tolkein for 20 years now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird of the Canals Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 What?!? This thing for pushed back to June 21?!? Dammit!!!! http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553804690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Meh, after waiting almost a decade for Martin to finish what is essentially one book, the wait for Lynch is nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Meh, after waiting almost a decade for Martin to finish what is essentially one book, the wait for Lynch is nothing. Who the feck is Martin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Who the feck is Martin? Yeah, I've pretty much forgotten that guy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Meh, after waiting almost a decade for Martin to finish what is essentially one book, the wait for Lynch is nothing. That Martin guy has done you a huge favour then as he as made it possible to see delays as a minor thing. 2 years? No sweat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski the Swift Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I think the gold lettering looks much better than the red of the UK version (if they keep the red lettering that is). And the GRRM blurb really fills in the dead spot in the upper left corner. That cover looks freakin sweeeeeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 That Martin guy has done you a huge favour then as he as made it possible to see delays as a minor thing. 2 years? No sweat It's true. I used to be impatient to get the next book in a series; now, who cares? There are tons of other books out there to read. I have doubts we'll ever see the end of this ASoIaF, and I'm OK with that. The series is great, but it's not worth it. No piece of writing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Just browsing amazon and they still seem to think "the bastards and the knives" will be out at some point. Does anyone know if that side-story project has been officially abandoned? I was under the impression it had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Just browsing amazon and they still seem to think "the bastards and the knives" will be out at some point. Does anyone know if that side-story project has been officially abandoned? I was under the impression it had. It's still under contract to Gollancz and Sub Press. I imagine Gollancz and Bantam USA might prefer it if Lynch got on with Book 4 (The Thorn of Emberlain) ASAP in case that takes as long as RoT, but if Lynch is still sticking to his original plan it will be the next project post-Thieves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 It's still under contract to Gollancz and Sub Press. I imagine Gollancz and Bantam USA might prefer it if Lynch got on with Book 4 (The Thorn of Emberlain) ASAP in case that takes as long as RoT, but if Lynch is still sticking to his original plan it will be the next project post-Thieves. I can see how his publishers might want him to just get on with it. I would still like to read the side/prequel capers at some stage though - especially if we got to see some of the old crew. Still it may be easy to work on some short stories whenever he hits a brick wall with book 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosnik Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Not really, there's lots of threads like that. this whole forum is basically about that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillinisgood Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Random House has now taken the listing down. Bad sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Not really, there's lots of threads like that. The "nearly maxed out" part is what fascinates me about this thread. RSURS came out in July '07 and The Name of the Wind came out in March '07, but this thread is 20 pages while The Wise Man's Fear thread is only 5 (8 if you add the 3 page excerpt thread that Pat started). Not even The Gathering Storm maxed out a thread before release (although the "Sanderson to finish WoT" did get maxed out, which I'm sure included a lot of discussion/speculation about the actual book, but I didn't follow it so I don't know for sure). There's a lot of love for Lynch on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 The "nearly maxed out" part is what fascinates me about this thread. RSURS came out in July '07 and The Name of the Wind came out in March '07, but this thread is 20 pages while The Wise Man's Fear thread is only 5 (8 if you add the 3 page excerpt thread that Pat started). Not even The Gathering Storm maxed out a thread before release (although the "Sanderson to finish WoT" did get maxed out, which I'm sure included a lot of discussion/speculation about the actual book, but I didn't follow it so I don't know for sure). There's a lot of love for Lynch on this board. It probably helps that the last book ended with a pretty big cliffhanger, while NotW just stopped. It makes it easier to speculate on Lynch's follow up, especially since Rothfuss has told us most of what happens in the series with regards to Kvothe's past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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