Werthead Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 1:07 AM, Gigei said: I've seen the same ending in many GGK books though, so I was expecting it. Reveal hidden contents Though I was sad to see the fall of Constantinople, I mean Sarantium. I'm interested to see where he goes next. Spoiler A third book in this milieu might be a bit much, but seeing Sarantium thrive under its new rulers would be interesting and subvert the "oh, the city has fallen, it's the end of days," thing. After the visions of a version of the Napoleonic Wars in this world, I'd be interested if he leapt forward all the way to the not-19th Century and dealt with a much more advanced kind of world. As much as I like GGK, he certainly has a standard approach to his books which can threaten to get repetitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Jaxom 1974 said: Why did the Sarantine Mosaic have to be two books? Just finished Sailing to Sarantium last night and it built and built, truly the first 150 or so pages seemed like they didn't go anywhere, but by the end, I wasn't ready for it to end... I'm glad I wasn't reading them as they came out because it did feel more like one long novel and works best when read together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 hours ago, williamjm said: I'm glad I wasn't reading them as they came out because it did feel more like one long novel and works best when read together. I knew it was going to be that way...but noooooo...I only purchased the first one at this time so I could get other things too...I'm an idiot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 11 hours ago, Werthead said: I'm interested to see where he goes next. Hide contents A third book in this milieu might be a bit much, but seeing Sarantium thrive under its new rulers would be interesting and subvert the "oh, the city has fallen, it's the end of days," thing. After the visions of a version of the Napoleonic Wars in this world, I'd be interested if he leapt forward all the way to the not-19th Century and dealt with a much more advanced kind of world. As much as I like GGK, he certainly has a standard approach to his books which can threaten to get repetitive. The Fall of Constantinople/Sarantium in GGK's world seems to have been much swifter than in ours. In Children of Earth and Sky, the Empress was described as having the East at her feet, as a young woman, and Sarantium was still a city of a million people. At the time of the Fall, Trakesia/Greece was still described as under imperial rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Over on Twitter, Kay revealed he was nearly done with drafting the next novel, with a delivery of the draft to the publisher in early 2021. "A long way" from being published yet, he notes, but still, late 2021 seems doable, or early 2022 depending. He has given absolutely no hints at all about what the latest book entails. Very excited to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Patrek Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Great news! Guy never gives any hints, so it's nothing new. Happy to know that we have something to look forward to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 10:57 AM, SeanF said: The Fall of Constantinople/Sarantium in GGK's world seems to have been much swifter than in ours. In Children of Earth and Sky, the Empress was described as having the East at her feet, as a young woman, and Sarantium was still a city of a million people. At the time of the Fall, Trakesia/Greece was still described as under imperial rule. History is much more compressed in general in Kay's novels from my basic knowledge. Justinian is immediately succeeded by a Leo 3 analogue, who was nearly 200 years later in real life, and the end of the Reconquista over in 'Spain' took about ten-fifteen years rather than several hundred. SeanF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, polishgenius said: History is much more compressed in general in Kay's novels from my basic knowledge. Justinian is immediately succeeded by a Leo 3 analogue, who was nearly 200 years later in real life, and the end of the Reconquista over in 'Spain' took about ten-fifteen years rather than several hundred. Those are good points. My impression was that Sarantium was under pressure from the Asharites in her youth, but still a great power. It’s like going from 1150 to 1453 in a single lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, SeanF said: Those are good points. My impression was that Sarantium was under pressure from the Asharites in her youth, but still a great power. It’s like going from 1150 to 1453 in a single lifetime. Maybe Sarantium never had an Alexios I, and things kept disintegrating? Edited December 31, 2020 by The Marquis de Leech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 15 hours ago, The Marquis de Leech said: Maybe Sarantium never had an Alexios I, and things kept disintegrating? Despite his merits, GGK has never matched your three way sex scene between Yoda, Gollum, and Debby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 Kay's next novel is called All the Seas of the World and will be published in May 2022. Not much info other than that, save it's set in the "world of A Brightness Long Ago." SeanF, HoodedCrow and Ran 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Just in time for my birthday next year. This’ll be the 7th book set in the Jad/Ashar/Kindath world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Patrek Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Yeah, saw that on FB earlier today. Looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Very cool. Wonder if it’s about the discovery of the New World? Or of the sea trade with the East? Hmmm. ETA: GGK does Shogun could be schweet Edited June 3, 2021 by unJon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, unJon said: Very cool. Wonder if it’s about the discovery of the New World? Or of the sea trade with the East? Hmmm. ETA: GGK does Shogun could be schweet I'm thinking either of those are possible, just off the title. The first Western ships to reach the equivalent of China, thereby bringing together his interests and research for Under Heaven and River of Stars together, would work well. But... could be something else entirely, perhaps more focused on Seressa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Already the book I'm most anticipating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Finally started in on Under Heaven and it's just wonderful so far... Ran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 And it was just a wonderful book. Not sure I can put it in my top three (of the ones I've read thus far), but it's a contender to break in there... Underfoot, SeanF and Ran 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) I really need to catch up on my Kay. Not sure if I'm 2 or 3 books behind. I'm looking at two of them in hardcover on my bookshelf, unread, right now. That said, would be interested in an alternate history where either Kitai or the European-equivalents attempt to colonize the Americas-equivalent, but they find a continent of 100 million people resisting them, due to the natives having magical vaccines to all the alien diseases the would-be conquerers bring. Edited June 23, 2021 by SpaceChampion Zorral 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) I have three or four Kay books I've scored for a quarter at thrift stores but haven't ever gotten around to reading them. Separately, 27 pages? This thread is an abomination. I feel dirty and corrupted even posting on the 21st page of a thread. This feels transgressive and I kind of like it. eta: egaaaads!!? 28! Edited June 25, 2021 by larrytheimp Fragile Bird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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