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Re: [Glencook-fans] Further thoughts on A Path to Coldness...
by Matt Cutter 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Thanks for the confirmation. I'm still kicking myself for not getting the rest of those ebooks from Baen when they were available. -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 12/19/16, Win Barker <winb99(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Further thoughts on A Path to Coldness... To: "Matt Cutter" <thorr_kan(a)yahoo.com>, "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, December 19, 2016, 1:30 PM My Nightshade edition of Coldness ends with “…several steps ahead.” > On Dec 19, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > > Yeah, I'm familiar with the fan-theft-manuscript story. (As an aside, one of my tasks after inventing a time machine it to go back and counter-filch that manuscript from the thief.) > > Coldness just ended so abruptly I suspected a file problem. And I've never seen a physical copy of the book for comparison. > -------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 12/19/16, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Further thoughts on A Path to Coldness... > To: "Matt Cutter" <thorr_kan(a)yahoo.com>, "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Date: Monday, December 19, 2016, 12:41 PM > > That's right. Glen originally had > 3-4 more Dread Empire books he planned to write, before the > already-written future material was stolen around 1989. He > knew An Ill Fate Marshalling ended on a cliffhanger, and > that readers wanted resolution. > > So what Glen did was to condense parts of > 3-4 books into 1, to give readers a taste of how it would > have continued, and resolve the conflict of Bragi's > fate. > > In Glen's > universes, there's always more story to tell. All of his > series are "incomplete" in one way or another. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at > 11:25 AM, Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> > wrote: > Glen's writing style has always > been rather abbreviated. I think it's a product of the > genres he rights and the styles in vogue when he started > writing. (A lot of mid/late 70s SF reads very > similarly.) > > > > But Coldness seems to end really abruptly. It's almost > like I didn't get the full book. I got the Baen ebook > version back when Nightshade was still solvent. It ends > with: "Varthlokkur fell asleep before he could ask > where, thinking that that old devil always had one more > trick. But today they had played a few of their own and had > gotten several steps ahead." > > > > Is that right? > > > > ______________________________ _________________ > > glencook-fans mailing list > > glencook-fans@mailman. > xmission.com > > https://mailman.xmission.com/ > cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans > > > > > _______________________________________________ > glencook-fans mailing list > glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans

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Re: [Glencook-fans] Further thoughts on A Path to Coldness...
by Matt Cutter 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Yeah, I'm familiar with the fan-theft-manuscript story. (As an aside, one of my tasks after inventing a time machine it to go back and counter-filch that manuscript from the thief.) Coldness just ended so abruptly I suspected a file problem. And I've never seen a physical copy of the book for comparison. -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 12/19/16, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Further thoughts on A Path to Coldness... To: "Matt Cutter" <thorr_kan(a)yahoo.com>, "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, December 19, 2016, 12:41 PM That's right. Glen originally had 3-4 more Dread Empire books he planned to write, before the already-written future material was stolen around 1989. He knew An Ill Fate Marshalling ended on a cliffhanger, and that readers wanted resolution. So what Glen did was to condense parts of 3-4 books into 1, to give readers a taste of how it would have continued, and resolve the conflict of Bragi's fate. In Glen's universes, there's always more story to tell. All of his series are "incomplete" in one way or another. On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Glen's writing style has always been rather abbreviated. I think it's a product of the genres he rights and the styles in vogue when he started writing. (A lot of mid/late 70s SF reads very similarly.) But Coldness seems to end really abruptly. It's almost like I didn't get the full book. I got the Baen ebook version back when Nightshade was still solvent. It ends with: "Varthlokkur fell asleep before he could ask where, thinking that that old devil always had one more trick. But today they had played a few of their own and had gotten several steps ahead." Is that right? ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans

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Further thoughts on A Path to Coldness...
by Matt Cutter 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Glen's writing style has always been rather abbreviated. I think it's a product of the genres he rights and the styles in vogue when he started writing. (A lot of mid/late 70s SF reads very similarly.) But Coldness seems to end really abruptly. It's almost like I didn't get the full book. I got the Baen ebook version back when Nightshade was still solvent. It ends with: "Varthlokkur fell asleep before he could ask where, thinking that that old devil always had one more trick. But today they had played a few of their own and had gotten several steps ahead." Is that right?

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Re: [Glencook-fans] I'm rereading A Path To Coldness of the Heart.
by Matt Cutter 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Ha! Mist's enemy, hiding in plain site, in what he thought would be a backwater. That'd be hilarious. It's been a long time since I read the rest of Dread Empire. Maybe it's time to dig out the paperbacks. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 12/16/16, Michael Llaneza <maserati(a)speakeasy.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] I'm rereading A Path To Coldness of the Heart. To: "Matt Cutter" <thorr_kan(a)yahoo.com>, "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, December 16, 2016, 9:02 PM The same guy that sent the Tear into hiding with Valther if memory serves. It might not, I can't remember his name at all. On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: And I'm missing something obvious. When the Old Meddler is scouting for his final attack, he mentions recognizing El Murid's Matayangan, as does Mist. Who is this guy? ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans

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I'm rereading A Path To Coldness of the Heart.
by Matt Cutter 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

And I'm missing something obvious. When the Old Meddler is scouting for his final attack, he mentions recognizing El Murid's Matayangan, as does Mist. Who is this guy?

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Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series
by Matt Cutter 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

Can't recommend Wikipedia enough. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 12/9/16, conchan conchan <nagoyacanuckjp(a)yahoo.co.jp> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: "Matt Cutter" <thorr_kan(a)yahoo.com>, "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, December 9, 2016, 4:39 PM Thanks for listing the anthologies with the shorts in them. I wasn't aware of them and have ordered them. Well, there are the Black Company short stories: "Bone Candy"—appeared in Shattered Shields edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt, published by Baen (2014) "Bone Eaters"—appeared in Operation Arcana edited by John Joseph Adams, published by Baen (2015) among others. Both of these anthologies are available from www.baen.com for purchase. The first takes place between the Battle of Charm and Juniper; it mentions the Port of Shadows. The second on the retreat from Juniper to the Hole. Port of Shadows is one of the rumored books. The short stories are recent. Maybe...progress is being made? Or maybe Mr. Cook is getting what he can published before he shuffles off this mortal coil. Sorry; John Glenn's passing and Buzz Aldrin's health scare have got me a little maudlin today. It's quiet out there. Too quiet. I'm starting to wonder whether we'll see any more new books from Glen at all, despite the two BC books that he said were well underway years ago. Thanks for the correction...was almost excited...sigh. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com> To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author <glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 4:54 pm Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series Path (2102) is 4 years old; Amazon.us shows 12 copies remaining in paperback. Fortress (2007) is an omnibus, collecting The Fire in His Hands (1984) and With Mercy Toward None (1985). Wind (2006) is an omnibus, collecting A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979), October's Baby (1980), and All Darkness Met (1980). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_works_by_Glen_Cook ------------------------------ -------------- On Thu, 12/8/16, Steve Harris <harrissg(a)slu.edu> wrote: Subject: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com> Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016, 3:07 PM I was just browsing through Amazon and I was startled to see recommend to me a new book by Glen, "A Path to Coldness of Heart"--last of a 4-volume series revisiting the Dread Empire. How the the heck did I miss roll-out of this, apparently starting 9 years ago with "A Cruel Wind" (then "A Fortress in Shadow" and "Reap the East Wind")? (Though I do have the short-story collection, "An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat.") I don't recall ever seeing these in Barnes & Noble. Are there paperbacks yet? Any thoughts on this series? Stacey -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans

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Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series
by Matt Cutter 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

Well, there are the Black Company short stories: "Bone Candy"—appeared in Shattered Shields edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt, published by Baen (2014) "Bone Eaters"—appeared in Operation Arcana edited by John Joseph Adams, published by Baen (2015) among others. Both of these anthologies are available from www.baen.com for purchase. The first takes place between the Battle of Charm and Juniper; it mentions the Port of Shadows. The second on the retreat from Juniper to the Hole. Port of Shadows is one of the rumored books. The short stories are recent. Maybe...progress is being made? Or maybe Mr. Cook is getting what he can published before he shuffles off this mortal coil. Sorry; John Glenn's passing and Buzz Aldrin's health scare have got me a little maudlin today. -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 12/8/16, Lawrence Jenab <larryjenab(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: "saulamca(a)aol.com" <saulamca(a)aol.com>, "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016, 4:54 PM It's quiet out there. Too quiet. I'm starting to wonder whether we'll see any more new books from Glen at all, despite the two BC books that he said were well underway years ago. On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:41 PM, saulamca--- via glencook-fans <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Thanks for the correction...was almost excited...sigh. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com> To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author <glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 4:54 pm Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series Path (2102) is 4 years old; Amazon.us shows 12 copies remaining in paperback. Fortress (2007) is an omnibus, collecting The Fire in His Hands (1984) and With Mercy Toward None (1985). Wind (2006) is an omnibus, collecting A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979), October's Baby (1980), and All Darkness Met (1980). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_works_by_Glen_Cook ------------------------------ -------------- On Thu, 12/8/16, Steve Harris <harrissg(a)slu.edu> wrote: Subject: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com> Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016, 3:07 PM I was just browsing through Amazon and I was startled to see recommend to me a new book by Glen, "A Path to Coldness of Heart"--last of a 4-volume series revisiting the Dread Empire. How the the heck did I miss roll-out of this, apparently starting 9 years ago with "A Cruel Wind" (then "A Fortress in Shadow" and "Reap the East Wind")? (Though I do have the short-story collection, "An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat.") I don't recall ever seeing these in Barnes & Noble. Are there paperbacks yet? Any thoughts on this series? Stacey -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans ______________________________ _________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman. xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ glencook-fans -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans

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Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series
by Matt Cutter 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

I think Dread Empire's compete now. Sorry to be a mood killer. -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 12/8/16, saulamca(a)aol.com <saulamca(a)aol.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: thorr_kan(a)yahoo.com, glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016, 4:41 PM Thanks for the correction...was almost excited...sigh. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 4:54 pm Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series Path (2102) is 4 years old; Amazon.us shows 12 copies remaining in paperback. Fortress (2007) is an omnibus, collecting The Fire in His Hands (1984) and With Mercy Toward None (1985). Wind (2006) is an omnibus, collecting A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979), October's Baby (1980), and All Darkness Met (1980). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Glen_Cook -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 12/8/16, Steve Harris <harrissg(a)slu.edu> wrote: Subject: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016, 3:07 PM I was just browsing through Amazon and I was startled to see recommend to me a new book by Glen, "A Path to Coldness of Heart"--last of a 4-volume series revisiting the Dread Empire. How the the heck did I miss roll-out of this, apparently starting 9 years ago with "A Cruel Wind" (then "A Fortress in Shadow" and "Reap the East Wind")? (Though I do have the short-story collection, "An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat.") I don't recall ever seeing these in Barnes & Noble. Are there paperbacks yet? Any thoughts on this series? Stacey -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans

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Re: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series
by Matt Cutter 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

Path (2102) is 4 years old; Amazon.us shows 12 copies remaining in paperback. Fortress (2007) is an omnibus, collecting The Fire in His Hands (1984) and With Mercy Toward None (1985). Wind (2006) is an omnibus, collecting A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979), October's Baby (1980), and All Darkness Met (1980). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Glen_Cook -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 12/8/16, Steve Harris <harrissg(a)slu.edu> wrote: Subject: [Glencook-fans] Dread Empire new series To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016, 3:07 PM I was just browsing through Amazon and I was startled to see recommend to me a new book by Glen, "A Path to Coldness of Heart"--last of a 4-volume series revisiting the Dread Empire. How the the heck did I miss roll-out of this, apparently starting 9 years ago with "A Cruel Wind" (then "A Fortress in Shadow" and "Reap the East Wind")? (Though I do have the short-story collection, "An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat.") I don't recall ever seeing these in Barnes & Noble. Are there paperbacks yet? Any thoughts on this series? Stacey -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans

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Dread Empire new series
by Steve Harris 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

I was just browsing through Amazon and I was startled to see recommend to me a new book by Glen, "A Path to Coldness of Heart"--last of a 4-volume series revisiting the Dread Empire. How the the heck did I miss roll-out of this, apparently starting 9 years ago with "A Cruel Wind" (then "A Fortress in Shadow" and "Reap the East Wind")? (Though I do have the short-story collection, "An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat.") I don't recall ever seeing these in Barnes & Noble. Are there paperbacks yet? Any thoughts on this series? Stacey

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