The sooner the better but since Nightshade are the ones actually publishing the book their "coming in December" is probably the most accurate. Steve
I also show a pub date of Nov 1 through Baker and Taylor. -- S
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Richard Chilton <rchilton@auracom.com>wrote:
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik@gmail.com>wrote:
Back to The Wrath of Kings, An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat will be released in a few weeks (Amazon still lists November 15, but Nightshade Books says "coming in December"). Glen is supposed to provide a detailed introduction, so maybe the status of the lost manuscript will be addressed there. I don't plan on purchasing the hardcover, so anybody who does buy or otherwise examinea copy, please let us know asap if The Wrath of Kings is discussed! Thanks in advance!
I have it pre-ordered from www.chapters.indigo.ca, which lists it as shipping November 1, 2008...
Odd - looking at the book's page there's a "Temporarily Unavailable to Order New" note on it. Maybe there is a problem?
Glen Cook has talked about that lost manuscript several times - he only has one page of it left. Alas, since it was written before the days of Word Processors (or at least before Glen Cook switched from typewriter to computer) there's no back ups. All because he used to invite fans into his home.
In a way the missing book is responsible for Glittering Stone books. After investing so much time and effort into the Dread Empire book that was never published, Cook decided not to work on books that his agent hadn't sold yet. When there was confusion over Tower of Fear, Silver Spike, and The Books of the South (Cook thought he had sold a stand along (Tower), a Black Company book (The Silver Spike), and a Black Company Trilogy when he only a deal for a stand alone and three Black Company books) Cook stopped working on the Glitter Stone, put away all thoughts on it, and went on to other books. If that mistake hadn't been made (or Cook had finished the book then) then The Glittering Stone would have been a single book. It would have been good, but it wouldn't have been the saga that was eventually published.
Richard
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