Outside of a Dog: Smith, Sherwood, and Dave Trowbridge: (05) The Thrones of Kronos

Pam (t-12 days)

Pam (t-12 days) wrote on September 21, 2002 at 7:49 PM:

1. Are you sure you want Baen to reprint them, with their bizarro "lets revise the text because these books are old and modern readers are too stupid to appreciate the fact that they weren't written yesterday" editorial policy?

2. I know exactly what you mean about not being able to concentrate on a complicated plot when you can only read in short stints. I've been suffering from that all summer, as you can probably tell from the distinct lack of long books with complex plots on my book log.

3. What is this "job" thing of which you speak? Is that the thing real people do, instead of post-docs?

Trent

Trent wrote on September 21, 2002 at 10:39 PM:

Pam, dahling, are we to infer that you have a defense coming up in less than two weeks? And if so, is there any particular flavor of propitiatory sacrifice that you'd like us to conduct on your behalf?

As to the Baen policy, I thought it was more limited to authors that were no longer around, or able to contribute to editorial decisions(?) That doesn't appear to be the case here....

Kate

Kate wrote on September 22, 2002 at 10:49 AM:

Pam: They were published in the 1990s, so they aren't all that old. Though I understand the authors are looking, on their own, at revising the opening of the first book.

http://www.davetrowbridge.com/exordium/archives/000443.html#000443

(And I did say "or someone"...)

Good luck on whatever's coming in 12 days, try not to kill anyone along the way. Would you like chocolate sent?

Pam (t-11)

Pam (t-11) wrote on September 22, 2002 at 11:12 AM:

Ugh, yes, thesis defense in 11 days.

If y'all don't hear from me after the 3rd, send condolences to my parents.

Re: sacrifices-- I believe tradition calls for a virgin undergrad of your choosing, but I think we can forego that. You can pray to the supernatural being of your choice, if you want.

Re: chocolate-- would not be turned down.

And when it's done (assuming I live) I'm going to read some fun space opera.

Sherwood Smith

Sherwood Smith wrote on September 22, 2002 at 5:33 PM:

Well, we did hope to go on with the next series; a certain plot thread is answered right off in the first, but takes a long time to resolve.

We still hope to get the chance to write these.

Looking forward to your assessment, when Real Life (tm) permits you the time.

Kate

Kate wrote on September 22, 2002 at 9:01 PM:

"The next series," hmmm?

. . . I don't know if I was happier when I thought the questions were supposed to remain unanswered. =>

*goes away pondering*

*also contemplates the kind of meta-series that calls five fat paperbacks "the beginning"*

Dave Trowbridge

Dave Trowbridge wrote on September 22, 2002 at 10:24 PM:

It took well over 15 years to craft the world of Exordium; five books don't even come close to exhausting the stories we have to tell.

Rebecca

Rebecca wrote on September 23, 2002 at 8:38 PM:

So hurry up with Jasper and then get on with it already. Sheesh. :-)

I remember feeling a certain sense of mild outrage the first time I read them... like when your favorite TV series ends the season on a cliffhanger. A good sort of mild outrage, of course.