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Re: next honorverse book
Post by 61Cygni   » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:32 pm

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Depending on just how much David is involved with the production of the movie, the next mainline Honorverse novel--the sequel to ART and SOF--may not be out until after the movie is released in 2016. If his role is just to answer a few emails a month, there may not be that mucb of a delay, but it is daily involvement with teleconferencing and trips to the studio, then he'll be too busy to write.

For comparision, when Arthur C. Clarke collaborated with Stanley Kubrick to make 2001: A Space Odyssey, he didn't write anything for the four years of the movie's production.
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by Thunder Child Actual   » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:02 pm

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What is the "Travis Long Cycle"?

Lunan wrote:Toni just gave us this info
"I don’t think David’s schedule can ever be described as “light.” We don’t have a projected pub date for the next Honor solo. The first of the Travis Long Cycle will be out in October next year. And, btw, it’s great.

--Toni

From: tonis_table-bounces@bar.baen.com [mailto:tonis_table-bounces@bar.baen.com] On Behalf Of Lunan
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 1:08 PM
To: tonis_table@bar.baen.com
Subject: [Baen Toni's Table] Status of Future Honorverse books?


Toni, there are concerns popping up on Davids website forums about the future of Honorverse books."
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by kzt   » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:11 pm

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David is a large enough name that he doesn't need Baen or Tor to sell books. If he published the next HH book via Amazon it would sell fine and he'd make significantly more per book. If he wanted to make yet more money he could get someone to front him the money for a bulk printing, cover art, editing etc and get Amazon to just do fulfillment.

So far he hasn't wanted to go that route.
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by Eric171   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:17 am

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Wow, looks like we won't see another mainline Honor book for quite some time. :|
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by Alistair   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:30 am

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I hope we are not waiting years :(
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by Alistair   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:30 am

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For the next mainline HH book that is
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by Star Knight   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:37 am

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This is nothing new. We waited almost four years for Strom from the Shadows after At All Costs. It wont be the end of the world if we dont get a mainline book in 2014 after we had two major releases in 2013 - which Toni doesnt say btw, no projected release date doesnt mean that Weber isnt working on it. We might very well get another Earc in late 2014 for a spring release in 2015.

Also keep in mind that we are likely to see more other Honorverse works. There probably will be more books in the Treecat series, two volumes of the companion will be released as well, maybe even another anthology book.
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by The E   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:23 am

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kzt wrote:David is a large enough name that he doesn't need Baen or Tor to sell books. If he published the next HH book via Amazon it would sell fine and he'd make significantly more per book. If he wanted to make yet more money he could get someone to front him the money for a bulk printing, cover art, editing etc and get Amazon to just do fulfillment.


This is a fallacy. Charlie Stross once wrote a piece on this, in which he explains that while a writer could "cut out the middle-man" and go the self-publishing route if he or she is successfull enough, it also means that the writer has to do everything the publisher does by himself (or pay others to do it for him), which eats into the time the writer can spend writing and the profit margin that remains at the end.

In the end, while MWW may have a big enough name to make self-publishing work, the end result for us readers would be less output.
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Re: next honorverse book
Post by pokermind   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:53 am

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David on what he's up to from Safehold:

runsforcelery wrote:
lyonheart wrote:Hi Fireflair,

Yup, nasty but typical of RFC's humor.

The good news is RFC must have finished a book.

Which one? :D

Although which one is something he may or may not tell us until later.

The ICA's radical mobility concepts began before the steam engine was 'invented' in Tellesburg, so their solutions are going to be largely animal based, aside from bicycles (that can also be towed behind wagons to save their riders energy etc) and similar muscle powered vehicles.

Do you have any ideas what other solutions the ICA may have come up with?

L





Nope. Haven't finished any lately. Just found myself with the need to blow out some cobwebs while I wait for other people to finish up stuff I need.


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Re: next honorverse book
Post by Charybdis   » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:06 am

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Hmmm, "Travis Long Cycle"? First I've heard of this. Anybody got any more info on this?


Lunan wrote:Toni just gave us this info
"I don’t think David’s schedule can ever be described as “light.” We don’t have a projected pub date for the next Honor solo. The first of the Travis Long Cycle will be out in October next year. And, btw, it’s great.

--Toni

From: tonis_table-bounces@bar.baen.com [mailto:tonis_table-bounces@bar.baen.com] On Behalf Of Lunan
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 1:08 PM
To: tonis_table@bar.baen.com
Subject: [Baen Toni's Table] Status of Future Honorverse books?


Toni, there are concerns popping up on Davids website forums about the future of Honorverse books."
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