DE LAATSTE KRONIEKEN VAN THOMAS COVENANT / The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant DE RUNEN VAN AARDE Amsterdam: Luitingh Fantasy, 735pag., ISBN 90-245-5205-2, 1e druk oktober 2005; vert.van: The Runes of the Earth (2004, London: Gollancz, 593pag., ISBN 0-0575-07598-8, hardcover w/dustjacket); vert.u...

but it gives february 2005 as pub date. somewhat outdated i dare say *g*

Does anybody know what happend to the announced Hill House deluxe edition of THE RUNES OF THE EARTH?

The had a website for it, but now that site is no longer there and they have no info in their new 2005 catalogue.

Has that project been scrapped?

By the way, has anyone come across a snippet from the audio book? I have tried to find one, so I could decide if I liked the reader´s voice or not, or I I can understand his English accent. Since I am German, I sometimes have difficultie with some readers! I could not find any snippet! Another sugge...

Get the audio book read by Scott Brick and listen to him read RUNES to you!

www.tadwilliams.co.uk/interview.htm Tad Williams interview Shadowmarch marks the beginning of your first epic fantasy since Memory, Sorrow And Thorn, a decade ago; does it feel good to be back? Shadowmarch is being advertised as my return to epic fantasy, but to honest with you, I don’t think I ever...

I think that it is quite a good performance for this book already! You have to remember that SRD has not had a bestseller for a long, long time. So, RUNES entering the most prestigious bestseller list of the US just mere days after publication is guite an achievement, I think! But you have to keep i...

As of tonight, there are 20 reviews and the average ratine is still 4 our of 5 stars, so the book is doing rather well...

Well, I just checked things at amazon. Right now, there are 13 reviews posted and 10 of these either give four or five stars to the book. I´d say that is a pretty good average. What I find very good is that most reviews of the book are really reviews. They are long and thoughtful and no two-liners s...

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/536975/102-7653330-5892916 One of the promotional essay his publishers made SRD write: I'm often asked why I waited so long--20 years--to begin work on the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. After all, the previous Covenant books were successful beyond my wil...

Of course, the review was not written by Donaldson´s agent! It is a service of Publishers Weekly that they include the name of the author´s agent, if there will be a book tour, or how much money the publishers plans to spend on marketing. Remember that PW is a magazine for people working in the book...

Review from Publishers Weekly 9/27/04 THE RUNES OF THE EARTH: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Stephen R. Donaldson. Putnam, $26.95 (496p) ISBN 0-399-15232-6 Six fantasy novels featuring Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever appeared between 1977 and 1983, but Donaldson shows that his epic series sti...

From Booklist Donaldson returns, with the intent of saying farewell to his most successful creation, Thomas Covenant, in four volumes, of which this large, generally impressive novel is the first. It is 10 years since Thomas Covenant's death, and Linden Avery runs the small mental hospital in which ...

I have written to Heyne asking them, if they already have any idea when they will begin reprinting TC and in what format. We´ll see how quick (if at all) they answer. Maybe than I can tell you more.

Olaf

Did you see the news item on the SRD homepage about Covenant being re-released in Germany? The rights for the LAST CHRONICLES went to Heyne and it obviusly includes reprint rights for the first six books!!!

Scott Brick will do the reading. SRD said so in the gradual interview.

Scott Brick has also read some of the DUNE novels, so he is familar with SF & F.

Amazon.uk and Amazon.de both have listings for a forthcoming special slipcased edition of RUNES for 30 pounds. Has anybody heard anything about this? I know about the planned Hill House special edition, but this would actually be something I might be able to afford. www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN...

Coming in November

Writing to German publishers is a good idea, but I think that should wait a little longer. right now the fantasy publishing world in germany is in flux, and it is kind of hard to see what will happen. Heyne, Germany´s biggest publisher of sf and fantasy, has been sold to randomhouse germany, who als...

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