The new, new thing?
So, as promised last week, tis time to ponder the next book to be worked on by yours truly.
Here are a few birds that could be popped in the pot and brought to the boil over the next 12-months or so …
- A new Sliding Void scifi novel (book #7)… this has the same crew as Hell Fleet, so think a military SF theme.
- A new Jackelian fantasy/steampunk novel (book #8).
- The last novel in the Far-called sequence (book #4).
- A totally new murder-mystery detective novel (a contemporary setting with little in the way of SF elements).
- The sequel to Empty Beyond the Stars (book #2 in the Songs of Old Sol series).
- As well as the above five options, there is also finishing Chance Zapman & the Planet of Deadly Doom (my first science fiction comedy book).
I’ve already had a few readers asking for another Jackelian book – I suspect given the weight of numbers in my readership, and where many know me from, this is where my popular vote inhabits … but I’d be interested to hear from you about what you might fancy reading next from me?
You can leave your comments below, thanks.
Obviously I’d like a new Jackelian novel, I bought the second book first (didn’t realise it was the second lol) back when it was released and loved it, always thought it was a shame the movie/tv show version of the first book hit the skids (well brick wall really but I’m trying to be diplomatic). The far-called series deserves a conclusion so my second vote goes there. Thanks
Myself, I’d love a new Jackelian book. (And would also be very happy to see the first couple of Jackelian books get rereleased on Kindle in the U.S.)
Hi Joe
Thanks for your feedback. Sad to say, rights for 1-6 in the Jackelian series still reside with HarperCollins, who sold the paper rights to Tor in the USA, but both sides forgot about the e-book side of things in the contract, so the ebooks are kind of in limbo and spotty outside the UK.
I’ve asked HC if I could get the rights back for 1-6, but it’s crickets from them – Big Trad Pub likes to hold onto the IP for life of author + 70 years, even if they don’t leverage the goodies fully themselves.
Maybe my grandkids will get the rights back, but it’ll probably be Direct-to-Brain downloads over Amazon Neuralink(TM) by then!
Stephen
A new jackelian novel would be amazing!
I’m sensing a pattern here, Nate!
The Jackelian series is one of my favorite series and I love the whole world of the books. I need another one for sure. *thumping the floor with my debating stick.)
This is becoming a one horse race, Lance.
It will ALWAYS be “a new Jackelian novel please”, due to no one else writing anything remotely similar, so the only “fix” is going to be a Stephen Hunt one.