More Locke Lamora coming soon

The only person on the planet more full of crap and lazier than GRRM. No way I'd read anymore of his stuff or give him any more money. It's supposed to be 7 books. It 10000000000% will never get finished. You should only read it if you have no cares that you're reading a story that will never come close to being finished. It's sad because it's a great story.

I forget about him. I never even started that one because of how bad people talked about him and not finishing. Been burned by fantasy writers too many times now to start on a series of a writer that can't put out books in a timely manner.

You would think he's be able to finish since it's only one book left right? Lynch isn't even close to being done, he's got four more.

Yeah, I'm still going to enjoy the series and the new additions he's written.

At least with Gentlemen Bastards, you can read the books and not be left hanging.

It's not a Jon Snow being stabbed and then end book

A problem a lot of these writers have, probably GRRM and Lynch more so than Rothfuss based on everyone's view of him, is the next (very) long awaited book will probably get labeled as garbage by today's crap fandom anyway.

A lot of the nerds have built up in their minds what the next book is supposed to have or do and when it comes out and doesn't meet their 15+ years of expectations, it's shite. I see it with a lot of stuff

Like the DND movie was good. I really liked it, but nerds built it up so much and it didn't match their delusions so you were an idiot if you didn't agree the movie was shite

You can book it. IF WoW or Doors ever get published, it'll be the "worst book of the entire series" and "what has GRRM/PR been doing for 15 years" even if it is just decent, it'll be considered shite

Normally I'd re-read the books, and may do it if they ever get released

But YouTube may be my go-to to be honest

Here is one video summarizing A Game of Thrones



I wish they did the rest of the books too. Actually a legit good summary

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The only person on the planet more full of crap and lazier than GRRM. No way I'd read anymore of his stuff or give him any more money. It's supposed to be 7 books. It 10000000000% will never get finished. You should only read it if you have no cares that you're reading a story that will never come close to being finished. It's sad because it's a great story.

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Agree that it will never be completed and I probably won’t read any more bless it does get finished.

But….

Lies was a fantastic story that works really well as a stand alone novel and I’d recommend to anyone regardless of if the series is ever completed.

The original release date for this book was September 2016. We're past 8 years since this book was supposed to have been released.

I read Lies back before there was even a book board on TD. We used to talk about books on the Movie/TV board. It was recommended to me there, and I absolutely loved it. I loved the following two books also.

But how long are fans supposed to wait?

Its been so long since the original release date that I have forgotten to care about this book.

Maybe his editors should sit him down and say "Scott, instead of bitching about Trump all day on twitter, how about writing a few pages of the novel that's 8 years late?"

I can guarantee you, that if Trump wins, Lynch is going to go into a Trump derangement spiral, and we will never see that book.

Wasn't boasting. Just letting you know that I, and many others here, have seen all of this before from Lynch.

He's written countless novellas and short stories and reviews and blog posts and twitter messages and tumblr posts. He's travelled the world to attend multiple fan events, comic cons, Sci Fi cons and the like. And none of them have lead to the book being released.

As far as the "poliboard crap" is concerned, I only bring it up because the "poliboard crap" is one of the main reasons why the book was delayed in the first place. Lynch has stated this himself.

I'm glad that you're excited - I'd like to be excited by this news myself - and I don't mean to dampen your spirits. But we've seen this similar song and dance from Lynch multiple times before.

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It's not a GRRM update of "I wrote a chapter then took a month break but finally back at it", it's "I wrote 3 novellas totalling 120k words that span the year between books and they are done, just waiting on the publisher to release", fwiw, that's is a novel length combined

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GRRM has written plenty of short stories and novellas set in the ASoIaF universe over the years. Plenty. None of them have lead to him releasing the novel any sooner.

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From Lynch's own press release on the novellas:

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Q. Weren't novellas announced using some of these titles years ago?

A. Yes. Originally, many years ago, The Mad Baron's Mechanical Attic was conceived as a prequel to The Lies of Locke Lamora detailing how the Gentlemen Bastards took possession of the brandy they used for their con game. I decided to abandon that idea

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So we've been through this before. "I've made progress! Something new in the Gentlemen Bastards universe is coming out! Novellas! Get excited!"

Then nothing. No updates for years.

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Q. When and where will The Road to Emberlain novellas be available?

A. This is a project forthcoming from Subterranean Press.

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Forthcoming. No release date. One wonders if the novellas are even written yet.

Ok.

Hope it comes true. Good luck.

I have held off reading this series and glad I did