{"id":183,"date":"2008-06-13T11:34:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T19:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=183"},"modified":"2012-03-20T05:41:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T13:41:09","slug":"an-aside-whats-next-for-erikson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/news\/an-aside-whats-next-for-erikson\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | What&#8217;s Next for Erikson?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aidanmoher.com\/random_stuff\/steve_erikson_sign_small.jpg\" width=\"400px\" height=\"300px\" alt=\"Steve Erikson and I\" class=\"author_pic_right\" \/>Robert, over at Fantasy Book Critic, just posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/interview-with-steven-erikson.html\">interesting interview with Steven Erikson<\/a>, author of the mighty <strong>Malazan Book of the Fallen<\/strong>. Among general questions about the series and tidbits about the upcoming novel, <strong>Toll the Hounds<\/strong>, Robert asks Erikson about what&#8217;s coming after he&#8217;s done with the ten volume <strong>Malazan<\/strong> series. Here&#8217;s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<p>Release dates remain unknown. I am into the ninth chapter of <strong>Dust of Dreams\/strong> right now and things proceed apace. I anticipate completing the manuscript some time in the autumn of this year. I normally roll straight into the next novel with not much of a breather between the two, then get slowed up doing the edited version (of the previous one) that comes back from the publisher. With a novella or two thrown in as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a secret any more that I&#8217;ve signed with Bantam UK for six more fantasy novels. Two trilogies, in fact. But not one a year \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that pace (with novellas thrown in) is wearing me out. I won&#8217;t get into any details on the books, or whatever stand-alone works I may squeeze in here and there. Not yet. Too early.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hmm&#8230; two trilogies? Could one of those be an exploration of the Ascendants&#8217; pasts that I <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=65\">hinted about a few months ago<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert, over at Fantasy Book Critic, just posted an interesting interview with Steven Erikson, author of the mighty Malazan Book of the Fallen. Among general questions about the series and tidbits about the upcoming novel, Toll the Hounds, Robert asks Erikson about what&#8217;s coming after he&#8217;s done with the ten volume Malazan series. 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