There will be a sixth Stravaganza!

[A_I_13]

Originally Posted by FireDragon-16

Just checking on how long I have to wait...City of Swords comes out next year right?

I hate waiting for books to come out...

Sameee. just decided to reread all of the stravaganzas. for fun.

[FireDragon-16]

Originally Posted by A_I_13

just decided to reread all of the stravaganzas. for fun.

That's on my list of things to do, but I have others that I need to re-read first (along with several that I need to just READ )

[Mary Hoffman]

Fifteen chapters done! Hoping to meet 28th July deadline, with a week in Lucca 8th-15th to check locations.

[A_I_13]

Wow! I am so excited! I can't wait for the next one and it is great to think that it is being written.

Do you know when it is going to be released next year?

[Lexell_Cassini]

I finished reading City of Ships today

I wonder how much time I will wait for book 6...

[A_I_13]

Will there be a seventh book?

[Mary Hoffman]

That depends on the publisher, whose decision will in turn be based on the hard facts of book sales of 1-6!

It's a hard and cutthroat world out there.

But Swords will be handed in on 28th July and I hope published in the Uk July of next year.

Mary

[A_I_13]

Will the hardback and paper back versions be published together, or will it be like city of ships?

[Mary Hoffman]

Originally Posted by A_I_13

Will the hardback and paper back versions be published together, or will it be like city of ships?

The paperbacks are UK and the hardbacks US. All I know is that the UK edition will be out next July. I neither decide nor influence these things. I just write the books, which I must go and do now!

[A_I_13]

So, if I want to get a hardback edition to match all of my other ones, I will have to get it from the us?

[Mary Hoffman]

Originally Posted by A_I_13

So, if I want to get a hardback edition to match all of my other ones, I will have to get it from the us?

That was also true of City of Secrets and City of Ships.

Mary

[A_I_13]

Originally Posted by Mary Hoffman

That was also true of City of Secrets and City of Ships.

Mary

Actually, they were available in the UK in hardback. I bought them from Amazon. Not from someone on Amazon, from the actual company. Is it going to be the same for City of Swords as it was for City of Ships? Because then I will be able to get the hardback from Amazon.

[Mary Hoffman]

Originally Posted by A_I_13

Actually, they were available in the UK in hardback. I bought them from Amazon. Not from someone on Amazon, from the actual company. Is it going to be the same for City of Swords as it was for City of Ships? Because then I will be able to get the hardback from Amazon.

They were available from Amazon but they are American editions. There are no UK hardbacks of the second trilogy. Yes, it will be the same. But the America hardbacks tend to come out a bit later than the UK paperbacks.

[Mary Hoffman]

City of Swords went to my agent and editor this morning.

Phew!

[feorin]

Originally Posted by Mary Hoffman

City of Swords went to my agent and editor this morning.

Phew!

That's awesome to hear - I'm looking forward to it! I'm still waiting for David to be published in Canada, which looks like I'll have to wait until September, when Bloomsbury USA releases it in North America.

Originally Posted by A_I_13

For some reason, I just can't see them animated. I don't think it fits, usually animated movies are all 'not real' but I think that that defeats the whole point, because you want to show how real this world is, it's not just a figment of someones imagination.

But it's true, Merla would have to be in CGI.

I'd have to agree - I'm not quite able to imagine the series animated. (I'd personally be horrified if it was a CG movie, mostly because I'm tired of them.) Not so much because animation makes it seem less real, but it's way it's depicted that leaves me sort of unsure (I'd have to see what the designs would be like and such). It could be very good, though, we'd never really know unless someone decides to pursue that method. I've seen some very good animated adaptions of novel series like The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono and Moribito by Nahoko Uehashi.

I wonder, if not a film (series), perhaps Stravaganza would translate better into the medium of a television series? There would more room for exploring (slice-of-life?) moments because the pacing would be different and I'd think it would have a better chance of showing more of the series than a film series, especially if the first film does not succeed. Production values for television series can be very high and turn out very well (or maybe it's just me thinking about the fantastic clothes worn in The Tudors - very opulent).

(And maybe a better chance at finding some young unknowns for Lucien and Arianna, if the pressure isn't there to find someone with a name already out there. XD)

On the other hand, I'm also the odd person who is trying to imagine if it's possible to adapt Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales into a mini-series that focuses on the pilgrims telling stories (sort of like How I Met Your Mother, except with visible narrators), with interruptions and breaks and stuff. Hmm....