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****** I don't think there are any real spoilers in this post, but mods please change the flair if you disagree. I'm about 25% through NLF, so no spoilers beyond that please and thank you.******
Last night I went to the launch of No Life Forsaken, at Munro's Books in Victoria (Canada). Steve had planned on doing a reading, but opted for about 90 minutes of Q&A and essentially just chatting instead.
If you've watched any of his interviews before, it wasn't dissimilar from a given one of those: questions about inspiration, his approach to writing, the ttrpg background of the world and stories, favourite characters, etc. He comes across as a very genuine guy, and he stuck around for a bit after to shake hands and sign books.
Some highlights and interesting bits:
- Walk in Shadow is very close to hitting the publisher's desk. It's going to be a large book.
- There is a non-zero chance that Kallor might get his own book (?!)
- A standalone, non-Malazan book is being published by Subterranean Press; it's science fiction.
- Legacies of Betrayal (Witness #3) is all, or almost entirely, focused on marine squads.
- Witness #4 is (at least tentatively) titled The Last God. Karsa will make an appearance.
- The third collection of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach is still coming, likely after Walk in Shadow and Legacies of Betrayal.
- Ian Esslemont's fifth Path to Ascendancy book is very nearly ready for publication.
- After the current in-progress series are finished (Witness, Kharkanas, B&KB, PtA), both authors will be done writing stories in the Malazan world.
- After completing The Crippled God in 2011, Erikson took a week off writing, read the collected works of Shakespeare, and then started work on Forge of Darkness. Unreal.
It was a great way to spend an evening and I hope he does more of these with Munro's. I'm happy to try and answer any questions.
