Friday 16 September 2011

THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES pushed back to 2012

Okay, it was clear a few weeks ago that The Republic of Thieves was not going to be a 2011 release, but Gollancz have confirmed it by giving the book a new date of March 2012 in their online catalogue. Frustratingly (for Scott Lynch and Gollancz as much as the fans), this date is still not final or set in stone.


According to Gollancz the date is:
"Still speculative. But progressively less speculative."
Scott has been blogging more frequently recently and assures us that:
"For the curious: The instant, the microsecond I have an unchanging date for TRoT's release I will Twitter the holy bejeezus out of it."
Getting closer...hopfully! :-)
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11 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 September 2011 at 14:13:00 GMT

    For shame, gollancz.

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  2. Adam Whitehead16 September 2011 at 14:18:00 GMT

    Shame for what? The book has been delayed because Scott hasn't handed in the final rewrites and the final draft of the book.

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  3. Andrew16 September 2011 at 14:42:00 GMT

    I am just about finished re-reading Lies and fell in love with this series all over again.

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  4. Anonymous16 September 2011 at 15:50:00 GMT

    The Anonymous Shawn Speakman: I think what the other poster means is that Gollancz shouldn't announce another date that has no factual evidence of being correct. :)

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  5. GunMetalBlue16 September 2011 at 16:05:00 GMT

    I'll put on my surprised face. Yeah, I am not expecting it anytime soon.

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  6. Jamie16 September 2011 at 21:01:00 GMT

    This is the first time I'm slightly disappointed with Gollancz, since they released an audio interview with Scott where he himself stated it was coming out in November 2011.

    The guy is dealing with some extremely difficult things, so you can't fault the delay in release, but it's still kind of frustrating...

    Ah well, the more important thing is that Scott finds his happiness and joy for writing again and that the book is only released when it's as good as it can be.

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  7. Anonymous16 September 2011 at 21:10:00 GMT

    I suppose this doesn't bode well for the prequel Gentlemen Bastard book either?

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  8. Megan17 September 2011 at 03:44:00 GMT

    It'll be done when it's done. Plenty of other fantastic books to be read while we wait.

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  9. Elfy19 September 2011 at 00:27:00 GMT

    Hopefully, you and me both.

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  10. Anonymous16 January 2012 at 03:53:00 GMT

    Anything new on this book? It's Jan 2012 now--is it still going to be coming out in March??
    :(

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  11. Adam Whitehead16 January 2012 at 21:21:00 GMT

    Apparently it will now be autumn 2012 at the earliest.

    Frustrating.

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