Guy Gavriel Kay News (incl Torcon)

[FraserRonald]

This is off of WARP & WEFT: THE BRIGHT WEAVINGS NEWSLETTER. "Bright Weavings" is GGK's semi-official site. You can find it at http://www.brightweavings.com/

The news:

"> Completion!

"It is my very great pleasure to announce that a few weeks ago, GGK completed his latest novel. It is my even greater pleasure to tell you that the confirmed title of the new book is The Last Light of the Sun. The novel will be published around March/April of next year. Other details we know are that it is a single-volume work, and that it takes place in the same world as that of The Lions of Al-Rassan and The Sarantine Mosaic. And we now have only around six months to wait!

"> Appearances

"GGK will be attending Torcon, which takes place over the last weekend in August, in Toronto. I don't have any more details yet of whether he will be doing readings/signings etc, but if I do get them, I'll put them on the website in the news/readings section, so do check back there. Meanwhile, he will be reading at the Hart House Library of the University of Toronto on September 30th, at an evening on behalf of the Editors' Association of Canada. Two authors will read prior to GGK. The evening will run from 7 to 9 pm. The second evening of the reading series will occur on October 7th, a Tuesday."

Now I really, really wish I still lived in Toronto. I've met Mr. Kay twice, and both times were a treat. He's very approachable, very intelligent and a very interesting speaker. For those who'll get a chance to go to Torcon, if you've liked any of Guy Gavriel Kay's work, do yourself a favour and make a point of seeing him.

Take care all.

 

[Aulayan]

Is it March/April yet?

 

[JoeBlank]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

I am a latecomer to Kay. I am finishing Sailing to Sarantium, and will certainly read more.

Of course, much of my reading is about to be dictated by the EN World Book Club (see sig). When it is my turn to select, I may have to pick one of his stand-alone works. Lions of Al-Rassan takes place in the same setting as the Mosaic, but is it part of a series at all?

Thanks.

 

[Aulayan]

Lions is not part of a series. It's standalone.

Heh. And Even though it takes place after Sarantine Mosaic (much after, think centuries), it's actually better to read Lions first. Due to a few little throwaway lines in the Mosaic that reference Lions.

 

[FraserRonald]

I believe "Song for Arbonne," "Lions of Al-Rassan," and "the Sarantine Mosaic," are all set in the same world, and there are references to the earlier ones in the later. "Tigana" is higher magic than the others, but even it is no where near the levels of magic in "the Fionovar Tapestry."

 

[Aulayan]

Song for Arbonne is a different world. Fionavar Tapestry, Tigana and Song for Arbonne take place on different worlds.

Lions of Al-Rassan, The Sarantine Mosaic, and The Last Light of the Sun take place on the same world. (You know, maybe it's because I'm hopeful and all. But for some reason I so wanted to see this world's version of Suleymon, 10th or so emperor of the ottomans. That title makes me wonder if my hopes were answered)

And yeah Fionavar had high magic. Tigana had mid-magic (Brandon was high magic though, yowza). Song had some. Lions had nearly nothing, Sarantine Mosaic had a bit more.

-Alan, who is thinking every other post in this thread will be written by him.

Edit to say: And every book references Fionavar, just a little grace note, since every world has a legend/myth about The First World.