[spoilers?] Books/Series that just scream for a sequel?

[Heretic Apostate]

There are several books and series of books that I've read that just end too soon, and practically scream for a sequel.

The Brother Initiate/Gatherer of Clouds duology. Shuyun goes on to his destiny, but is told that he will return. What happens next?

The Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen/Great Kings' War. This one is special, because the second book wasn't by the same author. But what happens after the big battle?

The Architect of Dreams. (Or was it Sleep?) (Divergent evolution, a world where the racoons of North America become sapient, and the primates of Africa never develop opposable thumbs. Cool concept. Note: This isn't racial epithets, it's actual animals.) This one actually HAS a sequel. But the author won't release it. He's still editing it down. Dang it.....

Argh. So many stories that are so good, that I just want to know what happens next...

 

[Cardinal Aidan]

Lord Kalvan sequels

The Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen/Great Kings' War. This one is special, because the second book wasn't by the same author. But what happens after the big battle?

There were two additional stories by John F Carr and Roland Green that were publshed in the late 80s. One was in one of Jerry Pournelle's "There Will Be War" books; the other was also an anthology, forget by who.

Pournelle claims he has the rights to a Lord Kalvan sequel, but wont do so unless Pipers' notes for the book come to life. However, you could argue that's what the Jannissaries books are anyway. Not being a fan of the Carr book, I shudder to think of what Pournelle would do.

 

[Cardinal Aidan]

Kalvan Kingmaker

After a quick google search after that last post I found that Carr has published his Kalvan book, KALVAN KINGMAKER. $45 for the hardback...think I'll pass.

Details at his site http://www.hostigos.com/index.htm

 

[Heretic Apostate]

What were the two short stories about?

I remember a story that was very similar, but not the paratime premise. In the story, some spacemen visit a distant planet, and find that convergent evolution has produced humans there, as well. The spacement help the Hostigos defeat the Styphoni, and the Styphoni collapse. Not as good as the Lord Kalvan/GKW set.

 

[Undead Pete]

The Architect of Dreams. (Or was it Sleep?) (Divergent evolution, a world where the racoons of North America become sapient, and the primates of Africa never develop opposable thumbs. Cool concept. Note: This isn't racial epithets, it's actual animals.) This one actually HAS a sequel. But the author won't release it. He's still editing it down. Dang it.....

Argh. So many stories that are so good, that I just want to know what happens next...

It's The Architect of Sleep

 

[Holy Bovine]

What were the two short stories about?

I remember a story that was very similar, but not the paratime premise. In the story, some spacemen visit a distant planet, and find that convergent evolution has produced humans there, as well. The spacement help the Hostigos defeat the Styphoni, and the Styphoni collapse. Not as good as the Lord Kalvan/GKW set.

This was published in the compliation Federation called 'When in the Course...". It seems to be precurser to Lord Kalvan with the same background (Harr-Hostigos, Rylla, House Styphon) but takes place in Piper Terro-Human Future History rather than the Paratime series with Federation exploers discovering the planet with all the characters from the Lord Kalvan series minus Kalvan (and Verkan Vall) himself. The planet these Federation explorers land on is eventually called Freya (mentioned also in 'Uller Uprising' I think as a planet with the most beautiful women in the galaxy and they were completely human) and is Piper's attempt at showing identical biological evolution.

It is thought that Piper's publisher at the time (John W. Campbell) didn't like the idea of humans evolving the same way on a an alien planet as on Earth and suggested Piper rework the story into a Paratime one (oddly Piper hadn't written anything in the Paratime universe for several years - Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen was the last story and the best IMO). This is all from the editor's (John Carr) notes in Federation.

I hadn't heard of Kalvan Kingmaker before (although I have found that no one has been able to capture Piper's writing style to make any of the works done in his universe really fit in. Just read 'Fuzzy Bones' by William Tuning and compare it to 'Little Fuzzy' (or any of the three Fuzzy books).