Questions About The Unkindest Tide (October Daye, #13)

by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)

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What is "When Sorrows Come"? Did she change the name to "The Unkindest Tide"? Her website hasn't been updated in 2 years, I don't know why anyone would even have a website if they're not going to keep it updated, it's frustrating to keep going back hoping they'll be something new, but there never is.

Steven Currently contracted books: The Unkindest Tide (coming out in September 2019). 2020 - The Killing Frost; 2021 - When Sorrows Come; 2022 - Sleep No Mor…moreCurrently contracted books: The Unkindest Tide (coming out in September 2019). 2020 - The Killing Frost; 2021 - When Sorrows Come; 2022 - Sleep No More; 2023 - These Violent Delights; And whenever we get to the last two books (whether after these 5 contracted or if there are more in between) are Fear No More and Come to Dust.

These are taken directly from Seanan's twitter, which she updates regularly. Also, at any time, they're subject to change per the needs of the story. (Just like When Sorrows Come got shift back in the series).

https://twitter.com/seananmcguire/sta...(less)

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Does anyone know when an ebook or paperback will be released in Australia? I'm dying to read this but $40 (even for what I'm sure is a great quality hardback) is a bit much

Manda Lees It won't be. Cosair (an imprint of Hachette) seem to have the rights to the October books for the UK and associated regions, one of them being Austral…moreIt won't be. Cosair (an imprint of Hachette) seem to have the rights to the October books for the UK and associated regions, one of them being Australia. And for whatever reason, they haven't released the last three books (11, 12, 13) in physical or electronic versions. You either have to buy the hardback or wait the year to get the American PB edition.(less)

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Will there be an audio book in the future? I'm surprise that the audiobook did not release on the same day as the kindle/hardcover. Thanks, Mike

Mike Sedmak I missed that this was already answered.

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Does anyone know when will the American PB edition come out?

George Very likely they did, and they set it up for pre-order on Amazon and other sites.

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I have a question about Raj's novella that's included with the book. Why is Cal referred to as "they"? I got there was something going on when they yelled at the vet guy about not being a girl or a boy, but I don't know what that means. I don't know if this is from a previous story that I forgot about, or a story I never read, or if it's just never come up before. Anybody know the backstory?

George The existence and difficulties of non-binary people have become more salient in recent years. And as more people have realized that they're not the fi…moreThe existence and difficulties of non-binary people have become more salient in recent years. And as more people have realized that they're not the first or only person to feel that way, more people have self-identified as part of that group. I had one such middle-school person as a player in a D&D game I was running before the Year of the CoViD hit.

The use of "they" with singular reference for a person of unknown gender goes back far further than that. E.g, "Who's left their wallet behind here?" was a possible sentence before either of us was born, and not taken as indicating the wallet belonged to two or more people.

These days, a major indicator that you're reading about an "enby" is the singular reflexive pronoun "themself", which happens to be used at least once in the novella.

McGuire simply decided that having a non-binary Cait Sidh for Raj to not be friends with would be interesting, and she named them Cal.(less)

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