Sam Altman
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Robert Reed:
Hi, I'm a big fan of your work, and wish there was more to read! When can we expect a follow-up to Dragons of Marrow? I'm also dying to know what happens after "Hatch" and how that ties in to everything. Would you ever consider another book in the Sister Alice universe? Perhaps a prequel (would be kind of hard to do a sequel to that one!) Thanks for all the stories! Hope you're well. -Sam
Robert Reed
A bunch of questions to answer:
I'm working on the sequel to DRAGONS OF MARROW. The working title is HAMMERWING, and I might shove it out on Kindle early next year.
What happens after "Hatch"? Billions of years of stuff that I'll probably never have time to answer. Except for the moment when the Milky Way finally catches up to the Great Ship, which is where the epic finally achieves what will have to pass for an ending.
I have no real interest in returning to Sister Alice, much as I'm fond of the old gal. It's a good instinct on your part to consider a prequel. But still, I feel that I have only so many years left in this business, and Alice would eat too much of that time.
I have been publishing new Great Ship stories in the magazines. "Flattering the Flame" is in the latest ASIMOV'S, and "Poubelle" will be coming out soon (next month?) in CLARKESWORLD.
Again, thanks for the interest.
I'm working on the sequel to DRAGONS OF MARROW. The working title is HAMMERWING, and I might shove it out on Kindle early next year.
What happens after "Hatch"? Billions of years of stuff that I'll probably never have time to answer. Except for the moment when the Milky Way finally catches up to the Great Ship, which is where the epic finally achieves what will have to pass for an ending.
I have no real interest in returning to Sister Alice, much as I'm fond of the old gal. It's a good instinct on your part to consider a prequel. But still, I feel that I have only so many years left in this business, and Alice would eat too much of that time.
I have been publishing new Great Ship stories in the magazines. "Flattering the Flame" is in the latest ASIMOV'S, and "Poubelle" will be coming out soon (next month?) in CLARKESWORLD.
Again, thanks for the interest.
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Andrew Brooks
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Robert Reed:
Hello sir, I'm mostly a reader of anthologies such as those of Gardner Dozois & L.Ron Hubbard Presents. Despite that though, I seem to have missed a lot of your short stories, according to the list on isfdb.org. it's been a while since the last collection... Anything such in the works?
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