Post by Cesaria on Apr 24, 2010 17:39:44 GMT -5
Here's a tweet from April 2nd:
ABARAT III is delivered,and a release date is being sorted out.If folks prefer I not talk about the next book,I won't.
And, from Barker's website, Revelations:
He delivered the full manuscript to his editor in the summer of 2009, but publication delays mean that publication of Abarat 3 may not now be until sometime late in 2011.
Ugh.[/i]
Also from his website:
"I've just delivered Abarat 3 to my publishers. I have about 100 of the oil paintings done of the 120 which will go into the book, so I owe them 20 pictures. The book is longer than the first two, it's about 120,000 words and it's called Abarat 3 Absolute Midnight and it is the darkest - I mean, it's for the same audience that obviously read the first two books, but my God it's dark. You know it's written for an audience that starts age ten; I'd like to think it will be a ten year old's first horror book. I would love it if kids across the world - these books are in 42, 43 languages - and I would love it if kids were introduced to horror through the Abarat books. You know, Books 1 and 2 were kind of cool, sauntering along and then along comes Absolute Midnight and, my God, does it get dark and I like it. There's some very dark stuff going down and I've enjoyed writing it - it's the middle book of the 5 and it gets as bad as it's going to get."
FEARnet Panel
An appearance at the FEARnet Panel at San Diego Comic Con, 24 July 2009 (note: full video online at http://www.fearnet.com)
"Joanna had the manuscript in, what? August? I’m waiting for notes, which are very small, by the way.
"I think [the delay]’s a lot to do with the complexities of printing an illustrated book. I don’t understand it entirely because you would have thought with computers it would be really easy... Joanna’s no longer at HarperCollins so it’s a whole different ball-game. All I can say is, you know, this is publishing...
"I’m just going to go on. As soon as I’ve delivered Grail, I’m off on to Abarat 4, and the largest pile of papers around me is Abarat 4, which is my various notes I’ve been collecting up from around the boxes and so on - but actually Abarat 5 as well because I think, in a way, it’s impossible to think about the fourth book without also thinking about that too because they are one system...
"I don’t think there’s going to be a lot edited out [of Book 3], frankly, I don’t know. All I know is the book is d**n good!! And that what we’ll have in Four and Five is bursting to come out of me! So I’m just going to get on with it."
Now And In Time To Be
By Phil and Sarah Stokes, 1 and 4 January 2010 (note - full text here)
ABARAT III is delivered,and a release date is being sorted out.If folks prefer I not talk about the next book,I won't.
And, from Barker's website, Revelations:
He delivered the full manuscript to his editor in the summer of 2009, but publication delays mean that publication of Abarat 3 may not now be until sometime late in 2011.
Ugh.[/i]
Also from his website:
"I've just delivered Abarat 3 to my publishers. I have about 100 of the oil paintings done of the 120 which will go into the book, so I owe them 20 pictures. The book is longer than the first two, it's about 120,000 words and it's called Abarat 3 Absolute Midnight and it is the darkest - I mean, it's for the same audience that obviously read the first two books, but my God it's dark. You know it's written for an audience that starts age ten; I'd like to think it will be a ten year old's first horror book. I would love it if kids across the world - these books are in 42, 43 languages - and I would love it if kids were introduced to horror through the Abarat books. You know, Books 1 and 2 were kind of cool, sauntering along and then along comes Absolute Midnight and, my God, does it get dark and I like it. There's some very dark stuff going down and I've enjoyed writing it - it's the middle book of the 5 and it gets as bad as it's going to get."
FEARnet Panel
An appearance at the FEARnet Panel at San Diego Comic Con, 24 July 2009 (note: full video online at http://www.fearnet.com)
"Joanna had the manuscript in, what? August? I’m waiting for notes, which are very small, by the way.
"I think [the delay]’s a lot to do with the complexities of printing an illustrated book. I don’t understand it entirely because you would have thought with computers it would be really easy... Joanna’s no longer at HarperCollins so it’s a whole different ball-game. All I can say is, you know, this is publishing...
"I’m just going to go on. As soon as I’ve delivered Grail, I’m off on to Abarat 4, and the largest pile of papers around me is Abarat 4, which is my various notes I’ve been collecting up from around the boxes and so on - but actually Abarat 5 as well because I think, in a way, it’s impossible to think about the fourth book without also thinking about that too because they are one system...
"I don’t think there’s going to be a lot edited out [of Book 3], frankly, I don’t know. All I know is the book is d**n good!! And that what we’ll have in Four and Five is bursting to come out of me! So I’m just going to get on with it."
Now And In Time To Be
By Phil and Sarah Stokes, 1 and 4 January 2010 (note - full text here)
Wasn't it supposed to be like 2000 pages long at some point? Or has Wikipedia completely betrayed me? Wouldn't be the first time, though...
