You may recall that I reviewed a shared world anthology that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter last year entitled Tales of the Emerald Serpent. Well, now there's a sequel in preparation that's also being crowdfunded.. It's called A Knight in the Silk Purse. It just launched. (It appears as though I was the first person to pledge. How cool is that?!) Here's the list of contributors: Lynn Flewelling,
Dave Gross, Juliet McKenna, Martha Wells, Robert
Mancebo, Julie Czerneda, Michael Tousignant, Elaine Cunningham, Dan Wells, Todd Lockwood, and Howard Tayler.
I found Tales of the Emerald Serpent to be a lot of fun; I'm hoping this one really takes off. If you liked the first volume (you did read it, didn't you?), then there's more to come. Check it out.
I recognize a couple of those names.
ReplyDeleteThat was one of the things I liked about Tales: there were names I recognized (known quantities, IOW) as well as work by new (to me) authors to try out. The nice thing I found was that the "new" authors were as good as the more familiar authors.
DeleteYep, I recognize a few of those names, too. Have to check this one out. I've always like shared-world anthologies, going all the way back to Thieves World. Even took part in one recently, and it was fun to play in someone else's backyard for a bit.
ReplyDeleteSo are you going to let us know which one it was so we can check it out?
DeleteSure. It's titled "The Awakened," and the editor is Hal Greenburg, who has been working with Neil Levin, the acquisitions editor over at Dark Quest Books.
Deletehttps://www.facebook.com/HalGreenbergsTheAwakened
There is also a Kickstarter program for this one. If I'm understanding it correctly, the more money raised, the more possibilities for the book, such as hardback edition, etc.
There's another project I can't talk much about yet, but it's been different, interesting. It's an anthology, but not necessarily a shared world. However, two other writers and I have come together with a shared character, each of us tackling a different point in the character's life, with me ending up with the retirement years. Yeah, retirement, with giant flying robots and a hidden Nazi base ... Doh! I've said too much!
Thanks. I'll look for that one.
DeleteSo. Many. Books.
ReplyDeleteEven my Kindle feels heavy...
I recognize Howard Tayler and Dan Wells, and of course Todd Lockwood.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to keep an eye out.