Petitioner's City Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Dear all, I take it Warmaster and its companion novel have been delayed again? :/ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Antipodes Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 It's probably in the same editors drawer as the Kearney 'Dark Hunters" novel and short stories. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4095910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petitioner's City Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 And perhaps other incomplete works of fiction. I was thinking it was more likely with the Librarian, in a locked room at the Unseen University ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4115076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Who is writing Warmaster? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4115099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sothalor Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Warmaster should be Dan Abnett, as it's the next title in the Gaunts Ghosts series. I've heard that Abnett seems to be doing much more work for Marvel Comics these days, considering he was one of the co-creators of the original Guardians of the Galaxy series. Evidently the (relatively surprising) success of the film reignited a great deal of interest, and they've lured him back. I totally understand why he would make that choice from a life/finances viewpoint, but... please, Dan, Warmaster and Penitent? Pretty please? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4115134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athrawes Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Abnett wasnt the creator of the original GotG. He wrote the rebooted version that came out in the 2000's. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4115916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petitioner's City Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 It's sad though cause Bequin was his thing for a while, and the book shows it - it's a labour of love, not a profitable decision by BL per se but a new direction. And then .... no more. I understand this, we all should from the world of work - pet projects fall by the side in favour of things we need to do. But I completely think Pariah was one of his best works - more ambitious and more interesting and more of his intelligence than almost any other book he has published (with the exception of PB). And .... no more? And what was happening with Blood Pact and Salvation's Reach was really interesting; more of that mature Abnett seen in Prospero Burns and Know No Fear. Someone experimental and challenging his own limits. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4118458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 There's also a the concern of Dan's Health, which has been a bit up and down over the last few years. Give the guy a break, he's doing the best he can. Just like us, real life comes first. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4118964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Real life comes first - but even Amazon is angry now. I talked with the support guy from Amazon and he told me that release date for Warmaster was postponed 5 times - just from Amazon side. I personally spoke to Dan in 2013-2014 - and at October 2013 he was planning to 'finish' Warmaster in 2013! Well - it's soon the end of 2015! Money and Marvel break the people Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4185268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I wish you could see my face, so you could understand how little I give a crap about Amazon's hissy-fit temper and their greasy money-grubbing paws, in comparison to the continued good health of my favorite author, and his concerns about his future and family, which any family man would share. Real life comes first. No if's, and's, or but's. Amazon can go find someone else to rip off. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4192714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A D-B Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 There's also a the concern of Dan's Health, which has been a bit up and down over the last few years. Give the guy a break, he's doing the best he can. Just like us, real life comes first. Just to reassure folks, Dan's been fine on that score for 3-4+ years. His epilepsy issues lasted about a year and he's been trucking on like a champ since then. They were around the time of Prospero Burns, so quite a while ago. He's all good. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4194275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 So what you're saying is... we're cleared off on giving him a hard time for taking his sweet time on Warmaster, etc.?... ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4194377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 If you were a writer and you had a choice between Marvel and Black Library...kinda hard to choose the latter Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4194421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 It's probably in the same editors drawer as the Kearney 'Dark Hunters" novel and short stories.Funnily enough, the short stories actually were released and then pulled. So far only the novel has been delayed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4194545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A D-B Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 If you were a writer and you had a choice between Marvel and Black Library...kinda hard to choose the latter Not necessarily. Everything has a time and a place. For Dan, sure, that's hard to resist, because he's primarily a comics guy and loves the medium. For someone with minimal interest in comics, it's pretty easy to resist. And a lot would depend on the project itself. You'd be surprised how many licenses and well-paying gigs get pitched at experienced authors, and get turned down. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4194604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Ahhhh, A D-B after such a lovely answer, i just can't rage on Abnett But still - the life is unfair, and we always want what we like the most to come first. But the life happens Hyaenidae - specially for you. ' I give a crap about Amazon's hissy-fit ' - really? You mean people at goodreads, waterstones, simon and shuster - every bookselling place is a place of ...grabing monkeys? Cause they all have release problem with 'Warmaster'? So, maybe - just maybe you will open your eyes and just think it through. That it's 90 % Dan's fault. For writing other stuff and postponing release till the end times? Happy? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4194738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Glad to hear that Dan is fine, thanks A D-B. Correct me if I'm wrong but there was another Iron Snakes novel planned? Hope that it will come. Loved Dans novel. By now, I read it four times. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4196163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluxdeluxe Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 If you were a writer and you had a choice between Marvel and Black Library...kinda hard to choose the latter Not necessarily. Everything has a time and a place. For Dan, sure, that's hard to resist, because he's primarily a comics guy and loves the medium. For someone with minimal interest in comics, it's pretty easy to resist. And a lot would depend on the project itself. You'd be surprised how many licenses and well-paying gigs get pitched at experienced authors, and get turned down. Out of interest have you ever thought of writing your own stuff? Im not sure if you rate joe Abercrombie, Scott lynch or Scott R Bakkar, so this might actually be taken as a slight? I rate you as an author on that level. You have the ability to take a character who most would portray as a monster and uplift them to a believable human being. They may do monstrous things but they are monsters for a reason. You have a gift for writing complex, deep characters. When I read your books, much like the other authors mentioned I find myself almost rooting for the monster. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4196232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I hope ADB sticks to BL...he boosts BL's average quality by a lot... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4196387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 If you were a writer and you had a choice between Marvel and Black Library...kinda hard to choose the latter Not necessarily. Everything has a time and a place. For Dan, sure, that's hard to resist, because he's primarily a comics guy and loves the medium. For someone with minimal interest in comics, it's pretty easy to resist. And a lot would depend on the project itself. You'd be surprised how many licenses and well-paying gigs get pitched at experienced authors, and get turned down. Out of interest have you ever thought of writing your own stuff? Im not sure if you rate joe Abercrombie, Scott lynch or Scott R Bakkar, so this might actually be taken as a slight? I rate you as an author on that level. You have the ability to take a character who most would portray as a monster and uplift them to a believable human being. They may do monstrous things but they are monsters for a reason. You have a gift for writing complex, deep characters. When I read your books, much like the other authors mentioned I find myself almost rooting for the monster.Google Road to Jove. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4196393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 OK - Matthew Farrer is working on 'Urdesh' - Iron Snakes supplement SMB novel to Dan's Abnett 'Warmaster'. And he is only half done. 'Warmaster' is not finished yet. Interceptor city cancelled. Penitent not until 2017 minimum. And SAD SAD news fellas from over the ocean. 'Deathwatch 2', second novel from Steve has been cancelled 2015 would be making the annals as one of the worst BL years to date. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4200806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 And more postponed released from Gram and Rob Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4202811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karden00 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 There's also a the concern of Dan's Health, which has been a bit up and down over the last few years. Give the guy a break, he's doing the best he can. Just like us, real life comes first. Real life comes first - but even Amazon is angry now. I talked with the support guy from Amazon and he told me that release date for Warmaster was postponed 5 times - just from Amazon side. I personally spoke to Dan in 2013-2014 - and at October 2013 he was planning to 'finish' Warmaster in 2013! Well - it's soon the end of 2015! Money and Marvel break the people I wish you could see my face, so you could understand how little I give a crap about Amazon's hissy-fit temper and their greasy money-grubbing paws, in comparison to the continued good health of my favorite author, and his concerns about his future and family, which any family man would share. Real life comes first. No if's, and's, or but's. Amazon can go find someone else to rip off. Ahhhh, A D-B after such a lovely answer, i just can't rage on Abnett But still - the life is unfair, and we always want what we like the most to come first. But the life happens Hyaenidae - specially for you. ' I give a crap about Amazon's hissy-fit ' - really? You mean people at goodreads, waterstones, simon and shuster - every bookselling place is a place of ...grabing monkeys? Cause they all have release problem with 'Warmaster'? So, maybe - just maybe you will open your eyes and just think it through. That it's 90 % Dan's fault. For writing other stuff and postponing release till the end times? Happy? Well that got heated didn't it? I hope this isn't seen as throwing fuel on a fire that shouldn't be burning in the first place, but HeritorA, you're rather out of line there. I'm no moderator, but I don't think it's too much to hold our fellow fraters to a higher standard of respectful communication. I'm thrilled Dan Abnetts health is not a concern with regards to the release of the novels you want to read (very glad to hear that, btw, thx AD-, but I have to say, you came across as rather callous in this exchange. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4202996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Well karden00 i'm more disappointed now with 'Deathwatch 2', second novel from Steve being cancelled Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4203563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmagog Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Any reason, why the deathwatch novel was cancelled? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309390-delayed-bl-books-warmaster-matt-farrars-iron-snakes-etc/#findComment-4206166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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