Books you gave up on ever being ebooks

[DNSB]

Back in the early 2000s, there were rumours of a 4th book in the HalfBlood Chronicles by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey which was outlined but never finished due to Andre Norton's death. The book has now been completed by Mercedes Lackey and Ben Ohlander. It'll be about 24 years between books when Elvenbred will be released in mid-2026.

[BelleZora]

I would love to have ebooks of The Tall Woman by Wilma Dykeman and The Big Sky series (The Big Sky; The Way West; Fair Land, Fair Land) by A.B. Guthrie jr.

[Rbneader]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Back in the early 2000s, there were rumours of a 4th book in the HalfBlood Chronicles by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey which was outlined but never finished due to Andre Norton's death. The book has now been completed by Mercedes Lackey and Ben Ohlander. It'll be about 24 years between books when Elvenbred will be released in mid-2026.

Oh wow, that takes me back. I'll keep an eye out for it. It might well be a total trainwreck like these kinds of things often are, but I'll pick it up out of nostalgia if nothing else.

[rkomar]

Originally Posted by Rbneader

Oh wow, that takes me back. I'll keep an eye out for it. It might well be a total trainwreck like these kinds of things often are, but I'll pick it up out of nostalgia if nothing else.

I have the same feelings. I got the impression that Norton may have been involved in the plotting for the first three books, but the writing was entirely Lackey's and that part was fine. If the writing job has passed to Ohlander, and Lackey is mostly helping with the plotting like Norton used to do, it could end up having a completely different feel from the rest.

[Rbneader]

Originally Posted by rkomar

I have the same feelings. I got the impression that Norton may have been involved in the plotting for the first three books, but the writing was entirely Lackey's and that part was fine. If the writing job has passed to Ohlander, and Lackey is mostly helping with the plotting like Norton used to do, it could end up having a completely different feel from the rest.

Making a world and characters hang together in a believable way is unfortunately not Lackey's strong suit, although she did get better over time. But we don't know how much of it is Norton, Lackey, or Ohlander. So we'll just have to see! At the very least it should be an interesting read, Lackey has always been good at fun adventures.