Pointsmen...

[byslantedlight]

Well, I'm a bit heartbroken...

...because I've yet again finished the existing Pointsmen books, by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett... including the new novelette, Point of Knives, twice!

And actually I'm briefly all newly-excited now cos I hadn't seen the new Point of Dreams cover before (it isn't out yet, though you can still find the original print run copies around) and when I was looking for an old one to show you there it was, all waiting to be ordered... (NB, Brits, the others were much quicker from Book Depository).

I know, I'm always raving about them, and I'm sure I've given a heads up for the astreiant comm before, which has a list of Rathe/Eslingen fic (there isn't enough!), and... and... oh, but if you haven't heard how gorgeous they are (in a deliciously professional way... *g*) then... well, they really just are. For instance, I love this about them......

But I've finished them agaaaaaaaain - wah! The authors have done the most beautiful world-building job I can imagine, and I want to live in Astreiant, and experience ghost-tide, and buy my daily broadsheet for the horoscopes, and... and... and what's going to happen about the succession?! I've been waiting years to find out... Honestly, it's all just magic, and... I need more. Which there will hopefully one day be, but not for a while, I guess... *sighs impatiently*

And if you're fond of Pros and AU, and you're fond of beautifully written fantasy, then... hie thee to the bookshop! *g*

Comments

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for these books to be available in print. I've heard good things about them.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I don't read electronically - they're all available in print, now..! *g*

Point of Hopes and Point of Dreams have been available in print for donkey's years (well, PoH says 1995, and PoD says 2002), and PoK is the newest in the series - but the two older books have also been re-released in new versions (the pics I posted) here. PoD's new version isn't available yet - but you can still get the original version second hand. In print! *g*

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

I know. Just want the new editions so the books will match^_^ I hate having different editions that don't match on a bookshelf.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

But... if you're waiting for PoD, then you're just going to have to wait for Fair's Point next, and then the next one, and... *g*

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

LOL! I suppose I'm not in a hurry because I have 30 books waiting for me to read. When the pile thins, there will surely be book-hunting.

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

I haven't bought the new one yet (I've had copies of the first two for years) because I wanted to get all three with the lovely new covers and read them in sequence.

I can't seem to find out when the new Point of Dreams is going to be published though, and I can't find it on any of the usual book sites. Help!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Point of Dreams isn't out for a whilst yet, I think... mescotthad the date up on her lj... erm... Oooh!

The tentative release schedule from Lethe is: Point of Hopes re-released this fall, then Point of Knives, the new novella - in which tentative courtship is interrupted by murder - in the spring of 2012. Point of Dreams will be re-released over the summer, and then Fairs' Point will be out November of 2012. she says here! That means Fair's Point might not be as far away as I've been dreading... (although a review from June 2012 at Tor Press says PoD will be out this Fall, so it does look like it's all slipped back a little - waaah!... Oh, and another site says October 2012 for PoD - double-waaaah!)

[etain-antrim.livejournal.com]

I love these books and have reread them more than once. Just look at that new cover for Point of Dreams! Lovely. Now I want that cover as well as my beloved original one. My only real disappointment with Point of Knives is that it's far too short. Like you, I want more! Unfortunately, I couldn't read behind your cut for some reason.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually use a cut, which might be why it didn't work...? *g* I did post a few links, and one of them takes you to my astreiant tags list, which has this post at the top - fooled me when I checked it myself... *g*

They are the most gorgeous books, aren't they - if only PoK was three times as long... I'd forgotten that Fair's Point is already half-planned though... Re-checking mescott it was originally scheduled for publication in autumn this year, but it looks like the re-publication of PoD has slipped back to October now, so... *is impatient*

The fic listed at astreiant is beautifully done though - all by writers who've captured just the Astreiant rhythm... and you know there's a cut-snippet from PoD up there too, right? (It used to be on the sadly-defunct Pointsmen website...) It's still not enough though, is it... *g*

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, I just started reading PoK yesterday! It's lovely to be back in this beautifully crafted universe... I'd forgotten a lot of its quirks and features, but they're all coming back to me as I read.
Good news there might be more after this one, too!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, there's absolutely supposed to be more - I'm sure I remember hearing that there was a story planned for each of the (9?) Points... Fair's Point is next - though it was originally supposed to be out in autumn, and it looks like PoD has been pushed back to October (if we can believe the websites... perhaps we should ask mescott for an update... *g*

Aren't they just... yes, beautifully crafted, and with wonderful quirks and features! My favourite so far is ghost-tide, though...

[murphybabe]

Looking forward to reading as soon as I get back *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, the lushness of having books to look forward to when you've come home from exotic climes... *g*

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

oh that new cover for Point of Dreams! gorgeous!

For the UK, where is it best to order Point of Knives from?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The covers are rather fab, aren't they! The only grump I might have about them is that there's a kind of oily finish to the covers, which is a bit disconcerting - oh, and they're a large format paperback, even bigger than my original hardcover Point of Hopes book, and won't fit into my bookshelf where I want them...

Book Depository has PoK down for 72 hour despatch (I think you can ignore the "advance copy" on the image they provide, mine is a perfectly ordinary copy - unless the few typos I picked up are down to it being an "advance copy", and they've been corrected elsewhere (I suspect not, though...). Hmmn - it's also now available from Amazon.co.uk, which it wasn't when I ordered it. It doesn't say how long despatch will take, though it reckons if you order Express Delivery it'll get to you tomorrow, so I assume that means it's in. Ha - and I see Amazon have BookDepository as one of their sellers, with added postage - bizarre. It's cheaper from BookDepository, and that's part of the UK economy, so I'd recommend them - plus I've always found them quick and efficient... *g* Oh, and crap - ignore everything I just said about BookDepository - apparently Amazon bought it out last year. Which means that presumably it won't be paying its corporation tax in the UK either... So... either one. Waterstones and Blackwells/Heffers can't send it out quickly... Oh, you can buy it through Foyle's (who owns them...? Hmmn - apparently still independent...... okay, yes! They've got an online service, they're independent, and they're UK-based. My new online-bookshop of choice. (Plus it's kind of on the way to Kings Cross station, so I tend to go and play there when I'm on my way home from a day in London too... *g*)

Oh, but I'm cross about Book Depository - and that all happened a year ago, how did I miss it then?

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about Point of Knives coming out! Thanks for the reminder. It's now sitting on my kindle and I'll try to save it for when I'm on holiday. :D

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeay! *g*

[ladyhawke2.livejournal.com]

These sound well worth reading, thanks for the rec!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

They're so good, I love them - hope you do too!

Come to think of it - did I lend you Point of Hopes when we were at Looe? I know I did someone, and I know I've got it written down somewhere, but just to save me delving... *g*

[ladyhawke2.livejournal.com]

No, that wasn't me. I've just ordered them, and for some reason The Book Depository was much cheaper than Amazon? Strange...

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Oh, Astreiant! Do you know, I'd forgotten them for years until you gave a plug for PoK coming out, so I pulled the others out and fell in love again. Such a marvelous world (that the characters are as well goes without saying!). I want to visit it. Heck, I want to write it. ;-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad - everyone should be in love with Astreiant... *g* I want to live there... I actually wondered about trying to write a wee something for astreiant, but I'm not confident about getting the lovely rhythm right...

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

You should! If anyone would get that right, you would, I'm sure. Me, I'm not so sure about, but I've committed a tiny fic anyway, which I will PM to you if you're interested? Not sure it's ready for prime-time, but I'd love to have an opinion on it....

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh do - excellent! Shall love to see it! (I assume you mean email, right? *g*)

And ah - thank you! *g*

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Thank YOU. Email winging it's way over to you. :-)