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Post by outspaced on Jan 27, 2005 9:46:49 GMT
Ah, two more to go after TLoV, then. So we do have quite a large window of opportunity to contact Mr Julien, since the next books to be published will be: - The Legacy of Vashna
- World of Lone Wolf 1-3
[/i]Re-published[/li][li] War of the Wizards[/li][li]The Deathlord of Ixia[/li][li]Highway Holocaust[/li][li]Dawn of the Dragons[/li][li]The Skull of Agarash[/i](?)[/li][/ul] Still, it'd be nice if we could guarantee his support of an online version ASAP. Here's to hoping our contact details are up-to-date.  |
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Post by Peregrine on Jan 27, 2005 19:28:49 GMT
Book 18 ends at the day of Fehmarn of MS 5077. It is the first day of spring. It is clearly stated at the beginning of the Skull of Agarash that this adventure is set in the summer of MS 5077, so after book 18 and nearly 3 years before book 19. Is it explicitly stated that this is Fehmarn 5077? See, I've run into this sort of calendar problem before (with a different fantasy world), because authors are sometimes a bit sloppy about dating the end of the year in their fantasy calendars. (Not to say that Joe Dever was necessarily sloppy too, just that he hasn't made it clear to the fans--well, to me anyway.  ) Winter or spring are common dates to start the new year (often, midwinter, like our own world, or the start of spring). Now, book 17 hinges on you accomplishing your mission before the winter ice makes your escape from Ixia impossible, so this is autumn/early winter 5077. At a quick glance through TSSF/section 1 of book 16, I can't find any explicit mention of what season it is, but it must be at least a few months prior to the next book--so summer or early autumn. Given that both of these books clearly start in MS5077, it seems that to fit in the same year, Skull of Agarash must be in the summer before The Legacy of Vashna, no? And the end of 5077 is anywhere from the winter during book 18 to the end of spring thereafter. Otherwise, if the year ends in summer or autumn, after the date of Skull of Agarash (which is necessary for it to be set after book 18), there's almost no time for book 16. |
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Post by Black Cat on Jan 28, 2005 2:14:22 GMT
Ok now, there's a mistake in the "story so far" section of book 16. In my own copy of the book, it is said that it is MS 5076 (the same year that book 15), not MS 5077. Since there's no snow in Sommerlund at the time the book starts (unlike book 15), I believe that it is at least spring.
As for book 17, I must agree with you: the story takes place in fall or early winter. But, when this book ends, you are on the Azgad Island. You need at least two weeks to go back to Vadera, AND, since in section 1 of book 18 you are in Garthen, it takes another week of travel between Vadera and Garthen. If book 17 ends a few weeks before the end of the year, there's a good chance that section 1 of book 18 is set in the next year (MS 5077).
Finally, the "story so far" section of the Skull of Agarash states that it is summer of MS 5077.
So, the big problem is that there's a mistake about the year in the version of book 16 that you can download in the editor's section.
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Post by outspaced on Jan 28, 2005 11:28:05 GMT
That's interesting. My copy of TLoV states in 'The Story so Far' section:
Mine's a 1st Ed. 1991 copy of the book. Black Cat, what's the publication details of your copy? I'm assuming it's a revised edition. TIA.
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Post by Black Cat on Jan 28, 2005 17:36:00 GMT
Well, you all know that I have the books in their French version. So my book 16 was published and printed in 1992 (only one year after its release in English), and I don't think that a translator would change the date just because he thinks that maybe the timeline will not work in the future books. He must have taken this from the original text that the English publisher gave to him. Maybe someone with a 2nd edition of the English version might give us some clues?
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Post by Peregrine on Jan 28, 2005 17:51:45 GMT
As for book 17, I must agree with you: the story takes place in fall or early winter. But, when this book ends, you are on the Azgad Island. You need at least two weeks to go back to Vadera, AND, since in section 1 of book 18 you are in Garthen, it takes another week of travel between Vadera and Garthen. If book 17 ends a few weeks before the end of the year, there's a good chance that section 1 of book 18 is set in the next year (MS 5077). Whatever the right date is for book 16, book 17 either shares the mistake or is set in MS 5077--it says so in TSSF. And so either the year ends between the starts of 16 (MS 5076) and 17, or they're all packed into a year. |
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Post by Black Cat on Jan 28, 2005 18:15:26 GMT
Now, I can't say anything about this, because my book 17 says that it is now MS 5077, which doesn't change anything to the timeline if we say that book 16 takes place in MS 5076.
Book 16: Spring, Summer or Fall MS 5076
Book 17: Beginning of winter MS 5077 (end of December, beginning of January)
Book 18: End of winter MS 5077 (month of March)
Skull of Agarash: Summer MS 5077
Book 19: MS 5080
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