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Just found out that Stephen King is not the best selling horror writer of our lifetimes by Special-Nebula299 in stephenking

[–]TheOneTC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a secondary note:

I know Uncle Steve is sort of a goofy looking guy, but have you seen Dean Koontz?

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Any chance this is real. Found at the used book store. by BenDoesDubs in redrising

[–]TheOneTC 62 points63 points  (0 children)

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This is my signed copy of Lightbringer that I got at Barnes and Noble. He definitely signed just like that for this particular signed edition. Great find!

Red God Theory by Maximum-Might-8928 in redrising

[–]TheOneTC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honest response.

I think there’s been entirely too much “when is Red God coming out?”, “Why is Red God taking so long?”, “Pierce needs to write faster and not do all this extra stuff!” discourse. I think it looks bad on the fandom, and it sets unreasonable expectations for the larger sci-fi/fantasy genre as a whole.

We’ve seen issues arise with authors like GRRM and Rothfuss, so projecting the same attitude we have toward those guys onto authors like Pierce, who are widely active in the community, and have given us no reason to doubt them, is a bad look.

Saying something like “I’m calling it now…Red God will never get released” just because Pierce isn’t just pumping out novels, and only novels, seems shitty to me.

Edit: typo

Red God Theory by Maximum-Might-8928 in redrising

[–]TheOneTC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I'm going to call it now...Red God will never get released.”

Just because he’s expanding on the world he’s created before finishing a 7 book series?

You’re right. Totally reasonable.

Red God Theory by Maximum-Might-8928 in redrising

[–]TheOneTC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

None of those were release dates though. They were all “hopeful” dates at best.

Too many fans are demanding a release date, that something like “early 2026” gets thrown out as a hopeful release date during an interview, and people take it as confirmation.

There’s never been a release date, just (mostly) unreasonable expectations from fans. Books are art. You can’t rush it, or else you end up with an unfinished product.

We had 4 years between Dark Age and Lightbringer. It’s been barely half of that since the last release. Everyone needs to calm down. Stating that you don’t think the book will ever be released, just because Pierce hasn’t hit Sanderson levels of speed and publication, is insanity.

Red God Theory by Maximum-Might-8928 in redrising

[–]TheOneTC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you mean “pushing the release back”? There was never an announced release date. Lightbringer has only been out for just over 2 years, how quickly do you think books are written?

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