(urth) Another Latro in the Works

[John Watkins]

Gene Wolfe is 77. He does not have infinite additional books. I know
he has two upcoming, stand-alone novels.

That said, it will be a minor tragedy if he does not write a fourth
Latro book. I prefer a fourth Latro book to an additional book set in
any of Wolfe's other worlds, because Latro--unlike Severian, unlike
Silk, unlike Abel--hasn't had a satisfactory farewell.



On 11/4/08, Joe Bushong-Taylor <joebt01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I find myself rereading the Latro books for the sheer joy of the images and
> characters in them.  I certainly hope we see another Latro book.  I do not
> know of any comments from Wolfe that indicate that he has yet started work
> on another one, but one would seem to be a possibility in the future.  In
> his acceptance speech at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs,
> in 2007, when *Soldier of Sidon* won Best Novel, he said that *SoS* was
> written largely because of requests from readers for more about Latro, and,
> that these requests were already being made again post-*SoS*.  He indicated
> that he would not ignore demand for one.  At least that is what my ears
> heard...
>

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