[Dragaera] Jhegaala rumors

[Mark A. Mandel]

Not to nitpick -- well, not to nitpick *pointlessly* -- but it's double-A, single-L, not the other way 'round:
"Jheg{aa}la", not "Jhega{ll}a".

Or maybe that's just another transformation...

m a m

----- Original Message ----
From: Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com>
To: dragaera list <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:00:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Jhegaala rumors


Not to put a lot of pressure on Steve, but I'm really looking forward
 to 
this story. I had expected it to be published after _Dragon_. I've been
 
personally speculating for awhile now that _Jhegalla_ would be the
 story of 
Vlad's adventures back East, having fled the Empire. Presumably, we
 find out 
how he lost his finger, amongst other things. (Too much potato soup, 
perhaps?)

The transformation aspect of House Jhegalla made it seem like the most 
likely candidate for a title about Vlad undergoing a personal
 transformation 
of his own following his emotional/psychological rebirth in Phoenix.

I know it's going to be very interesting to see Fenario in particular
 and 
the East in general from Vlad's viewpoint. I may have to finally track
 down 
a copy of _Brokedown Palace_ to replace the one I misplaced ages ago.

Presumably someone at Tor will have realized that there could be a nice
 
synergy from reprinting _Brokedown Palace_ to coincide with the release
 of 
_Jhegalla_. Hmmm, except that I see that Tor actually reprinted BP last
 year 
as a trade paperback. I wonder why I never heard about it? Perhaps,
 then, 
I'll suggest to my local Barnes and Noble that stocking it prominently
 when 
Jhegalla arrives will likely get them some sales.






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