I just (finally) read crystal city. it felt like i was missing something when it started, and after rereading all the old books i realized there was a significant gap between heartfire and crystal city.
is there some short story or novella that fills this gap? if so where can i find it. i wanna know more about the trip down on the boat.
another thing: was the town of crystal city with the white prophet ever mentioned in the book crystal city? if it was i just missed it, if it wasnt, is it mentioned or explained somewhere else? obviously if there is a short story or novella filling in the gap it doesnt have to be in CC but i was wondering about it and if there were any references to it that i missed.
thank you for your time
dr34m
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
The story between Heartfire and Crystal City is called "Yazoo Queen" and is in Legends II, a collection of Short stories by a bunch of authors.
AFAIK, nothing was ever done with "Crystal City" and the White Prophet. Not sure where that was supposed to go.
Posted by dr34m (Member # 6753) on :
thank you! i have one of the other legends anthologies, and i tend to enjoy the other work with OSCs so ill pick that up soon.
i wonder about that white prophet story tho =/
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Actually, there are three short stories that fill the gap -- Grinning Man (in Legends I), The Yazoo Queen (in Legends II), and an as-yet-unwritten short with the working title White Prophet. Yazoo Queen happens immediately preceding Crystal City. I presume that White Prophet will deal with the gentleman by that name, as well as the town called Crystal City.
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Posted by dr34m (Member # 6753) on :
ahhh thank you. and thank you for the welcome.
i think i used to have an account here many years ago, but havent been actively reading OSC for a bit (took a break to let new books build up) so hadnt come here for a good bit either.
thank you all again for the information
-dr34m
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
Was the "Grinning Man" between Heartfire and Crystal City? I thought it was between Journeyman and Heartfire?
Glad to hear about "White Prophet". That should be interesting.
Ian
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I reserved Legends 2 from the library, but it listed stories that are in Legends 1. Weird.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah romanylass, it's kind of confusing. They originally released a single hardback book called Legends. For the paperback release, though, they split it into two volumes, which they called Legends I and Legends II. Then they released the hardback follop to Legends, and called it Legends II. Isn't that lovely?
[Edit--hey, how do you like that? I coined a new word--"follop". I was trying to type "follow up", since "sequel" doesn't quite describe the relationship between the two Legends hardbacks, but apparently my subconscious decided to invent a word instead. Henceforth, similarly themed anthologies and collections spawned from a successful earlier release will be termed "follops".
For example, you might say "I thought that Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions anthology had a much better selection than did it's follop, Again Dangerous Visions]
[ September 02, 2004, 06:42 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
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