Greg van Eekhout's The Osteomancer's Son. Trilogy.

[DKT]

Greg van Eekhout just announced on his blog that he's sold The Osteomancer's Son to Tor Books as a trilogy.

I'm pretty stoked about this - I love the story and the world and I'm thrilled to see how he spins it into a larger story and mythos.

So, congrats (again) to Greg. Very freaking cool, and can't wait to read it!

[Heradel]

I absolutely loved this story.  It grabbed me right away at the opening lines and wouldn't let me go.  I can't wait to see what Greg van Eekhout does with a novel set in the same world(!?!?)! [...]

(From the story thread, lo so many years ago.)

[DKT]

Ha! Yeah, I guess some things never change...and other things do

[Swamp]

Too cool! I'll have to fire up the old fiction thumb drive today, and have a new listen of Osteomancer.

[Talia]

That's great. I really enjoyed that story, I look forward to reading the books.

[Ocicat]

Fantastic!  I wonder if Podcastle running the story helped get the novel published?

[eekhout]

Fantastic!  I wonder if Podcastle running the story helped get the novel published?

While I will never downplay the benefits of appearing on the Escape Artists' podcasts (I mean, hell, Wil Wheaton gave one of my pieces a shoutout ZOMG), I don't think the acquiring editor at Tor has listened to "Osteomancer's Son." I'm not even sure he read the story in print. As far as I know, the sale was based on a five-page synopsis and the first fifty pages of the book. But, hey, I could be wrong.

[deflective]

out of curiosity, i thought i saw the cabal influencing events in your short story, are you willing to comment one way or another about that?

[eekhout]

out of curiosity, i thought i saw the cabal influencing events in your short story, are you willing to comment one way or another about that?

Can't tell you, cabal will eat me.