That’s... possible. But to be successful, it presupposes a higher level of sales for the series than it has at the moment. It’s by no mean impossible in the future, since the series seems to be picking up more readers as it goes along. We’ll just have to see.
CO: There are also rumors you have begun work on the final Belisarius series. Is this true?
EF: Yes. I’ve got about 3/4 of the first draft finished, and I don’t expect any major rewriting will be necessary. In fact, the book is already scheduled for publication in February of 2006. The title is The Dance of Time.
CO: What other forthcoming works can we look for from you?
EF: After The Rivers of War comes out in mid-May, there’ll be a hiatus of a little over half a year before any new title of mine comes out. There are quite a few of my titles being reissued in paperback during that stretch, as well as several reissue volumes of old SF writers that I edited. But the first new stuff of mine won’t be coming out until February. Then, in the same month, I’ll have two new novels appearing. In addition to the last Belisarius series book, The Dance of Time, I’ve got a hard SF novel coming out that month that I’m very pleased with. It’s titled Boundary, and I co-authored it with Ryk Spoor.
The next month, March, will see the appearance of the second volume of the Grantville Gazette, in a hardcover edition, with a new story by me that wasn’t in the electronic edition.
Then, in May, we’re coming out with a new title in the 1632 series called 1634: The Ram Rebellion. This book is a little hard to describe. It’s something of a cross between a novel and an anthology. There are several stories by several authors, but all of them are connected and are related to a single story line. The two main authors are myself and Virginia DeMarce, and the centerpiece of the volume – probably close to half of it – will be a short novel co-authored by us entitled (what else?) The Ram Rebellion.
After that, I don’t know. There are quite a few things in the works. The most immediate, obviously, is 1634: The Baltic War. In addition, Dave Freer has finished and turned over to me the first draft of a new novel we’re collaborating on called Slow Train to Arcturus. I expect to get that finished sometime in the middle of the year. I’ll also, sometime before the end of the year, finish the third volume in the Joe’s World series, A Desperate and Despicable Dwarf. And, of course, once The Baltic War is finished, Virginia and I will be able to wrap up 1634: The Bavarian Crisis very quickly.
Article comments
1 - Dave Nalle
Great interview. I've already got my copy of Rivers of War on order. Flint is really doing some interesting and creative stuff, especially in the alternate history genre.
Dave
2 - Victor Plenty
Flint's gotta be good to get Dave and me agreeing, especially on any subject remotely related to politics or economics.
In recent months I've been reading everything by Flint I can legally read without having any money to spend, ever since I happened across 1632.
So definitely count me as another who's glad to see this interview here.
3 - SFC SKI
Baen.com has a lot of free books, including a few by Eric Flint. IIRC, he is the overseer of the site.
4 - Dave Nalle
They also do some cool things, like putting books on CD in the backs of other books. Usually something I've already read, but still interesting to see.
Dave
5 - theco
Eric can be found running rampant on the Baen message boards over at www.bar.baen.com:8080 although tRoW is a Del-Rey piece, Glad y'all enjoyed. Something else that he did with Dave Freer that is gut busting hilarious is "Pyramaid Scheme".
6 - Victor Plenty
Yes, Pyramid Scheme is excellent. Funny-hilarious, with a good cast of vivid sympathetic characters, roller-coaster action and battle scenes, and marvelous use of history and mythology. I especially loved their surprising but well-justified portrayal of Odysseus and his men.
Plus, peeking out from under all that entertainment, some profound political and philosophical messages aptly suited to the questions of our day. The authors don't belabor their points, but they're there for any readers who enjoy finding a more substantial meal tucked into all the popcorn.
7 - flintfan
trail-of-glory.com has the rivers of war snippets s-s-m-w-f
8 - Theco
I'll be working on a few more interviews this summer, and probably another one with Eric, the man simply knows to much for me not to want to pump his brain. My blog has a couple names listed, and i'll also be starting blogspectrum.blogspot.com back up next week.