To Elric and anyone else talking about the assorted Sara Douglass Novels
I think the confusion here stims from the way the novels are being released. You see Sara Douglass is an Australian writer and has already released all 6 books there and maybe other places as well. I can only assume that they are released there in the format that Elric said. Here in the states only "The Wayfarer Redemption", "Enchanter" and "Starman" have been released in softback and probably only one of the others in hardback. They are also being released differently apparently since we have a book called "The Wayfarer Redemption". Also "Enchanter" says on the cover "Book Two of The Wayfarer Redemption" and "Starman" says "Book Three of The Wayfarer Redemption". I have the books sitting in front of me as I type this just so I am sure of these things.
So I'm guessing that originally they were published as 2 seperate trilogies and then are now being republished here in the states as one series. As to which is the correct format I really can't say. I've known some authors have published novels initially in a format that they didn't prefer just cause it is how their publisher wanted to do it. A sample of this would be Dennis L. McKiernan's "The Iron Tower" (which btw is the author/novel I would recommend). Initially it was published as three seperate (rather thin in my opinion) books. A couple of years ago he was able to republish it as he always wanted it published in a one book format. My point with this is that I do not know if Sara Douglass originally wanted two trilogies and then now the publishers are changing things on her, or if the publishers changed things initially and then now she is able to publish it as she wishes it to be. Of course its entirely possible there is even another reason for the differences. I just don't know. : ) She does apparently have a website though which may have some information about this. I haven't looked yet myself. but the address as stated in the novels is: www.saradouglass.com
edit: The website says that " In the USA The Axis Trilogy and The Wayfarer Redemption will be published by Tor as one series, The Wayfarer Redemption, encompassing all six books." So it would seem that it was a choice made by the publisher, though I would hope that they got her blessing first. : )
I think the confusion here stims from the way the novels are being released. You see Sara Douglass is an Australian writer and has already released all 6 books there and maybe other places as well. I can only assume that they are released there in the format that Elric said. Here in the states only "The Wayfarer Redemption", "Enchanter" and "Starman" have been released in softback and probably only one of the others in hardback. They are also being released differently apparently since we have a book called "The Wayfarer Redemption". Also "Enchanter" says on the cover "Book Two of The Wayfarer Redemption" and "Starman" says "Book Three of The Wayfarer Redemption". I have the books sitting in front of me as I type this just so I am sure of these things.
So I'm guessing that originally they were published as 2 seperate trilogies and then are now being republished here in the states as one series. As to which is the correct format I really can't say. I've known some authors have published novels initially in a format that they didn't prefer just cause it is how their publisher wanted to do it. A sample of this would be Dennis L. McKiernan's "The Iron Tower" (which btw is the author/novel I would recommend). Initially it was published as three seperate (rather thin in my opinion) books. A couple of years ago he was able to republish it as he always wanted it published in a one book format. My point with this is that I do not know if Sara Douglass originally wanted two trilogies and then now the publishers are changing things on her, or if the publishers changed things initially and then now she is able to publish it as she wishes it to be. Of course its entirely possible there is even another reason for the differences. I just don't know. : ) She does apparently have a website though which may have some information about this. I haven't looked yet myself. but the address as stated in the novels is: www.saradouglass.com
edit: The website says that " In the USA The Axis Trilogy and The Wayfarer Redemption will be published by Tor as one series, The Wayfarer Redemption, encompassing all six books." So it would seem that it was a choice made by the publisher, though I would hope that they got her blessing first. : )