Mark Parragh
Heh. Okay. Right now, Sneakernet is only available as a bonus book for members of the Crane reading group and newsletter. But I do have plans to eventually publish it. When, you ask?
The short answer is, sometime next year.
There’s a more involved answer based on some upcoming rejiggering of the Crane series. I’ll probably be unpublishing Bird Dogs (the book) sometime next year. Both stories in that book will still be available, but in different places. Bird Dogs (the story) will be part of a box set that will include the first three novels, Bird Dogs, and another forthcoming Crane story. (Bird Dogs and the new story will also be available together in a separate volume, so readers who’ve already read the books individually don’t have to buy them all again just to get the new story.)
Pendulums, the other story in Bird Dogs (the book), is a better fit with Sneakernet anyway as it’s about the backstory of supporting character Georges Benly Akema. So once the box set is out, the plan is to release a revised and expanded version of Sneakernet. It will be in three parts: Pendulums, Sneakernet, and a concluding story, also pairing Crane with Georges, that has yet to be written. That new version of Sneakernet will, in effect, become the fourth Crane novel.
This is all still back of the envelope stuff right now, and may change. But that’s the plan at the moment. Thanks for asking!
The short answer is, sometime next year.
There’s a more involved answer based on some upcoming rejiggering of the Crane series. I’ll probably be unpublishing Bird Dogs (the book) sometime next year. Both stories in that book will still be available, but in different places. Bird Dogs (the story) will be part of a box set that will include the first three novels, Bird Dogs, and another forthcoming Crane story. (Bird Dogs and the new story will also be available together in a separate volume, so readers who’ve already read the books individually don’t have to buy them all again just to get the new story.)
Pendulums, the other story in Bird Dogs (the book), is a better fit with Sneakernet anyway as it’s about the backstory of supporting character Georges Benly Akema. So once the box set is out, the plan is to release a revised and expanded version of Sneakernet. It will be in three parts: Pendulums, Sneakernet, and a concluding story, also pairing Crane with Georges, that has yet to be written. That new version of Sneakernet will, in effect, become the fourth Crane novel.
This is all still back of the envelope stuff right now, and may change. But that’s the plan at the moment. Thanks for asking!
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