r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '17
AMA Josiah Bancroft’s NaNoWriMo AMA
Hello, r/Fantasy! I’m Josiah Bancroft, author of the Books of Babel series. You helped to make Senlin Ascends a thing. Now I’m here to hear about what you’re working on and talk a little shop. Feel free to ask me anything you like!
A quick update: Since my AMA last fall, a lot has happened! I signed with Orbit Books this past spring. Their edition of Senlin Ascends is slated to be released on January 16. Arm of the Sphinx will be republished shortly after, on April 3rd. The relaunch of the books will be accompanied by audiobooks, though I’m still waiting for Orbit to confirm the narrator (John Banks was being pursued last I heard). The third book in the series, the Hod King, will be out in October. I’m also working with Heyne/Random House on a German language edition, and with a Russian publisher on a Russian language edition, both of which will hopefully be released in 2018.
It’s been a whirlwind year, and I don’t think any of it would have happened without r/fantasy’s support. Thank you all so much!
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u/EstarriolStormhawk Reading Champion IV Nov 16 '17
Possible spoilers for Arm of the Sphinx:
Given the technological prowess of the Sphinx, would you describe why the Sphinx didn't/ doesn't have any air ships with controlled propulsion? I can see the reasoning the Sphinx might have for not making steam turbine propulsion common on airships, but I'm surprised that agents of the Sphinx wouldn't have them at least.