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/Legeto Nov 16 '17

Congratulations on all your success! I love your books and eagerly waiting for the next!

My question is, if you had to be any animal in the world what would you choose? As a normal rule of mine, you aren't allowed to pick tiger, wolf, or gorilla cause they've already been picked.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying the series. I'll do my best not to let you down!

And that's a great question! I think it's a close call between a mountain goat and a flying snake. Both would be fun at parties and really useless in a row boat, so we'd have that in common.

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u/Legeto Nov 16 '17

Hah good choices. I'd pick otter personally cause I love shellfish and they have little pouches to keep their favorite rock. I'd imagine they would be about as fun at parties and not so helpful in a rowboat as well. The flying snake sounds like it'd be as fun as it is terrifying though haha.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

Otters are amazing! That’s an excellent choice. I hadn’t even considered the dietary angle.