New Paul S. Kemp Duology

Over on the Official Site, Sue has just confirmed that they've signed Paul S. Kemp, author of Crosscurrent, Riptide, and TOR: Deceived to ride a brand new duology. She knows no other information at the moment. Let the speculation... BEGIN!

 

YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!

 

Eh. I wasn't too impressed with Crosscurrent, so this mostly merits a "meh" from me. Hopefully Riptide and Deceived are improvements over his debut--ditto this new duology. We shall see.

 

Boy, Del Rey loves this guy.

 

I'm intrigued...I really need to check out Crosscurrent since Del Rey is so hot on Kemp these days.

 

Could've chosen worse in my opinion, even if I don't really see myself why Crosscurrent is hold in such high regard. It's not a bad novel, a little above average in my opinion, I don't just see it that high above it's peers as some seem to do.

Perhaps this is the first of the short series DR folks have said that will come after FotJ? So, will Kemp move from Jaden Korr to "heavier" (but to me personally far, far less likeable) character like Ben Skywalker?

 

Personally, for me, I have a dream that'll never come true. I'm hoping for a duology set during the New Jedi Order starting Jaden Korr. Ahh... I can dream...

 

It's hard to have much of an opinion without knowing what the books will be about, but Kemp was fairly solid with Crosscurrent, so I'm optimistic at the moment.

 

This would make me so happy.

I freakin loved Crosscurrent, so this is wonderfull news for me.

 

Anybody else hoping this duology will be paperbacks rather than hardcover?

 

Oh, great. Any info on which characters he will make dark, angsty, brooding, unlikeable, and unrelateable this time? (since only the two angsty, and dark characters were the only ones in Crosscurrent with any kind of depth while everyone else was a one-dimensional cardboard cut out) Or will it be all original characters? LET THE SPECULATION COMMENCE!

Glad someone dose.

 

Another Kemp duology?! AWESOME!

 

One of the major reasons Crosscurrent stands out among the current crop is because it doesnt focus on the increasingly tired story of the Big 3 and instead focuses on minor characters and original characters, allowing the author to flesh them out in his own way. It isn't some galaxy-spanning war, it has decent original characters, and it can stand on its own as a novel, unlike the novels of FOTJ. Also, Kemps has a good handle on prose.

So color me optimistic for this duology! If Kemps has learned from the mistakes he made with the plot cohesiveness of Crosscurrent, then this could be pretty awesome

 

This is a major vote of confidence in Kemp's favour. They must have been really impressed with him at LucasArts. I'm curious to see in what era the duology will be set in.

 

x2

 

I'll take it.

 

Although Crosscurrent was far from being perfect, it showed the big potential Kemp had. So I am pretty excited for this nexs

 

Any information on when they would be released?

 

Sue Rostoni states the following:

"We've signed Paul Kemp up for a duology -- I don't have any other information I can reveal at this time. We're not sure of the pub dates yet....nor the format (hardcover or paperback)... so no questions as I have no answers."

 

i was at the offical forums on starwars.com and kemp confimed it on his twitter it would be hardcover

 

sue confirmed it on the offical forums that the duology books are hardcovers