# Soldier of Sidon *The Urth list — 6 messages, 4 voices, 26 Apr 2003* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Nicholas Gevers *26 Apr 2003, 07:23* Last night, confirmation from GW that he is at work on SOLDIER OF SIDON, set mainly in Egypt when it was a province of the Persian Empire. He comments that his research shows the ancient Egyptians in a warm, sympathetic light. A fourth volume may well follow. --Nick Gevers. --- ### Nicholas Gevers *27 Apr 2003, 20:49 · follows Nicholas Gevers* Concerning the publication date of SOLDIER OF SIDON: don't expect it before 2005. THE KNIGHT and THE WIZARD come first... --Nick Gevers. --- ### silk tree *27 Apr 2003, 21:02 · follows Nicholas Gevers* > On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 02:23 AM, Nicholas Gevers wrote: > Last night, confirmation from GW that he is at work on > SOLDIER OF SIDON, set mainly in Egypt when it was a > province of the Persian Empire. He comments that his > research shows the ancient Egyptians in a warm, > sympathetic light. A fourth volume may well follow. hi, is this, in fact, a long awaited story about Latro? the title seems to suggest this but if I let myself hope and it turns out it isn't the disappointment would be too much. mimosa --- ### Nicholas Gevers *27 Apr 2003, 21:10 · follows silk tree* Mimosa, hi. SOLDIER OF SIDON is the third Latro novel, following directly on from SOLDIER OF THE MIST and SOLDIER OF ARETE. --Nick Gevers. --- silk tree wrote: > > On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 02:23 AM, Nicholas > Gevers wrote: >> Last night, confirmation from GW that he is at >> work on >> SOLDIER OF SIDON, set mainly in Egypt when it was >> a >> province of the Persian Empire. He comments that >> his >> research shows the ancient Egyptians in a warm, >> sympathetic light. A fourth volume may well >> follow. > hi, is this, in fact, a long awaited story about > Latro? the title > seems to suggest this but if I let myself hope and > it turns out > it isn't the disappointment would be too much. > > mimosa --- ### James Jordan *08 May 2003, 20:41 · follows Nicholas Gevers* > From: "The Wynns" > Jim, > Could I impose on you one more time to post for me? Hopefully, I will soon > have an Internet connection that will allow me to send email from my Urth > address, but with the recent speculation on "Soldier of Sidon" I thought > this would be of interest to the group. > > --- James > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Nutria wrote: > ...someone said that [Soldier of Sidon] will explore Egypt, and I guess > we'll all have to brush up on the Egyptian pantheon next! > > Crush responds: > Wolfe discussed the "Soldier of Sidon" during the recent online chat. He > said it was still "in the early stages" and he was not at the time certain > he would ever finish it. Incidentally, he also revealed that he will > (probably) not "wrap up" the story with the next novel -- if Wolfe could > live to be 100 with the same vigor he had in his fifties and sixties, I > think we could get Latro home. > > Before "Soldier of Sidon", he will release Knight, then Wizard, then a > collection of short stories. > > Here is the text of the online chat: > http://urth.net/urth/archives/v0304/3111.txt.shtml --- ### Michael Straight *09 May 2003, 13:13 · follows James Jordan* > On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, [iso-8859-1] Nicholas Gevers wrote: > He comments that his > research shows the ancient Egyptians in a warm, > sympathetic light. ...at least compared with the ancient Spartans. -- Rostrum ---