Just in case any of you missed the announcement on mannazone, the first novel in Manna's fabulous "The Administration Series" will be available in paperback this fall. You will be able to order it here
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I'll be delighted to have a "Mind Fuck" I can finally carry around with me, but I noted that Casperian Books did say it was Volume 1. I am hopeful that the rest of TAS will follow soon. I worry a bit about the short stories and novellas that add so much to her world building but which might combine awkwardly for publication purposes.
The very best of all Mannaesque worlds would be the publication of all TAS, with new bridging material as needed. One hopes. FanSee
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Yeah, I don't know how that can be accomplished. The next "novella" length story after "Mind Fuck" is about 18 months after Mind Fuck, when Carnac comes to I&I (did you notice Manna has changed the name of that story from "Strategies" to "Game, Set"?), and that bypasses so many great stories that show how Warrick and Toreth's relationship develops from being nothing more than a semi-regular Friday fuck at a hotel, to something more (Pancakes, Surprises, Playing With Fire, Shopping and Fucking, Without the Game, Smoke and Cameras, Sundays, etc); stories that give us info about their respective backgrounds (Family, Gee, Helen, Then and Now, Caged, etc); and stories that introduce and develop important and/or recurring characters like Sara, Dillian and Cele. (Fridays, Pool School, Control, etc
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Hey, Cat. Straight from Manna's mouth: Our intention is that the short stories will be published in anthologies which will also include the novellas, plus FATW as a novel by itself.
So we plan to publish the entire series, basically presenting the stories in time-line order. Does this answer your questions?
The very best of all Mannaesque worlds would be the publication of all TAS, with new bridging material as needed. One hopes. FanSee
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"Assuming that sales are good enough, then the rest of the series will follow Mind Fuck into print."
That means all the rest of the series. Hee!
And re: Carnac being the hero of the series, well...he is. Just because you don't like him doesn't mean he isn't.
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So we plan to publish the entire series, basically presenting the stories in time-line order. Does this answer your questions?
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