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Grifter:

--- Quote from: Second Aristh on July 17, 2020, 03:20:26 PM ---Different publishers though, wasn't it?  I could see that possibly making a difference.  Physically printing a hardback that long could be an issue without the right equipment on hand, leading to bigger costs to actually make the books.

Not that that's necessarily the case here, but I think it's reasonable to not assume all publishers have the same capabilities.

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That would have to be the reason.  Otherwise it comes across as the publisher looking for more money.  I haven't been able to find much on other books published by Ace, but RoC managed 639 pages for Aeronaut's Windlass.  The full PT is now said to be 784 divided between two.  My 990 page WMF hardcover by DAW is actually thinner than AW which is a lot fewer pages.

If Ace can't print books that big, then they'd appear to be the only ones in that market that can't. Or they're the little guy that's swinging over their weight class, which makes them ironically perfect for Dresden.

Bad Alias:

--- Quote from: Yuillegan on July 17, 2020, 09:04:10 AM ---Firstly, can I state I love that the Fomor are Team Soggy Bottom.
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And the National Guard will eventually turn up.

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Especially since soggy bottom is a nickname for the State Department. I don't know why, but that makes it so much funnier to me.

Didn't Harry say the National Guard would show up too late?


--- Quote from: Grifter on July 17, 2020, 02:08:42 PM ---I understand the argument, that a bigger book is more expensive to make, but Wise Man's Fear was longer and was a hardcover, and it wasn't fifty dollars.

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Different publishers (and imprints within publishers) are set up differently. My understanding is that Roc would have had to subcontract the printing of a book of that size, increasing the cost. I believe it was Jim who said that. I know some members of the forum actually work in publishing and may be able to shed more light on the subject.

Wrane:
Can we add Kincaid as a possible for team soggy bottom.  He got fired by Ivy is employable by those with the $.  He is proficient in wet work and would be helpful as a sniper.   

Grifter:
I added Ivy, Mavra, Kincaid, National Gauard/etc to possibles.

What about actual allies and expected opponents for the Fomor?  I feel like they should have an army, but other than Turtlenecks and Frogs, I don't know what to expect?  Trolls maybe?  Who else do we know joined the alliance?

BrainFireBob:
I'd guess the opposites of the Signatories, largely.

So, Norse Gods with Valkyries and Einherjar- Grendelkin? Jotuns? Dishonored dead on a ship of fingernails?

Dragons?

Daoin Sidhe- Formorians

Svartalves- Light Elves

The Tylwyth being a first strike is interesting. Did Gwynn ap Nudd know something, or were his people considered dangerous?

What's the natural enemy of a vampire? A ghoul?

If the ghouls are Sumerian, I suppose some kind of Zoroastrian djinni?

I expect Gothic living weapons, given the Fomorians predilections. Also why they went for the Paranetters- the same conservation of mystical mass is probably at play.

Oh, and so much iron.

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