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Book Three

I have been working on book three since the summer of last year. I have finished (and first-time corrected) chapters one and two. Upon completion of TROTI, I took (a much needed) seven-month hiatus from writing. I used the time to recover a bit and to map-out the new book in my head. More difficult was actually getting going on it.

The first three months of writing were slow, sporadic, and laborious. I then began to get into a rhythm, and now I am on a disciplined five session per week schedule. Some days are still better than others, but apparently, for me, this is how it always is going to be.

The third book is set 800 years after the second book, well into the Second Empire Era. I have a tentative title for the book (but I do not like it very much, and will probably not use it). If anyone has a good idea for a title, send it along to the administrator (me) of this web-page. I promise to duly credit you for any good idea I appropriate. 

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Third Edition

The third edition of The Robots of the Interregnum is now available for download.

This edition incorporates a list of 188 corrections sent to me by John E. Wulff. It was a lot of effort on his part, and I thank him profoundly for all the work he put into it. I did not use every correction. There were occasional instances where I was not quite in agreement with him. But I did use over 90% of his suggestions, and I also found a few of my own.

The majority of corrections were omitted words (usually small connecting words like articles, prepositions, and pronouns). The next biggest group was comprised of words that my spell-checker could not find (like using the in place of they). Additionally, there were more than a few embarrassments (such as using polls for the word poles).  I also learned that forbearers and forebearers are not English words (although there is some doubt about the latter). The correct word (I found out) is forebears. The same process occurred with a few other words I inadvertently made up.

There was one other change I made to the text: a certain statement of probabilities that one of my characters asserted. This according to John (who is a scientist) was patently false. So he asked me to correct it, and I did. John knows what it is, and so do I. If you can spot it, please send a short note to this webpage’s administrator (me) or write it up in a comment.

Once again, I want to thank John for his comprehensive editorial work. I hope the reader finds this edition much improved.

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Second Edition

The second edition of The Robots of the Interregnum is now available for download. This edition corrects some of my minor typographical errors from the first edition. Sincere thanks to Attila Torkos for his eagle-eyed editorial expertise.

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Book Review Page

I have opened a book review page for anyone who wishes to review the books. Just click on Book Reviews at the top of the page. All book reviews (including negative and caustic ones) will be approved as long as a civil tone is maintained.  This is not Twitter!

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The Robots of the Interregnum

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On Schedule

I’m ready to begin the final corrections on the last chapter of the Robots of the Interregnum, so I am still on schedule. Barring unforeseen complications, I hope to have the book out next month, December 2018. It’s been a long haul, and I am glad to get to the end. I plan to begin book three sometime in the late winter of 2019. The first book took five years to write, and I am approaching the same for book two. I imagine book three will be more of the same.

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Download Counts

I have adjusted the download counts to reflect the number of downloads (2078 in all – predominately in mobi format) that were made previous to my opening of this webpage. This was something I should have done right from the start, but couldn’t figure out how to do so at the time.

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Homestretch

I’ve now completed corrections for chapters 1-10 of The Robots of the Interregnum. Tomorrow I will begin the final phase of work on the book: corrections on chapters 11-15 plus the epilogue; merging of my Word files into a single book with linkable chapter titles; conversion to Epub and Mobi Zip files; upload tests; and finally, upload to this webpage.

Without making any promises, my goal is to get this all done before the new year. If I cannot get there, I will post an explanation and a new date-of-completion estimation sometime in December.

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Progress Report

I have finished the final corrections on the first third of The Robots of the Interregnum. It actually went quicker than I had anticipated. The second third will be a little slower because I need to write four EG blurbs from scratch; but even so, I’ve found myself pleasantly surprised about my rate of progress.

I will get back with my next progress report after I reach chapter eleven (or if I run into any unexpected delays).

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First Draft

I’ve now completed the first draft of The Robots of the Interregnum. After a brief respite (Mallorca) I will begin work on the final version of the book. This will consist of rewriting each chapter, and then going over them a final time to root out syntax, grammar, and spelling errors. I hope that what I learned from my self-editing of Foundation and Second Empire can be put to good use.

Besides rewriting and editing I have a few minor, but critical, additions I want to make to the middle chapters of the book. When the final version is completed, I will prepare the book for epub and mobi downloadable formats and put them up on this webpage. The book will be, as promised, free of charge.

I don’t know how long this will take. My guess is between nine and twelve months. I will however keep posting my progress. Since the book is 15 chapters (plus an epilogue) I will post in thirds (or perhaps in fifths if it is really dragging out).