Talk:House of Suns

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[edit] Plot Summary

I wrote the plot summary for this novel for this page; it was recently edited and divided in a different manner; I'd just like to say that I am happy with the editor's alterations to my work. Good job. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.66.65.112 (talk) 21:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

That was me who did the editing. No problem mate!211.30.66.138 (talk) 07:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by VJDocherty (talk • contribs)

[edit] Release Date?

I have found so far a grand total of three different release dates: This article says 1 April 2007. Gollancz (the publishers) say April 17, as which you can read here: http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/search-results.aspx?SW=Y&strSVal=house%20of%20suns, in hardback, while Amazon says it will be released in paperback on the 8th (search for it). Where did the 1 April date on the article come from? And which of the two sources should we trust more?

The book is now published and the correct date is in the article. (Note: I reinstated this topic as per WP:TPG) VJDocherty (talk) 12:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Summary text

The first part of the summary text now contains two very similar statements, should these be combined?:

• Most of the galaxy-wide human societies inevitably fall because any kind of faster-than-light travel or communication is strictly impossible, despite incredibly advanced technology; the limits of sub-lightspeed travel make it simply too hard to hold a civilization together over the distances of the galaxy.
• Human civilisations almost invariably seem to fall within a few millenia (referred to as "turnover" in the novel), apparently due to the limits of sub-lightspeed travel making it too difficult to hold interstellar empires together. Civilisations and organisations that inhabit only one planet, or live entirely in space, tend to last considerably longer.

Also, the whole plot section is very long now - does someone have time to shorten it, while retaining the key plot elements? VJDocherty (talk) 12:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the plot section is fine. Many wiki entries on books or films have significantly longer plot descriptions; for a novel of this size I'm happy with the pot summary. It is relatively consise, true to the story, and cuts out the non-essential elements such as Dr Meninx and the troves etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.234.74 (talk) 13:01, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

As the guy who actually put in the second of the two statements, it was actualyl my mistake- I thought the first one had been removed (the paragraph had been changed, and i didn't read it too closely), I will remove the first statement now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.66.138 (talk) 04:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)