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Monday, 20 May 2013

Lovely comment!

hi sf said I love your books!!! they're amazing!!! Especially Varjak Paw. We have been reading it at school and it is really interesting. We just wanted to say hi!!! :D
NADINE GREEN

Hi Nadine!  Thanks so much for your lovely comment, you've totally made my day!  I hope you'll enjoy reading The Outlaw Varjak Paw as well - here's one of my favourite images from it:


In fact, that's one of my all-time favourite pictures by Dave McKean – along with the unbelievably brilliant work he's done for my new book, Phoenix!  Publication is less than 3 months away now, so I'll be posting some of those new pictures soon...  hope you like them too!  And please let everyone at your school know that there is a new book on the way!!!
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25 comments:

  1. Ivan21 May 2013 at 12:18

    This is really a great picture. Varjak before the decisive battle!

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  2. Unknown29 May 2013 at 22:53

    I bought both these books for my daughter to read and she loved them. Heck, I loved them too. We now have the ebook for Varjak Paw. Will "The Outlaw Varjak Paw" be available as an ebook here in the U.S. soon? I see it everywhere else but here. :-(

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    1. SF Said30 May 2013 at 15:49

      Hi Steve, thanks so much for that wonderful comment, and please thank your daughter too! To be honest, I don't know the answer to your question, as I thought Outlaw was available as an ebook in the US - but I've asked my agent to look into it, and as soon as I hear anything from her, I will post it right here!

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    2. SF Said12 June 2013 at 12:43

      Hello again Steve! So I asked my agent and publishers about this, and they told me that The Outlaw Varjak Paw is available as an ebook in the US - here's a link to its page on amazon.com

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    3. Unknown3 October 2013 at 20:04

      Thanks, SF, for the reply. The link works, but I still cannot buy the book at Amazon here in the US. :-(

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    4. SF Said6 October 2013 at 16:11

      Hi Steve, that's very strange! Can you tell me exactly what happens when you try to buy it? I'll pass the details on to my publishers and see if they can help...

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    5. Unknown25 December 2013 at 23:34

      Hi SF. Sorry for the delay. :-) Under the title of the book it says "Pricing information is not available," and to the right it says "This title is not currently available for purchase." So I'm guessing it's still not available here in the U.S.

      Any info on when/if it will be available would be great. Thanks!

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    6. SF Said9 January 2014 at 14:23

      Thank you Steve - I'll pass that on, and I'll let you know what I hear back from them...

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  3. Ivan4 June 2013 at 18:31

    Dear SF Said
    Tell me please: but do you have any hobbies?

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    1. SF Said11 June 2013 at 21:33

      Hi Ivan, thank you for the question. I do have some hobbies - photography is one of my favourites, I wrote about it here. I also love watching films, and football!

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  4. Ivan19 June 2013 at 16:27

    dear SF Said
    Book Varjak outlawed learning a bleak, oppressive atmosphere
    Do not you think that it is written in the style of Dark Fantasy?

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    1. SF Said20 June 2013 at 20:11

      Hi Ivan, thanks again! I'm never sure about categories, to be honest - I just think of my books as books - but dark fantasy sounds about right for The Outlaw Varjak Paw. It is quite a dark book, and it definitely has fantastical elements... What do you think?

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  5. Ivan21 June 2013 at 19:16

    I'm not good in the literary genres.
    Varjak paw certainly a very dark book, and of course fantasy.
    I think the genre of dark fantasy, suitable for varjak, with one exception, it has a good ending.

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    1. SF Said28 June 2013 at 18:05

      Sounds about right to me!

      I wonder what genre Phoenix will fall into... It has science fiction elements, of course, but also fantasy elements, and what I'd call mythic elements... I don't think there's a category for it yet!

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  6. Ivan30 June 2013 at 15:33

    This is interesting
    I am sure to read the phoenix, when it will translate into Russian

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  7. Ivan30 June 2013 at 20:30

    Dear SF Said tell
    but is there any accessories Varyak paw?

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    1. SF Said1 July 2013 at 14:16

      Hi Ivan - I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean by 'accessories'? Could you give me an example please?

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  8. Ivan1 July 2013 at 20:16

    respected SF Said
    Speaking of accessories, I mean, key chains, figurines, picture, T-Shirts.
    How is it
    http://godsmack.cinderblock.com/sun-zippo-lighter.html

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    1. SF Said5 July 2013 at 12:50

      Ah, I see! No, there aren't such things yet. They usually tend to come with films rather than books, but maybe we should make some... A Varjak Paw t-shirt would be an amazing thing!

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  9. Ivan5 July 2013 at 15:43

    Yes, that would be great
    You can make a statuette varjak and key chain.

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  10. Ivan10 July 2013 at 05:27

    Dear SF Said
    Tell books Varjak paw is children's book.
    Maybe the third book will be for adults?
    After all, those who have a child read VarJak paw has grown.

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    1. SF Said13 July 2013 at 09:02

      Well, I don't really think in terms of ages when I write. I try to make all my work as readable and accessible as possible, so that children can read it, but I also hope that adults can enjoy reading it too. I love the idea of books that everyone can read, though they might read it in different ways at different ages - a good example is one of the books that inspired me most: Watership Down, by Richard Adams. In the same way, I hope that my books might have something for readers of any age, any gender, anywhere in the world...

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