Gerüchteküche - Archiv

Diana Gabaldon - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Im Diana-Gabaldon-Forum gibt es Neuigkeiten zu Band 6 - Diana hat eine Art Teaser geschrieben, der in einem Flyer für die Frankfurter Buchmesse erscheinen soll:

"Nothing's sure in life but death and taxes--but in North Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution, the former seems considerably more certain than the latter. In 1772, the long fuse of rebellion has been lit: in Boston, men lie dead in the street, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the darkness of the forest. And over the house on Fraser's Ridge, a shadow lengthens...

The Colony is in ferment, and Governor Josiah Martin sends an envoy to Jamie Fraser, asking help. Fraser is, as his friend MacDonald puts it, "the Colossus of the backcountry," respected alike by Highland settlers, German immigrants, and the Indians who live across the nearby Treaty Line. With unpardoned Regulators, agitating Whigs, and the vigilantes of the Committees of Safety at large, the Governor needs someone to unite the backcountry, pacify the seething resentments of the settlers, and keep the mountains safe for King and Crown. Jamie Fraser, everyone agrees, is the man for the job.

The only difficulty is that Jamie Fraser's wife, Claire, is a time-traveler, as are his daughter and son-in-law. And as his daughter Brianna reminds him, "On the eighteenth of April in 'Seventy-Five..." Three years hence, the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the end of it all will be independence-- with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. Neither prospect appeals to Jamie.

But Jamie has more immediate issues to deal with: sinister riders who travel by night, stories of murdered men and kidnapped women--and a small religious war brewing on his own doorstep, when a new influx of Highland tenants turn out to be rockbound Presbyterians, convinced that his wife is a witch (little knowing how right they are) and that he himself is hiding a forked tail beneath his kilt.
Beyond everything else, though, looms the threat of a tiny clipping from _The Wilmington Gazette_, dated 1776, which reports the destruction of the house on Fraser's Ridge, and the death by fire of James Fraser and all his family. For once, Jamie Fraser hopes, the time-travelers in his family may be wrong about the future--but only time will tell."

Joanne K. Rowling: Titel des sechsten Bandes
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - so lautet der voraussichtliche Titel des vorletzten Harry-Potter-Bandes. Laut Mrs. Rowling sind weder Harry noch Lord Voldemort dieser "halbblütige" Prinz. Noch geheimnisvoller ihre Andeutung, dass viele Schlüssel zu diesem Geheimnis in "Der Kammer des Schreckens" angelegt sind. Es darf spekuliert werden...

Bei Amazon.de kann man sich ab sofort hier eintragen, wenn man benachrichtigt werden möchte, dass der Band vorbestellbar ist. Wunder der Technik *g*.

Joanne K. Rowling: 8. Harry Potter Buch?!
Laut einem Interview wird Joanne K. Rowling wahrscheinlich noch ein achtes Harry Potter Buch schreiben. Dieses Buch soll allerdings kein normales Harry-Buch werden (die anderen stehen jeweils für ein Jahr in Hogwarts), sondern Geschehnisse beinhalten, die sie in den anderen Bänden nicht einbauen konnte - eine Art Enzyklopädie mit Geschichten und Hintergrundinformationen.

Rebecca Gablé: Audiobook
Nach dem Audiobook zu "Die Siedler von Catan" erscheint im Oktober auch eines zu "Das Lächeln der Fortuna", gelesen von Martin May.

Kate Forsyth: Rhiannon's Ride
Laut ihrer Homepage schreibt Kate Forsyth gerade am zweiten Band ihrer neuen Reihe "Rhiannon's Ride". Der zweite Band soll "The Shining City" heißen und im Juni 2005 erscheinen. Allerdings ist der angeblich diesen Juni erschienene erste Band der Reihe "The Tower of Ravens" noch nirgendwo gelistet... Falls jemand mehr dazu weiß - über eine Nachricht würde ich mich freuen.