I've reread:The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde in anticipation of the release of Dark Reading Matter on the 3rd of June 2025.

Edit: Sadly the release date has slipped to August 8th 2026.

I love the Thursday Next universe and how Fforde manages to find a new angle for each novel in the series.

In The Woman Who Died A Lot, Thursday is middle aged and hasn't recovered from her injuries, rendering her incapable of jumping into the bookworld. She still has to deal with Goliath and Jack Shit's scheming. As well as the stupidity surplus an impending smiting by the global standard deity and the vestiges of the disbanded chronoguard as well as Gavin Watkins.

I have been waiting for Dark Reading Matter for over a decade and am feeling a little guilty as it is obvious that writing it was difficult for Fforde.

I've read everything he's published in the mean time, but still, a final Thursday novel is a wonderful treat.

P.S.

Perhaps the stupidity surplus can explain recent developments in our universe.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/595

@bookstodon #bookstodon #SFF #AudioBooks #ThursdayNext #fforde #StupiditySurplus

Just finished „Red Side Story“ by Jasper #Fforde. What an ending. What an idea.

Hope the third volume really doesn’t take as long as the second one.

Après avoir fini Red Side Story de Jasper Fforde (et avoir rencontré l'auteur jeudi dernier 🤩) je viens de commencer Gathering Blue de Lois Lowry. Il m'avait été recommencé ici pour cause de broderie, et pour l'instant j'aime bien la jeune fille handicapée qui trouve sa place dans le village car elle a un talent pour la broderie.

#lecture
#livre
#fforde
#lowry

....this may be one of the most anticipated sequels. (By people who like funny post-apocalyptic color-perception based world building.)

Jasper #Fforde #ShadesOfGrey

Ich liebe die abfotografierten Bücherstapel von #Scalzi . So oft ist etwas dabei zum freuen, in diesem Fall: ui, ein neuer Jasper #Fforde!

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2018/09/14/new-books-and-arcs-9-14-18/