# Scott Lynch, author of Gentlemen Bastards series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186 "2019-07-16T23:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/21 "2019-07-18T16:32:04Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It’s been awhile since I read it, but IIRC, she kept going on about what an amazing lover he was and fell madly in love with him due to his mad sex skillz, despite his having very little/no bedroom experience previously. Was that it? I recall something about how she was preparing to fuck him to death (or perhaps simply kill him) for intruding onto her turf, but he impresses her with his burgeoning yet powerful proto-wizard skills of seeing into the true nature of things and commanding the elements. Subsequently, she takes him under her wing and he ends up spending a lot of time with her. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/22 "2019-07-18T16:41:00Z")
I can see how if you are cranking out “thrillers” some might expect a book each year. Yet I don’t see people bitching about not enough Thomas Pynchon. OTOH, if you know how to write then 5, let alone 10, years ought to be enough to write a novel. Trilogies and such should be more or less planned out from the beginning, lest the author decide in the middle that he or she be unenthusiastic about the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/23 "2019-07-18T16:58:17Z")
Now, Bernard Cornwell, that’s an author with work ethic, you can rest assured you’ll have a new Uthred book in your hands every single year. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/24 "2019-07-18T17:17:49Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > With a thread title like that, I thought you were going to say he was dead. Yeah, I had a momentary reaction of “Oh no—what about him?” when I saw the thread title. > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > **You don’t know what waiting means until you’ve been a Patrick Rothfuss fan!** And I also thought, “Yeah, speaking of people who really need to write the next book in their fantasy series…” Not quite as egregious, but [Jasper Fforde](http://www.jasperfforde.com/special.html) also has several series that I’m waiting for the next book in. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I adored the first book, and really liked the second. The third book felt like he was working out some unresolved feelings toward his ex. I know authors use the emotions they know to lend power to their writing, but in this case it really didn’t work for me. > > I hope he’s happier now and is able to write an awesome fourth book, because the first two were great. Yeah, pretty much this. The first book is standalone enough that I’m tempted to advise people to read just that one and stop there, at least until the rest of the series appears. > [@Alessan](#): > > See, that’s why I’ve become a Brandon Sanderson fan in recent years. I mean, I love the man’s writing, but I love his work ethic even more. Although, work ethic doesn’t necessarily mean that series get finished quickly. Doesn’t he kind of jump around from series to series? No one can fault Stephen King’s level of productivity, but it took him awhile to get the Dark Tower finished. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/25 "2019-07-18T17:46:58Z")
I, for one, am starting to suspect that Harlan Ellison is never going to release _The Last Dangerous Visions_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/26 "2019-07-18T17:49:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > See, that’s why I’ve become a Brandon Sanderson fan in recent years. I mean, I love the man’s writing, but I love his work ethic even more. > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Hell yeah. Let me give you another instance: Terry Pratchett. The best artists just work through creative slumps until they’re demolished. Harry Turtledove is another example of an author who sticks to a schedule and publishes the books he promised. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/27 "2019-07-18T18:01:10Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > See, that’s why I’ve become a Brandon Sanderson fan in recent years. I mean, I love the man’s writing, but I love his work ethic even more. He works hard, but unfortunately for me, I feel like his Stormlight Archive masterwork is his least interesting series. He’s going to dedicate himself to a big “thick book epic” series I don’t want. I prefer Mistborn series books by a mile. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/28 "2019-07-19T00:43:22Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It’s been awhile since I read it, but IIRC, she kept going on about what an amazing lover he was and fell madly in love with him due to his mad sex skillz, despite his having very little/no bedroom experience previously. To be fair, it’s very heavily implied that he’s an unreliable narrator. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/29 "2019-07-19T01:39:38Z")
I think that’s what I settled on at some point, that he was really this useless little dweeb making all that shit up. It amused me, but wasn’t really satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/30 "2019-07-19T01:41:24Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Was that it? I recall something about how she was preparing to fuck him to death (or perhaps simply kill him) for intruding onto her turf, but he impresses her with his burgeoning yet powerful proto-wizard skills of seeing into the true nature of things and commanding the elements. Subsequently, she takes him under her wing and he ends up spending a lot of time with her. [This is pretty close to how I remember it.](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/04/11) ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/31 "2019-07-19T02:25:16Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > [This is pretty close to how I remember it.](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/04/11) Damn, that was eight years ago. _sob_ So, just ftr, Steven Erickson is an author who writes books that can fell a wildebeest and he does it in a thoroughly brisk fashion. You can expect a few thousand words from him every year or two. For those who like that sort of thing. Also, the entire Malazan Book of the Fallen is available as [one Kindle book](https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Malazan-Book-Fallen-ebook/dp/B00HL0MA3W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=steven+erikson&qid=1563502557&s=gateway&sr=8-1), for $80, which is a deal but also sort of terrifying. Worth it though. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/32 "2019-07-19T07:16:27Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I’m still waiting for Melanie Rawn 's third book in the her Exiles trilogy. It’s only been what? 21 years? she actually made a second? which she swore shed never do… ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/33 "2019-07-19T10:29:38Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Damn, that was eight years ago. _sob_ > So, just ftr, Steven Erickson is an author who writes books that can fell a wildebeest and he does it in a thoroughly brisk fashion. You can expect a few thousand words from him every year or two. For those who like that sort of thing. > > Also, the entire Malazan Book of the Fallen is available as [one Kindle book](https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Malazan-Book-Fallen-ebook/dp/B00HL0MA3W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=steven+erikson&qid=1563502557&s=gateway&sr=8-1), for $80, which is a deal but also sort of terrifying. Worth it though. Erikson is an absolute animal with the pen, a big reason why Malazan was (borderline) coherent over ten books [some might disagree with that, but it never unravelled]. There was a character in Neil Stephenson’s reamde who was a parody of an Erikson fantasy word machine that was a close-ish anagram, I wondered if he was taking the piss a little bit with it. From wiki - _Devin “Skeletor” Skraelin, an absurdly prolific pulp fantasy author under long-term contract to fill in narrative details of T’Rain._ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/34 "2019-07-19T10:31:57Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > In this very forum, someone claimed he was “struggling with depression”. He had a long Twitter feed about it (I can’t link to it, because I gave up Twitter) in which he talked about the breakup of his marriage and how his success overwhelmed him to the point of panic and depression. I too, and eagerly awaiting Thorne of Emberlain. Go Locke Lamora! ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/35 "2019-07-19T11:19:19Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > if you complain he hasn’t finished the third book My complaint is that I read the first two. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186/36 "2025-06-24T18:58:28Z")
Well I pretty much gave up on Lynch ever publishing anything else. Seems like he did publish a prequel novella - _Locke Lamora and the Bottled Serpent_, in late 2024 and early 2025 split between issues #40 & #41 of Grindmark Magazine, which you can purchase online on Amazon. It’s on my list. And apparently he also announced last year that he will also publish, sometime in 2025, three other novellas, collectively titled _The Road to Emberlain_, which will serve as a taste before his 4th novel The Thorn of Emberlain is released. So I guess, I need to pay more attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-lynch-author-of-gentlemen-bastards-series/837186.md?page=1)