The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
- The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
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name = The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
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author = Gordon Dahlquist
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country = United States
language = English
series = The Glass Books
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genre = Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Steampunk
publisher = Bantam Press (USA) Penguin Books (UK)
release_date = August 1, 2006 (USA) October 16, 2006 (UK installments) January 25, 2007 (UK Full edition)
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 768 pp
isbn = ISBN 0385340354
preceded_by = None
followed_by = The Dark Volume
"The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters" is the first novel by playwright Gordon Dahlquist and was published in the USA on August 1st, 2006. The sequel, "The Dark Volume", was published in the UK by Penguin on 1st May 2008.
Plot summary
The book follows three main characters, Miss Celestial Temple, Cardinal Chang, and Dr. Abelard Svenson, as they attempt to thwart the mysterious plot of a sinister cabal. There are ten chapters in the book, and each is from the point of view of one of the main characters. Chang and Svensen get three chapters each and Miss Temple gets four (the novel both starts and ends from her point of view).
Publication
For the novel's publication in the UK, Penguin Books decided to publish each of the ten chapters as weekly instalments available to customers who paid for the subscription. The first chapter was published in the UK on 16th October 2006. Penguin Books published the full novel in early 2007. Dahlquist was reportedly paid an advance of $2,000,000 for "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters", the first of a two-book deal. [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6410370.html Publishers Weekly] ] Its sales were disappointing and it is estimated to have lost its publisher, Bantam, approximately $851,500 [ [http://nymag.com/news/media/50279/index7.html Have We Reached the End of Publishing as We Know it?] ] .
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