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freenarnian.livejournal.com

Some clever people on Tumblr have made graphs and flowcharts for their Return of the Thief wish lists and predictions—I, on the other hand, lack the brain power for anything more complicated than this bingo card.

(Image under the cut contains spoilers and speculations for RotT, including the Apple preview and MWT's 3 secrets. Comments will probably be spoilery as well.)

( Just for fun! )

p. s. Can someone remind me when/where we're supposed to make our Where's Eugenides contributions? I've lost track of the original post. Thanks!

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Current Location: palace roof
Current Music: High Hopes - Panic! at the Disco

freenarnian.livejournal.com

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

MWT just dropped three "secrets" about Return of the Thief on HarperTeen's twitter:

https://twitter.com/harperteen/status/1304108814690643968?s=21

The first one will have Sounisians exchanging knowing smirks. The other two... oh my gosh.

I can't wait for this book!

freenarnian.livejournal.com

It feels hubristic to call speculations spoilery, as if I know what's going to happen in Return of the Thief. (If there's one thing I'm completely confident of, it's that I absolutely do not know what MWT has in store for us!) But since I'm theorizing about the final book, I'll put it all in the comments for those who don't even want speculative spoilers! ;)

For those of you who like to overthink everything, see you in the comments!

freenarnian.livejournal.com

(I jest. It's always been about winning for Gen. Winning hearts. D'aww.)

So, so, so... the discovery of this page (brief but awesome spoiler potential alert!) on MWT's website caused a minor sensation in the fandom, and seems to fit with a certain theory we've discussed here before. (Clue in the comments for those interested.) Again, spoilers for Return of the Thief! Read at your own risk of being hoodwinked once again by the unreliable narrator gods!

Edit: There are now SPOILERS in the comments, too.

an-english-girl.livejournal.com

Today I was given* a bookmark, which has on it a book I rather thought Eugenides might be interested in!

(Tove Janson’s ‘Moominmama’ reading How to build an empire)

This left me wondering, though...

1. What would Gen think of bookmarks?
(Yes, I know, they have scrolls. But bookmarks are small, precious, slip easily into pockets … perfect for Gen!)

2. What is MWT’s favourite bookmark?
(A big leather fob with ‘Not Telling’ embossed on it, I’m guessing ;P )

3. What are your favourite bookmarks? And why?
(Go on, photos...!)

*It’s my birthday.

Current Mood: tired

checkers65477.livejournal.com

We have a date, we have a date! Amazon and Goodreads lists the release date for Return of the Thief as August 25, 2020. Another whole year, boohoo! But, only one more year, hooray! Glass half full, people!

And there's an interesting article about the release date, with some musings about what may happen to Eugenides and Friends in this last book. Take a look at Beth Aderhold's Hypable article here.

Current Mood: happy

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

At the risk of being controversial, this is probably my favorite cover yet--the striking color, the volcano, the elephant, the gold lettering. This cover promises that RoT will wrap up a lot of loose ends, but it also seems to contain some clues that deserve discussing.

All of the previous covers in this set have details referencing events in the individual stories. Granted, some are more vague than others (I’m looking at you, heron in the tree on the KoA cover.) and some are symbolic. Thus, the covers are subtle enough to not spoil anything, but still good at giving hints of what’s to come.

BEWARE OF SUMMARY SPOILERS!

( Me obsessing over details... )

Okay, thoughts and opinions?

checkers65477.livejournal.com

Have you all already seen this??? I was on Amazon's site (ordering cat food, of course) when a popup appeared to tell me I could preorder Return of the Thief. So of course I clicked on it and, lo and behold, there is a bit of a synopis there! Read the part in blue.

The thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion to the New York Times–bestselling Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner.

This beloved and award-winning series began with the acclaimed novel The Thief. It and four more stand-alone volumes bring to life a world of epics, myths, and legends, and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Now more powerful and cunning than ever before, Eugenides must navigate a perilous future in this sweeping conclusion. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and Sarah J. Maas.

Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis. As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike.

The New York Times–bestselling Queen’s Thief novels are rich with political machinations, divine intervention, dangerous journeys, battles lost and won, power, passion, and deception. Features a cast list of the characters in the Queen’s Thief novels, as well as two maps—a map of the world of the Queen’s Thief, and a map exclusive to this edition.

Erondites is back! And a prophecy! Of the king's death. 😭 😭 😭

What do you all think? Speculation?

Current Mood: excited

freenarnian.livejournal.com

For anyone who missed it on MWT's tumblr!

Poor Costis!

:D

agh-4.livejournal.com

If mwt is INDEED revealing the title of the next book tomorrow, this is our last chance to speculate about what it will be called! While I'm feeling very unprepared for the prospect of getting to read the last book in the series much sooner than I'd imagined, I AM prepared to put forward some title ideas, because I happened to be amusing myself by brainstormig them just a few days ago!

A lot of you are very good at puns, and I've been tuned out of Sounis more than I've been tuned in for the last few years, so it seems possible that this has been done before, but I still think it would be fun to squeak in before the reveal (?!?!) with a few new guesses as to what the title will be and/or analyses of the ones that already exist. Have at it, reprobates!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Location: eternally sorry for being MIA

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Banner Courtesy of

openedlocket

Exclusive Queen’s Thief Map Giveaway!

To celebrate the release of the Thick as Thieves paperback coming out on May 15th, and now available for pre-order at Harper Collins, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local book store down the street...

Harper Collins - Epic Reads has been very generous to offer us an exclusive giveaway to celebrate the release of the paperback! Epic Reads is giving away TEN copies of the Queen’s Thief universe map.

Yes, that beautiful map.

In order to make this a little more fun and colorful, we want you to tell us something you think is going to happen in the next QT book--a scene, a character, something specific. Give us your best guess! If you win, your prediction will be posted to the main page when the winners are announced on May 15th.

EDIT: This post is currently "sticky" and will remain so till May 15th. Please, look an entry below for newer posts.
"Sticky-ness" removed.

EDIT 2: Sign-ups are now closed. Thanks to all who entered!

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Can I share this with others?

Yes, please signal boast and share on other platforms or tag people you think may be interested in signing up.

If there are any questions I missed, please ask. I will also be at the chat on Sunday if you’d prefer to speak more directly.

Do give Mira (

openedlocket) a round of applause for making the banner!

checkers65477.livejournal.com

Ornon's sheep are wishing Sounis a Happy 12th Birthday!!!

Who would have thought that this community would still be around twelve years
after this epic post?

In honor of

sounis 's birthday tell us, people, what do you want to see in the next, final book? Nothing is too over-the-top, crazy, or fan-service-ish. Tell us your ideas, reprobates! What do you hope happens?

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: elvis costello - (what's so funny 'bout) peace, love, and understanding?

an-english-girl.livejournal.com

So I was re-reading The Thief (fanfic exchange reasons ... wouldn't you like to know?!?) and came across the section at the end where the Magus describes Gen's sword fight.
...The minister of war snorted. The Magus didn't recognise this as high praise, and he said stiffly: "I've been told his father wanted him to be a soldier. I'd be happy to inform his father that he has a son to be proud of."
Had he really not figured who he was talking to, as Gen assumes? Or is this a clever comment on the Magus' part, to praise Gen in a way his father can't just brush aside?

Then I got a bit further on:
"Tell me," I said, "or I'll get up and strangle you with one hand."
Ouch.

Current Mood: thoughtful

celebrilomiel.livejournal.com

( Spoilers hereafter! )

readsintrees.livejournal.com

Ok, ok, I know we're all excited to discuss TaT, but I want to go back to some Thief 101. During my latest re∞read of the series, I started to wonder whether or not Gen was given the name Eugenides at birth, or if he adopted it later when he decided he wanted to be a thief and not a soldier...

I mean, how did his parents know to name him Eugenides without knowing first that he was going to grow up to be a Thief? His dad sure seemed to want him to be a soldier. Do they just randomly name a few people in a generation Eugenides in the hopes that ONE of them turns out to be a worthy Thief? In "The Thief" the Magus snidely tells Gen that the current Queen's Thief is named Eugenides, and Gen snaps back that they (thieves) are ALL named Eugenides after the god of thieves. I suspect he said this just to throw the Magus further off any suspicion that Gen was the same person as the Queen's Thief. Because, if there are so many people also named after the god of thieves, how come we haven't bumped into any other Eugenideses?

Attolia/Irene tells Nahuseresh at one point that the Queen's Thief of Eddis takes the name Eugenides as a sort of title as well as a name, so although this is non-Eddisian hearsay, I wonder if it's true....Did Gen take the name Eugenides as a new name as well as a new title when he declared he was going to be the Queen's Thief? WAIT, for that matter, what if the newest Queen's Thief is female? Does she go by Eugenidia?

What do you think? Am I overlooking some passage where Gen says specifically that he was given the name Eugenides at birth?

an-english-girl.livejournal.com

This is a question, either for Megan herself if she has the time to pop by, or for anyone who's going to a book tour event to ask Megan for me, please?

In one of the recent interviews, Megan mentioned reading the Green Knowe series as a child. Did her copies have the Peter Boston woodcut style illustrations in?
( Like these ones... )
And does anyone else think they're just the sort of balance between showing and not telling that would make splendid illustrations for QT?

Current Mood: artistic

checkers65477.livejournal.com

The time is drawing nigh. We have one more week to speculate on what's going to happen in Thick As Thieves. No spoilers, please, from anyone who has read an advance copy.

What do you think? What will Kamet be like? What other characters are going to show up? Will there be a pet monkey named Bob? Make a prediction and we'll see who's right, in about a week.

Current Mood: curious

readsintrees.livejournal.com

So I have a friend who's reading the series for the first time, and he says that when he read The Thief, he thinks Gen drowned when the maze flooded and was revived through the powers of Hamiathe's Gift. I pointed out that the Gift's powers only work when it's given, not stolen...but he says that the gods GAVE Gen permission to take the Gift, and therefore it wasn't stolen, and therefore it granted him immortality, and therefore that's the reason he didn't drown.

This is not how I read that part AT ALL... Have I been interpreting the ending wrong for nineteen plus years????

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Epic Read posted a couple of beautiful edits of the Thick as Thieves cover with some great quotes from the book. Check them out under the cut below. Let me know if I missed any!

Nothing too spoilery, but if you don't want to see anything about the book before it comes out, cover your ears.

( Read more... )

Check out the new Epic Reads booktrailer for QT if you haven't seen it yet. Does anyone have any new speculations about the book?

an-english-girl.livejournal.com

I think sometime in the last chat I might have promised you all a Romantic!Magus story for Valentines Day?
Not Telling anything, but here you are!
( Click here to remain unenlightened... )

Current Mood: amused

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Entries tagged with speculation

ROTT Bingo

3 Secrets (Spoilers) with MWT

Spoilery speculation (yes, I'm at it again)!

In which book 6 is all about #winning

Bookmarks

Release Date for Return of the Thief

RoT Cover Analysis

A Tiny Synopsis

Concerning elephants.

Book 6 Title Speculation!

Thick as Thieves Map Giveaway! Courtesy of Harper Collins.

Happy Birthday, Sounis!!!

The Magus and the Minister of War

Who Is Gitta Kingsdaughter? (Spoilers for TaT)

Is Eugenides his real name?

A bit off topic: Illustrations

The Speculation Thread

Did Gen die in the maze??

Epic Read's released a couple lines from Thick as Thieves!

Not telling on Valentines Day

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