and how is it the same?Â (Someday, all of these bits and pieces may wind up as the foundations of more Otherland novels, so theyâ€™re also an example of me thinking my way through various interesting problems and situations.)

It will also deepen and expand some of the mysteries that began in â€œThe Happiest Dead Boyâ€ â€” most importantly, how is a virtual universe, at least this one, different from a REAL universe. The story (at least at this moment) is called â€œThe Ghost Prince and the Peach Maidenâ€ and it will star Orlando and a few old favorites but will also introduce the Chinese-mythology-based world of 5Isle. The new story will be set in the world of 5Isle, which was created for the game version of Otherland.

The Other is gone but the Otherland universe remains a character in its own right. And that universe itself is alive and changing. Yes, Otherland.Â The books that seem to become more disturbingly real with each passing decade.Â Iâ€™m so sorry!Â If Iâ€™d known, I would have put more charming cat pictures in Otherland to make the future easier to take.Īnyway, Iâ€™m writing a new story set there, expecting to release it for sale in the summer.Â It features â€” surprise! â€” Orlando Gardiner.Īs a character Orlando always fascinates me, butÂ especially now, after the first set of books, because though heâ€™s technically dead, he lives full-time in a virtual universe â€” an entirely imaginary place.

Slightly different focus to this particular letter.Â Iâ€™ll get back to keeping updating you on THE LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD very soon, but this time I want to tell you about a number of events happening around â€˜Otherlandâ€™ â€” both the fictional universe and the online game.

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