At Least This Explains All The Cat T-Shirts

[fearful_syzygy]

Unless, of course, "installment" isn't synonymous with volume.

Seems it is, at least for the author of that article. "Installment" is what it says in the caption, but in the body it says "The novel will be released on a rapid timeline almost unheard-of in the publishing industry: one volume every three months, beginning in 2014."

[heartbreak]

of Leaves was about a movie. is a movie. The is a TV show?

[consider us dead]

I fear I might not last the distance...

[ThereIsNoDarkSky]

Also, did anyone notice in the article, the summary is that it's about a girl who saves a cat? Is this new information, or do you think the writer of the article was just getting a little ahead of himself?

[heartbreak]

Also, did anyone notice in the article, the summary is that it's about a girl who saves a cat? Is this new information, or do you think the writer of the article was just getting a little ahead of himself?

Saves vs finds?

[kaseycarpenter]

I imagine the 1MM was paid to MZD, and of course a nice slice to his agent, WF. Sorry, wrong agent - should read JRW of WME.

[ThereIsNoDarkSky]

Saves vs finds?

Yeah! Those are rather different events!

[Slow Dog Noodle]

Hold on everybody. Let me get the mat out first.

[po-m]

Damn. That's what we get for encouraging him by talking about his other books for so long. This is all our fault, really.
p.s. The first comment under the article is kind of ironically amusing.

[John _Rage]

The first comment under the article is kind of ironically amusing.

That's what I'm here for.

[heartbreak]

Just crunching a few page numbers.

If each volume is 50 pages, the entire thing will be 1350 pages.

100 pages per volume, 2700 pages total.

Considering how much work and effort he puts into every page, the timeline for release is really no surprise.

[Emöjk]

50 pages? This seems rather short. But then again, it depends on what is on each page.

[heartbreak]

50 pages? This seems rather short. But then again, it depends on what is on each page.

A conservative estimate to illustrate how massively long it will be.

[Hazel]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/11/mark-z-danielewski-serial-novel-the-familiar.html

[ThereIsNoDarkSky]

...Huh. I liked the first article better.