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Oolong Morblock publishing schedule



... provisional publishing schedule ....

... this schedule may change ....

This will be a twelve-volume series divided into four trilogies. The first trilogy will be serialized on the Internet in monthly installments as will the third. The six volumes of the other two trilogies will be published as print-on-demand books.

The progress of the series is going to be a little uncertain, complicated as it is by the author's commitments to wife, work, baby and survival. However, all going well, volumes will appear at the rate of one every two or three years.

A provisional list of proposed titles and possible (conjectural) publishing dates is as follows:-



Series title: OOLONG MORBLOCK or TALES OF OOLONG MORBLOCK
Alternative name: the Oolong Morblock series
Short names: Omblock, the Omblock series.

Trilogy One
Trilogy title: THE POWERS OF OOLONG MORBLOCK
Alternative name: the Powers trilogy

t1v1 Volume One: TO FIND AND WAKE THE DREAMER ... launch date: 2005
t1v2 Volume Two: THE THALAZM ... launch date: Septenber 2008
t1v3 Volume Three: ARGUMENTS OF FORCE ... launch date: September 2011.

Trilogy Two
Trilogy title: THE TALENTS OF OOLONG MORBLOCK
Alternative name: the Talents trilogy

t2v1 Volume One: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN OOLONG MORBLOCK... launch date: September 2014
t2v2 Volume Two: BREAKING THE LAW FOR FUN AND PROFIT ... launch date: September 2017
t2v3 Volume Three: INSTRUMENTS OF MURDER ... launch date: September 2020

Trilogy Three
Trilogy title: THE LORDS OF OOLONG MORBLOCK
Alternative name: the Lords series

t3v1 Volume One: LOCUST, LORD OF SHADOWS ... launch date: September 2023
t3v2 Volume Two: KREPTILE, OWNER OF INHABITED REALITY ... launch date: September 2026
t3v3 Volume Three: JANICULUM TROPIS ... launch date: September 2029

Trilogy Four
Trilogy title: THE HEROES OF OOLONG MORBLOCK

t4v1 Volume One: BIG QUEEN AND THE MURDER CULT ... launch date: September 2032
t4v2 Volume Two: THE ASSASSINATION OF JORBEL EAGLE ... launch date: September 2035
t4v3 Volume Three: LAW AND ORDER IN OOLONG MORBLOCK... launch date: September 2038


Summary of projected publishing schedule:-

TALES OF OOLONG MORBLOCK

a twelve-volume series in four trilogies.
Trilogy titles: lower case.
Volume titles: upper case.

"The Powers of Oolong Morblock"

TO FIND AND WAKE THE DREAMER (2005)
THE THALAZM (2008)
ARGUMENTS OF FORCE (2011)

"The Talents of Oolong Morblock"

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN OOLONG MORBLOCK (2014)
BREAKING THE LAW FOR FUN AND PROFIT (2017)
INSTRUMENTS OF MURDER (2020)

"The Lords of Oolong Morblock"

LOCUST, LORD OF SHADOWS (2023)
KREPTILE, OWNER OF INHABITED REALITY (2026)
JANICULUM TROPIS (2029)

"The Heroes of Oolong Morblock"

BIG QUEEN AND THE MURDER CULT (2032)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JORBEL EAGLE (2035)
LAW AND ORDER IN OOLONG MORBLOCK (2038)

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