The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
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The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters is the first novel by playwright Gordon Dahlquist
and was published in the USA on August 1, 2006. The sequel, The Dark Volume, was published in the UK by Penguin on May 1, 2008.
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 October 16, 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. Its sales were disappointing and it is estimated to have lost its publisher, Bantam
, approximately $851,500.
Stropping, Crampton Place, Packington, Gorsemont, De Conque, Raaxfall, St. Triste, St. Porte, Orange Locks, Orange Canal.
Gordon Dahlquist
Gordon Dahlquist is an American playwright, theater director, novelist and experimental filmmaker. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dahlquist has lived and worked in New York City since 1988. His plays, which include Mesilina and Delirium Palace , have been performed in New York and Los Angeles...
and was published in the USA on August 1, 2006. The sequel, The Dark Volume, was published in the UK by Penguin on May 1, 2008.
Plot summary
The book follows three main characters, Miss Celeste 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 Svenson get three chapters each and Miss Temple gets four (the novel both starts and ends from her point of view).Publication
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters was published in the United States on August 1, 2006, and reached the New York Times Best Seller's List on August 20, 2006. For the novel's publication in the UK, Penguin BooksPenguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
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 October 16, 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. Its sales were disappointing and it is estimated to have lost its publisher, Bantam
Bantam Books
Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by Random House, the German media corporation subsidiary of Bertelsmann; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine...
, approximately $851,500.
Geography
The railway line upon which various of the characters travel during the story includes the following stations:Stropping, Crampton Place, Packington, Gorsemont, De Conque, Raaxfall, St. Triste, St. Porte, Orange Locks, Orange Canal.
Reviews
- "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters: A Review" at The Fiction CircusThe Fiction CircusThe Fiction Circus is a Brooklyn-based online literary magazine that currently publishes short fiction and essays on the arts. The group also holds staged multimedia fiction readings accompanied by electronic music and incorporating visual art and theater as a frame narrative...
- "Hearts of Glass" at The Guardian
- "A mysterious alchemy yields three heroes, glazed eyes" at The Boston Globe
- "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters" at Entertainment Weekly