I’ve always been wondering some things about the Sundered Realms.

Is it just Earth itself that got split up into four realms, or was it the entire solar system. The suns in the four worlds had to come from somewhere. Are the sun and the other planets still out there? Maybe a silly question, but I’m deeply intrigued by your worlds.

What does Arianus look like from the outside? Would we just see a giant storm with some floating islands on top of it and a very small sun on top of that? Or is it more of a solid planet like Pryan with all the islands inside of it?

The Nexus/Labyrinth, is that a spherical planet? Because I always imagined it as a disc with the Nexus at the heart of it.

I have been on a Weis/Hickman binge for that past several months…which started per chance with a library copy of the “Dragons of the Dwarven Depth” audiobook. Believe it or not, but I had never heard of Dragonlance or Weis & Hickman before that, but it did not take long for me to become a HUGE fan. I have since ripped through almost all of the Dragonlance books; the Darksword Trilogy; and now The Death Gate Cycle. All so incredibly good! The most loveable characters ev-ah!

:sigh: I miss Haplo, and Alfred, and the dog.

Oh, and Victor Garber and Sandra Burr are phenomenal!

Loved the books really. Just finished your seventh today. Read your first 2 years ago, and I was impressed. Having picked up the first with it at Book & Music Exchange (bless the place for this). It took me a while to get through the first, barely noticing what happened but taking it in. The second was great. Personally, I enjoyed every laugh filled moment. Just this year I finally got back to the series. I am glad to know what happened, but terribly sad it ended. I wish there could have been more. And I hate being stuck with the feeling that no one will ever know Zifnab is God (or at least one of them if my theories are correct about Zifnab and his relations to Fizban, James Bond, and many other names–I really found his name scenario hilarious), exept for us readers. I must know what happens next though? Do they escape? Is there happily ever after? How does the Dog go down in history?

Beyond that, I’ve heard rumor of, but not confirmation, that Dragon Wing is being produced as a movie. Is this true? If so, do you worry that they will alter the series in such a fashion as to do it injustice and ruin our fond memories of it? Do you have any idea as to what you would like the characters to be? There are so many questions, and Death Gate takes up so much room in my heart.

Either way, movie or no, extra conclusion or not, thank you. Thank you with presenting me with a series that I could say I loved it. It is one of the few books that could truly move me, make me feel for the characters (believe it or not, I actually had bitter hatred for Bane from the beginning).

Best Regards and Good Wishes,
Richard

I’m hoping that last comment of yours was a loaded one. If you write anything else that ties into the Death Gate Cycle, I’ll buy it the minute it becomes available…and I’m sure everyone else who’s ever read any of your books would do so as well.

When I finished reading The Seventh Gate, I was left with the impression that you purposely glossed over the final events. Maybe it was just wishful thinking, but it was the only reason that I could imagine that explained why you didn’t flesh out the conclusion of a series that, to that point, had been incredibly vivid and detailed. Wishful thinking or not, I’m still holding out for more incredible stories from the four worlds!

Oh, and I can’t for the life of me imagine why movie studios would jump all over Harry Potter books, yet seemingly pay no mind to the incredibly worlds and characters that you’ve created over the years. I, for one, think that Viggo Mortensen would make a great Hugh the Hand!