Hank: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor will probably be over 400 pages (2019)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2019-10-31) · owner: Hank
In October 2019 Hank said his sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, later named A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, would probably run over 400 pages, against the first book's 330-something, because it has more happening and more points of view.
Part of: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: Hank's sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018)
About: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-31 | predicted | The first book is 330-something pages; the sequel will probably be over 400, a more involved story with more happening and more points of view. (hedged) | Book News! 00:01:27 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: Asked whether it will be a trilogy, Hank says no: this is it. — 00:01:48
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank's deadline was October 2nd and he missed it, then set himself an artificial deadline of Pizzamas. — 00:01:48
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: Asked about McElroy references, Hank says probably, and maybe he'll add one for the asker. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:48
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank says there are a lot of Keanu references, and a Despacito question makes him want to add Despacito. (playful) — 00:01:48
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank says internet discourse did change his perspective: the first book was about the internet as it is, the sequel imagines the social internet far in the future, though the book isn't set far ahead. — 00:02:31
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank thinks the cover will be orange. (hedged) — 00:02:31
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: Asked whether new characters join the main gang, Hank says yes. — 00:02:31
- 2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank: The hardest part: several previous characters are now point-of-view characters writing the book themselves, and holding four or five voices in his head is hard; he has had to learn a lot. — 00:03:00