Back in 2007, alert fans of fantasy grand master Peter Beagle had a very short window of time to get excited about the announcement of his latest novel, I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons.
The book was abruptly pulled from the release schedule, reportedly because of Beagle’s conflict with publisher Penguin USA over a new edition of his best-known book, The Last Unicorn.
The novel recently returned to Beagle’s control, along with other work, after a years-long court battle with his former manager, and it’s finally due to see the light of day on May 14.
Its publication coincides with a series of new editions of Beagle’s writing, all stemming from that court-ordered rights reversion.
But while it’s exciting to see Beagle’s novels becoming widely available again after being out of print for years, nothing on the publication docket is as exciting as I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons finally hitting print, 17 years after it was first promised.