First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com

JD · September 10 2011, 06:13 PM

I just wanted to let everyone know that the first 20 pages, which includes all of Chapter 1 and part of 2, of the Typhon Pact ebook The Struggle Within is is now online on Simon & Schuster's website.

JWolf · September 10 2011, 06:20 PM

For whatever reason, it's not working to display the content.

Cicero · September 10 2011, 07:36 PM

It's working for me.

tmclough · September 11 2011, 01:33 AM

JWolf wrote:

For whatever reason, it's not working to display the content.

A pop-up window should appear, with a Flash program that displays the beginning of the book. I don't know how your web browser treats pop-ups, but if memory serves me correctly, you don't care too much for Flash. Either of those could be the source of your problem.

JWolf · September 11 2011, 01:39 AM

tmclough wrote:

JWolf wrote:

For whatever reason, it's not working to display the content.

A pop-up window should appear, with a Flash program that displays the beginning of the book. I don't know how your web browser treats pop-ups, but if memory serves me correctly, you don't care too much for Flash. Either of those could be the source of your problem.

The popup window does popup, everything seems to load except the text.

But it working now. Maybe a glitch on the S&S site.

Christopher · September 11 2011, 03:21 AM

When I tried it, I had to wait maybe 10-15 seconds before the excerpt appeared in the viewer.

JD · September 11 2011, 03:43 AM

Yeah, it was kinda slow for me too. I was just about to try reloading it when it finally popped up.

Deranged Nasat · September 11 2011, 02:37 PM

Some nice word-play from T'Ryssa.

TerraUnam · September 12 2011, 12:54 AM

Ah, that's exactly what I needed. Thank, I have my fix now.

BrotherBenny · September 13 2011, 02:34 AM

That really whetted my appetite for the book.

I am looking forward to it even more now.

JAG · September 13 2011, 10:43 AM

I enjoyed that thoroughly. Looking forward to the whole thing.

Sci · September 13 2011, 09:28 PM

Very much enjoyed it. Looking forward to the full story. Liked the bit about how the head of state of the Talarian Republic is called the Commander-in-Chief. Between the Federation President, Klingon Chancellor, Romulan Praetor, Cardassian Castellan, Ferengi Grand Nagus, Breen Domo, Tzenkethi Autarch, Gorn Imperator, Tholian Ruling Conclave, and Talarian Commander-in-Chief, I do believe that we now have the title of the head of state or government for every major Alpha/Beta Quadrant state save the Kinshaya. (Unless that's revealed later in the story.)

Slightly curious about how so many protestors got into a ceremony with the Commander-in-Chief though. That would be like Code Pink crashing an event with the President of the United States; security is so tight they'd never get anywhere near the event. How'd the women get past Talarian security in the first place?

Christopher · September 13 2011, 11:14 PM

Sci wrote:

Very much enjoyed it. Looking forward to the full story. Liked the bit about how the head of state of the Talarian Republic is called the Commander-in-Chief.

It seemed that the Talarians were a militaristic society and would most likely have a military government.

Slightly curious about how so many protestors got into a ceremony with the Commander-in-Chief though. That would be like Code Pink crashing an event with the President of the United States; security is so tight they'd never get anywhere near the event. How'd the women get past Talarian security in the first place?

That's somewhat explained on p. 20, and clarified further later on.

Paris · September 14 2011, 01:57 PM

Great little blurb! I can't wait to read the whole thing. Any chance that this will get the dead tree treatment in the near future??

Christopher · September 14 2011, 02:16 PM

Paris wrote:

Any chance that this will get the dead tree treatment in the near future??

People keep asking me that, but it's not really a reasonable question. It's meant to be an e-book. E-books are a much bigger thing now in the market than they were a few years ago, and this is Simon & Schuster's attempt to get back into that market with Trek. And it's only 25,000 words. It's a novella, not a novel. It's way, way too short to be published as a standalone book.

If it does well, there will probably be more e-books, in which case, maybe, eventually, years from now, there may be enough for a print collection, once the last 8 Corps of Engineers e-books and Slings and Arrows have seen print and once there's a gap in the schedule. Eventually. Someday. But in the near future? No way. That doesn't even make sense.

It's an e-book. That's what it's meant to be. That's the market it's specifically designed for. And I wish people would just accept that.

September 10 2011, 06:13 PM	#1
JD Admiral Location: Arizona, USA	First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com I just wanted to let everyone know that the first 20 pages, which includes all of Chapter 1 and part of 2, of the Typhon Pact ebook The Struggle Within is is now online on Simon & Schuster's website. __________________ Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. Me and Monty Python. Harry Dresden - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)

September 10 2011, 06:20 PM	#2
JWolf Commodore Location: Massachusetts, USA	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com For whatever reason, it's not working to display the content. __________________ Jon

September 10 2011, 07:36 PM	#3
Cicero Admiral Location: The City of Destiny	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com It's working for me. __________________ Ad majorem futuri gloriam. Last edited by Radio Cicero Rockettes; September 10 2011 at 11:22 PM.

September 11 2011, 03:21 AM	#6
Christopher Writer	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com When I tried it, I had to wait maybe 10-15 seconds before the excerpt appeared in the viewer. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

September 11 2011, 03:43 AM	#7
JD Admiral Location: Arizona, USA	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com Yeah, it was kinda slow for me too. I was just about to try reloading it when it finally popped up. __________________ Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. Me and Monty Python. Harry Dresden - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)

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September 11 2011, 02:37 PM	#8
Deranged Nasat Vice Admiral Location: Warped off into the sunset. With fond memories of most of you, and not a little sorrow at leaving.	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com Some nice word-play from T'Ryssa. __________________ We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile and nothing can grow there; too much, the best of us is washed away.

September 12 2011, 12:54 AM	#9
TerraUnam Commander Location: United Earth	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com Ah, that's exactly what I needed. Thank, I have my fix now. __________________ Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise. But not ships named Columbia.

September 13 2011, 02:34 AM	#10
BrotherBenny Rear Admiral Location: BrotherBenny	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com That really whetted my appetite for the book. I am looking forward to it even more now. __________________ "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." - Henry David Thoreau My blog / My crime stories

September 13 2011, 10:43 AM	#11
JAG Vice Admiral Location: JAG	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com I enjoyed that thoroughly. Looking forward to the whole thing. __________________ But... we're Star Trek fans. As logic is to Vulcans, as honour to Klingons, so is griping on the Internet to us.....Trent Roman

September 13 2011, 09:28 PM	#12
Sci Admiral Location: The Red Flag: May Day 2013	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com Very much enjoyed it. Looking forward to the full story. Liked the bit about how the head of state of the Talarian Republic is called the Commander-in-Chief. Between the Federation President, Klingon Chancellor, Romulan Praetor, Cardassian Castellan, Ferengi Grand Nagus, Breen Domo, Tzenkethi Autarch, Gorn Imperator, Tholian Ruling Conclave, and Talarian Commander-in-Chief, I do believe that we now have the title of the head of state or government for every major Alpha/Beta Quadrant state save the Kinshaya. (Unless that's revealed later in the story.) Slightly curious about how so many protestors got into a ceremony with the Commander-in-Chief though. That would be like Code Pink crashing an event with the President of the United States; security is so tight they'd never get anywhere near the event. How'd the women get past Talarian security in the first place? __________________ This dream must end, this world must know: We all depend on the beast below.

September 14 2011, 01:57 PM	#14
Paris Fleet Captain Location: on the Enterprise	Re: First 20 Pages of The Struggle Within Avaiable on S&S.com Great little blurb! I can't wait to read the whole thing. Any chance that this will get the dead tree treatment in the near future??