one FRICKING shelf

[Rosalind]

SW books sell better than ST books because everyone on Earth has seen a STAR WARS movie . . . even the ones that aren't very good.

See, I knew I was on the wrong planet. I have not once seen any Star Wars movie. I've seen maybe about 10 minutes worth of one of them once at some family's house when I was little. I've said for about 4+ years now that one day I will watch all of them to see what all the fuss is about, but I have yet to do that. And someday that day may come. I'm not in any particular hurry though.

NEVER? Wild...I don't think i've never met any trek fans who haven't seen at least one of the SW movies. I'm a trek guy first, and always have been, but the original SW trilogy is quite good. Especially Empire...

well, then, you have another one here. I have never watched the SW movies, not even 10 minutes of it like LS, and like him I've said for ~4 years I should watch all of them one of these days.

 

[ProwlAlpha]

My B/N rearranged the Trek books from three shelves on the top to a shelf and a half on the bottom with the other seven shelves devoted to Wars books with books from twenty years ago still on the shelves, but it takes at least two weeks for new Trek books to hit the shelves, even then when there are two Trek books coming out within a few weeks of each, they usually have only one book of each. Only one Mere Anarchy book and no Full Circle as of today. The Halo section has only eight books, but there is two shelves devotion, and Warhammer has four shelves of books.

I don't understand how the OT is better than the PT, whereas the PT has a better, deeper, more original story yet a rehash of the Hero's story except in space is more popular. It comes to show that people are idiots and hate anything that is remotely "cute" or ''attempted comedic" or any boy actor under the age of 20 or the plot is too complex for them to understand, I.E. ewoks, little Anakin, and Jar-Jar.

 

[Thrawn]

Yep. The only possible reason for people to disagree with you is because they're idiots. Well argued, sir.

 

[Steve Roby]

I have never watched the SW movies, not even 10 minutes of it like LS, and like him I've said for ~4 years I should watch all of them one of these days.

No need to get carried away. Start with the original trilogy, and then decide whether you need to see the prequels.

I don't understand how the OT is better than the PT, whereas the PT has a better, deeper, more original story yet a rehash of the Hero's story except in space is more popular. It comes to show that people are idiots and hate anything that is remotely "cute" or ''attempted comedic" or any boy actor under the age of 20 or the plot is too complex for them to understand, I.E. ewoks, little Anakin, and Jar-Jar.

Um, yeah. That's gotta be it. You read my mind perfectly. I think. It's hard to tell who you're trying to insult. I think it's people who prefer the OT, but it's not easy to untangle that thicket of prose.

 

[Karnbeln]

Wooden acting, poor pacing, and stilted dialogue killed the new trilogy. The concepts were good, you're right. The stories were great. But Lucas's screenplay and directing hurt them, as someone stated better above. In the end, it makes the original trilogy much more watchable.

 

[Jbarney]

I'm sure there'll be an upsurge of shelf space in May.

Assuming Pocket is offering bookstores backlist, maybe. And if bookstores see value in stocking more Star Trek product.

I'm not seeing that happening, because the ballooning of product should be starting now. If you don't notice more Star Trek on the shelves by mid-April, you're not going to see it. You want the product on the shelf before, not after.

With today being April 1st I think I'll take a look and find out today if they are increasing the number of trek books on the shelves. Last time I was in the push had not started yet.

 

[Therin of Andor]

With today being April 1st...

With today being April 1st I wouldn't trust anyone!

 

[ClayinCA]

Exactly. The two best films out of the six, IMO, are TESB and TROTJ. What do they have in common? Neither are written or directed by Lucas.

I've always thought Lucas forgot that fact when he made the last three movies...

Well, I think Mr. Lucas would have to have at some point acknowledged that fact in the first place in order to have forgotten it! Apparently, one of the reasons he cracked down so much on Return of the Jedi was that he felt that Empire, much of which was made without his direct management, got too far away from what he wanted.

 

[JD]

Maybe he's like Roddenberry. Great vision but probably the guy you don't want actually writing a lot of the scripts...

I've felt this way for quite a while too. IMO he's created an amazing universe, and come up with some really cool stories, but when he tries to do everyhting himself it just doesn't work as well as when he only oversees everythingm like in the Clone Wars, and the second two OT movies.
Although TBH I do actually really like RoTS, but I think that's probably due to the fact that he only co-wrote that one (and AotC for that matter) and had people like Steven Speilberg helping.

 

[Scott Pearson]

Many years ago, when I ran the genre fiction section in a B&N, we had a great Trek section.

 

[SicOne]

I do think it also has something to do with the store manager's (or employees) preferences. In Omaha, we have four Borders (three full-sized and one Borders Express), and one store has much more Trek books than the other three, while another has much more Star Wars books than the other, and yet another has a horror fiction section double the size of the other stores combined. Of course, it could also just mean that perhaps those stores individually sell more of those types of books, and order restocking based on those sales, which seems to mean people who like those types of books go to those specific stores regardless of where they live in the city. For example, calling to the stores to see if they had Voyager:Full Circle in stock for me to go pick up (while it's nice to go just to browse, I was short on time and didn't want to get there only to find it was gone), only one store had one in stock, and the store that did had a half-dozen of them. I was glad I called ahead.

 

[JD]

Just in case you didn't know, Borders has a check my store feature, that lets you check what books specific stores have in stock.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Many years ago, when I ran the genre fiction section in a B&N, we had a great Trek section.

I remember that time scott..Barnes/Noble was once a great haven for STAR TREK fans indeed..

Rob

 

[RobertScorpio]

Just in case you didn't know, Borders has a check my store feature, that lets you check what books specific stores have in stock.

Hey..JD..how you liking lost this year? Man I'm loving it!!!

Rob

 

[SicOne]

Thank you, JD, that is helpful to know.

Most of my checking to see if something is in stock before I go there occurs when in my car on the way home from work, but your advice is handy for when at home on the computer.

 

[JD]

Just in case you didn't know, Borders has a check my store feature, that lets you check what books specific stores have in stock.

Hey..JD..how you liking lost this year? Man I'm loving it!!!

Rob

I'm loving it. IMO these last two season have been the best since the first.

As for the check my store, as far as I know it's almost always accurate, so far every time it's said a book was in it was.

 

[Marie1]

Are all your bookstores doing what the Chapters in my town has done???? (Yes, I'm super exciteeeddd!!!)

I think it has to do with the upcoming film, but the clerk didn't know...

They've brought in an enormous pile of Star Trek novels!!! Not only new books, a bunch of copies for WoDS9 volume 2 from 2005 that I have been questing for! They had plenty of Fearful Symmetry, ASD, Hollow Men, Over a Torrent Sea, a couple These Haunted Seas, lots of the new MU books, and the Destiny and Terok Nor novels... It was like an overload! Piles of ST books!! It was great!

And now I can grab some missing things for my collection. I think the ST collection probably tripled at least... And some of them were in great shape for once!

*flails around in an annoying fashion*

 

[shanejayell]

Happened at my Chapters too. Filled a whole section of shelves with the anthologies & several recent books. My only disapointment was seeing just two copies of Full Circle. Well, now one copy since I bought one. *lol*

 

[Marie1]

I was hoping they'd have Twist of Faith... and more than one copy of Warpath (though they did before, and they sold so maybe that's it...)

But finally! More than 1/2 a shelf... 2 shelves in fact...

I think I'd still be thrilled even if they hadn't had a book I'd been searching for for years...

 

[JD]

Wow, I hope more the stores do the same thing. It probably is because of the movie, they seem to be starting to bring out the merch. I work at Wal-Mart and so far I've seen the Barbie versions of Kirk, Spock, and Uhura ( they're actual likenesses of the characters in the Barbie style) and a poster (which I bought).