Star Trek Mirror Universe: The Sorrows of Empire (MMP) Question
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To quote David:
David Mack said:
It also contains each and every one of the peeves as contributed by readers over in the other thread.
Oh, and bunnies. Bunnies, with little goatees.
Oh, and bunnies. Bunnies, with little goatees.
"Fleet Captain Woundwort reporting for duty, sir"
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The seventh fleet is being commanded by Commodore Peter Rabbit, your Excellency. His second in command is Captain Jemima Puddleduck.
Go on, George, tell me more about the rabbits...
^ Nope. Totally an expansion of the original story from Glass Empires.
I'm a little annoyed; if it was just an MMPB reprint then I could skip it, but there's the added material, and it's Mack so of course I'm buying it. But I feel like I have to pay full price for half a story.
Ah well. The editorial changeover was, I'm sure, a pain, so it doesn't bother me much that the first book commissioned would be something that could be done quickly.
Ah well. The editorial changeover was, I'm sure, a pain, so it doesn't bother me much that the first book commissioned would be something that could be done quickly.
I don't remember the timing of everything, but I thought this was in the pipeline before the editorial shake-up(s). In fact, given the lead-time for turning in a manuscript and having it worm its way through the production process, that would almost have to be the case.
Dave, naturally, would be the one with the answer to that.
Dave, naturally, would be the one with the answer to that.
Bearing in mind that I don't have the complete inside info on this, what I do know is that the sales of the first two MU books were very strong, which is why the MU anthology was put into motion fairly quickly (in publishing terms, anyway 
. Also, why the Myriad Universes books were green lit). The way it was described to me was that the sales folks wanted "More Mirror Universe stuff."
The Sorrows of Empire was pretty much the universally-accepted high point of the first two books. Given how much the story had to be compressed to fit into Glass Empires, it naturally begged the question of what the tale might've been like had Dave been given the opportunity to go balls-out. It's the first time such a thing as been done in TrekLit (so far as I can recall), so it's an interesting experiment.
(Dear Pocket: If this works, I have an outline ready to go for a novel-length prequel and expansion of the events from my short story "The Aliens Are Coming!" in SNW III
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. Also, why the Myriad Universes books were green lit). The way it was described to me was that the sales folks wanted "More Mirror Universe stuff."The Sorrows of Empire was pretty much the universally-accepted high point of the first two books. Given how much the story had to be compressed to fit into Glass Empires, it naturally begged the question of what the tale might've been like had Dave been given the opportunity to go balls-out. It's the first time such a thing as been done in TrekLit (so far as I can recall), so it's an interesting experiment.
(Dear Pocket: If this works, I have an outline ready to go for a novel-length prequel and expansion of the events from my short story "The Aliens Are Coming!" in SNW III
)i want more from A Less Perfect Union-verse. Like, the Klingon War for a start.
QFT, it would be interesting to see more of what happened there.
And I'd love to write one. (Well, technically it is novel-length, since it's over 40,000 words, but yeah, I know what you mean.)
I'm duly flattered, though honestly, I don't think the T'Pol-Kirk story would would benefit from expansion. As for exploring other corners of the ALPU-verse, such as the war... hmmm... how does "Supreme Allied Forces Commander Shran" sound to y'all?
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