Crucible: The Complete Trilogy

[bfollowell]

Crucible: The Complete Trilogy?

I'm sure it's been mentioned on here at one point or another but I couldn't find anything. Whatever happened to Crucible: The Complete Trilogy?

I was looking back through old paperbacks and noticed an ad inside the front cover of TOS: Troublesome Minds for three books: Vanguard: Open Secrets, the Mere Anarchy omnibus and Crucible: The Complete Trilogy. The first two were published but I don't recall ever hearing of the third one before and don't believe it ever made it. Anyone know why this one was shelved back in '09?

- Byron

 

[Christopher]

Actually its cancellation was announced in December 2008, the same month that Marco Palmieri and many others were laid off at Simon & Schuster. The national economic crash had just happened and the publishing industry was in a nosedive, and the remaining editorial staff had to struggle to keep up with their increased workload. I believe the omnibus was a casualty of that turmoil, though I could be remembering wrong.

 

[Lindley]

McCoy was a fantastic book. Spock was okay, but I remember thinking it the connection to CotEoF was getting tenuous. Kirk was even moreso----at that point it felt like it was a themed trilogy just for the sake of being a themed trilogy. Kirk felt like a good short story that had been padded out to novel length. Far too much recounting of scenes from the TV episode.

 

[bfollowell]

Actually its cancellation was announced in December 2008, the same month that Marco Palmieri and many others were laid off at Simon & Schuster. The national economic crash had just happened and the publishing industry was in a nosedive, and the remaining editorial staff had to struggle to keep up with their increased workload. I believe the omnibus was a casualty of that turmoil, though I could be remembering wrong.

Makes sense. Thanks for the info Christopher. I knew someone on here would have some details.

- Byron

 

[BillJ]

McCoy was a fantastic book. Spock was okay, but I remember thinking it the connection to CotEoF was getting tenuous. Kirk was even moreso----at that point it felt like it was a themed trilogy just for the sake of being a themed trilogy. Kirk felt like a good short story that had been padded out to novel length. Far too much recounting of scenes from the TV episode.

Pretty much my feelings as well.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Thanks for not putting a question mark at the end of the thread title.

Made me think it finally is back on the release schedule, and I got all excited and tingly and everything for a moment - only to be utterly disappointed. Not cool.

 

[Stevil2001]

Thanks for not putting a question mark at the end of the thread title.

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