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OT: Non-Trek Tie Ins discussion thread

JD said:
Would there be a difference between the Firefly and Serenity names when it comes to licenses and thing like that?
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Different ownership. A 20th Century Fox Television show and a Universal Pictures movie, respectively. Prior tie-ins have been under the Serenity brand because Fox wasn't involved. Or so I understand it.
 
JD said:
Tim Lebbon has written some Aliens novels and a Star Wars novel, so he does at least have some sci-fi tie-in experience.
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I don't know him personally, but hes's also written several movie novelizations: 30 Days of Night, Kong: Skull Island, The Cabin in the Woods, etc. I believe he won a Scribe Award for the 30 Days novelization.
 
That's right, I do remember seeing his name on the Kong novelization now. I was pretty sure I'd see his name somewhere else, but I couldn't remember where.
 
The Wormhole said:
So, are these set during the TV show or after? I'm guessing they're definitely not set before the series, as River is mentioned. I would guess they'd go with having them set during the series, a chance to use the whole cast.
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I'm curious about how (or if) they'll fit in with the post-movie continuation comics. Though, speaking of, the Shepherd Book comic did quietly retcon that rather than there being eight or nine months between "Serenity" the pilot and Serenity the movie, there was actually about four years between them. Which is fine by me, the series itself explicitly took place over most of a year, at least, so the movie's timeline was already a retcon, and the longer timespan slips in plenty of room for full-cast stories. With the original timeline, even the comics one attempt at doing a bonus series-era story didn't really have room to fit.
 
JD said:
Would there be a difference between the Firefly and Serenity names when it comes to licenses and thing like that?
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Firefly and Serenity are (or at least were) considered separate intellectual properties, and Universal seemed to more eagerly embrace the licencing opportunities for the franchise, so many of the products released earlier (such as the comics) have Serenity branding as a result.

Even that was sort of a weird hybrid, though--the novelisation and the comics mention plenty of details from the series (the former references every episode at least once), and the main licencing restriction seemed to be visual (e.g. something like the Serenity RPG only has photos in it from the movie). Somewhere along the line, however, I suspect that Fox bought the Serenity IP, because more recent Firefly-branded products (like the board games) feature photos and other visual references to both the series and film without any Universal Pictures copyright notice.

David cgc said:
I'm curious about how (or if) they'll fit in with the post-movie continuation comics. Though, speaking of, the Shepherd Book comic did quietly retcon that rather than there being eight or nine months between "Serenity" the pilot and Serenity the movie, there was actually about four years between them. Which is fine by me, the series itself explicitly took place over most of a year, at least, so the movie's timeline was already a retcon, and the longer timespan slips in plenty of room for full-cast stories. With the original timeline, even the comics one attempt at doing a bonus series-era story didn't really have room to fit.
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The fan consensus (which I agree with) is that the "Eight months!" referenced in the film don't fit with any other references to time from the series, so any timeline of the franchise (including my own) blatantly ignores that exclamation on Malcolm's part. I'm similarly not a fan of what The Shepherd's Tale asserts about the passage of time, as (among other things) it moves the war to an earlier timeframe and makes it seem much longer than the information in the series indicated, so I've also ignored those details (even though I accept Book's backstory from it as canonical).

As you said, Firefly takes about a year to occur, with plenty of gaps between most episodes--even if these novels are obligated to be set during the series, we're far from a "Five-Year Mission" chronology problem.
 
I don't know if anyone else on here uses Google Play for the e-books, but just in case.
Google Play has a whole bunch of Buffy novels up for pre-order, that they are supposed to be adding next month. They include 2 of @KRAD's novels, Blackout, and The Deathless.
 
Seems like Titan continues to beef up their Tie-in line up:

Titan, Marvel to Launch Prose Publishing Program
Feb 26, 2018

Titan Books is teaming with Marvel Comics to launch a publishing program that will produce original prose works based on Marvel properties like Black Panther, in addition to reprinting out of print works.

Titan Comics, a sister imprint of Titan Entertainment Group, will initially reissue a number of out of print prose novels based on Marvel’s iconic characters. The program will initially release nine books between April and November 2018.

The program will kickoff with a reissue of Marvel Comics writer Dan Abnett’s Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, in April 2018, to be followed by reissues of works on Captain America, Black Panther, Deadpool and others. Beginning in October 2018, the Titan program will begin to release new original prose novels based on the notorious Spider-Man foe, Venom, and the X-Men enemy, Dark Phoenix.

Titan Books editorial director Laura Price, said, “we look forward to a continuing relationship helping to expand the Marvel Universe in collaboration with Marvel.”
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=1716
 
Christopher said:
Ooh, I wonder if they plan to reprint the Pocket Marvel novels.
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Novels I Found so far on Amazon:

Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?
Spider-Man: Forever Young
Ant-Man: Natural Enemy
Avengers: Everbody wants to rule the World
Deadpool: Paws
Civil War
 
There's actually been a pretty constant stream of Marvel novels for a while now, they published the one listed above and a bunch more themselves over the last few year. I wonder why they decided to go to another publisher rather than continue to publish them themselves?
 
thribs said:
DC has a few as well. There is a Young Wonder Woman and Young Batman book out there.
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That's the DC Icons series.
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
Daughter of immortals.

Princess Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law—risking exile—to save a mortal. Diana will soon learn that she has rescued no ordinary girl, and that with this single brave act, she may have doomed the world.

Daughter of death.

Alia Keralis just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesn’t know she is being hunted by people who think her very existence could spark a world war. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer—a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.

Together.

Two girls will face an army of enemies—mortal and divine—determined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. Tested beyond the bounds of their abilities, Diana and Alia must find a way to unleash hidden strengths and forge an unlikely alliance. Because if they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war.

Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
Before he was Batman, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy.

The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list.

One by one, the city's elites are being executed as their mansions' security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. Meanwhile, Bruce is turning eighteen and about to inherit his family's fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Enterprises and all the tech gadgetry his heart could ever desire. But after a run-in with the police, he's forced to do community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city's most brutal criminals.

Madeleine Wallace is a brilliant killer . . . and Bruce's only hope.

In Arkham, Bruce meets Madeleine, a brilliant girl with ties to the Nightwalkers. What is she hiding? And why will she speak only to Bruce? Madeleine is the mystery Bruce must unravel. But is he getting her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees? Bruce will walk the dark line between trust and betrayal as the Nightwalkers circle closer.

Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas
When the Bat's away, the Cat will play. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has. . . .

Two years after escaping Gotham City's slums, Selina Kyle returns as the mysterious and wealthy Holly Vanderhees. She quickly discovers that with Batman off on a vital mission, Batwing is left to hold back the tide of notorious criminals. Gotham City is ripe for the taking.

Meanwhile, Luke Fox wants to prove he has what it takes to help people in his role as Batwing. He targets a new thief on the prowl who seems cleverer than most. She has teamed up with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and together they are wreaking havoc. This Catwoman may be Batwing's undoing.

There's also a Superman book by Matt De la Pena coming out next year.
 
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