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R.S. Belcher just announced that he's written the novelization for the new MEN IN BLACK movie.

Meanwhile, Greg Keyes has apparently novelized GODZILLA, KING OF MONSTERS.
 
Greg Cox said:
R.S. Belcher just announced that he's written the novelization for the new MEN IN BLACK movie.

Meanwhile, Greg Keyes has apparently novelized GODZILLA, KING OF MONSTERS.
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I'm completely out of touch with new movies, so this is the first I've heard of the new Godzilla flick. Apparently it's going to feature Rodan, which is pretty cool. It's one of the better Toho monster movies, I think. My dad had an old super 8 version of the 1956 movie.
 
I feel like Stranger Things tie-ins should be a series of cheap 1980s looking YA paperbacks about the teen nerd stuff the boys (and one girl) get up to between cosmic adventures. I want books about Dustin going to Steve for dating advice and the kids playing D&D and them going to the comic book store to read Crisis on Infinite Earths.
 
I love that the cover for the behind the scenes book for Stranger Things is designed to look old and beat up, like it's something that's actually been floating around since the '80s. There's also a Target exclusive DVD or Blu-Ray set that is designed to look like a VHS tape box.
Greg Cox said:
R.S. Belcher just announced that he's written the novelization for the new MEN IN BLACK movie.

Meanwhile, Greg Keyes has apparently novelized GODZILLA, KING OF MONSTERS.
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Cool, I hadn't heard about either of these yet.
marlboro said:
I'm completely out of touch with new movies, so this is the first I've heard of the new Godzilla flick. Apparently it's going to feature Rodan, which is pretty cool. It's one of the better Toho monster movies, I think. My dad had an old super 8 version of the 1956 movie.
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As for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, it actually has Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidora, and there are rumors it might also include other monsters we haven't heard about yet.
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I keep forgetting about that movie. I’ve seen the trailers for it and something just feels off to me.
 
JD said:
I love that the cover for the behind the scenes book for Stranger Things is designed to look old and beat up, like it's something that's actually been floating around since the '80s. There's also a Target exclusive DVD or Blu-Ray set that is designed to look like a VHS tape box.

Cool, I hadn't heard about either of these yet.


As for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, it actually has Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidora, and there are rumors it might also include other monsters we haven't heard about yet.
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The more monsters the better, I always say.

The problem with most giant monster movies is that they have an hour and 15 minutes of boring human stuff and only 15 minutes of quality city stomping action. I'm not saying that the movies should be wall to wall monster action (though I wouldn't complain) I just think the writers should work on making the non-monster parts more interesting since they usually make up the bulk of the movie.
 
Let it be noted that the mass-market paperback edition of THE LIBRARIANS AND THE POT OF GOLD comes out today . ..
 
Wow, I had no idea Titan was doing that! As the editor of the line of books that was part of in general and of that trilogy in particular, I'm thrilled!
 
Wow, I would have thought they would have to tell an author when their book is being reprinted. So does everything just go through the publisher then?
 
JD said:
Wow, I would have thought they would have to tell an author when their book is being reprinted.
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If it's a tie-in, then it's work for hire, and the owners can do whatever they want with it after the writer turns it in. I was similarly surprised years back when I learned that GraphicAudio had done an audiobook adaptation of my Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder.
 
JD said:
Wow, I would have thought they would have to tell an author when their book is being reprinted. So does everything just go through the publisher then?
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Like all tie-ins, it was a work-for-hire gig. Marvel owns those books, lock, stock, and barrel, as was always the case. They can do what they want with them.

As I was explaining to a friend the other day, if I'm a carpenter and I'm hired to build a porch for somebody, I'm going to do a good job because I take pride in my work. Doesn't mean that I own the porch afterwards or can tell the home owners what to do with it, or that they have to consult me when they sell the house to somebody else. :)

I'm just chuffed that new readers will be able to discover those books after all these years.
 
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JD: complicating the whole thing is that the publisher with whom Greg signed the contract to do Gamma Quest doesn't actually exist anymore. Byron Preiss Multimedia Company went under in 1999. Their license deal was transferred to another company owned by Byron Preiss, iBooks, for a couple of years, but that license (which didn't include the rights to the books under the previous license to BPMC) ran out in 2005.

And it doesn't matter, because it's all now owned by the Walt Disney Company. :)
 
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