SG:A Portals of Discovery

[TerriO]

Since it's been mentioned on Gateworld, I suppose I can mention it here, too. My proposal for the SG:A novel Portals of Discovery, which will be the memoirs of Elizabeth Weir, was approved by MGM last week. It's currently scheduled for 2010. Licensed novels are about the closest anybody's going to get to actually writing SG:A for a while, so, for everyone who told me "put up or shut up"? Consider this me putting my money where my mouth is.

*sits back to wait for the reactions from bigdaddy and Kpnuts*

 

[RoJoHen]

Ooh, I have never read a Stargate novel before, but I would definintely be willing to pick up something like this. I'm still bitter over the loss of Weir.

 

[Hyperspace05]

Congratulations!

 

[John Clark]

Sounds interesting

I'll check it out when it comes out

 

[Maab of the Ten Tribes]

Congrats TerriO! I know i haven't agreed with you on things in the past but i am truly happy for you.

That's cool that you are going to be a part of the universe that you love so dearly.

 

[Hermiod]

Put up or shut up!!!!







Just kidding, congratulations!

 

[Etched]

I remember you mentioning the possibility of this a while back so I was really chuffed for you when I saw the article on GW. Congratulations!

 

[Top41]

Congrats, Terri! Very happy for you!

 

[Harvey]

I haven't been interested in the Stargate novels, but I know how much you care about the character, TerriO, and I hope you give her a better send-off than the show deemed necessary. Looking forward to this.

 

[Hermiod]

Almost changing the subject entirely but looking at TerriO's new avatar made me laugh.

Am I the only one who thought it was funny that out of all of the characters, Weir became a messy, anti-social shut-in when the Replicators kicked everyone out of Atlantis ?

 

[TerriO]

Almost changing the subject entirely but looking at TerriO's new avatar made me laugh.

Am I the only one who thought it was funny that out of all of the characters, Weir became a messy, anti-social shut-in when the Replicators kicked everyone out of Atlantis ?

(Pssst, it was the Ancients. The Replicators came along after the team was back. )

Actually, that's far more of the image of the typical writer (at least the ones I know) deep in the throes of work than you might imagine.

And of course she did. The Ancients--who she obviously held a tremendous respect for--kicked her out of the only place she considered home. She didn't have Simon or her past life to go back to. How do you go back to teaching Earth political science after spending close to three years dealing with the complex politics of another galaxy? When you've already gone further than you could possibly imagine and found who you really are in it, going home again is incredibly difficult, especially if you're in a position of trying to find a new home. That kind of adjustment takes a lot longer than the six weeks that Carson said had transpired.

 

[OmahaStar]

Ooh, I have never read a Stargate novel before, but I would definintely be willing to pick up something like this. I'm still bitter over the loss of Weir.

I have. The series by Bill McCay were decent enough ... those books were direct continuations of the movies and not connected with the tv series.

Then I read the ones by Ashley McConnell, I think her name was ... my gods, they were shit. I don't know if she just hadn't seen the series before and was working off notes, or what, but they were just horrendous.

I haven't picked up any of the books since then, though the reviews I've read have been favorable. I'm waiting for Terri's book to come out and be the first new one I pick up.

 

[TerriO]

^For the record, and I know this because one of my best friends was the editor on those first SG-1/Stargate lines, and there were two lines back then. One stemmed directly off of the movie, the other directly off of SG-1. That goes back to the days when Devlin and Emmerich didn't want their names attached to SG-1. I've heard all of the stories on those. None of which I can repeat in public, unfortunately.

Fandemonium has been doing some interesting stuff since they picked up the license. It's worth checking out, OS.

 

[Hermiod]

(Pssst, it was the Ancients. The Replicators came along after the team was back. )

Meh, Ancients, Replicators, what's the difference ?

Actually, that's far more of the image of the typical writer (at least the ones I know) deep in the throes of work than you might imagine.

And of course she did. The Ancients--who she obviously held a tremendous respect for--kicked her out of the only place she considered home. She didn't have Simon or her past life to go back to. How do you go back to teaching Earth political science after spending close to three years dealing with the complex politics of another galaxy? When you've already gone further than you could possibly imagine and found who you really are in it, going home again is incredibly difficult, especially if you're in a position of trying to find a new home. That kind of adjustment takes a lot longer than the six weeks that Carson said had transpired.

I felt it kind of humanised her a little bit. I had a feeling they might do something similar with McKay, not her.

Of course, they then did do something similar with McKay when it turned out that he'd spent the rest of life trying to find a way to rescue Sheppard in "The Last Man".

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Sounds like an interesting idea, I'm sure I'll pick it up when it's release, but I'm another one who's yet to read any of the Stargate books.

 

[Gertch]

Ooh, I have never read a Stargate novel before, but I would definintely be willing to pick up something like this. I'm still bitter over the loss of Weir.

Same here. So make sure you keep us in the loop TerriO! I know you'll do justice to the character.

I just hope that when it's done and just too good not to make a movie out of it, she'll come back to reprise the roll. Oh you know it's gonna happen. Stop saying it wont. We'll see.

 

[LightningStorm]

And of course she did. The Ancients--who she obviously held a tremendous respect for--kicked her out of the only place she considered home. She didn't have Simon or her past life to go back to. How do you go back to teaching Earth political science after spending close to three years dealing with the complex politics of another galaxy? When you've already gone further than you could possibly imagine and found who you really are in it, going home again is incredibly difficult, especially if you're in a position of trying to find a new home. That kind of adjustment takes a lot longer than the six weeks that Carson said had transpired.

See, this right here is what reassures me that this will most certainly be a great book. You're in Weir's head already thinking and understanding her. That's what I'm talking about!

I can't wait.

 

[DWF]

Congrats Terri, I know you've been looking forward to this for some time now.

 

[Kpnuts]

*sits back to wait for the reactions from bigdaddy and Kpnuts*

I'm curious what you're expecting me to respond with?

Congratulations, I bet it's a great read.

 

[Broccoli]

Cool...is it going to be written from Weir's perspective?