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[DimesDan]

^ I'd love to see a tie-in license for NCIS (and I would kick, punch, stab, and gouge my way to the front of the line for potential authors), but Donald Bellasario is reportedly against the notion. The way I heard it (unconfirmed scuttlebutt), is that he wasn't satisfied with tie-in books for one or more of his earlier shows, so nixed the idea of doing it again for NCIS.)

That's a real shame, I wouldn't mind having some more adventures with Kate involved and having the team leave DC as they didn't really do that after the first season

I've got a Quantum Leap book knocking around somewhere (the one where Sam leaps into a New Mexico student some when around 1990) and I really enjoyed it, I haven't read it in a few years though so my memories of it are sketchy.

 

[Christopher]

...but Donald Bellasario is reportedly against the notion. The way I heard it (unconfirmed scuttlebutt), is that he wasn't satisfied with tie-in books for one or more of his earlier shows, so nixed the idea of doing it again for NCIS.)

Hmm, were there tie-ins for any Bellisario show other than Quantum Leap?

 

[John Clark]

Hmm, were there tie-ins for any Bellisario show other than Quantum Leap?

I think there may have been two JAG novels

 

[William Leisner]

There were a couple of JAG novels way back when.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if he was talking about the QL novels; there were a few real stinkers in there when they were cranking them out regularly.

 

[Christopher]

Though I wouldn't be surprised if he was talking about the QL novels; there were a few real stinkers in there when they were cranking them out regularly.

And even the fairly good ones by Ashley McConnell took a somewhat different interpretation of the universe than the show presented. The show pretty decisively took the tack that Sam's body was physically travelling through time, with other people seeing an illusion of the leapee (though they never explained why their clothes would fit him). But the McConnell books were built on the theory that Sam's mind was leaping into other people's physical bodies.

 

[Dayton Ward]

I think there may have been two JAG novels

Indeed there were two JAG novels.

(Pauses a moment in order to scrub from his memory all recollection of said books.)

It's quite possible that these were the culprits, but I honestly don't know for sure. As I said, what was told to me has to the best of my knowledge never been officially confirmed.

 

[John Clark]

Indeed there were two JAG novels.

(Pauses a moment in order to scrub from his memory all recollection of said books.)

It's quite possible that these were the culprits, but I honestly don't know for sure. As I said, what was told to me has to the best of my knowledge never been officially confirmed.

That bad? - I've occasionally looked for them on this side of the Atlantic, but hadn't seen them yet

 

[KRAD]

There were a couple of JAG novels way back when.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if he was talking about the QL novels; there were a few real stinkers in there when they were cranking them out regularly.

It was probably the JAG novels, as Bellisario was, from what I was told by the editor of the line, perfectly okay with the QL novels.

And the question as to whether Sam's body or mind leapt is one that has tied the show's fandom into knots. Frankly, I don't see how it's remotely possible for it to be a body-leap, because, as Christopher said, the clothes wouldn't fit....

 

[captcalhoun]

but then how'd he walk as the legless veteran?

 

[Stevil2001]

Or swim as a chimpanzee? Or see as a blind pianist?

 

[JD]

^ I'd love to see a tie-in license for NCIS (and I would kick, punch, stab, and gouge my way to the front of the line for potential authors), but Donald Bellasario is reportedly against the notion. The way I heard it (unconfirmed scuttlebutt), is that he wasn't satisfied with tie-in books for one or more of his earlier shows, so nixed the idea of doing it again for NCIS.)

Would he still be in a position to so no after having been fired this season?

 

[JD]

I wonder if we could make a case for novels-only versions of CSI series? I call dibs on CSI: Panama City and/or CSI: Lake Havasu!

I guess I'll have to fight Allyn for CSI: Baltimore. 'Course, I could so rock the Hon Beehive for the author pic, so I think I should win...

Karen

I read somewhere that the creators of CSI were thinking of making a series over here (in either just London or more generally in the UK) and I was just thinking that that might be better suited to a book!

Huh, I know there's a Law & Order: London, but I didn't they'd considered it for CSI too.

 

[William Leisner]

Would he still be in a position to [say] no after having been fired this season?

Depends on his contract with the producing studio, and which rights he does or doesn't retain as creator.

 

[TGTheodore]

Would have liked to have seen a few good Magnum, P.I. novels.

--Ted

 

[David Mack]

Would have liked to have seen a few good Magnum, P.I. novels.

I'd have settled for a few good Magnum P.I. episodes...

 

[ronny]

Would have liked to have seen a few good Magnum, P.I. novels.

I'd have settled for a few good Magnum P.I. episodes...

I finally got around to visiting Kayo books, I skipped it for years after I found out about it because I thought it just had old Noir stuff but it turns out they have an entire book shelf of TV tie in books. Old I Spy, Mission Impossible, Invaders, Space: 1999, Man from Uncle, a lot of fun old stuff. Reasonable priced too. I'll be going back every few weeks to pick up a blast from the past.

The only ST book they had was one of the Mission to Horatius reprints.

 

[Geoff Thorne]

Would have liked to have seen a few good Magnum, P.I. novels.

I'd have settled for a few good Magnum P.I. episodes...

Heretic!!

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

And the question as to whether Sam's body or mind leapt is one that has tied the show's fandom into knots. Frankly, I don't see how it's remotely possible for it to be a body-leap, because, as Christopher said, the clothes wouldn't fit....

That's the beauty of time travel, you can have it both ways. The whole point as I saw it of Sam's brain being swiss-cheesed was the universe protecting him (and itself) from the changes he was making in his own past. Right from the beginning when he changed Donna's future so that she wouldn't leave him at the altar, and other events that had a direct effect on the Quantum Leap project. (Ashley McConnell's prequel novel actually has Sam proto-leaping before the project even starts to ensure the project gets started)

So Sam could have started out by leaping his mind alone, then alterations to the time line would have changed the project to allow his body to leap. It may even oscillate from one to the other as the past keeps changing, and according to the dictates of the episode.

 

[James Swallow]

There were a couple of JAG novels way back when.

I've got both of those; allegedly there was going to be a third, but it was spiked before publication. Considering JAG was a show that ran for 10 seasons, I was always surprised that it never had a stronger tie-in presence.

 

[BrotherBenny]

There were a couple of JAG novels way back when.

I've got both of those; allegedly there was going to be a third, but it was spiked before publication. Considering JAG was a show that ran for 10 seasons, I was always surprised that it never had a stronger tie-in presence.

The whims of the creator.

Kathy Reichs nixed the Bones tie-ins so they didn't confuse readers of her own books. The fact the one tie-in there was, was better than her recent ones notwithstanding I suppose

I'm actually looking for the Dark Angel tie-ins to buy on the cheap. Wish there were more.