What did you think of Warbringer? I've had that one for a while, but haven't around to reading it yet.
So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Dickens was never paid by the word!
I read the Peter Haining collection of Dickens Christmas tales several years ago, but this one isn't in it.
Bearing in mind that my reading/watching experience with Wonder Woman is mostly limited to the first season of the tv show, thre recent movies and the (2009ish?) animated film and non of the comics?.
I liked it, though it can be said that Diana isn't the whole focus of the book, so if you go in expecting that and only that, it may disappoint.
I've started Into the Light by David Weber (the sequel to Out of the Dark.). I know the first book took some slating, but I enjoyed it.
By coincidence, I'm currently rereading one of my favorite old Peter Haining horror anthologies, BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK.
I'm about halfway through Ibram Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist.
I had to reread that. I thought it said "How to Be an Antichrist." "How interesting," I thought.
Last night's reading: "The Human Chair" (1925) by Edogawa Ranpo.
All part of revisiting one of my favorite old horror anthologies, BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK (1972), edited by Peter Haining, which I recently rediscovered in a box in our storage unit. I remember this story making quite an impression on me when I was twelve.
All part of revisiting one of my favorite old horror anthologies, BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK (1972), edited by Peter Haining, which I recently rediscovered in a box in our storage unit. I remember this story making quite an impression on me when I was twelve.
Just started the Klingon Empire (aka the final Gorkon novel), "A Burning House".
Kind of sad about that because it's the only KRAD Star Trek novel left that I haven't read. I always enjoyed his books and figure I should enjoy this one as well. The Gorkon books were a pleasant surprise. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the Klingon-centric novels or not.
Kind of sad about that because it's the only KRAD Star Trek novel left that I haven't read. I always enjoyed his books and figure I should enjoy this one as well. The Gorkon books were a pleasant surprise. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the Klingon-centric novels or not.
I'm currently reading the half-dozen or so trade paperbacks that collect the Denny O'Neil/Denys Cowan run on The Question.
Thanks so much! And you know, I've written a veritable ton of books that aren't Star Trek, and you can always read those..................
Yeah the idiot who decided to fire KRAD is as stupid as the one who cancelled Firefly.
I still mis the Gorkon crew. If you want to read non trek books of KRAD I advise the Precint novels
Was KRAD actually fired though? I suppose he can answer that. But I know some writers just decided to move on to other things or other formats for Star Trek.
I do remember reading once somewhere that Peter David just stopped getting calls from S&S, not sure if the same happened here.
But I agree. I'd love to see a new Star Trek book by KRAD (and Peter David, among others). Though I will say I'm happy to see two new writers added to the fold this year as well. A little of the old, a little of the new would be nice.
Not literally, since he was a freelancer rather than an in-house staffer. They didn't fire him, they just stopped hiring him for new gigs. And no, it wasn't his choice.
Either way a stupid decision
Ok. So similar to what Peter David said happened to him, they just stopped calling.
I wonder why. His book's seemed always well received by the fans and sold well as far as I know. I suppose we'll probably never know. I guess that's why it's a good reason to write other non-Star Trek related stories though, so if S&S ever does happen to stop calling you'll still have ways to make a living.
(Of course, it's probably always a good idea to not put all your eggs in one basket in anything).
I wonder why, too. Been trying to figure it out for ten years now, with no good answer.
Having said that, every editor has writers they prefer to work with and writers they don't prefer to work with, and every time there's an editorial change at S&S, it usually means there's a writer or four left out in the cold.
I can also say that sales have nothing to do with it, because the byline on the book has pretty much zero to do with the sales of a Trek novel. Sales are driven by subject matter and who's on the cover, period.
Having said that, every editor has writers they prefer to work with and writers they don't prefer to work with, and every time there's an editorial change at S&S, it usually means there's a writer or four left out in the cold.
I can also say that sales have nothing to do with it, because the byline on the book has pretty much zero to do with the sales of a Trek novel. Sales are driven by subject matter and who's on the cover, period.
Well, probably true there. I buy all the Star Trek novels when they come out, no matter who wrote it, and since I love all Star Trek, the actual series it's based on doesn't even really matter to me.
Though I think if you were to write a new Star Trek novel all these years later, I think it would get at least some notice.
I wonder, would a writer reach out to them in a case like yours, asking about a story idea or book they'd like to write and they just never get back to you. Or do they contact you first. I'm trying to recall what happened to Peter David, I think he had said something like his contract was ending and they just never called him back to renew it. Are there some writers under contract and others freelance? Or maybe I just misunderstood what I read.
But that being said I've enjoyed pretty much all the Star Trek novels over the last 20 some odd years. There hasn't been a book printed in decades that I actually didn't like so the current writers all do a good job. I'm sad there are no new books by KRAD, but I'd be just as sad if there were suddenly no new Star Trek books by Christopher, Greg Cox, David Mack, James Swallow, Dayton Ward and anyone else I've forgotten (I'm disappointed we've probably seen the last book by Kirsten Beyer, at least for a while, though I certainly understand why and am glad she was able to squeeze in the time to finish up her last Voyager book--must have wrote it on Bajor where they have 26 hour days
).
We're all freelancers, and we're usually contracted for one book at a time, but sometimes a contract is for multiple books, e.g. a trilogy. I'd assume that's what Peter meant.
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