What he said.
Star Trek (2009) novelization (finally) announced!
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What he said.
To me the size is not much of a relevant issue. I know they are a little bulkier in a trade size but the print is also more readable. The primary thing for me is whether the story justified a larger format and quite often that isn't the case. I used to assume that a novel in hardback meant Pocket had a lot of faith in the story or author and that it was a truly great story. I buy all the Trek books released regardless but it does seem that a mmp would have been sufficient. I hate that the bookstores have moved to wanting trades over mass market. I usually order all trade paperbacks and hardcovers through Amazon because even with postage they wind up at least $2.00 less than B&N and sometimes even more. Plus you don't have to spend gas money to get to the mall and back either.
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Kevin
Depends on sales.
The fourth "Indiana Jones" film novelization came out in trade for the cinema premiere, and MMPB for the DVD release.
"Strange New Worlds I" and "Strange New Worlds II", plus "The Lives of Dax", have been trade sized ST books later reprinted as MMPBs.
You know, if JJ's movie was announced as a MMPB novelization, people would be saying "There you go! Proof that Pocket has no faith in the new movie."
But they have done it three times, and with trade replacing Pocket's old hardcover format, it'll probably happen more often.
Yeah, but as I recall, the SNW books were reprinted not because of sales or anything, but to fill in an unexpected gap in a publishing schedule. Reprinting as mmpb wasn't part of the original plan.
Possibly. But the business of dropping hardcovers and moving more things into trade paperback is a new practice for the Star Trek books line, and as fans we really don't know how this is all going to play out over the next few years. Not to mention that no one knows how big a hit the movie will be, or how that will affect things.
Personally, I'm just glad this isn't going to be a hardcover.
Of course, but certainly my regular trips to Galaxy Bookshop shows me that first release in trade, reprint release in MMPB, has become a current trend in the SF publishing world over recent years. The science fiction hardcover didn't just disappear from Pocket.
If ST XI is the massive hit everyone's hoping for, its trade paperback novelization will need to go into repeated reprint, and a MMPB timed with the DVD release would bring the book to the masses.
Of course, if Pocket said, "Don't panic, there'll be a MMPB a few months after the trade edition, then too many fans might hold out for the MMPB. Better at this point to keep 'em wondering."
I well recall "Spock's World" in hardcover. We were actually surprised when the MMPB came along, because it was trumped as hardcover-only, as part of its initial marketing. I also recall being very angry with the SCE eBooks which were promoted in several early articles as "never to be released in hardcopy", and my work firewall was preventing me from downloading them.
Do tell us more. Really, I'm fascinated.
Well, either don't leave them in the bathroom or clean out the mildew every so often.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
I'm assuming that someone thinks novelizations are a rip-off, since they aren't "original fiction." Which is, of course, absurd, but it's an argument I've heard before.
I'm assuming that someone thinks novelizations are a rip-off, since they aren't "original fiction." Which is, of course, absurd, but it's an argument I've heard before.
Pre home video, novelizations were one of the only ways to relive a movie on demand.
I love novelizations that incorporate trimmed scenes, give background to characters, and spend time doing things the movie can't possibly do in its running time.
I'm assuming that someone thinks novelizations are a rip-off, since they aren't "original fiction." Which is, of course, absurd, but it's an argument I've heard before.
Pre home video, novelizations were one of the only ways to relive a movie on demand.
I love novelizations that incorporate trimmed scenes, give background to characters, and spend time doing things the movie can't possibly do in its running time.
Exactly. You could just hope that a year or later the film would be sold to one of the three television networks in the United States so that you could see it again after it left theaters. I presume that it was the same in Australia and other countries before home video.
Exactly. I even have a few fave movies and TV episodes taped on squeaky old audiocassettes.
They are also yucky and gross. And they may give you cooties.
Oh, wait, that's novelizers. Never mind.
Same here. I'm really hoping that TPTB give Foster the leeway to incorporate little goodies like what you mentioned, and perhaps some further detail on the differences we're going to see between this new reality and that we're all familiar with.
I really think that Foster is the right guy for this. He's old-school Trek, which is good given this is a Trek for a new era. I wasn't originally planning on buying this, but now I've changed my mind.
All things considered, ADF seems like the right one for the task, from both marketing and old school-Trek perspectives. The only things I've read by him are his TAS adaptations, though, so I can't get a really good judge of his writing style from that.
In any case, whether I buy the book or not will depend on how much I enjoy or dislike the film. If there's enough in it that I want to relive, or go into more depth about, then I'll pick up the novel.
In any case, whether I buy the book or not will depend on how much I enjoy or dislike the film. If there's enough in it that I want to relive, or go into more depth about, then I'll pick up the novel.
It's true. I haven't bathed since DAREDEVIL. It's against the novelizer's code.
There is nothing wrong with ADF. He has had a few novels I have found well done. Good to see him on a new book.
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