In other words, she violated her NDA.
Pocket Books should fire her for that infraction!
Oh, wait...
(I hope it's been long enough that I can make a little joke about Margaret's being RIFfed without angering anybody...)
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Pocket Books should fire her for that infraction!
Oh, wait...
(I hope it's been long enough that I can make a little joke about Margaret's being RIFfed without angering anybody...)
So the other day, I was watching Monsterpiece Theater videos on YouTube -- Alistair Cookie was awesome -- and in watching "Me Claudius," I was shocked to discover that one of the Claudiuses is Elmo. But it's an Elmo before he was turned into a castrati. It was really quite surprising. Elmo wasn't a girl.
I was wondering what the authors themselves think of their unreleased books? Are we being deprived of your finest works? Where do you think they fit in around your other stuff, quality-wise?
To some extent it's apples and oranges, since the goal was different. In most of my other Trek fiction, I've been able to tie into the broader continuity and tell stories with real advancement and change, while this was a more constrained mode of storytelling, a self-contained adventure that didn't disrupt the status quo. But within those limits, I'm pretty happy with the job I did. It was an enjoyable exercise getting to explore and develop a new variant of Trek continuity, and there's a lot of stuff in the book that I feel good about. I do hope Seek a Newer World sees the light of day eventually.
Me, too!
I believe the official term that's being used is "indefinitely postponed." However, the word "canceled" is also being thrown around, probably because it's shorter (by virtue of being a single word), but it's also slightly inaccurate (as it suggests the books will never see light of day).
Memory Alpha's Upcoming Productions page lists them as 'not yet scheduled' and their individual pages say that they're 'on hold.'
It may mean that they're being held back until the next movie, or it may just be wishful thinking on the part of whichever editor of the page's part.
It may mean that they're being held back until the next movie, or it may just be wishful thinking on the part of whichever editor of the page's part.
The only official statement is that Pocket is "holding off" on Abramsverse fiction. That's an ambiguous statement, no doubt intentionally. Never hurts to give yourself some wiggle room. Even if there were a definitive decision on the subject now, it could change in the future. Remember Engines of Destiny, a book that was cancelled and then uncancelled. Some books have been postponed and eventually seen the light of day, while some books have been postponed and then vanished forever. So yours is a question that may only be answerable in hindsight.
How does Pocket actually go about choosing an author when they require someone to write a new Star Trek novel?
Like, do they usually have a specific author in mind, based on their past work, or is it basically just like the equivalent of pulling names out of a hat, when deciding who gets which writing assignment?
Like, do they usually have a specific author in mind, based on their past work, or is it basically just like the equivalent of pulling names out of a hat, when deciding who gets which writing assignment?
The editors pick who they think would be right for a particular project. Or else the authors pitch their own ideas to the editors, who decide (with the guidance of their bosses and the marketing department) whether to buy those pitches or not.
Produced an original musical satire in December, but other than that, falling in love and remaining part of the 12% of my fellow Americans, looking for a regular full-time gig.
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Who the hell is running the show over there?
This is getting weird even for my twisted imagination...
Huh?
This seems pretty freaking obvious to me. They haven't decided yet if they're going to publish these books or not... and why would they?
What's so weird about ensuring that a tie-in novel complements the parent material in the best way possible?
For about a year before JJ's movie came out, the Pocket editors decided not to cloud the issue and to "leave TOS to JJ for the time being". Now someone has extended that strategy to post-movie novels.
Similarly, in the latter years of TNG, Viacom/Paramount Licensing requested that the tie-ins not be set during the then-current seasons. As for "Engines of Destiny", it was rediscovered after Gene DeWeese donated several rejected drafts to a public library's research archives and Steve Roby listed it among his "Lost ST Books" webpage. It was subsequently reexamined by a then-new editor.
None of this is weird for licensed tie-ins. In the old days we, as fans, were rarely privy to this kind of information.
^Therin, you're jumping to a conclusion. We don't know whether this decision has anything at all to do with "complementing the parent material." We don't know why the decision was made, and every single theory that's been offered, including that one, is pure guesswork.
Aside from that, though, you're right. There's no reason for Captain April to react to what I said as if there were anything shocking about it. Publishing is a complicated business and there are often factors that can require plans to change for one reason or another. So sometimes books get delayed, sometimes they get cancelled, and sometimes they get uncancelled. And given that uncertainty, it makes perfect sense to avoid jumping to conclusions about what the future might hold. There's nothing weird about that. On the contrary, it would be extremely weird if any industry could predict the future so perfectly as to be able to make definitive statements about what might happen in years to come.
Aside from that, though, you're right. There's no reason for Captain April to react to what I said as if there were anything shocking about it. Publishing is a complicated business and there are often factors that can require plans to change for one reason or another. So sometimes books get delayed, sometimes they get cancelled, and sometimes they get uncancelled. And given that uncertainty, it makes perfect sense to avoid jumping to conclusions about what the future might hold. There's nothing weird about that. On the contrary, it would be extremely weird if any industry could predict the future so perfectly as to be able to make definitive statements about what might happen in years to come.
Dude, what the fuck are you talking about? It's not "getting weird"; it's at the exact same level of "weird" it was two weeks ago when the announcement was first released, and when you first unleashed your warped imagination upon an unsuspecting internet. Nothing has changed, except... well, in your imagination.
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