What's the best way to read Fearful Symmetry

[William Leisner]

the "flip book" format of complementary and, at times, reflective narratives seemed like the natural fit.

I'm looking forward to the Edoan/Triexian storyline, which has a unique three-way flip.

"A story so big, we had to add an extra dimension..."

 

[ATimson]

That said, and in the interest of full disclosure, Fearful Symmetry was supposed to have resolved the Iliana/MU arc; the manuscript was two hundred pages longer than what was actually published. But Olivia and I agreed that those last two hundred pages felt rushed and needed much more room to tell the rest of the story properly. The story had become much bigger and more complex than originally anticipated, and because I'm under a great deal of pressure to do as few Twilight-sized novels as possible (owing to the higher unit cost associated with books of that size), the decision was made to end Fearful Symmetry earlier in the narrative, as a cliffhanger, and allow the author to develop what remained of the story into a fuller and more satisfying second novel.

Obviously, given the expansion of the manuscript this is rather moot. But if it were simply a matter of getting the same book in one piece or two, I'd rather pay an extra buck or two for a Twilight sized book than an extra eight bucks for the same thing in two volumes.

 

[Marco Palmieri]

That said, and in the interest of full disclosure, Fearful Symmetry was supposed to have resolved the Iliana/MU arc; the manuscript was two hundred pages longer than what was actually published. But Olivia and I agreed that those last two hundred pages felt rushed and needed much more room to tell the rest of the story properly. The story had become much bigger and more complex than originally anticipated, and because I'm under a great deal of pressure to do as few Twilight-sized novels as possible (owing to the higher unit cost associated with books of that size), the decision was made to end Fearful Symmetry earlier in the narrative, as a cliffhanger, and allow the author to develop what remained of the story into a fuller and more satisfying second novel.

Obviously, given the expansion of the manuscript this is rather moot. But if it were simply a matter of getting the same book in one piece or two, I'd rather pay an extra buck or two for a Twilight sized book than an extra eight bucks for the same thing in two volumes.

And I would have preferred to publish it that way. But as one can infer from my post, size wasn't the only issue. The rest of the story needed to be fleshed out properly, and keeping it whole would have meant another year-long delay in the publication of Fearful Symmetry.

 

[Technobuilder]

Makes sense, but it's times like these when I wish the stories themselves were like 'Athena', and just leapt fully-formed and realized from the heads of their writers...

Of course that would require the writers to have healing factors otherwise they'd die of a massive trauma...

So if the stories are like Athena, then the writers have to be like Wolverine or Deadpool...

But then that would mean that Pocket Books is really a front company for the 'Weapon X' Program...

But I digress.

Looking forward to the next outing of DS9, whenever it may be.

 

[JD]

The next DS9 book, The Soul Key, is coming out August of next year. It was one of the books they announced at Shore Leave.

 

[Technobuilder]

^Thanks... I don't always get to read all the information that floats around the various posts. Wish all the info from events like Shore Leave was gathered up and pinned.

I had enough trouble keeping up with Comic Con this year via remote.

 

[ATimson]

And I would have preferred to publish it that way. But as one can infer from my post, size wasn't the only issue. The rest of the story needed to be fleshed out properly, and keeping it whole would have meant another year-long delay in the publication of Fearful Symmetry.

Which is why I'd prefaced my post with the comment that it was rather moot. But this is the Internets, so I'm more or less forced to state my beliefs regardless of relevance to the subject at hand.

 

[LightningStorm]

I don't always get to read all the information that floats around the various posts. Wish all the info from events like Shore Leave was gathered up and pinned.

Not pinned, but here is some assistance in that matter:

http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1944453&postcount=5

 

[JD]

^Thanks... I don't always get to read all the information that floats around the various posts. Wish all the info from events like Shore Leave was gathered up and pinned.

I had enough trouble keeping up with Comic Con this year via remote.

No problem.

 

[Technobuilder]

I don't always get to read all the information that floats around the various posts. Wish all the info from events like Shore Leave was gathered up and pinned.

Not pinned, but here is some assistance in that matter:

http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1944453&postcount=5

^
Thanks to you as well.

Really appreciate it.

 

[Marco Palmieri]

Which is why I'd prefaced my post with the comment that it was rather moot. But this is the Internets, so I'm more or less forced to state my beliefs regardless of relevance to the subject at hand.

That would also explain why an avowed eBook reader would express those beliefs using print-edition price points.

 

[ATimson]

That would also explain why an avowed eBook reader would express those beliefs using print-edition price points.

The list price of ebooks is now the same as the print editions. While S&S offers a discount, not all retailers do so. (Notably Mobipocket, who offers a format not sold by S&S directly, doesn't discount. Nor do Fictionwise or eReader, without paying for a membership or subscribing to a newsletter respectively.)

 

[Marco Palmieri]

The list price of ebooks is now the same as the print editions. While S&S offers a discount, not all retailers do so. (Notably Mobipocket, who offers a format not sold by S&S directly, doesn't discount. Nor do Fictionwise or eReader, without paying for a membership or subscribing to a newsletter respectively.)

Ah. That's unfortunate. I wasn't aware of that. Still, it's good to know that lower-cost options for eBooks do exist, just as they do for print editions.