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    Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now

    How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

    Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels

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    If SF Publishing Implodes Once Again, Will You Follow Your Favorite Authors To Porn?

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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    01:09 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
    LAUGHTER

    Redqueenmeg beat me to the happy dance, dammit! I'm so unhappy!

    However, I am also very happy about this.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    12:41 PM

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Are those spoilers also spoilers for those who have read the novel?
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    12:21 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
    *happydance*

    *gonna go read all the KSR in her library now*
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    12:01 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
    The way we are going now I don't see too much space travel even in 300 years. P.K. Dick had it right in "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". The only people that are going to leave the planet are the rich ones. Leaving the poor and middle class to fend for themselves.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    12:38 PM

    @reddingofish: If it means that the people who run Wall Street get to go off and ruin their own planet with "financial devices" then more power to 'em.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11:50 AM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
    In addition to science fiction I'm a huge fan of historical fiction. Put them both together and it's a win in my book. "Gallileo's Dream" sounds like it fits perfectly into that category. The only problem I see is that Amazon lists it as being released on Dec. 29. Why isn't this a pre-Christmas release publishers?
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11:56 AM

    @EdificeComplex: ask for an amazon giftcard and get it for that long journey through to the next decade.
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11:47 AM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
    "By all accounts, it's a fascinating look at the man who may have been the first real scientist."

    At the very least you've pissed of a large number of Greeks.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10:33 AM

    In reply to Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels
    I personally think it is time for a Star Wars novel reboot, and that new writers should be given a try at the universe.

    The novels anymore are just
    "What can we take away from the main cast, without killing any original cast, to create more drama?"
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    Image of Burke Burke
    11:35 AM

    @Demonbird: Ummm... they have killed original cast already.

    Still, other than the whole Killiks/Joiner debacle (those were painful to read), I've rather enjoyed the extension of the franchise in a logical path that the novels have taken since Zahn's original trilogy.

    The focus is getting more and more onto the next generation of characters, including Ben Skywlaker and Jaina Solo, plus a number of other characters introduced into the mix from various sources: Corran & Mirax Horn and their kids, Jag Fel, Chief of State Daala, etc
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    11:55 AM

    @Burke:
    I've enjoyed them too, but there is definitely a lot that could be done if a newgroup was allowed to take a swing at the franchise.

    Also, Chewbacca was ultimately expendable, and is the only one to die out of all the books.

    Currently, Luke, Leia, and Han still have a very big role in the stories being told, despite their age, and if that's what people want, elt them do a reboot.

    Hell, even Boba Fett still gets notice.



    #speakup
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    12:34 PM

    @Demonbird: A reboot is highly unlikely. People have talked about this before and the general consensus has been against a reboot. People have spent too much time and money on the current universe that starting it all over would just make people very angry. Plus Del Rey doesn't seem to be thinking in that direction at all so it's not likely to happen.

    I would however like the focus to shift away from the movie characters. Del Rey keeps using the argument of '60 is the new 40' but that's just lazy IMO. However we are getting more standalones focusing on minor characters, like the upcoming novel Crosscurrent which takes place shortly after Legacy of the Force and focuses on Jaden Korr, a video game character and Jedi Knight of the younger generation.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12:58 PM

    @Xicer:
    I have no idea what Del Ray is going to do after they advance the story another 10-15 years. Besides having at least two massive galactic conflicts during that time.

    #speakup
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09:29 AM

    In reply to Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels
    What I want to know is what's up with Sulu's porno stache?
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    08:44 AM

    In reply to Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels
    Ah, the Brian Daley Han Solo books. A great, pulpy read.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08:24 AM

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    I'm so excited! The Road is the kind of book where I won't mind if they make changes in adapting it to a movie.

    I pretty sure that it wasn't a nuclear disaster in the book, but I'm still going to spend a lot of the movie worrying about their exposure to radiations (No! Don't drink that! It's +10 rads/sec). I blame Fallout 3.
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    Image of Traveshamockery Traveshamockery
    10:32 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: What else could it have been? Massive earthquake? Worldwide meteor shower?
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11:19 AM

    @Traveshamockery: It doesn't really specify in the book. I've always assumed multiple meteor impacts worldwide. It's the explanation that makes the most sense given the available information.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    12:50 PM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Why do you think it wasn't nuclear in the book? It doesn't specify it, but it seems clearly a nuclear-winter scenario (yeah, meteorites would do that as well), and well... they wouldn't talk about radiation because there's nothing they can do about it. Also, It doesn't need to be radioactive everywhere for there to be a nuclear winter, just several big explosions that release enough dust
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    Image of cletar cletar
    08:23 AM

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    The trailer kind of makes me weepy, so I'm not sure I could go see the entire thing.

    I never read the book, by the way. Should I? Should I read the book then see the movie, or vice versa?
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    08:40 AM

    @cletar: It's a good book, it's not great.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    09:40 AM

    @cletar: I'd recommend it. It's a nice story and a fast read. If you like post-apocalypse settings (admittedly I'm a huge fan of the genre) you should enjoy it.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    08:10 AM

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Is the spoiler that it was really Earth the whole time?
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    Image of cletar cletar
    08:21 AM

    @Dunny0:
    Omigod, I was wrong!
    It was earth, all along!
    Oh, you finally made a monkey...
    out of MEEEEEE!
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    Image of ragincajun67 ragincajun67
    08:29 AM

    @cletar:
    "I hate them all,
    from Chimpan A
    to Chimpan Z!"
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    08:41 AM

    @cletar: I LOVE LEGITIMATE THEATER!!!!
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    Image of allium allium
    09:18 AM

    @NerD: Blattella: That's "theyaytur".
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    07:50 AM

    In reply to If SF Publishing Implodes Once Again, Will You Follow Your Favorite Authors To Porn?
    Well, no, I probably wouldn't. Certainly I jumped ship on the Anita Blake books after they made the transition.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    06:35 AM

    In reply to Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels
    Great post. Also an interesting iteration of this nutty phenomenon: screenplay adaptations. Guess who wrote the novelization of "The Abyss?" Orson Scott Card, for chrissakes! Guess who turned the Philip K. Dick short story-turned-screenplay back into prose for a novel-length version of "Total Recall?" None other than Piers Anthony. Does anyone else have one of these to add?
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    05:29 AM

    In reply to As Silicon Valley Crumbles, the Makers Will Inherit the Earth
    [quote]The first portion of Makers reads very much like a manifesto. [/quote]

    This is what keeps me from reading Doctorow. His books always sound like screeds for his... fanciful... politics.
    -Kle.
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