Well, I’ve been away from the site for a little while. But I remember seeing some posts from Mateo that mentioned he was working on a soundtrack, was doing some work on [b]”Phoenix of Megaron”[/b], that he’d received John Kenneth Muir’s first draft of [b]”The Whispering Sea”[/b]…

[spoiler]which is set in Year 2 immediately after the events of [b]”The Metamorph”[/b][/spoiler]

…that it would require a few revisions, but otherwise, was a fine follow up to his brilliant first [b]SPACE: 1999 [/b]novel [b]”The Forsaken”[/b] & that Pat Sokol’s [b]Powysverse Companion [/b]was also in the early editing stages (I think William Latham is working on the proof reading/editing side of things). I also read somewhere that Mateo was tinkering away on the [b]Year 1 Omnibus [/b]too.

So, as far as I can tell, Bill & Mateo are working away on things quietly in the background whenever they are able, but a little more slowly than they would like.

Both of them have some stuff going on in their private lives too, which, more importantly than anything Powysverse related, requires their attention.

The reason I’m posting this is because I’ve popped in to the chat room very briefly once or twice & noticed a few comments that have concerned me.

– one very blunt but refreshingly candid visitor believes the site has been abandoned.

– Another has asked for some word from the powers that be at Powys as to what’s happening with the various books & projects that have been previously announced

– & then there’s Zack, who I think everyone on the Forum is very fond of, who feels all alone in the Powysverse (you’re not Zack, but yeah, it has been pretty quiet).

Personally, I’m a little dissapointed that the massive momentum & general sense of enthusiasm generated by the timely & regular releases of the first couple of books ([b]”Shepherd Moon”[/b], [b]”Born For Adversity”[/b], the masterpieces that are [b]”OMEGA/ALPHA” [/b]& the flawed re-release of [b]”Android Planet”[/b] – flawed only in the sense that like [b]”Survival”[/b], the book has an awful lot of typo’s in it but is otherwise a pretty fantastic read imho) appears to have been lost. This is pretty evident in the fact that very little (on the surface) in the way of news appears to be being posted by anyone at Powys and that the releases announced for 2011 will now not likely see the light of day until 2012 (the fact that the website isn’t being updated is also less than encouraging, but again, this might simply be because this isn’t seen as a priority and there hasn’t been enough time/opportunity for anyone within Powys to do it).

Personally, despite all of the above, I am waiting with a sense of quiet, frustrated anticipation. I KNOW there’re other books coming. I want to buy them & I’m desperate to read them. It’s just going to take a lot longer for them to see the light of day than was originally planned. This is frustrating for me personally, but at the same time, I remember the “Wilderness Years” when Powys simply dissapeared & nothing at all was published or heard from the company for years on end. My only hope during that awful, barren period came through my correspondance with Mr William Latham. It at least, gave me a chance to campaign with some passion for the preservation of as much of what I thought was good about Year 2 as possible in whatever novels Powys would (hopefully) one day publish set in Year 3. Of course, he was also kind enough to send me a few sneak previews and keep me up-to-date as much as was possible with what was actually going on at Powys. To this day, I am grateful to him for that 🙂

It’s been an exciting ride so far. The books have been utterly brilliant. True, I didn’t get much of what I wanted in Year 3, but what I did get, was SO GOOD that I couldn’t do anything else but continue to support any and all their future releases.

Mateo, Bill and everyone else at Powys have so-far, imho, released some fantastic novels that are just as good, if not better, than many of the Star Trek tie in novels. They can be rightly proud of their efforts.

For now, it looks like it’s going to be a waiting game.

At some point… there’ll be news. Further down the road, there’ll be new books too.

Hopefully, other people on here who love what Powys have done thus far & who, like me, are putting their pennies aside to buy any and all future [b]SPACE: 1999[/b] novels published by Powys, will perhaps post an encoouraging message that Bill, Matoe etc. will read on here.

Powys Media is not dead! Thank you for what you have released thus far. I await any & all your future [b]SPACE: 1999[/b] related releases with eager anticipation.

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