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Not wanting to rock the boat…on the Whispering Sea or bring down onto me ‘the curse of Megaron’ or even the ‘Wrath of Pat’ :whistle:
BUT…
[b]Enik1138 wrote:[/b]
[quote]If you’re taking votes, I’m anxious for the Year 1 omnibus. :)[/quote]…Is there any news about the Year 1 omnibus?
I know you’ve just given us all the good news that there is ‘life in the Powysverse’ once again and we are all really HAPPY and EXCITED 😆 :cheer: :silly: :woohoo: :laugh: 😉
But I am dying to get my hands on YEAR 1…
I’ll second that. I am definitely excited by the impending release of all Powys [i]Space: 1999[/i] books, and can’t wait to get my hot little hands on “The Whispering Sea,” Pat’s Compendium and “Phoenix of Megaron”…. But, I have been super excited about the Year One Omnibus. Is there any news or update at all?
Thanks for adding your voice to this plea! I’ve been anxiously awaiting Year 1’s impending release for…well, uh, a couple years now. :unsure:
You’re not alone 🙂
I’m trying not to read Year 2 until I’ve read Year 1…
It sits there on my bookshelf crying out to me…’read me…read me!’
I do pick it up and hold it regularly, lovingly stroking the cover…
…and its getting so difficult to ignore…BUT I’ve waited years so I’m not giving in now :silly:
With the help of Bill and Pat, I have the whole omnibus in a single file. All six books. Any delay in getting it out is entirely my fault. I have not made the time to get down to editing it. Like most BIG projects it always seems daunting and the tendency is to put it off until a time when there will be time to do it. Those times never come. Extended vacations get taken up with other matter. I had three weeks off in August/September and had hoped to get to it. Those three weeks were taken up with scoring Millennium Apocalypse.
I know that what I have to do is just take it one episode at a time. Small manageable bites. After all there are only 24 episodes to do and most will require minimal changes.
So, my apologies to everyone for making you wait.
Relax, Boss. This is something [i]definitely[/i] worth the wait. B)
Tex
(and when it gets here, my epic chronological read-through of the Powysverse begins) 🙂 😆 :laugh: :woohoo: :side: :silly:Nertz. I seem to be suffering from a slight case of Zack’s Syndrome.
It’s important you do it at a pace that a/ prevents it from being a rush job and b/ doesn’t stress you out – it is a lot of pages and a big workload.
Don’t mind us lot, we’re just a load of eager, impatient fans :laugh:
Paul
I agree with the previous 2 comments.
I would like to add my voice to the chorus regarding the release of the [b]Year 1 Omnibus [/b]. I will certainly be buying it! I imagine the additions made to what will undoubtedly be the foundation stone of the Powysverse (as Year 1 is the foundation of the series itself) will be fascinating to read.
If you ever decide to re-release the [b]Year 2 Omnibus [/b](perhaps via Lulu)… give me a shout. I’ve got loads of ideas for additions that I’d love to sit down with Michael Butterworth and thrash out… 😉
That aside, I really enjoyed the [b]Year 2 Omnibus[/b]. I like Michael’s writing style very much. It was Year 2… and yet it wasn’t. I wasn’t 100% in agreement with some of the changes that were made, but I wholeheartedly approved of many others. The many changes made to “The Bringer’s of Wonder” (for example) both infuriated me & delighted me in equal measures! (but that’s a sign that the writer is probably doing the job right. I know these episodes back to front so for the writer of a novelisation to provoke this kind of impassioned response to what at first glance, appears to be very familiar material is, I think, actually quite impressive! LOL!).
Certainly many of the additions that were made Powysverse-wise were excellent and really sell Year 2 as an important stepping stone (rather than a disastrous wrong turn) in terms of [b]SPACE: 1999[/b]’s established continuity. Something that I hope the Powys writers will build upon in Year 3 (a Year 3 visit to the ruins of Command Centre, with its burnt out, broken doors still left open, the Commander’s chair missing & the Centre itself now gutted & disused is a VERY provocative image for me as a Year 2 fan. It’d be nice to see Maya & Tony begin a discussion there which concludes as they enter & go to their stations in Main Mission, highlighting the fact that Year 2 & Command Centre are in the past, but the characters that Year 2 fans like me absolutely adore are still a very important part of Year 3 despite its more Year 1-like set up).
[spoiler]Going back to the [b]Year 2 Omnibus [/b]for a second, I very much hope we’ll get to see a story set during the period when the Alphan’s were forced to survive on [b]Alpha 2[/b] whilst the base was uninhabitable & being repaired. This is a very believable & credible consequence of the events of “The Seance Spectre” & one ripe with storytelling potential imho![/spoiler]
Anyway, let’s hope the two Omnibus Editions will one day sit side by side on our bookshelves 🙂
Now that word is spreading about the potential reimagined series Space: 2099, it may be the right time to get the Year One omnibus out and cash in on web searches of the progenitor series. Just a thought! :woohoo:
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