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I like reusing my favorite wall calendars when the proper year rolls around. 2010 happened to be the same as 1999 – so I put up my “Space: 1999 – 1999” Calendar in January. Little did I know I would be enjoying the photos and multiple book releases as well. Talk about serendipity. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings!
Two questions…
Have you ever had any feedback from Gerry or Sylvia Anderson?
Do you have a “timeline” you can share of when/where the books and short stories take place in relation to your order of the episodes? While most are obvious, some of the short stories left me wondering where they ”fit”.
I met Gerry Anderson once. They were showing Breakaway on the big screen (pun intended) at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. He signed a few copies of Resurrection for me. We spoke very briefly.
In New York City, Gerry Anderson did a signing event with William Latham alongside signing copies of Resurrection. I think it was during the same promotional tour. There are pictures of them and a few people on this forum were there.
Anyone?
Okay, a couple of questions for Powys Media….
Didn’t have time to order a copy of Year Two when it was on eBay (I don’t see it there now). How do I get a copy, and how much does it cost to ship to Canada?
What’s happening with the Prisoner books? As much as I’ve been enjoying the Space: 1999 novels (Alpha should be in my mailbox any day now), the first Prisoner novel was, I think, the best thing Powys has published yet, and I really want to read Miss Freedom.
There is a copy of Year Two on eBay right now, with a discounted price. Shipping to Canada is $15.
We will be re-releasing Miss Freedom, but via Lulu, sometime this spring. We’ll be posting an update announcement soon.
Mateo
Hi Mateo, I was wondering where the other stand-alone books published in the 1970s fit in to the Powys Universe? Alien Seed, Android Planet, Rogue Planet and The Phoenix of Megaron to be exact, are they considered by you to be cannon or have you discarded them? There is also a series of 6 German books that follow on from the end of season 2, which I am struggling to read (armed with a German/English dictionary and Babel fish for the more obscure words) which I know can not possibly be considered cannon. But since the Omega/Alpha books contradict some aspects of Message from Moonbase Alpha I thought it could do with some clarification. Many thanks for your time.
[b]Zack wrote:[/b]
[quote] But since the Omega/Alpha books contradict some aspects of Message from Moonbase Alpha I thought it could do with some clarification. Many thanks for your time.[/quote]I think if there is anything Powys does well, it is make you think things are going one way, then take them in another. I believe they have posted that MfMbA is [i][b]totally [/b][/i]canon; we need to trust them on this! But how it’s going to get there is anyone’s guess.
Message from Moonbase Alpha is totally canon.
Android Planet and the rest of the 1970s original novels–I think most people know–hold a place of great respect in the heart of this fan. AP is probably my favorite closely followed by Rogue Moon. E.C. Tubb and John Rankine did a great job and signaled the way. Obviously, the character of Rhoda never came to live on Alpha, so that aspect of Phoenix of Megaron is a stumbling block to considering the novel canon.
I remember being so awed when I heard an alien female was going to be added to the show in Year Two. I thought WOW they are going to respect the events of the original novel! Rhoda vs Maya? There’s a thread I’ve never seen before–and I am not being sarcastic. What would Y2 have been like with Rhoda?
Mateo
[b]mateo wrote:[/b]
[quote]Android Planet and the rest of the 1970s original novels–I think most people know–hold a place of great respect in the heart of this fan… Obviously, the character of Rhoda never came to live on Alpha, so that aspect of Phoenix of Megaron is a stumbling block to considering the novel canon.[/quote]Not necessarily. PoM had to have taken place before The Forsaken, but just because she was not mentioned during that novel does not mean she was not there. However, she could be gone – for whatever reason, chicken pox or something equally War of the Worlds-like – before Survival. Then again, that would make her fate similar to the death of the Cryptidians, so that’s kind of a cop-out. Hmmm…What’s a good way to go without being too messy about it…? Saving Carter’s neck in an Alan-centered short story? “You saved my life once, now I give it to you freely that you might live. Good-bye Alan! Remember meeee…..” she says with her last gasp as her faceplate freezes over because there was only one spacesuit left with a functional life support unit left. (shrug)Dunno.
[quote]What would Y2 have been like with Rhoda?[/quote]
Instead of Maya, or in addition? If it was as you had thought, and it was [i]instead[/i], then I think Y2 with Rhoda would be like an additional Y1 Sandra. Not the Black Sun fainting Sandra, but the Breakaway/War Games (or even Android Planet) Sandra. In my mind, that is what she is like – a relatively ordinary person rising to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances. She had pluck, and she had fortitude, strength, and the courage of her convictions. Kind, thoughtful, and not shy.
Of the four, I enjoyed Phoenix of Megaron the most. It seemed to me to have the most accurate representations of where the Alphans and their relationships would be at that point: willing to talk, but wary; still looking for a place to live rather than (sometimes) resigned to their fate as wanderers; not adverse to taking down a planet or two out of righteous indignation.
[quote]Mateo[/quote]
Pat.
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