Our Main Mission

[Ally Davies]

Dahegg…it’s great that you’re here

I spent ages as a teenager trawling through second hand books shops building up my collection of Space 1999 books. Then in 1996 we moved to New Zealand and they got lost 🙁

Living in a new country with two young children took up all most of my time and although I missed my books I managed to catch re runs on TV there.

We returned to the UK in 2002 and I finally managed to rebuild my book collection complementing it with the dvds also.

For some reason I didn’t make it to the web until about two years ago :blink: but since then I have been in HEAVEN. It may be a little later than lots of you but its been a really wonderful catching up.

The new books from Powys are wonderful and being in contact with people from all around the world who feel the same way about Space 1999 as I do is a real joy! For such a long time I felt that it was just me who loved and missed it. To be able to talk and discuss my favourite characters and stories with you all is wonderful.

To Mateo and everyone else involved…again I thank you for your Main Mission…for bringing us all together. If we all make the time to contribute then we can all share in the mission and help keep Space 1999 alive.

[Steve Foster]

At last, Powys Media has returned… and I’m absolutely delighted!

I’ve corresponded with William Latham (Hi Bill!) about Powys and the novels privatelyfor several years, intersperced with long gaps caused only by being busy with other priorities in the real world!

Often, I would passionately defend all that I love about Year 2, in the hopes that the positive changes that Fred Freiberger wrought (more action, immediacy, pacing, character development, overt romance, laughter, warmth, friendship etc.) would not be lost by the understandable temptation to restore the Year 1 format in literary form.

I treasure those exchanges and would like to publicly thank Bill for taking the time to reply, debate, and provoke discussion about [b]SPACE: 1999.[/b]

I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to hold [b]”Shepherd Moon”[/b], [b]”Born for Adversity”[/b] & [b]”OMEGA”[/b] in my hands. In English money, I’ve paid nearly £50 to own all three. That’s a lot of money LOL! But it’s been worth it. I’ve longed to own and read these books for so long… I had almost given up hope of ever doing so.

I’d like to thank Bill and Mateo, all at Powys and Lulu for resurrecting this startling and provocative range of novels. I look forward to many more. Mateo’s goals as stated in “Our Main Mission” are totally in tune with where I want to see the series go.

Welcome back Powys Media. We’ve missed you and your passion and dedication to this series that we love so much B)

[Mateo Latosa]

You’re welcome.
De nada.
Alsjeblieft
Maj Kab’ij

Sorry no more languages in my repertoire.

Mateo

[David W]

Greetings, all!

[b]kalthon wrote:[/b]
[quote]And when the book in question finally appears, there is a brief rash of “Thanks!” “Great!” “When’s the next one?” – and that is it. Hardly another word of discussion about what people liked, didn’t like, ideas…..

I don’t think this actually implies displeasure, or disinterest. I think it’s just that people find reading less of an effort than…actually putting any thoughts or opinions down themselves. A shame really.
[/quote]
It is unfortunate, but I think is somewhat unintentional. I have to plead to being a little bit guilty about that too, in part because when I comment on a book I’ve read, it tends to be a rather detailed review and analysis, and that can take awhile sometimes. I’ve done/posted such for [i]Resurrection[/i] and [i]The Forsaken[/i], and am working on that for [i]Survival[/i] and will for [i]Year Two[/i] and [i]Eternity Unbound[/i] at some point. I forget it would be easy to just drop a “quick note” on something and say “more detailed comments” will follow at a later point. Too much all or nothing at times.

I also suspect some people just don’t always get a chance to read something right away on receipt, either. I think a lot of the nagging questions on intended release is in hopes the enterprise isn’t fading away, and anxious to get books and make sure they have them even if reading can’t always follow right away.

I don’t think slights are intended by readers; but yes, I would encourage other readers to comment here and/or elsewhere, not just due to Simon’s (Kalthon) points, but for the fun of it. I enjoy analysis (with “Spoiler” warnings/tags as appropriate, of course), and the more detailed, the more interesting the conversation, IMO; but even brief comments can get the ball rolling, or just be helpful or fun to read! 🙂 That the authors can learn what worked, maybe see some constructive criticism too, etc., is another side benefit, of course.

Anyway, I wax lengthy (which to anyone who has seen me in other fora, know I’m prone to do) even in my first note here, but let me get to a few more comments, some on slightly different subtopics….

I really like the intentional play on words of this thread name. It is highly appropriate on several levels, and I like the declaration and its content. I’ve just ordered my next round of book, and plan on enjoying reading them over the coming months after I’m caught up on some I already have. For some reason I am still stuck in the mode of savoring what S19 reading material I find, like it is rare; but lately, there seems to be a lot, and now with four new books (one which I was completely unaware was being released until just today) pretty much at once, a redesigned and relocated web site, an so on, hopefully the trend will continue (well, not expecting four books at a time every few months, but just keeping momentum going!).

Kudos to Mateo and all of Powys (authors, artists, etc.) for all of their hard work. 2010 is shaping up to be a very enjoyable year for my favorite science fiction! Very good considering that until 16 years ago, I didn’t even know there were S19 books, organized fans, or various other such efforts. Even though [i]Space: 1999[/i] had been a favorite since childhood, I had assumed it had been largely forgotten by the world, because I rarely saw mention of it. Now, there are quite a few original novels and reworked novelizations out. Excellent!

–David

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