Year I Omnibus

[Ally Davies]

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…

[Scott Lindvall]

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?

[Clayton]

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:

[Ally Davies]

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:

[William Latham]

I can’t seem to delegate anything…

[Mateo Latosa]

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.

[Charles C. Albritton III]

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.

[Paul Stankevitch]

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

[Steve Foster]

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 🙂

[Clayton]

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:

[Patrick Zimmerman]

I don’t think this one will have any trouble selling out very quickly, regardless of when it’s released.

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