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Powys still has a number of copies of Year Two available for purchase. No one need miss out. Granted only the first 100 were signed and numbered, but in all other respects the books are identical.
If we were to have published the Year Two books separately as six individual novels, we’d have charged $15 each, with shipping. The books alone would have cost $90. For $100 you get all six in one hardcover volume. And the shipping charges are much less for one book then for six.
Ultimately, it is less expensive for our readers to buy these hardcover omnibi than to buy 12 paperbacks. With Lulu.com, we are charging $20 per paperback. That would be $120 BEFORE shipping. Again, we anticipate the omnibus to be a better deal.
Not too mention how impressive they look!
Mateo
Cricket talked about the wreckage of alien craft on the Moon. John Rankine, in Android Planet, talks about the wreckage of Gwent and the Voyager black box. Interesting!
That is some list! In the end, and I’m beating a dead horse here, it’s all about making it fit organically in the story. Sometimes an author (or editor) sees a chance to address a long-held question and takes it. Other times, it seems like a stretch and the opportunity may get passed over.
As Pat pointed out, in the Y2 omnibus, we put hundreds of little fixes. I personally reworked One Moment of Humanity and Catacombs of the Moon. I couldn’t believe the androids couldn’t figure out how to kill without emotion. “Take human, remove head. Death occurs.” 🙂
And I am most proud of COTM–where I tied Osgood’s visions, the firestorm, and tiranium together. I think the story works now.
And to address Cricket’s points. I don’t think it is clear that the authors may choose to address some long-standing questions and do so, while the editors may not and so do not ADD their OWN answers to the manuscripts. Perhaps if we had a laundry list of issues, we could tackle them progressively. Or at least be aware of them. Until now I totally did NOT know that Fraser’s sleeve was always red. I misread the original email as being red in one episode and so didn’t think it was important enough to be addressed. Sorry!
Then again, that is EXACTLY what we did with Y2. Martin Willey gave me a list of 65 issues with Y2 that he thought should be addressed. We tackled as many as we could within the context of storytelling.
Wasn’t his wife a Command Center operative? I’m just saying… :silly:
It was a valid question–though I apologize for forgetting the details. I hadn’t remembered that he ALWAYS wore a red sleeve. That is interesting!
Here’s another example: What is up with the buttons on Koenig’s commlock? They’re all scrunched up in one corner in lots of Year One episodes. How did no one see this?
The “loose ends” stick in our minds, but do they a story make? Sometimes a loose end can be cleared up with a single line in a novel or story. Only if the loose end suggests that it is actually the beginning of a big ball of yarn (pun intended) does it warrant developing.
Maya goes from tears on a Eagle to fully integrated Alphan from The Metamorph to The Exiles. No explanation given. I knew John Muir was going to address this transition and so referenced his outline in the YEAR TWO omnibus. Pat will get her wish, as John is scheduled to begin writing the novel–of that transition and the crisis wherein Koenig learns to trust Maya–next month. The novel will be called The Whispering Sea.
Once I got an email asking if we’d explain why Fraser’s sleeve color was different in one episode. I said, no. Books are in black and white and no one can see the color of the sleeves in a novel. So drawing attention to what was most likely just a wardrobe mistake didn’t make sense story-wise. Nor would any of the characters comment on such a thing–not without drawing undue attention to it.
If an answer is needed, here is one: Koenig (in our novels) is having all the Alphans trained in other areas, so as to guard against losses. If all the nuclear engineers die, or all the hydroponic staff die, or all the doctors die, then what do they do. Also EVERYONE is being trained to fly Eagles in our books. So maybe Fraser was working in another section that day as part of his interdisciplinary training.
The point is that I know it drives us crazy, but it doesn’t necessarily work in a novel to answer such questions.
Now the Voyager One tapes may hold the key to the Universal Plague Signal and even the symbol of the Archanons.
What I’m really surprised no one has asked about is the alien ship from Space Warp. I didn’t know what to do with it, so I left the question alone. Next thing you know the book is published–question unanswered! :blink:
I think I can safely say that we will be selling Year One as a pre-order first (as soon as it is approved and printer-ready)–on a first come, first served basis.
EVERYONE who pre-orders a book will get one–because we’ll be printing at least as many as are pre-ordered, but only the first 100 orders placed will get signed, numbered copies. There’s just no other way to do it.
We will post a notice HERE on the Powys forum FIRST to let people know when the book is available for pre-order. Likewise, as we get close to selling the 100th signed/numbered copy, I’ll post a note saying that soon after we will not be able to guarantee signed copies.
Last time, the first 100 sold out in 10 days. After all it’s Y2 not U2! 🙂
Mateo
The soundtrack for all three seasons of THE HOUSE BETWEEN will be released this month! It’s been a long time in preparation. Like the Resurrection audiobook, the soundtrack will be released on an MP3 disc.
It contains just under three hours of music across 132 tracks! This is Powys Media’s first music release.
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I think we’ve fixed the “Return to Powys” issue. Now, after you place an order, you should be returned to the new website (this one).
26 days and counting til the release of the Resurrection audiobook.
Join me in May and drink a toast to Barry Morse when your copy of the audiobook arrives. Mine will be a shot of tequila. Check the new thread on this.
The version of Resurrection in Eternity Unbound is a revised version. When Resurrection was released it was a secret and a mystery as to who the antagonist was. With Eterntiy Unbound, we added bits to place the novel within the sequence of episodes and things were altered slightly to accomodate Eternity Unleashed (the prequel novel).
Don’t worry, I knew what you meant about the way you hear it in your head when you read. But I know that others may be surprised that he didn’t use the same voicing as Peter Bowles. Barry Morse made the voice deeper, more gravelly, more menacing. Peter Bowles played the character as an intellectual monster, all very proper, all very deadly.
I am a fan of both performances. Voice artists have to convey so much information but have only their voices to do so. It is an underappreciated art.
Mateo
I am getting everyone’s orders. Don’t worry. I just can’t seem to find the setting that tells Paypal where to send your browser to when you finish ordering. I will find it and change it, but it DOES NOT AFFECT your order in any way.
Mateo
Barry Morse made the book his own. He DID NOT try to imitate Peter Bowles or even Martin Landau. He interpreted the book in his own way, and ACTED out dialogue, male and female characters alike. To us that was really REALLY awesome. He could have given us a straight reading–which is what we expected–but instead he gave something much more impressive than we could have even hoped for.
I guess his professionalism and his actor’s instincts and his GENEROSITY made him give any project he worked on his ALL. And for that I am eternally grateful!
William Latham has been the recipient of much Alphan good tidings. His first 1999 book had a foreword from Johnny Byrne and was made into an audiobook read by Barry Morse. His third and fourth 1999 books had a foreword and afterword from Christopher Penfold. And Powys (and Space: 1999) has been enriched by four plus novels from this really talented author.
Mateo
