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[b]Papillon wrote:[/b]
[quote]Well, I just got my copy of ALPHA! [/quote]
I got mine last week – and I didn’t even order it! :blink:I need to catch up – I even haven’t had a chance to read Born for Adversity yet.
[b]mateo wrote:[/b]
[quote]Please post when you receive your copies of Omega.Mateo[/quote]I ordered 2 copies of Omega, but instead received 1 copy of Omega…..
:woohoo: [b]and 1 copy of ALPHA: the spectacular sequel to Omega !!!![/b] :woohoo:
thanks Lulu!! :cheer:
I ordered 2 copies of Omega two weeks ago when the novel availability was first announced – unfortunately I knew they’d arrive while I was out on vacation last week – but it would be a nice return home gift.
I got my week’s worth of mail today, and sure enough, the package from lulu was there.
I opened the box – and there were my 2 books. But then noticed the covers didn’t match…..
I got 1 copy of Omega…..
:woohoo: [b]and 1 copy of Alpha: the spectacular sequel to Omega !!!![/b] :woohoo:
I haven’t checked any of the other Omega threads, but did anyone else get the sequel book by accident??
falling behind on my reviews relative to my reading… up now is Cargo
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Cargo
Pros: A well written introspective, contemplative and thoughtful tale involving the two secondary characters from Voyager’s Return during the chaotic and tumultuous final hours before Breakaway. Takes the reader into the mind of Ernst Linden as he reminisces about the past, a lost love, not the Voyager 2 incident, and adds a new perspective and depth to the scientist.
Cons: Since it is an introspective tale involving two secondary characters, all the primary characters are very much in the background. I don’t have a problem with a story focusing on secondary characters, but here it felt like the story of the characters ran out of steam before reaching the end and required some padding. The story plays around a bit with the canon of Breakaway, by having numerous casualties at Area 1, by having Koenig flying one of the Eagles of the dispersal team out at Area 2 and by having Kano at the helm of computer. The introduction of some unknown tertiary characters 20 pages in to a 30 page story about Ernst Linden and Jim Haines was a bit off-putting.
Overall: An introspective tale of a man thinking about a lost love amidst the chaos of the breakaway event, sidelined a bit by some odd additional characters and a loose interpretation of some show canon. 7/10
[b]Papillon wrote:[/b][quote]Another question I have concerns the original Year Two novels that were published in Germany.
Are there any plans to translate them into English and have them(along with the Year One originals from Pocket)established in the Space:1999 continuity/canon in the near future?[/quote]I can’t speak to whether or not they’ll ever get published in English, although it would be cool if they were.
But I can tell you that to try to tie them into the Powys continuity would take a ton of work.
Most of the books make heavy use the characters Mark Macinlock and Jameson, who were only in the early versions of The Metamorph. It’s a bit odd to have both Alan and Mark running around together and it would make it tough to just substitute Carter for Macinlock in the writing.
With Book 7, The Andromeda Mystery, the story is highly dependent on the interstitial story information of the original version of Edge of the Infinite. With all of Michael Butterworth’s additions and amendments thoroughly excised in the Year 2 omnibus, the basis for the entire story is lost. The novel also ties in with alterations that were made to the ending of just the German version of the book.
Book 11, Operation Exodus, should just be thrown out and completely ignored – as it bears little resemblance to Space: 1999.
Book 12, which ends the show, would need the last couple of pages deleted (along with all the other changes) to make it fit.
Personally, I think it would be best to leave them as they are, artifacts of the time. To be taken as originally intended.
Just ordered my copy.
Wow, these books are coming out fast and furious. Never thought I’d fall behind on my reading of 1999 books!looks like there’s another coupon code out there, book10, for 10% off book orders through 3/15.
[b]mateo wrote:[/b]
[quote]FYI. There is a strange glitch that occurs–sometimes–when you click on the Resurrection Audiobook page. Sometimes it will take you instead to the Survival page–however, if you click on the Resurrection Audiobook link a second time, it will correct itself and take you to the Resurrection Audiobook page. We don’t know why.[/quote]
odd. I get the first glitch, where I get taken to the Survival page, but all subsequent clicks just give me:
[b]Error: Sorry, but the Product you’ve requested wasn’t found![/b][b]Steve Roby wrote:[/b]
[quote]Finally had the chance to read the last story in Shepherd Moon, and I’m surprised there hasn’t been any discussion of it here. [/quote]
I’m sure there will be eventually, once everyone catches up on their reading.
Currently I’m on Cargo, the third story of nine. Still quite a ways to go for me….Below is my review of the second story, Fallen Star.
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Fallen Star
Pros: An interesting fast paced story that answers the question many had after reading Forsaken – what exactly happened to Jackie Crawford? The story has a shifting viewpoint every few pages or less, which gives the reader a quick means to observe the events unfold from multiple aspects and gives the story some depth and detail that would be difficult to provide if it was only told from one point of view.
Cons: Numerous prose issues take the reader out of the story multiple times. Most notable is the shift to present tense the first time the story is told from Cynthia’s point of view. It’s quite jarring. The first couple of pages, as well as Jackie’s longer dream sequence, are a bit disjointed and somewhat opaque. Some passages required a second read through to make sure I understood what the author was trying to say. Other times I was never completely sure. What exactly did Jackie observe rising over the horizon when the lights were off, and what does it mean for the story? Why was Jarak menacing and evil in one dream, but yet a guide and protector the rest of the time? Elements of the ending were awkward as well. Koenig and crew figure out that Jackie destroyed the alien, but when Jackie asks if the bad things went away, everyone is confused as to what he is asking about. The characters also describe events as if there were two completely different creatures attacking the generator and not just the one that separated into pieces. I also didn’t care for the final paragraph, which I feel is a tacked on “happy ending”, and would have much preferred the story stop on Alan’s note of “This one’s for you”. As well, the story doesn’t seem to fit the timeline of Forsaken, since here the Moon is deep within an incredibly immense empty dead zone of space, six months out from their last solar system encounter, and yet Alpha is approaching Pyxidea just days later in Forsaken, where Jackie’s burial occurs.
Overall: A worthy tale delving into the mystery of Jackie Crawford, hampered by multiple prose issues and inconsistencies. 6/10
[b]Mr.Tim wrote:[/b]
[quote]Again with the quick shipping from Lulu, what is it with these people? “Born For Adversity” ordered Wed 2/3, shipped Fri 2/5, delivered Wed 2/9. Another nicely bound and printed copy. Finally…Year 3! Yea![/quote]
finally got my copy today. shipping was definitely slower this time around, probably due to all the snowstorms on the east coast.
ordered Wed 2/3, shipped Fri 2/5, received Fri 2/12.I’ll try to post individual reviews as I read through each of the stories. Here’s the first one at least.
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A Touch of Venus
Pros: Very well written story covering the events of what I’ve always felt to be a rather silly sub-plot from an average Year 2 episode. After reading the story, I was compelled to watch Lambda Factor again for the first time since I bought the dvd’s in 2002 and found the episode to be better than I remembered. In Muir’s short story, I felt there was great use of Cellini, showing an early version of John and Tony’s friendship and rivalry, as well as Gorski and the early formation of Koenig’s dislike for him. There was some really great fleshing out of the two non-characters Sam and Tessa as well. They were made real for me and I found Koenig’s relationship to them drawn strongly enough to provide a believable basis for Koenig’s almost over-the-top reactions to their ghosts in Lambda Factor, which I’ve never cared for too much. I also enjoyed that Muir makes a valiant attempt to smooth over the awkward use of the word “plague” in the disease name in the episode by having several people question its use.
Cons: Other than the initial statement of Morning Star going “full burn” so that they can reach the Venus station earlier than the Evening Star, pretty much every single mention of trajectories, orbits, orbital mechanics, etc. after that point is just flat out wrong, or else nonsense. For instance – leaping to/from the space station and worrying about possibly “falling” all the way down to Venus? Impossible. The Evening Star “going into orbit” around the space station? Nonsense. There’s much more, but since these elements are not crucial to the story, I only downgraded by a point for these errors. I was also irked by the final line about the million twinkling lights of the stars outside the viewport – as stars don’t twinkle in a vacuum.
Overall: A superb first story in the volume, getting the collection off to a great start, marred only by bad science. 9/10
I saw the initial post when it first went up earlier today, but I wasn’t sure if it’d be ok to say that I was actually more excited by the reveal of the Foreword by Penfold than I was about the cover image itself.
but I guess it is, so I guess I will…I ordered Wednesday night 2/3, lulu said it shipped on Friday 2/5, so I might get it Tuesday or Wednesday?
[b]Steve Roby wrote:[/b]
[quote]Those are only partial translations, aren’t they? Maybe I should look at Patrick’s site more closely. (I bought a couple of the Mondstation books from him a few years ago.)[/quote]That’s true, I’ve only posted translated pages for a couple of chapters from a few of the books. I never meant to post translations of the entire novels though, because as you say, there may be legal issues. I did intend to post the opening pages for all of the books though, and still need to get around to that for books #10-#12.[quote][b]kalthon wrote:[/b]
Sorry about that Ultra – I was afraid you were going to spill the beans in your excitement (or that someone was going to ask you to…). Glad you didn’t (and that nobody did….);)[/quote]no problem.
Don’t worry, I don’t post spoilers, and generally don’t like it when others do.
Keeping myself from reading it on the lulu site though? that didn’t work out to well…. :laugh:
