Fan Fiction For Sale

gregebowman · #1 February 3rd, 2004, 07:42 PM

I've seen those Halo books also, but never having played the game, the desire isn't there to buy it. But I have seen teh new Star WArs book based on the on-line game. I'm tempted, but it's not a necessity right now. I got more than enough books to read. Maybe when I'm running low, I'll get it.

capnq · #2 February 3rd, 2004, 09:36 PM

There was a fanfic called _The Doctor and the Enterprise_ by Jean Airey which was published in several editions. It was a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover. It was a fun read, but needed a good editor.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 February 3rd, 2004, 09:42 PM

come over to Canada and you can probably get your medication paid for.

personally, franchise books, in my opinion, run the danger of being amaturish. and i havn't liked much of the new star trek books.

gregebowman · #4 February 3rd, 2004, 10:56 PM

As much as a trekkie as I am, I don't really like reading the Star Trek books. I guess I got spoiled reading the Star Wars books, which about 99% of them are in continuity with each other and also the comic books. Paramount has no such desire to have a seamless continuity; they're more interested in making a buck. Also, as far as the ST books go, most of them were hack jobs by people I never heard of before who created a story and slapped the ST crew in there. I think the worse one I read was done by Barbara Hambly. As a fantasy writer, she's great. As a wannabe ST author, she stunk. There's only a handful of ST books I'll read, and those are done mostly by Peter David, Diane Carey, Diane Duane and William Shatner (and his ghostwriters). Sometimes I'll get one because of the subject, but as a rule, I don't buy that many of them.

Loser · #5 February 3rd, 2004, 11:07 PM

If you read Star Trek books ever you should read How Much for Just the Planet. It is a riot.

[ February 03, 2004, 21:32: Message edited by: Loser ]

Puke · #6 February 4th, 2004, 02:44 AM

When the games were fairly fresh and new, there were novelizations of both DOOM and XCOM. probably a few others, too.

[joking]In related news, I hear that there are novels with the same titles as the obscure adventure games The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, Neuromancer, Planetfall, Dragon Riders of Pern, and The Wheel of Time. Probably several more. Surely, it is time for hack novelists to stop ripping off games, or at least release their fan fiction into the public domain[/joking]

Speaking of the Dragon Riders of Pern, there has sure been an upswell in the number of Ann McAfree computer adventure games in the Last few years. a couple of them got really good reviews, but I cant remember their names now.

So, how long till Dogscoff publishes his first novel?

gregebowman · #7 February 4th, 2004, 05:07 AM

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Originally posted by capnq:
There was a fanfic called _The Doctor and the Enterprise_ by Jean Airey which was published in several editions. It was a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover. It was a fun read, but needed a good editor.

As both a trekkie and a Whovian, I'm interested in this story. First time I've heard of such a crossover, and I'm curious as to how it worked out. Where can one get a copy of this?