Authors for 2006 Books?

POSTED BY: klemson
UPDATED: Friday, March 11, 2005 02:35
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KLEMSON

Saturday, March 5, 2005 2:44 PM

Hey all - I know KRAD has written the Serenity book. Any idea who is writing the two follow on books due in 2006? Thanks!

KRAD

Saturday, March 5, 2005 6:28 PM

The authors haven't been announced yet.

Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
www.DeCandido.net | www.AlbeShiloh.com
www.livejournal.com/~kradical

KLEMSON

Sunday, March 6, 2005 3:21 PM

Cool - Thanks for the response. Here's to hoping Joss puts some more dough in your pocket! :) I don't usually buy books based on movies, but I will purchase Serenity. Actually, it will be the first "movie or TV" book but I would love to see the movie and how it compares and contrasts to the book. Thanks again!

ICCLEDAMES

Sunday, March 6, 2005 4:27 PM

There's a novel series coming out?! Fantastic!

KRAD

Monday, March 7, 2005 1:16 AM

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Originally posted by iccledames:
There's a novel series coming out?! Fantastic!

There will be two original novels in 2006, following my novelization of Serenity in September of this year.

Who the authors will be, when they will take place, and when precisely they will be published, are all still up in the air right present.

Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
www.DeCandido.net | www.AlbeShiloh.com
www.livejournal.com/~kradical

KLEMSON

Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:15 AM

Hey Keith - Let's drum up some business for the book. Since the movie was supposed to be out in September, I assume it is already finished. So, some questions for you.

How long did you have to write it?
Was Joss involved in the editing at all?
When the movie was delayed, were you able to go back and rewrite?
How happy with the book are you?
How closely does it follow the movie?
Are there any ways that it is different that you can talk about?
Anything else you want to tell us about the time you spent writing the book?

Thanks!

SNIPER

Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:32 AM

I really want to see Karen Traviss write one of those two books. Or:

-Allen Steele
- Chris Bunch
- Karin Lowachee

That would be shiny if one of those guys got their hands on one.

KRAD

Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:01 PM

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How long did you have to write it?

Very little time (I'd rather not say precisely), but that was because it was an April book. The date change wasn't announced until the day after I turned in the book. *headdesk*

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Was Joss involved in the editing at all?

Yes. He has final approval over it.

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When the movie was delayed, were you able to go back and rewrite?

The book had already been turned in and sent to Universal for approval when the movie was delayed. When the approval (and the copy-edit) came back, I had time to read it over. I didn't rewrite anything, but I was able to fix some infelicitous language that came about from the rushed nature of the writing process.

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How happy with the book are you?

Very.

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How closely does it follow the movie?

I have no idea. I haven't even seen the rough cut, and the final cut doesn't exist yet. I won't know the answer to that question until September.

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Are there any ways that it is different that you can talk about?

See above. (And even if I did know, that's something I couldn't talk about until both movie and book were avaiable.

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Anything else you want to tell us about the time you spent writing the book?

During the most intensive phase, my girlfriend was ready to hit me really hard on the head because I was speaking Western, as it were -- the speech patterns of our BDHs was bleeding into my own speech.

Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
www.DeCandido.net | www.AlbeShiloh.com
www.livejournal.com/~kradical

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:16 PM

krad--i too have that problem of speaking firefly slang--i think its a torrets syndrome of sorts----SHINY! see,there it goes again.....looking forward to meeting ye at the i-con--shindig,again the torrets.

"Hamsters is nice."

KLEMSON

Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:47 PM

So Krad - If you didn't see any of the footage, how did you know what to write? Did you go from the script? What kind of guidelines did you have to go by?

Did you go back and watch the shows before you wrote the book? What kind of prep work did you do? Sorry for the barrage of questions, I'm just fascinated! Thanks!

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