We need Firefly books
POSTED BY: early
UPDATED: Monday, February 16, 2004 17:22
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Go check out the Sci-fi section of any bookstore sometime and you will see books from just about every recent sci fi TV show and even some movies. Buffy, Angel, Quantum Leap, all the Star Treks, Battle Star Galactica has a new book, and even Dark Angel. So why shouldn't Firefly?
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Every single one of the series you mentioned had at least one full season on the air, for one thing - including Battlestar Galactica. As for Dark Angel, those novels were probably already in the works before cancellation. As Firefly was cut off in infancy, no publisher is going to take the risk.
There's all manner of fine fan fic in here and out there - a plethora, even - written by folk who know their characters about as well as JW. That should tide you over until the novelization of the movie comes out, and then who knows? Maybe the market will open up.
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Originally posted by Channain:
Every single one of the series you mentioned had at least one full season on the air, for one thing - including Battlestar Galactica. As for Dark Angel, those novels were probably already in the works before cancellation. As Firefly was cut off in infancy, no publisher is going to take the risk.
There's all manner of fine fan fic in here and out there - a plethora, even - written by folk who know their characters about as well as JW. That should tide you over until the novelization of the movie comes out, and then who knows? Maybe the market will open up.
I started a thread about this the other day, and it went nowhere, maybe because of the fact that this series died so quickly. But there is fantastic fanfic out there, that's for sure. Anyone interested should check out the fic at ljconstantine.com, and the stuff at www.fanfiction.net
Still, it would be great to have pro novels, to show FOX that there is a lively interest in the series. . . .NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I was just thinking the other day, as I looked over the shelves at Barnes & Noble, how shiny it would be to find Firefly novels in a bookstore.
I have read every piece of fan fic I can get my hands on, and I am still wanting more. I am like an addict looking for that next fix; and it has been awhile!
I believe that if the movie does well, we could very well see a movie adaptation, and who knows where we go from there. Perhaps a series of novels, a new season on TV. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
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I agree....I would especially love to have some kind of Firefly Technical Manual....Mmmmmm that would be Shiny.
"We will rise again!"
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I WANT TO READ AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!you know a show is great when you want tot have more.here are some my favorite shows/movies-
quantum leap
highlander
homicide
star wars
angel
buffy
hr puffinstuff
now,besides the last one,all have had novel series and yet i never read any of them.yet this show i am dying to learn more.BEST SHOW EVER!
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I'll have my husband look into this. He's written media books before and I know he loves writing them. He's done a ST:VOYAGER novel and a couple of "movie books" (IDENTITY and the who-the-hell-knows-when-it'll-ever-get-around-to-getting-on-screen EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING). They tend to be pretty easy money for pro-writers. He finds them fun to do and a kind of stress relief compared to the creation from scratch of his own stuff.
But it would mean that a publisher would have to want them. Media books make a ton of cash for the publishers, but it's always a matter of whether it makes *enough* money rather than will it make money at all. These days it's almost gotta be part of the production company's plan from the beginning to give rights to publish books. They were taking publisher's bids on Dark Angel before the series ever got on the air.
Unfortunately, media books have a VERY short life, with the exception of those based on the original Star Trek series. If they last three years after the show has been cancelled, you're lucky. Publishing isn't like television. If you have a five-year run of a TV series, you're considered pretty successful. If a book series doesn't last 10-15 years, it's considered a flop.
--Kala
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LadyJayne wrote:
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I'll have my husband look into this. He's written media books before and I know he loves writing them. He's done a ST:VOYAGER novel and a couple of "movie books" (IDENTITY and the who-the-hell-knows-when-it'll-ever-get-around-to-getting-on-screen EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING). They tend to be pretty easy money for pro-writers. He finds them fun to do and a kind of stress relief compared to the creation from scratch of his own stuff.
Your husband is a writer? Cool! I have always wanted to write, but my stuff is not that great.
Exorcist the Beginning? I think I saw a trailer for that when I went & saw LotR: Return of the King.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Originally posted by ladyjayne:
I'll have my husband look into this. He's written media books before and I know he loves writing them. He's done a ST:VOYAGER novel and a couple of "movie books"
Cool deal LadyJayne...let us know what he thinks please.
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I don't think novels are a good fit for Firefly... The format's too different. I actually think a movie's too different a format to do it justice. If FF isn't on TV, it should be... a comic book. No other form of media is capable of mimicking the FEEL of a TV show as well as comic books/graphic novels. Movies can imitate the look of TV, but you have to structure a feature film so differently from TV... Movies are terrible for intimate, episodic stories. So are novels. JMHO.
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