firefly novels
POSTED BY: mrfixit747
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 16:46
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Originally posted by gojiro:
If you google him, you can find his webpage. He wrote some Buffy novelizations, some Star Trek dreck, some Farscape, a LOT of self-published stuff. But if Joss liked him enough after seeing his Buffy work to hire him for Serenity, maybe he doesn't totally suck.
Actually, Mr. DeCandido has never written any "self-published stuff". You must not have been reading his website very closely if you really think that. He's written a lot of Star Trek novels, and they're not "dreck" at all. In fact, I think he's the best Trek novelist after Peter David. I don't think it's very nice to call his books "dreck" if you haven't read them, and you couldn't have read them if you had to Google him.
He also wrote House of cards which was the best of the three Farscape novels by a lot, and three Farscape short stories too. He did an Andromeda novel that I haven't read because I don't like the show and it was a hardcover. He also wrote one of the Xander years books for Buffy, and wrote the novels of both Resident Evil movies.
He just put out an original book called Dragon Precinct, but I haven't read it yet. I hope he is writing the Serenity novelization.
keep your head,
adderblack
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I hope he is writing the Serenity novelization.
He is --it was announced so at a WORLD CON Firefly panel
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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See? This is why I shouldn't post when I'm in a bad mood. I wasn't having my best day ever, and I took it out on Mr. DeCandido. 
My sincere apologies to him, and to Adderblack and other DeCandido fans. As AB points out, I haven't read any of his stuff, so I am not one to judge.
Next time I have a bad day at work, I'll try to just lurk.
gojiro
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Quote:Destruction of Illusions is out in softcover as of a while ago, and the show sucking is actually the best reason to check that book out --it's Andromeda as it could've been. Best part: since it's a prequel (about how Beka's crew met), there's no Dylan in sight.
Originally posted by adderblack:
He did an Andromeda novel that I haven't read because I don't like the show and it was a hardcover.
And the second book (All The Dark Places, by Ethlie Ann Vare, one of the brilliant writers Sorbo canned) is equally stunning, and equally Beka-centric (sensing a pattern here?
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For anyone interested in asking Mr. DeCandido directly about this, he hangs out at TrekBBS. You can usually find him in the Trek Lit forum under the name KRAD.
He probably won't give you too many details, though. He's like that.
I think KRAD is one of the best of the current batch of Trek writers, although I haven't read his non-Trek stuff yet. He's the sole author of the new Star Trek: IKS Gorkon series, which is appropriate, since he writes Klingons very well.
I have full confidence in his ability to do justice to the Serenity novelization.
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no one better f' with the continuity. i HATE it when that happens. look at all the star wars bs out there.
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no one better f' with the continuity. i HATE it when that happens. look at all the star wars bs out there.
Star Wars continuity was remarkably airtight, considering there were 100+ novels composing it, before the prequels came along.
Now there are a few breaches and minor contradictions, most of which can be laid at George Lucas' feet. However, for the most part, the discrepancies can and have been explained away sufficiently.
In any case, I doubt that'll be a problem for Firefly/Serenity. We're talking about a novelization, after all.
And if original novels do come down the pike later on......well, I guess we'll see. Somehow I don't think Joss is the type to bulldoze over one of the few outlets available to tell stories with this crew. After all, he doesn't have a weekly TV series in which to do that anymore.
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Nope. Radegund, posting on the original official board, reported from the DragonCon in Atlanta:
"The one new piece of news that came out is that there will be a novelization of the movie and it will be written by Keith DeCandido. "
Sorry to be late coming in, but -- the announcement at WorldCon and subsequent mention at Dragon*Con notwithstanding -- this wasn't official until today.
The final paperwork still needs to be processed and signed, but this is fairly close to a done deal.
First of all, thanks to Adderblack, Cybersnark, and Lindley for rising to my defense, and Gojiro? Apology happily accepted. Hey, if you've never heard of me, you've never heard of me.
I am very excited to be doing this. I've been a fan of Joss Whedon's work since I first saw Buffy the Vampire Slayer in theatres. It's also a thrill to be working on a Whedon property again, having previously done The Xander Years Volume 1 and helped out on the first edition of The Watchers Guide.
Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
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Thanks for dropping in, KRAD! Good luck with the novelization -- I for one will certainly pick it up as soon as it is released (I assume the plan is to have it in bookstores as soon as the movie is released?)
Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.
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The plan is to release the book in April 2005, 'round the same time as the movie, yes.
Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
DeCandido.net | AlbeShiloh.com
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