Interesting

[trinityvixen]

To those I haven't answered about my last post, I'm just giving up on it for now. No one is more frustrated by inability to rectify the myriad ways I approach one topic than me, I promise. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to drop something so fast, it's just a tad too depressing for me right now.

I distracted myself with a preview of the Serenity novelization. I have to say, having some experience with novelizations, that this one is pretty good. The selection up on Amazon has a rewritten account of the scene from Serenity Valley that was the opener of the episode "Serenity" (let's have a Pee-Wee's Playhouse "Woooooo!" everytime I have to write 'Serenity,' okay? WOOO!!!!). It has all the dialogue faithfully represented and it's got a good rhythm to it. Think I might have to pick this one up. I've bought more embarrassing novelizations in my day, for movies I didn't like half so well or that weren't half so smart as Serenity. So, why not?

Also, WOOOO!!!

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[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

I skimmed through it at Midtown a while ago (which I may have mentioned) and I didn't like its interpretation of some of the ending, and it included some additional dialogue between Mal and the Operative. Overall it looked like a pretty faithful adaptation, with at least some (minor) tweaks to the lines from the movie, and oddly enough it ends with a poem... I think the guy who wrote it is obviously familiar with and cares about the material, and approached this as much as a "real" novel as he could.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Let's here a big "wooo!" for Keith deCandido. I've liked everything of his that I've read so far. Granted, I only started reading his stuff after I met him… Whatever, he knows I'm a fangirl.

I know he wrote the book for the original April release and was pissed when they pushed back the release date after he'd stayed up for a week to get it done. I suspect line discrepancies are due to script changes in production. It's a common problem in novelizations – I doubt they tell the novelist much of what goes on during filming.

I've been meaning to pick it up but haven't had a chance yet. Keith's one of the Malibuvians, so if you want a signed copy (don't know why you would, but just in case) feiran or I could get one for you.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I also have to say that when I found out last February that he was doing the novelization I almost hit the roof. Soooo jealous.

[decidedly.livejournal.com]

The novelization is okay. What I'M excited about is the fact Steven Brust has a Firefly novel ready to be sent in to a publisher. I don't know if he was asked to do it on spec, or if it's something they intend to publish at all, but OMG STEVEN BRUST.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Who is that? I am being ignorant, aren't I? But yay more Firefly novels!

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, they are planning a series of Firefly novels, have a bunch of proposals, but haven't signed anyone yet.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I like being an industry insider!

Oh, the power! The absolute POWER!!!11!

[decidedly.livejournal.com]

Do you know if that plan's changed at all? You know, with the movie's middling performance at the BO? I hope not, though I do hope any novels will be better than some of the Buffy ones I've read. (Egads.)

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I think the only things the BO of the movie will affect is whether the books are set before or after the BDM. And it's looking like they'll be set before.

[decidedly.livejournal.com]

Steven Brust is a prolific sci-fi author, but the only novel you ever need to read, IMO, is To Reign In Hell which is a take on the war in heaven, and the Fall, etc. Angels and Satan and -- ooh, it makes me tingle. I highly recommend it, particularly if you have any interest in the mythology it's based in. Anyway, he is apparently a massive Firefly fan, so.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

No one is more frustrated by inability to rectify the myriad ways I approach one topic than me, I promise. I'm sorry.

Hey, don't worry about it. You can always quote the aphorism about consistency being the hobgoblin of little minds....