Mirror Image - Serenity Novel

[Elite Anubis Guard]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...744021-6353239

16th of July. Anyone know about the story of it?

[JMSwallow]

That is just a placeholder for a *possible* Firefly novel. Amazon are getting ahead of themselves. At present there is no book by that name.

[mckaychick]

well at least they are considering making firefly novels!!

[White Knight]

well at least they are considering making firefly novels!!

They are making at least two Firefly/Serenity novels;
Pocket Books aquired the rights to publish a novelisation of Serenity (written by Keith R. A. DeCandido) and two original novels. The last time any info on these was released, Pocket had recieved story submissions from many different autors (including DeCandido) but they are yet to pick the two who will write. No one knows what the novels will be about or when it will be set (popular theory is that there'll be one pre-BDM and one post-BDM). If these two are successful, a Firefly/Serenity book fanchise is a distinct possibility.

[mckaychick]

Do they have any guesses on when the books will come out yet?

[silverdamascus]

I love Firefly but I'm not sure I want to see a book franchise on it, the idea of people taking a beloved universe and making more of it without the touch of Joss Whedon to the project kinda scares me.

[trentk_3888]

I love Firefly but I'm not sure I want to see a book franchise on it, the idea of people taking a beloved universe and making more of it without the touch of Joss Whedon to the project kinda scares me.

I agree I don’t like reading and I would hate to miss anything because of it so no books well its just my opinion

[Elite Anubis Guard]

Unfortunetly, it's probably not shared by many. Id love one.

[White Knight]

Me too! It's like fanfic, but you pay for it!

Wait, that didn't sound right...

[silverdamascus]

Me too! It's like fanfic, but you pay for it!

Wait, that didn't sound right...

Lol, what an apt way of putting it.

Fanfiction by people who know the characters less than the fans and get paid for writing it...which you have to then pay money to read. I'll stick to the real stuff

[Elite Anubis Guard]

Actually, if theyre written like our fabulous FANdemonium books-by fans. Theyll be good.

[mckaychick]

Yeah I wouldnt mind some firefly books as long as there good. If they dont pick up the series and continue it on tv, At least the series would continue in book form.

[JMSwallow]

Fanfiction by people who know the characters less than the fans and get paid for writing it...which you have to then pay money to read. I'll stick to the real stuff

Hmm. Well, some of us tie-in writers like to think that we are fans and we do know the characters...

[White Knight]

I agree. I reckon that most of the people who are applying to write the Firefly books are Browncoats like the rest of us who just want to contribute something to the 'Verse. Just because they get paid for it doesn't mean that they love the 'Verse any less that the rest of us, or that they'd be more willing to skirt corners in order to make thier money.

[silverdamascus]

That's a point, I just didn't figure they would be too big fans. Fair enough, I've never read a lot of tie ins but the few I have the authors really didn't have much of a grasp of the characters.

I suppose with a lot of the bigger series you can get away with it but I view the firefly 'verse as a more fragile one than most and also a lot more precious 'cause of all that its been through and still stuck it out. It's stayed true to what it is, to what Whedon wanted it to be. I'd just be worried that if they gave it to someone who didn't understand that it could change, y'know?

Didn't mean any offence Swallow.