Ask the Authors (Fandemonium)

[Scary Kitty]

Sadly, the answer to that is, for now, no. I pitched a Stargate short fiction anthology to Fandemonium a while back, and although there was plenty of enthusiasm for the idea, rights issues mean it can't happen.

As I understand it, Fandemonium's contract with MGM means that they are only allowed to publish novels based on the SG-1, SGA and SGU franchises; whereas Titan's contract with MGM only allowed the magazine to publish short fiction. As they're two different companies with two different contracts, it's unlikely Fandemonium would publish Titan stuff - in fact, Titan have their own book publishing division, so if anyone was going to collect the reprints, I'd guess it would be them. But again, I'd imagine Titan's Stargate rights deal doesn't cover fiction in book form.

Still; it would be a great idea if it happened. I know that some of the Titan short stories were cut for page-space and it would be nice to read versions not constrained by the length of the magazine slot.

That's a shame; some of the short stories were pretty good. It's also disappointing (though not entirely surprising) to learn that some of the stories were cut for space, and I'd certainly like to be able to read the complete versions someday.

[JMSwallow]

Does Titan still have the rights no that the magazine has been canceled?

I'd imagine that the rights for all content in the magazine's run have reverted to MGM after the licence for the magazine expired.

I was just thinking the same... though I don't know anything about the publishing business, so I didn't want to ask. Were the people writing these short stories all Fandemonium authors? I'd be interested in an anthology too, but I'm not interested enough to track down back issues of the magazine.

Yes, all the short stories were written by authors who have written novels for Fandemonium. All of us had already been approved by MGM to write Stargate tie-in fiction.

[ATimson]

Sadly, the answer to that is, for now, no. I pitched a Stargate short fiction anthology to Fandemonium a while back, and although there was plenty of enthusiasm for the idea, rights issues mean it can't happen.

Would that also exclude a The Story of Martha-esque braided novel?

[Elite Anubis Guard]

Any idea on the latest round of delays? Homecoming was supposed to be out a month ago.

[katikatnik]

Any idea on the latest round of delays? Homecoming was supposed to be out a month ago.

On Nov. 23rd, Jo Graham wrote:

Homecoming is off the presses and en route from the printer to the distributor. So as soon as they arrive, Fandemonium will start shipping books! Of course books that are going through Amazon, Waterstones, etc will take longer, as the books have to ship to them and be entered into their inventory before they offer them for sale. I'm anticipating that Fandemonium will start shipping orders late this week, or possibly Monday given the holiday. As soon as they have them in hand and are ready, I'll post the link here for people who want to order directly from Fandemonium.

Link

[Tinah]

Great news! Thank you for giving us the heads-up! I'm really looking forward to this series!

[Diana Botsford]

I'm in the midst of doing research for the sequel to FOUR DRAGONS - research that will include a trip down to Antarctica on December 26th via an icebreaker research vessel. The reason why I'm bringing this up here is that I'm currently putting together a list of questions for the scientists and historians down there and would be happy to add any questions anyone here might have to the list. Either post here, or you can private message me, or email me at digitalred93 AT gmail.com.
Happy Holidays, everyone!

[trupi]

I'm in the midst of doing research for the sequel to FOUR DRAGONS - research that will include a trip down to Antarctica on December 26th via an icebreaker research vessel. The reason why I'm bringing this up here is that I'm currently putting together a list of questions for the scientists and historians down there and would be happy to add any questions anyone here might have to the list. Either post here, or you can private message me, or email me at digitalred93 AT gmail.com.
Happy Holidays, everyone!

Hi everyone:
Diana got stuck in NYC because of the snow storm. Please send her good vibes so her plane can get out tomorrow morning or she will miss her connection to the research vessel taking her around Antarctica. Thanks!

[Screw]

Hi everyone:
Diana got stuck in NYC because of the snow storm. Please send her good vibes so her plane can get out tomorrow morning or she will miss her connection to the research vessel taking her around Antarctica. Thanks!

I'll contact Thor and see if he can transport her there.

[Tinah]

Here's hoping everything works out!

[Elite Anubis Guard]

Indeed! Hope everything worked out. Damn snow!

[Screw]

Did she make it??

[Starfist]

I have a couple of questions.
Are the Novels considered 'canon'?
And are there any novelisations of 'Ark of Truth' and 'Continuum'?

ttyl
Starfist.

[Screw]

I have a couple of questions.
Are the Novels considered 'canon'?
And are there any novelisations of 'Ark of Truth' and 'Continuum'?

ttyl
Starfist.

I'd say they're not canon (some may disagree, but I think the general opinion is that they're not), but of course they do adhere to canon.
And no, there are no novelisations of AoT or Continuum (maybe there are fanfics based on the movies?).

[Scary Kitty]

I have a couple of questions.
Are the Novels considered 'canon'?
And are there any novelisations of 'Ark of Truth' and 'Continuum'?

ttyl
Starfist.

No, the novels are not canon. There have been some instances where the novels have contradicted canon, typically because a novel was published, and then sometime later an episode or movie came out that gave different information (the whole thing with Ronon supposedly being "immune" to being fed upon by the Wraith is a big one).