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adelaideseanSomething I hadn't realised:
"This appears to be the first time a book derived from a video game has been a No. 1 New York Times best seller."
I am excited to be part of this, whether it's a sign of things to come or just part of the Star Wars phenomenon. It'd be nice to think that this heralds a greater emphasis on story in computer games and their tie-ins, but we'll see. At least my book was spared the dismissive treatment of the "Clone War" tie-ins in the same article. ("Exploding Robots!" Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
"This appears to be the first time a book derived from a video game has been a No. 1 New York Times best seller."
I am excited to be part of this, whether it's a sign of things to come or just part of the Star Wars phenomenon. It'd be nice to think that this heralds a greater emphasis on story in computer games and their tie-ins, but we'll see. At least my book was spared the dismissive treatment of the "Clone War" tie-ins in the same article. ("Exploding Robots!" Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
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Date: 2008-09-07 01:24 am (UTC)Yee haawwwww!
See, a good story is a good story is a good story. Good writing is good writing is good writing. Frankly, the wankers and tossers who persist in deriding tie-in work simply *because* it's tie in work aren't worth losing a second's sleep over. By all means critique a tie-in novel as a piece of literature, holding it up to the same rigorous standards as are applied to regular mainstream works. But to dismiss a tie-in as crap by definition makes a joke of the critiquer.
Do I like every tie-in book I read? No. Because I judge it as a story first. I don't give a toss what 'universe' it lives in. Some tie-ins run rings around some mainstream books. Some tie-in books are dire (IMO). You judge a piece of writing on its face merits, and nothing else.
In Force Unleashed you've written a cracking good story. End of discussion. For me. *g*
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Date: 2008-09-07 01:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-07 03:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-07 03:58 am (UTC)Yes, that blanket dismissal of any genre (or art form or career or demographic) is what really gets my goat. There isn't time to judge everything on its own merit, but I'd have thought suspending judgment entirely was easier than making any kind of judgment.
Con programme bio...
Date: 2008-09-07 04:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-07 07:18 am (UTC)Kate E.
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Date: 2008-09-07 10:48 am (UTC)Congrats!
Date: 2008-09-08 08:56 pm (UTC)Rob
Re: Congrats!
Date: 2008-09-08 10:45 pm (UTC)(And thanks for plugging The Crooked Letter! I really appreciate it.)
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Date: 2008-09-08 10:46 pm (UTC)Re: Con programme bio...
Date: 2008-09-08 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-09 06:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-09 08:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-10 01:28 pm (UTC)I'm a huge Star Wars fan. A lot of us are very excited about The Force Unleashed, and I'm hearing incredible things about this book.
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Date: 2008-09-10 11:47 pm (UTC)force unleashed
Date: 2008-10-15 03:42 am (UTC)JN
Re: force unleashed
Date: 2008-10-15 05:02 am (UTC)Congratulations!!!
Date: 2008-10-15 10:27 am (UTC)- Mirko
THE FORCE UNLEASHED
Date: 2008-10-18 12:51 am (UTC)~M xx