tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post1522039024138128671..comments2024-03-09T03:30:45.524-05:00Comments on Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review: NEWS | John Scalzi Returning to the Old Man's War UniverseThe Mad Hatterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135107584625716128noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-37328821060862705582012-07-06T17:30:04.474-04:002012-07-06T17:30:04.474-04:00One person's 'pointless filler' is ano...One person's 'pointless filler' is another's 'engrossing world building', just saying.<br /><br />That being said, this looks interesting. There were a couple of minor things that kept me from loving Old Man's War as much as I thought I would, so the sequels are still on my to read list. Maybe I'll get around to them during fall in time for this.<br /><br />Provided I'll even be able to get these episode ebooks on mainland Europe.Kevin Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-67652957510798695562012-07-06T11:10:43.856-04:002012-07-06T11:10:43.856-04:00The best part of a scheme like this working would ...The best part of a scheme like this working would be that an author would be held to what each chapter or portion represents....and thus they would not be able to have any "filler". So, for example the WHEEL OF TIME would have not got bogged down in pointless filler if the author had been held up to each and every chapter he released. And I like that idea immensely. <br /><br />A good modern example of this working is the advent of digital music industry. iTunes and like services have brought about the resurfacing of the "single", and because we are no longer beholden to buy a whole album and suck it up if some of the songs are crappy to have the ones we like... and can now just buy the songs we like and ignore the ones we don't. This has produced an artist - fan relationship in which the musicians are being held to the quality of each and every song they release. If it's not good, we won't buy it. And we no longer have to the way we did in the past. And that's fantastic, and this quality level check has now produced some of the most stunning albums to date because of the sheer work involved in making the BEST the bands can offer. See: Latest Fiona Apple album, or the latest Linkin Park.GunMetalBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374362891687088611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-66442674579283043542012-07-06T10:50:36.558-04:002012-07-06T10:50:36.558-04:00A valid point. I don't think they've decid...A valid point. I don't think they've decide on price yet, but around a dollar a story sounds about right and given Tor has been pricing their e-books around $12 or so that just about works out. <br /><br />This is a big step for Tor along with DRM-free movement. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds. If it works I could see more books like this coming up.<br />So far Orbit has been the guinea pig of sorts for selling shorter work online and Tor's approach is pretty different branching things out further while Orbit's work has been to fill-in little gaps between the novels.Mad Hatter Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020033648108721552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-72392304629347302302012-07-06T10:16:55.145-04:002012-07-06T10:16:55.145-04:00I've enjoyed this series, however I'm bein...I've enjoyed this series, however I'm being cautiously optimistic about the pricing structure of this publishing plan. Will the episodic releases be proportionally priced to the full release? Is it cheaper to just wait until May for the whole thing?Todd Moseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480365365180550851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-52445070105999919102012-07-06T09:43:44.524-04:002012-07-06T09:43:44.524-04:00That would be a neat, but from what John said the ...That would be a neat, but from what John said the events would take place after Old Man's War so I can't see them doing a TV show at the same time. Also, studios would probably want the focus to be the movie.Mad Hatter Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020033648108721552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-50516586972220415142012-07-06T09:35:06.074-04:002012-07-06T09:35:06.074-04:00Given the movie it would be cool if they did this ...Given the movie it would be cool if they did this as a TV show as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-4034551945229465702012-07-06T09:34:04.184-04:002012-07-06T09:34:04.184-04:00I love those book so much! Can't wait for it. ...I love those book so much! Can't wait for it. Never heard about another book that took this style.Evelynnoreply@blogger.com