queenoz84
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Post by queenoz84 on Oct 2, 2002 17:15:28 GMT -5
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Post by Fee on Oct 2, 2002 17:20:57 GMT -5
maybe you can call the bookstore and ask them to reserve one for you? i'd offer to get you one and mail it to you, but postage from germany costs more than the book itself
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queenoz84
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Post by queenoz84 on Oct 2, 2002 17:54:28 GMT -5
thanx, i know the owner so maybe ill get some "vip" service there. Thanx for the "offer", but i think i will wait longer for the book to arrive than just going to town or edmonton (nearest big city). But i know friends who is going this weekend ... oh, oppertunities. Oh well, my money is in my drawer just waiting to be spent. I'll go Friday, yes, Friday. I can't wait till Friday!!!!
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Post by JediJaina on Oct 6, 2002 17:06:36 GMT -5
If this is repeated elsewhere I apologize:
When I checked the Random House website, it now mentions three Dark Angel books: Before the Dawn, Skin Game, and a new one After the Dark.
I wonder how many books will be put out?
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Post by stargurl on Oct 6, 2002 19:47:03 GMT -5
That's a cool title!
Before the Dawn, After the Dark
I like it!
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Post by JediJaina on Oct 8, 2002 20:57:43 GMT -5
I didn't count the Eyes Only dossier, but I should have indicated novels instead of just the general "book" term.
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Post by queenoz84 on Oct 8, 2002 22:23:36 GMT -5
thats so cool, now at least we know that Skin game isnt the last one, yipee!!!! ;D
and a bought the book this weekend!!!!
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Post by nevyn on Oct 10, 2002 13:20:05 GMT -5
I just finished reading "Before The Dawn".
It's not a bad book - On the whole it tends to stick to the attitude and info established in the TV series but I spotted what I thought were a couple of mistakes in the characterisation of Max. At times the general plot tends to veer away from the info we got in the DA pilot and first series and that bothered me.
I won't mention my nitpicks in case it spoils the plot for those who haven't read it.
I am glad I bought it and would buy the other DA novels written by this man. I have to say that it is not as bad as other TV-to-novel conversions i've read in the past. Although I was a bit worried when I read the Author's acknowledgments at the beginning of the book in which he admitted to getting his info and story treatment for the novel from a friend who was a DA fan. And apparently Jim Cameron helped him out with info too - that surprised me.
Has anyone else read it and what do you think?
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Post by stargurl on Oct 10, 2002 16:11:11 GMT -5
Hey nevyn, I also started a book discussion in the General section, I'd love to discuss the book there (just not here because in the General section, I've warned about spoilers and here I don't want to spoil the book for anyone!)
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Post by Hootie81 on Oct 12, 2002 21:04:38 GMT -5
Found this @ darkangelfan.com:
Del Ray Internet Newsletter
Random House Number 117 (October 2002)
STEVE SPEAKS (Editor Steve Saffel discusses the new Dark Angel series)
This month marks the beginning of the Dark Angel novels, so we're truly going back to the beginning...and then some. We've always wanted to tell new stories, to reveal the untold secrets of that world and its characters. So we made DARK ANGEL: BEFORE THE DAWN the official prequel to the television series, in which we'll reveal how Dark Angel became a thief, how she came to Seattle, and how she met so many of the people who became central to her life: Original Cindy, Normal, Sketchy, even Logan...sort of. This is perfect for new readers, since they won't have to know anything about the series in order to enjoy this book to its fullest.
From the very first episode, we were fascinated by the world of Dark Angel-a world in which a terrorist attack had plunged the United States into chaos, and infused our society with a third-world layer of poverty and corruption. And there was the military side, as the top-secret, pseudo-military facility known as Manticore unleashed the transgenic super soldiers-some of them beautiful, like Max, others frighteningly grotesque. The television series had a dark, gritty, sexy attitude, and the fact that the series ended so abruptly gave us our golden opportunity.
It became an opportunity in that it made these novels the home for Dark Angel. By working closely with 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm-James Cameron's outfit-we've been able to expand upon the world they created, and all of it has become canon! In DARK ANGEL: SKIN GAME (February), we're going to continue where the series left off, and show how the transgenics deal with being trapped in a ghetto of toxic waste surrounded by the army and facing a serial killer who might be one of their own-a transgenic.
In DARK ANGEL: THE EYES ONLY DOSSIER, we're doing more than just a guide to the world of Dark Angel. The dossier will be written as if by Logan-the cyber-journalist known as Eyes Only. We'll show the official documentation of four of his most important, unsolved investigations, and in doing so we'll reveal things about the government, about the pulse, and about the society of the near future. And there will be lots of excellent, nasty corruption.
We've been incredibly lucky with our authors. The novels are being written by Max Allan Collins, who's famous for the original graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION, as well as the gritty Nate Heller novels, and bestsellers like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and THE MUMMY. And for the Eyes Only book, we turned to D.A. Stern, who took exactly this sort of realistic approach with the Blair Witch Project books, including the BLAIR WITCH DOSSIER. No one could have done it better.
So even though the television series has ended, the adventure lives on, and we couldn't be happier with the results. They definitely kick ass! -STEVE SAFFEL, Executive Editor
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