Comments on: New Space Opera 2: sf stories with sweep http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-531252 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531252 The cover looks like a screencap of the Red Dwarf intro sequence, where Starbug crash lands on the icy moon with the luck virus. The cover looks like a screencap of the Red Dwarf intro sequence, where Starbug crash lands on the icy moon with the luck virus.

]]> By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-531260 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531260 Sorry no, it's where Starbuck smashes into the side of Red Dwarf leaving the docking bay. Skip to 0:11 of this youtube video or see the screencap here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCjvPFpuR28 http://nearlydeaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/reddwarfseason4spaceoperabookcovercomparison.jpg Sorry no, it’s where Starbuck smashes into the side of Red Dwarf leaving the docking bay. Skip to 0:11 of this youtube video or see the screencap here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCjvPFpuR28

http://nearlydeaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/reddwarfseason4spaceoperabookcovercomparison.jpg

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-530517 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530517 This genre was discussed yesterday on BBC Radio 4 (see 0850 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8123000/8123574.stm). This is all new to me and I look forward to getting into it! :) This genre was discussed yesterday on BBC Radio 4 (see 0850 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8123000/8123574.stm).

This is all new to me and I look forward to getting into it! :)

]]> By: traalfaz http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-530545 traalfaz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530545 I wanted to buy a copy and went out to do so, but the eBook version was priced at $15. Honestly, what's the justification for charging $15 for a file containing the same info as a paperback which costs $6, and has no per-unit production cost or significant transport fees? I don't buy that ebook prices have to be kept high to keep from eating into hardcover/trade paper prices; as for myself (and I suspect most people who would buy ebooks in the first place) I'm not in love with dead trees, I just want the data; I'm simply not going to pay $19 for a hardcover or trade paper. I've barely come to grips with $6-8 for a paperback. I do notice that the Kindle edition is $9.99. I might consider paying that, but the Kindle is basically a DRM machine, and I'm not going there. I've already got a couple of dozen DRM'd eBooks from years ago on the Palm that I can't access anymore because they're locked to an account I've lost access to. Honestly, Baen is the only publisher getting any of my money for the last year or so (since I got my Sony reader), because they provide DRM-free ebooks for a reasonable price, usually $4 to $6. I wanted to buy a copy and went out to do so, but the eBook version was priced at $15. Honestly, what’s the justification for charging $15 for a file containing the same info as a paperback which costs $6, and has no per-unit production cost or significant transport fees?
I don’t buy that ebook prices have to be kept high to keep from eating into hardcover/trade paper prices; as for myself (and I suspect most people who would buy ebooks in the first place) I’m not in love with dead trees, I just want the data; I’m simply not going to pay $19 for a hardcover or trade paper. I’ve barely come to grips with $6-8 for a paperback.

I do notice that the Kindle edition is $9.99. I might consider paying that, but the Kindle is basically a DRM machine, and I’m not going there. I’ve already got a couple of dozen DRM’d eBooks from years ago on the Palm that I can’t access anymore because they’re locked to an account I’ve lost access to.

Honestly, Baen is the only publisher getting any of my money for the last year or so (since I got my Sony reader), because they provide DRM-free ebooks for a reasonable price, usually $4 to $6.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-530554 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530554 Can I read your story on the internet anywhere or is it print-only? Can I read your story on the internet anywhere or is it print-only?

]]> By: 0xdeadbeef http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-530612 0xdeadbeef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530612 Huh. I got it on Saturday from a Books-a-Million, apparently before the street date. Take that, evil publishing cartels! Huh. I got it on Saturday from a Books-a-Million, apparently before the street date. Take that, evil publishing cartels!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-533968 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533968 No go on Fictionwise as well - only availible in DRM'ed version which won't open on my reader. But that seems to be par for the course - there's been a huge drop in usable formats from them (Fictionwise.) No go on Fictionwise as well – only availible in DRM’ed version which won’t open on my reader. But that seems to be par for the course – there’s been a huge drop in usable formats from them (Fictionwise.)

]]> By: singingdragon http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-530920 singingdragon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530920 Oh, this was the story you did a reading of at Pi-Con! It's incredibly funny, folks. Oh, this was the story you did a reading of at Pi-Con! It’s incredibly funny, folks.

]]> By: Irene Delse http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-531960 Irene Delse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531960 @ Traalfaz: It's even worse. I tried to buy the title from Fictionwise, my usual ebook store. With their membership rebate, the price would have dropped to USD 10.87 only. Fine. But when I tried to check out, big problem: geographical restrictions! Just like for DVDs. So, being in Europe, I'm not allowed to pay for the American ebook edition. Gee, thanks. I'm thrilled to see HarperCollins in the business of stopping people from buying books. Now, of course, I could go to Amazon and order the paper edition, or wait for an ebook edition accessible to Europeans... Or I might decide to give my money to some other publisher this month. @ Traalfaz: It’s even worse. I tried to buy the title from Fictionwise, my usual ebook store. With their membership rebate, the price would have dropped to USD 10.87 only. Fine. But when I tried to check out, big problem: geographical restrictions! Just like for DVDs. So, being in Europe, I’m not allowed to pay for the American ebook edition. Gee, thanks. I’m thrilled to see HarperCollins in the business of stopping people from buying books.

Now, of course, I could go to Amazon and order the paper edition, or wait for an ebook edition accessible to Europeans…

Or I might decide to give my money to some other publisher this month.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-space-opera-2-sf.html#comment-530937 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530937 Honestly, I'm always a year or more behind in my reading list anyhow. Add the dead-tree version to your want list, and pick it up in a year when it's $5/copy. That's how I'm going to read Space Opera 1, now that I've discovered this series ... Honestly, I’m always a year or more behind in my reading list anyhow. Add the dead-tree version to your want list, and pick it up in a year when it’s $5/copy. That’s how I’m going to read Space Opera 1, now that I’ve discovered this series …

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