What WC items did you get for Christmas?

Mjr. Whoopass

Mjr. Whoopass

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Hey WCNuts,
It was a great Christmas for me. My brother gave me the books Freedom Flight, Fleet Action, and Price of Freedom. I was pretty surprised, since I thought it would be too much trouble for him to find them. As inexpensive as they are, I was more excited to get those than any gift I can remember for the past couple years.

I've finished Freedom Flight and have started on Fleet Action. Is it bad for me to skip End Run to read Fleet Action? I think I'm spoiling some of the plot from End Run by reading Fleet Action, but I'm not sure I can wait until End Run is ordered or if it would be worth waiting on reading Fleet Action.

So enough about me, anyone else get any nice WC gifts for Christmas/Hanukkah/whatever?
 
End Run was very hard for me to find. I read every book long before I ever bought End Run, even Fleet Action, and I didn't feel that it ruined anything. Despite knowing basically what was going to happen, End Run was an extremely enjoyable book and is my favorite of all of them. It also makes things fall into place more as far as Fleet Action is concerned, but don't worry about reading ER first.
 
Yeah, if you already had End Run, then I'd say you have to read that first, but it's fine if you have it on order and can't wait. I got the Space Above & Beyond, Firefly DVD sets, Mario Kart DS.
 
Whait untill you read End Run before you start Fleet Action, it's mutch more interesting that way- I speak from experience.
 
I'll always remember Christmas of '97. I had done very well in school that year, so I received several tickets to the Aloha Bowl football game. I had, and have, absolutely no interest in football, so I spent the time tearing open my Prophecy box and devouring the ICIS. Good times.
 
This year I got money towards an xbox 360, all 5 seasons of B5, two great books (1776 and Flyboys) and the normal assortment of clothes and the like...

I remember the xmas after KS came out...I was so excited that when I got to my grandmothers the night before I just had to peel open the paper a little bit to confirm that it was really there...it had been out for a while and I was jealous of all the people on IRC that had been playing it for a fair amount of time before that...still one of the best gifts I've ever recieved...
 
I didn't get any WC-related products this year. Although, I did ask for them. My father could find any copies of Action Stations and Freedom Flight around here, so I ended ordering them off the internet myself.
 
It's all in motion now.. I have End Run, Action Stations, and Heart of the Tiger on order to arrive here in 1-2 weeks ($10.90 including shipping for all 3- seems like a good deal to me). False Colors should be here in 3-5 business days. I'm not too confident that I can wait on reading the rest of Fleet Action until ER gets here though- but at least I should have the rest of the books in chronological sequence ready to read by the time I get through the rest of FA.

I guess my WC novel collection will be complete.. unless you count the other books like Pilgrim Stars and whatever the other one was called. I'm assuming these don't have continuity with the game and Forstchen's books since they're based on the movie. Is there anyone here that would recommend these? I never see anyone posting about these.
 
I guess my WC novel collection will be complete.. unless you count the other books like Pilgrim Stars and whatever the other one was called. I'm assuming these don't have continuity with the game and Forstchen's books since they're based on the movie. Is there anyone here that would recommend these? I never see anyone posting about these.
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They're decidedly the same continuity. A single page of movie novel often has more Wing Commander game references than the whole of a Baen book -- it's up to you to decide if this is good stylistically, but if continuity is what you're looking for the movie novel has it in spades.
 
What about the game novelizations? I've already played them, I know the story. How much do they add to the story already there? I got my copies of Action Stations and Freedom Flight in the mail last night. I spent New Years Eve reading. How depressing. Does anyone else think the cover of AC is stupid?
 
There are differences between games and their novelizations, but traditionally when such conflicts occur, the game is considered official. On the other hand, when the games provide a choice of paths (particularly WC3 and WC4), since the player can choose either way, the book's path prevails, as far as "officialness" goes.
 
Death said:
There are differences between games and their novelizations, but traditionally when such conflicts occur, the game is considered official. On the other hand, when the games provide a choice of paths (particularly WC3 and WC4), since the player can choose either way, the book's path prevails, as far as "officialness" goes.
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There's no such thing as levels of canon or different precedences and there's no such thing as a contradiction, only unexplained points -- general rule: it's all good. - The Third Law of LOAF

d3r3k said:
What about the game novelizations? I've already played them, I know the story. How much do they add to the story already there? I got my copies of Action Stations and Freedom Flight in the mail last night. I spent New Years Eve reading. How depressing. Does anyone else think the cover of AC is stupid?
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The novelizations of the game add a tremendous level of minute detail that the game never gets to. In addition to giving the official paths, like Death mentioned, they also solidify general things like tell you which squadron/fighter Blair flew and things like that.
 
I also like reading the books because they give a greater perspective of the conflict. I enjoyed reading in FA the strategies employed by high command to exploit weaknesses in the Kilrathi forces as well as reading the Kilrathi's perspective. For instance, it was interesting to read that the Kilrathi transport crews were regarded with contempt and little to no escort was provided for them- so Confed high command capitalized. It makes sense out of how Confed was able to fend off such superior numbers of Kilrathi ships.

I've read a few space combat Sci-Fi books, and I've found the WC books to be the best yet. I enjoyed David Weber's "In Death Ground" and "The Shiva Option", but the 2 WC books I've read so far were MUCH more enjoyable for me. The WC books focus more on fighter combat and I think do a much better job of developing likeable characters that you enjoy following and are sorry if they die. Even if I've played the games before, it just enhances it for me because I already have an attachment to the characters from the beginning.
 
For me, the novels had alot to offer in that they give us a different view of the war. Action Stations is one of my favorites along with Fleet Action, I like Tolwyn's perspective in the book. As for End Run, I liked it ok. I haven't hated a novel yet. The games are great, but books can be somewhat richer in detail. As I was writting this, I was thinking about the Mandrins(sp?) I don't remember them being discussed in-depth in any of the novels. Am I forgetting something?

-Rance-
 
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