Wednesday, September 03, 2008
MIND MELD: How Do Media Tie-In Novels Affect SF/F?
I've participated in another of SF Signal's "Mind Meld" round-table discussions, this one on the topic, "How do you think media tie-in novels affect the genre of sf/f?"
Of all the answers, I think I like William C. Dietz's the best. But many of the respondents, myself included, seem to be singing from the same hymn book: "media tie-ins = new readers for sf/f = good"
Of course, not everyone agrees (and respondent Alan Beatts and I have had this discussion before, and I know we will again, though admittedly my position on the matter keeps changing). Check out the link above to see the range of responses, all well worth considering.
Of all the answers, I think I like William C. Dietz's the best. But many of the respondents, myself included, seem to be singing from the same hymn book: "media tie-ins = new readers for sf/f = good"
Of course, not everyone agrees (and respondent Alan Beatts and I have had this discussion before, and I know we will again, though admittedly my position on the matter keeps changing). Check out the link above to see the range of responses, all well worth considering.
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I liked your answer very much. Well said. And such a different answer than you would have given a few years ago. ;)
If it weren't for media tie-in novels (namely Star Trek), I doubt I ever would have gotten into reading scifi/fantasy at all.
I think I would have eventually found my way to the SF field, but the Star Trek tie-in books certainly helped a lot...and I had a shelf full of Alan Dean Foster's movie tie-ins at one time.
For those who don't eventually move on to other works, I doubt that they were going to read deeply in the field anyway.
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For those who don't eventually move on to other works, I doubt that they were going to read deeply in the field anyway.
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