Debate Rages... Licensed Fanfiction or Continuing Canon?

[cedargrove]

The stupidest things depress me... things that have no reason to, and it's all irrational I'm sure.

This ended up on my friends page earlier this evening.

This entry has a link to the LJ of one of the authors and in the comments to the entry she answered a question regarding the SGA movie, referring to this series of books as being the only new "

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[calibrata]

It sure does vary by series. Star Wars and Warcraft both take them extremely seriously... in WoW, original characters start in novels and then weave their way through comics/manga/trading cards/other and into the game; a whole zone was redesigned around an early author's descriptions from a prequel. Even little details get carried over; the first time I met Tyrygosa in-game, I wondered about her weird outfit and silent human boyfriend. (She's a blue dragon.) Well, she originally came from a manga. And so she looks like it

[mirrani]

It's been said that the Highest up of the Trek folks in charge /never/ thought the books were canon... At least as far as I am aware. This helps me greatly, as the Intendant was slain a few books ago

[jansma]

It is depressing. :(

[mirrani]

And yes.. It's a long way to wait, but if Michael A. Martin is writing it, I'm sure it will be worth it. I don't know of anyone else who would respect what he's done to FIX the whole Trip running off junk.