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Nohvarr wrote...
How many bad Star Wars EU books are out there in your opinion? The same question for Star Trek? Warhammer 40K? Terminator? Halo? etc...
Some of those books were written by people who loved the franchise, but thought they could and should take things in a different direction. Then others just had their own vision of how things should work which clashed with that of the fans they were supposedly writing for. A Star War example would be Troy Denning, I honestly think the man loves writing for Star Wars but he's done somethings, taken the EU in a direction, that many fans are not happy with.
Then there are writers like Karen Traviss. She loved mandos and hated Jedi. While she was writing her 'Republic Commando' series her dislike was fine as it was contained to her own characters, ones she created within the universe, and had no bearing on any established characters. Then came 'Legacy of The Force' where she was told to write populare EU characters like Luke Skywalker, and Jaina Solo. Both of which she either trashe or made look like idiots because they were associated with a portion of Star Wars she didn't like, but wrote for anyways because of money.
Dietz writing for cash and not for love is of no surprise to me wen viewed from that perspective.
When a series begins to have books written by authors outside the 'core creatives' resonsible for the universe itsef, you significantly increase the chance of bad books. They want to give other writers the freedom to bring their own talents to the table, but then they don't always have time to comb through a book those others have written to make sure they got everything right.
To be fair to Bioware, I do remember the 'Baldur's Gate' books, and their poor quality. Though some of their more recent work has shown improvment over the BG era stuff, they're still going to make mistakes.
The real question is, what do that do about them? and we will have to wait or that answer.
I think it's perfectly fine for an author to have their own vision for a franchise and also quite unavoidable. Still, I don't see that as an excuse for poor writing - from form to content. I can understand that a writer might take a universe in a new direction, perhaps one I don't necessarily agree with, and that's fine. But it's the fault of the editors and those checking over the story when huge, glaring mistakes like those in Deception are allowed through to the final copy. BioWare really should have more interest in their novels.
That said, it's interesting to see how many of these kinds of franchises produce disappointing novels (for differing reasons, but still...). Perhaps it's just the fallout from wanting quick money off the back of a game or movie. There have been some good ones, however, so that can't be the only reason.
Modifié par centauri2002, 31 janvier 2012 - 12:46 .
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I fell down from the chair...!!!
