tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post387499239930632603..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1979: BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY Movie/ Pilot Novelization (Sphere)SLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-64104201345179129632015-06-28T15:15:52.472+01:002015-06-28T15:15:52.472+01:00Hi there
I always assumed THAT MAN ON BETA (my co...Hi there<br /><br />I always assumed THAT MAN ON BETA (my copy is buried deep in storage) was commissioned and published on the basis that it WOULD have been one of the early episodes to air... possibly during the period where NBC and Universal were planning a series (possibly ten) of occasional TV movies rather than a weekly series. At some point, before or after the book was published, the studio must have made the decision to dump it. I doubt it was ever planned as a "lost story" type release. SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-73703164742343412682015-06-27T08:25:03.814+01:002015-06-27T08:25:03.814+01:00Also of note is that both Buck Rogers TV books wer...Also of note is that both Buck Rogers TV books were written by Richard Lupoff (writing as "Addison E Steele"), a well-known expert in the sci-fi pulps field and a fine and surprising writer in his own right.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-64458866727672177722015-06-26T14:24:37.220+01:002015-06-26T14:24:37.220+01:00What's interesting about the 2 Buck Rogers boo...What's interesting about the 2 Buck Rogers books (I have them both on my shelf) is that the second was based on an unproduced script, so it's actually a new story - a novel idea for the 80s novelizations.Bob/Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830145891314387373noreply@blogger.com