Ranger Dawning available for free!!

[OldMongooseFordy]

OK chaps and chapesses, since we now won't be publishing any B5 novels I've decided that I'll post mine, for free, on the interweb.

Go here http://www.lulu.com/content/822014 get downloading and get reading! No complaints please, it is free after all :0)

Fordy

 

[Aramanthus]

Thank you again!

 

[lightsyder]

OK chaps and chapesses, since we now won't be publishing any B5 novels I've decided that I'll post mine, for free, on the interweb.

Go here http://www.lulu.com/content/822014 get downloading and get reading! No complaints please, it is free after all :0)

Fordy

I can't imagine how someone would find a reason to complain. Thanks!

 

[lastbesthope]

Thanks Fordy.

Are the first couple of pages supposed to be blank, i.e. is BEst of the Best the start of the novel?

LBH

 

[lastbesthope]

Ahh thanks Fordy, hven't had time to read it yet, but I will.

LBH

 

[BuShips]

Thank you Fordy. At least this allows you to get it out there for the fans.

 

[lastbesthope]

OK, I swear Fordy made a post between my two above?????

LBH

 

[BuShips]

OK, I swear Fordy made a post between my two above?????

LBH

You cannot see it because it's in hyperspace, silly! :lol:

 

[Greg Smith]

OK, I swear Fordy made a post between my two above?????

LBH

He did post a response, saying it was layed out like a novel, with the chapter stars all being on the left.

 

[lastbesthope]

Good, I wasn't imagining it

LBH

 

[Mage Ash]

My only complaint is that I have to join another site before I can see the book.

Despite that very tedious act :lol: I want to thank you for posting the story for us to read. I was looking forward to new novels and am glad that it is available to us.

Again, thanks for that and sorry that it didn't work out.

MageAsh

 

[Shadow Queen]

I get to the tenth page.... then a shout from the kitchen hits "You gonna be on that all night??" so far very good

 

[Jal]

i suggest that whoever has copies of Ranger Dawning and any of the other MGP novels hold on to them, this applies to e-books and paper ones.

because Warner Brothers just pulled the plug on them.

copyright. :|

 

[Greg Smith]

Pulled the plug on what? Just Ranger Dawning, or something else as well?

 

[Jal]

Pulled the plug on what? Just Ranger Dawning, or something else as well?

Dawning for sure.

i would play safe and say that it applies to the other books in the same series but i haven`t been able to find a definative answer.

 

[Greg Smith]

Mongoose have said they don't intend to continue with the novels, so I don't think that is anything to do with WB.

 

[Jal]

Mongoose have said they don't intend to continue with the novels, so I don't think that is anything to do with WB.

http://jmsnews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2324&page=3

scroll down to the post by Fordy on page 3, only info i have found.

 

[Greg Smith]

I imagine that will certainly stop any of the other authors from publishing their novels on-line.

 

[lastbesthope]

Well I have downloaded Ranger Dawning and I have a back up on an EXT HDD. So my copy is secure, though of course I really ought to keep the backup in a much more geographically distant location :wink:

LBH

 

[BuShips]

I wonder if something can be worked out, and here is possibly how I think it might be done.

There are many fan-produced "episodes" and "films" on various copyrighted sci-fi titles such as Star Trek and Star Wars that are available on the internet. As long as no income is derived from the distribution of these fan-films they have the blessing apparently of the copyright holders.

Since Fordy is not receiving income from his work why can't something be accorded to Fordy? At least WB should see that there is less of a "threat" from a fan-novel than outright fan-films that are downloadable from the internet.

What if someone were to produce an outright fan-film set in the B5 universe? The precedent has been set already that no current copyright holder is placing "cease and desist" orders on these efforts. Why would WB see a threat to their copyright when Paramount and Lucas Films does not? If any money passes to the folks producing these fan films they know they'll be shut down, but no income is taken so they're left alone.