From:	Strago strago@***.com
Subject:	role of novels in SR universe
Date:	Sat, 24 Jul 1999 09:48:44 -0400

Penta wrote:

> Jarmo Karonen wrote:
>
> > On Monday I had some trouble with my email, and never got a chance to
> > reply to Koke's post. Then I forgot... until now. I'm surprised that
> > nobody else has replied... come on, what's wrong with you guys?!?
> >
> > Jak asked:
> > - - -
> > So my question is, finally, what role do you believe the SR novels
> > should
> > play in the larger plots of the SR Universe?
> > - - -
> >
> > In my opinion as big as possible. I love epic plots, and I haven't seen
> > enough highlevel novel stuff coming from FASA. That's also why I usually
> > don't buy FASA novels. I only own Burning Bright and Dragonheart
> > Trilogy.
>
> My opinion? I DISLIKE novels as being canon. With a novel's shelf-life these
> days (REALLY short at my local bookstores), that makes it INCREDIBLY
> difficult to keep up with the universe. Also, I don't want SR to go the way
> of Btech, where you practically had to get EVERY novel to understand the
> plot. Sourcebooks and their ilk (adventures, etc.) should be the ONLY canon
> materials...NOT novels.
>
> John

Maybe they should have a few canon novels, and in later sourcebooks, they
can say "information about x and y can be found in *whatever*."

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