Aug 2, 202114 minFiction Friction: The Fake TrilogyBy Thomas Anderson The trilogy, as a model for media, is so omnipresent in the modern world that we scarcely stop to notice it anymore....
Jul 19, 202114 minPrequel Problems: Star Trek Double HelixBy Thomas Anderson Yes, it’s yet another Prequel Problems article about Star Trek; this setting, with its several well-defined eras and...
Jul 5, 202119 minPrequel Problems: Star Trek Enterprise and the Temporal Cold WarBy Thomas Anderson In 2001, a new Star Trek series was launched – though initially without the ‘Star Trek’ branding for the first time,...
Jun 21, 202119 minPrequel Problems: Terry Pratchett’s “Night Watch”By Tom Anderson Before I begin, I should preface this article by saying that Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series is probably my single...
Jun 7, 202111 minPrequel Problems: Young MontalbanoBy Tom Anderson In a previous article in this series, I discussed the Inspector Morse franchise; how it developed from a series of novels...
May 24, 202114 minPrequel Problems: Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of PernBy Thomas Anderson In my earlier Prequel Problems article about Colin Dann’s Animals of Farthing Wood series, I mentioned that reading it...
May 10, 202114 minPrequel Problems: Star Trek First Contact and EnterpriseBy Tom Anderson In my previous Prequel Problems article looking at the Star Trek franchise, I explored Judith and Garfield...
Apr 26, 202115 minPrequel Problems: Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet seriesBy Tom Anderson Jack Campbell is the nom de plume of American science fiction and fantasy writer John G. Hemry (b. 1956). Under his own...
Apr 12, 202115 minPrequel Problems: The Legend of ZeldaBy Thomas Anderson This article is, I suspect, going to be controversial. I grew up with Sega consoles and was barely aware of Nintendo’s...
Mar 29, 202112 minPrequel Problems: EndeavourBy Tom Anderson In 1972, during a rather rainy family holiday to Wales, an author named Colin Dexter conceived an idea for a detective...
Mar 15, 202117 minPrequel Problems: Star Trek Federation vs First ContactBy Tom Anderson I keep coming back to the Star Trek franchise for subject matters in these Prequel Problems articles because it is so...
Mar 1, 202115 minPrequel Problems: Jar Jar Binks and the Curate’s EggBy Tom Anderson Mention prequels and problems, and it is quite likely that your listener’s first thought will be of the Star Wars prequel...
Feb 1, 202113 minPrequel Problems: Star Trek and the Sixties AestheticBy Tom Anderson Star Trek is one of the most influential media franchises of modern times, itself stemming from one of the most...
Jan 18, 202116 minPrequel Problems: The Han Solo Triumph of A. C. CrispinBy Tom Anderson In two previous articles in this series, I discussed the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels released by Bantam between...
Jan 4, 202112 minPrequel Problems: The Animals of Farthing WoodBy Tom Anderson People of a certain age across the UK and Europe often have memories of watching The Animals of Farthing Wood as children...
Dec 21, 20208 minPrequel Problems: Aaron Allston and the Awesome AnticlimaxBy Tom Anderson In a previous article in this series, I discussed the Bantam era of the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, and how many...
Dec 7, 202013 minPrequel Problems: Robert Jordan’s “New Spring”By Tom Anderson One of the stereotypes of the fantasy genre from the 1970s onwards is that everything turns into an ever-expanding series...
Nov 23, 202012 minPrequel Problems: The Star Wars Sins and Wins of Michael A. StackpoleBy Tom Anderson Mention the words “Star Wars” in an article series entitled “Prequel Problems” and half the readers are now picturing bad...
Nov 9, 202015 minPrequel Problems: Sharpe’s Reading OrderBy Tom Anderson In this article series discussing the problems surrounding the writing (and reading) of prequel works, one driving...
Oct 26, 202010 minPrequel Problems 3: The Romulan StraitjacketBy Thomas Anderson In this article I want to discuss a trope that reoccurs as a defining problem for writing many prequels (or indeed...