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    Fiction Friction: The Fake Trilogy
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 14 min

    Fiction Friction: The Fake Trilogy

    By Thomas Anderson The trilogy, as a model for media, is so omnipresent in the modern world that we scarcely stop to notice it anymore....
    Prequel Problems: Star Trek Double Helix
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 14 min

    Prequel Problems: Star Trek Double Helix

    By Thomas Anderson Yes, it’s yet another Prequel Problems article about Star Trek; this setting, with its several well-defined eras and...
    Prequel Problems: Star Trek Enterprise and the Temporal Cold War
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 19 min

    Prequel Problems: Star Trek Enterprise and the Temporal Cold War

    By Thomas Anderson In 2001, a new Star Trek series was launched – though initially without the ‘Star Trek’ branding for the first time,...
    Prequel Problems: Terry Pratchett’s “Night Watch”
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 19 min

    Prequel 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...
    Prequel Problems: Young Montalbano
    • Jun 7, 2021
    • 11 min

    Prequel Problems: Young Montalbano

    By Tom Anderson In a previous article in this series, I discussed the Inspector Morse franchise; how it developed from a series of novels...
    Prequel Problems: Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern
    • May 24, 2021
    • 14 min

    Prequel Problems: Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern

    By Thomas Anderson In my earlier Prequel Problems article about Colin Dann’s Animals of Farthing Wood series, I mentioned that reading it...
    Prequel Problems: Star Trek First Contact and Enterprise
    • May 10, 2021
    • 14 min

    Prequel Problems: Star Trek First Contact and Enterprise

    By Tom Anderson In my previous Prequel Problems article looking at the Star Trek franchise, I explored Judith and Garfield...
    Prequel Problems: Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet series
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 15 min

    Prequel Problems: Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet series

    By Tom Anderson Jack Campbell is the nom de plume of American science fiction and fantasy writer John G. Hemry (b. 1956). Under his own...
    Prequel Problems: The Legend of Zelda
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 15 min

    Prequel Problems: The Legend of Zelda

    By Thomas Anderson This article is, I suspect, going to be controversial. I grew up with Sega consoles and was barely aware of Nintendo’s...
    Prequel Problems: Endeavour
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 12 min

    Prequel Problems: Endeavour

    By Tom Anderson In 1972, during a rather rainy family holiday to Wales, an author named Colin Dexter conceived an idea for a detective...
    Prequel Problems: Star Trek Federation vs First Contact
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 17 min

    Prequel Problems: Star Trek Federation vs First Contact

    By Tom Anderson I keep coming back to the Star Trek franchise for subject matters in these Prequel Problems articles because it is so...
    Prequel Problems: Jar Jar Binks and the Curate’s Egg
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 15 min

    Prequel Problems: Jar Jar Binks and the Curate’s Egg

    By Tom Anderson Mention prequels and problems, and it is quite likely that your listener’s first thought will be of the Star Wars prequel...
    Prequel Problems: Star Trek and the Sixties Aesthetic
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 13 min

    Prequel Problems: Star Trek and the Sixties Aesthetic

    By Tom Anderson Star Trek is one of the most influential media franchises of modern times, itself stemming from one of the most...
    Prequel Problems: The Han Solo Triumph of A. C. Crispin
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 16 min

    Prequel Problems: The Han Solo Triumph of A. C. Crispin

    By Tom Anderson In two previous articles in this series, I discussed the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels released by Bantam between...
    Prequel Problems: The Animals of Farthing Wood
    • Jan 4, 2021
    • 12 min

    Prequel Problems: The Animals of Farthing Wood

    By Tom Anderson People of a certain age across the UK and Europe often have memories of watching The Animals of Farthing Wood as children...
    Prequel Problems: Aaron Allston and the Awesome Anticlimax
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 8 min

    Prequel Problems: Aaron Allston and the Awesome Anticlimax

    By Tom Anderson In a previous article in this series, I discussed the Bantam era of the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, and how many...
    Prequel Problems: Robert Jordan’s “New Spring”
    • Dec 7, 2020
    • 13 min

    Prequel 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...
    Prequel Problems: The Star Wars Sins and Wins of Michael A. Stackpole
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 12 min

    Prequel Problems: The Star Wars Sins and Wins of Michael A. Stackpole

    By Tom Anderson Mention the words “Star Wars” in an article series entitled “Prequel Problems” and half the readers are now picturing bad...
    Prequel Problems: Sharpe’s Reading Order
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 15 min

    Prequel Problems: Sharpe’s Reading Order

    By Tom Anderson In this article series discussing the problems surrounding the writing (and reading) of prequel works, one driving...
    Prequel Problems 3: The Romulan Straitjacket
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 10 min

    Prequel Problems 3: The Romulan Straitjacket

    By Thomas Anderson In this article I want to discuss a trope that reoccurs as a defining problem for writing many prequels (or indeed...
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