The latest "Mind Meld" column from SF Signal is about that perennial subject of discussion, the humble tie-in. Their blunt question was: "How do you think media tie-in novels affect the genre of sf/f?"
SF Signal asked a bunch of people who actually write tie-ins (which I thought was a nice touch, and one that doesn't often happen when this subject arises), like Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Sean Williams, Kevin J. Anderson, Walter Jon Williams, and David Gerrold for their views on this burning issue. They also asked critics (Paul Raven), booksellers (Alan Beatts), and general layabouts (that would be me) for their opinions as well. And then the crack SF Signal staff collated all of those replies and shoved them into one single blog post for your delectation.
What do you think, sirs?
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1 comment:
I suppose I'm one of the "general layabouts" then. I thought they grabbed a good bunch of folks for this one, though maybe an author who hasn't written a tie-in could have provided some more insight.
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