mark w.: i daresay you’re missing the point. it’s less that noveltainment is based on something else than the writer’s imagination, it’s the fact the whole endeavor is packaged, marketed, and sold as a tie-in to another product. “all the king’s men” existed as a novel long before it was made into a movie.

take this example: there was a bogus movie adaptation of “great expectations” (with ethan hawke as pip – ha!) — and then a novelized version of the movie was released. which was about as dickens as a coca-cola.

as far as “pre-fab literary fiction,” i don’t have a clue…

mark w.: i daresay you’re missing the point. it’s less that noveltainment is based on something else than the writer’s imagination, it’s the fact the whole endeavor is packaged, marketed, and sold as a tie-in to another product. “all the king’s men” existed as a novel long before it was made into a movie.

take this example: there was a bogus movie adaptation of “great expectations” (with ethan hawke as pip – ha!) — and then a novelized version of the movie was released. which was about as dickens as a coca-cola.

as far as “pre-fab literary fiction,” i don’t have a clue…

mark w.: i daresay you’re missing the point. it’s less that noveltainment is based on something else than the writer’s imagination, it’s the fact the whole endeavor is packaged, marketed, and sold as a tie-in to another product. “all the king’s men” existed as a novel long before it was made into a movie.

take this example: there was a bogus movie adaptation of “great expectations” (with ethan hawke as pip – ha!) — and then a novelized version of the movie was released. which was about as dickens as a coca-cola.

as far as “pre-fab literary fiction,” i don’t have a clue…

Also, I hear that a new movie version of All The King’s Men is coming out soon. When the movie arrives in theaters, won’t bookstores be stocked with “movie tie-in” paperbacks (complete with actors’ pictures on the cover) written by Robert Penn Warren? Does Penn Warren then become a noveltainment author?

In pop culture, the merit of Robert Penn Warren and Keith R.A. DeCandido is decided by so many factors that it is difficult to compare or even assess the respective total “value” of their work. Like you said, Erik cleaning ale of of that skull isn’t so bad an opening (and I wonder how much revenue his 49 books generate). On the other hand, much of the pre-fab “literary fiction” being written these days (the first Oprah Book Club picks come to mind) often make me want to gag much more than I would for a good “pulp-style” novel of imaginative battles and “classic” heroism.

In short, “noveltainment” is an interesting perspective at first, but doesn’t it seem to dissolve rather quickly when tested?

Also, I hear that a new movie version of All The King’s Men is coming out soon. When the movie arrives in theaters, won’t bookstores be stocked with “movie tie-in” paperbacks (complete with actors’ pictures on the cover) written by Robert Penn Warren? Does Penn Warren then become a noveltainment author?

In pop culture, the merit of Robert Penn Warren and Keith R.A. DeCandido is decided by so many factors that it is difficult to compare or even assess the respective total “value” of their work. Like you said, Erik cleaning ale of of that skull isn’t so bad an opening (and I wonder how much revenue his 49 books generate). On the other hand, much of the pre-fab “literary fiction” being written these days (the first Oprah Book Club picks come to mind) often make me want to gag much more than I would for a good “pulp-style” novel of imaginative battles and “classic” heroism.

In short, “noveltainment” is an interesting perspective at first, but doesn’t it seem to dissolve rather quickly when tested?

Also, I hear that a new movie version of All The King’s Men is coming out soon. When the movie arrives in theaters, won’t bookstores be stocked with “movie tie-in” paperbacks (complete with actors’ pictures on the cover) written by Robert Penn Warren? Does Penn Warren then become a noveltainment author?

In pop culture, the merit of Robert Penn Warren and Keith R.A. DeCandido is decided by so many factors that it is difficult to compare or even assess the respective total “value” of their work. Like you said, Erik cleaning ale of of that skull isn’t so bad an opening (and I wonder how much revenue his 49 books generate). On the other hand, much of the pre-fab “literary fiction” being written these days (the first Oprah Book Club picks come to mind) often make me want to gag much more than I would for a good “pulp-style” novel of imaginative battles and “classic” heroism.

In short, “noveltainment” is an interesting perspective at first, but doesn’t it seem to dissolve rather quickly when tested?

brian f.: wha?

jordan: what was it like dating someone who reads Halo novels? did you have much to talk about?