Michael Stackpole
#21
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:17 AM
But he is still a very good author. His Rogue Squadron series was very well thought out and written, his Cartomancy series (fantasy "eastern" series where magic is gained by mastery of a skill) is pretty damn awesome and well thought out. His envisioning of the clans as people who basically worship the past is fascinating. Seriously, if you want to take a group of people who are isolated, and ensure they remain strong warriors, dividing them into factions who are supposed to fight eachother regularly for various reasons is the PERFECT way to do it... uniting them is a pain in the *** afterwards, but if you give them all a goal (re-creating the Star League), you give them a uniting focus. Its actually a decently thought out plan, when you try to look at "why would things turn out this way".
Despite what some people claim as his writing being over the top and making no sense... there is some logic to the stuff he adds in.
#22
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:17 AM
The warrior triology is just, uhh, lets say much to cinematic.
The Later books are good. However the political backround was killing all good story Ideas. As far as I know was all Books coordinated by the authors, and were moderated. Which kept the Quality in the story consistant.
I have to say that I only read one book in english. The others I read and own in german. I have to check if Battletech was translated by the same translator. Because I remeber that the Battletech books have a quite readable. Nothing of the ordenary, but nice to read.
And comparing the Warrior Triology with the later books, there is a huge difference in Backround and writing style. I think thats independant of the Author. It is very different. And the Dark Ages series is great Idea! A shame Michael A. Stackpole wrote only two book in the new one.
#23
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:19 AM
#24
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:21 AM
I do not respect 'Stackpoling,' which reached terminal conclusion with MW4 and created a generation of 'Mech fans who think 'Mechs should explode in a nuclear ball of glowing white when they die.
#25
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:22 AM
Rixx, on 26 June 2012 - 09:14 AM, said:
I think Stackpole gets a bad name for 3 reasons.
A. Some of the writers of BT novels do some really odd stuff, and Stackpole is arguably the most famous BT writer, so he gets blamed for stuff he had no part of.
B. He's involved with the introduction of the clans. The pre-clan BT fans tended to hate the clans. They were vested in the Inner Sphere politics and saw the Clans as a really shallow attempt to revitalize the BT universe.
C. He's involved with the introduction of the Dark Age series. The Dark Age timeline, mechs, books, and game are not as good overall as the pre-dark age stuff, but they are still solid and have kept the universe alive and growing. Still though, the purists and long term fans saw the DA stuff as an abomination...and Stackpoles name was on the first novel.
His name wasn't JUST on the first novel:
- 2002 Ghost War (ROC/WizKids)
- 2007 Masters of War (ROC/WizKids)
#26
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:23 AM
#27
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:25 AM
I guess with some of the stuff you folks commented on, I must had blinders on or something. I didn't know about any 'bad business'. Which is just fine. I am more interested about what he is posting thru Facebook. A lot of good tips that help improve a writer's craft.
#28
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:26 AM
Edited by hawk819, 26 June 2012 - 09:27 AM.
#29
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:27 AM
Edited by Linkin, 26 June 2012 - 09:27 AM.
#30
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:27 AM
I don't even care to read anything from the Dark Age, but the majority of his work is pretty awesome. Take his current work on Wasteland 2 for example.
He's a dude and will always have free beer with my complements.
#31
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:30 AM
#32
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:35 AM
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:39 AM
#34
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:39 AM
Personally, while I love Davion. I do wish there had been another author that could have focused on House Marik, It was the one House the was definitely under-utilized in the books.
#35
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:46 AM
Artifice, on 26 June 2012 - 09:27 AM, said:
He's a dude and will always have free beer with my complements.
I've been waiting 24 years for a damned true sequel. Fallout is awesome, but I've missed, 'Explodes like a blood sausage'. Every few years I go back to play that classic game. Can't wait for the new one.
#36
Posted 26 June 2012 - 10:12 AM
I was also able to find the first printings of all six books in their 1980's cover glory at a local used bookstore about a year ago.
Edited by Dagger6T6, 26 June 2012 - 10:16 AM.
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 10:13 AM
#38
Posted 26 June 2012 - 10:14 AM
#39
Posted 26 June 2012 - 10:17 AM
Tekkiller, on 26 June 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:
I dunno - the guy who wrote "Far Country" was worse - that novel pretty much had nothing to do with battletech and was just an author looking to piggyback off the BT brand name. It was also the book that broke the "no alien sentients" rule, which annoyed a lot of people.
#40
Posted 26 June 2012 - 10:21 AM
Monsoon, on 26 June 2012 - 09:39 AM, said:
Personally, while I love Davion. I do wish there had been another author that could have focused on House Marik, It was the one House the was definitely under-utilized in the books.
Agreed about the Mariks - all the books were biased to the House they focussed on - the Grey Death books were pro-Steiner for the most part, Stackpole was pro-Davion for a lot of it (overall - the Justin Xiang stuff was definitely anti). Even the clan books were biased towards the clan they focussed on. It's only natural.
The only side that seemed to come off worst in most of the books was Comstar...
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