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by drew
Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:55 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

by drew
Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:33 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

Thanks for those of you taking the time to comment, much appreciated! I'd really appreciate your help with this next request. You've had the book for a while and I hope you've enjoyed it. As you know Amazon is by far the biggest retailer of books, ebook or otherwise, and nowadays a book lives or die...
by drew
Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:13 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: LaveCon 2014
Replies: 0
Views: 6403

LaveCon 2014

Folks, Hopefully you mostly know about this, but just in case. July 5-6 is this year's LaveCon in Kettering. Lots of stuff going on including yours truly and Giles (The Creator himself) talking about Oolite. There's a chance to play the Elite Dangerous Game, Q&As with its creators, a live Lave R...
by drew
Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:38 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

£35 or higher backers for Elite: Reclamation please check your inboxes. If you don't receive an email and have pledged at £35 or higher, please contact me: enquiries at drewwagar dot com The latest update is also live. http://www.drewwagar.com/progress-report/official-guide-release-er-on-general-rel...
by drew
Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:39 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

For those of you who weren't part of the Kickstarter, Elite: Reclamation is now on general release and pre-order.

http://www.drewwagar.com/books/elitereclamation/

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:34 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

Looking forward to hearing what folks think about the story. :) And that you spot the nods to Oolite that made it through... :D

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Sun Jun 01, 2014 6:53 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

Thanks guys. Gimi - I think it was a special temporal point in the space-time continuum! Glad everyone has got their copy.

A quick update just to close off this phase. Enjoy the book folks!

http://www.drewwagar.com/progress-repor ... -launched/

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Sat May 31, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

Backers should shortly be in receipt of ER. Enjoy and Write on, Commanders!

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Sat May 31, 2014 6:53 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

Apologies folks. We're experiencing some distribution problems. Stay tuned for an update. Hopefully won't be long.

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Thu May 29, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Ten years old today
Replies: 33
Views: 16878

Re: Ten years old today

<Staggers in late, bedraggled and, curiously, sopping wet.>

"Why am I never notified about these things!"

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Thu May 29, 2014 10:35 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

A quick update on the new cover (below) and how backers can get their hands, paws, tentacles, pseudopodia (delete as applicable) on a copy of Elite: Reclamation. Tomorrow it is, folks! http://www.drewwagar.com/progress-report/thick-and-fast-its-publishing-time/ https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net...
by drew
Thu May 29, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Elite: Dangerous overall rating until now?
Replies: 11
Views: 7795

Re: Elite: Dangerous overall rating until now?

Yes, we (the Fantastic fic authors) picked up the Cobra mk ii issue when reading the Gollancz books. It got past the Frontier censors (sensors? :D) but not ours. I think that's what you get when you don't have arguably 'real' fans writing the stories. The Cobra mk ii has never been mentioned in any ...
by drew
Wed May 28, 2014 1:48 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: So, what should I say about Oolite at Lavecon
Replies: 27
Views: 15830

Re: So, what should I say about Oolite at Lavecon

I think good questions would be : What was your background with Elite itself? Why did you start writing Oolite in the first place? Did you reverse engineer anything/how much? Why Elite and not FE2/FFE? When did it become a 'thing'? What surprised you about how the community appeared around the game?...
by drew
Mon May 26, 2014 8:03 am
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

With Elite: Reclamation being made available to Kickstarter and Paypal backers from this Friday (30th of May), Drew provides one last video update...

Right on, Commanders!

http://www.drewwagar.com/progress-report/incoming/

Cheers,

Drew.
by drew
Wed May 21, 2014 9:05 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)
Replies: 438
Views: 165033

Re: Elite : Reclamation (Novel)

Elite: Reclamation now has an ISBN number... 978-1-909163-32-4 :)

Woo hoo!

Cheers,

Drew.