AvP Annihilation - John Shirley

[Corporal Hicks]

My review copy of Gibson's Alien 3 arrived, so we've got the title and author of the next novel and it's an AvP one by a controversial figure...I'm currently struggling my way through a re-read of Forever Midnight. But fortunately, his last foray into Predator (in If It Bleeds) was a solid one.

[Nightmare Asylum]

Is this the book you implied that you knew was coming, or is that one still on the cards?

[TheBATMAN]

Oh dear. Steel Egg was also... not good.

[Kradan]

More AvP books is fine by me

Also, wasn't Annihilation sub-title in one of Anderson's AvP drafts ?

[TheBATMAN]

His proposed sequel yeah.

[Corporal Hicks]

Oh dear. Steel Egg was also... not good.

Fortunately, his short in If It Bleeds was.

[RidgeTop]

Yay, more AVP!

[Samhain13]

Oh boy the guy that wrote Forever Midnight. Can someone from here provide the guy some support just in case? Is SM still doing it ?

I'm currently struggling my way through a re-read of Forever Midnight.

Why are you trying to punish yourself like that?

Oh dear. Steel Egg was also... not good.

Fortunately, his short in If It Bleeds was.

Indeed. And Steel Egg suprisily had a good portrayal of the aliens, with them being outnumbered by the humans and still destroying them, you don't see that often in the EU.

At least there is still the AvP Anthology coming.

[Kimarhi]

Where the f**k is SM?

[Kradan]

Taking a prolonged vacation ?

[SiL]

Very much alive -- although undergoing lockdown number 6 or 7 at this point.

[Immortan Jonesy]

But isn't it like a hiatus anyway? I mean he must have internet, even with the lockdown.

[Corporal Hicks]

I'm currently struggling my way through a re-read of Forever Midnight.

Why are you trying to punish yourself like that?

Because RidgeTop kept claiming "it wasn't that bad" so we're revisiting it for a podcast and so I can finally start writing an article I've been planning to do all year. But with the effort it's taking, I've decided the next time we just do a random book/comic episode, it's one I know I f**king love.

Indeed. And Steel Egg suprisily had a good portrayal of the aliens, with them being outnumbered by the humans and still destroying them, you don't see that often in the EU.

I remember enjoying one or two death sequences in Steel Egg, otherwise it was just as low a point for Alien as Forever Midnight was for Predator as far as I remember.

At least there is still the AvP Anthology coming.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this one turned out.

Is this the book you implied that you knew was coming, or is that one still on the cards?

[Kradan]

But isn't it like a hiatus anyway? I mean he must have internet, even with the lockdown.

So the idea that person can get tired of AvPG and maybe needs a break for a while never crossed your mind ? The fact he has internet doesn't mean he's obligated to use it

[Immortan Jonesy]

But isn't it like a hiatus anyway? I mean he must have internet, even with the lockdown.

So the idea that person can get tired of AvPG and maybe needs a break for a while never crossed your mind ? The fact he has internet doesn't mean he's obligated to use it

My mind loves the internet. And it won't let me stay far away for too long. 

But then again, maybe I see it very simple, from my gaze of someone without many responsibilities other than myself (as children for example). And yeah, of course it always crosses my mind, but since they mentioned that SM was absent cos lockdowns, which doesn't necessarily mean you won't be able to talk here, I always thought it was more of a personal break.

Okay, I won't keep derailing the thread.