And all of them ••••. If Butterworth is a writer, I'm a starship captain. At least they're good for a laugh...check out the novelization he did of Space Warp. There's something called a Love Beast in there, and it belches "love fire." Eh???? ExSQUEEZE me?

One good thing about the Year 2 books was the ending of the final episode in the books ("The Immunity Syndrome") gave a possible ending to the series...something the TV series didn't do...but then, that episode wasn't the last one filmed.

The Year 2 Novelizations also tied certain stories together, for instance it is the same entity responsible for the events of "The Lambda Factor" and "The Bringers of Wonder"

I found a site (can't remember which one) in which Butterworth explains that when he was contracted to do the novels, he was given a couple of complete scripts like 'The Metamorph', and the rest seemed to be in draft stage. He says that he wasn't told that Sahn and Sandra were the same person, therefore explaining the the erros in the books saying that Sahn was a male oriental. I don't think he was trying just to justify himself, from what I've heard of Freiberger's organisation (or lack of), the whole second season and anything to do with it was haphazard.

Why wasn't "The Taybor" included in the novelizations?

Don't know, wiseguy. 'Earthbound' wasn't included in the first season novelisations either.

In a fanzine letter I remember reading way back in '78 or '79, it was stated that M. Butterworth had written a 7th novel titled 'The Brilliant Suns'. It was similar in format as the others, as it contained 4 stories making up the whole. Obviously, Warner never published it. Did this ever get published by anyone? And if not, can enough interest be generated to get someone to publish this? Perhaps Fanderson?

What about Powys books, they apparently are interested in the rights to do Space:1999 novels. The SPace:1999 mailing list has people who know about this.

We've heard nothing about the Powys situation in months I'm afraid. With Carlton, the current copyright owners of the series, apparently having made an agreement for the series to come out on DVD in the US perhaps we'll hear some news soon.

Its kind of ironic that "The Taybor" wasn't novelised because the hardback copy of Mind Breaks of Space my local library system had featured a picture of the Maya android from that episode.

So does my paperback Star copy, its on the cover. Strange that!

Now that the 2000 S:1999 convention has come and gone, does anyone know if new books were ever brought up or mentioned?
What would be fantastic is if Christopher Penfold or Johnny Byrne would write some up, or at least present story treatments for others to use.

With the Powys books deal, are there any plans to reprint these?
I'm only missing one book and I would like to get it. I'm not concerned if it's the original print or a new one.

Powys has signed a deal with Butterworth to rerelease the year 2 books. However the intent is for him to rewrite them to make them accurate to the filmed episodes, as well as to novelise "The Taybor" for the first time.

Oh, joy. "The Taybor." Whee. (Sorry, but that's one of my least favorite episodes.) Still, the rewrite idea sounds interesting.
I wonder if the Season One books will get a similar treatment, and include "Earthbound."

Has anyone here heard of the sci fi comic stip The Trigan Empire that was printed in the Look & Learn magazine, it was a very good series, the stories were written by Michael Butterworth.

Yes, I have a hardbound collection of that series - I consider it one of the best examples of graphic storytelling.

Yes! I have a hardbound edition as well, compiling the first several stories. I presume there were more after that, since it felt somewhat open-ended. I picked it up many years ago (early to mid 1980's, IIRC) off the clearance rack at Waldenbooks, just because it looked interesting (and was science fiction, which at that time was a big deal to me). I'm glad I did!
Some of the plot ideas are a little pedestrian by today's standards, but overall, it's very entertaining and beautifully illustrated.

Here's a site devoted to the Trigan empire stories http://www.trigan.com
Apparently there were many more stories than appear in the hardbound collection, this site lists eighty-six seperate titles.
Butterworth's "Legend of Hallas" in the hardbound collection is a shameless plagerism of Edgar Rice Burrough's "The Gods of Mars."

THanks Todd, although I've already been to that site.

Some have called the Trigan Empire stories 'fascist' though what basis they have for that I have no idea. I have both the Hawk and Hamlyn books and wish that they would reprint all the stories.

CR, if your book has a blue spaceship on the front that has the letters TX-1 on the hull that is the Hamlyn edition.

Yes, that's the one.

I have a blue spaceship on my edition, but the characters on it read TX-5, not TX-1. My cover also includes portrait insets of four of the characters at the bottom.

Oops! I have to revise my statement... I was going by memory, but have since actually found my copy... mine actually matches Todd's. Also, although the publication info lists Hamlyn, the book itself is a Chartwell Books imprint.

It might be TX-5, mine has been packed away while moving house. There is a rumour on that site that the entirety of the Trigan Empire will be reprinted in English like the German Hethke reprints.

Some of you Trigan fans might be interested to know that the stories illustrated by Don Lawrence are being reprinted. Go to www.trigan.com for details.

Again, not Space:1999 related, but DOn Lawrence one of the main artists in the Trigan Empire series sadly died on the 29th of December aged 75.