Fiction What Novel do I read first?

Jeron

Jeron
Greeting's Cmdr's!

With so many Elite novels to choose from, by so many talented authors I'm a bit lost where to start.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a novel to read first? I hear "Drew Wagar" wrote some of the early ones but also Kate Russell has some amazing ones too.

I'd preferably like a printed copy and not an ebook, which limits be I know.. :-(

Cheers.
 

Jon flint

Jon flint
Could always go back to the beginning and read "The Dark Wheel", its the novella that came with the original back in 84. You should be able to get it as a free pdf with a quick search. Or occasionally one will pop up on eBay.
 
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drew

drew
Jeron said:
Greeting's Cmdr's!

With so many Elite novels to choose from, by so many talented authors I'm a bit lost where to start.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a novel to read first? I hear "Drew Wagar" wrote some of the early ones but also Kate Russell has some amazing ones too.

I'd preferably like a printed copy and not an ebook, which limits be I know.. :-(

Cheers.
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If you want some free ebooks set in an 'Elite-like' universe - you can try my 'Oolite Saga' > http://www.drewwagar.com/books/oolitesaga/ (PDFs available if that helps).

There are a number of 'official' Elite Dangerous books. Physical copies are mostly sold out at this stage (only paperbacks left in my case), you may have better luck direct from the publisher.

https://fantasticbooksstore.com/store/autographed-editions/elite-reclamation-pb/

Cheers,

Drew.
 

Jeron

Jeron
drew said:
If you want some free ebooks set in an 'Elite-like' universe - you can try my 'Oolite Saga' > http://www.drewwagar.com/books/oolitesaga/ (PDFs available if that helps).

There are a number of 'official' Elite Dangerous books. Physical copies are mostly sold out at this stage (only paperbacks left in my case), you may have better luck direct from the publisher.

https://fantasticbooksstore.com/store/autographed-editions/elite-reclamation-pb/

Cheers,

Drew.
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Thanks a lot Drew, I look forward to puling those down also and having a good read :)
 

Yaffle

Volunteer Moderator
Yaffle
Allen Stroud did a post about the chronological order of them, this was before Michael Brookes' novel that came with the game:

Allen Stroud said:
Chronology of Stories:

1. Blood is Thicker - Ulla Susimetsa (Early Imperial days, found in Tales from the Frontier Anthology)
2. The Dark Wheel - Robert Holdstock (32nd century).
3. Imprint - Andy Redman (32nd century)
4. Stories of Life on the Frontier - Various (33rd century)
5. Frontier Gazetteer - Various (33rd century)
6. Further Stories of Life on the Frontier - Various (33rd century)
7. Frontier First Encounters Journals - http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/first-encounters/journals/all/
6. Elite: Lave Revolution - Allen Stroud (AD 3265).

After this my memory is a little hazy as its down to the individual authors.

7. Out of the Darkness - T James (33rd century, not available yet).
8. Tales from the Frontier - Various (one or two stories are end of 33rd century).
9. Mostly Harmless - Kate Russell (34th century).
10. Elite Reclamation - Drew Wagar(34th century).
11. And Here the Wheel - John Harper (34th century).
12. Elite: Wanted - Gavin Deas (34th century, but could be earlier).
13. Elite Nemorensis - Simon Spurrier (34th century, but could be earlier).
14. Elite: Docking is Difficult - Gideon Defoe (34th century, but could be earlier).

Hope that helps.
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drew

drew
Jeron said:
Thanks a lot Drew, I look forward to puling those down also and having a good read :)
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I hope you enjoy it, both Kate and my novels require no previous knowledge of Elite in order to read and enjoy, they're both standalone in that sense. :) Though you will notice various things if you know your Elite whilst reading mine, there are nods to lore and to previous Elite games throughout Elite: Reclamation.

Cheers,

Drew.
 

mearmortal

mearmortal
Not sure if anyone is interested or not, but I found a copy of 'The Dark Wheel' online in PDF format, and I decided to create an ebook for reading on my phone while I was out walking the dog. The bonus was to find out the ebook reader actually read it for me while I'm walking so I'm now listening to the book.

Here's a copy if anyone want's it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fu44hg41922gt9u/Dark Wheel, The - Robert Holdstock.epub?dl=0

The file is also available here:

https://ufile.io/uttbq

I also have the following converted to ebook too, but only the stories I could find:

Stories of Life on the Frontier mostly by David Massey
Imprint by Andy Redman
Further Stories of Life on the Frontier by various (only 4 stories related to the Game)

I'm also working on Frontier First Encounters Journals.

So not to bore people, let me know if I should publish links to the other 3 documents.

Many Thanks.
 
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madbilly

M
I think it's a nice idea to have a new thread with links to the official fiction from previous games. Maybe you could write it?
 
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