Fiction Which Book Should a CMDR New to the Lore of ED Purchase First?

drew · Jan 31, 2017

madbilly said:
Do the authors get any money when this happens, or do they just have to accept that some may get given away free?

TL;DR - It's complicated.

Long version : It depends. There are lots of revenue and royalty splits with audible. Sometimes the 'free' downloads generate 'bounty' payments based on people signing up to subscriptions and so on. A lot of it depends on the popularity of the book as there are sliding scales at various points. So yes, authors do get paid for 'free' versions.

Cheers,

Drew.

Rengal Black · Jan 31, 2017

Thank you Allen, I did see this previously, but I wanted to see what people had to say about all of them ^^

madbilly · Jan 31, 2017

drew said:
TL;DR - It's complicated.

Long version : It depends. There are lots of revenue and royalty splits with audible. Sometimes the 'free' downloads generate 'bounty' payments based on people signing up to subscriptions and so on. A lot of it depends on the popularity of the book as there are sliding scales at various points. So yes, authors do get paid for 'free' versions.

Cheers,

Drew.

Thanks for the explanation Drew, that's good to know.

VR jefranklin18 · Jan 31, 2017

If you can find it (and I think there are some PDF sources available), the gazetteer that came with FE2 may be worth considering. There's a timeline of significant events along with descriptions of some of the more notable systems. It may not be entirely canon now, but will give you a good overall grounding.

drew · Jan 31, 2017

jefranklin18 said:
If you can find it (and I think there are some PDF sources available), the gazetteer that came with FE2 may be worth considering. There's a timeline of significant events along with descriptions of some of the more notable systems. It may not be entirely canon now, but will give you a good overall grounding.

Here you go. Don't rely on it as lore though.

http://lotf.co.uk/fe2_gazetteer.html

Cheers,

Drew.

VR jefranklin18 · Feb 1, 2017

drew said:
Here you go. Don't rely on it as lore though.

http://lotf.co.uk/fe2_gazetteer.html

Cheers,

Drew.

Didn't want to add a link myself as I didn't want to tread on copyright toes. Fully agree it is no longer considered lore but it provides some useful background to stuff referred to (eg Duval dynasty).

Allen Stroud · Feb 1, 2017

jefranklin18 said:
Didn't want to add a link myself as I didn't want to tread on copyright toes. Fully agree it is no longer considered lore but it provides some useful background to stuff referred to (eg Duval dynasty).

Its not a concern. This site breaks up the Gazetteer in easier to read chunks, although its missing the initial timeline - http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Gazetteer/intro.html

drew · Feb 1, 2017

jefranklin18 said:
Didn't want to add a link myself as I didn't want to tread on copyright toes. Fully agree it is no longer considered lore but it provides some useful background to stuff referred to (eg Duval dynasty).

Those old websites have been there for decades now, I don't think you need to worry!

Cheers,

Drew.

Rengal Black · Feb 1, 2017

Thank you all for being so helpful! I couldn't have imagined this many responses. I'm trying my best to get ontop of things and learn as much as I can, but its proving to be a huge task. I think I'm gonna work my way through reading Reclamation and the various threads about current mysteries, then move on to some other lore related writings. Again, thanks all, this was very helpful.

drew · Feb 2, 2017

Rengal Black said:
Thank you all for being so helpful! I couldn't have imagined this many responses. I'm trying my best to get ontop of things and learn as much as I can, but its proving to be a huge task. I think I'm gonna work my way through reading Reclamation and the various threads about current mysteries, then move on to some other lore related writings. Again, thanks all, this was very helpful.

Have fun CMDR. Hope you enjoy Reclamation.

Cheers,

Drew.

clavain · Feb 3, 2017

Mu77ley said:
OK, so here are my Goodreads star ratings for all the Elite books I've read so far (in alphabetical order within each star rating).

Mine would be (if I tracked them on goodreads, which I haven't and likely should):

5 Stars
And Here the Wheel - John Harper
Out of the Darkness - T. James
Lave Revolution - Allen Stroud
Reclamation - Drew Wagar

4 Stars

Wanted - Gavin Deas
Tales from the Frontier - Various

3 Stars
Legacy - Michael Brookes
Mostly Harmless - Kate Russell

1 Star

Docking is Difficult - Gideon Defoe
Nemorensis - Simon Spurrier

The only book I wouldn't really recommend reading is Docking is Difficult, which to me fell short as both a comedy and a sci-fi book.

Needless to say, these opinions/ratings are all completely subjective, YMMV, etc.

Agreed. And Nemorensis.

Phoenix_Dfire · Feb 7, 2017

In addition, I would recommend the Audio Books of Reclamation, Tales from the Frontier and Mostly Harmless.

Always a good for a listen on a train.

C