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Date: 2006-07-09 |
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No, I was not referring to a "novel" way of doing a new Q&A re City of Heroes, but rather I am referring to the new interview by Gamecloudˇ®s John Callaham and Author Robert Weinberg re his upcoming novel based on City of Heroes...
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Many video and PC games have gotten novelizations over the years and the newest one is Cryptic Studiosˇ® superhero MMORPG City of Heroes. The first novel, City of Heroes: Web of Arachnos, is due out later this year from publisher CDS Books and Gamecloud got a chance to chat with its veteran novelist and comic book scripter Robert Weinberg.
Gamecloud - First how did you get the gig to write the first City of Heroes prose novel?
Robert Weinberg - During the past few years, Iˇ®ve contributed stories to anthologies edited by James Lowder. Jim was appointed book editor for City of Heroes last year and he asked me if Iˇ®d be interested in writing the first City of Heroes novel. Jim knew of my background in comic books and love of video games so he was pretty sure Iˇ®d be interested. And he was right.
Gamecloud - Were you familiar with the game before you started writing the novel?
Robert Weinberg - I had read about City of Heroes but hadnˇ®t had a chance to play it. I try to keep up with what is going on in the science fiction, comic book, and gaming fields. Iˇ®m fascinated by genre literature and am a huge fan of superhuman characters. Of course, before I started writing my novel, I did a lot of research on City of Heroes, including playing the game. | | |
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