It’s a sad day in the world of Star Wars books today. Michael Stackpole, the author of the X-Wing series, tweeted (and then blogged about) the unceremonious way in which he found out that the X-Wing series is officially out of print.
These are some of the best books in the entire EU and were some of the few books I read and enjoyed immensely before largely quitting the EU for the most part in 1999.
He didn’t even get a phone call:
Usually when an envelope arrives from your publisher during royalty time, it’s a happy event. This time, not so much. A quick glance at the statements revealed that Bantam Spectra chose, during the second half of 2010, to let my Star Wars™ X-wing novels go out of print.
Getting the news that such a decision had been made that way is kind of like learning your dog has been killed by seeing his squished body in the road in front of your house. Not really a good feeling.
My hope is that they’ve gone out of print this is the first step in getting them back in print, at least in eBook format. There is also the very real chance that we just need to deal with the fact that they’re out of print. I’ve actually worn out and had to replace. I’ve even bought the first book a couple of times just because it has a habit of disappearing when it’s lent out.
If you still want to pick up the books, you can pick up the first one on Amazon, though it happens to run upwards of $130. Which is making me second guess my decision to loan my 8 year old son my copy to read.
If that’s too rich for your blood, check out Stackpole’s “In Hero Years… I’m Dead” It’s a great little book and you can read my review of it here.