Talk:The Amtrak Wars

Addition - May 18th, 2006 The "rumours" mentioned above weren't unsubstantiated. I used to participate in the Authors forums on his website before they were taken down and I was an active participant in the thread in which the author himself revealed the "work in progress" on Book 7, which was, indeed, to be titled, "Ghost Rider". The "Ghost Rider" of the title was the central figure of the Amtrak Wars books, Steve Brickman, who, contrary to appearances at the end of book 6, was not actually killed and had, in fact, been taken back by the First Family and "reprogrammed".

After this snippet was posted, it was the cause of much excitement and many follow-up questions over a period of a year or so about, "when will the book be published?" The author himself would continually say that he was working on it, but it never appeared to lead anywhere. I eventually emailed the publishers a direct question and, much to my amazement, received a reply from Patrick Tilley himself in which, sadly, he confirmed that the book just wasn't going to happen and, I quote, "the war is over..."

The delay and long absence from writing, according to the author himself, was caused mostly by the conflict in the Balkans and the authors horror at the sorts of ethnic cleansing and infighting going on that had all too many parallels to the works of fiction he was engaged in writing. (posted on main article by User:81.137.252.144) Ben W Bell talk 13:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Is it "Mr Snow" (British/Commonwealth style) or "Mr. Snow" (American style)? It certainly should be all one or all the other within the article. 2600:1004:B169:E2AD:CDB9:57E3:1ADD:C3A (talk) 00:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

If it's about the UK, then use British English, but I've always used Mr. and Mrs. rather than without the full stop as a brit - I don't really think it matters too much Ed6767 (talk) 00:17, 26 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

It's a series written by a UK author but set in a future, post-apocalyptic America, which makes it less clear-cut. If it were an American writing about America, "Mr." If Brit writing about the UK, "Mr". But since it is not that, I think that the answer is how it is done in the books. Does anyone remember how it appears in the actual books themselves? 72.106.150.64 (talk) 01:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

I'm about to complete the original Amtrak edition series and I've found both "Mr Snow" and "Mr. Snow" in the same book regardless of the publisher (my editions printed by Sphere, Baen Books, Orbit --- 1998 reprint); like other typos throughout the books, I just put it in that category.

As for 1998 Orbit revisions, you have to keep in mind all the changes that were done (and, obviously, not part of Tilley's master plan --- it'd be like changing Frank Herbert's major DUNE character from Paul to Alia).

Maybe too much time away (8 years ?), all the changes, and resultant (low?) sales of the new version became more than Tilley wanted to contend with.

With all those changes, it could've turned out the way two of Robert Heinlein's books turned out - - - The Number of the Beast and The Pursuit of the Pankera

Just sayin'. 68.98.34.73 (talk) 17:30, 2 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

The term "superstraight" is used in a couple of the character descriptions but is nowhere else used or explained.

I am currently reading the first book (pre-revision series) and the term has not appeared.

So, what is "superstraight"? 2600:8800:204:C400:29CD:DC50:3875:9507 (talk) 03:10, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Nevermind. Read the series. At least it explains what a "superstraight" is.

Out of curiosity, do the 'non-Amtrak' (aka "Confederation") editions use "superstraight"? 68.98.34.73 (talk) 16:51, 2 July 2022 (UTC)Reply