i have seen all the quantum leap tv shows but never read any of the books are thay any good? should i go out and get some:help
Quantum leap books question?
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I've got all of the published Quantum Leap books, and enjoyed them all, some more than others. Two of my personal favorites of the published QL books are "The Wall" and "Pulitzer".
As someone pointed out in another post somewhere about the books, some, if not all of them, went with the premise that it was Sam's spirit, not his body, that was doing the leaping. I found that idea intriguing and experimented with in a couple of my own stories, neither of which have ever been posted anywhere.
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Eleiece
As someone pointed out in another post somewhere about the books, some, if not all of them, went with the premise that it was Sam's spirit, not his body, that was doing the leaping. I found that idea intriguing and experimented with in a couple of my own stories, neither of which have ever been posted anywhere.
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Eleiece
I have three of the book (thanks again Tom!
), and I have only read one so far and it was great! It was Quantum Leap: The Novel. They are hard to find now I think. Some ppl have foind them on Ebay, but I've had no luck. They're just like portable fanfics, those books. They're a fun read.
Samantha Beckett
), and I have only read one so far and it was great! It was Quantum Leap: The Novel. They are hard to find now I think. Some ppl have foind them on Ebay, but I've had no luck. They're just like portable fanfics, those books. They're a fun read.Samantha Beckett
If you're looking for the books you can find most, if not all of them, on alibris.com. That's where I've found all one's that I have (I'm only missing one). I will caution you that this is a second hand bookstore and since these books are out of print they are a) hard to find and b) can be somewhat pricey depending on the condition that book is in. Basically, the better the condition the book is in or the few copies of it that were actually published the higher the price will be. As was mentioned, you can also find the books on Ebay from time to time. Generally, though, these are the easier to find books. For the harder one's you're going to need to go to something like alibris.com
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I don't know about all of them, per se, but definitely the 5 novels that Ashley McConnell wrote follow the "soul-leap" theory.
I personally recommend Pulitzer and Angels Unaware both written by L. Elizabeth Storm, and Foreknowledge by Christopher DeFilippis. You can read the descriptions of all of the books here:
http://www.quantumleap-alsplace.com/novels/index.html
Just click on each novel, then click on the larger image of the front cover; it will take you to the back cover where you can read what the story is about.
Damon
I personally recommend Pulitzer and Angels Unaware both written by L. Elizabeth Storm, and Foreknowledge by Christopher DeFilippis. You can read the descriptions of all of the books here:
http://www.quantumleap-alsplace.com/novels/index.html
Just click on each novel, then click on the larger image of the front cover; it will take you to the back cover where you can read what the story is about.
Damon
i get mine off of eaither ebay or amazon all for under ten bucks. i have so far read seven i believe and they were all great. in fact i am now expecting two more from amazon.
My first novel was Too Close For Comfort. As for quality, it was one of the few books I couldn't put down until it was finished.
I've read a bunch. I am not a fan of Ashley McConnell, but I did Enjoy Independance and Knights of the Morningstar. I have a bunch more to read, so I don't know how I will like them.
yeah i agree Tom, i don't like Ashley Mcconnell eaither, but the only two i have read of hers so far are Carney KNowledge and Too CLose For Comfort, and enjoyed them both for teh storyline. her writing style is not too great. so far my favorite is Melissa Crandell, who wrote Search and Rescue. i thought she was real good.
or Search and Rescue, i found that one to be awsome, and very well written. Song and Dance and Mirrors Edge are the two i am expecting now, so i hope to get them soon, they both some awsome as well.
I absolutely agree. Now I want to go into my very very full storage space (10x30!) and look through every box until I find my book stash and read them all again. I hope it doesn't rain on Friday...McDuck said:
Al The Observer said:
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has them in storage. I about tore my apartment apart a few weeks ago trying to find where I put my QL novels, only to come to the realization I must have left them in storage. This is driving me nuts, because now I want to reread them all.
And, as for the books themselves, there are some pretty good ones. I agree with the recommendations of Pulitzer and Angel's Unaware, and, while I'm not overly fond of Ashley McConnell, I did enjoy Too Close For Comfort enough to, erm, permanently borrow it from the school library. I wish I remembered the other books well enough to give a real recommendation. I do have to warn you, though, Song and Dance and Mirror's Edge do indeed sell for a lot. I had a hard time getting them.
My personal favorite of them all is "Knights of the Morningstar" by Melanie Rawn. I think she did an amazing job of capturing the voices of Sam and Al. I had not problem "seeing" Al and Sam in her descriptions. Ashlye McConell's storylines aren't bad on the whole, I just want to know if she ever watched the same series I was watching. The one thing throws me out of her stories is that she goes with the whole "only Sam's soul is leaping" theory when the series clearly demonstrated that it was all of Sam - body, mind and soul - that was leaping.
"Search and Rescue" I personally found to be the worst of the lot. Again, I want to know if the author was watching the same series that I was. I could neither "see" nor "hear" Al or Sam in the entire novel. The only reason why I finished reading it was the same reason you look at a car accident - it's next to impossible to look away.
"Search and Rescue" I personally found to be the worst of the lot. Again, I want to know if the author was watching the same series that I was. I could neither "see" nor "hear" Al or Sam in the entire novel. The only reason why I finished reading it was the same reason you look at a car accident - it's next to impossible to look away.
jmoniz said:
I have to agree with you on "Search and Rescue". It was one of those I was sent foc from Boxtree publishers when I submitted "Terror Firma" and I really wanted to like it, because that made it special to me.
Unfortunately, the impression it left me with was that it had been a totally unrelated story about a plane crash that had been submitted to a publisher and rejected, then hastily rewritten to include Sam and Al and the whole QL fixing history angle just to cash in on the franchise.
I didn't get a feeling of the characters from it either.
The other one I found a bit disappointing was "Loch Ness Leap", but I really can't say if that is subconsciously just sour grapes, since they ultimately chose that above "Terror Firma" as the final submission for the year.
leaper1 said:
That's a perfect description for it - just a generic story that happened to have characters named "Sam" and "Al" who really bore no resemblence to the Sam and Al we know from QL. "Search and Rescue" is defintely not one of the books I'll reach for to reread very often - if again. "Knights of the Morningstar", though will always be one I can reread.
i am excited, i recieved Mirror's edge in the mail today, i could not start reading it yet though becasue i had to rush off to college, but i am going to start right now, i can't wait. ;D
Don Quixote
Thanks for the name of the book. Who was the author?. I'm new to the board. CAN'T SEEM TO GET THE HANG OF THE FORMAT or the way to edit what I'm writing. Great handle you have there. The episode with Don Quixote was one of my favorites. It made me want to find a video of Man of La Mancha.
Don Quixote said:
Thanks for the name of the book. Who was the author?. I'm new to the board. CAN'T SEEM TO GET THE HANG OF THE FORMAT or the way to edit what I'm writing. Great handle you have there. The episode with Don Quixote was one of my favorites. It made me want to find a video of Man of La Mancha.
Debra said:
Ashley McConnell wrote Too Close for Comfort. I'm reading that one now, and its real good so far.
Samantha Beckett
oh that was my second one Claire, it is really good, i loved it. and so Far Mirror's Edge, the one i am currently reading is really suspensfull, and confusing kinda. and so far very intense, whoo!:|Samantha Beckett said:
Too Close For Comfort was my second book too. Ive found it real confusing in the beginning when it came to the 2 Als, like who was who. Can anyone tell me if it gets easier? lol
Samantha Beckett
Samantha Beckett
yep it does, i was only confused for the first two seconds when the young Al first came into the picture but then i read on and i picked it up. for me is was all easy from then on. it's Mirror's Edge that's kinda confusing me right now. :-/
oh thanx alot for telling me that:realmad:whip
hehe.
it's already confusing enough and creepy, ahh!
hehe.
it's already confusing enough and creepy, ahh!
Sorry... But at least you've been warned, so you won't be too shocked when it starts getting really confusing.
You can say that again. It's taken me about 6 months to finally round up all of them (I think I have them all now, I have to check). The really sad thing is I at one point had them all when they were first released then decided about 2 years ago that I probably wasn't going to read them again and gave the away. Who knew 2 years later I'd rediscover and even deeper interest in QL and want to re-read the books. I will most definitely not be getting rid of them this time, though. It's taken far too much time and cost far too much to replace them all.
funny its never been hard for me, i remember for my firstQL book, Carney Knowledge, i was the only one bidding so i won, and the same woth....umm, the beginning, i think, i forget, there was only one other one, and the rest i was able to buy right away without bidding. shrug.
the two ql books im bidding on are DOUBLE OR NOTHING & THE WALL one other person is bidding for them tho
jmoniz said:
I made a similar decision; when I moved, I put a bunch of stuff in storage in my family's garage, including (I hope) my QL books, and forgot all about them. For three years, I never gave them any thought, until my interest in QL was revived when I got the DVDs. After practically tearing my apartment apart, I realized that the books aren't here, that they must be in storage, and I have no idea when I'll be able to get them.
That same attitude made me decide not to buy Song and Dance and Mirror's Edge when they came out and were normally priced. I regret that decision now.
LadyKayoss said:
Well, at least you have the hope that you still have them in storage. It took ripping all of the bookcases in my room and the living room apart before I finally remembered giving them away. The only two that had survived was my sister's copies of "Independence" and "Mirror's Edge" (which I've now taken possession of). It's hard to believe at one point there'd been two complete sets of them in the house and now I've had to do the "used bookstore" route to get them all again. I think what I paid in S&H alone is probably what I'd originally invested when I first bought them. Oh well, live and learn I guess. You know the next time I'm tempted to give books away I'll think twice.
Here are my choices:
1. Pulitzer
2. Angels Unaware
3. Knights of the Morningstar
Those were the best. There were a few other ones that were good. I liked Too Close for Comfort and Odyssey.
And I agree with those that said Search and Rescue was dreadful.
1. Pulitzer
2. Angels Unaware
3. Knights of the Morningstar
Those were the best. There were a few other ones that were good. I liked Too Close for Comfort and Odyssey.
And I agree with those that said Search and Rescue was dreadful.
Well, it seems like the general favorite of the community is Pulitzer. That was a good one, I recall - though I think I rushed through it so now I have to read it again (darn). ^.^
I bought all of my books when they first were released. I came in to the fandom just in time - when Preludes could still be bought new on the shelf, but only barely. That used to be my favorite, before Pulitzer and Angels came out. I, too, had eventually lost interest in QL, though I had common sense. Right around when Mirror's Edge just came out, I decided to buy it anyway. Ended up in a box, unread. I have the whole collection still in the same box. I had given it to a friend, who had kindly given it all back to me when I moved back to CA. Good friend.
Pulitzer is the best, right next to Angels. Angels is a little depressing. I liked Preludes 'cause it was about Sam and Al before they were leaping and I like their friendship - though Ashley McConnell made Al kind of a dumb soldier type. I much prefer Laurie Slicer's rendition of him - genius to almost rival Sam. Almost.
Search and Rescue? Yeah, I just reread the end. 'Cause it's touching - no pun intended.
Mirror's Edge I'm reading right now. It's . . . okay, I guess. Carol Davis is really wordy though. I wonder if she was afraid she might not fill the word quota or something . . . Not looking forward to the end. It's supposed to be the leap before Mirror Image - and we all know what happened there. Death to Universal Executives! It's time for Hostile QL Fandom take over! Or - maybe not so hostile.
And stupid stupid Fox people canceling Firefly!
k - I'm done.
I bought all of my books when they first were released. I came in to the fandom just in time - when Preludes could still be bought new on the shelf, but only barely. That used to be my favorite, before Pulitzer and Angels came out. I, too, had eventually lost interest in QL, though I had common sense. Right around when Mirror's Edge just came out, I decided to buy it anyway. Ended up in a box, unread. I have the whole collection still in the same box. I had given it to a friend, who had kindly given it all back to me when I moved back to CA. Good friend.
Pulitzer is the best, right next to Angels. Angels is a little depressing. I liked Preludes 'cause it was about Sam and Al before they were leaping and I like their friendship - though Ashley McConnell made Al kind of a dumb soldier type. I much prefer Laurie Slicer's rendition of him - genius to almost rival Sam. Almost.
Search and Rescue? Yeah, I just reread the end. 'Cause it's touching - no pun intended.
Mirror's Edge I'm reading right now. It's . . . okay, I guess. Carol Davis is really wordy though. I wonder if she was afraid she might not fill the word quota or something . . . Not looking forward to the end. It's supposed to be the leap before Mirror Image - and we all know what happened there. Death to Universal Executives! It's time for Hostile QL Fandom take over! Or - maybe not so hostile.
And stupid stupid Fox people canceling Firefly!
k - I'm done.
I enjoyed "Prelude" which was kind of a prequel story about how Sam and Al set up Project QL. The book ends with Sam stepping into the accelerator. I think McConnell wrote that one. It was a good story, but I do remember a few continuity mistakes...
I also read "Carny Knowledge", "Too Close For Comfort", "The Wall", "The Beginning", "The Ghost And The Gumshoe", "Knights Of The Morning Star", and I think I started to read "Pulitzer" but got bored of it.
My memory on these are a little vague, I read these well over ten years ago. Well over. I must have been about 14, 15.
I also read "Carny Knowledge", "Too Close For Comfort", "The Wall", "The Beginning", "The Ghost And The Gumshoe", "Knights Of The Morning Star", and I think I started to read "Pulitzer" but got bored of it.
My memory on these are a little vague, I read these well over ten years ago. Well over. I must have been about 14, 15.
Mirror's Edge was so confusing I wrote the author. She wrote on Trudy's Scott Bakula fan forum once. I asked her so many questions I think she hates me. It's so confusing. I had to reread it and still cried. I never stop crying perusing them again. I miss Quantum Leap so much.
If it makes you feel better, you aren't the only one confused by Mirror's Edge. And from what I've heard, the author gets a bit defensive about poor reviews.
Quantum leap books question?
I do too. I'm a fellow writer. I just hope if I do post my post (no pun is intended) MI story outline...no one will kill me. I write mostly poems, and people wonder why I don't write stories. That's why. It's because of people like myself. We get easily emotional.
LadyKayoss said:
I do too. I'm a fellow writer. I just hope if I do post my post (no pun is intended) MI story outline...no one will kill me. I write mostly poems, and people wonder why I don't write stories. That's why. It's because of people like myself. We get easily emotional.
laestrella said:
Well, yeah... everybody gets defensive sometimes. I mean, I've been guilty of it, myself. But some people are more defensive than others. You said you questioned Davis, and that she probably hates you for it, right? That seems a bit too defensive. I don't mind questions, and have even fixed errors as a result of fans pointing them out. But some people just don't listen...
Hi all. I'm having a life clean out and sadly this includes my Quantum Leap Novels. I have pretty much all of them including the original Beginning and Ghost and the Gumshoe from their first printing in 1990. I would really like them to go to a good home so if you want to make me an offer. PM if you want a title and i'll see.
I read the first couple of books but never got round to the others. I kept buying them just because I was a huge fan and proudly displayed them.
I read the first couple of books but never got round to the others. I kept buying them just because I was a huge fan and proudly displayed them.