Talk:List of BattleTech novels
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[edit] Novel List
I think it would be good if we could get a brief synopsis of each novel in here. I'll start doing some myself in the next few days.
I know there are more German-language novels that have been released, but I don't have all of that information at the moment.
Also, I didn't have a month of release for some of the earlier novels, so if anyone can find this information out, it would be good to add it. Amazon occasionally has months listed for older books, but I don't think they are always accurate, so confirmation should be sought for any date found there.
--Patrick T. Wynne 20:36, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Back-cover text
While the effort is appreciated, the back-cover text of the novels is copyrighted material owned by WizKids. As such, we cannot use it here on Wikipedia. All novel descriptions therefore need to be redone in the writer's own words, as can be seen in the examples currently on the page as of this posting. Please do not add that text back. --Patrick T. Wynne 23:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Adding timeline?
Looking over this list, particularly with the jump in time between the "Classic" series and the "Dark Age" series, would it be possible to add in the years the books cover? All of the BattleTech books I have have years and even months and days listed on each chapter, so it would be easier for someone reading this list to get an idea of chronological advancement rather than just when the book was released. Just an idea. Lostcosmonaut 18:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] older books
do not have years, like the legend of the jade phoenix or early gray death books. Cabadrin
[edit] Major Editing
I just worked on some major editing, connecting characters and successor states to their respective pages and adding in synopses of more books. I'll continue to work on this and flesh out more of the novels. Also added in an entry for gray death legion and solaris vii. Cabadrin
[edit] More Editing
I added in some more description on the twilight of the clans series of books, and did some more formatting \ linking with clan pages. Cabadrin
[edit] Very large article size
I propose that we split the article into three different sections (Classic, Dark Age, and German-Language), accessible from a disambiguation page. The article is very long, and probably poses a difficulty to those with slower computers. I will place a "split" template at the top of the page until the matter is closed. Lenzi 18:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- Disagee. 54kb is not very large, there is no need to split that list into three ones.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 20:37, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- Well, the site certainly seems to feel that it's excessively large, hence the warning when you go to edit it. Agree. ATimson 04:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
