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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Topic started by: danwood on October 22, 2013, 04:37:50 PM

Title: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: danwood on October 22, 2013, 04:37:50 PM
Author Brian Bagnall has confirmed on Twitter that the follow-up to "Commodore: A Company on The Edge" has been officially cancelled.

http://www.kookytech.net/2013/10/commodore-amiga-years-book-cancelled.html
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: SysAdmin on October 22, 2013, 06:03:13 PM
:(

Very sad news, I hope it comes out one day.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: nicholas on October 22, 2013, 06:08:42 PM
Bugger.

It was on my Christmas list. :(
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: bloodline on October 22, 2013, 07:06:30 PM
Damn! I was going to buy this one :(
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: SysAdmin on October 22, 2013, 08:17:22 PM
I'm ready to buy if it ever comes out.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: paul1981 on October 22, 2013, 10:05:20 PM
I was gonna buy it too. Maybe he didn't get enough pre-orders? It's such a shame.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: Amiga_Nut on October 22, 2013, 10:28:14 PM
Annoying because his second revision removed all discussion about the Amiga and turned into some sort of 8bit exclusive which will make the first edition even more difficult to find.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: persia on October 23, 2013, 01:40:47 AM
With summer approaching I was really hoping to have this one in my Kindle to read on the beach.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: ChaosLord on October 23, 2013, 04:59:34 AM
I am sad to hear this news.

The reason I did not preorder the book was simply because I did not trust that the book would ever get released.  And indeed my mistrust was well-placed as it has now in fact officially been cancelled.

I am sure there were lots of other ppl like me.

If he changes his mind and decides to release the book before I die then I will happily buy it.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: Oli_hd on October 23, 2013, 09:36:32 AM
Sad news, first I had read about this but I liked the Commodore book and would have loved to read one specifically Amiga based.
Would be cool to read/see interviews from the Amiga team...
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: amiga1084 on October 23, 2013, 01:13:15 PM
Hello All,

That's just great like everything in Amiga land everything is vaporware!
I was really looking forward to read that book! Guess, it's just another
tragic Amiga loss we all are to aware of by now!

Thanks in advance,
Merv Stent
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: desantii on October 23, 2013, 02:06:50 PM
I just purchased the first version (used on amazon) to read at least some of the Amiga stuff
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: sez11a on October 23, 2013, 09:22:55 PM
Is this one no good?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Future-Was-Here-Commodore/dp/0262017202/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=DFYRO3VRNHOQ&coliid=I2Y9JOEKCNJLE1
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: gertsy on October 23, 2013, 10:04:48 PM
Quote from: ChaosLord;750883
I am sad to hear this news.

The reason I did not preorder the book was simply because I did not trust that the book would ever get released.  And indeed my mistrust was well-placed as it has now in fact officially been cancelled.

I am sure there were lots of other ppl like me.

If he changes his mind and decides to release the book before I die then I will happily buy it.


Chicken and egg?
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: danwood on October 24, 2013, 12:58:55 PM
Quote from: sez11a;750965
Is this one no good?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Future-Was-Here-Commodore/dp/0262017202/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=DFYRO3VRNHOQ&coliid=I2Y9JOEKCNJLE1

Yes, it's very good!  Not as indepth as Bagnall's first book though.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: Honkybear on October 24, 2013, 02:19:38 PM
I don't know how to get in touch with the author but here is another option that one author did which was a kickstarter project. If money was an issue there are always other means of raising it. By the way this is a great book.
 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/230165553/game-history-book-high-score-3rd-edition
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: Matt_H on October 24, 2013, 05:04:24 PM
Quote from: sez11a;750965
Is this one no good?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Future-Was-Here-Commodore/dp/0262017202/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=DFYRO3VRNHOQ&coliid=I2Y9JOEKCNJLE1


This one's much more of a technical analysis of the Amiga OCS chipset. It's heavily focused on the A1000/A500 with details on a small selection of early productivity applications, games, and demoscene productions. Very little discussion on Commodore itself, people involved, or much of anything post-1987.

It's well-written for what it is (and worth a read), but the scope is very narrow.
Title: Re: Commodore: The Amiga Years Book Cancelled
Post by: kickstart on October 24, 2013, 09:15:29 PM
Quote from: amiga1084;750932
it's just another
tragic Amiga loss we all are to aware of by now!


Tragic? its just a book