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'''''Down Among the Dead Men''''' was Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]]'s first published book. It detailed the young archaeologist's experiences excavating an [[Ice Warrior]] site at [[Mare Sirenum]] on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'', ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') Though it was a best seller, and was a great help to her in obtaining employment at [[St Oscar's University]] on [[Dellah]], Benny sometimes had mixed feelings about it — describing it, at one point, as a book that "everyone bought, but no one read." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') Other readers were kinder: [[St Oscar's University|St Oscar's]] student [[Theo Tamlyn]] thought it was "one of the few readable textbooks he'd encountered". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage (novel)|Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | |||
Whilst some accounts indicated that the book was published in [[2466]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'') another indicated that it was published in [[2566]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'') | |||
A revised edition was published in [[2593]] by [[St Oscar's University]] Press, [[Dellah]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') This revised edition was called ''Down Among the Dead Men Again''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Buried Treasures (audio anthology)|Buried Treasures]]'') | A revised edition was published in [[2593]] by [[St Oscar's University]] Press, [[Dellah]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') This revised edition was called ''Down Among the Dead Men Again''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Buried Treasures (audio anthology)|Buried Treasures]]'') | ||
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First detailed in ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'', the initial date of publishing was given as 2466. This was at odds with [[Paul Cornell]]'s established backstory for [[Bernice Summerfield]], placing her date of birth as 21st June 2472 (and thereby dating ''[[Love and War]]'', her first appearance, 21st - 23rd June 2502). However, as the document detailing Benny's early life - included in Cornell's initial pitch to [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] - was not immediately accessible to other writers, many subsequent novels muddied the water concerning her native time period until the matter was cleared up in ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', placing Benny's date of birth as 21st June 2540 (in order to better fit ''Love and War'' into the time period of the Human-Draconian conflict as explored in ''[[Frontier in Space]]''). | First detailed in ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'', the initial date of publishing was given as 2466. This was at odds with [[Paul Cornell]]'s established backstory for [[Bernice Summerfield]], placing her date of birth as 21st June 2472 (and thereby dating ''[[Love and War]]'', her first appearance, 21st - 23rd June 2502). However, as the document detailing Benny's early life - included in Cornell's initial pitch to [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] - was not immediately accessible to other writers, many subsequent novels muddied the water concerning her native time period until the matter was cleared up in ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', placing Benny's date of birth as 21st June 2540 (in order to better fit ''Love and War'' into the time period of the Human-Draconian conflict as explored in ''[[Frontier in Space]]''). | ||
Despite this obvious contradiction, the publishing date of 2466 has been quoted many times in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series, most notably in the ''Welcome to the Braxiatel Collection'' section at the beginning of novels and anthologies, and remains unexplained to this day. | Despite this obvious contradiction, the publishing date of 2466 has been quoted many times in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series, most notably in the ''Welcome to the Braxiatel Collection'' section at the beginning of novels and anthologies, and remains unexplained to this day. ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'' had [[Curator (Many Happy Returns)|the Curator]] date the book's initial publication instead to [[2566]]. | ||
[[Category:Non-fiction books]] | [[Category:Non-fiction books]] | ||
[[Category:Works written by Bernice Summerfield]] | [[Category:Works written by Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
