The View Up Here

Having never attended a Space: 1999 convention before, I wasn’t at all sure what to expect. I only knew a few things for sure going into the weekend: I would be on the “Powysverse Panel” on Friday night with Mateo Latosa, Owner/Editor at Powys Media, Ken Scott, who does the cover art for Powys’ 1999 novels, and Christopher Penfold, one of the main writers for Series 1 of the show. We’d be discussing the 10-year history of Powys Media’s Space: 1999 novels, which many consider the “third season/series” since they carry on the adventures and character arcs from the 2 seasons of the original show. We’d also introduce my novel, Black Doves, with a chapter (chap) book giveaway and a book signing. Other than that, I knew that I would finally get to meet Nick Tate, who played Capt. Alan Carter on the show and who has written the foreward to Black Doves , which features Alan Carter as the central character. We'd been emailing up until this point, so the in-person meet up w...