Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday is a novel in the Transformers (2007) Movie continuity family.
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday is a mass market paperback novel that serves as prequel to the live-action Transformers film.
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<dt> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0345497988" class="internal">ISBN 0345497988</a> </dt><dt> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=9780345497987" class="internal">ISBN 978-0345497987</a> </dt> Writer: Alan Dean Foster<br /> Story concept: David Cian<br /> Publication date: March 27, 2007<br /> Publisher: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rey_Books" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Del_Rey_Books">Del Rey Books</a> (US)<br /> Pagecount: 286 <br />
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Summary
Set in 1969 just after the Apollo 11 moon launch, the novel revolves around Sector Seven's attempted transport of the Ice Man and the ill-fated test of an Ice Man-derived spacecraft, Ghost 1, which pulls a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farscape" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Farscape">Farscape</a> and gets a preview of what's coming Earth's way in July 2007.
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Trivia
- The novel was originally announced as being written by David Cian but after turning in a (self-admittedly<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> rushed) first draft he was replaced by Alan Dean Foster who then rewrote the novel to an unknown extent. Foster is the lone name on the binding, while Cian receives a story credit inside.
- The book as published only marginally resembles Cian's description of the one he was writing, and features a much more defined scope and focus.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>
- Much of the plot takes place on a planet reminiscent of the setting of Dune; desert environment, pillars with glyphs carved into them, sandworms, etc.
References
<div class="references-small"> <ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=17231 Brief Note about Ghosts of Yesterday] <li id="cite_note-1">[#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.seibertron.com/people/interviews/view.php?interview_id=32 Talking Transformers Movie Novels with Alan Dean Foster]</ol></div>
