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I think most Indy fans (including this one) familiar with the books would agree with your assessments - the MacGregor and McCoy ones are the best / most enjoyable, while Caidin's are, ah, not so much. No disrespect intended to the late Martin Caidin - he still made a significant contribution to the Indy mythos, after all - but I think most fans believe he had a different take on the character's adventures from pretty much anyone else, or what they wanted to see in Indy stories.
That said, whatever the future holds for Indy in print, future additions to the Indy body of lore aren't much of a concern; Caidin died several years ago.
And yeah, lots of us were also looking forward to Rob MacGregor's novelization of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Unfortunately, the novel's release has been canceled. It was apparently viewed as part of the promotional push for the game, so it was supposed to be tied to the game's release; when the game was delayed, the novel was seen as no longer supporting the game, and unfortunately the long lead times in book publishing meant it couldn't simply be rescheduled to come out at the game's new release date. That meant if it was going to be released at all it'd have to come out months after the game, which meant it no longer served to promote the game release, so it was canned. I don't know why they couldn't just go ahead and release it anyway - they were able to release a slew of original novels that weren't promoting games at all, after all - but that's currently the way things stand.
I do hope Steve Perry's book will be good, but as much of a Star Wars fan as I am, I have to admit I'm actually not entirely wild about his Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel, so I'm a little concerned about Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead. I'm hopeful for it, though (and I'll definitely buy it and read it, at any rate).
That said, whatever the future holds for Indy in print, future additions to the Indy body of lore aren't much of a concern; Caidin died several years ago.
And yeah, lots of us were also looking forward to Rob MacGregor's novelization of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Unfortunately, the novel's release has been canceled. It was apparently viewed as part of the promotional push for the game, so it was supposed to be tied to the game's release; when the game was delayed, the novel was seen as no longer supporting the game, and unfortunately the long lead times in book publishing meant it couldn't simply be rescheduled to come out at the game's new release date. That meant if it was going to be released at all it'd have to come out months after the game, which meant it no longer served to promote the game release, so it was canned. I don't know why they couldn't just go ahead and release it anyway - they were able to release a slew of original novels that weren't promoting games at all, after all - but that's currently the way things stand.
I do hope Steve Perry's book will be good, but as much of a Star Wars fan as I am, I have to admit I'm actually not entirely wild about his Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel, so I'm a little concerned about Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead. I'm hopeful for it, though (and I'll definitely buy it and read it, at any rate).
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