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Line 38: ===Self-referential in-joke and Gus Michaels=== ===Self-referential in-joke and Gus Michaels=== − [[Image:Michael Stackpole with Gus Michaels portrait.jpg|thumb|right|For his 66th birthday in 2023, Michael Stackpole was presented with a portrait (non-canonical fan art) of himself as Gus Michaels, commissioned by fellow BattleTech author Bryan Young and painted by Eldon "Eldonius Rex" Cowgur]]The original FASA printing of the "Warrior Trilogy" and the "Blood of Kerensky Trilogy" contained an "About the Author" section. In what became something of a running joke, Michael Stackpole took a tongue-in-cheek approach by writing these as in-universe reports where he inserted himself into the setting as a living, over 1,000 years old 20th century author writing in and later escaping from a ComStar reeducation camp. In the subsequent "Blood of Kerensky Trilogy", he continued the narrative and his purported exploits there under an unspecified alias happen to exactly match the exploits of the [[Gustavus Michaels]] character in the books' main body, establishing this otherwise fully canonical character as a stand-in for Michael Stackpole. These "About the Author" sections were not included in the ROC or InMediaRes ePub reprintings of either trilogy, and are not considered canon. + [[Image:Michael Stackpole with Gus Michaels portrait.jpg|thumb|right|For his 76th birthday in 2023, Michael Stackpole was presented with a portrait (non-canonical fan art) of himself as Gus Michaels, commissioned by fellow BattleTech author Bryan Young and painted by Eldon "Eldonius Rex" Cowgur]]The original FASA printing of the "Warrior Trilogy" and the "Blood of Kerensky Trilogy" contained an "About the Author" section. In what became something of a running joke, Michael Stackpole took a tongue-in-cheek approach by writing these as in-universe reports where he inserted himself into the setting as a living, over 1,000 years old 20th century author writing in and later escaping from a ComStar reeducation camp. In the subsequent "Blood of Kerensky Trilogy", he continued the narrative and his purported exploits there under an unspecified alias happen to exactly match the exploits of the [[Gustavus Michaels]] character in the books' main body, establishing this otherwise fully canonical character as a stand-in for Michael Stackpole. These "About the Author" sections were not included in the ROC or InMediaRes ePub reprintings of either trilogy, and are not considered canon. ==The Secrets== ==The Secrets==
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===Self-referential in-joke and Gus Michaels=== | ===Self-referential in-joke and Gus Michaels=== | ||
| − | [[Image:Michael Stackpole with Gus Michaels portrait.jpg|thumb|right|For his | + | [[Image:Michael Stackpole with Gus Michaels portrait.jpg|thumb|right|For his 76th birthday in 2023, Michael Stackpole was presented with a portrait (non-canonical fan art) of himself as Gus Michaels, commissioned by fellow BattleTech author Bryan Young and painted by Eldon "Eldonius Rex" Cowgur]]The original FASA printing of the "Warrior Trilogy" and the "Blood of Kerensky Trilogy" contained an "About the Author" section. In what became something of a running joke, Michael Stackpole took a tongue-in-cheek approach by writing these as in-universe reports where he inserted himself into the setting as a living, over 1,000 years old 20th century author writing in and later escaping from a ComStar reeducation camp. In the subsequent "Blood of Kerensky Trilogy", he continued the narrative and his purported exploits there under an unspecified alias happen to exactly match the exploits of the [[Gustavus Michaels]] character in the books' main body, establishing this otherwise fully canonical character as a stand-in for Michael Stackpole. These "About the Author" sections were not included in the ROC or InMediaRes ePub reprintings of either trilogy, and are not considered canon. |
==The Secrets== | ==The Secrets== | ||