The Merchandise Guide
Novelisations: Anderson Entertainment
Compiled by Martin Willey

• Maybe There
• Armageddon Engine

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The Armageddon Engine by James Swallow

Hardcover/ Paperback, 13 September 2024.

Anderson Entertainment previously published the Maybe There - The Lost Stories from Space: 1999 (2022), their first 1999 fiction title.

James Swallow is a British author who writes both original fiction and franchise tie-ins, mostly in science fiction and thriller genres. This is his first Space: 1999 title, written at the same time as another title for UFO. According to his blog, the signed "limited edition" hardback and paperback may be followed by ebook and audio editions. Swallow describes them as "novellas" (a short novel, less than 40,000 words). The hardcover is sold exclusively online via gerryanderson.com.

The book was announced on 20 June 2024, but there is no synopses or page count. The mock-up covers look a little rushed, notably the back cover. The front cover Eagle has very thin red stripes; the Moonbuggy and Maya creature below are from Space Warp; on the back cover is Satazius from The Last Enemy.

SFX magazine issue 383 (October 2024) mentioned Space: 1999 on the cover while running a short interview with author James Swallow on p14, titled "Those '70s shows". "I deliberately set it in the gap between the first and seocnd seasons of Space: 1999, where there's a tonal shift. The first series has more of an intellectual story going on whereas the second season is more action paced, so I've tried to combine the two."