Changes: Ghostbusters: The Return

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Ghostbusters: The Return (also known as "Ghostbusters: Urban Legends") was a novel released in 2004 by ibooks and written by Sholly Fisch. The novel is not considered Movie Canon.

Main Characters

Peter Venkman

Egon Spengler

Ray Stantz

Winston Zeddemore

Louis Tully

Dana Barrett

Janine Melnitz

Minor Characters

Mayor Arnold Lapinski

Oscar

Marisol Araujo

Danny Reitman

Jed Isaacs

Esti Isaacs

Gary Milken

Sid

Ted Golden

John Fielding

Stu

Rudy Hamilton

Ghosts

Decaying Corpse Musician (performed singing and guitar)

Skeleton Musician (performed on drums)

Slimer (is a pet of the Ghostbusters)

Xanthador

Geezil

Maniac with hook

Spectral Alligators

Plot

Chapters

Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Chapter 06
Chapter 07
Chapter 08
Chapter 09
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

Timeline

The story of Ghostbusters: The Return is set two years after the events of Ghostbusters II, but not in 1991. In a manner similar to that of the Ghostbusters 88MPH Studios Comics, the story's timeline was retconned by the author to take place in the book's present day of 2004. ^[1]

Series plans

The initial plan was for this to be the first in a series of Ghostbusters novels. However, sales of the novel were kept back by marketing decisions on the part of US bookseller Barnes & Noble, who at the time controlled a lot of the book market. Additionally, ibooks owner Byron Preiss passed away in 2006, and the company closed soon after. ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Canon Issues

Despite the accelerated timeline, at the time of release some fans thought of Ghostbusters: The Return as Movie Canon. In 2009 Ghostbusters: The Video Game was released. The video game took place in 1991, in the same "two years later" time period as The Return but without retconning the timeline. The game's narrative ignored the book's changes to the Ghostbusters storyline, and took the story in a different direction. The game was written with the support of Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, featured performances by the films' main cast, and its story was deemed canon by Aykroyd himself. Aykroyd further speculated that any as-yet unproduced Ghostbusters III would continue on and draw from the game. ^[5] Thus, the game is now generally considered part of the movie canon while The Return is not.

Also See

External Link

Spook Central has this book in both scanned page by page PDF format and text format in the "GB1 Books section"
Interview with Sholly Fisch by Chris Stewart on Proton Charging.
Interview with Sholly Fisch by Matt MacNabb on Ghostbusters Collector.

References

Gallery

[1] Proton Charging 9/2/2004

[2] Proton Charging 2/27/2006

[3] ICv2 2/24/2006

[4] Toy Legion forum Fisch interview

[5] IGN YouTube "Ghostbusters Mass Hysteria Video" 4 min. 3 sec. mark, 4/13/09

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-'''Ghostbusters: The Return''' (also known as "Ghostbusters: Urban Legends") was a novel released in 2004 by iBooks.net and written by Sholly Fisch. The Novel is [[Ghostbusters: The Return#Canon Issues|not considered Movie Canon]].
+'''Ghostbusters: The Return''' (also known as "Ghostbusters: Urban Legends") was a novel released in 2004 by ibooks and written by [[Sholly Fisch]]. The novel is [[Ghostbusters: The Return#Canon Issues|not considered Movie Canon]].
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 *[[Ghostbusters: The Return (Chapter 20)|Chapter 20]]
-==Canon Issues==
+==Timeline==
+The story of ''Ghostbusters: The Return'' is set two years after the events of ''[[Ghostbusters II]],'' but not in 1991. In a manner similar to that of the [[Ghostbusters 88MPH Studios Comics]], the story's timeline was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity retconned] by the author to take place in the book's present day of 2004. <ref>[http://protoncharging.com/2004/09/02/interview-sholly-fisch/ Proton Charging 9/2/2004]</ref>
+==Series plans==
-The story of ''Ghostbusters: The Return'' is set in 1991, two years after ''[[Ghostbusters II]].'' At the time of release, many fans thought of the book as [[Ghostbusters Wiki:Ghostbusters Timeline (Movie Canon)|Movie Canon]].  The book's publisher, iBooks.net, went out of business two years after its 2004 release, however, rendering the novel out-of-print.
+The initial plan was for this to be the first in a series of Ghostbusters novels. However, sales of the novel were kept back by marketing decisions on the part of US bookseller Barnes & Noble, who at the time controlled a lot of the book market. Additionally, ibooks owner Byron Preiss passed away in 2006, and the company closed soon after. <ref>[http://protoncharging.com/2006/02/27/ibooks-folds-gb-novel-instant-collectible/ Proton Charging 2/27/2006]</ref> <ref>[http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/8272.html  ICv2 2/24/2006]</ref> <ref>[http://toylegion.proboards.com/thread/55 Toy Legion forum Fisch interview]</ref>
+==Canon Issues==
-In 2009 ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]'' was released.  The video game took place in ''1991,'' in the same time period as ''The Return,'' but ignored the book's changes to the Ghostbusters storyline and took the story in a different direction.  The game was also created with the participation of the films' main cast, written with the support of [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Harold Ramis]], and deemed canon by Aykroyd himself.  Aykroyd further speculated that any as-yet unproduced ''[[Ghostbusters III]]'' would continue on and draw from the game.[http://youtu.be/GgoawsT5DD0?t=4m3s]  Thus, the game's events are now considered part of the movie canon while ''The Return'' is not.
+Despite the accelerated timeline, at the time of release some fans thought of ''Ghostbusters: The Return'' as [[Ghostbusters Wiki:Ghostbusters Timeline (Movie Canon)|Movie Canon]].  In 2009 ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]'' was released. The video game took place in 1991, in the same "two years later" time period as ''The Return'' but without retconning the timeline. The game's narrative ignored the book's changes to the Ghostbusters storyline, and took the story in a different direction. The game was written with the support of [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Harold Ramis]], featured performances by the films' main cast, and its story was deemed canon by Aykroyd himself. Aykroyd further speculated that any as-yet unproduced ''[[Ghostbusters III]]'' would continue on and draw from the game. <ref>[http://youtu.be/GgoawsT5DD0?t=4m3s IGN YouTube "Ghostbusters Mass Hysteria Video" 4 min. 3 sec. mark, 4/13/09]</ref> Thus, the game is now generally considered part of the movie canon while ''The Return'' is not.
 ==Also See==
 *[[Ghostbusters Print]]
 *[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]
-*[[Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent]]
+*[[Ghostbusters III: Hellbent]]
 *[[Ghostbusters III]]
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 *[http://protoncharging.com/2004/09/02/interview-sholly-fisch/ Interview with Sholly Fisch by Chris Stewart] on [[Proton Charging (Fan Site)|Proton Charging]].
 *[http://www.toylegion.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gbcollector&action=display&thread=55 Interview with Sholly Fisch by Matt MacNabb] on [[Ghostbusters Collector (Fan Site)|Ghostbusters Collector]].
+==References==
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 ==Gallery==
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 [[Category:Ghostbusters: The Return]]
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+[[Category:GB 20th Merchandise]]