- "Of course, there are a lot of years–a lot of adventures–to fill in those 9 years between Betrayal by Knight and Vision. Stay tuned. After all, don't you want to know how Alex got those cybernetic fingers?"
- ―Charlene Newcomb
"Shades of Gray" is a short story by Charlene Newcomb and is the latest installment in her long-running Alex Winger series. It bridges the events of Betrayal by Knight and Vision of the Future. The story originally appeared on Starwars.com Hyperspace. On October 1, 2012, it was republished on Suvudu, a subsidiary website of Random House publishing.
Plot summary[]
The story revolves around just how Alex received her cybernetic fingers first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's Vision of the Future.
Production[]
The story has been in development since 2005. As of July, 2008 LFL publishing had accepted Charlene's proposal for a new short story that would go into editing by August/September 2008.[4]
In August of 2009, Charlene hinted that the preceding story, Betrayal by Knight, would be appearing on Hyperspace with "Shades of Gray" appearing sometime in the fall.[5] After some delay Passages was instead posted. The story was eventually released on Hyperspace on December 22, 2009. On October 1, 2012, the story was republished on Suvudu, a subsidiary website of Random House publishing.
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Notes and references[]
- ↑
Shades of Gray on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup link on Suvudu)
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion
- ↑ alex’s future by Charlene Newcomb on alexwinger.wordpress.com (November 27, 2007) (archived from the original on July 23, 2023)
- ↑ New Story In The Works by Charlene Newcomb on alexwinger.wordpress.com (July 27, 2008) (archived from the original on November 13, 2011)
- ↑ Story News by Charlene Newcomb on alexwinger.wordpress.com (August 18, 2009) (archived from the original on November 12, 2011)
External links[]
- Shades of Gray on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup link on Suvudu)
Star Wars Shorts: Shades of Gray: from the Adventures of Alex Winger on UnboundWorlds.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
