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| These novels continued the story of the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, following the fleet's ongoing search for Earth while being pursued by advanced Cylon forces. | | These novels continued the story of the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, following the fleet's ongoing search for Earth while being pursued by advanced Cylon forces. |
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| === Collaboration with Richard Hatch ===
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| Linaweaver's partnership with Richard Hatch began in 2003 when Edward E. Kramer introduced them, believing Linaweaver could bring more to Hatch's novels than his previous collaborators.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_hatch_tribute_introduction">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=This%20opportunity%20was%20provided%20by%20the%20grandfather%20of%20DRAGON%20CON%2C%20hence%20the%20Trek%20auction%20invitation.%20The%20one%20and%20only%20Edward%20E.%20Kramer%20opened%20the%20door%20for%20me.%20He%E2%80%99d%20bought%20a%20number%20of%20short%20stories%20from%20me%20for%20a%20wide%20range%20of%20anthologies|title=A Man for All Reasons: A Personal Tribute to Richard Hatch|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> Their first meeting took place at Hatch's Studio City apartment, where Linaweaver discovered Hatch's detailed outlines for the novels.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_first_meeting">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=I%20only%20partly%20understood%20the%20special%20quality%20Richard%20had%20with%20the%20series%20when%20first%20entering%20his%20apartment%20in%20Studio%20City%20in%202003|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| Linaweaver described their working method: Hatch provided elaborate plots while Linaweaver enriched the dialogue and narrative flow.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_working_method">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=His%20plots.%20My%20narrative%20flow.%20It%20was%20so%20sane%20that%20it%20might%20work|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> They would meet and review each chapter together, with Linaweaver promising never to rush a first draft simply to meet deadlines.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_no_rushing">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=I%20promised%20him%20never%20to%20turn%20a%20chunk%20of%20his%20beloved%20Master%20Outline%20into%20a%20quick%20first%20draft%20for%20no%20other%20reason%20than%20to%20cash%20a%20check|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| Hatch praised Linaweaver's ability to write the villain [[Baltar (TOS-RH)|Baltar]], stating that no one, including every writer on the original TV series, had gotten inside the character's head as effectively.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_baltar_praise">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=Richard%20happily%20informed%20me%20that%20no%20one%20did%20Baltar%20as%20well%20as%20yours%20truly.%20He%20expanded%20on%20this%20point.%20By%20no%20one%2C%20he%20included%20every%20writer%20on%20the%20original%20TV%20series|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> The collaboration extended beyond novels to include convention appearances at Dragon Con and San Diego Comic-Con, where Hatch ensured Linaweaver was included on panels about the reimagined series despite being a tie-in novelist.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_sdcc_panels">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=I%E2%80%99ll%20never%20forget%20the%20three%20he%20got%20me%20on%20at%20the%20San%20Diego%20Comic%20Con.%20He%20was%20back%20in%20the%20spotlight%20as%20Tom%20Zarek%2C%20going%20up%20against%20a%20younger%20actor%20playing%20Apollo.%20No%20way%20was%20a%20media%20tie%2Din%20novel%20writer%20going%20to%20be%20on%20an%20A%2Dlist%20panel%20about%20a%20major%20new%20television%20series.%20Except%20Richard%20insisted|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| Their friendship was built on open exchange of ideas despite different political perspectives, with Linaweaver noting they "sometimes forgot which side we were supposed to be taking" during debates.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_friendship">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=He%20was%20some%20kind%20of%20left%20and%20I%20was%20some%20kind%20of%20right.%20We%20sometimes%20forgot%20which%20side%20we%20were%20supposed%20to%20be%20taking|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| == Film and Web Productions == | | == Film and Web Productions == |
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| Linaweaver wrote and produced online content, including the award-winning web series ''Silicon Assassin'', starring Richard Hatch.<ref group="external" name="linkedin_silicon_assassin">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/blinaweaver/#:~:text=Linaweaver%20also%20takes%20great%20pride%20that%20his%20writing%20was%20praised%20by%20former%20president%20Ronald%20Reagan|title=Brad Linaweaver Professional Profile|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> | | Linaweaver wrote and produced online content, including the award-winning web series ''Silicon Assassin'', starring Richard Hatch.<ref group="external" name="linkedin_silicon_assassin">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/blinaweaver/#:~:text=Linaweaver%20also%20takes%20great%20pride%20that%20his%20writing%20was%20praised%20by%20former%20president%20Ronald%20Reagan|title=Brad Linaweaver Professional Profile|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> |
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| === ''Silicon Assassin'' Web Series ===
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| The ''Silicon Assassin'' web series was developed through a bequest from Linaweaver's friend Chuck Hammill, who died in December 2006. The bequest required Linaweaver to complete the project within a specified timeframe or the funds would go to charity, with the California Attorney General's Office overseeing the arrangement.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_hammill_bequest">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=Chuck%20created%20a%20situation%20where%20I%20had%20X%20number%20of%20years%20to%20create%2C%20write%2C%20hire%2C%20fire%20and%20do%20whatever%20else%20necessary%20to%20make%20Silicon%20Assassin%20a%20real%20show.%20If%20I%20failed%2C%20the%20money%20would%20go%20to%20a%20charity|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> Linaweaver noted the irony that "the government would therefore make sure I did an anti-government science fiction epic about overthrowing the government."<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_government_irony">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=The%20state%20government%20of%20California%20was%20going%20to%20be%20the%20keeper%20of%20the%20tablets%2C%20so%20to%20speak.%20The%20government%20would%20therefore%20make%20sure%20I%20did%20an%20anti%2Dgovernment%20science%20fiction%20epic%20about%20overthrowing%20the%20government|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| Richard Hatch agreed to star as the title character and directed the first episode, "Problem Child."<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_hatch_directs">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=I%20asked%20Richard%20Hatch%20if%20he%E2%80%99d%20direct%20it.%20Instead%20of%20blasting%20me%20with%20one%20of%20Dopp%E2%80%99s%20ray%20guns%2C%20he%20agreed|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> The series featured different directors and styles across episodes, with Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray directing "The Wall" and "Window of Opportunity," and Edward L. Plumb directing "Dead Reckoning."<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_different_directors">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=The%20most%20controversial%20decision%20I%20made%20at%20the%20start%20was%20to%20go%20for%20radically%20different%20styles%20between%20the%20episodes|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> The cast included Paula LaBaredas, Vicki Marie Taylor, and Brinke Stevens as President Medusa.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_cast">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=Paula%20LaBaredas%20was%20the%20next%20performer%20to%20commit%20as%20one%20of%20the%20Silicon%20Assassin%20female%20characters.%20She%E2%80%99d%20be%20the%20perky%20one%2C%20the%20aptly%20named%20Bubbleblonde%20Girl|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| The series won multiple awards, including the Australian Webstream Award for Best International Series for the episode "Window of Opportunity," which Hatch accepted while in Australia.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_australian_award">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=Richard%20Hatch%20was%20in%20Australia%20when%20%E2%80%9CWindow%20of%20Opportunity%E2%80%9D%20won%20the%20Australian%20Webstream%20Award%20for%20Best%20International%20Series.%20He%20accepted%20on%20behalf%20of%20the%20episode%20which%20won%20acclaim%20for%20the%20entire%20series|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> "Dead Reckoning" won six awards and was part of a midnight showing at the Chinese Theatre Hollywood during the HollyShorts 9th Annual Film Festival.<ref group="commentary" name="linaweaver_mondocult_dead_reckoning_awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondocult.com/articles/Linaweaver/Hatch/hatch.html#:~:text=Back%20in%20the%20States%2C%20%E2%80%9CDead%20Reckoning%E2%80%9D%20won%20six%20Awards|title=A Man for All Reasons|author=Brad Linaweaver|publisher=Mondo Cult|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref>
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| == The Heinlein Cannon == | | == The Heinlein Cannon == |
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| One of Linaweaver's proudest possessions was a small brass cannon once owned by Robert and Virginia Heinlein.<ref group="external" name="file770_cannon">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=One%20of%20Linaweaver%27s%20proudest%20possessions%20was%20a%20small%20brass%20cannon%20once%20owned%20by%20Robert%20and%20Virginia%20Heinlein|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019) - Heinlein Cannon|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> For nearly 30 years the Heinleins fired it every July 4 at their residence. Virginia bequeathed the cannon to Linaweaver when she died in 2003.<ref group="external" name="file770_cannon_bequest">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=For%20nearly%2030%20years%20they%20fired%20it%20every%20July%204%20at%20the%20Heinlein%20residence.%20Virginia%20bequeathed%20to%20Linaweaver%20when%20she%20died%20in%202003|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019) - Cannon Bequest|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> He restored it and in 2007 made a video of it being fired several times (with very small charges).<ref group="external" name="file770_cannon_video">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=He%20restored%20it%20and%20in%202007%20made%20a%20video%20of%20it%20being%20fired%20several%20times%20(with%20very%20small%20charges)|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019) - Cannon Video|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> | | One of Linaweaver's proudest possessions was a small brass cannon once owned by Robert and Virginia Heinlein.<ref group="external" name="file770_cannon">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=One%20of%20Linaweaver%27s%20proudest%20possessions%20was%20a%20small%20brass%20cannon%20once%20owned%20by%20Robert%20and%20Virginia%20Heinlein|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019) - Heinlein Cannon|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> For nearly 30 years the Heinleins fired it every July 4 at their residence. Virginia bequeathed the cannon to Linaweaver when she died in 2003.<ref group="external" name="file770_cannon_bequest">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=For%20nearly%2030%20years%20they%20fired%20it%20every%20July%204%20at%20the%20Heinlein%20residence.%20Virginia%20bequeathed%20to%20Linaweaver%20when%20she%20died%20in%202003|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019) - Cannon Bequest|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> He restored it and in 2007 made a video of it being fired several times (with very small charges).<ref group="external" name="file770_cannon_video">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=He%20restored%20it%20and%20in%202007%20made%20a%20video%20of%20it%20being%20fired%20several%20times%20(with%20very%20small%20charges)|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019) - Cannon Video|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> |
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| == Death and Legacy == | | == Death and Legacy == |
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| Brad Linaweaver died on August 29, 2019, of cancer at his home in Apopka, Florida, at age 66.<ref group="external" name="locusmag_death">{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2019/09/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=SF%20writer%20Brad%20Linaweaver%2C%2066%2C%20died%20August%2029%2C%202019%20of%20cancer%20at%20home%20in%20Apopka%20FL|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019)|publisher=Locus Magazine|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> He would have been 67 on September 1, 2019.<ref group="external" name="file770_birthday">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=Prometheus%20Award%2Dwinning%20author%20Brad%20Linaweaver%20died%20August%2029%20after%20a%20long%20battle%20with%20cancer.%20He%20would%20have%20been%2067%20on%20Sunday|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019)|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> | | Brad Linaweaver died on August 29, 2019, of cancer at his home in Apopka, Florida, at age 66.<ref group="external" name="locusmag_death">{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2019/09/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=SF%20writer%20Brad%20Linaweaver%2C%2066%2C%20died%20August%2029%2C%202019%20of%20cancer%20at%20home%20in%20Apopka%20FL|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019)|publisher=Locus Magazine|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> He would have been 67 on September 1, 2019.<ref group="external" name="file770_birthday">{{cite web|url=https://file770.com/brad-linaweaver-1952-2019/#:~:text=Prometheus%20Award%2Dwinning%20author%20Brad%20Linaweaver%20died%20August%2029%20after%20a%20long%20battle%20with%20cancer.%20He%20would%20have%20been%2067%20on%20Sunday|title=Brad Linaweaver (1952-2019)|publisher=File 770|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> |
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| SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal stated: "The family of Science-fiction and Fantasy writers and readers have suffered a loss with the passing of SFWA lifetime member Brad Linaweaver. He leaves us too soon, but with a legacy of words that, I hope, will bring comfort to his family, friends, and fans."<ref group="external" name="sfwa_kowal_statement">{{cite web|url=https://www.sfwa.org/2019/09/03/in-memoriam-brad-linaweaver/#:~:text=The%20family%20of%20Science%2Dfiction%20and%20Fantasy%20writers%20and%20readers%20have%20suffered%20a%20loss%20with%20the%20passing%20of%20SFWA%20lifetime%20member%20Brad%20Linaweaver.%20He%20leaves%20us%20too%20soon%2C%20but%20with%20a%20legacy%20of%20words%20that%2C%20I%20hope%2C%20will%20bring%20comfort%20to%20his%20family%2C%20friends%2C%20and%20fans|title=In Memoriam: Brad Linaweaver|publisher=SFWA|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> | | SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal stated: "The family of Science-fiction and Fantasy writers and readers have suffered a loss with the passing of SFWA lifetime member Brad Linaweaver. He leaves us too soon, but with a legacy of words that, I hope, will bring comfort to his family, friends, and fans."<ref group="external" name="sfwa_kowal_statement">{{cite web|url=https://www.sfwa.org/2019/09/03/in-memoriam-brad-linaweaver/#:~:text=The%20family%20of%20Science%2Dfiction%20and%20Fantasy%20writers%20and%20readers%20have%20suffered%20a%20loss%20with%20the%20passing%20of%20SFWA%20lifetime%20member%20Brad%20Linaweaver.%20He%20leaves%20us%20too%20soon%2C%20but%20with%20a%20legacy%20of%20words%20that%2C%20I%20hope%2C%20will%20bring%20comfort%20to%20his%20family%2C%20friends%2C%20and%20fans|title=In Memoriam: Brad Linaweaver|publisher=SFWA|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=November 1, 2025}}</ref> |
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