I am a newbie and do not want to break any rules but while scanning some older posts I came across a post by David Palmer that he was publishing a Trilogy Sequel in July /Aug 2008 ANALOG magazine' Does anyone know more about this. I have been searching for back issues with no luck.

Can you link to that post please. I did not think David Palmer had been a participiant here.

It was not a direct posting . It was from AMAZON. It was posted by member John Black on May 2, 2008 on the 13th page of this topic.
I guess that's why I am a WEB HUNTER . But So far No luck at all the usual places.

Although RAH is almost G*D like to me I do love alot of other authors also, and Palmer ranked very higfh with only 2 published works ii COULD account for. We won't talk about waiting time for new sequels like RIVERWORLD or CHTORR
I am lucky by the time I discovered RAH he was pumping out stuff faster than I coul get it and read it. He Really SPOILED ME.
btw IS SPIDER ROBINSON really his son . I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED. I know David Gerrold is his younger brother.

It ran for three issues starting in July/Aug '08. I've only been able to find Sept and Oct (direct from the magazine)...no one is parting with that first one yet.

Never reprinted (yet).

After a unbeleivable week long search
Re: Fiction related to Heinlein's work by theme

David R. Palmer's "Emergence" reads to me to be very like a Heinlein story. I believe I expressed this in the old Nitro. Its out of print but I believe that its being optioned as a movie so it should come back into print soon. Should be easily locatable on the 2nd hand market.

The following was note was written by Mr. Palmer recently on Amazon:
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Rip Van Palmer resurfaces..., April 4, 2008
By David R. Palmer (Florida) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Emergence (Mass Market Paperback)
Hi, people. I hope the webmaster's rules permit this.

First, thanks for your enduring loyalty. It's been 25 years since my last book.

Some of you will be pleased to learn that "Tracking," the sequel to "Emergence," is being serialized in three parts by Analog SF magazine, commencing with the July/August double issue, due out toward the end of this month. Inchoate talk are also underway with Wormhole Press to bring "Tracking" out as a hardcover and paperback sometime next year.

Secondly, I've also completed "Spcial Education" (dunno if that'll show up properly in HTML; it's "special," with a long-vowel diacritical bar over the "e," as in "species"), sequel to "Threshold."

Thirdly, I just finished "Schrödinger's Frisbee," an unrelated SF novel about a boy and his dog, his girlfriend -- and alien abduction.

And finally, a movie option has been sold for "Emergence"; a screenplay now exists. The efforts of anyone who wishes to join me in breath-holding and finger-crossing will be appreciated.

Wormhole Press is equally interested in them, and in rereleasing "Emergence" and "Threshold." Check back here occasionally on amazon.com; coerce your local booksellers. Tell two friends; ask them to tell two friends, etc. Repeat this to a depth of 20 conversations and you've alerted over a million friends.

Thanks again for your enthusiasm and patience -- and for the kind thoughts embodied in the occasional, somewhat premature eulogies I've read here and on other websites.

Very truly,

David R. Palmer
end of quote.

Yes, I found Emergence to be quite Heinleinesque, a good read and a memorable protagonist. The sequel, not so. It was too chaotic and trying to outdo the first book's energy.

Sound the trumpets HURRAH!!HURRAH My QUEST has ended after 25 years! I have found the lost copies of David R Palmer's series emergence sequel. DELL has new copies for sale of the 2 & 3 issues. BUT I couldn't wait for their return email. Guess what? I found the 1 &2 issues at a used book dealer, and 3 at another dealer. Total cost less than $20.00
Now all that remains is for David Gerrold to publish the final books of the CHTORR series Then I will be COMPLETE.

In my quest to find sequel to EMERGENCE, I ended up with a spare copy of his second book:"THRESHOLD". It is Paperback fairly good condition, Ex library book from a school in NEW MEXICO. 1 interior page is loose but not missing. I will sell it post paid for $7.00 to any other Palmer fans out there. choo2chk@comcast.net

Well I started my quest with information on this forum with a posting from 2008. I completed the acquisition of the the serialization in ANALOG three issues, quite a difficult task but fully worth it. I then reread the first book EMERGENCE. I had fogotten alot after 25 year hiatus. Definately comparable to the JUVENILES RAH wrote so well. Along with some Heinlein morality on adult mores and behavior. I do reccomend it with 5 stars. Being out of print used copies are going for $30 -$70 on ebay !! I have begun the sequel in ANALOG, and it holds up to original book and takes off right fom ending. This all within my first month of involment in thie forum. I am truely happy to have discovered it. I am not sure who is responsible for setting it up but I offer my heart felt THANK YOU.

Now that I have completed my quest I leisurely read this sequel, all three serials in a row. WOW !! After waiting more than 25 years it weas worth it. The fist third is the intoduction to the rest of the remaning survivors. But then it gets REALLY GOOD. Without giving away plot lines lets say we find out how unbeleivably endowed Candy is. As an 11 year old she makes mere NAVY SEALS to be TOM BOYS. The story line includes unbeleivable battle (gory and all) with some of the most outragouusly horrible bad guys to come down the pike. If this was a video game it would be for Mature audiences and not because of sex. It does honor RAH Rules of Morality and doesn't glorify death or mayhem but uses it to teach lessons. I personally feel discussion othis book shoul be in a forum such as this. Why it hasn't been published I have no idea. I would purchase a Hard Cover Just to have it it in My Library

Glad to see my post had some impact. Ironically, I did not know that he actually got a sequel out there in serialized form until I read the above posts tonight. I know its been covered elsewhere before but it's Palmer's Emergence novel and Scalzi's novels that impress me as being most like Heinlein's. I'm not suggesting that either writer writes identically to Heinlein. For me, it's more in the vein of "If you like Heinlein, you will also like Palmer and Scalzi.

It is my opinion that Emergence is a really great novel, Threshold not so much. Threshold isn't horrible - but the bar was set very high by Emergence.