I've been thinking for a while now that with all of the episodes and movies pretty much available at a moment's notice now, it might be fun to set up a thread that has a list of which episodes it would be good to watch before you read certain novels. Destiny: Borg: TNG: Q, Who? The Best of Both Worlds Pts. I & II TNG movies: First Contact VOY: Scorpion Pts. I & II Omega Particle: Voy: The Omega Directive Capt. Hernandez & the Columbia: ENT: Home Affliction Divergence Vanguard: Klingons: TOS: Errand of Mercy Romulans: Balance of Terror Capt. Kirk & the Enterprise: Where No Man Has Gone Before Tholians: The Tholian Web Carol Marcus: TOS Movies:The Wrath of Kahn (spoilers) Nimbus III: The Final Frontier
Awesome idea. I was just thinking of this the other day but the other way around. It would be interesting to have a list of every episode with the novels that are related to it. 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' for instance would have the My Brother's Keeper trilogy and Vanguard: Harbinger.
I forgot to mention in my previous post that I intended for this to be a community project, so feel free to add stuff as you think of it.
Good idea for a thread, JD. From my recent reading... Immortal Coil (TNG) TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" TOS: "I, Mudd" TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" TNG: "Datalore" TNG: "The Schizoid Man" TNG: "The Measure of a Man" TNG: "The Offspring" TNG: "Brothers" TNG: "Birthright, Part I" Losing the Peace (TNG) TNG: "Future Imperfect" DS9: "Let He Who is Without Sin"
Probably not exactly what you had in mind, but due to my most recent Trek read being How Much For Just the Planet? (TOS), (TOS) "The Trouble With Tribbles," (TOS) "I, Mudd," and (TOS)"A Piece of the Action" may be good reminders that Trek is, at times, silly!
For Destiny, I would add the last episode of Voyager as a "should watch before reading" episode as well.
What episode would it be best to watch before I read the Eugenics Wars books? I know they brought in a ton of stuff from a bunch of different 20th Century episodes, and there's a lot of them I don't remember that well. I already plan on watching Assignment: Eternity and Space Seed.
Those two are the biggies, of course. I managed to reference most of the 20th Century eps, but sometimes just as a cute in-joke or cameo. You might want to check out "11:59," the VOYAGER ep about Janeway's ancestor, since Shannon O'Donnell figures rather prominently in Book Two. Also, "The Neutral Zone," that first-season TNG ep where they find three survivors of the 20th Century in suspended animation. Also: "Little Green Men," the DS9 episode set during the Roswell incident.
Thanks. I'll definitinly be checking out 11:59 before I read the book. I don't remember a thing about that one. Damn, I just remembered that they marked the E-book way up, so I'll be waiting to see if it goes back down. I had planned on it being one of the next books I bought, but not any more.
Great idea! For 'The Left Hand of Destiny' duology: Kahless: Rightful Heir Drex, Gowron, Klingon-Federation Conflict, the Dominion: The Way of the Warrior Apocalypse Rising Worf, Kor, and Klingon Mythology: The Sword of Kahless Martok and Worf: In Purgatory's Shadow By Inferno's Light Martok, Worf, the Rotarran and crew: Soldier's of the Empire Martok, Worf, Alexander, the Rotarran and crew: Sons and Daughters Martok, Sirella, Worf and family: You are Cordially Invited Martok, Kor, the Ch'Tang and crew: Once More Unto the Breach End of Dominion War: When It Rains... Tacking Into the Wind The Dogs of War What You Leave Behind ...and that should set you up for this two-parter!
I've got another one: Immortal Coil: (this may contain spoilers) TOS: What Are Little Girls Requiem For Methuselah The Ultimate Computer TNG: The Measure of A Man The Quality of Life (I'm sure there are others, but I'm brain farting right now and those are all I can come up with)