Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... - Page 3

Christopher · January 21 2013, 10:56 PM

^Van Vogt was actually invited to write for TOS, but he couldn't adapt to TV script format or something, and nothing came of it.

Lonemagpie · January 21 2013, 11:42 PM

He could still have done prose...

Christopher · January 22 2013, 12:02 AM

^Not saying he couldn't; just offering an interesting bit of trivia about his Trek connection.

Lonemagpie · January 22 2013, 01:20 AM

Since Spinrad and Ellison got involved, yeah, a Van Vogt ep would have been cool. Or a Matheson or Bradbury ep...

We need those - dammit where did I park the TARDIS?

(actually, it's at the Police Station on the other side of town, but with the streets this icy...)

(no, really, I'm not kidding, the Police station here has a TARDIS in their car park.)

Christopher · January 22 2013, 01:21 AM

^There was a Matheson episode -- "The Enemy Within." Also episodes by Theodore Sturgeon, Jerry Sohl, and George Clayton Johnson.

Lonemagpie · January 22 2013, 03:23 AM

Christopher wrote:

^There was a Matheson episode -- "The Enemy Within." .

I forgot he wrote that...

Jarvisimo · January 22 2013, 10:40 AM

I would love to see another Andrew Robinson novel, whether about Garak or not.

Cap'n Crunch · January 26 2013, 08:02 PM

I'd be interesting in reading something by Eric Nylund or Drew Karpyshyn. The only things I've read by either author are two Halo novels by Nylund and Karpyshyn's Mass Effect novels, but I very much enjoyed them.

Deranged Nasat · January 26 2013, 08:08 PM

Cap'n Crunch wrote:

I'd be interesting in reading something by Eric Nylund or Drew Karpyshyn. The only things I've read by either author are two Halo novels by Nylund and Karpyshyn's Mass Effect novels, but I very much enjoyed them.

I certainly enjoyed the latter.

It might be nice to see Karpyshyn try Star Trek.

JD · January 26 2013, 11:04 PM

That would be interesting. ME has already struck me as one of the more Trekkish SF universes, so it would be interesting to see one of it's writers try their hand at Trek.

donners22 · January 28 2013, 01:10 AM

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman and Don Perrin. Now that Dragonlance seems to have been shelved, I'd like to see them work in another of my favourite series.

Daddy Todd · January 31 2013, 12:17 AM

lurok wrote:

If it was past authors: Lovecraft and Frank Herbert

Oh, if we're doing "late" writers, I'd love to see what H. Beam Piper, A. Bertram Chandler, Poul Anderson or James H. Schmitz might've done with a Star Trek novel. Anderson wrote a Conan novel in the late '70's, so it might've been possible.

I'm pretty sure Marion Zimmer Bradley wrote some Trek fanfic back in the day. I'd LOVE to read that. (I've always thought Ann Crispin's Yesterday duology read like "Star Trek on Darkover".)

Back to the living: Allen Steele would've done interesting things with Belle Terre, had he written one of the New Earth books.

January 21 2013, 10:56 PM	#31
Christopher Writer	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... ^Van Vogt was actually invited to write for TOS, but he couldn't adapt to TV script format or something, and nothing came of it. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

January 21 2013, 11:42 PM	#32
Lonemagpie Writer Location: Yorkshire	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... He could still have done prose... __________________ "I got two modes with people- Bite, and Avoid" Reading: Mystery Man (Colin Bateman) Blog- http://lonemagpie.livejournal.com

January 22 2013, 12:02 AM	#33
Christopher Writer	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... ^Not saying he couldn't; just offering an interesting bit of trivia about his Trek connection. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

January 22 2013, 01:20 AM	#34
Lonemagpie Writer Location: Yorkshire	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... Since Spinrad and Ellison got involved, yeah, a Van Vogt ep would have been cool. Or a Matheson or Bradbury ep... We need those - dammit where did I park the TARDIS? (actually, it's at the Police Station on the other side of town, but with the streets this icy...) (no, really, I'm not kidding, the Police station here has a TARDIS in their car park.) __________________ "I got two modes with people- Bite, and Avoid" Reading: Mystery Man (Colin Bateman) Blog- http://lonemagpie.livejournal.com

January 22 2013, 01:21 AM	#35
Christopher Writer	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... ^There was a Matheson episode -- "The Enemy Within." Also episodes by Theodore Sturgeon, Jerry Sohl, and George Clayton Johnson. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

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January 22 2013, 10:40 AM	#37
Jarvisimo Lieutenant Commander Location: Edinburgh	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... I would love to see another Andrew Robinson novel, whether about Garak or not.

January 26 2013, 08:02 PM	#38
Cap'n Crunch Commander Location: Oakdale, TN	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... I'd be interesting in reading something by Eric Nylund or Drew Karpyshyn. The only things I've read by either author are two Halo novels by Nylund and Karpyshyn's Mass Effect novels, but I very much enjoyed them. __________________ Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. Some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy their lives. Ain't nothing fair. You know that. - John Marston, Red Dead Redemption

January 26 2013, 11:04 PM	#40
JD Admiral Location: Arizona, USA	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... That would be interesting. ME has already struck me as one of the more Trekkish SF universes, so it would be interesting to see one of it's writers try their hand at Trek. __________________ Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. Me and Monty Python. Harry Dresden - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)

January 28 2013, 01:10 AM	#41
donners22 Commodore Location: Victoria, Australia	Re: Authors You'd Like to See Write Trek... Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman and Don Perrin. Now that Dragonlance seems to have been shelved, I'd like to see them work in another of my favourite series. __________________ Kim: I'm detecting some weird technobabble. Janeway: A possibly dangerous anomaly that we know nothing about? Kim: Yeah. I suppose we should steer clear. Janeway: Ha! Good one, Ensign. Take us in, Mr. Paris. http://www.fiveminute.net/voyager