Announcing new DTI novella and Rise of the Federation 3 & 4!

A quick question, Christopher. How have you been pronouncing the title "Basileus" out loud in English/Federation Standard? I ask because I found out from reading about the Greek language on Wikipedia that modern Greek speakers pronounce "βασιλεύς" like "vah-see-lehfs".

 

^I've been pronouncing it in my head as "bass-ih-lay-us" (bass as in fish). Rhymes with "Amadeus" or 'Dr. Zaius." Wiktionary agrees.

 

And as I believe you noted in your annotations, it's reminiscent of "Basilisk", which is pleasingly appropriate for a Saurian.

 

The ancient Greek pronounces it the same way as Christopher.

 

Gotcha. Thanks, Christopher.

Not exactly. The ancient Greek pronounciation of "βασιλεύς" is somewhat like "bah-see-lay(-)oos". The hyphen in parentheses indicating that "εύ" has a semivowel as in the modern Spanish pronunciation of Europe/Europa.

 

Yeah, you're right - I read "us" in my head as "oos" for some reason

 

The blurb for The Collectors is now up on The Trek Collective.

Woah. For an e-novella, it sounds fantastic.

 

Yeah, this sounds really great! Looking forward to it.

 

Now the cover for The Collectors is up.

http://www.startrek.com/article/department-of-temporal-investigations-out-in-december

 

Nice!

 

What the hell is that icon that looks like a kangaroo holding an iPad?

 

What do you think it is as it's pretty obvious what the symbol is for.

As of the ebook itself, I'll pass.

 

It's the logo for Pocket Star eBooks -- a modification of the standard Pocket logo showing a kangaroo holding a book.

 

The Kangaroo's getting chubby. Less reading, more outdoors activity, Kangaroo.

 

This sounds great, and I love the cover. I'm glad to see them sticking with the clock design. I always like it when series stick to a distinct cover style like that.

 

What is the release date for the DTI book?

 

Next Monday, the 8th.

 

I just got The Collectors and I see in the historian's note that it's set between the 2nd and 3rd books in the Cold Equations trilogy. Does it presuppose anything from books published after Cold Equations? I'm only two books into The Fall, but I'd like to pause and read this book now if I can (Christopher is my favorite of the current ST novelists, so I don't want to wait to read this if I don't have to).

 

I don't think it references anything from novels post-Cold Equations.

 

Sweet! Thanks, Christopher!