Who´s your favorite Star Trek author?

[Kilana2]

Then you have certainly enjoyed

Spoiler: Lyssa Campbell

Lyssa being ripped apart by a klingon beast

Actually, I felt it was fitting for a character so randomly introduced to be so randomly

Spoiler: Lyssa

dispatched

.

My only complaint about the Golden to Bayer transition was the way

Spoiler: Full Circle

Jarem Kaz was killed off. I felt a bit cheated by the sudden loss of a character with so much potenital.

That was really sad. I guess, the authors would say that someone has to die. They couldn´t even save the Kaz symbiont, they were busy with fighting the Borg.

 

[Cyfa]

Just as with so many things in life, I find that favourites come and go, a bit like fashion. It just depends who's prominent at the time.
My current favourite is Una McCormack, but previous favourites have been Christopher L. Bennett, David Mack, James Swallow, DRG III, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, S. D. Perry, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Margaret Wander Bonano, and Diane Duane.

 

[Kilana2]

David Mack, Una McCormack and Kirsten Beyer are obviously very popular these days. Nice to see that there are two female authors on top .

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Christopher L Bennett is my favourite, I'd say.

But I love the works of David Mack, KRAD, Kirsten Beyer, James Swallow, Una McCormack, Heather Jarman (miss her), David R. George III, Jeffry Lang...

We're lucky to have such good writers handling the Trek novel 'verse.

 

[JD]

I'm so glad that you let us pick more than one. I don't think there is any way I could have narrowed it down. I'm not very good at really anylizing myself, so I don't have any real reasons to pick these authors other than that I've really enjoyed their books I've read. So I'll just include what books got them on the list.
I picked:
KRAD - Articles of the Federation, A Time for War, A Time for Peace, A Gutted World, SCE
CLB - Watching the Clock, The Buried Age, Orion's Hounds, Places of Exile, Greater Than The Sum
I apparently missed David Mack when I was picking authors, but I meant to pick him - Vanguard, Destiny, The Sorrows of Empire, Rise Like Lions, A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal
Kirsten Beyer - Voyager Relaunch
DRGII - Serpents Among the Ruins, DS9
Una McCormack - The Never-Ending Sacrifice, Brinkmanship
James Swallow- Day of the Vipers, Synthesis
S.D. Perry - DS9 Relaunch
Jeffrey Lang - Left Hand of Destiny, Immortal Coil
Dayton Ward - Vanguard, SCE, Paths of Disharmony

 

[Kilana2]

The category "Another" is for all the other writers I have forgotten, like aforementioned Michael Jan Friedman. There are also writer teams like L.A. Graf etc.

 

[Kilana2]

I´ve forgotten William Leisner, Robert Greenberger, JJMiller. Sorry.
But that´s what the category "another" is for.

 

[trampledamage]

Very difficult choice! There are lots of the modern authors have haven't read yet (Kirsten Beyer being one, something I need to correct!)

In order to make some sort of sense of just "oh, I like all of them!", I've come up with a desert island list of books:

Christopher L. Bennett: Watching the Clock
David Mack: Rise Like Lions
Keith DeCandido: Articles of the Federation
L.A. Graf: Traitor Winds
Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens: Memory Prime
Peter David: early New Frontier (cheating a bit - but I can't pick one)

 

[Kilana2]

I liked the Star Trek novels by John Peel, especially The Death of Princess, a novel that was never released in German, which is a crying shame.

 

[Christopher]

^That's The Death of Princes, as in the plural of prince, rather than Princess. I suppose maybe it's based on Shakespeare's line from Richard II, "For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground/ And tell sad stories of the death of kings."

 

[Kilana2]

^That's The Death of Princes, as in the plural of prince, rather than Princess. I suppose maybe it's based on Shakespeare's line from Richard II, "For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground/ And tell sad stories of the death of kings."

Of course, that was a typo. I know that this novel had nothing to do with princesses . Point is, I liked it.

 

[zarkon]

I liked the Star Trek novels by John Peel, especially The Death of Princess, a novel that was never released in German, which is a crying shame.

Yes, he was rather good. I still reread "Here There Be Dragons" and "Objective: Bajor" from time to time. Great books.

 

[Kilana2]

I liked the Star Trek novels by John Peel, especially The Death of Princess, a novel that was never released in German, which is a crying shame.

Yes, he was rather good. I still reread "Here There Be Dragons" and "Objective: Bajor" from time to time. Great books.

The Death of Princes was never released in German, but I enjoyed it. One of my first TNG novels I read in English.
Both of the other novels you mentioned were translated back then by German publisher “Heyne”

Here There Be Dragons = Drachenjaeger
Objective: Bajor = Der Schwarm, if I´m not mistaken

 

[Christopher]

Of course, that was a typo. I know that this novel had nothing to do with princesses . Point is, I liked it.

Ah, okay. I thought it might be a language/translation issue.

 

[Duncan MacLeod]

Diane Duane, Jean Lorrah, and the late John M. Ford.

 

[Kilana2]

Of course, that was a typo. I know that this novel had nothing to do with princesses . Point is, I liked it.

Ah, okay. I thought it might be a language/translation issue.

I´m still very slow to read and type in English and I try be faster. It makes me prone to mistakes, most of them are not intentional. But it´s okay to bring mistakes to my attention. I´m here to learn. I was a lurker for a long time, to insecure to get myself involved. I have changed that. And that means that there is also the risk of misunderstandings or errors. No risk no fun .

 

[Mage]

I voted for several, but personally, it's the teamwork that really does it. These people have, as a group, worked together so hard to make everything work as a whole.

Also, it depends on my mood. Lately, I've been somewhat emotional for several reasons, and I feel the human aspect of Kirsten Beyer really appeals to me. But I've also had periods where I could devour everything I own by Christopher. At times, the actionpacked novels of David Mack are the ticket for me.

So yeah, the unique styles of all the authors really make the entire TrekLit universe come to life.

 

[trampledamage]

So yeah, the unique styles of all the authors really make the entire TrekLit universe come to life.

Agreed.

 

[toughlittleship]

David George is the king of story and dialogue; David Mack is the king of action; Una McCormack is the queen of worldbuilding.

 

[Kilana2]

David George is the king of story and dialogue; David Mack is the king of action; Una McCormack is the queen of worldbuilding.

Nice summary.

And Greg Cox the King of Time Travel

Una McCormack is brings the Cardassians to life (Garak, Rugal)

DRG III is the master of characterization.

I would have thought that Peter David gets more votes