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Well, he's a major character in "Worlds of DS9: Cardassia" which is part of the DS9 relaunch. He also has a cameo in one of the "Mission Gamma" books (I think in the third one) and in the "Prophecy and Change Anthology" there is one short story written be Andy Robinson that also has Garak as the main character.
He may appear in the new "Terok Nor" series (though not in the first book of the series) and is featured in "Hollow Men" but that one is set during DS9.
He may appear in the new "Terok Nor" series (though not in the first book of the series) and is featured in "Hollow Men" but that one is set during DS9.
There's also a brief cameo in Doors Into Chaos, the TNG portion of the Gateways series.
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Wouldn't you think a character that places just below Spock and Bones in a poll of popularity of all Trek characters would merit a higher profile? Is Simon&Schuster and whatever elements of the franchise influences their novel choices assuming that the official casting order is the only thing that determines a character's popularity with fans?
Go figure.
Go figure.
Yes. What I mean, though, is that you'd expect him to be the main character in more books than just "A Stitch in Time." According to polls, he is the most popular of the Deep Space Nine characters.
I think Garak is a character who could be harmed by overuse. Best to save him for when he can play a meaningful role, rather than just forcing him into stories because of popularity. Quality is more important than quantity.
Peter David told a great story in his But I Digress... column about encountering a particular highly-obsessed Garak fan.
The fan came up to David's table at a con and asked him which books had Garak in them, repeating his request over and over, refusing to read the descriptions on the back of the books, until finally David just grabbed one of his books, scribbled "and Garak" into a random sentence so that it now read something like, "'Where are we going?' said Sisko and Garak..." He then tossed it over to the fan, and said, "THERE! Garak's in this one now! BUY THIS!"
The fan came up to David's table at a con and asked him which books had Garak in them, repeating his request over and over, refusing to read the descriptions on the back of the books, until finally David just grabbed one of his books, scribbled "and Garak" into a random sentence so that it now read something like, "'Where are we going?' said Sisko and Garak..." He then tossed it over to the fan, and said, "THERE! Garak's in this one now! BUY THIS!"
I'm not talking about forcing him into stories. I'm talking about centering stories around him. Garak's not "popular" in some sense of "Don't stick him in just 'cause the fan girls like the soulful eyes of the actor that plays him." What makes Garak popular is his complexity--and that complexity could carry a dozen new stories.
On the show itself which centered around other characters, it's good he didn't become the every episode, tag-along part of the team. That would have been over-use. And he certainly doesn't belong in every adventure by adding him as "and Garak." (Yes, great anecdote.)
I posed this question initially after I took a look at the Simon & Schuster page and didn't even see him pictured on a single cover (of the current 46 books listed). That's a ridiculously low profile for such an interesting character.
On the show itself which centered around other characters, it's good he didn't become the every episode, tag-along part of the team. That would have been over-use. And he certainly doesn't belong in every adventure by adding him as "and Garak." (Yes, great anecdote.)
I posed this question initially after I took a look at the Simon & Schuster page and didn't even see him pictured on a single cover (of the current 46 books listed). That's a ridiculously low profile for such an interesting character.
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Interesting. Of which polls do you speak? Link?
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