The Abrams situation is different, and much more clear cut: We're not supposed to reference anything put forth in the Abrams films, period. So far as current novels go, those movies don't exist. Whether that changes remains to be seen, but it's not like the topic hasn't come up.
Why shouldn't it? Unlike the other 24th century series Voyager is written by only one author and the Voyager story is a lot more serialized than for example TNG, so it makes sense that there aren't two in-universe years without anything relevant happening to the Voyager crew. In the end it probably all comes down to KMFB's preferences. (Also, the other two major time jumps, New Frontier and DS9 relaunch, aren't exactly considered the best part of their respective series.)
Because it fits the pacing of the story, and how other authors choose to pace their works shouldn't be a hard requirement for how Beyer chooses to pace hers.
Good, so Old Vulcan/Man Spock IS alive and well and so Romulus
Indeed, that's the right question to ask.
The Abrams situation is different, and much more clear cut: We're not supposed to reference anything put forth in the Abrams films, period. So far as current novels go, those movies don't exist. Whether that changes remains to be seen, but it's not like the topic hasn't come up.
So let's ask the question: Why are the TNG, TTN and DS9 novels 3.5 years ahead? My thinking and feeling is that the Novelverse should be in sync. It's just my opinion, but I'm sure others have the same thought. If so, shouldn't other 24th c. series stay in 2386 and wait for VOY to catch up? Of course, this is not meant to rush Beyer or any future VOY writers, nor is it meant to stop other 24th c. novels from being written. A 3.5 year gap is a long time and I could see 15-20 novels written for VOY to fill it. Unfortunately, it wouldn't get to the sync point were that to happen. The gap would be reduced by as much as 2.5 years, but by that time VOY would still be a year (~ 5 novels) behind in the timeline (2388 for VOY, 2389 for others). At the very least, allow the gap to close while still writing for all series.Because it fits the pacing of the story, and how other authors choose to pace their works shouldn't be a hard requirement for how Beyer chooses to pace hers.
You might as well ask why the other 24th century works zoomed 3.5 years ahead.
Well of course they are. It's no further than 2386 in current novels after all.
But there was at least one good time jump, Full Circle from 2378 to 2381. I think the problem itself isn't necessarily the time jump. The problem with the original DS9 relaunch's and NF's time jumps was that both took place at a point where the series were liked (well, except for the last two DS9 novels which IIRC weren't all that popular) and the readers were familiar with the characters and liked them. The first four VGR books also weren't all that popular, so there wasn't all that much character dynamics that poeple would get mad at KMFB for changing as was the case with many DS9 characters like Dax. Not that there's something wrong with character progression, it's just that actually seeing the progression is way better than being told that these characters miraculously changed. I guess that would be supported by the first NF time jump, which was a literal in-universe time jump. From what I've heard there weren't a lot of people upset about that as the characters didn't change (and personally my favorite NF novels are those between the two time jumps).
I wasn't a fan of that as I haven't read the foreshadowed books at the time I read that Voyager book...
Good point. If anything the time jumps have given us something interesting to talk about.
But in retrospect it may not have been the worst thing. IIRC The Eternal Tide mentionedHaha, fair.
