For sure, I imagine SNW actually will have novels set in between episodes rather than making everything a prequel or side-story like all the Disco and Picard novels have been.
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Sagely advice indeed.
I would 1000% buy Burning Dreams again if Gallery reprinted it with Mount on the cover. Same with Vulcan's Glory and Peck.
Fixed! (And also the name of the novel that I got wrong…)Sagely advice indeed.
They keep saying SNW will be episodic main stories, but with no reset button between episodes for character development.
So there could be season long plot arcs for the characters, but the actual main episode stories will not be in arcs.
Wondering what they will include:
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV210453
STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION BEST OF CAPTAIN PICARD
(W) VARIOUS (A) Various (CA) Louis De Martinis
Revisit some of the best adventures of Captain Picard in this extra-long collection! Featuring stories from across multiple Star Trek comic publishers, this issue is perfect for any fan wanting to learn more about the celebrated Starfleet officer.
In Shops: Jan 26, 2022
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV210453
STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION BEST OF CAPTAIN PICARD
(W) VARIOUS (A) Various (CA) Louis De Martinis
Revisit some of the best adventures of Captain Picard in this extra-long collection! Featuring stories from across multiple Star Trek comic publishers, this issue is perfect for any fan wanting to learn more about the celebrated Starfleet officer.
In Shops: Jan 26, 2022
^ This would be the perfect place to reprint that one that was originally only included in that Picard-themed blu-ray set.
Have there been any other trade paperback reprints of old novels besides the TMP novelisation and Ex Machina? What are the chances of us getting one of those in 2022?
I have a feeling we will actually be getting less books a year, maybe 6. Without the Lit-verse, you just don't want to over-mine things
That doesn’t add up. Right now, there are seven different Star Trek TV series that have had tie-in novels (TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard), plus the Kelvinverse movies, two shows that are in active production that have not yet gotten tie ins (Lower Decks and Prodigy), plus one more show in active development due next year (SNW). Even if limited just to live action shows, they could still have seven or eight unique slots, one for each series.
The Litverse was not some unique entity that, in its absence, the production line collapses. The line existed well before the Litverse and has room to evolve and expand without it. It sold enough to continue, and was able to get the conclusion it is getting in Coda, but there was never an obligation to do that - if Paramount had at any point said “no more books set after the series’ end,’ that would have been the end.
The books of this production year have been mostly non-Litverse - the Dark Veil, Wonderlands, Living Memory, Shadows Have Offended, and the forthcoming Revenant, versus the three books of Coda. With Discovery’s fourth season about to air and Picard’s second season and SNW soon to follow, having tie ins related to those series are probably going to be the first priority, hence “Second Self” having been announced.
But the Litverse concluding has no reason to impact the novels being contracted. If anything is stalling production this year, it is more than likely related to the production issues born of the pandemic, issues of supply chains and paper and worker gaps.
That is sadly true. I suppose we will get some TOS novels. They still sell the best surprisingly.Coda's the end, we don't need any more novels.
I would love some Enterprise novels personally.
I'm sure with 2022 and beyond, we will get more tie in novels to the newer CBS shows. With a sprinkling of TOS and maybe TNG novels set during the series' runs.
Enterprise is currently not of interest to the highers-up, Voyager novels seem to have stalled, possibly to allow the Picard show to gain more ground for itself, and the Kelvin Timeline films have not only stalled but fizzled in audience interest.
I think the major issue here is that for Trek novels, the best sellers are ones that have Picard or Kirk on the cover, so it has always been a struggle with other books. I think it is why Enterprise is not being mined.
In all honestly, are people here really that interested in more novels set during the different series where nothing will really "happens" that matters because all the toys have to stay the same? This is why I think you don't want to over-mine the previous series.
When it comes to the new series on Paramount+, the books have to play second fiddle to what they are doing on screen and therefore they have to be carefully planned to fit with stories they are telling. With that in mind, I don't think you see too many DISCO, Picard or SNW books coming out during the year. Just my opinion.
In all honestly, are people here really that interested in more novels set during the different series where nothing will really "happens" that matters because all the toys have to stay the same? This is why I think you don't want to over-mine the previous series.
When it comes to the new series on Paramount+, the books have to play second fiddle to what they are doing on screen and therefore they have to be carefully planned to fit with stories they are telling. With that in mind, I don't think you see too many DISCO, Picard or SNW books coming out during the year. Just my opinion.
Still waiting for a 2022 TOS novel...
I don't read books set during the shows because of those reasons and because I have to read/buy too many trek books. And so far I don't find the Discovery and Picard universe that interesting
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It wouldn't surprise me if we're getting fewer books, what with all the book production issues that are ongoing because of the pandemic. But that I think is the reason, not the Litverse ending or not wanting to "over-mine" things.
Even in the days when the Litverse was at its peak, TOS novels were still the best selling Trek novels, proving there was more of a demand for novels where they "had to keep their toys the same" than there was for ones where "stuff happened." So those are still going to happen. I would imagine the performance of Shadows Have Offended and Revenant will decide whether we get novels set during TV series era for the other shows going forward.
Well, we usually only see one or two Disco or Picard books a year. No reason why we can't see the same in 2022, as well as at least one SNW novel. Indeed, we already know we are getting a new Picard novel next year anyway.
8 books a year is too few. YMMV.
Honestly, that's how TV tie-in novels have worked for generations. Never bothered me back in the day, and it never seems to bother the folks reading my TOS books, not to mention my various other tie-in books, for CSI, ALIAS, WAREHOUSE 13, THE LIBRARIANS, etc.
It's the nature of the beast. Tie-in novels that do shake up the status quo (or seem to) have always been the exception to the rule. And, yes, I like to think there will aways be a market for old-fashioned, standalone TOS novels.
Yes. The thing to keep in mind is that the audience doesn't consist exclusively of regulars or collectors, people who want to buy every book and follow an ongoing series. A lot of the book-buying audience is casual readers or impulse buyers, people who just want the occasional self-contained novel that catches their interest.
