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What's next for the Lit Verse
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More than half the verbiage of my previous post WAS on-topic!
Looks like I saw your post and replied before you edited in the last two paragraphs. Thank you for going back to the topic.
A ridiculous question, having only dabbled with Trek lit, are the novels being released after Coda good jumping on points for someone looking to get into it, for want of a better phrase, or is it worth checking out earlier non-canon titles?
I was going to pick up the Coda trilogy but was worried it would be really heavy with continuity.
I was going to pick up the Coda trilogy but was worried it would be really heavy with continuity.
There are no canon Star Trek novels, and we really don't know what is coming out next beyond the next Picard novel, Second Self.
If you want to read a Star Trek book, I would recommend picking up one based on your favorite series or character. While I like the Coda books, they are designed more as a farewell and love letter to what came before in the 2001-2021 period.
Slipped my mind that the last two paragraphs were an addition. I do that a lot.
Thanks Smiley, that's really helpful!
That's one thing I'm really excited for now: the opportunity to spend time with favorite characters from the shows. There are so many things that have been largely unexplored! How many Tasha Yar-centric novels have there been since, like, 1988? Or a Worf novel set in early TNG, showing the interiority of what at the time was a largely exterior character? Or an O'Brien story set on both the Enterprise and DS9? I guess Revenant has just really whetted my appetite for books that dig into characters in the context of the shows, given what we know now but may not have at the time. Reveal aspects of character in situ rather than carrying plot forward, y'know?
Exactly! Tasha’s most significant novel story was part of the initial batch of TNG novels! And that focused on her relationship with Data and an original character - I’d love if a novel exploring her friendship with Deanna happened!
Or looking at Bashir as he hides his genetic engineering - given DS9 being the “flagship” of the novels continuing the show storylines, Revenant is the first novel that’s been set before the reveal that’s even had the chance to do anything with it, minimal as it was.
I love the idea of bringing late series knowledge back to the early series time frames, bringing what we know only from later knowledge to inform the things that, in terms of timeline, came before, yet come after in production.
Or looking at Bashir as he hides his genetic engineering - given DS9 being the “flagship” of the novels continuing the show storylines, Revenant is the first novel that’s been set before the reveal that’s even had the chance to do anything with it, minimal as it was.
I love the idea of bringing late series knowledge back to the early series time frames, bringing what we know only from later knowledge to inform the things that, in terms of timeline, came before, yet come after in production.
IMO the novels would would a great place to touch on things that the shows might not have time for, but that fans would want to know. I'd love to read Seven of Nine's backstory with the Fennis Rangers, Bjazyl, and Icheb's capture.
I can't resist pointing out that many of the new short stories in STAR TREK EXPLORER magazine are doing just that, going back and fleshing out the past. Like how Decker and Ilia first met, or what Khan was up to en route to Ceti Alpha V, etc.
As if things seen on the screen aren't ever overridden by "the screen version".No tie-in novels are ever truly "canon" because they can and will be overridden by the screen version if the need arises.
That's just the nature of the beast. And I can't imagine that CBS ever claimed otherwise.
Never mind what some dude on the internet claims.
Recent novels from 2020 to current are easy ones to get into:
Picard: The Last, Best Hope
TOS: The Higher Frontier
TOS: A Contest of Principles
Picard: The Dark Veil
Disco: Wonderlands
TOS: Living Memory
TNG: Shadows Have Offended
Picard: Rogue Elements
DS9: Revenant
These have all been pretty much standalone stories in the last 2 or so years.
Speaking of Khan and Ceti Alpha V -- any thoughts on Nicholas Meyer's upcoming announced Khan: Ceti Alpha V scripted podcast-drama, Greg? I've long considered your novels to be the definitive version of that particular story.
And what exactly the hell happened on Garon II that got Ro Laren court martialed. I don't recall that ever being dealt with...
Consider me intrigued. I'm not a big podcast guy, but I may have to make an exception for this!
I just hope it's actually a podcast, as in, a series of audio files made available through the internet and listed in an RSS feed which a podcast player application can download as they become available, and not a "podcast," like the Doctor Who audio drama the BBC just did, which was some weird nonsense that was available from their website.
Actually, I've just checked, and it seems that the "podcast" only debuted on their website, and they do have an actual podcast feed, which is only up to episode 7, while the website version is done. I have no idea what they think they're gaining by convenience-walling their free content. Like, if the episodes came first through some kind of paid service and then the proper podcast was free but delayed, that would make some kind of sense.
DS9 seems to have been ignored by that magazine.
To be fair, there have only been four issues so far. Personally, I've written TOS, TNG, and VOY stories for the magazine, spreading the wealth around a bit. Hopefully, there will be more DS9 representation soon.
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