2024 book releases
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That depends on if Prodigy gets picked up by someone else or not. If it doesn't, than there can not legally be any further merchandising for the show. No new books, DVDs, Blu-Rays or anything. Otherwise, Paramount's tax write-off they get for cancelling and removing the show becomes null and void.
There is one Prodigy book, Escape Route, that is already on the schedule, and it supposed to come out less than a month from now. It will be interesting to see whether it does or not.
The first original TOS novel didn't come out until after the show was cancelled. Most of the later series' novel lines had their most memorable periods after the shows ended. So it doesn't rule anything out.
Just got to wait until the kids who grew up on Prodigy are in charge of the novel line themselves. So stand by for the 2043 releases thread!
I mean, these days it feels like that's how long we're waiting for new novels anyway.
I joke, of course, but there still feels to be some truth there all the same.
So, any book news from Shore Leave? I wasn’t expecting any announcements, but maybe a reassurance that the book line will continue with a more consistent schedule in 2024?
Just generally, it sounds like the things that put the books on hold are resolved and new books will start to come again, but it's too early for more specifics.
IIRC, the past few years it's been the Vegas convention in August where we've gotten the first bit of significant new concerning the novel lineup of the coming year.
I'm not saying it will happen at the Vegas convention, just that it's the earliest I expect to hear anything.
There was a panel on Friday titled something like, "What's Going on with Star Trek Novels These Days?" but I didn't attend it (I was only at the convention on Sunday due to other commitments) so I don't know what was said.
Let me find the description, I thought it was hilarious when I read it:
What Happened to the Star Trek Novels? – 5pm-6pm – Salon E&F
The annual output of Star Trek‘s once prolific tie-in program has diminished even as new series have launched on steaming channel Paramount+. Why are there so few Star Trek novels these days, and how do Trek authors feel about this? [Dayton Ward wi]ll be chatting with Christopher L. Bennett, Glenn Hauman, David Mack, and James Swallow.
The annual output of Star Trek‘s once prolific tie-in program has diminished even as new series have launched on steaming channel Paramount+. Why are there so few Star Trek novels these days, and how do Trek authors feel about this? [Dayton Ward wi]ll be chatting with Christopher L. Bennett, Glenn Hauman, David Mack, and James Swallow.
I'm guessing the answers, respectively, were, "IDK, business?" and, "Not great."
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Some IDW collections for March 2024
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Blood-Christopher-Cantwell/dp/B0C95YVLN1/
Star Trek: Day of Blood
Hardcover
March 5, 2024
Blood will flow in this first-ever Federation crossover event which pulls from the ongoing Star Trek space saga and the Defiant spin off graphic novel series!
As emperor of the Klingon Empire, Kahless II has consolidated power, raided ancient tombs and secret bunkers, taken the power of gods for himself, stolen the Bajoran Orb of Destruction, and has begun a slaughter across the stars.
But this genocide of gods was just the beginning. For with the power he has stolen, Kahless is about to declare war on all those who do not follow the Red Path. To prevent genocide unlike any since the ancient days of Qo’noS, the crew of icons led by the emissary known as Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek ongoing series) and the renegades who follow a desperate and violent Worf (Star Trek: Defiant) must unite for a common cause. Only they can hope to stop the DAY OF BLOOD.
Join creators Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy), Christopher Cantwell (Namor and Star Wars: Obi-Wan), and Ramon Rosanas (Star Trek, Marvel’s Star Wars, and The Astonishing Ant-Man) in this monumental crossover event of epic proportions. Collects Star Trek: Day of Blood, Star Trek: Day of Blood–Shax’s Best Day, Star Trek 2023 Free Comic Book Day issue, Star Trek issues #11–12, and Star Trek: Defiant issues #6–7.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Picture-Echoes-Marc-Guggenheim/dp/B0C9CKQSL3/
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Echoes
Paperback
March 26, 2024
Join Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in this never-before-seen adventure spinning out of the Original Series!
When a space anomaly thrusts a bounty hunter and her target—a criminal mastermind—into their universe, it’s up to Kirk and his crew to stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign tech onto the system. But the strangers from another universe are more familiar than they assume…for underneath their helmets are their doppelgängers—from an alternate reality!
From critically acclaimed screenwriter, producer, and comics writer Marc Guggenheim (Arrow; DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca) and artist Oleg Chudakov comes this brand new mini-series!
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Blood-Christopher-Cantwell/dp/B0C95YVLN1/
Star Trek: Day of Blood
Hardcover
March 5, 2024
Blood will flow in this first-ever Federation crossover event which pulls from the ongoing Star Trek space saga and the Defiant spin off graphic novel series!
As emperor of the Klingon Empire, Kahless II has consolidated power, raided ancient tombs and secret bunkers, taken the power of gods for himself, stolen the Bajoran Orb of Destruction, and has begun a slaughter across the stars.
But this genocide of gods was just the beginning. For with the power he has stolen, Kahless is about to declare war on all those who do not follow the Red Path. To prevent genocide unlike any since the ancient days of Qo’noS, the crew of icons led by the emissary known as Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek ongoing series) and the renegades who follow a desperate and violent Worf (Star Trek: Defiant) must unite for a common cause. Only they can hope to stop the DAY OF BLOOD.
Join creators Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy), Christopher Cantwell (Namor and Star Wars: Obi-Wan), and Ramon Rosanas (Star Trek, Marvel’s Star Wars, and The Astonishing Ant-Man) in this monumental crossover event of epic proportions. Collects Star Trek: Day of Blood, Star Trek: Day of Blood–Shax’s Best Day, Star Trek 2023 Free Comic Book Day issue, Star Trek issues #11–12, and Star Trek: Defiant issues #6–7.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Picture-Echoes-Marc-Guggenheim/dp/B0C9CKQSL3/
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Echoes
Paperback
March 26, 2024
Join Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in this never-before-seen adventure spinning out of the Original Series!
When a space anomaly thrusts a bounty hunter and her target—a criminal mastermind—into their universe, it’s up to Kirk and his crew to stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign tech onto the system. But the strangers from another universe are more familiar than they assume…for underneath their helmets are their doppelgängers—from an alternate reality!
From critically acclaimed screenwriter, producer, and comics writer Marc Guggenheim (Arrow; DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca) and artist Oleg Chudakov comes this brand new mini-series!
Season 3 has a lot of story possibilities. I wouldn't mind seeing some novels that fill in all of the gaps and loose story threads from that season. There are tons.
I love a SNW book detailing kirk’s time on the Farragut prior to us seeing him in SNW season 2. It could be their version of the enterprise war which saw what they were up to during the Klingon war.
Looks like Paramount has a buyer for Simon & Schuster: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/books/simon-schuster-kkr-sale.html.
I've got a couple of duplicates they can have.
Private equity. Great. Extract the value, load it up with debt, break it up and sell for parts, walk away leaving bankruptcy and ruin in its wake. Vulture capitalism at its finest.
not just any private equity, I think these are the same guys that dismantled Toys'R'us
