PU/Treklit

[Ronald Held]

Since the events of Coda, how closely does the current novels align with the Prime Universe?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Since the events of Coda, how closely does the current novels align with the Prime Universe?

Remember the 90's, when it was all aligned until a random episode came along and un-aligned them? That's where we are again.

 

[Kertrats47]

If by "current novels," you mean the recent Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds novels, I'd say very. As far as I know, Kirsten Beyer is still coordinating things between the writers' rooms and Simon & Schuster, and working with the authors to make sure the shows and books align.

Now, as has always been the case, the novels are not and will never be "canon." If a story idea comes along for a show or film that supersedes the novels, it's nearly 100% that they would go ahead with it, novels be damned. The reverse isn't true, though. As far as I know, the novels cannot go against on-screen canon.

So, in summary, they align pretty much perfectly, until they possibly don't someday.

 

[Extrocomp]

In Desperate Hours, the Kelpien homeworld was called "Kelpia" and in Fear Itself, the ba'ul were said to "lie in wait until they struck out at their prey" and "would drive away packs of scavengers from their kills with shows of aggression".

Desperate Hours and and The Enterprise War both described Una as a human who was born and raised on Illyria.

Still plenty of contradictions.

 

[Tuskin38]

and in Fear Itself, the ba'ul were said to "lie in wait until they struck out at their prey" and "would drive away packs of scavengers from their kills with shows of aggression".

Though it was also the first product to call them the Ba'ul, so the show writers gave the author at least that much information.
I think that novel also used Kaminar before the show?

 

[Extrocomp]

Yes, Fear Itself mentioned Kaminar six months before "The Brightest Star".