2025 Novel Releases
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You keep a timeline too @DGCatAniSiri? Is it online anywhere?
That is good to know, as I would think Sulu was still on the E-A then.
Just a personal document for the sake of organizing my collection - considering how many books I have, it's useful in the event that I ever have to move it around and reshelve things.
So incredibly jazzed about this announcement. Absolutely love that we're getting the "older" Enterprise-A crew again, plus a story set shortly before Sulu's departure for the Excelsior (quick question: Will this novel be consistent with Excelsior: Forged in Fire, and maybe also the second DC Comics run, if this edges closely to those months?).
And yes, I think there's definitely some fascinating character-stuff yet to mined regarding Chekov during this time-period, especially with Sulu eventually promoted and departing the ship for his very own command, leaving his friend behind.
Generally when are cover images released in relation to the publication date?
It varies. Looking over the 2024 thread, it was anywhere between eight months prior to three months prior. While IIRC, the coming SNW novel due out in April by James Swallow had its cover image released almost immediately when the novel was announced something like ten months prior to publication date,
Why does it vary so much?
While it's not a novel, I did stumble upon some 2025 David R. George III Trek writing: a 163-page ebook document called Depths of Forever. It is concerned with the landmark episode "The City on the Edge of Forever." It has no reviews so far on Amazon, so if anyone has read it, please share your thoughts.
I've only skimmed the eBook so far, but it looks exciting. I was thrilled to learn that I have an acknowledgement in it.
Depths of Forever by David R George III by Ian McLean, on Flickr
It is a lost volume of the "Star Trek" episode monograph series, originally intended for release by Obverse Books. Only three of the planned series saw regular publication before the concept was axed.
Different artists work to different timelines. Some actors have likeness approval.
That was just good timing at play; we had a version of Toward The Night's cover that needed a small alteration (I asked them to add Erica Ortegas, as she plays a large role in the novel) and it was a quick fix that everyone approved, so we went live with it straight away.
Odds are, no more 2025 novels to be announced?
I did not know that. Just bought the ebook and haven't looked at it yet.
Editor Paul Simpson's health issues have unfortunately made it impossible for him to continue working on the Obverse Gold Archive line of Star Trek books. He did a fine job as the editor of the official Star Trek magazine a few years back and I have no doubt this would have been a great line of books.
For the benefit of anyone not familiar with the three books that were published: https://obversebooks.co.uk/product-category/star-trek/.
I tried a quick Google search but other than the title, there doesn't appear to be any details yet about the plot. Intriguing title, though.
If I were to guess I'd say they're withholding the blurb for now because it contains information which could be considered a spoiler for the third season. But that's strictly baseless speculation on my part.
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