Destiny trilogy upcoming 20th anniversary

[RonG]

With 2028 being the 20th anniversarry of my favorite Trek story, I was wondering if there were any plans to publish an anniversarry edition...
I would love a hardcover edition of the omnibus!

If this does happen, I would also love a new preface with some background information or summary of previous events (reminding that the trilogy opens basically guns blazing, with some reference to previous books in the still-and-always-missed TrekLit continuity..)

Any thoughts on this?
would anyone like to see such a thing happen? maybe crowd-funded?
@David Mack appreciate any input or feedback you can provide

 

[USS Firefly]

In my opinion almost all the Trek books in the zero's were very good but the Destiny trilogy is my favorite

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I would love a hardcover edition of the omnibus!

A Barnes & Noble leatherbound hardcover collection would be nice. They did some of the James Blish stories in that format, plus some Star Wars novels, including @JJMiller's.

Destiny and Crucible. Yeah, I'd take those in that format. Get it done, B&N!

Seriously, though. I have no idea what thought goes into this process or who one should contact.

 

[David Mack]

I wouldn't hold your breath. I’ve tried to pitch Destiny anniversary editions several times. I’ve even put together detailed business cases to show why it would likely be profitable for all involved. S&S isn’t interested.

 

[Danlav05]

I wouldn't hold your breath. I’ve tried to pitch Destiny anniversary editions several times. I’ve even put together detailed business cases to show why it would likely be profitable for all involved. S&S isn’t interested.

Imagine If you could get all the required actors to record dialogue for an audio dramatisation?

 

[Danlav05]

Easily the most talked about Trek literary saga since Shatner’s The Return

 

[David Mack]

Imagine If you could get all the required actors to record dialogue for an audio dramatisation?

I've imagined that and much more. But audiobook or audio drama adaptations are unlikely because the original contract did not provide for them, and amending/renegotiating those rights after the fact is usually considered to be more trouble than it's worth.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I would love a hardcover edition of the omnibus!

Although I might not be happy about the expense, if they released a hardcover omnibus of Destiny, I would definitely have to get it.

A Barnes & Noble leatherbound hardcover collection would be nice. They did some of the James Blish stories in that format, plus some Star Wars novels, including @JJMiller's.

Destiny and Crucible. Yeah, I'd take those in that format. Get it done, B&N!

Hmm, leatherbound sounds extremely expensive? Although I guess if it was a B&N exclusive, it wouldn't matter, since I couldn't get one anyway.

(Although I guess based on David Mack's post, none of us are getting one anyway. )

@RonG , I hope you don't mind, but I fixed the typo in the thread title.

Also... 20 years?!? Geez. OK, it's still 3 years away, but "17 years" doesn't sound much better...

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

*reads title*

*rereads that number*

You shut your mouth and never speak such lies again.

 

[Nx-007]

"Destiny" Trilogy is prob my fave of the Trek books I have read @David Mack did an amazing job!

 

[historypeats]

A Barnes & Noble leatherbound hardcover collection would be nice. They did some of the James Blish stories in that format, plus some Star Wars novels, including @JJMiller's.

Destiny and Crucible. Yeah, I'd take those in that format. Get it done, B&N!

Seriously, though. I have no idea what thought goes into this process or who one should contact.

If memory serves, wasn't a Crucible hardcover - complete with new material linking the three volumes - scheduled, then pulled? I've always wondered whether David R. George III wrote the extra stories, and whether they'd ever see the light of day if so...

 

[Csalem]

If memory serves, wasn't a Crucible hardcover - complete with new material linking the three volumes - scheduled, then pulled? I've always wondered whether David R. George III wrote the extra stories, and whether they'd ever see the light of day if so...

Indeed it was:

Star Trek: Crucible

Star Trek: Crucible was an announced hardback omnibus of the Crucible novels, written by David R. George III. Originally scheduled for release in May 2009, it would have contained new content from George created specifically for the omnibus. The title was announced at the Shore Leave convention...

memory-alpha.fandom.com

 

[Avro Arrow]

Indeed it was:

Star Trek: Crucible

Star Trek: Crucible was an announced hardback omnibus of the Crucible novels, written by David R. George III. Originally scheduled for release in May 2009, it would have contained new content from George created specifically for the omnibus. The title was announced at the Shore Leave convention...

memory-alpha.fandom.com

I'm still disappointed about that to this day. The additional content was all completed, but has never been released.

Crucible hits its 20th anniversary next year (well, the first two books, anyway), so maybe S&S will surprise us by finally releasing the omnibus. I don't really hold out much hope, though.

At least put the new short stories together as a short collection and sell it as an ebook exclusive. They've presumably already paid for the stories, which we've been told is the highest relative cost in any release. (At least that's what they've told us whenever they've tried to justify the fact that ebooks aren't much cheaper than paper books: the actual printing and distribution is apparently negligible, relatively speaking.) So you'd think this could be a somewhat low-cost release that would at least get the stories out there.

 

[Christopher]

(At least that's what they've told us whenever they've tried to justify the fact that ebooks aren't much cheaper than paper books: the actual printing and distribution is apparently negligible, relatively speaking.)

For a large print run, yes, due to economies of scale. For things like print-on-demand, not so much, which is why that can be pricey.

Also, the cost isn't just the payment for the story, but for the person-hours of labor put in by writer, editor, copyeditors, proofreaders, typesetters, designers, cover artists, marketing people, etc. So it depends on how much of the editing and preparation for publication has already been done. If the stories were separated out from the omnibus and published separately, that would probably entail an editor, typesetters, etc. restructuring them into the new format.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Also, the cost isn't just the payment for the story, but for the person-hours of labor put in by writer, editor, copyeditors, proofreaders, typesetters, designers, cover artists, marketing people, etc. So it depends on how much of the editing and preparation for publication has already been done. If the stories were separated out from the omnibus and published separately, that would probably entail an editor, typesetters, etc. restructuring them into the new format.

Those are all fair points.

I still want the stories, though.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I still want the stories, though.

The last time I talked to DRG3 about the Crucible short stories -- which was about five years ago -- he was still hopeful that they would be published. I asked him I could read them, and he said no for that reason. When the time is right, and maybe the sixtieth anniversary is the right time, I still hope to read them.

 

[Avro Arrow]

When the time is right, and maybe the sixtieth anniversary is the right time, I still hope to read them.

I hope you mean the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, and not the 60th anniversary of Crucible!

 

[Corran Horn]

A Barnes & Noble leatherbound hardcover collection would be nice. They did some of the James Blish stories in that format, plus some Star Wars novels, including @JJMiller's.

Destiny and Crucible. Yeah, I'd take those in that format. Get it done, B&N!

Seriously, though. I have no idea what thought goes into this process or who one should contact.

Even something like the Star Wars Essential Legends Collection would be fantastic.