Spoilers TOS: Identity Theft by Greg Cox Review Thread

[Christopher]

In the audiobook when considering boarding a luxury yacht our heroes listen to an 'Ardanian' (?) and there is mention of 'egalitarian reforms' taking place on their planet. What is this a reference to? (If anything.) I'd like to read up on those reforms

I would assume it refers to Ardana, the planet from "The Cloud Minders."

 

[Elwro]

I would assume it refers to Ardana, the planet from "The Cloud Minders."

Thanks!

 

[Greg Cox]

In the audiobook when considering boarding a luxury yacht our heroes listen to an 'Ardanian' (?) and there is mention of 'egalitarian reforms' taking place on their planet. What is this a reference to? (If anything.) I'd like to read up on those reforms””-

Yep. "The Cloud Minders."

This is twenty-plus years after Kirk shook things up there, so one likes to think that the Troglytes aren't being oppressed anymore -- even if some old-school Ardanian aristocrats aren't happy about that.

 

[David cgc]

Sulu and Chekov mentioned a lot of old adventures involving TOS planets and races that weren’t (as far as I could tell) TOS episodes. I’m not sure if any of them were references to other novels or comics, or if they were all unchronicled events.

 

[Christopher]

I would've expected the demonym for Ardana to be "Ardanan," but I guess a form like "Ardanian" isn't unprecedented -- for instance, I just happened to learn yesterday that the adjective for the asteroid 511 Davida is "Davidian" (not to be confused with the Devidians from TNG: "Time's Arrow"). I also learned that the asteroid's name is pronounced "Duh-VEE-duh" instead of "DA-vih-duh" as I'd assumed, but that's not relevant here.

 

[Greg Cox]

Sulu and Chekov mentioned a lot of old adventures involving TOS planets and races that weren’t (as far as I could tell) TOS episodes. I’m not sure if any of them were references to other novels or comics, or if they were all unchronicled events.

Not every old exploit Sulu and Chekov reminisce about is a reference to some previous work, be it a classic TV episode or a preexisting book or comic. Some of them I just made up in the interest of conveying the idea that the two friends and crewmates have a long history, going back decades.

 

[Adventerprise]

Dropping crumbs for future writers to pick up and run with.

 

[Greg Cox]

I would've expected the demonym for Ardana to be "Ardanan," but I guess a form like "Ardanian" isn't unprecedented -- for instance, I just happened to learn yesterday that the adjective for the asteroid 511 Davida is "Davidian" (not to be confused with the Devidians from TNG: "Time's Arrow"). I also learned that the asteroid's name is pronounced "Duh-VEE-duh" instead of "DA-vih-duh" as I'd assumed, but that's not relevant here.

I can't remember where I picked up that spelling, but I'm guessing I consulted Memory Alpha and/or Beta.