Trek novelists on Trek movies

[KRAD]

Tor.com is doing a Star Trek Movie Marathon, with appreciations by the seven original-series films by a variety of folks. As of today (Wednesday), we have:

• "Big Ideas Worthy of a Return" -- The Motion Picture by Dayton Ward
  "In the Shadow of Genesis: How the Other Trek Films Suffer from The Wrath" -- The Wrath of Khan by Ryan Britt
  "All for One" -- The Search for Spock by David Mack
  "I Feel Fine" -- The Voyage Home by Keith R.A. DeCandido

There'll be more as the week progresses, so keep an eye on Tor.com......

 

[JD]

Very cool. Which reminds me, I still need to finish Mack/Ward's TOS S3 rewatch.

 

[terpette]

I <3 tor.com. Why are they doing more for Trek than S&S, though? Are they all part of the same conglomo?

Either way, it gives me something to read at work besides the Trek Today RSS feed.

Karen

 

[JD]

Yeah, I was kinda surprised by that too. Not that I'm complaining, I've been loving the S3 Rewatches, and the TMP article was pretty cool too.

 

[Technobuilder]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Keith.

 

[James Cole]

Thanks Keith, look forward to your TNG recaps.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Thanks for the heads up! I also enjoyed that excerpt from Meyer's book.

 

[BillJ]

Read the The Motion Picture by Dayton Ward and have to say it was very underwhelming. It was, essentially, just the highlights of information I'd seen before.

I was hoping for something more akin to the reviews he and David Mack did for TOS season 3.

 

[zarkon]

I liked the star trek V one. Touches on a lot of the stuff I always liked about it (row row row row, question for god, I need my pain etc), and raises a very good point about what the movie was trying to be.

I would say that it's not the most derided trek film any more, Insurrection & Nemesis rightfully fulfil that role now.

 

[j3067]

Pretty Cool. I really like these commentaries hosted by TOR. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Greg Cox]

I <3 tor.com. Why are they doing more for Trek than S&S, though? Are they all part of the same conglomo?

Nope. Tor is part of Macmillan, which is part of Holtzbrinck . . .

There's no corporate connection to S&S at all. I think we're just doing it because we want tor.com to be fun and interesting. (Not that I have much to do with tor.com, aside from writing the occasional piece on Richard Matheson.)

 

[Adam Holmberg]

I was also wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that Marco Palmieri is now employed by Tor...

Which Tor + Marco + great authors we love = great things, IMO.

 

[Christopher]

^No, Tor.com has been employing Trek novelists to write its reviews since well before Marco came onboard at Tor. And I think they're different departments of the corporation anyway.