What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Authors?

[Steve Roby]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

The average city dump has discarded broken furniture that could have played Anakin more comvincingly than Hayden Christensen. Given someone other than Lucas writing and directing.

 

[Rush Limborg]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

On the subject of Quentin Tarantino--frankly, I could easily see him directing (and possibly writing) an all-Mirror-Universe ep, a la "In A Mirror, Darkly". Perhaps set in the DS9 era....

 

[Novae]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

I'd love to see the Vanguard writers do something focused tightly around one unit, like the X-Wing series. I would also strongly support this being on the Empire side, not the Rebellion.

 

[Yevetha]

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I would like to see something about an Imperial penalty unit.

 

[Rush Limborg]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

Apparently, at one point, the "Grand Admiral" of the Empire was actually something of a respectable, honorable fellow, as opposed to the typical cruel, iron-fisted type. I don't recall his name (I'm more into TrekLit than SW-ExpandedUniverse, by a long shot)...but upon my reading of him, he struck me as being a worthy subject of quite a few stories.

 

[Yevetha]

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You are talking about Thrawn.

He was a wery weird Machiavellian character who tought only the Empire could beat back the Vong, thats why he supported it.

 

[Fer]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

Or it could be Pellaeon. He seemed to be the start of the more benevolent Imperial rulers.

 

[Yevetha]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

Pellaeon was never a Grand Admiral.

 

[PsychoPere]

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Actually, Pellaeon was a Grand Admiral by NJO: Destiny's Way.

 

[Thrawn]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

You are talking about Thrawn.

He was a wery weird Machiavellian character who tought only the Empire could beat back the Vong, thats why he supported it.

 

[Relayer1]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

I wouldn't want to restrict any Trek authors earning potential - if they could get a Star Wars commission, best of luck to them, but I wouldn't be interested in reading it.

The Star Wars novels are to me an object lesson in how to kill interest in a franchise. As a fan of a certain age (I saw Star Wars multiple times on its release) I was more than excited when Timothy Zahns novels were announced. I enjoyed them and much of the material that followed, but as time went on and more and more mediocre cash-ins came out, my love waned.

I have tried a couple of the Yuuzhan Vong novels but couldn't go on. Although I have a slight temptation to read Death Star and Millennium Falcon novels I doubt that I will. It is a case of flooding the market with pointless mediocre releases giving diminishing returns, and I fervently hope Star Trek does not go in the same direction.

 

[Fer]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

I have tried a couple of the Yuuzhan Vong novels but couldn't go on. Although I have a slight temptation to read Death Star and Millennium Falcon novels I doubt that I will. It is a case of flooding the market with pointless mediocre releases giving diminishing returns, and I fervently hope Star Trek does not go in the same direction.

Well, "flooding the market" is kind of relative. Star Trek generally publishes 12 new novels a year while Star Wars generally publishes 9.

Whether or not Trek has gone in the same direction would depend on (as Obi-Wan would say) your point of view. I've seen plenty of posts on here where folks say that TrekLit stopped being enjoyable for them with the relaunches/Destiny/death of so-and-so stories, etc. So if as a reader they're not enjoying the direction the books have gone, they may feel the market's being flooded with mediocre Trek books the same as you feel about the SW books.

But on the flip side, if people are enjoying them, then they'd feel that the amount of books being published is either just right or even not aggressive enough. (For me personally, I've been enjoying both the SW and ST books, so it's just about right.)

 

[Stevil2001]

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Yeah, I enjoy both universes, and both have stuff I love (Shadows of Mindor, Children of Kings) and stuff I avoid (Fate of the Jedi, Voyager relaunch).

 

[Relayer1]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

Yeah, I enjoy both universes, and both have stuff I love (Shadows of Mindor, Children of Kings) and stuff I avoid (Fate of the Jedi, Voyager relaunch).

I am surprised (and stand corrected) that there are LESS Star Wars novels per year than Trek - bookshops shelves seem to be groaning under their weight with only a few Trek novels nearby - maybe SW is a bigger seller, hence more stock ?

I am also surprised that you avoid the Voyager relaunch novels. Whilst it was not exactly my favourite Trek TV series, and the first few relaunch novels were indeed atrocious, the Beyer novels have proved way better than the series. In my opinion anyway...

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

Yeah, I enjoy both universes, and both have stuff I love (Shadows of Mindor, Children of Kings) and stuff I avoid (Fate of the Jedi, Voyager relaunch).

I am surprised (and stand corrected) that there are LESS Star Wars novels per year than Trek - bookshops shelves seem to be groaning under their weight with only a few Trek novels nearby - maybe SW is a bigger seller, hence more stock ?

...

Heck, up until a few years ago, Pocket was putting out at least two Trek books a month, plus assorted hardcovers, trade paperbacks, short story collections, Klingon dictionaries, etc.

Good times . . . .

 

[Christopher]

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I am surprised (and stand corrected) that there are LESS Star Wars novels per year than Trek - bookshops shelves seem to be groaning under their weight with only a few Trek novels nearby - maybe SW is a bigger seller, hence more stock ?

My understanding is that Trek fans are more inclined to make their book purchases online, so there's less demand for Trek novels in brick-and-mortar stores.

 

[Relayer1]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

I am surprised (and stand corrected) that there are LESS Star Wars novels per year than Trek - bookshops shelves seem to be groaning under their weight with only a few Trek novels nearby - maybe SW is a bigger seller, hence more stock ?

My understanding is that Trek fans are more inclined to make their book purchases online, so there's less demand for Trek novels in brick-and-mortar stores.

I am certainly getting mine from Amazon thesedays. Can't find the brand new ones for weeks in most stores anyway.

 

[Stephen!]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

I am surprised (and stand corrected) that there are LESS Star Wars novels per year than Trek - bookshops shelves seem to be groaning under their weight with only a few Trek novels nearby - maybe SW is a bigger seller, hence more stock ?

Maybe it's a vicious circle. If there's less Star Trek novels on the shelves, there's less opportunities for people to buy them. And if less people are buying them, there's less novels on the shelves.

 

[Rush Limborg]

Re: What kind of Star Wars book would you like to see from Trek Author

Yeah, I enjoy both universes, and both have stuff I love (Shadows of Mindor, Children of Kings) and stuff I avoid (Fate of the Jedi, Voyager relaunch).

I am surprised (and stand corrected) that there are LESS Star Wars novels per year than Trek - bookshops shelves seem to be groaning under their weight with only a few Trek novels nearby - maybe SW is a bigger seller, hence more stock ?

...

Heck, up until a few years ago, Pocket was putting out at least two Trek books a month, plus assorted hardcovers, trade paperbacks, short story collections, Klingon dictionaries, etc.

Good times . . . .

Good times which I hope and pray will come again.

Say what you will about JJ's film...but love it or hate it (I loved it), it made Star Trek "cool" again. Kids of my generation who knew nothing about Trek except "Star Wars Is Better" () suddenly come up to me and apologize for all the grief they'd given me for being a "Trekkie", because, "Hey, I saw the new film, and it was cool--and now I'm watching the other stuff."

With that in mind...I'd wager it's only a matter of time before the Golden Age returns....

 

[Idran]

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Say what you will about JJ's film...but love it or hate it (I loved it), it made Star Trek "cool" again. Kids of my generation who knew nothing about Trek except "Star Wars Is Better" () suddenly come up to me and apologize for all the grief they'd given me for being a "Trekkie", because, "Hey, I saw the new film, and it was cool--and now I'm watching the other stuff."

With that in mind...I'd wager it's only a matter of time before the Golden Age returns....

Honestly, as weird as this might sound, I sort of hope we don't get new televised Trek. (I'm not referring to the silly rumors going around about a new series pitch, I'm just saying on principle.) Mostly because it would more than likely invalidate the TrekLit line bringing an end to most ongoing plots, and I really like the majority of TrekLit right now.

If we do ever get it, I'd hope we get it in a way that that doesn't happen - something based on JJTrek, something set a couple decades down the line from the present and without contradictory backstory, or (though I hold out no hope for this ever happening) something actually based on TrekLit stuff. But I know that if it ever did happen, these aren't very likely.

Basically, I hope that if we ever get more televised Trek, it either is in a way that TrekLit can go ahead as it is now, or it is really amazing, literally the best series to have come. (And either way, that it pulls in the TrekLit authorial community for storyline work, or maybe even screenplay writing. If JLU could do it with some of the top DC comics talent, why couldn't televised Trek do it with TrekLit authors? )