So, What Happened To The DS9 Novels ?

[Relayer1]

Has anyone got any idea if the DS9 story is being moved on from Sisko and Bashirs parts of the Typhon Pact novels, and if the jump forward in time is going to be 'backfilled' ?

From what I know of the release schedule for 2012, DS9 has been rather overlooked.

As DS9 was pretty much the flagship 'Relaunch' title, its sidelining seems odd...

 

[Mage]

Short answer: no.

Longer answer: A lot of fans suspect that the new duolagy by David R. George III will either have characters from DS9 in there, or might even be the filler story of what happened in those 4 years. But like I said, these are RUMORS. Nothing is certain.

 

[JD]

It's not a suspicion, DRGIII stated outright on his Facebook page that there are DS9 elements to his new duology. He just didn't say what kind of elements. He also said it includes stuff related to the Gamma Quadrant, so I'm wondering if it might deal with the Dominion.

 

[Relayer1]

It looks like the characters will probably crop up in bits and drabs in future novels - we may not get any real specifically DS9 novels.

I hope we don't lose track of any of the characters - Garak and O'Brien for instance...

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I hope we don't lose track of any of the characters - Garak and O'Brien for instance...

Well, one of the "may possibly contain..." drippings we've gotten mentioned Cardassians, so perhaps we can feel justified in hoping for both those characters to make appearances? The former's quite high-profile these days, at least.

 

[flemm]

Nothing positive since Warpath, imo, which was released in 2006, I believe.

 

[Chris McCarver]

Have to admit I'd love to see more DS9 books... of course, given the current statuses of most of the relaunch characters (and forgive me if I'm out of date on any of these)...

Spoiler: DS9 characters' current situations

...Sisko commanding the Robinson, Kira leaving Starfleet for the Bajoran clergy, Dax commanding Aventine with Bowers and Leishman on her crew, Vaughn in a coma, Taran'atar on space walkabout, Shar quitting Starfleet, O'Brien working with the SCE on Cardassia... at this point, Ro, Bashir, Tenmei, Quark, and maybe Nog (assuming he didn't take a posting elsewhere after Indistinguishable from Magic) are the only ones left...

...would it even be recognizable? Still, I remain hopeful.

 

[F. King Daniel]

DS9's in the same position the TOS crew were after STVI - except, unlike the TOSers, they're not yet at retirement age. So we get to see them individually at their new assignments - on the Robinson, Aventine etc. I like it. They're not stagnant like Picard, Worf and Beverly have become (IMO)

 

[Defcon]

Yeah, from a real world perspective it's far more realistic that a crew doesn't stay together for decades, but I guess due to the TOS crew always coming together when needed and with the TNG crew mostly unchanged until Nemesis (the Crusher/pulaski revolving door, Worf having a stint on DS9) we as viewers have been conditioned to expect our heroes staying together, so we have to get used to the fact that the DS9 crew is spread all over Galaxy I guess.

 

[Chris McCarver]

I'm all for a new approach to the DS9 books... but will it be following the classic characters on their various new endeavors, or will attention be focused on the station itself and those who've picked up the torch since the departures of Dax, O'Brien, and Nog, and the others? Either way, I'm anxious for more DS9 prose.

 

[Relayer1]

I'm all for a new approach to the DS9 books... but will it be following the classic characters on their various new endeavors, or will attention be focused on the station itself and those who've picked up the torch since the departures of Dax, O'Brien, and Nog, and the others? Either way, I'm anxious for more DS9 prose.

I don't see why we can't have both - over half of the main and supporting cast is still on either the station, Bajor or Cardassia - still in the DS9 'sphere of influence' - I am assuming that Bashirs silly spy escapades will be binned soon and return him to the station.

Sisko, Dax, Odo and Worf are gone but it would not be a huge stretch to reintroduce some of them. Odo and Sisko particularly.

The old 'new' crew of Vaughan and co. are still largely available and a few new characters wouldn't go amiss.

You'd really need a proper commitment to a new story arc and a couple of books a year though - maybe a linked series with one novel station based and the next picking up the characters who are further afield.

 

[Reanok]

I'd like to see a novel that was a Standalone Ds9 that didn't have anything to do with the TNg crew being in the story. I think it would be nice to see what's happened to the ds9 crew a missing sceens story to find out what happened during the missing five years that's kind of a mystery and find why certain characters made the decisions to leave ds9 or being reassigned starfleet.

 

[Therin of Andor]

it would not be a huge stretch to reintroduce some of them.

I find this hilarious and ironic. Fans complained bitterly that it was so unbelievable that the crews of TOS and TNG would stick together for so long, cutting short new career possibilities so we could see them together in each new adventure. VOY returned from the Delta Quadrant and have now, eerily like the "Gilligan's Island" reunion movie, returned to the place in which they'd been lost.

But Pocket should also "reintroduce" DS9 cast members to the DS9 Relaunch only a few years after they all departed for new career paths?

 

[Relayer1]

it would not be a huge stretch to reintroduce some of them.

I find this hilarious and ironic. Fans complained bitterly that it was so unbelievable that the crews of TOS and TNG would stick together for so long, cutting short new career possibilities so we could see them together in each new adventure. VOY returned from the Delta Quadrant and have now, eerily like the "Gilligan's Island" reunion movie, returned to the place in which they'd been lost.

But Pocket should also "reintroduce" DS9 cast members to the DS9 Relaunch only a few years after they all departed for new career paths?

Note I specified Sisko and Odo - Sisko certainly has unfinished business with Bajor and the Prophets, and Odo is midway through a story arc which requires resoloution. If not in a DS9 novel, then where ?

 

[Cybersnark]

And really, I'd say that Odo, being in the Gamma Quadrant, is still in DS9's "area of influence" --anything going to/from him has to pass through the station. And no matter how close he might be to Weyoun, Laas, and Taran'Atar, most of his close friends and confidants (and his lover) are still in the Alpha Quadrant; Changeling or not, he probably still thinks of himself as at least partially Bajoran.

 

[Relayer1]

And really, I'd say that Odo, being in the Gamma Quadrant, is still in DS9's "area of influence" --anything going to/from him has to pass through the station. And no matter how close he might be to Weyoun, Laas, and Taran'Atar, most of his close friends and confidants (and his lover) are still in the Alpha Quadrant; Changeling or not, he probably still thinks of himself as at least partially Bajoran.

Quite...

 

[flemm]

Note I specified Sisko and Odo - Sisko certainly has unfinished business with Bajor and the Prophets, and Odo is midway through a story arc which requires resolution. If not in a DS9 novel, then where ?

It's seems that, for the moment, the DS9-R as such has been disbanded in favor of folding some DS9 elements into the other series.

Characters like Sisko and Kira have been "Put on a Bus," i.e. written out of the story for the time being, but in a situation where they can easily be written back in, if that becomes desirable.

And really, I'd say that Odo, being in the Gamma Quadrant, is still in DS9's "area of influence" --anything going to/from him has to pass through the station. And no matter how close he might be to Weyoun, Laas, and Taran'Atar, most of his close friends and confidants (and his lover) are still in the Alpha Quadrant; Changeling or not, he probably still thinks of himself as at least partially Bajoran.

Well, a TNG character, Ro Laren, is now the commanding officer of the station. So, you might see a TNG-oriented novel where the Enterprise goes into the Gamma Quadrant and ends up dealing with the Dominion and maybe Odo. That sort of thing.

 

[Relayer1]

Note I specified Sisko and Odo - Sisko certainly has unfinished business with Bajor and the Prophets, and Odo is midway through a story arc which requires resolution. If not in a DS9 novel, then where ?

It's seems that, for the moment, the DS9-R as such has been disbanded in favor of folding some DS9 elements into the other series.

Characters like Sisko and Kira have been "Put on a Bus," i.e. written out of the story for the time being, but in a situation where they can easily be written back in, if that becomes desirable.

And really, I'd say that Odo, being in the Gamma Quadrant, is still in DS9's "area of influence" --anything going to/from him has to pass through the station. And no matter how close he might be to Weyoun, Laas, and Taran'Atar, most of his close friends and confidants (and his lover) are still in the Alpha Quadrant; Changeling or not, he probably still thinks of himself as at least partially Bajoran.

Well, a TNG character, Ro Laren, is now the commanding officer of the station. So, you might see a TNG-oriented novel where the Enterprise goes into the Gamma Quadrant and ends up dealing with the Dominion and maybe Odo. That sort of thing.

Tbh, I don't mind if they fold DS9 characters into Next Gen as long as they get as much coverage and they don't forget characters. This works, especially with the Worf and O'Brien connections, but it seems odd from a business perspective to put the DS9 title aside.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Maybe books with the DS9 branding have been under-performing?

 

[toughlittleship]

I think the DS9 novels were successful enough; the problem really was how tight the continuity ended up.