2018 Releases

[The Scottish Nightmare]

Perhaps but I don’t see him leaving the Enterprise in that short of timespan. Perhaps in 10 years maybe.
Anyway, perhaps the Hobus incident could start the next big story. Maybe finally the Romulans will see reason and submit to the Federation once and for all.

 

[Christopher]

Likely the main reason why characters like Shelby, Lefler, and Selar were selected was because they were supporting characters who had canon-cred from having appeared in onscreen Trek stories, but they also hadn't reappeared in filmed stories in quite some time, and were unlikely to be used again by the then-current production teams. Thus, they were probably considered relatively "safe" to do dynamic things with in the novels without much risk of future canon-contradictions.

It was more than that. The characters you mentioned were all popular with fans, and a lot of people wanted to see them again. Selar had been in novels before New Frontier came along, notably in A.C. Crispin's The Eyes of the Beholders. Shelby had been mentioned in several earlier novels, including Shatner's The Return, and Peter David himself had used her previously in Vendetta. And I think all three made appearances in DC's TNG comic.

I mean, there had to be a reason that we got Shelby and Lefler and Selar and not, say, Chief Engineer Leland T. Lynch or Lieutenant Barnaby. The characters weren't picked at random.

 

[GaryH]

I am......meh on those two storyllines. I despise Burgoyne and Selar's relationship.

I enjoyed reading about it but agree it was dysfunctional.

 

[GaryH]

It was more than that. The characters you mentioned were all popular with fans, and a lot of people wanted to see them again. Selar had been in novels before New Frontier came along, notably in A.C. Crispin's The Eyes of the Beholders. Shelby had been mentioned in several earlier novels, including Shatner's The Return, and Peter David himself had used her previously in Vendetta. And I think all three made appearances in DC's TNG comic.

I mean, there had to be a reason that we got Shelby and Lefler and Selar and not, say, Chief Engineer Leland T. Lynch or Lieutenant Barnaby. The characters weren't picked at random.

Agreed, which is why I would like to see them in use again.

 

[Leto_II]

It was more than that. The characters you mentioned were all popular with fans, and a lot of people wanted to see them again. Selar had been in novels before New Frontier came along, notably in A.C. Crispin's The Eyes of the Beholders. Shelby had been mentioned in several earlier novels, including Shatner's The Return, and Peter David himself had used her previously in Vendetta. And I think all three made appearances in DC's TNG comic.

I mean, there had to be a reason that we got Shelby and Lefler and Selar and not, say, Chief Engineer Leland T. Lynch or Lieutenant Barnaby. The characters weren't picked at random.

I wasn't saying they were. And yep, I know about those other appearances too, and their popularity (I was glad to finally see Shelby again in Vendetta, for example). I was just observing that none of them had appeared recently onscreen by that point either.

 

[Christopher]

^Yes, which is why I said it was more than that. That is not contradicting your point, it is adding to it.

 

[iarann]

Perhaps but I don’t see him leaving the Enterprise in that short of timespan. Perhaps in 10 years maybe.

10 years plus the 10 he already served? The Hobus incident is like 20 years after Encounter at Farpoint. That's a really long time to stay a captain of one ship, long enough I can't think of any canon president. It makes sense the comic writers thought he would have moved on to something else.

 

[The Gatekeeper]

The Hobus incident is like 20 years after Encounter at Farpoint. That's a really long time to stay a captain of one ship,

He hasn't been Captain of one ship. In the time period spanning between Farpoint and Hobus he has commanded two ships, the Enterprise D for eight years and the Enterprise E for fifteen.

long enough I can't think of any canon president.

Assuming you meant to say "precedent" by the time Kirk retired in 2293 he had been commanding Enterprises off and on for the past twenty-seven years.

 

[JD]

Just a reminder, they announced back at one of the cons in August that they new contract does include the Kelvinverse.

 

[The Gatekeeper]

Just a reminder, they announced back at one of the cons in August that they new contract does include the Kelvinverse.

Or rather, it will when it's signed. Until then, this is all more or less hypothetical.

 

[JD]

Good point

 

[Ronald Held]

As of now,there are only DSC and Prometheus novels out in 2018?

 

[The Gatekeeper]

And a new Voyager one.

 

[Leto_II]

^ At the moment, yup.

 

[JD]

There are few non-fiction books and several comics every month, but that is it for the novels.

 

[Markonian]

So, 4 new novels due out this year, bottom line.

 

[David Weller]

Five.

2 Discovery
2 Prometheus
1 Voyager

 

[Reanok]

David A.Goodman is writing a Spock biography coming out later this year.The book is published by a different Publishing company than Pocket books..Goodman mentioned working on the book in a recent Literary Treks interview I listened to a few days ago. The Literary Trek Trek.fm podcast was about the Jean Luc Picard Biography by David A.Goodman.

 

[DrCorby]

He hasn't been Captain of one ship. In the time period spanning between Farpoint and Hobus he has commanded two ships, the Enterprise D for eight years and the Enterprise E for fifteen.

Assuming you meant to say "precedent" by the time Kirk retired in 2293 he had been commanding Enterprises off and on for the past twenty-seven years.

Didn't Picard also serve as captain of the Stargazer for 22 years? So that's a personal precedent for remaining on a ship for a long time.

 

[JD]

Well, we do have a very small new development for next year's books.
They've released the cover art for the Voyager novel, Architects of Infinity.