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By the way, it means a great deal that so many people have expressed a desire for me to be writing Trek fiction again, especially given that my last Trek novel came out almost a decade ago. Thank you guys.
Count me among the people would would love to see more trek from you, KRAD. You've written some of my favorite trek novels. In fact, those novels count among the select few trek novels that I occasionally re-read, and I've read a lot of trek novels over the years.
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By the way, it means a great deal that so many people have expressed a desire for me to be writing Trek fiction again, especially given that my last Trek novel came out almost a decade ago. Thank you guys.
I didn't realize it had been that long. Yeah, you're missed.
I'm pretty damn happy new books have been announced.
By the way, it means a great deal that so many people have expressed a desire for me to be writing Trek fiction again, especially given that my last Trek novel came out almost a decade ago. Thank you guys.
I've been re-reading a lot of Trek lately, and often what happens is I'll be in the mood for a certain author. So I read Articles Of The Federation and A Singular Destiny back to back a few months ago. It made me realize how much we owe you for a starting this whole new look at the Federation, with focusing on politics and the workings of the Federation government. I still love those two books so much.
I wondered if this means the rumoured future Picard tv series is officially off the table now
Some of which were quite cool (baby Boyce bouncing on "Jack" Archer's knee, "T'Pol's World") and some were as awkward as possible (trying to reconcile early ENT mind melding with TOS before the show itself finished that arc). Disco hasn't has been subtle as a sledgehammer with references (I half expected Admiral Cornwell to turn to the camera and say "That was the episode 'Broken Bow' everybody) so I guess we'll see.
Yeah, when you think about it he laid a pretty good foundation for the Federation government that is still referenced all these years later. Some of that was referenced in prior books but I remember the two books you referenced in particular because they added a lot to how Federation politics worked. And Bacco was a great character....I'd love to see someone like her as President today (though that's all I'll say about current politics).
In a way you can still feel his impact even how many years since his last book. He and David Mack with his Destiny books had a huge impact on where TNG, DS9, Voyager and Titan are today.
Speaking of David Mack I'd love to see something again someday by him. I know he's got other things he's working on right now but I hope he returns to the Star Trek family again in the future.
But none of this should be taken as any negativity toward our current others. I already noted it's probably been 20+ years since I last read a Star Trek book I didn't enjoy. They all have been doing a good job and I like that there's been more collaboration during the last several years (going back at least as far as TNG-Genesis Wave and DS9-Avatar books--maybe even a bit farther, those are the first I remember that seemed to start the continuing storylines for the relaunches)
By the way, it means a great deal that so many people have expressed a desire for me to be writing Trek fiction again, especially given that my last Trek novel came out almost a decade ago. Thank you guys.
Do it, else we'll start a petition!
Thanks for the shout-out, Allyn. (The piece is here, btw.) I hadn't thought about it as applied to Discovery, partially because Discovery hasn't fallen victim to it as much as other serialized, streaming narratives, but you do have a point. I thought Discovery did a better job than most: episodes 5-9 were all reasonably standalone. On the other hand, characters are often in their "lanes": Ash has no real interactions with anyone who's not Michael or Lorca.
Now that season one is over, I think you could slot a nice standalone novel somewhere between "Choose Your Pain" and "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum." Lorca, Michael, Saru, Tilly, Ash, Stamets, and Hugh all on Discovery, fighting the good fight against the Klingons, but clearly still with the time to do a single, standalone adventure with that in the background.
Let's see... The biggest timeline gap in the episodes set aboard Discovery is between "The Butcher's Knife..." and "Choose Your Pain," which is stated to be nearly 3 weeks. We know the ship has been on various combat missions in the interim, so there's room for a story or two to be told. The downside is that it's happening during the exploitation/torture of the "tardigrade," and at a point where Burnham is still pretty isolated from the crew, so it's maybe not the best place to put a standalone tale. However, the gap between "Choose" and "Lethe" is explicitly less than a week, so there's probably no room for a novel-length adventure there. As for the gaps between "Lethe," "Magic to Make...," and "Si Vis Pacem...," I got the impression that only a few days passed between them, but there weren't any explicit date or duration references that I can recall, so there could be room for a novel in there.
I get the impression that we will continue getting 'foundational' novels for Discovery, focusing on a particular character and something significant from their past, at least for now. Maybe once Discovery gets another season under it's belt they'll expand that.
But actually in a way for me, who outside the premiere on CBS, has not seen the show yet it's actually working out quite well. Eventually when it comes out on Blu-Ray (I hope sooner rather than later ) I'll have a pretty good familiarity with the characters. I have a good feel so far for Burnham, Lorca and Saru at this point (and some of the other characters as well) and the books have been well written. Thus far I haven't felt not seeing the show has impacted my enjoyment of the books.
But actually in a way for me, who outside the premiere on CBS, has not seen the show yet it's actually working out quite well. Eventually when it comes out on Blu-Ray (I hope sooner rather than later
) I'll have a pretty good familiarity with the characters. I have a good feel so far for Burnham, Lorca and Saru at this point (and some of the other characters as well) and the books have been well written. Thus far I haven't felt not seeing the show has impacted my enjoyment of the books.
That's interesting! Have you followed the news about the show, or have you avoided it?But actually in a way for me, who outside the premiere on CBS, has not seen the show yet it's actually working out quite well. Eventually when it comes out on Blu-Ray (I hope sooner rather than later
Production stuff I've sort of kept up on. And I'm familiar with some very general plot points. Like I know Mudd has made an appearance, that they end up in the mirror universe at some point, things like that. But I've avoided most specific plot points. I don't know what Mudd is doing, how they end up in the mirror universe or what happens there.
I avoid spoilers, but something like Christopher's comment above is fine since it's mostly time frames and episode names and very general information.
I was initially back and forth about reading the novels. Should I since I wouldn't see the show right away? Once I read the synopsis I realized I wasn't going to be ruining anything for when I see the show but I wondered if I would like them since they were characters from the show that I wasn't yet watching.
But then I thought of all the novels I already read with a lot of original characters like New Frontier, Titan and even all the original characters on the relaunches that were never featured on screen and realized that would not be a problem.
Thanks! Maybe you have and I haven't noticed, but I'd be curious to see your reviews (in the appropriate threads, I guess) for each of the novels in turn from that perspective. Like, who are Michael/Lorca/Georgiou/Saru to you?
My favorite book of the 3 so far is probably the 2nd book, Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward. I really liked the character of Lorca. A no nonsense kind of guy but with a bit of a dry wit. I liked when he told the other officer that his girlfriend was the only one allowed to call him Gabe without getting their head handed to them basically, that sort of thing. And I can see the events on Tarsus will have an effect on him in the future probably making him even more no nonsense. I got a sense their that his girlfriend (I apologize that I can't recall her name at the moment) would have helped him open up a bit more but now that she's gone I suspect in the show he's probably more serious.
I've learned a lot about Burnham and Saru in the other two books with each getting a bit more coverage in the opposite book. Saru of course is always fighting his fearful nature. He strikes me as very cautious and more strictly by the book. Though by the end of Fear Itself he seems to want to grow beyond that. However I get the impression he's still very cautious by the time of the show. Burnham is definitely a risk taker, that I even gathered from the pilot episode I saw. It's an interesting dynamic because of her being raised by Sarek you'd think she'd be more cautious and reserved. Yet she is more fly by the seat of her pants (though she seems to keep her emotions in check). In the first novel driving headlong into danger and in the last beaming the probe on board over Saru's objections. And she seems to like getting under his skin though some of that seems subconscious. She likes the rivalry but I never got the impression she considers him an enemy or even a rival (while he feels she is a rival on the other hand).
Georgiou is given some decent coverage too and I like her character. She seems to have some of Kirk's characteristics. She wants to hear opinions and encourages a free flow of information, yet she is decisive and she has the loyalty of her crew. And she can be unpredictable like Kirk. She also seems to encourage a bit of rivalry between Burnham and Saru, but because I think she thinks each has something the other lacks and she hopes they both work together and help each other in that regard. Those were the main characters I've thus far have gotten a decent feel for by the books without the show. I'm not sure how many characters carried over from the Shenzou to the Discovery. Wheeton was another character I recall from Fear Itself that had some good development, however, I'm not sure that he ends up on the show. But he seemed like a bit of a hot-head but to his credit he did try to reign that in and was willing to calm himself and listen to Saru.
I've learned a lot about Burnham and Saru in the other two books with each getting a bit more coverage in the opposite book. Saru of course is always fighting his fearful nature. He strikes me as very cautious and more strictly by the book. Though by the end of Fear Itself he seems to want to grow beyond that. However I get the impression he's still very cautious by the time of the show. Burnham is definitely a risk taker, that I even gathered from the pilot episode I saw. It's an interesting dynamic because of her being raised by Sarek you'd think she'd be more cautious and reserved. Yet she is more fly by the seat of her pants (though she seems to keep her emotions in check). In the first novel driving headlong into danger and in the last beaming the probe on board over Saru's objections. And she seems to like getting under his skin though some of that seems subconscious. She likes the rivalry but I never got the impression she considers him an enemy or even a rival (while he feels she is a rival on the other hand).
Georgiou is given some decent coverage too and I like her character. She seems to have some of Kirk's characteristics. She wants to hear opinions and encourages a free flow of information, yet she is decisive and she has the loyalty of her crew. And she can be unpredictable like Kirk. She also seems to encourage a bit of rivalry between Burnham and Saru, but because I think she thinks each has something the other lacks and she hopes they both work together and help each other in that regard. Those were the main characters I've thus far have gotten a decent feel for by the books without the show. I'm not sure how many characters carried over from the Shenzou to the Discovery. Wheeton was another character I recall from Fear Itself that had some good development, however, I'm not sure that he ends up on the show. But he seemed like a bit of a hot-head but to his credit he did try to reign that in and was willing to calm himself and listen to Saru.
Yahoo!!! This is great news I'm so glad Gred Cox will be having a new TOs novel coming out again and Dayton ward having a followup novel after Heart and Minds. I sure hope we'll get news about another Enterprise novel from C.L. Bennett and Ds9 books. I'm looking forward to another new book from Una McCormick too. I wish KRad would write anew Star Trek book too.
I'm really enjoying reading his novel The articles of the Federation.
I'm really enjoying reading his novel The articles of the Federation.
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