2024 book releases
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The interesting thing is that Firewall occupies a different Amazon URL than the still-unused Star Trek: Picard hardcover listing with the placeholder date 31 December 2050.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982151900
shrug
I guess that means at least one of our beloved authors will live a very long time so that we can receive this Picard novel in another 27 years as promised!
Still the Canadian teams are being shut out? And here I thought we had a real chance in 2048, now that it's too hot for anybody to actually live further south than Winnipeg.
I’m assuming it’s a total coincidence that James Swallow’s fairly recent Splinter Cell novel and David Mack’s just announced Star Trek novel are both titled firewall.
I remember one instance when Tor Books and our sister company St. Martin's Press both published novels titled PURGATORY -- in the same season! One was SF, the other was a hardboiled detective novel, and, yes, there was some confusion when it came to shipping out review copies.
A classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing!
That's why multi-word titles (obscure Bible/poetry quotes, etc) are better, IMHO.
Maybe the thing to do before choosing a title is Google or Goodreads search it to see if someone has used it before.
Titles get reused all the time. Ideally you want to avoid a title too similar to something current or in the same genre, to avoid confusion; but there's nothing wrong with reusing a title that was used in the past (unless it's a series-specific title like Star Trek or Spider-Man or something). After all, titles should be meaningful, and the meaning of words and phrases comes from their familiarity, the fact that we've seen them more than once. If it's the right title for your story, it's the right title, regardless of whether it's been used before.
Also, of course, the difference between Splinter Cell: Firewall and Star Trek Picard: Firewall is immediately obvious. It's only part of the title, so there's no issue.
Also, of course, the difference between Splinter Cell: Firewall and Star Trek Picard: Firewall is immediately obvious. It's only part of the title, so there's no issue.
The more writers use a title, the more well-known it becomes, the more people might also use a variation of the same original phrase.
As long as it relates to something in the story, whether it's a literal reference (think Children of Tama-style - comparing one event to another known one) or a figurative, poetic reference, it works.
If you choose something obscure, you're contributing to its familiarity, so don't be surprised if you're one of the first but not the last.
As long as it relates to something in the story, whether it's a literal reference (think Children of Tama-style - comparing one event to another known one) or a figurative, poetic reference, it works.
If you choose something obscure, you're contributing to its familiarity, so don't be surprised if you're one of the first but not the last.
A lot depends on how relatively famous a previous book has become.
One would think twice before titling a new book GONE WITH THE WIND or TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, but it's really not going to matter if a new STAR TREK novel shares a title with a now-forgotten Harlequin romance from 1983 or some long out-of-print paperback murder mystery from 1964.
I confess: When I wrote ASSIGNMENT: ETERNITY, I was unaware that there was a classic Heinlein novel titled ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY.
One would think twice before titling a new book GONE WITH THE WIND or TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, but it's really not going to matter if a new STAR TREK novel shares a title with a now-forgotten Harlequin romance from 1983 or some long out-of-print paperback murder mystery from 1964.
I confess: When I wrote ASSIGNMENT: ETERNITY, I was unaware that there was a classic Heinlein novel titled ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY.
It could be a clever homage, in some cases. Substitute a similar word in a well-known title.
(I'm reminded of the I Love Lucy episode "Ricky Needs an Agent", where hapless "agent" Lucy, aka "Miss McGillicuddy", begs movie exec Walter Reilly to consider remaking one of MGM's classic films for Ricky - "Three Cubans In A Fountain" "A Streetcar Named Ricardo", "Ricky, Son of Flicka" to name a few suggested titles.)
(I'm reminded of the I Love Lucy episode "Ricky Needs an Agent", where hapless "agent" Lucy, aka "Miss McGillicuddy", begs movie exec Walter Reilly to consider remaking one of MGM's classic films for Ricky - "Three Cubans In A Fountain" "A Streetcar Named Ricardo", "Ricky, Son of Flicka" to name a few suggested titles.)
Well, yeah. Totally different genres, based on very different intellectual properties, and a two year gap between publication dates, I doubt readers will confuse our books. The only similarity is that (obviously) they're both awesome.
Not quite the same thing, but that reminds me of when the murder mysteries The Girl In The Red Coat and The Girl In The Green Coat both came out on the same time day from different publishers.
Well, yeah. Totally different genres, based on very different intellectual properties, and a two year gap between publication dates, I doubt readers will confuse our books. The only similarity is that (obviously) they're both awesome.
Wasn’t trying to say people would be confused. I own one of them and pre-ordered the other.
The one that probably was confusing recently.
Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova. The video game set mid-season 1.
Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova. The novelisation of the game which was apparently quite different (I would read it if it was ebook).
Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova. The season 1 finale.
Oof. Now that's just glaring in terms of logistical consistency.
Considering how much of that speech has been used for titles, there is not much left to choose from now. Star Trek: Space anyone?
Nana Visitor's book appears to have found a release date of March 12, 2024:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/bo...ans-Trek/Nana-Visitor/Star-Trek/9798886633016
If I'm remembering correctly, it was originally going to be published by the now defunct Eaglemoss
https://www.simonandschuster.com/bo...ans-Trek/Nana-Visitor/Star-Trek/9798886633016
If I'm remembering correctly, it was originally going to be published by the now defunct Eaglemoss
