A Star Trek books break?

[PaulSimpson]

I did almost pick up the first Corp of Engineers compulation in Forbidden Planet last week when in London, but passed.

If you like mixing your Trek reading with other stuff, then COE/SCE is a great way to do it - in the good old days (pre-editorship!) I would alternate one novella with something else, and work through the omnibuses that way. They're short enough often to be read in one sitting.

Paul

 

[Rosalind]

I took a few years off during the late 90s because the stories seem to be all the same and I got bored with them, it was KRAD's The Brave and the Bold and the DS9 relaunch that got me back in. In the last couple of years I haven't read many Trek books due to study, so I've got a lot of catching up to do now.

By the way, I never stopped buying them.

yep, even though I haven't been doing that much reading in the last 3 years, I have bought the majority of the books released.

 

[Ferd Burfel]

I don't really take a break from Trek, but I do enjoy reading more than just Trek books. Before I picked Trek back up this time I read about four Easton Ellis books, so that put a little break into things.

 

[Csalem]

I went through a break for a while. I think it was around the time the 'A Time To...' books came out. I think I was all trekked out and started going through the Clive Cussler books. I'm now going through a Trek peak where I have bought nearly every Trek book that has come out this year and last. Breaks are good as they keep everything fresh.

 

[ronny]

I took a 10 year break about 5 or 6 years ago. I think I figured out it was the end of the Arnold era. I just found the books boring me. I don't think I said I'm not reading any more ST, it just kind of petered out. A few years ago while surfing around I saw that Andrew Robinson had written a book and my first reaction was it was going to be a ghost written thing but I found out it was actually read by him so I picked it up as Garak was one of the many great things about DS9. I loved that book and have been reading pretty strong ever since.

I'm currently reading pretty much most of the new stuff and liking it a lot more than when I took my break. I'm also reading a ton of the back log I missed and should be done with that soonish so I'll be back to just reading the new stuff coming out.

 

[GMac]

I'm on a hiatus from them at present, although it's as much through necessity (i.e lack of funds) and the fact I'm simply not reading many books period at the moment as much as anything.

GM

 

[donners22]

There are upwards of 120 Trek books on my shelves, most from 94-99.

I stopped buying all but the New Frontier series in about 2001, when I felt the quality was on the decline.

I stopped reading Trek lit altogether from about 2003-2006, and though I've started borrowing some from the local library (which is thankfully well-stocked), I've hardly bought any in that time.

Quality, tone/themes and the prevalence of mini-series and linked books were the reasons for my declining interest.

 

[Marie1]

Kindof... the waits between the DS9 relaunch novels... but I'll look them over again... reread my favourite parts... I'm lame.

 

[Ktrek]

I do take breaks occasionally because I have to. I run a social network website dedicated to classic films called The Golden Age of Hollywood, and my interest in films from the 1920s to the 1960s requires that I read biographies and other books related to film in that period (anyone also interested can find a link in my profile under CONTACT INFO). I also love reading P.D. James mysteries and James Bond novels. I do buy everything that comes out in Star Trek books much to my wife's chagrin! LOL

Kevin

 

[Brian]

I took a 10 year break about 5 or 6 years ago.

So you've only got 4 or 5 years to go?

 

[Starbreaker]

I read about 50 in a row in the 6th and 7th grade, and I have only read three or four since then (10 years ago).

 

[DimesDan]

I did almost pick up the first Corp of Engineers compulation in Forbidden Planet last week when in London, but passed.

If you like mixing your Trek reading with other stuff, then COE/SCE is a great way to do it - in the good old days (pre-editorship!) I would alternate one novella with something else, and work through the omnibuses that way. They're short enough often to be read in one sitting.

Paul

I might very well do that, but when I've brought either the anthologies or the MU or MydU compilations, I tend to read them all in one go. Also, since reading about the COE/SCE series in Voyages of the Imaginations I have been planning on getting them. Just out of curiosity, how many are their now? Seven or Eight?

 

[Dayton Ward]

With the release of Wounds, there are now 11 omnibus collections of SCE/CoE stories, collecting 1-56 of the original e-Book novellas. There are 10 more novellas in the SCE line, and 8 more under the CoE banner.

So, you've got plenty to read

 

[KRAD]

Also, since reading about the COE/SCE series in Voyages of the Imaginations I have been planning on getting them. Just out of curiosity, how many are their now? Seven or Eight?

I am editor, see me list.....

In mass-market under the Star Trek: S.C.E. banner:

Have Tech, Will Travel (reprinting the first four eBooks by Dean Wesley Smith, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Christie Golden, and Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore)

Miracle Workers (reprinting the next four eBooks [three stories], by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and David Mack & DeCandido)

Some Assembly Required (reprinting the next four eBooks, by Aaron Rosenberg, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Dave Galanter & Greg Brodeur, and Scott Ciencin & Dan Jolley)

No Surrender (reprinting the next four eBooks, by Jeff Mariotte, Ian Edginton & Mike Collins, Robert Greenberger, and Glenn Hauman)

Foundations (reprinting the next three eBooks, a single story by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore)

Wildfire (reprinting the next five eBooks [three stories], by J. Steven York & Christina F. York, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and David Mack)

Breakdowns (reprinting the next four eBooks, by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, Scott Ciencin, Heather Jarman, and Keith R.A. DeCandido)


In trade paperback under the Star Trek: Corps of Engineers banner:

Aftermath (reprinting the next eight eBooks [five stories], by Christopher L. Bennett, Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels, Robert Greenberger, Aaron Rosenberg, and Loren L. Coleman & Randall N. Bills)

Grand Designs (reprinting the next six eBooks, by Allyn Gibson, Kevin Killiany, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, David Mack, Dave Galanter, and Paul Kupperberg)

Creative Couplings (reprinting the next seven eBooks [six stories], by John S. Drew, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, Glenn Greenberg, J. Steven York & Christina F. York, Glenn Hauman & Aaron Rosenberg, and David Mack)

Wounds (reprinting the next seven eBooks [six stories], by Terri Osborne, Ilsa J. Bick, John J. Ordover, Cory Rushton, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Bick again)


The next compilation is Out of the Cocoon, which will reprint the next four eBooks, and also have an updated minipedia for the series; that's currently on the slate for fall 2009. The plan is for three more beyond that: What's Past, which will reprint the six eBooks under that subtitle, then Turn the Page and Remembrance of Things Past which will each have four eBooks from the relaunch. Authors of the above include (deep breath): William Leisner, Kevin Killiany, Phaedra M. Weldon, Robert T. Jeschonek, Terri Osborne, Steve Mollmann & Michael Schuster, Richard C. White, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, Heather Jarman, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Ward & Dilmore again, Robert Greenberger, Jeff D. Jacques, Glenn Greenberg, Weldon again, Ilsa J. Bick, and Osborne again.

Cha cha cha.

 

[Stephen!]

i read (nearly) nothing but my SW tie-ins from TPM to "The Unifying Force" in a mass read from May 2006 to January 2007.

that was around 50 books. i did read 2 other novels, a short Tenth Doctor novel and a short OF sci-fi book which was a bit crap.

I read a few, but never got into them to the extent that I read Trek books.

The only ones I've read are:

Shadows Of The Empire
The Last Command (Thrawn Trilogy Book 03)
Jedi Academy Trilogy 01-03
Dark Saber
Tatooine Ghost
Rise Of Darth Vader

 

[Therin of Andor]

I honestly don't remember them being that long between books though.

I thought there were a few big gaps but only the one. Have a look at the dates of the first few years of Pocket ST fiction:

Jun 81, Oct 81, Dec 81, Mar 82, May 82, Jan 83 (finally, after only the ST II novelization to tide us over), Mar 83, Jun 83, Aug 83...

Not to mention that many of these books were very slim compared to today's ST novels.

 

[BrotherBenny]

I buy the majority of new trek books that come out, but trek books only count for approximately a third of my total reading material. I read one trek, one or two other books (crime/other scifi/adventure etc) and then trek again.

I tend to go through 50-60 books a year, sometimes more. I think this year will be more than that.

 

[DimesDan]

I am editor, see me list.....

Cheers for that mate, seeing a boneafied KRAD list aimed my way brought a smile to face.

I've copied and pasted the list into word and I'm going to go into town and order Have Tech, Will Travel somewhen later on and take it from there.

 

[Marie1]

I can't help but notice how many of my fave Trek Lit authors are working on SCE etc. not my beloved DS9 relaunch. :P
No Spinning of wondrous tales of doings a transpiring on my ridiculously designed space station... and Taran'atar... :P

Oh well, some people have talked me into the SCE series, so I think I'll be testing those waters... *fetches snorkel*

But I must say... I've been *really* impressed with the entire relaunch so far. Mad writing and editing skills. Even things I didn't like in the series, like... the long Prophet scenes etc, I like in the books. Books are very awesome things. Non-book-people are missing out. *shakes head*

 

[William Leisner]

^ Actually, nobody is working on SCE at the moment.