Amazons description of Full Circle (possible spoilers)

[adamczar]

Yes, it has been called "epic" by some who have already read it. It picks up right where Spirit Walk left off, and covers the next two and a half years, through the events of Destiny and a little after. So, Janeway is featured, obviously, during the sections set while she was still alive, but the crew's subsequent response to her death is also dealt with.

I am officially excited. I'd love to see how the crew reacts to Janeway's fate.

Since it's an "epic" to some, what's the word length? Just curious.

Also, for what it's worth, Book 2 of the String Trilogy was my favorite. The last scene with Janeway in sickbay with Naomi was just great. I didn't realize Kirsten Beyer was the author until someone pointed it out (I read it a while ago)

 

[Christopher]

^^The draft I read of Full Circle was something like 133,000 words, which is a pretty hefty book. Not quite David R. George III territory, but about the size of The Buried Age.

 

[adamczar]

^^The draft I read of Full Circle was something like 133,000 words, which is a pretty hefty book. Not quite David R. George III territory, but about the size of The Buried Age.

Could not be happier to hear that.

I love all the crews, but for whatever reason Voyager sticks with me the most. I blame Pathways.

 

[Thrawn]

^^The draft I read of Full Circle was something like 133,000 words, which is a pretty hefty book. Not quite David R. George III territory, but about the size of The Buried Age.

Oh that's just awesome.

 

[BrotherBenny]

^^The draft I read of Full Circle was something like 133,000 words, which is a pretty hefty book. Not quite David R. George III territory, but about the size of The Buried Age.

Oh that's just awesome.

Thirded.

Really looking forward to this.

 

[Kirsten Beyer]

Thanks!

And Chris is right on with the word count.

Best,
Kirsten

 

[RonG]

for the first time in years, I think I'm gonna buy a Voyager book!

 

[Elemental]

If I had to guess what the "full circle" element is (at least a part of it), I would guess that Voyager might end up in a position to re-explore the Delta Quadrant post-Borg evolution and re-acquaint with some of their old contacts (similar to Titan in the far off Beta Quadrant and Aventine whatever far off destination she will have).

 

[Idoliside]

for the first time in years, I think I'm gonna buy a Voyager book!

Me too, i think the last one i got that wasn't in an anthology was Mosiac.

 

[AuntKate]

If I had to guess what the "full circle" element is (at least a part of it), I would guess that Voyager might end up in a position to re-explore the Delta Quadrant post-Borg evolution and re-acquaint with some of their old contacts (similar to Titan in the far off Beta Quadrant and Aventine whatever far off destination she will have).

Sounds great to me, as long as they pick up Janeway en route.

 

[DimesDan]

If I had to guess what the "full circle" element is (at least a part of it), I would guess that Voyager might end up in a position to re-explore the Delta Quadrant post-Borg evolution and re-acquaint with some of their old contacts (similar to Titan in the far off Beta Quadrant and Aventine whatever far off destination she will have).

Sounds great to me, as long as they pick up Janeway en route.

The above events will occur post Destiny, thus post Before Dishonour and with out wanting this to became another debate on the merits of returning Janeway from the afterlife (if she is in fact there) but JANEWAY. IS. DEAD. and I hope she stays that way.

 

[AuntKate]

I'm assuming the goal is to sell books. If that is true, Janeway will be back. Eventually. No true Voyager fan wants to read a novel without the captain/admiral in it. Trust me on that.

 

[Trent Roman]

I'm assuming the goal is to sell books. If that is true, Janeway will be back. Eventually. No true Voyager fan wants to read a novel without the captain/admiral in it. Trust me on that.

I have no intrinsic objection to a Voyager novel without Janeway and would consider myself a 'true' fan, although admittedly Pathways is the only quality Voyager novel with little to no Janeway that I can think of off-hand. (The Spirit Walk duology and third String Theory book were also Janeway-light, but they weren't very good for largely unrelated reasons.) My objections are, as previously stated elsewhere, the terrible reason why.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Dark Gilligan]

I'm assuming the goal is to sell books. If that is true, Janeway will be back. Eventually. No true Voyager fan wants to read a novel without the captain/admiral in it. Trust me on that.

I disagree. That's like saying no true fan wants to read a novel set aboard the Enterprise without Captain Kirk. Voyager is the ship upon which her stories take place. Crews come and go, characters die, but Voyager herself continues.

 

[Turtletrekker]

^ Agreed. I'm actually looking more forward to the next two post-finale Voyager books than any other p-f Voyager books before them. This has nothing to do with Janeway, but rather because for the first time, I'm interested in the direction that the series is heading in.

My main reservation about the lack of Janeway is my concern that Chakotay will be as interesting a captain as he was a first officer. Kira could take over the lead of the DS9-R without any difficulty because, well, Kira rocks! But Chakotay...?

 

[William Leisner]

I'm assuming the goal is to sell books. If that is true, Janeway will be back. Eventually. No true Voyager fan wants to read a novel without the captain/admiral in it. Trust me on that.

And if you can't trust a pseudonymous internet poster making absolute statements without anything to support their position, who can you?

 

[Defcon]

I'm assuming the goal is to sell books. If that is true, Janeway will be back. Eventually. No true Voyager fan wants to read a novel without the captain/admiral in it. Trust me on that.

You do know that you're kind of bashing your own show, right?

If a show/series is so depended on one character that in your opinion it can't be interesting for true fans without her, that doesn't really gives the impression that the show is especially good.

 

[JD]

I'm assuming the goal is to sell books. If that is true, Janeway will be back. Eventually. No true Voyager fan wants to read a novel without the captain/admiral in it. Trust me on that.

I couldn't disagree more. I've always been a Voyager fan, and I'm very curious to see what direction the books are going to go in now that they are changing authors, and following on from Destiny. I'm also curious to see how the characters handle Janeways death.

 

[Deano2099]

Conversely, as someone that's very much not a 'true Voyager fan' - I got bored around mid-season 5 and gave up - I'm looking forward to this, because of the direction it seems to be taking things.
And Janeway is in half of the book anyway.

 

[Trent Roman]

I disagree. That's like saying no true fan wants to read a novel set aboard the Enterprise without Captain Kirk. Voyager is the ship upon which her stories take place. Crews come and go, characters die, but Voyager herself continues.

Hmm. Honestly, I care more about the characters than I do the ship. The VOY-R novels could have kept the ship in dissection or turned it into a museum piece, and I still would have been plenty satisfied if the books had given interesting storylines to the disparate characters at their respective postings or no ship at all, for those who ought to have left Starfleet. I think the Spirit Walk duology amply demonstrated that simply being on Voyager physictally does not an interesting character make.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman