Beginning Chapter One

[Christopher]

I'm a 'Game of Thrones' reader, and I love the TV show in equal but different ways. But there are a LOT of book-readers who look down on the show.

Well, I'd imagine that's at least as much about "No, they changed it so it's wrong" as about "TV is an inferior medium to books." It's better to use an original TV series as an example so you can assess the attitude toward the different media without interference from frustration at adaptational changes.

 

[David Strickhouser]

Plus, you can see a little more of the log than an episode might show. I like putting logs in my fanfiction - they're fun to write.

Yes, they are fun to write!
But one must be careful; stardates in the 1500-3000 range comprise a lot of the first and second seasons of TOS, so one must be cognizant of the adventures that took place in those ranges, and where the characters were in their lives at those points, too.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Yes, they are fun to write!
But one must be careful; stardates in the 1500-3000 range comprise a lot of the first and second seasons of TOS, so one must be cognizant of the adventures that took place in those ranges, and where the characters were in their lives at those points, too.

I cheat - I just put ``Stardate X`` and let the reader fill it in for themselves.

 

[Greg Cox]

I confess I find stardates a pain. I usually just look up the stardates of two adjacent episodes or movies and come up with a number in-between.

 

[Christopher]

That's the best part about working in the post-Enterprise era. Stardates haven't been invented yet, so I don't have to worry about them.

 

[Jinn]

I confess I find stardates a pain. I usually just look up the stardates of two adjacent episodes or movies and come up with a number in-between.

Captain's Log, supplemental. Problem solved.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Captain's Log, supplemental. Problem solved.

Yeah, I use those too, but usually not for the first log that appears. It gives the impression that there's something you missed when you're actually beginning an adventure.

 

[Dayton Ward]

I'd have to look to be sure, but I don't think I've ever actually used a "captain's log" in any of the Trek novels or short stories I've done. I think the comic we just wrote for IDW may be our very first one.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I think the comic we just wrote for IDW may be our very first one.

Wait, what?!

 

[Jinn]

Wait, what?!

https://daytonward.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/were-gonna-write-a-star-trek-comic/

 

[David cgc]

And it wasn't on the spines of the early Pocket MMPBs either -- only in descriptive text on the front cover, the words "STAR TREK" but not the actual title logo. The spines just had, from top to bottom, the Pocket logo, the tiny text "POCKET SCIENCE FICTION," the book title, the author's name, "TIMESCAPE," and the price information and catalog number.

Back in the early years of the novelverse, around 2003 or 2004, I remember Pocket experimented with minimized Trek branding on series-era novels not unlike the early books in the '80s. "Do Comets Dream?," "Garth of Izar," and "Gemini" all featured that sort of design. I thought it was kind of classy.

 

[Stevil2001]

Back in the early years of the novelverse, around 2003 or 2004, I remember Pocket experimented with minimized Trek branding on series-era novels not unlike the early books in the '80s. "Do Comets Dream?," "Garth of Izar," and "Gemini" all featured that sort of design. I thought it was kind of classy.

The covers for Do Comets Dream? and Gemini are some of my faves.

 

[Avro Arrow]

https://daytonward.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/were-gonna-write-a-star-trek-comic/

Thanks, Jinn!

As I mentioned in another thread, the Gold Key 'verse is one crazy 'verse... sounds like fun!

(This is what I get for not reading the whole internet every day...)