Best TNG novels?

[Christopher]

Those who object seem to be a very significant number.

No, they're just very loud and repetitive with their objections so they seem more numerous than they are. That's the way it always is in just about any walk of life -- the small group that objects most vehemently to something tends to dominate the conversation and drown out the more moderate majority. See: politics, religion.

 

[Corran Horn]

My list:

Vendetta
Federation
Dark Mirror
Blaze of Glory
Q-Squared
Reunion
The Romulan Stratagem

 

[JD]

Also what is this taboo trek fans have, that no main character may die, and if they do there is uproar...they're in a millitary exploratory service in danger every day, its amazing more of them dont' die.

There is no single thing that all Trek fans agree on. There are some fans who have had an intensely negative reaction to Janeway's death, but there are plenty of other fans who disagree with them. And if you look back on this forum a few years earlier, you'll find just as many fans objecting vehemently to the books' decision to resurrect Trip Tucker, insisting he should've stayed dead. And heck, earlier today in another thread on this forum, there were several posters expressing the belief that Data should not be resurrected.

Those who object seem to be a very significant number.
When Kirk died: outrage
When Data died: outrage
When Trip died: outrage
When Janeway died: outrage

I've never understood the source of this outrage.
I can in Kirks case because the death was badly handled, buried under a pile of rocks and forgotten about.
Trips death as I said was stupid, but its less the manner and more the fact of their deaths that seem to upset a great many people.

These are characters in a highly dangerous job, the combined dangers of military service and exploration, why should they be immune to death

That's nothing unique to Trek though, people are always pissed when a favorite character is killed in a long running franchise. You have should have seen how pissed people were when JK Rowling killed off a very popular major character in the 6th Harry Potter book.

 

[captcalhoun]

and then in comics, when a character gets killed, people just usually start a stopwatch to see how long it takes for them to come back...

 

[Therin of Andor]

I've never understood the source of this outrage.

Every character has fans.

Most fans have a favourite character.

When a ST character dies, you might get an extraordinary death story, and even some great sequels where other characters reflect on that death. But it does kinda end the potential for future stories for the dead character... until the ubiquitous SF resurrection scene.