Can I read ST: Destiny...

[Freman]

...without having read any of the other Relaunch stuff? As it stands, I've only read the first two Titan books, and nothing else. But I have the Destiny trilogy sitting on my shelf right now, calling out to me.

Should I wait until I get some of the other books, or can I read this without being too confused?

 

[Myasishchev]

Yes. I did.

Now, I didn't care for it all that much. It really only shines when Erika Hernandez is around, and ultimately should've been one book. I don't blame Mack--I should've known the Borg would bore.

 

[captcalhoun]

on the other hand, i loved the whole trilogy and thought it was all great.

 

[Myasishchev]

I wonder if not reading a lot of the lead-up stuff impacted my enjoyment in that regard?

And I should've said that I'm in the overwhelming minority, as most people thought it was A+.

 

[Paris]

I found that reading Resistance, Before Dishonor, and Greater Than the Sum made the Destiny trilogy all the more enjoyable. Destiny can be read and enjoyed on its own, but the lead up with the Borg in those three TNG relaunch novels leads us directly into the Destiny series and makes the Borg confrontation all the more meaningful. Q&A (which fits in between Resistance and Before Dishonor) doesn't deal with the Borg at all, but if you decide to check out the TNG relaunch material, make sure you don't forget to pick it up. One of the best Q stories ever. KRAD really hit it out of the park with that one .

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I found that reading Resistance, Before Dishonor, and Greater Than the Sum made the Destiny trilogy all the more enjoyable. Destiny can be read and enjoyed on its own, but the lead up with the Borg in those three TNG relaunch novels leads us directly into the Destiny series and makes the Borg confrontation all the more meaningful. Q&A (which fits in between Resistance and Before Dishonor) doesn't deal with the Borg at all, but if you decide to check out the TNG relaunch material, make sure you don't forget to pick it up. One of the best Q stories ever. KRAD really hit it out of the park with that one .

Personally, I think you need to read all of the preceding books to get the full experience (and what an experience it is!), but I know plenty of people simply read them alone and still found them fantastic.

 

[Claudia]

I went into Destiny without having read the TNG-relaunch, and I didn't get the impression I missed out on anything vital.

I'd just give it a try - if you feel lost, you could still read all the the TNG-relaunch and later 2 Titan-books and then come back to Destiny.

 

[JD]

I think you could probably read Destiny without any of the other TNG-Relaunch/Titan books. Reading the other books would help, so if you can get ahold of them I'd say wait. But if you can't or just really don't want to wait you could probably read the trilogy with very little difficulty.

 

[KRAD]

Q&A (which fits in between Resistance and Before Dishonor) doesn't deal with the Borg at all, but if you decide to check out the TNG relaunch material, make sure you don't forget to pick it up. One of the best Q stories ever. KRAD really hit it out of the park with that one .

Aw, thanks! *blush*

 

[SicOne]

I think you could probably read Destiny without any of the other TNG-Relaunch/Titan books. Reading the other books would help, so if you can get ahold of them I'd say wait. But if you can't or just really don't want to wait you could probably read the trilogy with very little difficulty.

It will greatly enhance your enjoyment of Destiny of you read, at a minimum, TNG's Before Dishonor and Greater Than The Sum (on a personal note, I can't in good conscience recommend Resistance, which I found a snoozefest, and which was recapped quite well by BD and GTTS); while Destiny does a fair job at recapping events of BD and GTTS in a few paragraphs reminiscent of (cue Majel Barrett's voiceover) "Last time, on Star Trek:The Next Generation...", to get the full impact of these events preceeding Destiny, read those two books.

And, no, Peter David and Christopher Bennett aren't paying me to shill their books...

If you get hooked back into TrekLit by Destiny, the events continue to unfold in Titan:Over A Torrent Sea and the stand-alone A Singular Destiny, as well as the Voyager book Full Circle (which covers times before/during/after Destiny). To that end, reading at least the first Titan book, Taking Wing, will familiarize you with the cast and crew of that ship, which participates heavily in the events of Destiny. Destiny takes place between Over A Torrent Sea, the fifth book of Titan, and Sword of Damocles, the fourth book, so a reading of SoD might be in order to bring you up to speed on Titan immediately before Destiny. I did not read SoD, but had read two other Titan books, so I was just fine.

So, to recap, the Official SicOne Recommendation, in order...

Titan:Taking Wing
TNG:Before Dishonor
TNG:Greater Than The Sum
Destiny trilogy
A Singular Destiny
Titan:Over A Torrent Sea
Voyager:Full Circle

Hope this helps

 

[Christopher]

^Actually next month's Losing the Peace should be on that list as well. It's a much more direct Destiny followup than Over a Torrent Sea is.

 

[SicOne]

^Actually next month's Losing the Peace should be on that list as well. It's a much more direct Destiny followup than Over a Torrent Sea is.

One of the hallmarks of the Official SicOne Recommendation is I only recommend books I have actually read. That's also why Sword of Damocles was left off the OS1R...for now.

No, I will not violate my ethics, Christopher...not even for a modest fee.

I have high hopes for Losing The Peace, though, based upon Leisner's other works. Then again, I liked some of Jeanne Dillard's other Trek books, but I'm sorry, Resistance fell flat.

 

[William Leisner]

Ethics, schmethics. EVERYBODY, READ MY BOOK!!!

 

[SicOne]

Ethics, schmethics. EVERYBODY, READ MY BOOK!!!

Fine, FINE, I will! It better be good.

 

[JD]

From what I read on S&S.com yesterday it is really good, and I would definitely recommend it. Along with A Singular Destiny, it seemed to deal the most with the events of Destiny.

 

[adamisme]

i thought reading everything up to the Destiny Trilogy while not necessary was worth doing, as someone else mentioned Q&A while not dealing with the Borg was a great read. not sure about buying A Singular Destiny, is it a worthwhile purchase. Nearly finished Full Circle

 

[Deranged Nasat]

i thought reading everything up to the Destiny Trilogy while not necessary was worth doing, as someone else mentioned Q&A while not dealing with the Borg was a great read. not sure about buying A Singular Destiny, is it a worthwhile purchase. Nearly finished Full Circle

"A Singular Destiny" is indeed worthwhile, very much so. It does a good job showing the scope of the destruction in "Destiny", and is a sensitive and sobering look at the aftermath. Its central character, a newly created civilian, is very likeable and a rather unique personality. The revelations at the end also set up a wealth of story-telling possibilities in the novels yet to come.

 

[adamisme]

i thought reading everything up to the Destiny Trilogy while not necessary was worth doing, as someone else mentioned Q&A while not dealing with the Borg was a great read. not sure about buying A Singular Destiny, is it a worthwhile purchase. Nearly finished Full Circle

"A Singular Destiny" is indeed worthwhile, very much so. It does a good job showing the scope of the destruction in "Destiny", and is a sensitive and sobering look at the aftermath. Its central character, a newly created civilian, is very likeable and a rather unique personality. The revelations at the end also set up a wealth of story-telling possibilities in the novels yet to come.

thanks for the input, not usually good at reading books that don't have any familiar characters in

 

[Deranged Nasat]

i thought reading everything up to the Destiny Trilogy while not necessary was worth doing, as someone else mentioned Q&A while not dealing with the Borg was a great read. not sure about buying A Singular Destiny, is it a worthwhile purchase. Nearly finished Full Circle

"A Singular Destiny" is indeed worthwhile, very much so. It does a good job showing the scope of the destruction in "Destiny", and is a sensitive and sobering look at the aftermath. Its central character, a newly created civilian, is very likeable and a rather unique personality. The revelations at the end also set up a wealth of story-telling possibilities in the novels yet to come.

thanks for the input, not usually good at reading books that don't have any familiar characters in

Ezri Dax features reasonably heavily.

 

[adamisme]

"A Singular Destiny" is indeed worthwhile, very much so. It does a good job showing the scope of the destruction in "Destiny", and is a sensitive and sobering look at the aftermath. Its central character, a newly created civilian, is very likeable and a rather unique personality. The revelations at the end also set up a wealth of story-telling possibilities in the novels yet to come.

thanks for the input, not usually good at reading books that don't have any familiar characters in

Ezri Dax features reasonably heavily.

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