Does anybody know what happened to Captain Picard after the Stargazer & before the Enterprise-D?
JDW
JDW
Captain Picard?
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In canon? Nothing.
In books, check out the new book "The Buried Age" written by Christopher Bennet, a TrekBBS poster.
In books, check out the new book "The Buried Age" written by Christopher Bennet, a TrekBBS poster.
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Well the whole "time to series" is very well written and fills the whole nicely between Insurrection and Nemesis, explaining all of the off-screen character developement that was never explained in NEM. ("Who that? oh that's my son Wes who went off to live on a higher plane, wouldn't worry about it...")
What i tend to find with recent Trek Lit is that it all sees to be arc driven: The DS9 relaunch; VOY after she got home; Titan etc. This isn't a criticism in ANY way, but it makes it dificult to recommend a single stand-alone book that has been recently released.
I'll plump for 'Metamorphosis' by Jean Lorrah. A really good Data story, that for me comes the closest to describing the world as Data really sees it. Oh and you see a really good side of Pulaski as well. IIRC it's set just after TNGs 2nd season's "Measure of a Man". Quite an old book by recent Trek standards but worth picking up i reckon.
Well the whole "time to series" is very well written and fills the whole nicely between Insurrection and Nemesis, explaining all of the off-screen character developement that was never explained in NEM. ("Who that? oh that's my son Wes who went off to live on a higher plane, wouldn't worry about it...")
What i tend to find with recent Trek Lit is that it all sees to be arc driven: The DS9 relaunch; VOY after she got home; Titan etc. This isn't a criticism in ANY way, but it makes it dificult to recommend a single stand-alone book that has been recently released.
I'll plump for 'Metamorphosis' by Jean Lorrah. A really good Data story, that for me comes the closest to describing the world as Data really sees it. Oh and you see a really good side of Pulaski as well. IIRC it's set just after TNGs 2nd season's "Measure of a Man". Quite an old book by recent Trek standards but worth picking up i reckon.
I remember that book. Not a bad one at all.
I'm about 75% done with it, great book.
Spider said:
I swear, one of these days I am gonna have to read a Star Trek book.
I've never read a Star Trek novel. Ever. So, my question is, for someone who likes reading science fiction, but doesn't normally read tie in novels, which Star Trek book would you suggest?
Spider,
I'm going to go a bit off topic in replying, as well as old school when it comes to recommending a ST novel. My favorite is one of the first ones. It's called "The Entropy Effect" by Vonda McIntyre. It introduces a cool kick-ass female security chief -- and this was years before Tasha Yar -- who serves on Enterprise with Kirk, Spock, Sulu and co. The plot is Spock has discovered the universe is going to run down in about 100 years, and this "entropy effect" is tied in to the invention of an old physics professor. Don't want to give away too much, but it involves time travel, the untimely death of some characters, and a look at characters who patrol the Federation's border.
Back on topic, I'm glad they're finally delving into that lost nine years between Picard losing the Stargazer and taking command of Enterprise-D. Me, I like to think Picard did the following: became a trouble-shooting starship captain during those years, kind of like Captain Ramius in "The Hunt for Red October," taking command of new ships temporarily for shakedown cruises; and maybe taught a course in starship diplomacy for a few years at Starfleet Academy, owing to his long record of establishing first contact with many races while captain of the Stargazer.
Red Ranger
It is entirely possible that after the loss of the Stargazer and in the hearings that followed it was still decided that Picard was a kick-ass captain so he was given the Enteprise right then and there (which still would've been under construction at this time if you take the TM's 20-year construction timeline as factual) but had to wait for it to be ready. So for 8 years he taught at the academy, persued personal archeology interests, or just too sabatical until his ship was ready.
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