David R. George III

[David R. George III]

A certain fifth film perhaps? Scotty and Uhura had an interesting story there, but I like the idea of DRGIII using his "dash odf creativity."

I'd even throw in a soupçon of inventiveness and a trace of imagination...

Would Mr. Shimerman ever consider co-writing another DS9 novel?

That is a question better asked of Armin. I will note that Armin has collaborated on two other novels (The Merchant Prince with Michael Scott, and The Merchant Prince, Volume Two: Outrageous Fortune with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro), while penning a third (Capital Offense: The Merchant Prince, Volume III) completely on his own. At one point, a while ago, Armin and I actually kicked around a couple of story ideas for television, but since we've both been writing on our own, we haven't talked about teaming up for another novel.

 

[JD]

David, I just read your article in the DS9 15th Anniversay ST Magazine issue, and I wanted to compliment you on a well written article.

 

[David R. George III]

^ Thanks, JD! I'm glad you thought so.

 

[PaulSimpson]

^ Thanks, JD! I'm glad you thought so.

Despite the typo!!!

{hangs head in shame}

Paul

 

[Man of Steel]

^ Thanks, JD! I'm glad you thought so.

So David, what have you been writing lately? When we going to see another Trek novel from you....

 

[David R. George III]

^ I'm working on several projects at the moment, none of which I'm at liberty to discuss, though none of them are Star Trek. I have written a few articles for Star Trek Magazine, two of which have been printed, one of which should be out soon. And this summer, a non-Trek short story I wrote should be published in a volume of Thrilling Wonder Stories (a similar anthology was published last summer). I've been told that this year's edition will contain several Star Trek articles.

 

[BrotherBenny]

^ Thanks, JD! I'm glad you thought so.

Despite the typo!!!

{hangs head in shame}

Paul

I still haven't got my issue of the ST mag, wasn't Titan supposed to give suscbribers their copies first? When are we going to get it in the UK?

 

[Defcon]

I still haven't got my issue of the ST mag, wasn't Titan supposed to give suscbribers their copies first? When are we going to get it in the UK?

Paul Simpson posted this in the thread in the DS9 forum:

As far as UK distribution goes, the magazine will be on release on 22 March, as it's now being printed in the US and shipped into the UK, in common with the majority of Titan's US-show based magazines. I signed off on the website update recently, so that should show there very soon.

Not sure if that helps you.

 

[Stevil2001]

^ I'm working on several projects at the moment, none of which I'm at liberty to discuss, though none of them are Star Trek. I have written a few articles for Star Trek Magazine, two of which have been printed, one of which should be out soon. And this summer, a non-Trek short story I wrote should be published in a volume of Thrilling Wonder Stories (a similar anthology was published last summer). I've been told that this year's edition will contain several Star Trek articles.

I recently came across last year's volume of Thrilling Wonder Stories and thought it looked quite fun; I must pick it up and this new one, then.

 

[BrotherBenny]

I still haven't got my issue of the ST mag, wasn't Titan supposed to give suscbribers their copies first? When are we going to get it in the UK?

Paul Simpson posted this in the thread in the DS9 forum:

As far as UK distribution goes, the magazine will be on release on 22 March, as it's now being printed in the US and shipped into the UK, in common with the majority of Titan's US-show based magazines. I signed off on the website update recently, so that should show there very soon.

Not sure if that helps you.

Grrrrrrrrrr

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

As for Scotty, Uhura and the rest: I don't see how they could have their own novels, since they weren't involved with COTEOF at all.

Scotty and Uhura were on the landing party to the Guardian planet. There's a story in Strange New Worlds II, "Triptych" by Melissa Dickinson, that explores alternate attempts by Scotty and Uhura to go back in time and fix history after Kirk and Spock failed.

What would really be daring is a Crucible novel about those security guards that were down there with the landing party. And in a serious way, too. Nobody ever gives a shit about any of the redshirts on the ship, this is the chance to do so.

 

[David R. George III]

Those two security guards gave me so much grief in Crucible. Seriously. For one thing, many sources claim that one of the two guards in "The City on the Edge of Forever" was DeSalle, or if not DeSalle, then a character portrayed by Michael Barrier, the actor who portrayed DeSalle in other episodes. But a careful viewing of "City" reveals this not to be the case. One of the security officers is played by David L. Ross, and though he is not addressed by name in "City," I assumed him to be the character he often played, Lieutenant Galloway. As for the other guard, an early draft of the script gave him the name Davis, and in Provenance of Shadows, I had McCoy misremember his name as Davis as an homage to that earlier draft. In The Fire and the Rose, I chose to make him one of the two officers who appeared in the animated episode "Yesteryear." Unfortunately, I mixed up those two and ended up calling him Bates, when I really wanted to call him Erikson. Still, since those characters are never identified onscreen, it still worked.

But hey, yeah, I'm with you on exploring other characters besides the main ones. I'm just not sure how Crucible: Galloway would sell, though...

 

[Man of Steel]

David,

I have been wondering, what made you decide on McCoy, Spock and Kirk (why that order) as a starting point for the series. Also, do you think you could pitch crucible for the rest of the crew to Marco? I would love to see this series continue as I am sure many others on here would. It is a great read and one of the finest ever written.

 

[BrotherBenny]

David,

I have been wondering, what made you decide on McCoy, Spock and Kirk (why that order) as a starting point for the series. Also, do you think you could pitch crucible for the rest of the crew to Marco? I would love to see this series continue as I am sure many others on here would. It is a great read and one of the finest ever written.

I hear you, my brother

 

[Therin of Andor]

I mixed up those two and ended up calling him Bates, when I really wanted to call him Erikson.

Told ya the View-Master booklets were useful for something.

You know, I rather like the fact that Erickson and Bates get switched from the "Yesteryear" script positions. It sorta fits with Thelin and Spock being switched and makes you wonder if we're even in the same timeline with "Crucible". One more layer to the mystery, not to mention Spock not marrying Saavik in the "Spock" volume.

Now we have versions of the "City..."/"Yesteryear" adventures where Bates was the redshirt historian and Erickson was the shipbound Records Officer, and vice versa. And then in the "ST Log One" adaptation, where historian Erickson isn't with the Enterprise at all, but is a non-aligned, much older historian.

 

[EliyahuQeoni]

One more layer to the mystery, not to mention Spock not marrying Saavik in the "Spock" volume.

This was one of my favorite things about the Spock installment. I've always hated the idea of Spock marrying Saavik.

 

[Lindley]

While the McCoy volume was outstanding, I wasn't overly impressed with the Spock volume, partially due to its divergence from the more commonly assumed life story. I wrote a big essay on the subject at the time, but I can't recall much of my objection now. Something about it feeling like a B-plot of a larger book that didn't exist, mainly due to all the repeated scenes from McCoy and TOS in general. It was trying too hard to emulate the two-story approach of the McCoy volume, with only one tale's worth of original story.

Kirk is on my shelf. I probably would have read it by now if I didn't have so many books backlogged.

 

[David R. George III]

I have been wondering, what made you decide on McCoy, Spock and Kirk (why that order) as a starting point for the series. Also, do you think you could pitch crucible for the rest of the crew to Marco?

When Marco invited me to pen an original series trilogy to help commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek, I ultimately decided that the format aptly reflected the nature of the show itself. That is to say, three books for three main characters. As much as The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and the other incarnations of Trek have been ensemble shows, TOS was not. Though some effort has been made to offer more glimpses into the supporting cast in the feature films, the reality is that Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov were never given much to do in the three seasons of the show. Because I envisioned the Crucible trilogy as a set of standalone volumes linked thematically, it seemed to me that telling a Kirk story, a Spock story, and a McCoy story would suit my needs.

Initially, I had a very different tale envisioned for Jim Kirk, one that my writing instincts told me would best be served by being the final of the three books. Deciding from there that McCoy should come first and Spock second just happened as a matter of course.

As for pitching further Crucible volumes to Marco, I haven't yet, and I have no idea whether or not I will. It just depends on the vagaries of how my writing proceeds. If it happens, I have no doubt that the folks here will be among the first to know.

 

[Man of Steel]

Well seeing as how Scotty, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov were never really given stuff to do, it would be really cool if you deleved deeper in to these guys and gave something to do....

Note: It's been 2 years since you gave us a Trek novel....

 

[David R. George III]

^ Actually, The Star to Every Wandering was published last March, just one year ago.