^^very true
Destiny Series
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The flow chart helped allot! Thanks! It is nice that Singular Destiny was written somewhat on its own platform, it was well written. I really enjoy Sonek Pran's character, is he in the Typhon Pact or in the Destiny series (?), I haven't run across him yet.
I am not sure that it is an overwhelming list because in most cases such as TNG (the show), before the Borg, one can almost jump in in any part of the show but even after the fourth, fifth and sixth, relationships do not create attention that last one or two shows. DS9 is about the same, more attention is demanded midway through the series. However Voyager was kind of stuck with one focal point, lost in space. Either way, I was hoping that the books worked in the same order. I wanted to go back to the Destiny series to read more about the Borg because in a singular destiny, the plot blew my mind....needed some explanation. I am now looking forward to the Typhon Pact. One more question for those of you who had read these seven novels, are there more novels on the story line of the Borg?
Thanks for all the feedback, I enjoyed reading all the post!
I am not sure that it is an overwhelming list because in most cases such as TNG (the show), before the Borg, one can almost jump in in any part of the show but even after the fourth, fifth and sixth, relationships do not create attention that last one or two shows. DS9 is about the same, more attention is demanded midway through the series. However Voyager was kind of stuck with one focal point, lost in space. Either way, I was hoping that the books worked in the same order. I wanted to go back to the Destiny series to read more about the Borg because in a singular destiny, the plot blew my mind....needed some explanation. I am now looking forward to the Typhon Pact. One more question for those of you who had read these seven novels, are there more novels on the story line of the Borg?
Thanks for all the feedback, I enjoyed reading all the post!
Enjoy the Trilogy TrekTot. I have the Destiny series to thank for my intoduction to Trek literature. Some fifty books later and I am still going stong
It's as good a place as any to start.
It's as good a place as any to start.
There were three books dealing with the Borg leading into Destiny.
Resistance - The Enterprise deals with a group of Borg left behind when Voyager destroyed the transwarp hub.
(Q&A - this one doesn't actually deal with the Borg, but it is the next book in the TNG Relaunch and it follows up on plot elements of Resistance and sets stuff up for the next book)
Before Dishnor - deals with the aftermath of Resistance
Greater than the Sum - ties up the Resistance/BD story arc, and sets the stage for Destiny
Resistance - The Enterprise deals with a group of Borg left behind when Voyager destroyed the transwarp hub.
(Q&A - this one doesn't actually deal with the Borg, but it is the next book in the TNG Relaunch and it follows up on plot elements of Resistance and sets stuff up for the next book)
Before Dishnor - deals with the aftermath of Resistance
Greater than the Sum - ties up the Resistance/BD story arc, and sets the stage for Destiny
For those who might be interested, the L.A. Times blog Hero Complex ("for your inner fanboy" is their tagline) has just posted a new, in-depth Q&A with yours truly about the Star Trek Destiny trilogy. Go give it a read. 
It's interesting to learn that Destiny was inspired by a painting in turn inspired by Flight of the Phoenix. I have a special relationship with that movie: My father watched it in a waiting room while I was born (he used to joke that it happened right at the moment Richard Attenborough stands in the downed plane's doorframe, laughing manically at Hardy Krüger's key plot revelation), and for a stretch of 14 years thereafter, the movie would return to television during my birth month for some reason. Watching it year after year became something of a family ritual, and later on I also read the novel by Elleston Trevor it was adapted from.
Makes me even more anxious to read Destiny now. Once I'm through Vanguard, catching up on TNG is what I will do next.
Makes me even more anxious to read Destiny now. Once I'm through Vanguard, catching up on TNG is what I will do next.
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^ When you do finally get around to it, I sincerely recommend you read the new omnibus edition. For one thing, it will cost you less than buying the three books separately; for another, I made some improvements during the re-edit that I think will improve the reading experience.
Aye . I'm still hoping for an ebook release of the omnibus to materialize until then (you hear me, TPTB?), but if that doesn't happen I'll pick up the dead tree edition. I guess a change of reading medium can only heighten the feeling of being treated to something special in that event.
. I'm still hoping for an ebook release of the omnibus to materialize until then (you hear me, TPTB?), but if that doesn't happen I'll pick up the dead tree edition. I guess a change of reading medium can only heighten the feeling of being treated to something special in that event.
For those who might be interested, the L.A. Times blog Hero Complex ("for your inner fanboy" is their tagline) has just posted a new, in-depth Q&A with yours truly about the Star Trek Destiny trilogy. Go give it a read.
Great interview Dave. Some interesting backstory on the development of the Destiny Series. I never would have guessed this all devloped from a Ship of the Line image.
I must compliment you and the other current Trek authors on advising each other on continuity issues. Close ties/contact between all of you has been a hallmark of this and all recent Trek Books. It has added to my enjoyment of the IP
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