Future of Next Gen Lit??

[C.E. Evans]

I guess the question that has to be asked is "How far can we go with TNG?" The post-Nemesis era has seen a number of changes to the crew of the Enterprise-E with new faces replacing those who have moved on with their careers, but has the limit now been reached where it can still be called TNG or can it go further?

I'm currently reading Paths of Disharmony and I am enjoying the current TNG crew. It is not an issue of "the old crew is gone so it cannot work". It's a matter of if the replacement main crew can be well written and in this case, I say yes they can.

That may be the case for you (and for me, BTW), but there are others who do not feel that way. With only four of the original TNG characters left, they may prefer future TNG books to go back during the timeframe of the TV series or at some point prior to Nemesis when the original crew was still together.

 

[GalaxyClass1701]

I guess the question that has to be asked is "How far can we go with TNG?" The post-Nemesis era has seen a number of changes to the crew of the Enterprise-E with new faces replacing those who have moved on with their careers, but has the limit now been reached where it can still be called TNG or can it go further?

I'm currently reading Paths of Disharmony and I am enjoying the current TNG crew. It is not an issue of "the old crew is gone so it cannot work". It's a matter of if the replacement main crew can be well written and in this case, I say yes they can.

That may be the case for you (and for me, BTW), but there are others who do not feel that way. With only four of the original TNG characters left, they may prefer future TNG books to go back during the timeframe of the TV series or at some point prior to Nemesis when the original crew was still together.

Why can't they do both?

 

[C.E. Evans]

I'm currently reading Paths of Disharmony and I am enjoying the current TNG crew. It is not an issue of "the old crew is gone so it cannot work". It's a matter of if the replacement main crew can be well written and in this case, I say yes they can.

That may be the case for you (and for me, BTW), but there are others who do not feel that way. With only four of the original TNG characters left, they may prefer future TNG books to go back during the timeframe of the TV series or at some point prior to Nemesis when the original crew was still together.

Why can't they do both?

Why aren't they doing both?

 

[GalaxyClass1701]

That may be the case for you (and for me, BTW), but there are others who do not feel that way. With only four of the original TNG characters left, they may prefer future TNG books to go back during the timeframe of the TV series or at some point prior to Nemesis when the original crew was still together.

Why can't they do both?

Why aren't they doing both?

lol that is the better question

 

[Glitch]

I think you can only get so many stories out of the TNG crew. Any story set during the TV series or pre-Nemesis has to depend on the strength of the characters in order to tell an interesting story, and unfortunately the TNG ensemble just isn't that strong. You can still go back to the five year mission with Kirk et al. and tell new stories, because those characters are stronger and more archetypical.

 

[Thrawn]

I think, after Data dying in Nemesis and thus being absent from the novels for a really long period of time, if you did a book or even trilogy set during the series with Data on the cover it'd sell pretty damn well. And I think there are *plenty* of Data stories left to tell. Per the rules, I'll refrain from posting story ideas, but I've imagined a few. (Not that I could write the novels, mind you, but a bunch of sketches that I could imagine being absolutely outstanding in the hands of DRG3 or Leisner or Bennett or KRAD etc)

 

[MatthiasRussell]

I'm hoping we get a book soon where Data is resurrected as he was in the STO book "needs of the many" and to agree with the Countdown comic.

We are down to 3 main show characters now after Indistinguishable From Magic and I get the sense from Typhon 4 that Picard is ready to retire. Without enough main characters, it won't be TNG. If Picard leaves, they would HAVE to give command to Data or Worf or it definitely will end the series.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Still 4 after IFM... (Picard, Worf, Geordi, Beverly)

Personally I'd love to do something set during the series or movie era, so I could use Data... (and in the spectacularly unlikely event that Planet Of The Tribbles ever gets commissioned - an event so unlikely that I'm actually willing to mention the pitch without fear of jinxing it any further than its nature already does, and that I've said I'll eat a teddy bear if it ever gets the nod - there'd be a lot of stuff set somewhere around the end of the Dominion War, so either side of Insurrection)

As a reader, I wouldn't be too put out if they made Picard an Admiral, but permanently based on the E-E as his flagship. Dunno who'd be a suitable captain though. Worf? Geordi? Shelby?

 

[MatthiasRussell]

3, Geordi leaves in IFM. I'm not finished yet, but he appears to be gone for good.
I started a thread on st.com about who should command next. Worf had the majority opinion. I voted Sisko. Saavik was a good recommendation. Of course, I think we all want Data back.

 

[j3067]

3, Geordi leaves in IFM. I'm not finished yet, but he appears to be gone for good.
I started a thread on st.com about who should command next. Worf had the majority opinion. I voted Sisko. Saavik was a good recommendation. Of course, I think we all want Data back.

MR, I suggest defering to Lonemagpie on Geordi's status at the end of IFM.

 

[MatthiasRussell]

That's why I said I haven't finished yet. He may very well be right. I'll find out tomorrow, hopefully. Based upon the VOY episode Timeless, I assume Geordi will eventually get the Challenger anyways, though that was an alternate timeline.

 

[BrotherBenny]

That's why I said I haven't finished yet. He may very well be right. I'll find out tomorrow, hopefully. Based upon the VOY episode Timeless, I assume Geordi will eventually get the Challenger anyways, though that was an alternate timeline.

I should think he's right. Clearly it hasn't dawned on you yet by j3067's hint that Lonemagpie's RL name is in fact....

David A. McIntee.

 

[Defcon]

That's why I said I haven't finished yet. He may very well be right.

Spoiler: IfM

As he has written the book, he probably is.

 

[Lonemagpie]

^^ Brotherbenny, maybe a little spoiler cut just for this one.

That's why I said I haven't finished yet. He may very well be right. I'll find out tomorrow, hopefully. Based upon the VOY episode Timeless, I assume Geordi will eventually get the Challenger anyways, though that was an alternate timeline.

Spoiler: Well, finish the book first

I *wrote* IFM so I know where Geordi ends up - sorry about the unintended potential spoiler. Hope you enjoyed it.

 

[MatthiasRussell]

Well, who am I to argue with the man who knew the ending before any of us? LOL


If anyone would be interested in the discussion we've had at startrek.com about who could replace Picard as captain, here's the link:

http://www.startrek.com/boards-topic/33345999/next-captain-of-the-enterprise

 

[zarkon]

I'd be happy with Worf as captain & Data as first officer.

 

[JWolf]

I'd be happy with Worf as captain & Data as first officer.

If Data was still alive, he would have been first officer and Worf, third officer like Data was.

 

[zarkon]

We're talking about the future of tng lit, in which I would like to assume at some point data is brought back.

 

[MatthiasRussell]

If Countdown is going to be part of the same continuity as the books, eventually Data is resurrected and becomes captain of the E while Worf joins the Klingon defense force. But I don't know if the comic is considered to be of the same continuity.

We also can't forget that Sisko told worf he would not be given command because of the time he chose jadzia over the mission.

 

[MatthiasRussell]

double post, sorry