Yes and yes... plus so much more!
Nope, no chance in hell it'll ever be reprinted as a paper book.
Unless someday it is.
Geordi in future TNG novels
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Yes and yes... plus so much more!
Unless someday it is.
Apropos of nothing... but why do we say "no chance in hell" when we want to say that there's absolutely no possibility of something happening? I mean, hell is a place of generally bad stuff, so one would think the chances of anything desirable happening there would be low automatically. It seems to me the saying would make more sense as "no chance in heaven" -- i.e. even in the most ideal circumstances, where just about anything is possible, this still wouldn't happen.
^Why do we drive on parkways and park on drive-ways?
Sisko said that, yes, but that wasn't authoritative, and in the years since Sisko did say that, Worf has been a hero in a war (among other things, alerting the Federation to Damar's resistance, which was a major turning point in the war) and served with distinction in the Diplomatic Corps for four years. That can cover a multitude of reprimands....
Nevermind that the situation that led to that reprimand will never be repeated, what with Jadzia being dead and all.
Gomez seemed highly driven, evn moreso than the average SF graduate. That plus the War probably helped her to rise more rapidly through the ranks.
I always thought it's a shortened version of the idiom "not a snowball's chance in hell". But what do I know. I'm not even a native speaker of this language...
And to steer the thread back on topic: I have no idea what will happen to Geordi in future TNG novels. A new haircut may be nice...
I guess I should sneak in a plug for my story in "The Sky's the Limit". It is a Pulaski story, but Geordi is definitely the "guest star".
You know, you're probably right.
I also like the idea of Captain LaForge. It's all about growth and Geordi hasn't received a lot of it, esp. during the TNG movies.
I'm nearing halfway in Resistance and Geordi's getting the shaft again. I would've preferred to see him as Titan's XO or maybe even in the Corps of Engineers books.
Even on TNG, Troi-who hadn't shown much interest in command before that episode where she was forced to take command, decided to go for her commander's pips I believe. Why can't Geordi aspire to do more or be more?
Leaving him in Engineering might leave him a static character. Unless the TNG relaunch Engineering Dept. is staffed with some interesting people for him to play off of. And something tells me that's not going to happen.
I see more Worf/T'Lana and Nave getting more page time than Geordi.
I'm nearing halfway in Resistance and Geordi's getting the shaft again. I would've preferred to see him as Titan's XO or maybe even in the Corps of Engineers books.
Even on TNG, Troi-who hadn't shown much interest in command before that episode where she was forced to take command, decided to go for her commander's pips I believe. Why can't Geordi aspire to do more or be more?
Leaving him in Engineering might leave him a static character. Unless the TNG relaunch Engineering Dept. is staffed with some interesting people for him to play off of. And something tells me that's not going to happen.
I see more Worf/T'Lana and Nave getting more page time than Geordi.
But why is becoming a captain the only way to grow? How about getting Geordi into a committed relationship, say, or facing some kind of family crisis, or any of a dozen other things? Since when was getting promoted a substitute for character development? Heck, the TOS movie characters got promoted to a ridiculous degree and were still frozen in their exact same roles and personalities.
Keep in mind, for one thing, that there are a number of new cast members being added, not just in Resistance but in Q & A next month as well. Character growth can come from developing new relationships and rapports with new crewmates. And I think you'll be satisfied with the attention paid to Geordi there, as well as to the entire cast, old and new.
Besides, promoting Geordi to a command post on another ship would mean writing him out of the series, and I'm not sure the book line can sustain yet another new 24th-century starship title. So it'd pretty much mean that Geordi would be gone and wouldn't get any further character development. So it seems kind of self-defeating.
I was hoping to have him get eaten by hyper-intelligent flatworms. Then they would ALL be Geordi. Planet Geordi.
Come on, who's with me?
Come on, who's with me?
Why is growth always measured by rank? Why couldn't Geordi become a better Engineer over time and a better manager of his Department?
Being captain is not the only way to grow, and I would love to see Geordi have a committed relationship with someone, or develop a rapport with his staff or others, esp. since Data's dead.
That being said, being captain is the thing to be in the Trek universe-more so than admiral or any other position. That doesn't mean that the captain always gets the focus-Spock, Data, various DS9 crewmembers, the Doctor, Seven of Nine, Trip and T'Pol are all examples of that. But being captain is something special. It says you've arrived. You're in the driver's seat.
It was nice to see Geordi as captain in "Timeless". It was a shorthand way of saying he had grown enough to be a commanding officer, more than just a role player.
There's nothing wrong with being a role player, but I would like to see the character aspire to something more, or at least to agonize about it or ponder it more often. He's been on the Ent for like 20 years, and he's never thought about a career promotion/elevation? Within a year's time on TNG it seemed he went from helmsmen to Chief Engineer. That's a pretty big leap. So, his forward momentum just stops there?
I don't want Geordi written out of the series and I agree that there is nearly zero support for a Geordi/Challenger series, but still I would like to see more done with this character. Is he still a Lt. Commander?
Also, please get him a girlfriend. Perferably not Leah Brahms. I would like to see someone new.
Only if one of those flatworms gets its captain's pips...
That's cool. But it's been 20 years. I'm assuming he's done that already. On the Ent-D Geordi seemed to get a handle on the engineering department fairly quickly. I really can't say with the movies because we saw very little of Geordi in engineering after GEN.
I just want to see more done with his character. We've never seen his sister. We don't know the ultimate fate of the USS Hera and his mother. What's up with his dad? Where's Aquiel? Or some of his other flames? Or his friend from the Victory? How is really coping with Data's death? Does he like the new Ent-E crew? How does he feel about the changes? Etc., etc.
Worf/T'Lana yes I would assume so, but...
Nave's dead. Of course, getting killed still represented more growth and development than Geordi got. 
None of which have happened either. People are focusing on LaForge's potential command path over these others quite simply because A) We've seen evidence for it; and B) there was an opportunity to shake up the status quo with the Titan that was rebuffed. So people are curious: if not that, then what?
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How else can a Post-NEM TNG handle Geordi except by making him chief engineer? They have to follow what was established on-screen, and that puts Geordi in the engine room. For now.
Who knows what direction future books might take? "Captain LaForge" isn't the only future-Geordi path we've seen. The afore-mentioned "civilian and happily married to Leah and writing holo-programs with x# of kids future" seen in All Good Things would be an equally legitimate route to take.
Future books might go in either direction, both directions, or another direction entirely. Give KRAD, PAD and Christopher a chance to shake things up a little.(and lets not forget David Mack and the Destiny trilogy. Let's see what the status quo is then. Assuming of course, Mack the Ripper doesn't kill poor Geordi first...
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And while I agree that there wasn't enough Geordi in Resistance, I think the pacing would have suffered with too many sub-plots slowing down the story, which was obviously meant to be fast-paced. Still, he could've been more involved somehow...
Who knows what direction future books might take? "Captain LaForge" isn't the only future-Geordi path we've seen. The afore-mentioned "civilian and happily married to Leah and writing holo-programs with x# of kids future" seen in All Good Things would be an equally legitimate route to take.
Future books might go in either direction, both directions, or another direction entirely. Give KRAD, PAD and Christopher a chance to shake things up a little.(and lets not forget David Mack and the Destiny trilogy. Let's see what the status quo is then. Assuming of course, Mack the Ripper doesn't kill poor Geordi first...
) And while I agree that there wasn't enough Geordi in Resistance, I think the pacing would have suffered with too many sub-plots slowing down the story, which was obviously meant to be fast-paced. Still, he could've been more involved somehow...
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NAME: Geordi LaForge
LAST SEEN: Lurking about a starship engine room spouting obligatory technobabble
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: No love life, no career ambition, and no android best friend
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NAME: Geordi LaForge
LAST SEEN: Lurking about a starship engine room spouting obligatory technobabble
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: No love life, no career ambition, and no android best friend
PLEASE CONTACT: Chuck Woolery at Love Connection c/o Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
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