I like this idea! An older Brad writes his bio, but it would come with scribbled notes in the margins and bits of the text crossed out by Mariner and the other Lower Deckers, where they contradict his version of events to comic effect...
How long for Novels based on Lower Decks
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I like this idea! An older Brad writes his bio, but it would come with scribbled notes in the margins and bits of the text crossed out by Mariner and the other Lower Deckers, where they contradict his version of events to comic effect...
I can also see them doing a Mr. Bean's Diary-type thing, full of pictures and whatnot and aimed a bit younger.
Now here's where someone familiar with LCARS design rules might have fun working out how that OS's version of "scribbled notes" would look on-screen...and this is where I'd want Mike Okuda or Doug Drexler or Eric Trautmann...
I'm worried we're getting a bit close to detailed 'story ideas' - remember to keep the suggestions general please 
Yeah, shame on all of you! Lol. But in highly non-specific, entirely generalized terms... I'm thrilled to enthusiastically support the idea of licenced fiction, of any sort, related to Lower Decks. I think it brings back a part of the spirit of Star Trek that (while I enjoy them both) has been lacking in Picard and Discovery, and the in the Kelvin movies.
IDW's "TAS meets Transformers" mini-series seemed to be well received, so I could see them tackling comic versions of both "Lower Decks" and "Prodigy".
"Little Golden Books" have done four Trek tie-ins, too, so "Prodigy" is perfect fodder for one of those.
I find myself in general agreement with most of the opinions here: Lower Decks is a series that, by its nature, is not suited for the sort of novels that have featured in Treklit. Something new, whether a new subgenre of comedic novels or short stories or comics, would be needed.
One thing I can see are references to LD characters, perhaps even their inclusion. The fact that most of the LD characters, including the core four, look like their voice actors indicates to me that the possibility of live-action appearances is being kept open. If that is the case, why can't they appear in novels?
Is there any reason why William Boimler could not appear in a Titan novel, or in connection to Riker and Troi?
One thing I can see are references to LD characters, perhaps even their inclusion. The fact that most of the LD characters, including the core four, look like their voice actors indicates to me that the possibility of live-action appearances is being kept open. If that is the case, why can't they appear in novels?
Is there any reason why William Boimler could not appear in a Titan novel, or in connection to Riker and Troi?
Lower Decks did get an indirect reference in Coda #1...
T'ryssa is selected for Starfleet's new (seven years later in the novelverse to Prime) "Second Contact" initiative. Can definitely see her fitting in on the Cerritos!
Speaking as a guy who writes rapid fire dialogue comedy novels, I find the idea of Lower Decks not working to be ridiculous. It's not like Star Trek doesn't have any number of parodies that could easily be drawn from as an example ("Do Galaxy Quest: The Novel"). But if I had to pitch it now?
"Hire Peter David."
There. Done.
New Frontier is exactly how you should do Lower Decks. Mostly serious. Incredibly fun.
"Hire Peter David."
There. Done.
New Frontier is exactly how you should do Lower Decks. Mostly serious. Incredibly fun.
I was about to say that Treklit has already done a Lower Decks-eque comedic experiment, years before TV caught up, and it was very popular.
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Apparently they've been working on comics and novels for "ages".
Maybe the wait for S3 won't be so bad..
Maybe the wait for S3 won't be so bad..
Please, no. The Return put New Frontier into such a dark, violent, unpleasant place that I wouldn't trust PAD with Lower Decks for a second. The PAD of the DC Star Trek comics, maybe, but that doesn't seem to be the PAD we have any more.
I'm hoping Peter got whatever it was out of his system with that.
I dunno. Often when I read interviews with or statements from him he really seems to be on that line between candid and bitter/hostile. I'd certainly be curious to read new Trek by him but I'm not sure Lower Decks would be the right fit.
I really like New Frontier as a whole, and there were aspects of The Return which were good, but it was certainly dark. After the first episode of Discovery he posted something on Twitter wondering what Roddenberry would think of it - I was tempted to reply that he'd probably like it more than the genocidal Starfleet officers of The Return.
He took a pretty sharp nihilistic turn in his writing years ago. The Sir Apropos books got increasingly dark, as did his Trek writing (I noticed it first with I, Q).
I still find him better than any other Trek novelist, though, and would be interested to see what he could do with LDS.
KRAD would be great with it.
