Interview with David Mack

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  1. Scott Pearson

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    That would fall under your "win-win" category.
     
  2. BrotherBenny

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    David's never heard of the Kobayashi Maru. If he had, he'd kill everyone.
     
  3. Scott Pearson

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    Not everyone . . . a lot of people, sure, a ship, a fleet, maybe even a planet or two. Okay, maybe, if pushed, an entire dimension of the multiverse, but not everyone. There are always some witnesses/survivors. Of course, we don't really know what he's up to in the Destiny trilogy yet . . .
     
  4. David Mack

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    ME: "We can't risk an interstellar incident to save them, but I'll be damned if I let the enemy capture them. Fire at will until there's nothing large enough left to shoot. I'll be in my ready room having a scotch."
     
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    :guffaw:

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  6. David cgc

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    Oh. My. God. It just snapped into sharp relief.

    David Mack

    Mackenzie Calhoun

    And I'll just bet no one has ever seen the two of you in the same room at the same time!
     
  7. JD

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    I guess that would be one way to deal with the no-win scenario. :guffaw:
     
  8. The Nth Doctor

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    I was just thinking the same thing! :eek:
     
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    ME: "Belay, that. Is my ex still assigned to that ship?"

    XO: "Yes, sir."

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    --Ted
     
  10. the_wildcard

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    Hmm I never realized David Mack wrote some scripts for DS9. I just did a search and realized those are 2 of my favorite episodes!
     
  11. David Mack

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    ^ Glad to hear it, wildcard!

    And Ted? You're right on target, as usual. ;)
     
  12. Therin of Andor

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    Decker, Riker and Wheaton all duck for cover.
     
  13. Julio Angel Ortiz

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    Just wanted to throw out there that I just finished this a few days ago (I purchased it after release but finally caught up in the DS9-R only recently).

    Yeah, and I loved it. It helped remind me of all the reasons that I fell in love with the DS9-R- the complex, interwoven plots, the characters... yeah, loved it.

    I thought, though, that just about all of the pertinent information regarding previous plot points. The only thing I thought might have been a bit much for someone new was the revelation by the Cardassian Woman to Vaugn and Prynn about the fake Kira. It was an information dump, and then the novel ends shortly thereafter.

    But hey, it didn't bother me any. :rommie:

    And that hand-to-hand fight between the Cardassian Woman and the Naussican... probably the best one I've read in a Trek book.
     
  14. David Mack

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    ^ Thanks for the compliments, Julio. Much appreciated. :)

    And, yeah, the Cardassian Woman does commit the sin of expositional info-dump at the end of the book, but I figured after making readers wonder what was going on for most of the book, they deserved a clear answer.
     
  15. Anubis

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    Wow, I love David's writing, but I didn't know he was so recently an up and coming star. See what happens when I stop reading Trek books for a few years?
     
  16. David Mack

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    ^ Well, come on back, pal! The more the merrier... :)
     
  17. Anubis

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    I just finished the last paperback collection of SCE and I felt Small Worlds was one of the stronger stories. I also just reread Harbinger, and it was just as good this time around. Looking forward to Reap the Whirlwind and would like to get to the A Time To... series one of these years.
     
  18. Ktrek

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    Thanks for posting this interview! It was informative and made me excited for the upcoming Star Trek Destiny trilogy not to mention the possibility of a 5th Vanguard book written by David.

    And to David I would like to say that the concept of your new original novel intrigues me and I hope it is very successful and that it turns into a continuing series for you! I'm looking forward to seeing it published in 2009. Based on your previous track record with Star Trek I am sure it will be a worthwhile read! I love your books! I just hope that even if The Calling is a success that you will not abandon Star Trek because we need ya man!

    Kevin
     
  19. David Mack

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    ^ Thanks for the votes of confidence, Kevin! I'll do my best not to let you (and all the other readers of my work) down.