"Into Darkness" Novelization Announced

[Devon]

"Star Trek Into Darkness" is confirmed for novelization and will be penned by Alan Dean Foster and released by Gallery Books.

http://www.startrek.com/article/gallery-to-release-star-trek-into-darkness-novel

Confirmed by StarTrek.com, although of course no details are available yet.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I'm excited!

 

[F. King Daniel]

I was disappointed by ADF's novelization of Star Trek. I realize he had to write it under some hectic conditions (I think he had two weeks, or something like that) but the characters seemed less vibrant than in the movie, and there were continuity errors, like Uhura being on the bridge at her post when the Enterprise launches, but then later being found by Kirk belowdecks and promoted to the bridge, and Spock Prime having had time to make previous trips to Scotty's Delta Vega outpost before he met young Kirk.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I was disappointed by ADF's novelization of Star Trek.

My main disappointment was that ADF really disliked Karl Urban's line (originally improvised by him in his audition, "Nothing left but my bones"), and thus it became "Nothing left but my skeleton." ADF got permission to change for in the novelization, and it loses so much.

 

[malchya]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I've rarely been pleased by an ADF outing. I would much rather have heard that a new author had been chosen. Oh, well.

 

[EyalM]

^^ What would be the point of that change? Did Kirk call him "Skeleton" for the remainder of the book?

 

[milo bloom]

I guess I'm a little behind the times here: where was the official announcement that the title is indeed Star Trek Into Darkness ?

I know there was the "leak", and no outright denials, but I don't recall an official "Tada! Here's the title!" announcement.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Yes it is the official name. It was said on JJ's Conan appearence, when the microclip was played.

 

[milo bloom]

Thanks, I just saw in the other title thread that had the Paramount confirmation.

I'm a little shocked at myself that I missed that, and I'm a little shocked there isn't more publicity material from Paramount with that title. I guess that's Abrams' doing though.

 

[Tosk]

My main disappointment was that ADF really disliked Karl Urban's line (originally improvised by him in his audition, "Nothing left but my bones"), and thus it became "Nothing left but my skeleton." ADF got permission to change for in the novelization, and it loses so much.

If only he had gotten permission to drop the line entirely.

 

[Therin of Andor]

^^ What would be the point of that change?

Because ADF didn't like the joke.

Did Kirk call him "Skeleton" for the remainder of the book?

No. It is no longer a joke in this context.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I've rarely been pleased by an ADF outing. I would much rather have heard that a new author had been chosen. Oh, well.

He has a massive following in the more general science fiction genre, so why not go with the strength. A lot of people who buy SF novels, but not tie-ins, bought the previous hardcover novelization.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I was disappointed by ADF's novelization of Star Trek.

My main disappointment was that ADF really disliked Karl Urban's line (originally improvised by him in his audition, "Nothing left but my bones"), and thus it became "Nothing left but my skeleton." ADF got permission to change for in the novelization, and it loses so much.

What in the world is there to dislike about the original line?

 

[Therin of Andor]

What in the world is there to dislike about the original line?

In an interview, ADF said he just didn't find it funny. Nor that he wanted any other reason for the nickname beyond its old "sawbones" historical reference. Certainly, many fans hate the line, eg

If only he had gotten permission to drop the line entirely.

... just as many others have loved it. I saw Urban at a convention in Sydney, recreating the whole speech as he walked up the aisle to the stage, just a few months after the film came out; it was hilarious!

It's all in the delivery, of course. Remember, ADF was shown a rough cut of the film and was not even supposed to take notes, IIRC, then he was given a script and two(?) weeks to write the novelization.

 

[Valin]

Even though I wasn't a fan of the previous novelization, I enjoyed his Star Trek Logs and many of his novels. Hopefully, this time they'll give him more time to write the sequel.

 

[UFO]

Did Kirk call him "Skeleton" for the remainder of the book?

No. It is no longer a joke in this context.

Actually that might have been a joke.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Actually that might have been a joke.

No body believes that.

(And that is a joke!)

 

[UFO]

Actually that might have been a joke.

No body believes that.

(And that is a joke!)

Right ... . No, I mean it might have been a joke if Kirk had called him ... oh never mind.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The only stuff I've read of his is the TAS series which I spent my teenage years reading and re-reading. The previous novelization was disappointing but I wasn't expecting a whole lot from it since the last movie novelization I read was one of the SW ones and that was bland.

 

[The Wormhole]

^^ What would be the point of that change? Did Kirk call him "Skeleton" for the remainder of the book?

It's possible ADF didn't like the implication the movie makes, that it's because of this comment that McCoy earns the Bones nickname, also implying that he and Kirk must have had a similar conversation in the Prime Universe.

This implication also contradicts the original meaning of the Bones nickname, it was a common nickname for military doctors in the past and TOS did have a lot of military flare.

Of course, such a nickname dates TOS since it's no longer relevant today, and isn't likely to be in the 23rd century. For the sake of today's audience, another reason probably had to be devised.