Is there any interest in a Lower Decks book?
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I get the sense the showrunners want to keep it vague so they can have her toss off references to ever more wild adventures.
Although I would like to know more about the sentient cave.
I'd put in a vote for @David Mack too, Waiting for G'Doh, or How I Learned to Stop Moving and Hate People, the Kebron short story in the New Frontier anthology, No Limits, is absolutely hilarious. Ever since I first read that, I've been hoping he'd do another fully comedic story.
Yes but make it an ultra-serious book about space politics and Starfleet policy.
Comics feel like the best fit for Lower Decks to me... But I could imagine an anthology based on the show would be fun. Short stories would chime with the show's shorter format and it would mean the jokes won't outstay their welcome...
Not so. Sitcom novels haven't been a thing in the UK for decades.
Huh?
As I am a throwback that still has cable and refuses to pay for streaming, I won't get to see Lower Decks until it comes out on Blu-Ray (I've been patient so far, but still waiting for an announcement on Picard season 1 on Blu-Ray).
But it's obvious even to me who hasn't seen the show that this is a sitcom style show. And I think a Lower Decks novel has potential. It'd obviously be a humorous and funny story, which would actually be a nice change of pace for Star Trek novels. Many have funny bits but we don't get too many outright comedy Star Trek novels.
Obviously as far as authors go Peter David comes to mind, though he hasn't written a Star Trek novel in some time so he may be off the table. But his New Frontier novels in particular have a lot of funny moments. KRAD also has a good sense of humor, but again, he seems to be out of the Star Trek novel loop currently.
It sounds like Greg Cox would enjoy taking a stab at it, and who knows, maybe even David Mack or Christopher would jump at the chance to write something for Lower Decks. They might enjoy a chance to let their hair down as it were. Really, any of our current authors might like to take the plunge and I have enjoyed the novels over the last several years so I wouldn't mind seeing any of them do a LDS book.
I don't see many LDS novels coming out, like Discover and eventually I imagine Picard. But maybe one a year or even one every 18 months might work.
But it's obvious even to me who hasn't seen the show that this is a sitcom style show. And I think a Lower Decks novel has potential. It'd obviously be a humorous and funny story, which would actually be a nice change of pace for Star Trek novels. Many have funny bits but we don't get too many outright comedy Star Trek novels.
Obviously as far as authors go Peter David comes to mind, though he hasn't written a Star Trek novel in some time so he may be off the table. But his New Frontier novels in particular have a lot of funny moments. KRAD also has a good sense of humor, but again, he seems to be out of the Star Trek novel loop currently.
It sounds like Greg Cox would enjoy taking a stab at it, and who knows, maybe even David Mack or Christopher would jump at the chance to write something for Lower Decks. They might enjoy a chance to let their hair down as it were. Really, any of our current authors might like to take the plunge and I have enjoyed the novels over the last several years so I wouldn't mind seeing any of them do a LDS book.
I don't see many LDS novels coming out, like Discover and eventually I imagine Picard. But maybe one a year or even one every 18 months might work.
Star Trek: Picard comes to Blu-Ray on October 6.
Thing is, if there were any plans to do any Lower Decks novels, wouldn't one already be on the schedule? Even taking into account this series has premiered earlier than initially planned, it was still planned to premiere sometime in 2020, so if there was any intent on doing a novel, wouldn't one be scheduled for a fall release, as that was the original premiere date up until that thing happened that turned the world upside down this year? Disco and Picard had novels out within a month after their premieres, and even the second season of Disco had a novel released in proximity to its premiere date. The fact there isn't a Lower Deck novel planned for the fall sort of suggests there aren't any plans to do any.
Though in the event a Lower Decks novel were to happen, I suspect it would likely be written by David Mack, given he actually is involved with the show.
Though in the event a Lower Decks novel were to happen, I suspect it would likely be written by David Mack, given he actually is involved with the show.
IIRC, they actually are doing that with one of the upcoming episodes.
New books are typically "on the schedule" months before the public first hears about them. These days Pocket/Gallery seems to wait until ST Las Vegas to announce new books, but STLV this year has been put off to December.
Right, but we know the schedule for the remainder of 2020. September has a paperback reprint of the Picard novel The Last Best Hope, October is Kirsten Beyer's new Voyager novel, November is Greg Cox's new TOS novel, and we did have a new Picard novel slotted in for December, though that seems to be removed now. What I'm saying is, if a Lower Decks novel were happening, it would likely have been scheduled for the show's original fall premiere date, in which case, we would be aware of it by now, no?
Would it? That was the case with DSC and PIC, but in the past, it usually took a while before we saw original novels based on a new show, as opposed to a pilot novelization. Maybe they aren't as sure of the market for an animated show, so they want to see how well the show is received first. Best not to assume anything.
This is going back to TNG, but the first original TNG novel (Ghost Ship) wasn’t published until July 1988, which was 2 months after Season 1 had aired “The Neutral Zone” in May 1988. The “Encounter at Farpoint” novelization had been published in October 1987.
DS9 didn’t see its first original (The Siege) until May 93 (“Emissary”’s novelization was released February 93, while its TV debut was in January).
Voyager’s “Caretaker” aired January 95 and the novelization was published in February 1995. Its first original novel was “The Escape” in May 1995.
Enterprise’s “Broken Bow” aired in September 2001and had its novelization published in October 2001. It’s first original novel, “By The Book” was released in January 2002.
Going even further back, Star Trek TAS has its first Log published in June 1974, six months after TAS’s final season 1 episode aired in January 1974 (and the show debuted September 1973).
Warped by Ian McLean, on Flickr
Or another volume of this, using the new LDS crew?
"Warped: An engaging guide to the never-aired 8th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation", based on @TNG_S8 by Mike McMahan, illustrated by Jason Ho.
I forgot all about that one, but I do own it, and it was a fun read for sure.
