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I'm still pinning my hope for regaining my faith in Star Trek literature on the Discovery tie-in and the eventual translation of Prometheus.

The Picard biography just isn't cutting it for me as a concept that I feel drawn to purchase, something that I've felt for a few years.
 
Defcon said:
Cover and blurb have been revealed:
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http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/03/08/the-autobiography-of-jean-luc-picard-is-coming
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Based on that blurb, I really get the feeling we're going to get the same level of on-screen bias that we got from "First 150 years". It sounds like it's really going to be show-focused, way more attention on the stuff we've already seen than the stuff we haven't. I'm really hoping I'm wrong on that and it's purely promotional copy; since it's just a blurb, I probably should just take it that way.
 
There's no page for this on the US Amazon, which seems a bit odd.
This sounds great to me though. I really enjoyed Goodman's Kirk "autobiography", and I look forward to seeing what he does with Picard.
When he started hinting he was working on another autobiography over in the Kirk autobiography thread I was hoping it would be Spock, but Picard is good too.
I wonder if this does well enough if we might get ones for Sisko, Janeway, and Archer too?
 
Idran said:
Based on that blurb, I really get the feeling we're going to get the same level of on-screen bias that we got from "First 150 years". It sounds like it's really going to be show-focused, way more attention on the stuff we've already seen than the stuff we haven't. I'm really hoping I'm wrong on that and it's purely promotional copy; since it's just a blurb, I probably should just take it that way.
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Keep in mind the blurb is trying to hook the casual fan, so they're going to make it as generalized and show-centric as they can. I'm sure the actual book itself will provide plenty of insight on Picard's childhood, Academy years, pre-command career and his time on the Stargazer.
JD said:
I wonder if this does well enough if we might get ones for Sisko, Janeway, and Archer too?
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Somehow, I find it more likely if there is another of these autobiographies it'll be about Spock. Then again, I thought we'd get Spock before Picard, so what do I know?
 
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The Wormhole said:
I'm sure the actual book itself will provide plenty of insight on Picard's childhood, Academy years, pre-command career and his time on the Stargazer.
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Yeah, you're probably right. The only reason I'm wary is because I was sure "Federation: the First 150 Years" would have provided plenty of insight on things other than Enterprise and TOS. :p
 
Defcon said:
Pure speculation at this point if this is really a Star Trek novel, but in S&S's online catalog a David R. George III novel called Original Sin has popped up for a December 26th 2017 release.

No info on the book and Star Trek isn't in the title (as usual on S&S site IIRC) but since the release date fits the last Tuesday of the month pattern and DRG III hasn't done anything outside Trek for Pocket yet I would say this being a Trek novel is a very strong possibility IMHO.
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By the way and for whatever it is worth: the book has now vanished from S&S' website.
 
I wonder if Pocket books will post Original Sin on their website again at a later date. Good to know Amazon has posted Promethueus book 1 on their website I really would like to get this series of books.
 
JD said:
Hopefully their just removing it to replace it with a page that's more accurate to the final product.
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It's back, but same as before.

But now the link with the Robinson title doesn't come up anymore when you google the ISBN. :rofl:
 
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