News about early 2014 schedule

[Relayer1]

I'm thinking two other TOS novels, one Titan novel, and a pair of TNG and/or Typhon Pact and/or whatever they're calling the big-picture 24th century ongoing narrative books this time.

I hope there's not more TOS, but Pocket has rarely liked to satisfy me on that score.

Dare I admit that I'm working on a new TOS outline?

Best not !

 

[CaptPapa]

I'm thinking two other TOS novels, one Titan novel, and a pair of TNG and/or Typhon Pact and/or whatever they're calling the big-picture 24th century ongoing narrative books this time.

I hope there's not more TOS, but Pocket has rarely liked to satisfy me on that score.

Dare I admit that I'm working on a new TOS outline?

Carry on Mr. C; wear it proudly!

 

[ATimson]

Dare I admit that I'm working on a new TOS outline?

Color me unsurprised given your Trek history.

(It's not that TOS is inherently bad - I just wish that it took up less than a third of the schedule!)

 

[Greg Cox]

I hope there's not more TOS, but Pocket has rarely liked to satisfy me on that score.

Dare I admit that I'm working on a new TOS outline?

Yay!

Don't listen to them. Please don't stop writing TOS, Greg, you do it so well!

Thanks! For the record, I just finished what are (hopefully) the final revisions to the TOS/Voyager book . . . .

 

[Thrawn]

Dare I admit that I'm working on a new TOS outline?

Yay!

Don't listen to them. Please don't stop writing TOS, Greg, you do it so well!

Thanks! For the record, I just finished what are (hopefully) the final revisions to the TOS/Voyager book . . . .

Now that one, I'll say, I'm excited about

 

[ryan123450]

I've decided I actually do like TOS, what I dont like is 5YM alien of the week stories. Unfortunately thats what most TOS is, but there is so much more it could be.

 

[Paris]

I'm thinking two other TOS novels, one Titan novel, and a pair of TNG and/or Typhon Pact and/or whatever they're calling the big-picture 24th century ongoing narrative books this time.

I hope there's not more TOS, but Pocket has rarely liked to satisfy me on that score.

Dare I admit that I'm working on a new TOS outline?

Is it just that you prefer writing TOS stories set during the 5YM as compared to other timeframes, or even other iterations of Star Trek? When i looked on Memory Beta, I couldn't find any full length novels by you, for another iteration of trek, since the Q-Continuum books from the late 1990's. I know you wrote a few short stories and novella's, but nothing full length..

 

[Greg Cox]

Well, I grew up on TOS so it's still near and dear to my heart. Don't get me wrong; I watched all the later shows religiously while they were on the air, but TOS is the only Trek series I own in its entirety or watch with any regularity.

Plus, part of the appeal of writing 5YM books is that I can basically go off and do my own thing without having to worry about meshing my plot with some complicated, over-arching continuity. I can see where that kind of collaborative enterprise can be stimulating in its own way (I enjoyed working out 4400 story arcs with Dave Mack), but there's something to be said for being able to work independently and explore my own favorite corners of the Trek universe without having to coordinate my efforts with eight other authors! Just as a personal preference.

Besides, its seems to me that the 24th century is in good hands these days!

 

[Reanok]

I'm definitely looking forward to getting your Tos/Voyager crossover novel next year.I like the new Tos books that have come out this year.

 

[Paris]

Well, I grew up on TOS so it's still near and dear to my heart. Don't get me wrong; I watched all the later shows religiously while they were on the air, but TOS is the only Trek series I own in its entirety or watch with any regularity.

Plus, part of the appeal of writing 5YM books is that I can basically go off and do my own thing without having to worry about meshing my plot with some complicated, over-arching continuity. I can see where that kind of collaborative enterprise can be stimulating in its own way (I enjoyed working out 4400 story arcs with Dave Mack), but there's something to be said for being able to work independently and explore my own favorite corners of the Trek universe without having to coordinate my efforts with eight other authors! Just as a personal preference.

Besides, its seems to me that the 24th century is in good hands these days!

Fair enough. If that's what you prefer, then that's what you prefer. But, if you ever plan on hanging out in the post-TV series 24th century, i'll be there

 

[JWolf]

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[JWolf]

These listings are pulled from David Mack's website, S&S, and Amazon.

January 2014
Star Trek: Voyager: Protectors (Star Trek Voyager)

Spoiler: January blurb

An all-new novel that continues the epic saga of the Starship Voyager!Following the destruction of four fleet vessels at the hands of the Omega Continuum, the U.S.S. Voyager and U.S.S. Demeter set course for a region of the Delta Quadrant far beyond anything previously explored. Captain Chakotay is determined to prove to Starfleet Command that the fleet’s ongoing mission is vital to Federation interests…and the key to doing so may lie in a distress call Voyager received nine years earlier, but could not investigate. Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway is recalled to the Alpha Quadrant for an evaluation period to determine her next assignment. Given the trauma she has recently endured, Admiral Akaar, Starfleet’s Commander-in-Chief, questions Janeway’s fitness to command the fleet. Janeway’s primary concern remains the fleet’s safety. For their mission to continue, she must find a way to secure the resources they require. But the uncertainty of her superior officers has left her powerless to act in their best interests...

February 2014
Star Trek: Titan: Absent Enemies By John Jackson Miller (eBook)
Star Trek: The Original Series: No Time Like the Past by Greg Cox

Spoiler: February Blurb

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series!Stardate 6422.5. A diplomatic mission to the planet Yusub erupts in violence when ruthless Orion raiders attempt to disrupt the crucial negotiations by force. Caught in the midst of tense and dangerous situation, Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S Enterprise finds an unexpected ally in the form of an enigmatic stranger who calls herself “Annika Seven.”

Stardate 53786.1. Seven of Nine is taking part in an archaeological expedition on an obscure planetoid in the Delta Quadrant when a disastrous turn of events puts Voyager’s away team in jeopardy—and transports Seven across time and space to Yusub, where she comes face to face with one of Starfleet’s greatest legends.

Stardate 6422.5. Kirk knows better than most the danger that even a single castaway from the future can pose to the timeline, so he and Seven embark on a hazardous quest to return her to her own era. But there are others who crave the knowledge Seven possesses, and they will stop at nothing to obtain it—even if this means seizing control of the Enterprise!

March 2014
Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel by Christopher L. Bennett

Spoiler: March Blurb

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: Enterprise!Having survived its first major crisis, the Federation turns to nation-building as Admiral Jonathan Archer works to bring the worlds of the powerful Rigel system into the young union of the United Federation of Planets. But factions both within the Federation and among its enemies oppose the alliance, and Archer will need all the skills of his former Enterprise crewmates to prevent them from plunging Rigel into a systemwide war.

April 2014
Star Trek: The Original Series: Seasons of Light and Darkness By Michael A. Martin (eBook)
Star Trek: The Original Series: Serpents in the Garden by Jeff Mariotte

Spoiler: April Blurb

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series!Early in his five-year mission commanding the U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk found himself caught up in a growing conflict on the planet Neural. To maintain the balance of power against a force being armed by the Klingons, he provided weapons to his friends, the Hill People. Years later, Admiral Kirk learns that the Klingon presence on the planet has grown considerably, in possible violation of the Treaty of Organia. Did his impulse as a young captain turn out disastrously wrong? Should he—could he—have done more to eliminate the Klingon threat? To find out, he embarks on a secret mission back to Neural—where he might just be the only person who can prevent an interstellar war.

May 2014
Klingon Art of War by Keith R. A. DeCandido

Spoiler: May Blurb

Passed down from the time of Kahless,ten precepts have shaped Klingon culture andindoctrinated Klingons in the Way of the Warrior. With this new translation, people from all walks of life—and all worlds—can harness the ancient Klingon wisdom and learn to embody courage, discipline, and honor.

• Choose your enemies well.

• Strike quickly or strike not.

• Always face your enemy.

• Seek adversity.

• Reveal your true self in combat.

• Destroy weakness.

• Leave nothing until tomorrow.

• Choose death over chains.

• Die standing up.

• Guard honor above all.

August 2014
Star Trek: Seekers: 1 by David Mack

September 2014
Star Trek: Seekers: 2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore

December 2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Home Again by Una McCormack (eBook)
Star Trek: Section 31 – Disavowed by David Mack

 

[DimesDan]

January 2014
Star Trek: Voyager: Protectors (Star Trek Voyager)

Spoiler: January blurb

An all-new novel that continues the epic saga of the Starship Voyager!Following the destruction of four fleet vessels at the hands of the Omega Continuum, the U.S.S. Voyager and U.S.S. Demeter set course for a region of the Delta Quadrant far beyond anything previously explored. Captain Chakotay is determined to prove to Starfleet Command that the fleet’s ongoing mission is vital to Federation interests…and the key to doing so may lie in a distress call Voyager received nine years earlier, but could not investigate. Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway is recalled to the Alpha Quadrant for an evaluation period to determine her next assignment. Given the trauma she has recently endured, Admiral Akaar, Starfleet’s Commander-in-Chief, questions Janeway’s fitness to command the fleet. Janeway’s primary concern remains the fleet’s safety. For their mission to continue, she must find a way to secure the resources they require. But the uncertainty of her superior officers has left her powerless to act in their best interests...

February 2014
Star Trek: The Original Series: No Time Like the Past by Greg Cox

Spoiler: February Blurb

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series!Stardate 6422.5. A diplomatic mission to the planet Yusub erupts in violence when ruthless Orion raiders attempt to disrupt the crucial negotiations by force. Caught in the midst of tense and dangerous situation, Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S Enterprise finds an unexpected ally in the form of an enigmatic stranger who calls herself “Annika Seven.”

Stardate 53786.1. Seven of Nine is taking part in an archaeological expedition on an obscure planetoid in the Delta Quadrant when a disastrous turn of events puts Voyager’s away team in jeopardy—and transports Seven across time and space to Yusub, where she comes face to face with one of Starfleet’s greatest legends.

Stardate 6422.5. Kirk knows better than most the danger that even a single castaway from the future can pose to the timeline, so he and Seven embark on a hazardous quest to return her to her own era. But there are others who crave the knowledge Seven possesses, and they will stop at nothing to obtain it—even if this means seizing control of the Enterprise!

March 2014
Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel by Christopher L. Bennett
April 2014
Star Trek: The Original Series: Serpents in the Garden by Jeff Mariotte

Spoiler: April Blurb

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series!Early in his five-year mission commanding the U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk found himself caught up in a growing conflict on the planet Neural. To maintain the balance of power against a force being armed by the Klingons, he provided weapons to his friends, the Hill People. Years later, Admiral Kirk learns that the Klingon presence on the planet has grown considerably, in possible violation of the Treaty of Organia. Did his impulse as a young captain turn out disastrously wrong? Should he—could he—have done more to eliminate the Klingon threat? To find out, he embarks on a secret mission back to Neural—where he might just be the only person who can prevent an interstellar war.[/quote

May 2014
Klingon Art of War by Keith R. A. DeCandido

Spoiler: May Blurb

Passed down from the time of Kahless,ten precepts have shaped Klingon culture andindoctrinated Klingons in the Way of the Warrior. With this new translation, people from all walks of life—and all worlds—can harness the ancient Klingon wisdom and learn to embody courage, discipline, and honor.

• Choose your enemies well.

• Strike quickly or strike not.

• Always face your enemy.

• Seek adversity.

• Reveal your true self in combat.

• Destroy weakness.

• Leave nothing until tomorrow.

• Choose death over chains.

• Die standing up.

• Guard honor above all.

August 2014
Star Trek: Seekers: 1 by David Mack
September 2014
Star Trek: Seekers: 2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore

December 2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Home Again by Una McCormack
December 2014
Star Trek: Section 31 – Disavowed by David Mack

Not wanting to cause a massive uber discussion on the merits of spoiler code, is there any need for spoiler coding a load of blurbs in upcoming novels which, a blurb is not a spoiler or are you just trolling again?

 

[JWolf]

Not wanting to cause a massive uber discussion on the merits of spoiler threads, is there any need for spoiler coding a load of blurbs in upcoming novels which, a blurb is not a spoiler?

The spoilers are there not because the blurbs are actually going to spoil anything, but because the blurbs would make it a rather long post and with the spoiler codes, it's easier to read the book titles.

Oh, I almost forgot, you should edit your quote of my post as I've edited my post since you've quoted mine.

 

[Defcon]

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he did it to avoid an overlong post. If he really did it to avoid spoilers ......

ETA: Seems as if I was right (and way to slow when typing on my phone).

 

[DimesDan]

Not wanting to cause a massive uber discussion on the merits of spoiler threads, is there any need for spoiler coding a load of blurbs in upcoming novels which, a blurb is not a spoiler?

The spoilers are there not because the blurbs are actually going to spoil anything, but because the blurbs would make it a rather long post and with the spoiler codes, it's easier to read the book titles.

Oh, I almost forgot, you should edit your quote of my post as I've edited my post since you've sort of quoted mine.

If you say so, and if you know how to edit a post, why post twice in a row, as for editing what you wrote, I'll pass.

 

[Greg Cox]

Well, I grew up on TOS so it's still near and dear to my heart. Don't get me wrong; I watched all the later shows religiously while they were on the air, but TOS is the only Trek series I own in its entirety or watch with any regularity.

Plus, part of the appeal of writing 5YM books is that I can basically go off and do my own thing without having to worry about meshing my plot with some complicated, over-arching continuity. I can see where that kind of collaborative enterprise can be stimulating in its own way (I enjoyed working out 4400 story arcs with Dave Mack), but there's something to be said for being able to work independently and explore my own favorite corners of the Trek universe without having to coordinate my efforts with eight other authors! Just as a personal preference.

Besides, its seems to me that the 24th century is in good hands these days!

Fair enough. If that's what you prefer, then that's what you prefer. But, if you ever plan on hanging out in the post-TV series 24th century, i'll be there

Thanks! And never say never. If Pocket called me tomorrow and asked me to write a new 24th Century book, I surely wouldn't say no. In the meantime, I'm having plenty of fun in the 23rd century . . .

 

[JWolf]

Thanks! And never say never. If Pocket called me tomorrow and asked me to write a new 24th Century book, I surely wouldn't say no. In the meantime, I'm having plenty of fun in the 23rd century . . .

Since you are having fun in the 23rd century, how about some more movie era TOS?

 

[Greg Cox]

Thanks! And never say never. If Pocket called me tomorrow and asked me to write a new 24th Century book, I surely wouldn't say no. In the meantime, I'm having plenty of fun in the 23rd century . . .

Since you are having fun in the 23rd century, how about some more movie era TOS?

You know, I've been thinking about that . . . .

Funny story. I've been writing so much TOS stuff in recent years that I actually made a silly mistake in the first draft of my TOS/Voyager book. I described Seven's tricorder as hanging by a strap over her shoulder. My editor had to remind me that Voyager's crew didn't use that kind of bulky, TOS-style tricorder anymore.

Oops!

 

[JWolf]

Thanks! And never say never. If Pocket called me tomorrow and asked me to write a new 24th Century book, I surely wouldn't say no. In the meantime, I'm having plenty of fun in the 23rd century . . .

Since you are having fun in the 23rd century, how about some more movie era TOS?

You know, I've been thinking about that . . ..

That would be great. There is so much to fill-in and/or do new stuff that's just new. (IMHO), we've had enough 5yr mission to make it 10 years.

If you do get to do movie era TOS and do write Savvik, please write her as the Kirsty Ally (original) Savvik. The Robin Curtis Savvik is just too stiff and not as appealing.