Novel set in the post atomic Horror

[Christopher]

Yeah, and as i said before i wondered how tribunals like the one in "Encounter at Farpoint" could still exist in 2079. After all the Vulcans at this point were already on Earth for around 16 years.

And the Vulcans had a pretty solid non-interference policy. They'd offer guidance and support, but wouldn't actually take over or impose order. I imagine it'd be something more like US military's efforts to help the Iraqis and Afghans set up new governments of their own, which has been a slow and imperfect process at best and had numerous setbacks over the years. And that's just in a couple of countries. Helping the entire planet recover would probably take decades, and some regions would take longer to recover than others.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

And the Vulcans had a pretty solid non-interference policy. They'd offer guidance and support, but wouldn't actually take over or impose order. I imagine it'd be something more like US military's efforts to help the Iraqis and Afghans set up new governments of their own, which has been a slow and imperfect process at best and had numerous setbacks over the years. And that's just in a couple of countries. Helping the entire planet recover would probably take decades, and some regions would take longer to recover than others.

This is actually a lot of interesting stuff that could fuel at least a great book trilogy or even an entire series.

Would be fascinating to see how Earth got its act together, how United Earth, the UESPA and Starfleet were founded and how the Vulcans got their foot in the door. What the setbacks were and how they were overcome.

 

[Damian]

This is actually a lot of interesting stuff that could fuel at least a great book trilogy or even an entire series.

Would be fascinating to see how Earth got its act together, how United Earth, the UESPA and Starfleet were founded and how the Vulcans got their foot in the door. What the setbacks were and how they were overcome.

Yeah, it'd be interesting to see all that in a novel form (since I think it's probably unlikely to ever come up on screen).

However, I probably wouldn't hold my breath. The time to do it was probably when Christopher had pitched his idea, when there was really nothing on screen (except the Abrams films). And even then it sounds like the editor was dubious about it. But at that time, with a dearth of on screen product it seemed Pocketbooks was much more willing to publish books not directly tied to any one TV series.

Now the focus will be on Discovery, Picard and whatever new shows come up, and of course the original series (and maybe TNG novels that probably will tie into the new Picard show---though I imagine they will just carry the Picard banner). I doubt S&S will do any novels not related to those series. Christopher's probably lucky to be able to do a movie era novel--though you can connect that to the original series as well.

While I'm disappointed in that (including my belief that there will probably not be any future DS9, Voyager--after "To Lose the Earth", Enterprise and Titan novels...or Seeker novels which I really enjoyed, or NF novels, etc.) I can understand S&S wanting to focus on current shows. They want to make money on novels and lets face it, a new Discovery or Picard novel is probably going to make a lot more money than say a new Deep Space Nine novel.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

Yeah, it'd be interesting to see all that in a novel form (since I think it's probably unlikely to ever come up on screen).

However, I probably wouldn't hold my breath. The time to do it was probably when Christopher had pitched his idea, when there was really nothing on screen (except the Abrams films). And even then it sounds like the editor was dubious about it. But at that time, with a dearth of on screen product it seemed Pocketbooks was much more willing to publish books not directly tied to any one TV series.

Now the focus will be on Discovery, Picard and whatever new shows come up, and of course the original series (and maybe TNG novels that probably will tie into the new Picard show---though I imagine they will just carry the Picard banner). I doubt S&S will do any novels not related to those series. Christopher's probably lucky to be able to do a movie era novel--though you can connect that to the original series as well.

While I'm disappointed in that (including my belief that there will probably not be any future DS9, Voyager--after "To Lose the Earth", Enterprise and Titan novels...or Seeker novels which I really enjoyed, or NF novels, etc.) I can understand S&S wanting to focus on current shows. They want to make money on novels and lets face it, a new Discovery or Picard novel is probably going to make a lot more money than say a new Deep Space Nine novel.

Sad but most likely true. But if there isn't an upcoming show about these things, maybe there's still hope. Wishful thinking? Maybe.

 

[Reanok]

I wish we could get news about Ds9 and Enterpise novels . I really like the Seeker books too.

 

[Damian]

I wish we could get news about Ds9 and Enterpise novels . I really like the Seeker books too.

I hate to say that I wouldn't hold my breath. I get the feeling we may have already seen our last DS9 and Enterprise novels (and Voyager after "To Lose the Earth" sees it's release).

I'm start to wonder if we'll even get monthly books again. Looking at the schedule it looks like they'll average about every other month. 2019 I figured that was because they were just ramping up after the prolonged contract negotiations. But that seems to be carrying over to next year as well.

Maybe we should all make sure "To Lose the Earth" is a huge seller for S&S so they can see there is still value in books based on the prior spin off shows

 

[Damian]

That may be one disadvantage of the ongoing relaunch storylines (though I loved them and wouldn't want to give up all these great years of stories). Assuming Picard makes much of the novelverse impossible to continue as is. Typically tie-ins can't be inconsistent with something that is canon so I don't see them continuing the relaunches as some sort of alternate universe. And there's pretty much no chance of doing standalone novels of TNG, DS9, or Voyager after all these years of continuing storylines.

Enterprise is the only series that could probably continue in its present form (at least mostly) but I don't see that happening either.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

That may be one disadvantage of the ongoing relaunch storylines (though I loved them and wouldn't want to give up all these great years of stories). Assuming Picard makes much of the novelverse impossible to continue as is. Typically tie-ins can't be inconsistent with something that is canon so I don't see them continuing the relaunches as some sort of alternate universe. And there's pretty much no chance of doing standalone novels of TNG, DS9, or Voyager after all these years of continuing storylines.

Enterprise is the only series that could probably continue in its present form (at least mostly) but I don't see that happening either.

Actually with shows like Picard set at the end of the 24th/beginning of the 25th century and Discovery going into the 32nd century, the late 21st century would be new avenue for the novelverse. There is not much stuff that the new shows with the focus on the future of the star trek universe could contradict, and this is an era we don't know much about.