I recently read where the writers of the screenplay for the new Trek movie said they read and got some story ideas from novels such as Best Destiny and Prime Directive. Does anyone know if they have mentioned any others? Does the giant novel called Enerprise: The First Adventure factor into this as well? I would like to go back and reread these over the holidays and I also had a friend ask if he could borrow those to read for the first time. I was trying to put together only the ones that would be relevant to the new film.
Novels Related to New Trek Movie
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haven't heard Best Destiny mentioned. Sure E:TFA hasn't been. Spock's World has been.
I can't imagine that any of these would be actually connected to the movie. They probably provided thematic inspiration, but they certainly couldn't be considered to be in the same continuity as the new film.
I would think that they're referring to how they borrowed some backstory ideas from them - Best Destiny is big on Kirk's teen years, and I seem to recall hearing Final Frontier nabbing a mention or two, which focuses heavily on Kirk's father.
What they mentioned as their favorite books were "Prime Directive" and "Spocks World".
As for episodes they mentioned "Balance of Terror", "Yesterdays Enterprise" and "The Best of Both Worlds". For Movies they said "Wrath of Khan".
And their favorite series was "The Next Generation".
When I spoke with them, the novels mentioned were Best Destiny, Prime Directive and Spock's World - but these were ones that they passed between them as teenagers rather than stories that they were consciously emulating or sourcing from in the screenplay.
Paul
When I read the scene descriptions and realized they were using Diana Carey's juvie-hall Kirk from Best Destiny I shit my pants. I love that book! I can't wait to see this movie. Finally a chance to see George Kirk in the flesh!
Be careful what you wish for-for all you know, they're going with Edward James Olmos for the role!
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