Spoilers Picard Autobiography by David Goodman - Discussion and Review Thread

[Leto_II]

I wonder if we'll get excerpts from the Dominion War. Be nice to see what the Enterprise-E was up to during those two years (2373 to 2375), perhaps even dating the events of "Insurrection".

There's already John Vornholt's two Dominion War series novels that overlap with the end of DS9 Season 5 and the start of Season 6, which show some of the Enterprise-E's missions during the war, plus some other books as well (The Battle of Betazed, Tales of the Dominion War, etc.). Definitely check those out if you have the chance.

 

[Ensign_Rowan_McGrath]

There's already John Vornholt's two Dominion War series novels that overlap with the end of DS9 Season 5 and the start of Season 6, which show some of the Enterprise-E's missions during the war, plus some other books as well (The Battle of Betazed, Tales of the Dominion War, etc.). Definitely check those out if you have the chance.

I got The Battle of Betazed but didn't think much of it. And I read the one where Picard was on Earth when it was hit by the Breen and wasn't much impressed with it either.

 

[The Wormhole]

I wonder if they'll be pondering over what happened to Hawk in First Contact (will he keep being Sean Liam Hawk or be Ren Hawk or Neal Hawk) and the casualties in Nemesis (i.e. Branson and the female ops officer [I call her Lt. j.g. Natalia Olberg, and yes I know she survives, barely]).

As the Kirk autobiography didn't go over every redshirt who died in TOS and the movies, I doubt the Picard one is going to go into much detail into such characters from TNG and its movies.

 

[Therin of Andor]

It's here!


Autobiography of Picard, "edited" by David A. Goodman by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Briefly described contents!
Foreword by Dr Beverly Crusher
Prologue (making of Locutus)
1. (In France with 13-year old brother, Robert)
2. (Starfleet Marathon)
3. (Encounter with the Nausicaan, with Marta and Corey)
4. (Stargazer)
5. (Captain of Stargazer)
6. (Mother dying)
7. (Jack and Bev's wedding)
8. (Stargazer court martial; Data and Phlox)
9. (Farpoint Station)
10. (Best of Both Worlds aftermath; Janeway discusses Shinzon)
11. (Picard weds Bev; Spock discusses Hobus)

 

[Leathco]

No Kindle version?

 

[JoeP]

Titan Books said on Twitter that the Kindle links would be up "shortly" when I pointed out they were missing, but that was back on Oct. 5th.

 

[JD]

I've come across a few books that didn't add the e-books until the release date.

 

[Ensign_Rowan_McGrath]

It's here!


Autobiography of Picard, "edited" by David A. Goodman by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Briefly described contents!
Foreword by Dr Beverly Crusher
Prologue (making of Locutus)
1. (In France with 13-year old brother, Robert)
2. (Starfleet Marathon)
3. (Encounter with the Nausicaan, with Marta and Corey)
4. (Stargazer)
5. (Captain of Stargazer)
6. (Mother dying)
7. (Jack and Bev's wedding)
8. (Stargazer court martial; Data and Phlox)
9. (Farpoint Station)
10. (Best of Both Worlds aftermath; Janeway discusses Shinzon)
11. (Picard weds Bev; Spock discusses Hobus)

Details!!

I'd love to know what extra tidbits are there:
i.e. ships, characters, planets, dates!

Oh hell yeah on him finally wedding Beverly

 

[Therin of Andor]

Details!!
I'd love to know what extra tidbits are there:
i.e. ships, characters, planets, dates!

I'd be doing David A Goodman out of his well-earned royalties. Haven't read it yet, just a quick riffle.

 

[JD]

Details!!

I'd love to know what extra tidbits are there:
i.e. ships, characters, planets, dates!

Oh hell yeah on him finally wedding Beverly

Beverly and Jean-Luc have been married for years in the novels, and even have a son.

 

[STR]

So which episode or movie will be treated as though it never happened this time?

They one where Picard beams himself into space while under the influence of an alien of the week and then gets back aboard by going into the ship's tail pipe.

 

[Charles Phipps]

They can't improve on THE BURIED AGE's version of the court martial by @Christopher.

 

[SolarisOne]

They can't improve on THE BURIED AGE's version of the court martial by @Christopher.

Agreed.

 

[Extrocomp]

Details!!

I'd love to know what extra tidbits are there:
i.e. ships, characters, planets, dates!

See for yourself.

 

[JD]

I hope the book covers more than just the episodes mentioned. I would hope we would at least get some of the other big Picard episodes like Darmok, Sarek, or The Inner Light.

 

[Paris]

I read the exerpt and now I'm jonesing for more. I was going to wait for the soft cover, but may have to spring for the hardcover so I can read it sooner. Maybe i'll even ebook it...

 

[JoeP]

Kindle links are up now at Amazon.ca and .com!

 

[JD]

Still not up on Google Play. I've noticed that Titan doesn't always seem to release their e-books through Google Play, so there is a chance they won't get it.

 

[JoeP]

That’s sucks, dude.

 

[JD]

I have the Kindle App on my tablet, so if I have to I'll just go route.