Post-DS9 book recommendations

[AntonyF]

Now my DS9 rewatch has ended I have a DS9 hole in my life. Are there any really good post-DS9 books that you'd recommend?

I do have a Stich in Time Audiobook to listen to.

I think back in the day I read a book or two of the Avatar series but remember not getting on with it, I think in my memory it was devoting time to new characters that I didn't find interesting. That said, it was a long time ago so if you said to me "Antony get your nose back in those books!" I'd take the suggestion if they're good.

 

[Victoria]

I am not keen on books based outside the frame of the television series and that colours my views. When I did my last re-read, I stopped at Unity which is the point beyond which I feel the books develop too far beyond the series.

Of the post-series books, my favourites: are A Stitch in Time; Abyss (the best of the section 31 books in my opinion); and, the Rebels trilogy (which I feel I shouldn't like but do).

I liked the Terok Nor trilogy when I first read it but found it didn't stand up in re-reading. Gamma and Millennium were good in parts but I felt suffered from the problems you found with Avatar.

The other books I liked were the "Worlds of DS9" trilogy. Possibly this was luck in that "Andor", for instance, deals with one of the new characters that I happened to like.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

It sounds like you want fiction, but you should read The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years. It contains observations from actors, writer, and producers on the making of Star Trek from TNG to 09. The TNG series and movies take up half the book--and it is really good reading--but the DS9 section, about 130 pages, is fascinating.

You should also watch What We Left Behind, which is free to watch with ads on YouTube.

ETA: there's also Alone Together, a dramatic reading by Siddig and Robinson of a well written fanfic, which explores the feelings their respective characters had for each other (IIRC, the death of Ezri is the context).

 

[AntonyF]

You should also watch What We Left Behind, which is free to watch with ads on YouTube.

Thanks for the suggestion, I wasn't aware of that book so will take a look.

As to What We Left Behind, I organised a cinema visit to that in London. I love it, particularly the songs...

 

[tomalak301]

The only DS9 books I read post series were the books immediately after the series ended (Their unofficial season 8). They were pretty good. Then I saw the reading-verse chart thing and got a bit overwhelmed and haven't read another Trek book since.

 

[DonIago]

It's not explicitly linked to DS9, but the Destiny trilogy of novels is extremely good and deals with the Borg in a much more satisfying manner, IMO, than anything we've seen onscreen thus far. Some DS9 characters have significant roles.

Plagues of Night and Raise the Dawn are a very good but likely controversial duology of novels as well. I'm not exactly sure how easy they'd be to get into cold turkey though; IIRC, there were parts where I felt a bit at sea initially.

If you're a Bashir fan, Disavowed and Control are two S31 novels that feature him and other familiar faces along with some involvement with the MU. Among other things, I rather liked a theory about Odo that's brought up in Disavowed. Control is really about the origins and history of S31 and Bashir's efforts to do something about them. I found it compelling. Again though, these novels are probably fairly controversial.

 

[michael91]

Honestly Avatar and beyond have all been pretty good to my utter shock. I was worried that due to media tie in I’ve just gotten to “The Soul Key” and it’s been kind of a wild ride.

A poster above mentioned being overwhelmed here’s what I have been using; in my opinion it’s simpler.

Link

 

[Cryogenator]

The Millennium trilogy has epic scope spanning from 2374 to 2399 and features time travel duplicates, a glimpse of the multiverse, some clever logic to avoid paradoxes, Thomas Riker, the Doctor, Seven of Nine, and Admiral Picard (under whom Nog serves). I had the omnibus since fourth grade but didn't read it until over a decade later. I finished it in a few days.

Some years after that, I read Warpath as an ebook when it was on sale for a dollar, and that was a fun action read.

 

[somebuddyX]

It sounds like you want fiction, but you should read The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years. It contains observations from actors, writer, and producers on the making of Star Trek from TNG to 09. The TNG series and movies take up half the book--and it is really good reading--but the DS9 section, about 130 pages, is fascinating.

You should also watch What We Left Behind, which is free to watch with ads on YouTube.

ETA: there's also Alone Together, a dramatic reading by Siddig and Robinson of a well written fanfic, which explores the feelings their respective characters had for each other (IIRC, the death of Ezri is the context).

I just realised Alone Together is a series! There's ten episodes over two seasons. I knew about Season 1 but didn't know about Season 2! I really enjoyed Season 1. There was some great twists. I thought there was going to be one surprise character, due to the references,

Spoiler

the EMH, but he never turned up.

 

[michael91]

The Millennium trilogy has epic scope spanning from 2374 to 2399 and features time travel duplicates, a glimpse of the multiverse, some clever logic to avoid paradoxes, Thomas Riker, the Doctor, Seven of Nine, and Admiral Picard (under whom Nog serves). I had the omnibus since fourth grade but didn't read it until over a decade later. I finished it in a few days.

Some years after that, I read Warpath as an ebook when it was on sale for a dollar, and that was a fun action read.

I still have that on my shelf; I plan on reading it once I have finished the re-launch series. Apparently a tie-in game called "The Fallen" was based on that trilogy or so I've read.

I've gotten to the crossover mini-series "The Fall" and, I tried to say in my prior post. (I hit reply too soon. I realized it later but I can't edit it. Maybe I'm too new a member, or have too few posts for the edit function. Not sure. Doesn't matter.), typically I find media-tie based books to be...sub-par. So after finshing Deep Space Nine for the 2nd or 3rd time, and as much as I loved the ending, I was curious what happened after that final shot. I knew that someone had to have done something like this relaunch series. There was way too much money to be had for them not to.

So I bought Avatar book 1&2 (the start of the series) and was pleasently surprised. Anyone with reservations really should give them a shot if you, like me, have watched the show too many times to count and want more. should give these a shot.