Question for the editors about Trek XI
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It's been stated that the events of Countdown are meant to take place in 2387, only 8 years after NEM. That would be 6 years in the future of the 2009 novels. And the passage of time in the novels can be significantly slower than in real time. So I'd imagine it could be anywhere from 5-10 years, maybe more, before it becomes an issue.
Have the latest issues reconciled the inner chronological discrepancies, then?
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Not as such, but the authors have stated in an interview that the comic takes place in 2387.
The trade paperback alters Spock's line in the first issue to having been 20 years on Romulus
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Yes - but since it's an error correction on something that's been debated to death....
Thanks for the info.
Either way, yeah, it'll be a few years before anyone has to make that call.
Yes - but since it's an error correction on something that's been debated to death....
guess i used the wrong icon. as usual my attempt at humor falls flat...
Would the editors really want to fit Countdown into the main continuity since B-4 becomes Data in the Countdown-verse? I thought they all decided this was a stupid way to go.
Well, the elements specific to Countdown aren't binding on the novels, but those elements of Countdown which are based on Spock and Nero's 24th-century backstory from the movie would probably be a different matter, since of course they'd be mentioned in the actual film itself.
Which would, if they are following the usual rules for the novels, mean they will take them into account.
It would be interesting if in a few years of novel continuity Romulus goes poof.
That would certainly throw a monkey wrench into the works.
Unless it gets mentioned in the movie, the books are free to ignore it, just as no one had to conform to Picard's new first officer, nor Wesley's posting to the Titan, as featured in the "Nemesis" novelization.
Nor do books have to acknowledge Lori Ciana (TMP novelization), Saavik's backstory (ST II novelization), nor Carol's relationship with one of her Genesis colleagues. Nor the actual surname of Admiral Bob in ST V ("Forged in Fire" vs ST V novelization): Robert Bennett vs Robert Caflisch
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