Sequels to episodes - especially TOS

[ISUTubbs]

I've often wondered if anyone has compiled a list of Trek books that are sequels (or touch upon) specific episodes. For example, "The Cry of the Onlies" is a sequel to the TOS episode "Miri" and "Savage Trade" was based on "The Savage Curtain".

Given the efforts in "Charting the Novel-verse" I'm betting someone has already gone to the effort to compile such a list. So how about it? Where can I find a list of Trek episodes that have a book sequel?

Thanks!

 

[Greg Cox]

I don't know of a comprehensive list, but just among my own stuff:

"Devil in the Sky" is a sequel to "Devil in the Dark."
"Assignment: Eternity" is a sequel to "Assignment: Earth"
"The Rings of Time" is (kinda) a sequel to "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
"Night of the Vulture" is a sequel to "Day of the Dove." (See what I did there?)
"Foul Deeds Will Rise" is a sequel to "The Conscience of the King."

And then there's the Khan books . .. .

 

[Jinn]

And your Q Continuum trilogy which is a prequel [close enough to sequel, I guess] to some of the worst TOS media, like that episode were these children murder their parents and STV, but still one of the greatest ST trilogies.

Edi: Also TOS: From History's Shadow which is a sequel to every episode and movie set in the 20th century.

 

[ryan123450]

I think there was a thread similar to this idea a while back. Sounds like a fun and useful addition to the Litverse Reading Guide but I'm sure I'll never get around to doing it.

 

[Stevil2001]

I feel like @Therin of Andor had something like this.

 

[ISUTubbs]

I don't know of a comprehensive list, but just among my own stuff:

"Devil in the Sky" is a sequel to "Devil in the Dark."
"Assignment: Eternity" is a sequel to "Assignment: Earth"
"The Rings of Time" is (kinda) a sequel to "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
"Night of the Vulture" is a sequel to "Day of the Dove." (See what I did there?)
"Foul Deeds Will Rise" is a sequel to "The Conscience of the King."

And then there's the Khan books . .. .

Ok! I'm geeking out like a total fan boy! My first reply is from THE Greg Cox! Your work is partly what prompted my question / interest. I'm curious how many episodes have a sequel written. And I'm not familiar with "Night of the Vulture". Is that a soon to be released title or one I some how missed?

 

[ISUTubbs]

Ok! I'm geeking out like a total fan boy! My first reply is from THE Greg Cox! Your work is partly what prompted my question / interest. I'm curious how many episodes have a sequel written. And I'm not familiar with "Night of the Vulture". Is that a soon to be released title or one I some how missed?

Never mind about "Night of the Vulture"...I found it!

 

[ISUTubbs]

I think there was a thread similar to this idea a while back. Sounds like a fun and useful addition to the Litverse Reading Guide but I'm sure I'll never get around to doing it.

ryan12350: I wasn't familiar with the Litverse Reading Guide, but just checked it out. A sequel list DOES sound like it would be a useful addition to the Guide, and you TOTALLY have the knowledge to put it together. Start with TOS - it only contains 79 episodes and Greg Cox has already covered several of those.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

"Night of the Vulture" is a sequel to "Day of the Dove." (See what I did there?)

I'm curious... Why "Vulture" and not "Hawk"?

 

[Extrocomp]

One Small Step is a sequel to That Which Survives.

 

[Greg Cox]

I'm curious... Why "Vulture" and not "Hawk"?

Because the spinning pinwheel of hate kinda feeds on death and war . . ..

 

[ryan123450]

ryan12350: I wasn't familiar with the Litverse Reading Guide, but just checked it out. A sequel list DOES sound like it would be a useful addition to the Guide, and you TOTALLY have the knowledge to put it together. Start with TOS - it only contains 79 episodes and Greg Cox has already covered several of those.

If only there were more hours in the day. Or few hours in the work week.

 

[Christopher]

Where do we draw the line between "sequel to episode X" and "story that includes/alludes to a character or element from episode X?" I think "sequel" suggests it's a direct followup to the main plot of the episode, as opposed to just building on some idea from it. There are countless stories that follow up on some aspect from a TOS episode but are too detached to be a true sequel. So maybe we need to narrow the definition so the list doesn't get unwieldy.

For instance, TNG: Gulliver's Fugitives features a couple of First Federation envoys who help catalyze an aspect of the plot, and VGR: Ragnarok features an abandoned Fesarius-type vessel as a plot point, but those are secondary elements of plots that are not specifically connected to "The Corbomite Maneuver," so I wouldn't call them sequels. But my upcoming The Face of the Unknown is very much a sequel to that episode, bringing back and expanding on its major elements and developing its concepts more fully.

 

[Greg Cox]

Yeah, we should probably confine to this to direct sequels, although that line is bound to get a bit blurry.

Some clear-cut examples: Jeff Mariotte's recent "Serpents in the Garden," which I believe is a direct sequel to "A Private Little War." And "Yesterday's Child" by Ann Crispin is very much a sequel to "All Our Yesterdays."

On other hand, I wouldn't say that my "No Time Like the Past' is a sequel to "The Apple," even though Seven of Nine briefly revisits Vaal's planet while hopping through time . .. . .

 

[Avro Arrow]

like that episode were these children murder their parents and STV

I understand that STV is widely disliked, but murdering it is a little over the top.

 

[Idran]

Hmm; would the Errand of Fury trilogy qualify? It's a sequel to the Errand of Vengeance trilogy, of which the last book was essentially an expanded novelization of "Errand of Mercy", but it's more a follow-up to the overall Klingon-Federation conflict than the events of "Errand of Mercy" in particular.

 

[ISUTubbs]

Hmm; would the Errand of Fury trilogy qualify? It's a sequel to the Errand of Vengeance trilogy, of which the last book was essentially an expanded novelization of "Errand of Mercy", but it's more a follow-up to the overall Klingon-Federation conflict than the events of "Errand of Mercy" in particular.

I would say "yes". Errand of Mercy acted as the start of all those books. I'm starting a list...

 

[Idran]

I would say "yes". Errand of Mercy acted as the start of all those books. I'm starting a list...

Well, the start of Errand of Fury. Errand of Vengeance was more a prequel to "Errand of Mercy", if you want to track those separately (or at all).

Oh, there's also "One Small Step", the first book in the Gateways series, which is a sequel to "That Which Survives".

 

[Christopher]

Well, the start of Errand of Fury. Errand of Vengeance was more a prequel to "Errand of Mercy", if you want to track those separately (or at all).

I think ISUTubbs meant that "Errand of Mercy" was the start of all those books in real-world terms, the original work that they were all deriving from.

Also, "prequel" is a subcategory of "sequel," not its opposite. It's short for "preceding sequel," a followup story that is made after the original but is set before it. So a prequel does qualify as a sequel.

 

[TheUsualSuspect]

Seems like there were quite a lot of sequels to TOS episodes over the years. Surprisingly, one that hasn't been mentioned yet is Yesterday's Son by Ann Crispin, a sequel to "All Our Yesterdays" which had its own sequel, Time for Yesterday. Also, the entire Crucible trilogy by David R. George is a sequel to "The City on the Edge of Forever," as well as tying in with many events from the original series and its movies. Probe by Margaret Wander Bonano (as filtered through many ghost-writers!) is a sequel to ST IV.

I don't think there've been as many sequels to TNG episodes. Vendetta by Peter David is a sequel to "The Best of Both Worlds," although it is incompatible with some of the later Borg episodes and movies. Imzadi II: Triangle, also by David, is a sequel to ST Generations. And The Return by William Shatner and Garfield and Judy Reeves-Stevens is a Kirk-centered sequel to the same movie.

I'm sure others will come up with many more.