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Slings and Arrows

^ Dayton's answer is actually correct. There are no current plans to collect it, especially since Books 5 and 6 aren't even out in eBook form yet, and if/when it does happen, it won't be until after Mere Anarchy, which also hasn't yet been scheduled for trade release.
 
^

In that case, I retract my statement made to Dayton. I thought he was trying to be funny. It seemed that way...
 
Can anyone explain the series to me, i've only recently even heard about slings and arrows. What series does it encompass? any characters from other books? any info would be great
 
RyanLevy said:
Can anyone explain the series to me, i've only recently even heard about slings and arrows. What series does it encompass? any characters from other books? any info would be great
Slings and Arrows is a six-part miniseries covering the first year of service of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E, leading up to the events of First Contact (largely concurrent with DS9's fourth and fifth seasons). Without spoiling too much, the series is very much influenced by what was going on with Sisko & Co. at the time, there are some Special Guest Stars, and many pretty Easter eggs relating to the lit-only side of the Trek universe.

Memory Beta has the blurbs and some additional info...
 
I wish Slings and Arrows would just stay as an eBook series. I don't see anything wrong with reading it as eBooks. In fact, I do have to get the parts I am missing. I think I only have parts 1 & 2.
 
William Leisner said:
Slings and Arrows is a six-part miniseries covering the first year of service of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E, leading up to the events of First Contact (largely concurrent with DS9's fourth and fifth seasons). Without spoiling too much, the series is very much influenced by what was going on with Sisko & Co. at the time, there are some Special Guest Stars, and many pretty Easter eggs relating to the lit-only side of the Trek universe.

I don't believe I have any of that set. Good thing my birthday's coming up this weekend. I can con my friends and family into helping me stock up on eBooks.

Karen
 
William Leisner said:
Hey kids! SimonSays.com has an excerpt of Slings and Arrows: Book V: A Weary Life by Robert Greenberger!

Publication Date: February 1, 2008
List Price: $4.99
Availability: This title is not currently available from SimonSays.com

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William Leisner said:
RyanLevy said:
Can anyone explain the series to me, i've only recently even heard about slings and arrows. What series does it encompass? any characters from other books? any info would be great
Slings and Arrows is a six-part miniseries covering the first year of service of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E, leading up to the events of First Contact (largely concurrent with DS9's fourth and fifth seasons). Without spoiling too much, the series is very much influenced by what was going on with Sisko & Co. at the time, there are some Special Guest Stars, and many pretty Easter eggs relating to the lit-only side of the Trek universe.

Memory Beta has the blurbs and some additional info...

See I can see the attraction of that to many people, but stuntcasting and easter eggs doesn't grab me as a selling point - where's the big ideas?
 
^ Bill said what the overall concept was: what the Enterprise was doing during the late fourth/early fifth season of DS9. We'll see the Enterprise side of things like Founder infiltration paranoia, Leyton's coup d'etat on Earth, the fractured Klingon alliance, and the ongoing Maquis problem -- as well as Troi's reaction to her mother's pregnancy.

In addition, it fills the gaps of how Data progressed with his emotion chip from being a wreck in Generations to being able to switch it off in First Contact, plus how and why La Forge switched from the VISOR to the optical implants.
 
em.. I've got to be honest none of those seem that interesting to me - the answer to how La Forge switched from the visor to optical implants is "he went for an operation".

Of course, the writing could be fantastic but I see nothing there that would make me rush out to pick up those books.

just one man's view and I'll leave it at that.
 
JWolf said:
I wish Slings and Arrows would just stay as an eBook series. I don't see anything wrong with reading it as eBooks.

If I had no other ST books to read, I'd get the eBooks and read 'em, but I'll still buy a nice chunky reprint omnibus anytime.
 
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