Stand-Out Star Trek Titan Novel (As Of 2019)

[tomswift2002]

It's been 14 years since the Star Trek: Titan book series launched. Which book in that time, do you think of as the stand-out title from the series.

Now then any crossover stories or cameos with other Trek series are not apart of this poll. This is just about the stand-alone Titan novels. So Destiny is not included, but Seize The Fire is included. Absent Enemies is also excluded as it's a novella, and not a full-novel, and it is e-book only. Also any short-stories are not included.

 

[Relayer1]

Torrent Sea.

Superlative world building...

 

[Christopher]

Torrent Sea.

Superlative world building...

Thank you so much! That was pretty much the purest hard-SF Trek novel I've ever written, with the planetary science as solid (poor choice of words) as I could make it.

 

[tomswift2002]

I had to go with Synthesis. The Avatar really needed to be around for more than 1 book.

 

[Smiley]

I voted for The Poisoned Chalice, but I also love Taking Wing, Orion's Hounds, Synthesis, and Sight Unseen.

 

[Paris]

I voted for Sight Unseen, but Torrent and Red King were other favourites

 

[Tirius]

Orion's Hounds, one of my all-time favorite Trek novels and an excellent start for Titan's original mission. As an environmental scientist myself, I loved the exploration of 'an ecosystem in space'.

I'd go as far as saying this is my favorite 'exploration-based' entry of the entire novel-verse.

 

[JD]

Another vote for Orion's Hounds, it's pretty much the perfect example of what the Titan series was meant to be.

 

[Relayer1]

Thank you so much! That was pretty much the purest hard-SF Trek novel I've ever written, with the planetary science as solid (poor choice of words) as I could make it.

You're very welcome - I enjoyed the novel immensely.

Thank you !

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

Orion's Hounds, one of my all-time favorite Trek novels and an excellent start for Titan's original mission. As an environmental scientist myself, I loved the exploration of 'an ecosystem in space'.

I'd go as far as saying this is my favorite 'exploration-based' entry of the entire novel-verse.

I heartily agree. I wish we’d had the chance for more of these Titan exploration novels. There really was a sense of wonder and alienness to this tale, and it really felt like it was what the series was going to be and focus on. Then, of course, outside events stepped in and forced a course change, but still. I’d love to step back in the timeline and get more Titan stories like this, or see the present Titan return to it.

 

[BillJ]

I lost interest after "The Red King".

 

[Kilana2]

Orion Hounds was great.

 

[Reanok]

Synthesis

 

[JD]

I lost interest after "The Red King".

Have you tried any of the books after that? IMO that was the weakest book in the series yet, and it didn't really take off until after that.

 

[Serin117]

Torrent Sea for being an emotional moving aftermath story brilliantly interwoven with New Thing of the Week.
And Synthesis, for scale and one of very few portrayals of AI in Trek that wasn't just tropey 'the toasters are evil' stuff.
I really loved White Blue and the Sentries. There's a lot of potential there for future Federation AI development.

 

[Christopher]

I gotta say, this thread is really cheering me up just when I needed it. Thanks, guys.

 

[tomswift2002]

Have you tried any of the books after that? IMO that was the weakest book in the series yet, and it didn't really take off until after that.

I’d have to say “Fallen Gods” was probably the weakest. But “The Red King” was pretty forgettable (I read the book back in 2005 and I don’t recall anything whereas the other books I can still remember something).

 

[Kilana2]

For me the weakest books were Synthesis and Sword of Damocles. Haven't read Fortunes of War as of yet. I'm still waiting for a German translation. It isn't listed as planned until now.

 

[Daddy Todd]

I was torn between Torrent Sea and Hounds.

I cheated and checked the results, and threw some love to Torrent Sea. But it was pretty much a toss-up.

There are several that I barely remember at all, so thanks, Christopher, for writing a couple very memorable books!

 

[Christopher]

^Thank you!