Star Trek novels in 2010, starting with "Inception" this January

[Man of Steel]

Do we know who's writing the series?

One writer or a collaboration with 5 others?

My guess is that we will see 6 books spanning the different series being written by:

KRAD
MACK
WARDMIRE
Bennett
Beyer
Swallows

 

[Paris]

Do we know who's writing the series?

One writer or a collaboration with 5 others?

My guess is that we will see 6 books spanning the different series being written by:

KRAD
MACK
WARDMIRE
Bennett
Beyer
Swallows

Hopefully we can be so lucky. Treklit has an amazing array or writers working in it. After reading Losing the Peace, i'd have to say that William Leisner would also be a very welcome addition to that list , not to mention Andy Mangels & Michael Martin. I've still not read anything by Mr.Swallow, but I'm eagerly awaiting his upcoming Titan novel.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Beyer
Swallows

An unfortunate miss-spelling of Jim's name (it's Swallow, singular) there...

 

[Man of Steel]

Beyer
Swallows

An unfortunate miss-spelling of Jim's name (it's Swallow, singular) there...

I know but I couldn't resist typing Beyer swallows.

 

[William Leisner]

After reading Losing the Peace, i'd have to say that William Leisner would also be a very welcome addition to that list

From your lips to God's (aka Margaret Clark's) ears.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Do we know who's writing the series?

One writer or a collaboration with 5 others?

My guess is that we will see 6 books spanning the different series being written by:

KRAD
MACK
WARDMIRE
Bennett
Beyer
Swallow

That would be a dream come true. I'm betting at least some of these authors will be involved.

 

[captcalhoun]

I've still not read anything by Mr.Swallow, but I'm eagerly awaiting his upcoming Titan novel.

buy Infinity's Prism and read "Seeds of Dissent" STAT!

also worth it for Leisner's "A Less Perfect Union" and CLB's "Places of Exile" - The Best Voyager Story I've Read (TM)...

cheques are in the post, right guys?

 

[JD]

Or IMO even better, Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers, that's one of the best books I've read.
His MU Vanguard short story, Black Flag is pretty cool too. Especially after those two he deserves a place on that list.

 

[Leandar]

One in which, among other things, no one yet knew Luke and Leia were brother and sister. Including Lucas, I suspect.

Luke's sister, originally, was supposed to be in training on the opposite side of the galaxy. The Sequel Trilogy would have revolved around her.

But when Lucas decided he needed a "Gotcha!" moment on the level of "Luke, I am your father" for Jedi, he settled on making Leia the "another" that Yoda and Obi-Wan talked about at the end of Empire.

It was also because of writer's block when Lucas couldn't figure out what to have Vader say to Luke to enrage him to the point where Luke would almost kill Vader and so he decided then to make Leia the sister, add Palpatine to Jedi, kill him right then and there, (as Palpatine wasn't supposed to appear until Episode IX at that point), and then he didn't have to make a sequel trilogy as his marriage was crumbling by that point.

^^As a fan of the Vanguard series, I loved that mirror Vanguard story! I just wish it could have been longer so we could have seen more of the counterparts of the characters and what they were like. That was my only gripe about it, it was too short! lol

 

[James Swallow]

Or IMO even better, Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers, that's one of the best books I've read.
His MU Vanguard short story, Black Flag is pretty cool too. Especially after those two he deserves a place on that list.

buy Infinity's Prism and read "Seeds of Dissent" STAT!

Thanks for the comments, chaps.

Beyer
Swallows

An unfortunate miss-spelling of Jim's name (it's Swallow, singular) there...

I know but I couldn't resist typing Beyer swallows.

Gee, I've never heard a joke like that before....

 

[Admiral_Young]

I think some fans (including me) have thought that the formation of the Typhon Pact would lead to some kind of military confrontation against the Federation is because of it being composed of races and power groups that have been hostile to the UFP in the past...however if it turns out otherwise and there is a much more complex story at hand to come then I'm all for that too. They also formed during a period when Starfleet has been at it's weakest in terms of numbers. Things aren't too cozy in the Federation right now thanks to the Borg invasion...I for one thought the Tyhpon Pact formed to take advantaege of the power vaccum and pose a stronger opposistion to the Federation.

 

[Man of Steel]

Or IMO even better, Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers, that's one of the best books I've read.
His MU Vanguard short story, Black Flag is pretty cool too. Especially after those two he deserves a place on that list.

buy Infinity's Prism and read "Seeds of Dissent" STAT!

Thanks for the comments, chaps.

An unfortunate miss-spelling of Jim's name (it's Swallow, singular) there...

I know but I couldn't resist typing Beyer swallows.

Gee, I've never heard a joke like that before....

I know. Bad joke in bad tatse. Sorry James.

 

[Christopher]

I think some fans (including me) have thought that the formation of the Typhon Pact would lead to some kind of military confrontation against the Federation is because of it being composed of races and power groups that have been hostile to the UFP in the past...I for one thought the Tyhpon Pact formed to take advantaege of the power vaccum and pose a stronger opposistion to the Federation.

Well, as I've said before, there are other forms of confrontation and opposition between nations besides armed combat. The United States is at odds with nations such as Iran and North Korea, but we aren't at war with them. We've been at odds with Cuba for decades, but there's hardly been any combat involved. There are all sorts of ways that rival powers can clash or compete without firepower being used.

 

[JD]

I don't know about anyone else but I would definitely be more interested in a story along the lines of those real world situations than another war. Besides, as new as the Typhon Pact is, they're probably more concerned with getting themselves organized than starting any trouble.

 

[Christopher]

Heck, even in the Trek universe, war is the exception when it comes to storytelling about hostile powers. In TOS, the Federation had a number of enemies, but there was only one episode where a formal, declared state of war existed, "Errand of Mercy." And that was put to a stop pretty promptly, with the rest of the series depicting a Cold War scenario with the Klingons. Some episodes were about preventing an initial attack from heating up into open war, mainly "Balance of Terror" and "Arena." In TNG, we met the Cardassians a year after a peace treaty had been signed, and the stories involving them were mainly about espionage and political brinksmanship. Many Romulan episodes in TNG were about a risk of war being averted, about Cold War brinksmanship, about trying to make peace with those who wrongly saw you as an enemy. It wasn't until DS9 that we saw an actual, ongoing state of war between the Federation and another power. As for the books, we've got the Earth-Romulan War coming up in ENT, but aside from that and the Dominion War, I'm not aware of any other books featuring the Federation at war. (Conflicts with the Borg are not wars; you can't declare war on a hurricane.) Overwhelmingly, ST's depictions of relations between the UFP and its adversaries have not involved actual warfare.

 

[Rush Limborg]

I think some fans (including me) have thought that the formation of the Typhon Pact would lead to some kind of military confrontation against the Federation is because of it being composed of races and power groups that have been hostile to the UFP in the past...however if it turns out otherwise and there is a much more complex story at hand to come then I'm all for that too. They also formed during a period when Starfleet has been at it's weakest in terms of numbers. Things aren't too cozy in the Federation right now thanks to the Borg invasion...I for one thought the Tyhpon Pact formed to take advantaege of the power vaccum and pose a stronger opposistion to the Federation.

Agreed. We've had enough full-scale wars lately to last a LIFETIME.

For me, a Cold War is the way to go. But...I have a good feeling about this regardless.

Here's to 2010!

(Conflicts with the Borg are not wars; you can't declare war on a hurricane.)

Great line! I love that!

 

[Manisphere]

I just hope he doesn't royally fuck it up like he did with his Star Wars book Splinter of the Mind's Eye. It was so bad, so piss-poorly written, I've never been able to read a Star Wars book since then.

Well, back in '78 Splinter was pretty good stuff, IMO. In retrospect, it has been pretty-much squashed by the continuity that came afterward. Not ADF's fault. I doubt that at the the time the book was written that Lucas (or anyone else) really had a firm idea of where things were going to go in the SW universe.

No one even thought of "continuity" in SW books until the 90's. (course that's all they talk about now) I'll agree that Splinter wasn't great but it was the 70's. Foster also wrote The Approaching Storm for SW. Sadly, it quite bad. I greatly enjoyed Quinto reading the novelization of ST though.

 

[Sci]

BTW--it's a pity your namesake died. I'm sorry, but Sloan was just COOL! His replacement in Abyss (Cole), is just creepy.

As well he should be. The novels shouldn't glamorize that cabal of criminals.

Spoiler: Cole and Abyss

Cole apparently took part in prompting the Jem'Hadar to attack the New Bejing colony, just so he could recruit Dr. Locken to the Bureau. This was just uncalled for--even for Section 31. Sloan would NEVER take part in a massacre of FEDERATION citizens....

Spoiler: Section 31: Abyss

Yes he would. Sloan would have no compunction at all against murdering Federation citizens if it further Section 31's agenda.

Remember, these guys -- with Sloan's knowledge and approval -- had a spy in President Jaresh-Inyo's Cabinet; they were spying on the President himself. These guys are not Federation patriots who are loyal to the UFP or serve its people. They are loyal to themselves and only to themselves, and they serve the interests of Section 31, not the Federation.

These are not brave but rough men standing on a wall to protect freedom. That's Starfleet and Starfleet Intelligence. These are criminals and thugs who try to place themselves above the law. They represent a threat to the Federation, not its security.

 

[captcalhoun]

Heck, even in the Trek universe, war is the exception when it comes to storytelling about hostile powers. In TOS, the Federation had a number of enemies, but there was only one episode where a formal, declared state of war existed, "Errand of Mercy." And that was put to a stop pretty promptly, with the rest of the series depicting a Cold War scenario with the Klingons. Some episodes were about preventing an initial attack from heating up into open war, mainly "Balance of Terror" and "Arena." In TNG, we met the Cardassians a year after a peace treaty had been signed, and the stories involving them were mainly about espionage and political brinksmanship. Many Romulan episodes in TNG were about a risk of war being averted, about Cold War brinksmanship, about trying to make peace with those who wrongly saw you as an enemy. It wasn't until DS9 that we saw an actual, ongoing state of war between the Federation and another power. As for the books, we've got the Earth-Romulan War coming up in ENT, but aside from that and the Dominion War, I'm not aware of any other books featuring the Federation at war. (Conflicts with the Borg are not wars; you can't declare war on a hurricane.) Overwhelmingly, ST's depictions of relations between the UFP and its adversaries have not involved actual warfare.

there's also the Tholian-Selelvian War in NF, but that was probably a Falklands-esque war, lasting only a few months at most.

 

[Christopher]

there's also the Tholian-Selelvian War in NF, but that was probably a Falklands-esque war, lasting only a few months at most.

But was that something that was actually portrayed in the books themselves? I seem to recall that the entire war took place in a gap between two NF books. I'm talking about stories that actually depict ongoing wars firsthand.