STAR TREK: PICARD - ROGUE ELEMENTS by John Jackson Miller
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When I first saw this thread bumped, I thought it was about a new book. Then I looked it up on B&N. The cover looked vaguely familiar, and the synopsis sounded vaguely familiar. Then I noticed that it had been out in HC for months.
So still nothing until Second Self (and that's been pushed back to September). And Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
So still nothing until Second Self (and that's been pushed back to September). And Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
I was at my local Barnes and Noble on my lunch break and inquired about it. They had none in stock locally, but I could have one mailed to me from the warehouse. I'll go online tonight and do some comparison shopping. I might be able to get it cheaper through my local independent bookseller.
Honored today to learn this book received the Scribe Award from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers — wholly unexpected, after Die Standing did so last year. My appreciation post to those involved is here.
My thanks also to David Mack who said some words on my behalf at the event — an event which also featured his receipt of his richly deserved 2022 IAMTW Faust Grandmaster award. Kudos, David!
(Also, regarding the UK paperback release, mentioned above — I will look into that. Entirely possible it's some paper supply issue — the U.S. paperbacks I got came from a printer that is not a supplier I have seen before.)
My thanks also to David Mack who said some words on my behalf at the event — an event which also featured his receipt of his richly deserved 2022 IAMTW Faust Grandmaster award. Kudos, David!
(Also, regarding the UK paperback release, mentioned above — I will look into that. Entirely possible it's some paper supply issue — the U.S. paperbacks I got came from a printer that is not a supplier I have seen before.)
Congratulations!! That is amazing (and very well-deserved 
) The book is fantastic and I'm so glad you gave us that glimpse into Rios's past!
On a semi-related note, I saw some of the replies to this on twitter, and now you've got me very curious. I have no idea if you can (or would want to) talk about this, but if so: do you have concrete plans for writing a post-season 2 Rios story? Or was that more a case of "someone will make that happen someday and they can't stop us"?
Both of which I would be very excited about, because Rios deserved so much better ;9
) The book is fantastic and I'm so glad you gave us that glimpse into Rios's past!On a semi-related note, I saw some of the replies to this on twitter, and now you've got me very curious. I have no idea if you can (or would want to) talk about this, but if so: do you have concrete plans for writing a post-season 2 Rios story? Or was that more a case of "someone will make that happen someday and they can't stop us"?
Both of which I would be very excited about, because Rios deserved so much better ;9
Thanks — and I suspect you are referring to a comment that I actually first made on these boards somewhere, which is that an off-screen fate is one of the easiest of all for future writers (screen- or otherwise) to navigate. I have no such plans, other than the outsider's take that the mid-21st century wasn't a very happy-ever-after place to live, and Guinan easily could have been saying what she thought Picard wanted to hear. Comic books are rife with characters who left to go live in Elysium somewhere, only to come back or go somewhere else for more adventures.
Again, NOT anything I would know anything about — just spitballing as a fan there. I would also observe there's also most of a decade left for Rios aboard La Sirena that's there for the exploring.
Again, NOT anything I would know anything about — just spitballing as a fan there. I would also observe there's also most of a decade left for Rios aboard La Sirena that's there for the exploring.
Plus two years between seasons 1 & 2 of Picard, so plenty of room for "Captain Rios of the Stargazer" tales. (Dialogue implied it was at least 18 months, but season 1 ended at harvest time in La Barre and season 2 began with the harvest, and the harvest is only once per year. Thus, it must have been slightly over two years between seasons.)
Well done John!
