Klingons have been pretty quiet in Lit the past few years. And besides, it's the 50th anniversary. Leaving Klingons out of Trek's 50th seems as absurd as leaving Daleks out of Doctor Who's 50th would have been.
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Does not sound like enough 23d century content.
Trust me, there's plenty. It's one reason we didn't put TNG in the title, because it includes both. And there are some surprises we decided not to give away in the promo text. 
I love the heck out of TREK III, and it made for a wonderful springboard. And the bird-of-prey (capitalized at Gallery Books, lowercase these days at Pocket) is one of my favorite ships from any franchise: I have a big model looming over my desk. It's been fun spending so much time "living aboard" them, so to speak.
I love the heck out of TREK III, and it made for a wonderful springboard. And the bird-of-prey (capitalized at Gallery Books, lowercase these days at Pocket) is one of my favorite ships from any franchise: I have a big model looming over my desk. It's been fun spending so much time "living aboard" them, so to speak.
I'm interested, although one query, @JJMiller, from using Kruge - one ship with 12 men on it doesn't feel like an solid foundation for a representation of a technological power base able to threaten an empire 100 years later.
Secondly, how much do you take into account things like the KRAD Klag/Gorkon books, Left Hand of Destiny, the A Time for... final books by Mack and KRAD and the Destiny trilogy itself in your 24th century Klingon depictions? There are lots of great things left over from these
Secondly, how much do you take into account things like the KRAD Klag/Gorkon books, Left Hand of Destiny, the A Time for... final books by Mack and KRAD and the Destiny trilogy itself in your 24th century Klingon depictions? There are lots of great things left over from these
That's an excellent question. If these books don't draw from the Klingon story that came before in the Litverse, it will be a huge missed opportunity.
I'm far from being caught up with the Post-Nemesis books. I still haven't read Cold Equations, The Fall, any of the Post-Fall books. Or VOY: children of the storm and everything past that for Voyager. I really thought about starting over with the post-tv stuff. I figured a good re-start point would be DS9: Avatar by S.D. Perry?
I'm interested, although one query, @JJMiller, from using Kruge - one ship with 12 men on it doesn't feel like an solid foundation for a representation of a technological power base able to threaten an empire 100 years later.
Secondly, how much do you take into account things like the KRAD Klag/Gorkon books, Left Hand of Destiny, the A Time for... final books by Mack and KRAD and the Destiny trilogy itself in your 24th century Klingon depictions? There are lots of great things left over from these
I can't begin to answer the first question without compromising the story's surprises. Suffice it to say there's no worries there.
On the second part, I drew liberally upon past Klingon lit appearances, plus Okrand's books, The Art of War, the Haynes BOP manual, and... well, if it paints a picture, I bought a rolling library cart just to have at the desk because I had so many books open for this project. I think we've come up with a depiction that both draws on the past while looking at some new angles.
I'll be talking more about these books as time goes on; interviews will come a little later. In the meantime I'll be at C2E2 in Chicago a week from Friday and in Memphis that Saturday and Sunday for Midsouthcon, where I have a Trek panel with guest of honor Christie Golden.
Preordered all three from Amazon.
Now, I just need to get caught up, as I'm about two dozen books behind on my 24th century reading...
Now, I just need to get caught up, as I'm about two dozen books behind on my 24th century reading...
I'm glad to see another fan of The Search for Spock, it seems to be one that doesn't get a lot of love.Trust me, there's plenty. It's one reason we didn't put TNG in the title, because it includes both. And there are some surprises we decided not to give away in the promo text.
I love the heck out of TREK III, and it made for a wonderful springboard. And the bird-of-prey (capitalized at Gallery Books, lowercase these days at Pocket) is one of my favorite ships from any franchise: I have a big model looming over my desk. It's been fun spending so much time "living aboard" them, so to speak.
Sounds grand! Thank you for answering what you could
Is it possible to ask what themes are dominant in the books? Revenge, but also?
I'm delighted to read that
I realize that reading up on tlhIngan Hol is quite a lot of work to please a very small portion of the audience, but as somebody who loves both this language and Star Trek lore, I'm always glad when they're used to enhance each other.Good luck with it. I have realised that TOS novels don't usually work for me as the characters all have to be put back in their original place at the end of it. Books like the recent Titan novel or some of the DS9 novels work better for me as there are more character developments and possibility of status quo changes.
Is it safe to say that some characters and ships from the extended universe will have different status quos by the end of this trilogy?
Is it safe to say that some characters and ships from the extended universe will have different status quos by the end of this trilogy?
There is certainly development for the extended universe characters -- again, I don't want to get too much into that at this time, or the themes (though revenge is certainly not the only one). It's enough to say at this point that the concept was big enough that it warranted a larger canvas -- and that has meant we have been able to go to more places, both personally for the characters and thematically, than we usually would.
There is a mix of native and transliterated Klingon, depending on the circumstance and as it suits Pocket's official style; it's reminded me of my time in Russian language immersion camp back at Indiana eons ago. (I did the same sort of work following Karen Traviss's guidelines for Mando'a over in that other galaxy.) It's nice to have around, as it makes for good seasoning for a story.
There is a mix of native and transliterated Klingon, depending on the circumstance and as it suits Pocket's official style; it's reminded me of my time in Russian language immersion camp back at Indiana eons ago. (I did the same sort of work following Karen Traviss's guidelines for Mando'a over in that other galaxy.) It's nice to have around, as it makes for good seasoning for a story.
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