This is a list of questions that are frequently asked about Star Trek books. If you are smart, you will read this before you post and avoid unneeded brutality on the part of forum regulars, who think these questions are asked too much!
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Upcoming/Missing Projects
-- When will [Rumored/Announced Book X] come out?
-- What happened to Challenger?
-- If I've heard about a book and it isn't on the schedule, does that mean it was cancelled?
-- Is there a good place to find out about books that actually were cancelled?
Aspects of Treklit
-- What is the reading order of the DS9 post-finale titles?
-- What is the chronological order of the relaunch titles?
-- Will there be more post-finale titles after Warpath?
-- What is the Shatnerverse?
-- What is Star Trek: S.C.E.?
-- What is in the future for Star Trek: The Next Generation?
-- What's going on around Nemesis, chronologically speaking?
-- What is Star Trek: Vanguard?
-- Is there going to be an Enterprise relaunch?
Few and Far Between?
-- Why is there only one book a month now?
-- Why aren't there any more Star Trek comics?
-- Why are the S.C.E. paperback reprints so rare?
-- Why are there so few TOS books this year? Why are there so few TNG books this year? Why are there so few DS9, VGR, ENT, NF, CHA, SGZ, GKN, TTN, VGD, &c. books this year? Does Pocket hate me and want to destroy my favorite series?
-- Where are my nonfiction books?
-- Will there be any new editions of the Encyclopedia or Chronology? What about an Enterprise Companion?
People of Treklit
-- Where did John Ordover go? Who are the Pocket editors for Star Trek books now?
-- Who is Richard Arnold?
-- Who is "Anonymous," the author of two stories in Prophecy and Change?
-- Who are the people on the covers of the books "playing" Calhoun, Vaughn, et al.?
Miscellany
-- Why can't people from outside the U.S./Canada (except Quebec) participate in the Strange New Worlds anthologies/short fiction contests?
-- What happened in Stargazer: Oblivion on pages 72, 74, 195, and 197?
-- What's a good source of information on Star Trek novels?
-- Are there any author annotations for the various books?
Questions to Never Ask
-- Which Star Trek books are canon?
-- Why is this month's book late?
-- I have this extraordinary idea I want one of the writers to use in their next novel! Can I talk about the plot of my fan fiction/SNW story here? Would one of the writers here take a look at my story and tell me how good it is?
-- Why are there gay people in the books?
-- What books do I need to read before Articles of the Federation?
-- Isn't that joke NOT. DEAD.?
Thanks to Geoff "Wersgor" Hamell for suggesting this; Michael Schuster, John "Pf2144", Will Devine, Andrew Timson, Ian "Therin of Andor" McLean, Bob "Bobatiel" Manojlovich, Christopher Bennett, Kevin Killiany, Michael Schuster, "Rosalind", Brendan "RulanAllwine" Moody, "Q420", "captcalhoun", "Sci", David Mack, William Leisner, Mark "mmtz" Martinez, and "JWolf" for their suggestions and assistance; Slave of Seven, Aatrek, and Mel "Emh" Orr for updating and pinning this; and Keith DeCandido, Marco Palmieri, Ann Crispin, and Margaret Clark for patiently answering some questions. Hopefully this will be the last time they're asked. (As if!)
I'm following Bill Leisner's suggestion and chunking this thing a bit. I've corrected all the errors people have pointed out, I think.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Upcoming/Missing Projects
-- When will [Rumored/Announced Book X] come out?
-- What happened to Challenger?
-- If I've heard about a book and it isn't on the schedule, does that mean it was cancelled?
-- Is there a good place to find out about books that actually were cancelled?
Aspects of Treklit
-- What is the reading order of the DS9 post-finale titles?
-- What is the chronological order of the relaunch titles?
-- Will there be more post-finale titles after Warpath?
-- What is the Shatnerverse?
-- What is Star Trek: S.C.E.?
-- What is in the future for Star Trek: The Next Generation?
-- What's going on around Nemesis, chronologically speaking?
-- What is Star Trek: Vanguard?
-- Is there going to be an Enterprise relaunch?
Few and Far Between?
-- Why is there only one book a month now?
-- Why aren't there any more Star Trek comics?
-- Why are the S.C.E. paperback reprints so rare?
-- Why are there so few TOS books this year? Why are there so few TNG books this year? Why are there so few DS9, VGR, ENT, NF, CHA, SGZ, GKN, TTN, VGD, &c. books this year? Does Pocket hate me and want to destroy my favorite series?
-- Where are my nonfiction books?
-- Will there be any new editions of the Encyclopedia or Chronology? What about an Enterprise Companion?
People of Treklit
-- Where did John Ordover go? Who are the Pocket editors for Star Trek books now?
-- Who is Richard Arnold?
-- Who is "Anonymous," the author of two stories in Prophecy and Change?
-- Who are the people on the covers of the books "playing" Calhoun, Vaughn, et al.?
Miscellany
-- Why can't people from outside the U.S./Canada (except Quebec) participate in the Strange New Worlds anthologies/short fiction contests?
-- What happened in Stargazer: Oblivion on pages 72, 74, 195, and 197?
-- What's a good source of information on Star Trek novels?
-- Are there any author annotations for the various books?
Questions to Never Ask
-- Which Star Trek books are canon?
-- Why is this month's book late?
-- I have this extraordinary idea I want one of the writers to use in their next novel! Can I talk about the plot of my fan fiction/SNW story here? Would one of the writers here take a look at my story and tell me how good it is?
-- Why are there gay people in the books?
-- What books do I need to read before Articles of the Federation?
-- Isn't that joke NOT. DEAD.?
Thanks to Geoff "Wersgor" Hamell for suggesting this; Michael Schuster, John "Pf2144", Will Devine, Andrew Timson, Ian "Therin of Andor" McLean, Bob "Bobatiel" Manojlovich, Christopher Bennett, Kevin Killiany, Michael Schuster, "Rosalind", Brendan "RulanAllwine" Moody, "Q420", "captcalhoun", "Sci", David Mack, William Leisner, Mark "mmtz" Martinez, and "JWolf" for their suggestions and assistance; Slave of Seven, Aatrek, and Mel "Emh" Orr for updating and pinning this; and Keith DeCandido, Marco Palmieri, Ann Crispin, and Margaret Clark for patiently answering some questions. Hopefully this will be the last time they're asked. (As if!)
I'm following Bill Leisner's suggestion and chunking this thing a bit. I've corrected all the errors people have pointed out, I think.