The Best of Peter David

[E-DUB]

In honor of Peter David, I was wondering if we could do a best-of thread. What are your top 5 Trek titles by the man himself?

Let’s keep this a tight list, so no series—no “the New Frontier series” or “the Imzadi trilogy.” Pick one of the three in the trilogy or count each installment individually.

Of his works I’ve read, I’ll go with:

Q-Squared
Q-in-Law
I, Q (…are we seeing a pattern?)
Imzadi
“Retrospect”— a personal favorite.

Wait. Imzadi TRILOGY?

 

[Ghost]

Wait. Imzadi TRILOGY?

I think the OP mistakes the book Imzadi Forever for a third entry.
Its not, rather its the two Imzadi books collected in one novel.

 

[Arpy]

I think the OP mistakes the book Imzadi Forever for a third entry.
Its not, rather its the two Imzadi books collected in one novel.

This. I thought Forever was III.

 

[Reanok]

I really Like Q in law And a rock and a hard place.

 

[DonIago]

It's obviously not Trek, but his "Fall of Centauri Prime" Babylon 5 trilogy was superlative.

Otherwise, "Vendetta" and "Q-Squared" come to mind most immediately for me.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Everyone else has listed their favourites, many of which are mine too, so all I'll say is he was incredibly consistent and had a unique writing style which I liked a lot. If his name was on the cover, you were in for a wild ride. New Frontier was fantastic, and a game-changer for Trek lit.

 

[DonIago]

I will say, as with a few other Creatives such as Peter Jackson, I kind of got the sense that, when it came to tie-in fiction at least, he maybe needed some guardrails. "Before Dishonor" was arguably over the top, and even in the books of his that I really enjoyed there were moments where suspension of disbelief got pushed a bit far.

 

[Daddy Todd]

I've had this for a couple years, but never got around to reading it. Now may be the time: Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video Games

 

[JD]

I will say, as with a few other Creatives such as Peter Jackson, I kind of got the sense that, when it came to tie-in fiction at least, he maybe needed some guardrails. "Before Dishonor" was arguably over the top, and even in the books of his that I really enjoyed there were moments where suspension of disbelief got pushed a bit far.

Yeah, and I feel kind of bad saying this, but I thought New Frontier was kind of a mess by the end. It was fantastic up until we got to the time jump, but it felt to me like after that there was a slow drop in quality, and it go to the point where I never bothered to read that last two or three part story arc.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Yeah, and I feel kind of bad saying this, but I thought New Frontier was kind of a mess by the end. It was fantastic up until we got to the time jump, but it felt to me like after that there was a slow drop in quality, and it go to the point where I never bothered to read that last two or three part story arc.

Same. I actually preferred the series much more when it was a series about a single ship and a single crew with a single captain.