The New Humans

[Nyotarules]

"By the 2270s, New Humans made up a sizable percentage of Earth's population and were increasingly critical of Starfleet's cost, aims, and core values. Because of this, Admiral Heihachiro Nogura, a seasoned veteran, was made commanding admiral as his career was, in the media, very much a symbol of the purity of Starfleet's values. Nogura's renown among civilians and officers alike helped to quash the critics. (TOS novelization: The Motion Picture; TOS novel: Triangle)"

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/New_Human

So whatever happened to the New Humans of the 23rd century?

 

[Kor]

They formed the basis of the sanctimonious human society we saw in the 24th century.

Kor

 

[1001001]

What am I looking at? Is this a book thing?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

New Humans® were a complete marketing failure, and humanity, recognizing its mistake, quickly returned to their original formula, now rebranded as Humans Classic®.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

What am I looking at? Is this a book thing?

It's some New Age crap from Roddenberry's novelization of TMP.

 

[Kor]

What am I looking at? Is this a book thing?

One of Roddenberry's unique ideas for advanced humanity, which he described in the TMP novelization.

Kor

 

[1001001]

Okay, then I'm moving this to Trek Lit.

Thanks

 

[DimesDan]

Okay, then I'm moving this to Trek Lit.

Thanks

I'm sure @trampledamage loves you for it.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

I've heard about the New Humans before when discussing the TMP novelization written by Roddenberry--it does bring to mind the fact that we don't really know that much about differing political and cultural strains among humanity in the 23rd and 24th centuries. I remembering reading (probably on this forum years ago) a neat theory that people like Jean Luc Picard adhered to some form of the New Human ideology in the 24th century.

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

New humans...they were inwented by a little old lady from Leningrad...or was it the space hippies seeking Eden???

 

[Nerys Myk]

Turns out they were just something in a fanfic Kirk wrote while partying on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet.

 

[Extrocomp]

Have the New Humans been mentioned in any other story?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Have the New Humans been mentioned in any other story?

@Christopher might have mentioned them in his books set around the time of TMP.

 

[The Wormhole]

According to Memory Beta, the New Humans were mentioned in the novel Triangle.

 

[Kor]

So if the New Humans were Roddenberry's utopian ideal, but the New Humans didn't like Starfleet, which is the whole basis of the Trek universe that we all enjoy...

Kor