The Trek Anthology I Would Like To See
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Not completely, only snippets. For instance, we don't know how he wooed Keiko. Additionally, there's plenty to be told during his time on the Rutledge.
That's what I originally meant. His time pre-TNG.
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I would like to see a Lost Era anthology. Although some of the gaps have been filled in, there is still a lot that hasn't. David Mack could write the story of the Enterprise C at Narendra III, for example. - I say DM because everyone dies!
I think that was covered in one of the Vulcan's Noun books.
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Right -- it's a key plot point in Vulcan's Heart.
What, you think Mack is the only writer who can blow up an entire ship full of living beings? You think the rest of us don't have what it takes to commit mass murder on that scale, leaving only a trail of cold bloodless corpses in their wake? Well, you go ahead and keep thinking that, but I'll show you one day! I'll show you all!!!
... ahem... sorry 'bout that...
No, but to borrow the words of Will Smith in Men in Black, "The difference between you and me is, I make this look good."
Back in the carefree days of 2007, this comment had seemed innocent enough, a playful gauntlet thrown down by the wisecracking David Mack. Sure, everyone knew he had an inner rage that was kept in check by his spouse and the liberal use of alcohol, but most writers do. Perhaps now, looking back twenty years later on the infamous Trek writer killings of 2010, a gangland-style bloodbath that shook media tie-in writing to its core, it seems obvious that this was the first link in the chain that inevitably led to increasing internet smackdowns, as writer after writer claimed that he or she would be the one to kill more characters in more gruesome ways, which of course led to the occasional fistfights at conventions, and then to that terrible night of gunfire after bar closing at Shore Leave 32, which left only a wheelchair-bound Marco Palmieri, surrounded by dozens of orphaned cats, to complete the 2011 Star Trek line. But hindsight, as they say, is 20/20, and it is, perhaps, more likely that we will never know for certain all the variables that caused that horrible tragedy. As for Marco, the closest witness to the entire affair, he remains mute on the subject--literally. The steadily blinking light on the front of his chair serves as his only poignant comment.David Mack said:
No, but to borrow the words of Will Smith in Men in Black, "The difference between you and me is, I make this look good."
Scott Pearson said:
Back in the carefree days of 2007, this comment had seemed innocent enough, a playful gauntlet thrown down by the wisecracking David Mack. Sure, everyone knew he had an inner rage that was kept in check by his spouse and the liberal use of alcohol, but most writers do. Perhaps now, looking back twenty years later on the infamous Trek writer killings of 2010, a gangland-style bloodbath that shook media tie-in writing to its core, it seems obvious that this was the first link in the chain that inevitably led to increasing internet smackdowns, as writer after writer claimed that he or she would be the one to kill more characters in more gruesome ways, which of course led to the occasional fistfights at conventions, and then to that terrible night of gunfire after bar closing at Shore Leave 32, which left only a wheelchair-bound Marco Palmieri, surrounded by dozens of orphaned cats, to complete the 2011 Star Trek line. But hindsight, as they say, is 20/20, and it is, perhaps, more likely that we will never know for certain all the variables that caused that horrible tragedy. As for Marco, the closest witness to the entire affair, he remains mute on the subject--literally. The steadily blinking light on the front of his chair serves as his only poignant comment.David Mack said:
No, but to borrow the words of Will Smith in Men in Black, "The difference between you and me is, I make this look good."
An anthology about people dishonourably discharged/betrayting the uniform in some way.
An anthology that charts how the Federation became less militaristic and how people coped.failed to cope.
Something covering the Federation/Klingon war in the 24th century.
Textbook examples of first contact gone wrong (IE the Adelphi incident)
Maybe an anthology devoted to those Lizard guys who appeared in Voyager, you know the ones that evolved from dinosaurs. A team decide to scout out all the major races in the various other quadrants.
It would be about their interactions with/opinions of these major races.
A leftfield suggestion, an anthology that describes characters experiences with various types of sports across the Cosmos!
An anthology that charts how the Federation became less militaristic and how people coped.failed to cope.
Something covering the Federation/Klingon war in the 24th century.
Textbook examples of first contact gone wrong (IE the Adelphi incident)
Maybe an anthology devoted to those Lizard guys who appeared in Voyager, you know the ones that evolved from dinosaurs. A team decide to scout out all the major races in the various other quadrants.
It would be about their interactions with/opinions of these major races.
A leftfield suggestion, an anthology that describes characters experiences with various types of sports across the Cosmos!
Hold on... a hotel bar full of, what, 30, 40 gun-wielding authors... and the editor is the one to survive?? Come on...
^ A set up like that, and it includes me? With firearms? Sorry, dudes and dudettes, but the smart money's on me and Rich White.
Come with us if you want to live.
Come with us if you want to live.
Passes Dayton the street sweeper while I stay back here with the SVD.
<--note to self - keep the marine at a distance with a shorter-ranged weapon just in case.
<--note to self - keep the marine at a distance with a shorter-ranged weapon just in case.
Yep, it was Vulcan's Heart (my favorite Trek novel of all time, BTW). And not everyone dies:
There were a few survivors, including Castillo (who is subsequently killed by Romulan guards) and of course Tasha. What ultimately *happened* to the other survivors, they never said. Except for Tasha, we already knew what happened to her.
Here's what I would like to see (I said this in another thread):
A miniseries - it would probably take several novels - about Trek's version of World War III. Covering everything about the war: who started it (and why), who ended it, who helped clean up, who the major factions were, how Earth managed to recover so quickly, etc.
It will not avail you when I let go of the dead-man's switch....
My question is: Where's KRAD while this is going on? 'Cause you just know he's going to step out of the wreckage with a detailed list of who shot who and in what order.
And for some reason, I am reminded of this video...
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