TNG: Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang coming in June 2014

[Defcon]

Another book for the 2014 schedule:

Amazon lists a TNG Novel called Light Fantastic written by Jeffrey Lang for June 24th 2014.

I guess that is the Cold Equations follow up?

 

[zarkon]

Wow, so they did bring lang back for the data followup.

Good times.

 

[Reanok]

Fantastic news I hope this novel will also come out in paperback and not just be an e-book.

 

[Thrawn]

Love it. LOVE IT.

Next year's Treklit lineup is looking fantastic so far, I'm really impressed.

 

[Elias Vaughn]

Anytime I ever see something with 'Fantastic' in the title I hope either Reed Richards or Doctor Doom are somehow involved.

 

[Nob Akimoto]

Awesome news.

 

[Jarvisimo]

Or, given the title in this instance, Rincewind the Wizard!

 

[Therin of Andor]

Amazon lists a TNG Novel called Light Fantastic written by Jeffrey Lang for June 24th 2014.

I guess that is the Cold Equations follow up?

That's great! I recall writing to Jeff after "Nemesis" introduced the B-4 character, hopeful that we might get a sequel to "Immortal Coil" one day. And I had more correspondence with him a few years later, but he replied that since Marco's departure he didn't have an advocate at Pocket Books.

How cool to see him back!

UPDATE: Jeff just told me via his Facebook page:

Yes, it's true, and it's a print novel, not only an eBook. And, yes, it's a sequel of sorts to "Immortal Coil"/"Cold Equations". I didn't know it had been posted [on Amazon], so thanks for the alert.

 

[Thrawn]

It's great to see Lang back in general, not just specifically because of Data. I always liked his novels.

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

Another book for the 2014 schedule:

Amazon lists a TNG Novel called Light Fantastic written by Jeffrey Lang for June 24th 2014.

This is outstanding news! Lang is a great writer and the blurb for the book at Amazon sounds incredibly cool. My pre-order has been made.

Thanks to Defcon for the news. It made my night.

 

[JD]

Glad to hear about this. I've loved all of the Jeffrey Lang books I've read so far, so this is very good news indeed.

 

[JeBuS]

Lang is a great writer and the blurb for the book at Amazon sounds incredibly cool.

What is the blurb? Amazon shows no blurb for me.

 

[Slyvon]

Great, *another* book to add to the reading list that's already about 70 titles deep! lol

But seriously, this is great news! I've been hoping for another Lang novel for awhile now.

 

[8of5]

A bit of digging and one can also find the paperback listing, which comes with this little blurb:

The continuation of the epic story begun in the New York Times bestselling Next Generation trilogy COLD EQUATIONS. A now-resurrected Data and his android "daughter" Lal must face off against the holographic entity James Moriarity, who is determined to acquire android bodies in order to live a "real-world" immortal life.

Squee!

 

[Thrawn]

Squee is right! Moriarty! That's fantastic!

 

[Christopher]

Well, since Dave made Cold Equations a direct sequel to Immortal Coil, it seems fitting that Jeffrey Lang now gets to come back and continue the story himself.

Although I can't understand what they'd have against helping Moriarty gain a body. It's not like he was really as evil as the character he was based on. I guess I'll find out in June.

 

[Sho]

The Trek novel I'm looking most forward to now.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'm really excited! Next year is starting to shape up extremely well!

 

[Relayer1]

I'd have preferred a David Mack follow up (I loved Cold Equations, Immortal Coil less so), but great news nonetheless...

 

[Mage]

Only now do I fully realize, it will be about a year and a half after Cold Equations that we will get a follow up to Data and Lal. It doesn't feel that long.