Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoilers)
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More from Orci in the same TrekMovie thread, this time on Delta Vega:
More from Orci in the same TrekMovie thread, this time on Delta Vega:
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
There's one coming out any week now, Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter. And there will be at least two more next year, the Saavik-centered Unspoken Truth by Margaret Wander Bonanno and the Robert April-centered The Millennium Bloom by Mike W. Barr.
There's one coming out any week now, Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter. And there will be at least two more next year, the Saavik-centered Unspoken Truth by Margaret Wander Bonanno and the Robert April-centered The Millennium Bloom by Mike W. Barr.
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
George was a Kelvin crewmember in 2233, and he was probably near the end of his tour, since in the original timeline Kirk was born in Iowa. According to Orci, the ship was already on its way back to Earth but got diverted to study the "lightning storm in space." Any novel about April aboard the Enterprise would be at least a dozen years later -- plenty of time for George to spend years at home with his family and then transfer to a new ship.
That said, if it were up to me, I'd prefer not to follow Diane Carey's precedent of having Kirk's father serve aboard the Enterprise. It's a little too Dickensian.
George was a Kelvin crewmember in 2233, and he was probably near the end of his tour, since in the original timeline Kirk was born in Iowa. According to Orci, the ship was already on its way back to Earth but got diverted to study the "lightning storm in space." Any novel about April aboard the Enterprise would be at least a dozen years later -- plenty of time for George to spend years at home with his family and then transfer to a new ship.
That said, if it were up to me, I'd prefer not to follow Diane Carey's precedent of having Kirk's father serve aboard the Enterprise. It's a little too Dickensian.
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
One issue that might need to be addressed is the effect of the amount of drilling that the Narada managed to get done at Earth.
Even if it was not enough to allow for the red matter drop, would the damage that was done be enough to compromise San Francisco in the medium to long term?
And if not, why not?
One issue that might need to be addressed is the effect of the amount of drilling that the Narada managed to get done at Earth.
Even if it was not enough to allow for the red matter drop, would the damage that was done be enough to compromise San Francisco in the medium to long term?
And if not, why not?
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
Christopher, can you reveal anything of the plots on the two TOS books?
Christopher, can you reveal anything of the plots on the two TOS books?
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
You couldn't keep a hole like that in the Earth's crust open for long; the rock would flow back together and seal it up, probably quite quickly given that the rock on the edges of the hole was presumably left molten by the beam. So it's not like the water in San Francisco Bay would swirl down the drain. There might be some minor tremors as the Earth settles, some disruptions to the bay's current flow by the residual heat and changed contours of the bay floor, but I don't see the city being "compromised" in any significant way.
I don't know any more about them than what I can read on Memory Alpha.
You couldn't keep a hole like that in the Earth's crust open for long; the rock would flow back together and seal it up, probably quite quickly given that the rock on the edges of the hole was presumably left molten by the beam. So it's not like the water in San Francisco Bay would swirl down the drain. There might be some minor tremors as the Earth settles, some disruptions to the bay's current flow by the residual heat and changed contours of the bay floor, but I don't see the city being "compromised" in any significant way.
I don't know any more about them than what I can read on Memory Alpha.
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Actually, they're not. Final Frontier is fantastic, and would have made a decent TV-movie or miniseries when the TV franchise was still going. Not hugely fond of Best Destiny, but it's far from being "crap."
Actually, they're not. Final Frontier is fantastic, and would have made a decent TV-movie or miniseries when the TV franchise was still going. Not hugely fond of Best Destiny, but it's far from being "crap."
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
Spock shot down the base of the drill and it plugged the hole when it fell.
Spock shot down the base of the drill and it plugged the hole when it fell.
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
Gee, I hope they're not crap. I just picked them up.
Gee, I hope they're not crap. I just picked them up.
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
Margaret Wander Bonanno talked a bit about Unspoken Truth in my recent interview with her for Unreality SF.
Margaret Wander Bonanno talked a bit about Unspoken Truth in my recent interview with her for Unreality SF.
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They're not. I just finished Best Destiny, and I thought it was one of the best that I've read.
They're not. I just finished Best Destiny, and I thought it was one of the best that I've read.
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
Perhaps I'm a little late to bring up this subject, but I didn't particularly feel like reading through all eleven pages. But what about the way the Countdown comics set up for the new movie? The comic itself doesn't really seem to negate anything in the novels, but the fact that the Path to 2409 stuff in STO is set up to fit with Countdown, that presents a problem. Obviously, it's too late to reconcile the novels and STO, but will Countdown eventually factor into later novels? Will a different version of the Countdown events occur in the novels? Or will the novels disregard Countdown all together?
Perhaps I'm a little late to bring up this subject, but I didn't particularly feel like reading through all eleven pages. But what about the way the Countdown comics set up for the new movie? The comic itself doesn't really seem to negate anything in the novels, but the fact that the Path to 2409 stuff in STO is set up to fit with Countdown, that presents a problem. Obviously, it's too late to reconcile the novels and STO, but will Countdown eventually factor into later novels? Will a different version of the Countdown events occur in the novels? Or will the novels disregard Countdown all together?
Re: Trek XI's implications for future Trek novels (major movie spoiler
It's probably years before it will become an issue, since the novel continuity is still five in-story years before Countdown. But the books aren't beholden to the comics, and there are a couple of things in Countdown that arguably are inconsistent with the movie itself anyway. Even Roberto Orci himself, the co-writer of the film and co-plotter of Countdown, has stated more than once that it isn't canonical. My guess is that the novels will go their own way.
Of course, there's no reason to retell these specific events in a different way. The movie already spelled out those basic events, so I assume the novels would just deal with events before, after, and parallel to the destruction of Romulus.
It's probably years before it will become an issue, since the novel continuity is still five in-story years before Countdown. But the books aren't beholden to the comics, and there are a couple of things in Countdown that arguably are inconsistent with the movie itself anyway. Even Roberto Orci himself, the co-writer of the film and co-plotter of Countdown, has stated more than once that it isn't canonical. My guess is that the novels will go their own way.
Of course, there's no reason to retell these specific events in a different way. The movie already spelled out those basic events, so I assume the novels would just deal with events before, after, and parallel to the destruction of Romulus.
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