TrekMovie reveals MyrU covers!

[Geoff]

Whereas some artists work in oils or watercolors, Picacio's medium of choice is comprised entirely of awesome.

 

[Kopernikus]

Really great cover-art, only some more weeks left.
The story I'm most excited about is "Brave New World", that sounds really interesting.
But one question: Who's that on the Echoes and Refractions-cover below Picard?

 

[JAG]

Looks like David Marcus????

 

[Baerbel Haddrell]

The good folks at TrekMovie.com have done a summer books preview of what's coming in the Trek world from Pocket Books, including the never-before-seen covers for the two Myriad Universes trade paperbacks.

Speaking as one of the six authors whose work is being graced, these covers -- by John Picacio -- are worth the wait.

They are indeed very beautiful and I can imagine, they will attract attention. But I think it is not only the covers that are worth the wait. I can`t wait to read these stories!

 

[Cicero]

Crucible! That's what the cover style reminds me of.

(I just visited the artist's site.)

 

[William Leisner]

Quoth the back cover copy for A Less Perfect Union: "More than a hundred years after the Terra Prime movement achieved its dream of an isolationist Earth..." This leads me to suspect that the divergent point is "Demons"/"Terra Prime," which means, basically, that all of Enterprise up to those two episodes happened.

That's just a guess, though, based solely on the copy. All I've read of ALPU is what was in the magazine....

The KRAD is wise...

 

[Christopher]

I would assume that's the case with all our installments -- that the history is consistent with the established Trek universe until the point of divergence, and it's only after that point that things become different. That's certainly true of Places of Exile (which, I believe, is the only installment to begin with the actual point of divergence and follow almost immediately thereon rather than focusing on events decades or centuries later).

Is that Sarek in the triangle above Kirk on the IP cover? I wonder which novel he's in. ALPU seems the more likely one.

 

[JD]

Looks like David Marcus????

Looks like it to me. And it would make sense since the description for The Chimes at Midnight says:

But at the moment of Khan’s final defeat, history takes an even stranger turn, and the emerging potential of Project Genesis is revealed as the galaxy’s greatest hope . . . and its most ominous threat.

The covers are awsome, but I've come to realize that that isn't a suprise when John Picacio is involved.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Who is the 'model' for Thelin? He looks familiar.

Just family resemblance.

He looks like this guy:

Michael Fairman

"Oh, you not like I kill this man?...My wife's nephew. At dinner I am getting earful."

 

[ronny]

Quoth the back cover copy for A Less Perfect Union: "More than a hundred years after the Terra Prime movement achieved its dream of an isolationist Earth..." This leads me to suspect that the divergent point is "Demons"/"Terra Prime," which means, basically, that all of Enterprise up to those two episodes happened.

That's just a guess, though, based solely on the copy. All I've read of ALPU is what was in the magazine....

The KRAD is wise...

so basically your story is just your way of invalidating "These are the Voyages..."?

 

[Reanok]

Nice article and I like the cover art. I look forward to getting all these books.

 

[KRAD]

(which, I believe, is the only installment to begin with the actual point of divergence and follow almost immediately thereon rather than focusing on events decades or centuries later).

A Gutted World only picks up a couple of years later.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I assume there's a reason why Thelin is an Admiral?

 

[Christopher]

Who is the 'model' for Thelin? He looks familiar.

Just family resemblance.

He looks like this guy:

Michael Fairman

He also looks a lot like this guy:

http://images.wikia.com/memoryalpha/en/images/e/e4/Thelin_in_staff_meeting.jpg

It's actually a very good translation of the animated character design into a photorealistic form.

(which, I believe, is the only installment to begin with the actual point of divergence and follow almost immediately thereon rather than focusing on events decades or centuries later).

A Gutted World only picks up a couple of years later.

Oh yeah. Still, it doesn't show the actual moment of divergence, or indeed reveal what that moment was for quite a while.

In fact, assuming the final page breaks are the same as in the galleys, the first four pages of Places of Exile are in the main series timeline, with the moment of divergence happening right at the top of the fifth page. I love that.

 

[KRAD]

Well, the uniform places this is Wrath of Khan territory, which is 15 years or so after the five-year mission, and Thelin was a commander during the five-year mission, so being promoted to admiral over the course of a decade and a half isn't unreasonable....

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Well, the uniform places this is Wrath of Khan territory, which is 15 years or so after the five-year mission, and Thelin was a commander during the five-year mission, so being promoted to admiral over the course of a decade and a half isn't unreasonable....

I suppose Thelin is just more ambitious than Spock was, promotion-wise.

 

[William Leisner]

so basically your story is just your way of invalidating "These are the Voyages..."?

Well, no -- no more than it "invalidates" TOS, TNG, DS9 or VOY.

 

[Christopher]

Well, the uniform places this is Wrath of Khan territory, which is 15 years or so after the five-year mission, and Thelin was a commander during the five-year mission, so being promoted to admiral over the course of a decade and a half isn't unreasonable....

I suppose Thelin is just more ambitious than Spock was, promotion-wise.

Spock always said he did not wish to command.

 

[RookieBatman]

I must concur that these covers are amazing. Best Trek covers I've seen in years. Even better than Crucible, but not a bit surprising that it's the same guy. I recommend you break out the chains to shackle him to his desk, and the intravenous caffeine drip so that he can start making Trek covers round the clock.
I don't know if I've said this already, but I am a HUGE fan of painted covers.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Well, the uniform places this is Wrath of Khan territory, which is 15 years or so after the five-year mission, and Thelin was a commander during the five-year mission, so being promoted to admiral over the course of a decade and a half isn't unreasonable....

I suppose Thelin is just more ambitious than Spock was, promotion-wise.

Spock always said he did not wish to command.

Unless it was as a teacher on a training mission.