Updated 2010 Schedule

[Ayelbourne]

Hmm, looks like my expectations about The Needs of the Many were wrong. It is about filling in the intervening years between NEM and ST Online. It'll probably be based heavily on the "Path to 2409" stuff (or vice-versa?).

I'm curious how Michael is going to rationalize the rather radical change in starfleet dresscode, since that was one of those "fast facts" in the "Path to 2409" that appear during the ingame loading screens.


PS.:
Wasn't The Rough Beats of Empire supposed to be written by David R. George III or did I miss something?

 

[Nerroth]

I'm looking forward to the What's Past collection - if only because I can't wait to read Distant Early Warning!

Speaking of Vanguard-related stuff, is there any word on whether or not the events involving Carol Marcus during Inception will tie into the portrayal of her in the Vanguard series of books?


Also, Children of Kings looks interesting - more Christopher Pike is always good - but I'd say it has a lot to live up if it wants to match Burning Dreams.


When it comes to The Needs of the Many, if someone had have asked me before I read up on what the Path to 2409 has been dealing with, I'd have most likely said no.

Now... I'm not so sure. I might get it, but there's something about what I've seen of the STO setting that doesn't quite sit well with me.

(I guess it's the relatively little things - I like a democratic Fed-allied Gorn Confederation better than a monarchical Gorn Hegemony, for example - but I dunno.)


I might keep an eye out for what settings Shattered Light look at, also.

 

[Thrawn]

So I guess that actually DOES mean that Typhon Pact has been delayed a month.

When Margaret released the initial 2010 schedule, she had Typhon Pact being October, November, December, January... but she also listed Sorrows Of Empire as the January book, Inception as the February book, etc. When SHE released the schedule, she was going by the publication month listed inside the books. But since books marked "February 2010" actually come out in late January, it can be confusing, and it looks like this schedule goes by that convention - Inception is listed as the January book, Treason as the February book, etc.

So, by Margaret's schedule, Seize The Fire being listed under "October" meant it was coming out the last week in September. By this schedule, Seize The Fire being listed under "October" means it's coming out the last week in October, as indeed Amazon.com has it listed.

That's unfortunate. Oh well; with a year this chaotic, it's hard to blame them.

 

[Defcon]

^ Quite frankly I wouldn't take the dates in that article as a given, thinking of other mistakes in it (author of Rough Beasts etc.). I personally would add a +/- 1 month to each date.

 

[Claudia]

Hm, just stumbled upon this thread... and I'm really disappointed in the changes of the schedule. I've been looking forward to the nuTOS books - and I thought the Typhon Pact DS9 book was announced to be written by DRG?!?

At least, the other TOS books and MyrU are still on the schedule, that's something - well 4 (maybe 5 if there's been a mistake and DRG is still writing the DS9 book) out of 14 books, talk about reduction by half.

 

[shanejayell]

Gonna be a heavy couple of months. I'll be getting:

Star Trek Inception (January)
[TOS era]
by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison
Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins (February) [TPB]
[various eras]
Editor: Margaret Clark

Star Trek Online: The Needs of the Many
(March)[Star Trek Online era]
by Michael A. MartinStar Trek SCE: Out of the Cocoon (June) [TPB]
[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]
Editor: Keith R. A. DeCandido

Star Trek SCE: What’s Past (July) [TPB]
[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]
Editor: Keith R. A. DeCandido


Star Trek: Typhon Pact #1: Seize the Fire (October)
[Titan]
by Michael A. Martin

Star Trek: Typhon Pact #2: Zero Sum Game (October)
[Aventine]
by David Mack

Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light (November) [TPB]
[various eras]

Star Trek: Typhon Pact #3: The Rough Beasts of Empire (December)
[Deep Space Nine]
by Michael A. Martin

 

[Jim Johnson]

EDIT: Never mind. Missed the discussion.

 

[Lonemagpie]

^You don't suppose it could've been the actual Bad Robot, do you...? I mean, what does it do when it's not rolling around in that wheatfield?

I'm just surprised nobody's blamed Brannon Braga yet

 

[Paris]

Star Trek: Typhon Pact #3: The Rough Beasts of Empire (December)
[Deep Space Nine]
by Michael A. Martin

This has to be a mistake. DRG3 has been around this board talking about writing the book.

 

[Thrawn]

And while we're at it, the stand-in cover in the article also says "David R. George III". It's definitely a typo.

 

[Dayton Ward]

So I guess that actually DOES mean that Typhon Pact has been delayed a month.

So far as I know, the official schedule was always Oct10-Jan11.

Speaking of Vanguard-related stuff, is there any word on whether or not the events involving Carol Marcus during Inception will tie into the portrayal of her in the Vanguard series of books?

Perhaps Dave coordinated with the authors and Margaret/Jaime in that regard, but I was never contacted about it, and I've not read the book. That said, I fully intend to, because A) it's a TOS book, and B) for the very reason you infer above

 

[JD]

So I guess that actually DOES mean that Typhon Pact has been delayed a month.

When Margaret released the initial 2010 schedule, she had Typhon Pact being October, November, December, January... but she also listed Sorrows Of Empire as the January book, Inception as the February book, etc. When SHE released the schedule, she was going by the publication month listed inside the books. But since books marked "February 2010" actually come out in late January, it can be confusing, and it looks like this schedule goes by that convention - Inception is listed as the January book, Treason as the February book, etc.

So, by Margaret's schedule, Seize The Fire being listed under "October" meant it was coming out the last week in September. By this schedule, Seize The Fire being listed under "October" means it's coming out the last week in October, as indeed Amazon.com has it listed.

That's unfortunate. Oh well; with a year this chaotic, it's hard to blame them.

Here's what is says in the article about how they listed the releases.

Dates are estimated street arrival, which is usually a month before the official Pocket Books release date

 

[ronny]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that whoever decided to drop the nuTOS books wanted to clear the backlog of books that have been on the backburner for some time.

Worst conspiracy theory ever.

 

[Thrawn]

So far as I know, the official schedule was always Oct10-Jan11.

Read the rest of the post...

Here's what is says in the article about how they listed the releases.

Dates are estimated street arrival, which is usually a month before the official Pocket Books release date

Right, exactly. So this article listing of "October" is actually a month later than the original release date of "October" we'd been given before.

 

[Dayton Ward]

Read the rest of the post...

How about you read what I actually said?

 

[Thrawn]

Read the rest of the post...

How about you read what I actually said?

We're misunderstanding each other here.

The original official release month we'd been given for the first Typhon Pact book was October.

That would mean it would be released in late September.

This article is not listing the official release months; it's listing them a month earlier, when they'll actually come out. And it's listing the first Typhon Pact as October.

Which means the official release month would be a month later, November.

Hence, one month delay, DESPITE the obvious fact that it's listed as the same month. The two articles were using different definitions of release month.

 

[Nerroth]

Speaking of Vanguard-related stuff, is there any word on whether or not the events involving Carol Marcus during Inception will tie into the portrayal of her in the Vanguard series of books?

Perhaps Dave coordinated with the authors and Margaret/Jaime in that regard, but I was never contacted about it, and I've not read the book. That said, I fully intend to, because A) it's a TOS book, and B) for the very reason you infer above

While I hope that there will indeed turn out to be a correlation, I will admit that any interest in that book from myself would shrink substantially if there is not.

Although, I'd be somewhat worried if the book went in a wholly different direction - say, if this book had Marcus' early Genesis research have no connection to the Shedai or the Taurus Meta-Genome, for example - and thus had some sort of knock-on effect on future Vanguard books, or would require some sort of retcon to make fit.

(If they did contradict each other, I'd rather treat them as taking place in separate timelines, or something. But then, that's just me.)

 

[Thrawn]

^ So far there aren't any contradictions I can see.

Spoiler: Extremely minor Inception spoiler

In Inception, she's researching terraforming methods, which to me would make her a logical choice to be brought in to research the energy stuff in Vanguard anyway.

Unless something happens in the last half of the book to demonstrate otherwse, they seem to coexist nicely.

 

[Reanok]

I plan on getting some new StarTrek novels. Inception, The Children of Kings, UnSpoken Truth I can't wait to get the new Saavik Novel. Micheal A. Martin's novels. And especially Myriad Universe Shattered Light.Also the the new Ds9 novel by DRG 3.

 

[Christopher]

Although, I'd be somewhat worried if the book went in a wholly different direction - say, if this book had Marcus' early Genesis research have no connection to the Shedai or the Taurus Meta-Genome, for example - and thus had some sort of knock-on effect on future Vanguard books, or would require some sort of retcon to make fit.

But Inception takes place in 2261, four years before Vanguard begins. At the time, the Shedai and the Meta-Genome wouldn't even have been discovered yet. So if anything, it would be more of a continuity error if the book did reference anything from VNG.

The one potential issue I see is that Open Secrets asserts that David is five years old, going on six, in early 2266. That would mean he was born in 2260. So the question is, what's the status of the Kirk-Marcus relationship as of Inception in 2261?