Voyager Novels

[JD]

The last three A Time To... books are amazing.

 

[GaryH]

I have picked up various Voyager spoilers over the years but this thread has persuaded me to buy Full Circle.

 

[marlboro]

I'm really liking this Security Chief W'ayne character. You know, the one who comes from that planet populated with intelligent bat-like creatures. I like how his super human fighting skills and his brilliant deductive ability combine to help the Voyager's mission in improbable ways while simultaneously helping every single crewman with problems in their personal lives. Sure he's a little gruff, but the (jealous?) male characters can't help but have grudging respect for him. No wonder the hottest woman in the crew wants his bod. The women want him and the men want to be him. I'm only half way through the third book, but by book five I expect some of the men will probably want him too - he's just. that. awesome.

What I'm saying is this: it's bad enough when Trek writers go into fan mode about Trek characters. It's positively ridiculous to import a character from another tv show and do the same thing.


^Having said that, I'm enjoying the books overall. I think the Indign were a pretty creative new species. The Children of the Storm look promising as well.

 

[Christopher]

What I'm saying is this: it's bad enough when Trek writers go into fan mode about Trek characters. It's positively ridiculous to import a character from another tv show and do the same thing.

I'm not quite sure what you're going for here, but I suspect you're talking about Hugh Cambridge and comparing him to Gregory House. That's not quite accurate. Cambridge is more inspired by Hugh Laurie in general than that character exclusively. Certainly there are some similarities to Dr. House, but Cambridge is a distinct character, nowhere near as antisocial and maladjusted, much better at respecting authority (otherwise he never would've made it in Starfleet), and much more capable of entering into an emotional relationship with another person. And, of course, English-accented.

And other original characters in Trek Lit have been inspired by earlier screen characters or actors. Captain Gold in S.C.E./Corps of Engineers was basically Col. Potter from M*A*S*H, but Jewish. And when Keith DeCandido hired me to write the S.C.E. story introducing Commander Tev, the brief he gave me for the character was "Charles Emerson Winchester the Tellarite" (after David Ogden Stiers' M*A*S*H character). There was a character on the Sagittarius crew in Vanguard who was basically Jack Black. And of course, the entire book Articles of the Federation was an extended homage to The West Wing.

 

[jaime]

I'm not quite sure what you're going for here, but I suspect you're talking about Hugh Cambridge and comparing him to Gregory House. That's not quite accurate. Cambridge is more inspired by Hugh Laurie in general than that character exclusively. Certainly there are some similarities to Dr. House, but Cambridge is a distinct character, nowhere near as antisocial and maladjusted, much better at respecting authority (otherwise he never would've made it in Starfleet), and much more capable of entering into an emotional relationship with another person. And, of course, English-accented.

And other original characters in Trek Lit have been inspired by earlier screen characters or actors. Captain Gold in S.C.E./Corps of Engineers was basically Col. Potter from M*A*S*H, but Jewish. And when Keith DeCandido hired me to write the S.C.E. story introducing Commander Tev, the brief he gave me for the character was "Charles Emerson Winchester the Tellarite" (after David Ogden Stiers' M*A*S*H character). There was a character on the Sagittarius crew in Vanguard who was basically Jack Black. And of course, the entire book Articles of the Federation was an extended homage to The West Wing.

Funnily enough, I can’t stand Hugh Cambridge. He feels like one of Anne Rices three piece suit Englishman characters, and his relationship with Seven, and even the other characters, feels it of place. I can never quite put my finger on why he rubs me the wrong way, but he really does. Maybe it’s cos I am a Brit, and am reacting to the more stereotypical aspects of his character.

 

[JD]

I'm not quite sure what you're going for here, but I suspect you're talking about Hugh Cambridge and comparing him to Gregory House. That's not quite accurate. Cambridge is more inspired by Hugh Laurie in general than that character exclusively. Certainly there are some similarities to Dr. House, but Cambridge is a distinct character, nowhere near as antisocial and maladjusted, much better at respecting authority (otherwise he never would've made it in Starfleet), and much more capable of entering into an emotional relationship with another person. And, of course, English-accented.

And other original characters in Trek Lit have been inspired by earlier screen characters or actors. Captain Gold in S.C.E./Corps of Engineers was basically Col. Potter from M*A*S*H, but Jewish. And when Keith DeCandido hired me to write the S.C.E. story introducing Commander Tev, the brief he gave me for the character was "Charles Emerson Winchester the Tellarite" (after David Ogden Stiers' M*A*S*H character). There was a character on the Sagittarius crew in Vanguard who was basically Jack Black. A
nd of course, the entire book Articles of the Federation was an extended homage to The West Wing.

There were also a couple of characters in one of the Vanguard books where were more or less Trek versions of main characters from Clerks.