We Need Voyages of Imagination vol. 2

[tomswift2002]

Yeah, those types of interviews are a treasure. I also enjoyed the interviews with the SNW writers; it was fun to read about just how excited they were to be published.

I also appreciate the comments from some of the lesser known, and less prolific authors. I tracked down several good books that I would have otherwise skipped over because of some of these sections. The Forgotten War by William R. Forstchen is a good example of what I'm talking about.


The tiny bits of behind the scenes info about the things the writers have to deal with like insanely short deadlines and sudden changes in editorial policy are also fascinating. The author explaining that he employed a pseudonym because of the implementation of computer ordering by bookstores was also interesting.

I think you’re referring to Nathan Archer, the author of Voy #3 Ragnarok and DS9#10 Valhalla.

 

[marlboro]

I think you’re referring to Nathan Archer, the author of Voy #3 Ragnarok and DS9#10 Valhalla.

Yep, that's the guy. A quick Google search says that his real name is Lawrence Watt Evans and that he has written a ton of fantasy novels.

Edit: His book, Nightside City, looks kind of interesting.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

And don't forget another couple dozen "The author declined to be interviewed about this book." statements.

Oof, yes, those aggravated me so much. There wasn't any research Jeff Ayres could have done to plug those gaps?

You generally need the permission of the writer or the publisher to use excerpts of someone else's interviews in your book. It stinks when some people don't want to be interviewed for whatever reason, but what are you going to do?

 

[Stevil2001]

You generally need the permission of the writer or the publisher to use excerpts of someone else's interviews in your book. It stinks when some people don't want to be interviewed for whatever reason, but what are you going to do?

Well, sure, you can't reprint an interview-- but you can research and cite the material you uncover.

 

[marlboro]

He did pull some stuff from other interviews for a couple of the Reeves-Stevens books. I think Vonda McIntyre was the only other big fish he didn't land, right?

A few of the less prolific authors seem to have dropped off the map. Simon Hawke for instance.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I would've been perfectly fine if he hadn't been able to interview Marshak and Culbreath.

 

[Oz Trekkie]

Any news about Vol 2 being published. Now that Picard has begun a new/different Star Trek history this seems like a good time to tie a bow around the last 15 years of TrekLit.

 

[Therin of Andor]

And, if there ever is a new edition, what are some additions that you would like to see that may have been absent from the original? Timelines, character bios etc.

I think the brief summaries of Alan Dean Foster's "Star Trek Logs" for volumes 7, 8, 9 and 10 really missed an opportunity to annotate the additional material. Those four book adapted only one TAS episode each, but the remaining two-thirds of each one were sequels and prequels to other TAS episodes, or all-new side adventures. Had I known Jeff was not going to tackle this section, I would have volunteered. (I helped him with another summary and scored myself a signed copy of the book.) I see those blocks of blank white space next to the titles and sigh.

The same year that "Voyages of Imagination" came out, ADF added a five-part essay to the 2006 trade omnibus reprints of the "Logs" - and that info was only ever seen by readers picking up those reprints. Some fun stuff about the origin of Kumara the Klingon, for example.

Oh, and Jeff could use my comprehensive list of the audio books.

 

[F. King Daniel]

While I don't see it happening (still amazed VoI happened), I'd definitely buy it.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Yeah, it'd be fun for sure, but I don't see it happening. It'd be a massive amount of work, and the sales probably wouldn't be high enough to justify the expense. Most people who are that interested in the behind the scenes stories of ST books can just look up the author's websites and read everything they have to say there.

 

[JD]

At this point there are plenty of places online to find the kind of information in Voyages of Imagination, like the official Star Trek webiste, TrekMovie, TrekCore, the Literary Treks podcast, and the authors' personal websites, so a second volume feels kind of unnecessary. Dayton Ward, Christopher L. Bennett, John Jackson Miller, and I think possibly KRAD tend to post pretty detailed introductions for the books on their websites, and those are probably pretty close what we'd get in a second VoI. The only way I could see it working is if they find something really unique to add to it that you can't find online. The first one worked since there was a lot of information on pre-internet age books, but at this point we'd only be covering the last 15ish years, which was after most of the authors started becoming more active online.