What's next for the Lit Verse
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Evidently, the books will do what they've always done when new Trek was in production -- mostly standalone books that tie into the current series, with some books tying into classic series like TOS, TNG, DS9, etc. In other words, more of what they're currently doing with Discovery and Picard novels and other books like TNG: Shadows Have Offended and DS9: Revenant.
Sounds good to me, as I never say no to Star Trek novels. Hope you'll be writing some of them.
^ Only after the point of divergence. Any novel set before that time still counts as litverse.
For example, there could always be more Rise of the Federation novels.
Hint hint.
For example, there could always be more Rise of the Federation novels.
Hint hint.
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Or "Lost Era" stuff.
Christopher, can you tell us if you will be writing any TOS novels?
Did you come up with that on your own, or are you just parroting something somebody else said?
Definitely not Swedish. More Nordic. Like a Norwegian Python.
If the average is going to be six books per year (which is what's currently expected for 2022), then my guess, based purely on my own amateur opinion, is that three slots per year are locked and guaranteed as Discovery, Picard, and SNW tie-ins respectively. One for each of the ongoing in-production shows (since, at the moment, there's no word of Lower Decks or Prodigy getting tie-in novels as far as I know). At least for the time being - the Section 31 series is said to be on hold until one of the in-production shows wraps, which I think most of us expect that Picard would be the first to do so, which might lessen the call for its tie-ins, and swap in 31 in its place, but that's pure speculation about something that probably won't happen for at least another year yet.
I'd guess we'd have another two slots for anywhere across the franchise - 2021, it's TNG and DS9, next year could have a Voyager novel and an Enterprise one, mix and match, etc. Then that last remaining slot would likely be for a guaranteed TOS novel, since those still tend to be solid sellers.
We'll see if the six per year sticks beyond 2022, if this is the new normal or just because of pandemic production problems (though I'd guess that it probably is going to be the normal, at least for the foreseeable future, much as I miss the old days of at least one book a month). But that'd be my guess of what we're going to see in terms of what is published.
As for what, specifically, is being published in those open slots, it's almost certainly going to stick to standalone in-series stories, though that's not a bad thing. There's a lot I'd like to see of the early days of the various series that can be informed by things not established until much later on in them - season one TNG is a VERY different universe than what TNG eventually settles in to, for instance. Or the early portrayal of Bashir - his enhancements came out late enough in the series, I don't think any of the novels really got to utilize that prior to the publication of Avatar. But, ultimately, I've always been of the opinion that it's never a bad thing to get the chance to experience new stories with the old friends who it's been a very long time since we have actually heard from all of them.
I'd guess we'd have another two slots for anywhere across the franchise - 2021, it's TNG and DS9, next year could have a Voyager novel and an Enterprise one, mix and match, etc. Then that last remaining slot would likely be for a guaranteed TOS novel, since those still tend to be solid sellers.
We'll see if the six per year sticks beyond 2022, if this is the new normal or just because of pandemic production problems (though I'd guess that it probably is going to be the normal, at least for the foreseeable future, much as I miss the old days of at least one book a month). But that'd be my guess of what we're going to see in terms of what is published.
As for what, specifically, is being published in those open slots, it's almost certainly going to stick to standalone in-series stories, though that's not a bad thing. There's a lot I'd like to see of the early days of the various series that can be informed by things not established until much later on in them - season one TNG is a VERY different universe than what TNG eventually settles in to, for instance. Or the early portrayal of Bashir - his enhancements came out late enough in the series, I don't think any of the novels really got to utilize that prior to the publication of Avatar. But, ultimately, I've always been of the opinion that it's never a bad thing to get the chance to experience new stories with the old friends who it's been a very long time since we have actually heard from all of them.
David Mack says in a extra from a bonus interview extra from Trek.fm there's going to be anew Strange new world book coming out and other novels but he said there still might be Tos or Enterprise novels also in the future that takes place during the tv series. I hope so! More Picard books and Discovery novels in the next few years in a recent interview discussing Coda book 3.
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It's interesting to be pegged to 6 books per year. One wonders if, when Paramount gets all its Trek watching figures consolidated into their own streaming service, they might increase that. We used to get more in the 1990s, although maybe reading consumption habits were different back then (although maybe offset by population increases - the population of the United States is 80m more today than 1990, and about 2.5bn higher globally...!)
Actually really enjoying the idea of more one shots set in-series for TNG, DS9, hopefully VOY and ENT too.
Actually really enjoying the idea of more one shots set in-series for TNG, DS9, hopefully VOY and ENT too.
Six books is about average for tie-in fiction these days. Take into account the fact that Trek novels are all trade paperbacks now, and there's no reason to expect there to be more books than that in future years.
I have no interest in reading books based on any of the on-going shows since I don't like any of the on-going shows but I hope that the rest of the books released are based on the previous series like has been speculated. I would like more novels based on the older series set during the series. I would prefer more VOY and ENT novels because I feel they didn't get as many novels as TNG and DS9 did. Still, I'll be glad for any novels for TNG, DS9, VOY, or ENT.
I read somewhere that "according to CBS, all tie-in media for the new Star Trek series are considered canon". Can anyone verify this?
No way that's true. No Trek news sites have reported that at all, there's nothing on StarTrek.com. I assume that treksphere article either made it up or misinterpreted some comment about close coordination between TV and tie-ins.
No tie-in novels are ever truly "canon" because they can and will be overridden by the screen version if the need arises.
That's just the nature of the beast. And I can't imagine that CBS ever claimed otherwise.
Never mind what some dude on the internet claims.
I haven't read it yet so......
Written (I believe) around the start of season one of Disco, it has Michael and Spock (with Pike and the Enterprise) meet and team up in a totally different and incompatible way with what was established in Disco season 2.
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