Which novels, comics and games are part of your personal continuity?

[Extrocomp]

There have been many discussions about continuity, but I don't think this particular question has been asked before on the Trek Literature board. I'm especially interested in which stories the authors include in their personal continuity.

 

[ryan123450]

I really can't answer this question at this point. I want to really think this through in detail, but I've never gotten around to it yet. Basically the canon (minus a few horrible episodes), the Litverse, and a handful of extra comics and novels.

I'm interested in what various authors have to say about this too though.

 

[Stevil2001]

We had this thread this summer: http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/which-trek-novels-are-in-your-personal-headcanon.280842/

Last week I was reading Survivors and I realized I'd never actually seen "Legacy," so you can guess how I imagine Tasha Yar's backstory.

 

[Dayton Ward]

Just this.

 

[Extrocomp]

Oh dear, I completely missed that other thread. I searched for the terms "personal canon" and personal continuity" on Google, but that thread used the term "personal headcanon" instead. It doesn't look like any of the authors responded to that thread though, and I'm still interested to know which stories the authors try to avoid contradicting when they write new stories.

 

[Christopher]

...and I'm still interested to know which stories the authors try to avoid contradicting when they write new stories.

I'd prefer not to get too specific about that, actually. For one thing, it might come off like playing favorites or being critical of the works I don't count, even though my inclusion/exclusion decisions are usually based on continuity issues rather than quality. For another thing, sometimes I change my mind about what I do or don't choose to include. And it would just be too time-consuming to give an exhaustive list of all the individual things I include and give my reasons for counting X but not counting Y and so forth.

 

[Markonian]

I count everything, just treating it as multiverse when there's a big discontinuity, or employing double-think for small issues: accepting the current story at face value, e.g. the date of the Lovell's visit to the Delta Triangle.

 

[ryan123450]

I'd prefer not to get too specific about that, actually. For one thing, it might come off like playing favorites or being critical of the works I don't count, even though my inclusion/exclusion decisions are usually based on continuity issues rather than quality. For another thing, sometimes I change my mind about what I do or don't choose to include. And it would just be too time-consuming to give an exhaustive list of all the individual things I include and give my reasons for counting X but not counting Y and so forth.

Yes thats the exact project I want to sit diwn and do for myself sometime. Just for my own knowledge.

 

[Dayton Ward]

Everything's fair game, until such time as it isn't. I'll make a reference to a Gold Key comics adventure, or a Bantam novel, or one of the early Pocket novels if an opportunity presents itself and I can make it fit...and I can get it past the licensing office, which is harder than you might think, because those folks are no slouches in the Trek trivia department.

We're not constructing a bulletproof future history here. This stuff is supposed to be fun.

 

[JD]

I count the Novelverse and the stuff consistent with it, and there are a few things I liked that don't line up with it that I push off into their own universes, like Strangers from the Sky, Star Trek Online, the Elite Force games, and the DC Comics.

 

[Leto_II]

Just this.

 

[Idran]

We're not constructing a bulletproof future history here. This stuff is supposed to be fun.

Now hey, the fans that try to make it "bulletproof" have as much fun as you all fans that are freer with things. Trying to make this stuff all work and figuring out what overall fits and what doesn't is a ton of fun for us. It's like putting together a jigsaw, or solving a logic puzzle, or cracking codes in an ARG.

 

[Dayton Ward]

 

[ian128K]

I really love the old Star Trek 25th Anniversary and Judgement Rites point-and-click games, and generally consider them to have "happened". I'm still working through the Vanguard books (currently about halfway through Open Secrets) but so far I like them enough to consider them in my personal canon.

 

[Leto_II]

I really love the old Star Trek 25th Anniversary and Judgement Rites point-and-click games, and generally consider them to have "happened". I'm still working through the Vanguard books (currently about halfway through Open Secrets) but so far I like them enough to consider them in my personal canon.

Although those games (which are indeed excellent) do have some conflicting information about certain characters such as Carol Marcus which (IIRC) contradict the Vanguard series to an extent.

 

[ian128K]

That's a good point. I hadn't considered that. (It's been a while since I played them.)

 

[ryan123450]

My fuzzy memory and a little bit of squinting let me add more to my personal continuity than a strict continuity based system would generally make possible.