William Leisner on "Losing the Peace"
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Speaking of names, are we going to have to wait until Junior's born to find that out, or are we going to be getting some idea of what they're going for in LTP?
William, I'm really excited about the book now. I'd been a bit frightened of the path it might take, but your interview's really put my mind at ease. It sounds like it's going to be great! I've got my copy on pre-order and I can't wait!
William, I'm really excited about the book now. I'd been a bit frightened of the path it might take, but your interview's really put my mind at ease. It sounds like it's going to be great! I've got my copy on pre-order and I can't wait!
In light of what you said in the interview Bill, I don't understand what you are getting at here.
According to the interview you said: "Beverly Crusher also gets a major storyline as she takes a special assignment to investigate a refugee camp that's starting ot overwhelm its guest world," he reveals, "and we also get a closer examination of the personal tragedy that had most shaped her life: the death of her first husband, Jack."
Just wondering how you square the two.
No, you have not. You've repeated a fact -- that they would be naming their son after Beverly's deceased first husband -- and called that your explanation without actually explaining why it's creepy.
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Must 'creepiness' have a logical origin? Fear is often irrational, or the response to a real danger disproportionate to its probability, and something like disquiet can be expected to function along similar, emotive pathways. Creepiness seems like it's a rather subjective experience; what unsettles one might not bother another.
Still, while I don't find the idea of a Jack Picard-Crusher upsetting, I don't find it challenging to consider why others might. Naming the boy after a deceased person, particularly one close to the family, summons the memory of that person and superimposes the dead on the living. It's a minor but, I think, legitimate expression of the uncanny. The association--via names--between the animate and inanimate is a sometimes device in Gothic fiction. Trek certainly isn't that, Janeway's holoprograms aside, but I can see how it might inform an eerie reaction to finding out the kid was named for a deceased, prior husband.
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I think it would be cool if JLP and Beverly named the baby after Picard's brother, Robert. They could always use Jack as a middle name. Or maybe they'll name him William...
...am I right to assume that they are having a boy? I thought it was said in one the books or in an interview, but I could be wrong. If the baby is a girl then it's a whole new ball game. Tasha has already been taken...Yvette maybe? (after Picard's mum)
...am I right to assume that they are having a boy? I thought it was said in one the books or in an interview, but I could be wrong. If the baby is a girl then it's a whole new ball game. Tasha has already been taken...Yvette maybe? (after Picard's mum)
Perhaps that last sentence is a little confusing? Beverly's major storyline is her mission to the refugee camp. The examination of her past tragedy is one element that comes into play during the refugee camp storyline, but I wouldn't say that examination was a major focus.
Hopefully that'll make more sense when the book comes out.
Oh, and let me add this, too:
As has been mentioned previously, LtP takes place between the end of Destiny (February 2381) and A Singular Destiny (April 2381). GTTS established that Beverly and Jean-Luc had conceived in mid-December 2380. So, no, Junior will not be making his appearance in LtP.
As for the name, I think they should do like they did on Mad About You, and just leave the child nameless for several books, until sweeps month or a hardcover release.
As has been mentioned previously, LtP takes place between the end of Destiny (February 2381) and A Singular Destiny (April 2381). GTTS established that Beverly and Jean-Luc had conceived in mid-December 2380. So, no, Junior will not be making his appearance in LtP.
As for the name, I think they should do like they did on Mad About You, and just leave the child nameless for several books, until sweeps month or a hardcover release.
I heard Picard and Crusher are getting naming advice from the Voyager EMH.
You mean they're just going to call the kid "Baby"?
Interesting interview. Can't wait to get LoP either. Been waiting for the next TNG book to come out and its been worth the short wait.
It is sad to be losing the ebooks through. I have been slowly collecting the Slings and Arrows series. Just got 3 books left to get. I was hoping it would have been on the list for next year's releases. Oh well..
It is sad to be losing the ebooks through. I have been slowly collecting the Slings and Arrows series. Just got 3 books left to get. I was hoping it would have been on the list for next year's releases. Oh well..
As the song goes:
"Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"
It's just occurred to me that if the Picard child is named "Data," then his inevitable getting-together with Tasha Riker will be absolutely perfect.
I have a strong feeling the kid will either have a first or middle name in honor of Picard's deceased young nephew, Rene (don't know how to add the accent on the last 'e').