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She mentioned that there are two main storylines, one featuring Crusher and the other one with Troi.
Oh, and apparently two DSC books featuring
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She mentioned that there are two main storylines, one featuring Crusher and the other one with Troi.
Oh, and apparently two DSC books featuring
Hmm, I wonder, unless this is a Picard tie-in, might this be a TNG TV series era novel? After all, David Mack posted earlier this week there's no litverse material going forward at the moment.
I have a feeling this will be the Picard novel that is noted to be upcoming (at least on Memory Alpha).
Other than original series books I think all future books will be based on the current running shows. If the relaunches are now DOA I don't really see S&S commissioning a TNG novel. I think Picard novels will probably have flashback moments filling in the time between Nemesis and Picard--and I think as time goes on and the show continues you may even see novels that take place during that era, but TNG show era novels? No. Esp. considering they aren't even releasing 12 novels a year anymore.
Though I still want my DS9 finale
(sorry, had to throw that in)
TNG was a popular enough show that a TV series era novel isn't necessarily outside the realm of possibility. And really, a Troi-Crusher centred novel makes more sense to me as something with the TNG banner on it rather than the Picard banner. Unless there are plans to include Crusher in the second season.
Likewise, that Picard novel is supposed to be a hardcover. I don't imagine Deanna Troi or Beverly Crusher are popular enough characters to warrant a hardcover release of a novel centred around them. Particularly the second hardcover Trek novel from S&S in recent times. I'd say if that Picard tale is not another Picard centred novel, it's a Seven of Nine centred one. Those are the only characters on that show I see warranting a hardcover novel.
A crusher focused TNG novel and a Seven Picard novel both sound great so I would be happy if separate projects. I think the last great Crusher novel was the Una McCormack one with Pulaski on Cardassia several years ago...
Crusher's a character that gets shafted a lot. Even in a good many TNG Litverse novels, she's basically just Picard's wife despite supposedly being the Enterprise's CMO. I mean, they usually have all the medical matters relegated to other characters on the Enterprise's medical staff while Crusher just does family stuff with Picard and Renee. Even when she was filling in as DS9's CMO, she got usurped by Dr. Pulaski arriving. The fact we're getting a Crusher centred novel feels unprecedented, but there is no way her first central role in a novel in a decade being released in an era where novel slots are more limited than ever before is going to get the even more limited hardcover slot.
I suspect any novel involving TNG characters will carry the Picard banner from this point on if for no other reason that to capitalize on the current running show (and provide publicity to the show as well). And perhaps it's possible Crusher and Troi have some sort of role in season 2 and this book is going to provide some background. I mean, at this point, we know very little other than apparently Troi and Crusher are major players.
I think the only way TNG title would be used at this point is if there was ever another novel in the relaunch universe, to distinguish it as a separate continuity (though based on the earlier comment I think the relaunch litverse is basically finished now, never to return). I really think the only TNG era novels that S&S will commission will be related in some way to Picard. I just don't see them commissioning a TNG-only novel that doesn't tie into Picard in some manner ( and I think it will have to be more than just a minor tie in).
From a purely money making perspective, and the fact that there apparently aren't going to be 12 novels a year--S&S will want to focus solely on tie-ins to the current shows.
The only exception, obviously, is the original series, because that is the source show. Books based on the prior spin-offs, and yes, including non-Picard TNG books, are DOA I think.
BTW, do we know for sure the next Picard novel will be hardcover? Has that been confirmed?
Yeah, I agree. There just isn't room for books on the prior spin-offs.
I don't like saying that. I'd love to have it all. Novels based on the current spin-offs, continuing relaunch novels in their own reality, more Enterprise novels, hell even more Seeker novels and New Frontier novels. And maybe an occasional series era novel that are standalones. At this point to accommodate all that they'd probably have to go back to 2 novels/month like they did years ago.
But the fact is that's not going to happen.
Christopher's "The Higher Frontier" novel was a bit of a special treat because it was a movie-era novel and he touched on a few relaunch threads like the growing Andorian reproductive crisis and some of his Enterprise story threads. And I'm hoping one of his prior comments maybe, just indicates a future novel in this 'continuity'
. I may be totally reading it wrong but we shall see.
Christopher's "The Higher Frontier" novel was a bit of a special treat because it was a movie-era novel and he touched on a few relaunch threads like the growing Andorian reproductive crisis and some of his Enterprise story threads. And I'm hoping one of his prior comments maybe, just indicates a future novel in this 'continuity'
I'll just say that, as far as we know, the Picard continuity so far only contradicts books set after Nemesis.
Hmm. Can you tell us if you are working on a new Star Trek novel of some sort?
Maybe even a non-original series story?
Or is that something that can't be commented on yet?
I did note Una McCormack's Picard novel still had Worf as Picard's first officer before he left the Enterprise--one of the few things that was consistent with the relaunches. Perhaps someone will create a new 'relaunch' litverse picking up on where the pre-Destiny trilogy left off.
At least one of the above is correct.
Well, if I were a betting man I'd go with number 1 with a sprinkling of number 3. You writing a new Star Trek novel would hardly be Earth shattering news--and I imagine you couldn't say much about it since it hasn't been officially announced yet.
I'd love to see you tackle a Picard era novel though. It might be interesting to see you do a Discovery novel as well, so far, if I'm not mistaken, that's the only series that you've never written a story for (though I guess that's true of Picard as well, but you've at least dealt with some of the characters from Picard).
And a DS9 finale, not sure if I mentioned that or not
(ok, ok....I know, not going to happen, like my oft requested "Tales of the Romulan War" anthology to fill in the empty spaces of that conflict).
Being "the source show" has nothing to do with it. Rather fact that TOS novels have always tended to be the bestselling Trek novels. Given TNG is the next most popular Trek series after TOS, it makes sense we'll eventually get TV series era novels for it. Even if it's just something like one a year, as I imagine there's still going to be a desire to do a novel where the authors won't need to coordinate with the writing staff of one of the shows currently in production.
Amazon listed it as a hardcover at a hardcover price. Not sure how much more confirmation one needs besides that.
Okay. I'm not sure what the point of announcing this was, but okay.
I honestly dislike the thought of Spock having any siblings. I prefer the idea that Spock never found familial love with someone his age until he met Kirk and they became like brothers.
Having said that, I didn't mind the way the Spock/Michael relationship was executed in DIS... Except insofar as, Spock essentially goes on the exact same emotional journey with Michael that we saw him go on in TOS and the TOS movies: From emotional suppression ("Ah, yes, one of your Earth emotions" in "Where No Man Has Gone Before"), to acceptance of his emotions and integration of them into his self-identity ("Logic is merely the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end") in ST6). So... it's feels counter-intuitive to me that he would have this big emotional revelation during his farewell to Michael about needing to integrate emotions into his personality and accepting them because of Michael's influence in 2258, to rejecting them again and starting on the same roller-coaster in 2265.
(Mind you, I really love Michael and I love the idea of a Human raised by Vulcans. I just kind of wish DIS had used different Vulcans.
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I have no idea what this is referring to either.
I would guess the poster meant to type “non-binary character.” There was a report last year that the show was looking to cast someone as a 16-year-old non-binary character for a major guest role in one episode that might become a recurring part.
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