As promised, here’s my conversation with the author who killed off all your favorite Star Trek characters
https://on.soundcloud.com/kuLUiEdoJBBbfAbW6 On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 5:27 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a head’s up, today for my podcast I spoke with David Mack, the author > in question who personally murdered all the beloved Trek heroes in a novel > last year. For whatever it is worth, having read the novel and spoken with > the man, I understand and accept why he did it, but that doesn’t mean I > have to like it. But it was good to hear his rationale. Though he seemed to > push back against my analogy of his novel that the characters basically > were fighting in The Alamo. I’ll share the podcast episode once I’ve posted > it. It’s a good listen. > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 4:21 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was under the impression Disney did do something similar with Star Wars >> and it's 'Expanded Universe' soon after Lucas sold the rights. The >> Expanded Universe was no longer considered canon, or at least a part of the >> continuity of the Star Wars stories. Though I don't think they wrote such >> a deliberate change into the novels and other written properties. >> >> Having not kept up with the growth and expansion of the Star Trek novels, >> I am not as invested in this change as I might have been 20 years ago. I >> appreciated that the books often tried to tackle stories that weren't just >> book-length versions of a typical episode. I didn't like all of the >> stories or directions they took, but that's more often than not a matter of >> my taste. >> >> I also find this action unnecessary (though I might enjoy the books where >> it played out), as it seemed pretty well understood that most, if not all >> Star Trek fiction books are not considered canon, except maybe the >> novelizations of films and the occasional television episodes. Even those >> would diverge from what appeared on screen as the books were typically >> written well in advance of broadcast/theatrical premiere and could not >> account for late script changes and would often go beyond what was shown on >> screen to fill the space required for a mass-market book. >> >> I guess it comes down in some quarters to a question of how intermingled >> various entertainment forms can or should be. Maybe it's just a power move >> by CBS (or Disney), or maybe they think their work needs to be produced >> like the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For as much as Marvel seems to be an >> example of single integrated narratives, there are still plenty of >> different universes at play when you include Marvel's comic and animated >> properties in addition to the film and TV work. >> >> David >> >> On Monday, December 20, 2021, 03:39:20 PM PST, Kevin M. < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I typically buy maybe one or two Trek novels every couple of years… I’m >> overdue if I’m honest. As the author of this article points out, the books >> are/were nice to have around when genuine Star Trek stories were lacking on >> both the big and small screens. Since roughly the “lost era” novels, the >> books have maintained a continuity distinct from the TV shows and movies, >> developing characters and creating new characters unique to the books. The >> most recent trio of novels revealed the novel universe was, in fact, an >> alternate universe… the result of actions taken by the Borg during the >> brief period in the movie “First Contact” when the timeline had been >> altered and the Borg had appropriated Earth. Long story short, this trilogy >> ended the novel timeline… all the characters and stories never existed… any >> future novels will be built on the existing canonical setup of the various >> TV shows and movies. I suppose it is akin to DC rebooting all their comic >> book characters, but Trek very specifically/deliberately set up the ending >> to wipe out/eliminate all of what happened in the books from time and >> space… no possibility of a parallel universe or continuation of events in >> the books. It’s their intellectual property, and I admire the writers >> chosen to write the final novels, but it seems rude to the fans, the >> authors, and the characters. The Star Wars films sent the characters on >> different paths than their series of novels and video games, but they >> didn’t take the drastic step that Trek has taken. I can’t help but wonder >> why it was done. >> >> https://blog.trekcore.com/2021/12/review-star-trek-coda-oblivions-gate/ >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2108703075.52916.1640046083407%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2108703075.52916.1640046083407%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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