Who's Your Favorite Trek Novelist?

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-10-09 04:58pm

Do you/have you read Trek novels? Who was or is your favorite Trek author? Which Trek author would you like to see write for the filmed incarnations of Trek? If one Trek novel were declared canon by Viacom, which one would you like it to be?

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-10-09 09:56pm

Mine's Peter David. Book I'd nominate for canon status: I, Q by Peter David and John De Lancie.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-10-10 05:29am

I'd probably pick Peter David as well.

I like his "New Frontier" series and the book "Vendetta" as well.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-10-10 05:39am

Oh my god. I had no idea that Peter David wrote Trek novels (honestly!). My respect for him just went down two and a half notches.

RadiO · Post by **RadiO** » 2002-10-10 01:05pm

Robert Treder wrote:Oh my god. I had no idea that Peter David wrote Trek novels (honestly!). My respect for him just went down two and a half notches.

Seriously - he's good. Really good.
He managed to frame a story around Ensign Sulu (who had about a minute-and-a-half of screen time) and Captain "Jackass" Harriman of the Enterprise B - and actually make it work. That's skill for ya.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-10 01:08pm

William Shatner. Seriously! Have you ever read the 'Presever' trilogy? I loved it!

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2002-10-10 01:08pm

Eh... I had about a dozen ST books a few years ago. But I never liked any of them enough to keep so I took them to a use book store and got store credit to buy Clancy Books. The only sci-fi authors I have read and enjoy for a series are Stackpole, Aliston, and Zhan. And those are all for SW novels of course.

I might have been more interested in the ST books had the followed the same rules and guidlines that the SW books had.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-10-10 01:17pm

Peter David. But not for anything Trek, I've never read a trek book in my life. He wrote the Centauri Trilogy and that makes him ok in my book.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-10-10 05:38pm

Robert Treder wrote:Oh my god. I had no idea that Peter David wrote Trek novels (honestly!). My respect for him just went down two and a half notches.

Trust me -- Peter David makes Trek worth reading. Try Rock and a Hard Place.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-10-10 06:55pm

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Robert Treder wrote:Oh my god. I had no idea that Peter David wrote Trek novels (honestly!). My respect for him just went down two and a half notches.
Trust me -- Peter David makes Trek worth reading. Try Rock and a Hard Place.

Nope, I hate modern Trek and I refuse to support it in anyway. Until B&B are gone I won't touch any bit of modern Trek with a ten foot pole. Cash is the only thing the idiots at Paramount understand so I'll send them a message the only way I can.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-10-10 06:58pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Robert Treder wrote:Oh my god. I had no idea that Peter David wrote Trek novels (honestly!). My respect for him just went down two and a half notches.
Trust me -- Peter David makes Trek worth reading. Try Rock and a Hard Place.
Nope, I hate modern Trek and I refuse to support it in anyway. Until B&B are gone I won't touch any bit of modern Trek with a ten foot pole. Cash is the only thing the idiots at Paramount understand so I'll send them a message the only way I can.

Fine by me, but you're missing out...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 2002-10-10 07:12pm

Shatner didn't write any books, the Steven's done all the work, they put shatners bake on it to sell the book to gullable trolls

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-10-10 07:17pm

Muad'Dib wrote:Shatner didn't write any books, the Steven's done all the work, they put shatners bake on it to sell the book to gullable trolls

Mind explaining how you know that?

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-10 07:21pm

Yes, WTF are you talking about?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-10-10 08:35pm

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote: Trust me -- Peter David makes Trek worth reading. Try Rock and a Hard Place.
Nope, I hate modern Trek and I refuse to support it in anyway. Until B&B are gone I won't touch any bit of modern Trek with a ten foot pole. Cash is the only thing the idiots at Paramount understand so I'll send them a message the only way I can.
Fine by me, but you're missing out...

It's a matter of principle. I'll settle for just the Centauri Trilgoy for now.