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/CAKgmY4DbFD72WR0cEXM39ntLCOB_VemqZ7vLRKsJ5fycv_-MzA%40mail.gmail.com.
