Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Pocket Books Announces 2010 Star Trek Books – Includes 4 ‘JJ-verse’ Novels

By: Sue W

Sue W — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:59:21 +0000

very disapointed that tere are no enterprise or voyager novels for 2010!

By: Pat Prevenas

Pat Prevenas — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:32:31 +0000

Also… can I just protest these planned JJ-verse novels? Please? Totally unnecessary. The new movie was great fun, but it’s been set off in an alternate timeline for “reboot” purposes. I am not interested in following TWO takes on The Original Series. The Abrams reboot will deliver a few really fun movies, but there won’t be any longevity to it because that crew’s story has already existed for 40+ years. I’d rather that the JJ-verse was ignored in a literary context. Really.

By: Pat Prevenas

Pat Prevenas — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:22:03 +0000

Am I the only person saddened by the lack of aesthetic continuity with these books anymore? I kind of hate that Pocket stopped numbering them (and just before TOS hit #100, too!), cheapened all the cover art dramatically, and no longer follow a sort of recognizable design pattern from novel to novel. I think the decision to stop numbering the novels has been especially disastrous for those of us who fell out of their Trek book collecting for a few years; suddenly now there are large, ongoing stories for TNG and DS9, and it takes an unnecessary amount of work to determine which novels come before or after the other novels so that we can read them in order and not miss any beats. On top of that, Pocket does NOT seem to be reprinting previous books like they used to; it’s been a monstrous chore for me to go back and build the collection I’ve been missing these last several years; I’ve mostly had to do it online because all the local bookstores (and I live in L.A. … there are a LOT of local bookstores!) seem to have drastically thinned their Star Trek sections down from what they used to be. :( Oh, and the current $7.99 cover price on these paperbacks is outrageous. Okay, I can stop complaining now. Pocket, get with it! Let’s get more of these books on the shelves, and a LOT more of the older series that are now undeservedly out of print (tihs I request from a selfish standpoint; I lost probably 40 of my old TNG books and a few Voyagers to a termite invasion last year, and rebuilding THAT collection on top of all the ones I’ve simply missed these last few years has been a near-impossible task!).

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:41:02 +0000

Hundreds of star trek books 4sale call 619-212-2615

By: Dave UK

Dave UK — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:18:23 +0000

Looks good, Im really interested in the TNG ERA stuff post destiny, I really enjoyed the new FILm it was great I cry’d. Im a little daunted by running the TOS ERA and this stuff together, I can get over it intelectualy. It just feels strange.

By: Trekkie

Trekkie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:32:32 +0000

I was going through some of the reference books I have and I’ve come across the ones that have planetary listing. I’ve also checked out StarTrek.com and looked under places. There should be a reference book detailing every colony and or planet and their inhabitants with a picture of said planet/landmass and what the humaniod would look like. It would be very thorough just as thorough as Star Trek enclyopedia. I believe there is a market for it.

By: Fabio

Fabio — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:49:02 +0000

I want these books solicited in PREVIEWS. I fall in love again with Star Trek thanks to the wonderful “Singular Destiny”. While I don’t hope all the new books will be so good like that one, I am craving for exploring some more.

Keith R.A. DeCandido, you have a new fan in Buenos Aires

By: Okie Trekker

Okie Trekker — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:30:21 +0000

The “J.J. Verse”?

Catchy name…

By: Iowagirl

Iowagirl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:55:08 +0000

“…old fashioned classic Trek books.”

Excellent. Can’t wait.

By: Alex Rosenzweig

Alex Rosenzweig — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:35:50 +0000

#50, 70 – My understanding is that The Millennium Bloom has been canceled. I haven’t been able yet to verify if it was a result of the new movie, or if other issues were in play, and perhaps those more “in the know” could clarify. If it is, indeed, movie-related, count me as very disappointed.

In a similar vein, it looks like mid-summer next year may be the longest sustained time that I won’t buy new Trek in many years. (Getting me even remotely interested in the Abramsverse will be a big uphill battle, whereas my support for the entire Trek Prime Universe continues unabated.)

OTOH, all the rest of it looks pretty cool, though of course I’d love to see more “Enterprise” and “Vanguard”, too. However, just before I left Shore Leave, I was told that conceptual plotting work has begun for “Vanguard” books 6 and 7, so with luck, we’ll get some cool continuation of that story in 2011. (It’s cool to run into Dayton and Kevin in the hotel lobby just before leaving! ;) )