what?

[archersangel]

i decided to see if that library in the east (sounds like something in a fantasy story) has any star trek novels, because it's been awhile since i read any. they have like 37 in ebook form, which is surprising. i think of ST novels as kind of not very popular in libraries (don't know why).

so i decide to google them to see if they're anything i'd want to read & to see if they're part of a multi-book series.

title #1: "this is part of the novel series relaunch & is set in an alternative timeline after [event]." me: *flat* what. (there are 2 ST book series like that)
title #2: "This is set [number of] years after [huge event in a previous novel]." me: *flat* what.
title #3: "this is a follow up to the novels ABC & DEF." (that i haven't read) me: well, so much for that.

i did find 3 set in the TOS tv series era that i hope are stand-alone ones. they also has some from the new tv series, but i do not acknowledge those am not interested in them.

years ago ST novels were numbered, i guess so you'd know that if you had 1-28 & you could look at the number to know if you had it or not. but the publisher stopped that because people thought you had to read them in numbered order to understand what was going on*. but now it seems that you have to read them in publication order anyway.


*the only time you really have to do that if it says book 1 of 4 (but i wonder if they do that any more).

Comments

[sixbeforelunch]

For a long time, I tried to keep up with new Trek novels. But the current list and the backlist are now so unwieldy (and, to me, so unappealing) that I've pretty much given up. I rely on fan writers for my Trek reading pleasure these days. ;-)

Pretty much same here. I still pick up the older Trek novels at used book stores, and I will occasionally buy new ones when the ebooks go on sale for a few dollars on Kobo, but I mostly stick with fic.