Star Trek Meme: Day 17

[selenak]

Day 17 - Have you read any of the books? If so, which ones?

In the 80s and early 90s, I actually used to read a lot of them. This being before I discovered fanfiction. It started with Vonda McIntyre's movie novelizations, which were fully fledged out novels, adding a lot; her Wrath of Khan novelization on the one hand introduced Saavik's half Romulan background and mentor/protegé relationship with Spock, which Carolyn Cowles later fleshed out in what is still my favourite TOS novel, The Pandora Principle, but on the other also added an affair with David Marcus, which, no. Other novels from that time which stuck with me were Margaret Bonnano's Strangers from the Sky, and of course the big Vulcan novel, Spock's World.

Later on, TNG novels started to get published, and I remember liking those of Peter David best - Q Squared, Imzadi, etc. I probably would read them differently now, not least because I got jaded about some of David's writing quirks, not to mention that there's a scene in Q Squared in which character A taunts character B with how a woman A used to be with and B is now in love with smells and "the little noises she makes" during sex which shows up again in the David written B5 episode Soul Mates. (It happens to us all. Last year jesuswasbatman made me realise I have a fanfiction habit of letting the Master (Doctor Who edition) end up in the wrong bodies and get outwitted by people he thinks he manipulates. Until he commented on it, I truly hadn't realised I'd done this repeateadly.) However, back then I certainly loved those novels.

DS9, alas, did not produce memorable tie in novels early on, and by then I'd gotten into fanfiction which had the advantage of not being restrained by editorial fiat to stick to certain tabus. Also, this was still the era when no novel was allowed to be a sequel to another. Currently, the DS9 novels are all i none continuity, but alas I tried a few of the post show series (two or three) and didn't care much for them, so I didn't continue. However, I did read The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack, which is basically a Cardassian I, Claudius starring Rugal (from the season 2 episode Cardassians), and a splendid one, too. I also read the Dax anthology (liked it, some stories more than others) and a couple of the others.

Let's see, what else? I treid a few Voyager novels but none stuck with me, and haven't read an Enterprise or Reboot novel at all.




Day 1 - Which Star Trek series is your favorite?
Day 2 - Who is your favorite character?
Day 3 - Who is your least favorite character?
Day 4 - What was the first episode/movie you watched?
Day 5 - What was the first Star Trek series you watched?
Day 6 - Your favorite canon pairing? (Canon being the series and the movies, including the reboot.)
Day 7 - Your favorite non-canon pairing?
Day 8 - Your favorite actor/actress? (Not the same as character.)
Day 9 - What's your favorite episode?
Day 10 - What's your favorite species? (Humans are a species as well.)
Day 11 - What's your least favorite species? (See question 9 about species.)
Day 12 - What's your favorite funny moment?
Day 13 - What's your favorite dramatic moment?
Day 14 - What's your favorite Star Trek quote?
Day 15 - How did you get into Star Trek?
Day 16 - Are you involved with Star Trek fandom?


Day 18 - If you could be any species in the Star Trek universe, what would you be?
Day 19 - How did the Star Trek reboot affect you?
Day 20 - Of the minor characters (one shots, not the recurring ones) who’s your favorite?
Day 21 - Which Star Trek food would you want to try at least once?
Day 22 - Which Star Trek world would you want to visit at least once?
Day 23 - Is there anything you'd want to change about Star Trek? Why?
Day 24 - Is there anything about Star Trek that has disappointed you?
Day 25 - How has Star Trek changed you?
Day 26 - Lots of Star Trek Parodies out there. Which do you dig?
Day 27 - What would you cross over with Star Trek?
Day 28 - Your favourite friendship in Star Trek?
Day 29 - If you could tell Gene Roddenberry one thing, Star Trek related or not, what would it be?

Comments

[endeni]

OMG, The Never-Ending Sacrifice was terrific! *_*

[selenak]

It was!

[lilacsigil]

I had never seen any Star Trek when I started reading the books - I actually read Vonda McIntyre's novelisations of the second and third movies before I watched them. I loved the books intensely and the show itself was honestly a bit of a let-down, though the movies were interesting. Where were the really alien aliens? What about all those fascinating female crew members? There were hardly any!

[selenak]

I've felt let down by movie novelizations ever since, because she really created novels in their own right out of the premise.

[likeadeuce]

Hah, I read the WoK novel long before I saw the movie and I'd convinced myself in my head that the relationship was in the movie too!

I was also (being 11 or 12 when I read it) fascinated by the plot about Scottie's nephew only to find he's barely in the film!

[selenak]

I had no idea the kid was supposed to be Scottie's nephew until I read the novel!

[likeadeuce]

I feel like there's a scene where he's introduced as such, very briefly, but I could just have imagined that too!

[lizvogel]

I think it was a deleted scene, if very fuzzy and distant memory serves.

[kangeiko]

I quite liked the fifth DSN one, Fallen Heroes. It had some nice Quark and also moments, and some really nice stuff for a young Jake and Nog.

[selenak]

That was the one from the author with the Welsh name, wasn't it? Where everyone died a la The Wish (only Quark, unlike Cordelia, survived)? Yes, I remember it as likeable.

[kangeiko]

I am squinting at my comment because either DW is eating half of it or my fingers seem unable to cope with the keyboard. Yes, that's the one, and what I meant to say is that it had some nice Quark and Odo moments (AH ha, I've just realised autocorrect is changing Odo to also). I have a real weakness for The Wish style stories, where you have a 'could have been' and a chance for an unlikely hero to shine. And Quark, bless him, steps up to the plate.