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I liked the "Shatnerverse" books so this seems to be good news.

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I liked the "Shatnerverse" books so this seems to be good news.

Perhaps. The "Shatnerverse" books were well written but I hated how they resurrected Kirk. His send off at the end of Generations was bad enough, but then his resurrection was no better.

Well, they had the same problem as TSFS, in that whatever mechanism they used was going to appear ridiculous.

DaveJB wrote:Well, they had the same problem as TSFS, in that whatever mechanism they used was going to appear ridiculous.

True, and I'm no more critical of ST3 than I am of "The Return." For the record, I actually liked the book - it was well written, it was what PAD would describe as 'fannish' and it was fun to read.

Unfortunately I just got sick of it. "Avenger" was excellent because it tied something we fleetingly touched on in TOS with hidden and intricate layers, which I find is masterful in fanfic. (sorry, none of the Trek books qualify as canon or even official - there's no other designation that sticks.)

But even "Avenger" strained credibility. And when "Spectre" came about, and it was shown how extraordinarily incompetent Picard and the E-E's security is, I just got fed up. Then we have the icing on the cake, Kirk vs Kirk, and mirror Janeway having an affair with Kirk. *shudders*

I reiterate: they're well written books, but they strain plausibility too much.

This is good, this is very good. These are the poeple who wrote DS9 Millenium. Millenium was dark and it rocked.

Crazedwraith wrote:This is good, this is very good. These are the poeple who wrote DS9 Millenium. Millenium was dark and it rocked.

So, that they have contributed to Star Trek canon with some good results, that seems to be good for Enterprise. I must say that I like Enterprise better than TNG, but hopefully more attention will be paid on continuity.

Mange the Swede wrote:

Crazedwraith wrote:This is good, this is very good. These are the poeple who wrote DS9 Millenium. Millenium was dark and it rocked.

So, that they have contributed to Star Trek canon with some good results, that seems to be good for Enterprise. I must say that I like Enterprise better than TNG, but hopefully more attention will be paid on continuity.

DS9: Millenium was a book trilogy and thus was not canon but IT was a very good read though.

Crazedwraith wrote:

Mange the Swede wrote:

Crazedwraith wrote:This is good, this is very good. These are the poeple who wrote DS9 Millenium. Millenium was dark and it rocked.

So, that they have contributed to Star Trek canon with some good results, that seems to be good for Enterprise. I must say that I like Enterprise better than TNG, but hopefully more attention will be paid on continuity.

DS9: Millenium was a book trilogy and thus was not canon but IT was a very good read though.

Oh, sorry. I thought it was an episode from DS9. I haven't seen very much of DS9, since the Swedish television channel who bought the series only bought the first season.

Did shatner actually sit down and write any of these books?


How exactly does co-authoring work? Does he just story board his idea and tell the co-author to write it out, then he tweaks and comments?

Veramocor wrote:Did shatner actually sit down and write any of these books?


How exactly does co-authoring work? Does he just story board his idea and tell the co-author to write it out, then he tweaks and comments?

it depends on the deal the writers manage to work out, iirc. i've read several books that've been co-authored, and sometimes it could be that one of the writers pitches ideas to the other who sets up the scenes themselves, or they take time writing separate sections of the book individually. not sure that there's any real set method to co-authoring.

IN the case of the Shatner books the Gar-Stevens's wrote them and then put Shatners face on the sleeve to increase sales. I've read Shatners Tek Wars books and the writting styles seemed different.