Same.
IcedRaktajino
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NuTrek does not seem to like the curmudgeon characters, does it? lol
Laughter is the best medicine. If that doesn't work, try 50 ccs of inaprovoline. If inaprovoline doesn't work, slap them.
I'm currently reading "Star Trek: Destiny" and the Borg are the big bad. Enjoying it so far (only about 1/3 into the first book of the trilogy).
I don't really have a solid answer, and have only recently gone down the TrekLit rabbit hole, but I'd venture a couple of guesses:
- Many of them utilize existing characters, so that might be problematic given the age of the cast and/or their availability.
- I vaguely recall that existing characters for different series have to pay royalties to the writer who invented the character. I think this was the case for Nick Locarno and why Tom Paris is basically "We have Nick Locarno at home"
- Probably some other IP legalese mucking things up as it is wont to do
When I posted yesterday looking to get some book suggestions, many of them involved existing characters. I think the "The Fall" series is all original characters, so it would probably be a good candidate. There's probably others, but I'm not familiar enough yet to name any more.
The actor age / availability problem is probably solvable if the series was animated, though.
(Me, turning off my morals and writing that down)
I'd be curious to see how adding a few plants affects that.
The Destiny trilogy by David Mack
Bought that one yesterday and am literally reading it now. Loving it so far; the pacing is fantastic.
Not long after the end of DS9. Garak remained on Cardassia Prime helping to rebuild after the end of the Dominion War. The framing structure of the book is a series of journal entries and letters from Garak to Dr. Bashir, so it covers a lot of time periods.
I know, right? Ballmer was batshit crazy but at least you could squint your eyes and his decisions kind-of made sense (e.g. Windows 8 was a turd, but you could at least see what he was trying to do). Nadella has just shoved in cloud and now AI bullshit since he took over, and no thanks.
Nice. Self-hosting it at home and love it.