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Star Trek novels Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 18:25:44 70baa7 No.15288

I recently saw a big pile of Star Trek novels looking depressed and alone in the corner of a charity shop, probably the former belongings of some Boomer nerd who's dead now, and it got me wondering, are any of these things actually worth reading?

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 18:39:39 4f2978 No.15290

Unless it's the tech manuals, no. Supposedly they are mostly trash.

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 18:44:12 70baa7 No.15291

>>15290

Yeah, that's what I expected. Even Doctor Who novels have a dedicated following, but no one mentions these things ever,

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 21:24:23 40a078 No.15301

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If they aren't too expensive, the Marshak and Culbrath ones are hilariously horrible. Shatner's bio is also worth a read.

People say the Alan Dean Foster stuff is good, but I didn't care for it.

Weirdly, I've found most of the people who were really into Star Trek books were women, but that's just anecdotal data.

Anonymous 01/03/18 (Wed) 02:59:46 528700 No.15330

I used to read trek novels when I was like 14, but it was TNG era mostly.

I enjoyed them for the most part, for what it's worth.

Anonymous 01/03/18 (Wed) 05:48:00 12083d No.15339

Funfact: A Stich In Time is the only Star Trek novel not written with a ghost writer.

Anonymous 01/03/18 (Wed) 05:58:59 12083d No.15341

>>15339

Oops, I meant novel eritten by an actor.

Anonymous 01/03/18 (Wed) 11:40:00 793d36 No.15347

>>15291

Partly it’s because there’s no point. All ST novels and comic books are not canon, so I think it makes it hard to invest in a book when there isn’t even a guarantee what was mentioned in it will matter in the next one you read.

Anonymous 01/08/18 (Mon) 16:39:53 83da62 No.15846

>>15347

As opposed to SW back when Lucas was in charge where everything was considered canon when you wish half of it wasn't.

Anonymous 01/08/18 (Mon) 17:42:15 89a557 No.15854

>>15347

I don't think it matters if the material is good. The Red Dwarf novels aren't canon, but they're better than the show in a lot of ways.