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Originally posted by THE Franta:
Havent read that one yet Kenya.
Have you read the Avatar books?
Nope and thanks for the reminder. I have to pick em up from Waldenbooks today. I freaking totally forgot. Not only that, I forgot to write Keith back! Anyway, he gave me some good plugs for other stuff to read, so check it over and tell me if you've read any of the stuff suggested.

This is said letter from the newsgroups--

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Originally posted by Keith R.A. DeCandido

From: "Keith R.A. DeCandido" <keith@decandido.net>
Subject: Re: Star Trek TNG: Diplomatic Implausibility
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:22 AM

Princess Koriand'r--- Sigh...this is my usual luck. I should be used to it by now. Caught with my pants down again. Greetings Mr. DeCandido, How are you? I never actually expected to get a reply from the AUTHOR, but now that the
opportunity has presented itself, let me be the first to say, (As I should have said earlier if I even had a clue you was subscribed to this newsgroup.) that you are the reason I've truly gave the Startrek books another chance. I have to admit, some of the writers, especially the DS9 ones was giving me fits. If it wasn't boring, it was totally out of character or ill perceived.

Keith--- Out of curiosity, have you read any of the post-finale DS9 novels that have been published over the last couple of years? With the end of the TV series, Pocket has been given carte blanche to continue the story forward without being encumbered by the dreaded "reset button."

One of the biggest problems that DS9 novels had while the show was in production was that, because of the much greater lead time on a novel, the DS9 novels tended to be out of date by the time they were published because the status quo on DS9 was always in a state of flux. That's no longer an issue.

In any case, I strongly recommend that you pick up AVATAR Books 1-2 by S.D. Perry. They chronicle the post-"What You Leave Behind" setup and put several plotlines into motion that continue throughout the novels. If you like those, the others include:

SECTION 31: ABYSS by David Weddle & Jeffrey Lang (no, you don't need to read the other S31 books to follow this)

GATEWAYS: DEMONS OF AIR AND DARKNESS by Keith R.A. DeCandido (again, you don't need to read the other GATEWAYS books)

"Horn and Ivory" by Keith R.A. DeCandido in GATEWAYS: WHAT LAY BEYOND

After that is the four-book MISSION: GAMMA series, which just came out:

Book 1: TWILIGHT by David R. George III
Book 2: THIS GRAY SPIRIT by Heather Jarman
Book 3: CATHEDRAL by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels
Book 4: LESSER EVIL by Robert Simpson

Coming in January is RISING SON by S.D. Perry, and Perry will then pen the first DS9 hardcover in almost a decade, UNITY, which will be out in April.

If you're a DS9 fan, I don't think you'll be disappointed. *grin*

End plug.

Princess Koriand'r--- Be assured, I'll be in Walden books as fast as my little legs will carry me for book number Two. Could this be a possible series?

Keith--- just to be clear, the next Ambassador Worf appearance is in THE BRAVE & THE BOLD, which is a two-book series that covers all five TV shows. The final part -- the TNG segment -- involves Worf, the Enterprise-E, the Gorkon, and Ambassador Spock.

Worf also plays a small role in the first two I.K.S. GORKON books,
which will be solo adventures of Captain Klag and the gang, which will be published a year from now. That =will= be a series, but will focus on the ship, not Worf.

How-some-ever, I do have further plans for our favorite ambassador, rest assured. *grin*

Princess Koriand'r--- And while I'm thinking of it....why was
> Diplomatic Implausibility published under the Star Trek TNG genre and not DS9?

Keith--- Because it had to be =something=, and it isn't really TNG =or= DS9, it's a Worf solo novel, but we couldn't call it STAR TREK: WORF. *grin* There are arguments both ways, but we went with TNG because a) the Enterprise actually appears in it and DS9 doesn't, and b) Pocket was ramping up for the DS9 relaunch at the same time that I was developing this novel, and while DI is consistent with the new DS9 novels, it isn't one of them, and Pocket didn't want to put out a non-relaunch-related DS9 novel only a few months before AVATAR.

Princess Koriand'r--- Well, I've wasted enough of your time.

Keith--- Not a waste at all. *smile*

Keith R.A. DeCandido
keith@decandido.net
DeCandido.net | AlbeShiloh.com | KRADfanclub.com


[ 12-03-2002, 10:40 AM: Message edited by: Princess Koriand'r ]