Please read this comment for the reasoning behind this chart. Direct link to the flow chart. There are, apparently, 850 Star Trek books. This flow chart contains a tiny portion of that. I believe...
There are, apparently, 850 Star Trek books. This flow chart contains a tiny portion of that. I believe it focuses on books that can be linked to others. It is, nevertheless, a measure of how expansive Star Trek literature is. It provides an interesting visualization of some of the connections between those books. I have only read one myself.
Yeah, after searching some titles, it seems these are mostly recent books. The link doesn't seem to explain why. I wish they explained their rationale better.
Yeah, after searching some titles, it seems these are mostly recent books. The link doesn't seem to explain why. I wish they explained their rationale better.
I only read one book so far and the fact that it was standalone was great because I didn't need to read anything else to get to it. I just wanted a good take on Spock and the Vulcans. I didn't...
I only read one book so far and the fact that it was standalone was great because I didn't need to read anything else to get to it. I just wanted a good take on Spock and the Vulcans. I didn't mind it wasn't canon I just wanted it to make sense.
Most Star Trek is very episodic so that may have set a precedent. But there are Star Trek book series people seem to like and those have continuity.
This was how I felt 25 years ago at the state of Star Trek literature. A lot of fascinating concepts but I just couldn't get into it because everything lacked flow and connection. And there were...
With this many books, it seems not even worth starting because I can't imagine there would be much central plotting or quality control.
This was how I felt 25 years ago at the state of Star Trek literature. A lot of fascinating concepts but I just couldn't get into it because everything lacked flow and connection. And there were also some ridiculous inclusions into canon (iirc, back then all Star Trek media was considered canon) like the X-Men crossover series.
I also felt that they were too hung up on working existing characters into everything. My favourite Star Wars EU books were the ones that made the universe feel lived in by creating lovable characters that weren't featured predominantly in the movies, like the Rogue Squadron series. I feel like I do recall a few Star Trek books that did that, but they were too far detached from the universe that it felt like a whole other media franchise.
Anyway, I might look through some of these. I have always wanted to read some expanded universe stuff for Star Trek (and Stargate!) but never had a good starting point.
I’ve been really enjoying some of IDW’s canon-ish comics on Hoopla. They are doing a few ongoing series set after Voyager and before Picard with some fun teams mixing up crews from TOS, TNG, DS9,...
I’ve been really enjoying some of IDW’s canon-ish comics on Hoopla. They are doing a few ongoing series set after Voyager and before Picard with some fun teams mixing up crews from TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY. Only a couple years in, so it’s really not that much to catch up on.
I’ve never tried any of the novels, though. The chart does seem super overwhelming!
Please read this comment for the reasoning behind this chart.
Direct link to the flow chart.
There are, apparently, 850 Star Trek books. This flow chart contains a tiny portion of that. I believe it focuses on books that can be linked to others. It is, nevertheless, a measure of how expansive Star Trek literature is. It provides an interesting visualization of some of the connections between those books. I have only read one myself.
And here I half expected this to start with the TMP and TOS era books from the early 80s.
I used to adore my local used bookstores for these.
Yeah, after searching some titles, it seems these are mostly recent books. The link doesn't seem to explain why. I wish they explained their rationale better.
I only read one book so far and the fact that it was standalone was great because I didn't need to read anything else to get to it. I just wanted a good take on Spock and the Vulcans. I didn't mind it wasn't canon I just wanted it to make sense.
Most Star Trek is very episodic so that may have set a precedent. But there are Star Trek book series people seem to like and those have continuity.
This was how I felt 25 years ago at the state of Star Trek literature. A lot of fascinating concepts but I just couldn't get into it because everything lacked flow and connection. And there were also some ridiculous inclusions into canon (iirc, back then all Star Trek media was considered canon) like the X-Men crossover series.
I also felt that they were too hung up on working existing characters into everything. My favourite Star Wars EU books were the ones that made the universe feel lived in by creating lovable characters that weren't featured predominantly in the movies, like the Rogue Squadron series. I feel like I do recall a few Star Trek books that did that, but they were too far detached from the universe that it felt like a whole other media franchise.
Anyway, I might look through some of these. I have always wanted to read some expanded universe stuff for Star Trek (and Stargate!) but never had a good starting point.
I’ve been really enjoying some of IDW’s canon-ish comics on Hoopla. They are doing a few ongoing series set after Voyager and before Picard with some fun teams mixing up crews from TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY. Only a couple years in, so it’s really not that much to catch up on.
I’ve never tried any of the novels, though. The chart does seem super overwhelming!
@mycketforvirrad or @cfabbro, if you're around, can you please change the title to "Recent Star Trek literature reading order flow chart"? Thanks ;)
Done.