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Written by Joel Pomales on 2025-01-18 at 14:18

After the dissapointment that was Greg Cox's latest #StarTrek novel, I'm looking to go a bit back to novels with less fan service and away from, and this is not a knock on them, David Mack and Una McCormack. They're great, but I feel I've only read them a lot in the past couple of years.

I know there was a list out there, on #Airtable of Trek novels by series. Or a Google Spreadsheet. Is there a good soul that can drop a link to this book worm? 🙂

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Written by Austin Heller on 2025-01-18 at 15:09

@joelpomales I hadn't even considered Star Trek books. Do you have any suggestions for a good place to start?

Edit: and then I read your second paragraph and realized that maybe we both want the same thing.

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Written by Joel Pomales on 2025-01-18 at 15:11

@livingcoder plenty of good books from the TNG / DS9 era, back in the 90's. Then they started doing 'arches' and it all kind of went to crap.

TOS era books too from the end of the series to the 80's.

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Written by Austin Heller on 2025-01-18 at 15:30

@joelpomales Any specific favorite?

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Written by Joel Pomales on 2025-01-18 at 15:32

@livingcoder Federations is a good yarn. Complex, rich. I've read it twice. Maybe a third time to see how it holds up.

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Written by Austin Heller on 2025-01-18 at 15:38

@joelpomales I didn't find "Federations" (plural), but I found this (link below). Is this the one? Would you say that their Star Trek books are good overall?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_(novel)

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Written by Joel Pomales on 2025-01-18 at 15:47

@livingcoder yes. This is the one. Vastly superior to Cox's attempt at the same approach.

Still fan service-y, but not as much. As a matter of fact, you don't get that until the end.

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