After a couple days’ thought….<\/p>\n
It was suggested that a Rachel Garrett novel would work best within the framework of a Captain’s Table II series.<\/p>\n
I wonder if such a series would even be viable .<\/p>\n
The Captains’ names I’ve seen bandied about–April, Keller, Shelby, Kira, Gold, Garrett, Harriman, another dozen easily –strike me as being, by and large, “second tier” or “niche.”<\/p>\n
Kira, at this point, wouldn’t be considered “second tier,” but look at the other choices. Characters who appeared once in several cases.<\/p>\n
Series weren’t built around April. Series weren’t built around Harriman. Series weren’t built around Garrett. These are niche characters, characters that appeared on stage once then departed for realms unknown.<\/p>\n
This isn’t to say that a Captain’s Table II absolutely cannot be done. I think a Shelby novel would be interesting and could rectify some of the damage her character has taken in New Frontier due to lack of characterization; Shelby could be just as defined by this hypothetical novel as Calhoun was defined by Once Burned<\/i>. I would welcome a Garrett novel regardless of whether it was part of a Captain’s Table series or not.<\/p>\n
I just question whether the concept of a Captain’s Table II would be viable. Would people buy Star Trek novels with characters on the cover that they might never have seen? Admittedly, there would be a curiosity factor in buying an April novel; people might wonder just why Gene Roddenberry in a retro Starfleet uniform was on the cover of a Star Trek<\/i> novel.<\/p>\n
I wonder if such a series would generate the sales necessary to support it. My guess is that it might not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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