Gateways: No Man's Land.

At one time, Christie Golden was the preeminent author in the Star Trek: Voyager novel line with 13 of her 16 Star Trek stories being with the crew of Voyager. In fact, even Kirsten Beyer hasn't surpassed Golden's contributions to the series.

In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan discuss No Man's Land. Topics include characterizations, Janeway-Chakotay shipping, Seven instigating a slave uprising, not one but two murder mysteries, and, oh yeah, the gateways. Plus, we ask a very important question: What happens to Fluffy?

In our comics discussion, we talk about IDW's Star Trek issues 25-30, When the Walls Fell (not to be confused with the Tamarian legend of Shaka).

News
Star Trek 25-30 (00:04:12)

Feature: No Man's Land
Classic Voyager (00:16:55)
Gateway Issues (00:21:43)
Continuity (00:24:30)
Something Fun (00:27:59)
Meat of the Story (00:31:33)
The Weirdest Part (00:35:46)
What Holds it Back (00:37:05)
Seven’s Story (00:40:41)
Arkathi (00:44:20)
Ratings (00:51:14)
Final Thoughts (00:53:54)

Hosts
Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)

Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness.

Star Trek literature’s mission was to expand the universe of the series beyond what was seen on screen, so in doing that the books continued series that had ended as well as created characters to follow; the Gateway series brought all of those together in one massive crossover.

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan talk about Demons of Air and Darkness. We discuss title questions, the opening, the treat of the book, Kira’s leadership, the “threat”, Shar and Nog, Quark, Ro, the reveal, the same scene, our ratings and final thoughts.

For the news we discuss the upcoming novel in the Picard line!

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New Picard Novel Coming (00:02:58)

Feature: Demons of Air and Darkness
Title Questions (00:05:52)
The Opening Chapter (00:10:28)
The Threat of the Book (00:12:55)
Kira’s Leadership (00:17:32)
“Threat” (00:19:35)
Shar and Nog (00:23:55)
New Recurring Characters (00:29:33)
Quark (00:32:47)
Ro (00:34:36)
Finally Revealed (00:38:12)
The Same Scene (00:40:15)
Ratings (00:43:24)
Final Thoughts (00:46:13)

Hosts
Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)

James Swallow: Toward the Night.

One of the beauties of tie-in fiction is to do exactly what the name implies, to tie in to the show or universe and add details that the films or shows just don’t have time to do.

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan welcome author James Swallow to talk about his Star Trek: Strange New Worlds novel, Toward the Night. We discuss the genesis of the book, the focus, introductions, dynamics, La’An, the Klingons, the planet, in the future, coming soon and our final thoughts.

In the news we have an in memoriam for some losses in the Star Trek literary world.

News
Sad News (00:02:53)

Feature: James Swallow
The Genesis of the Book (00:06:44)
The Focus (00:13:25)
Introductions (00:16:52)
Dynamics (00:23:04)
La’An (00:26:58)
The Klingons (00:30:09)
The Planet (00:35:37)
In the Future (00:41:30)
Coming Soon (00:44:19)
Final Thoughts (00:47:20)

Hosts
Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan

Guest
James Swallow

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)