tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post4994270061511878878..comments2024-02-22T02:39:50.232+00:00Comments on The Trek Collective: Lots of new novel blurbsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-78316166985785543212013-12-21T07:06:42.941+00:002013-12-21T07:06:42.941+00:00I've only been a trekkie for the past... four ...I've only been a trekkie for the past... four or five years, so I'm not real familiar with the older novels. That said, I can definitely get behind the idea of making them look retro. Anyways, not sure why it took me till just recently to make this connection in my head, but I'm currently reading Ward's novel "That Which Divides". Really good book, and makes me even more excited for the Seekers books.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the covers you've designed. If the image used for the temp cover is anything to go off of, I'm sure the real cover will be excellent. Not to sound nitpicky, but there is one element to it that I'm not a huge fan of. The Klingon bird-of-prey. When thinking of TOS Klingons, my mind can't help but think of the big gray battlecruisers. That said, I've always kind of wondered what a TOS Klingon bird-of-prey would look like. Depending on how long it had been since they traded tech, probably just a modified Romulan bird-of-prey... lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414858582505852106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-37705737426993077202013-12-17T23:10:19.671+00:002013-12-17T23:10:19.671+00:00I'm really looking forward to seeing them Rob!...I'm really looking forward to seeing them Rob! And glad to hear the numbers are still in, they really make for a unique aesthetic. 8of5https://www.blogger.com/profile/16702128515118267859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-44234364318518396452013-12-17T19:05:55.607+00:002013-12-17T19:05:55.607+00:00A couple of notes. First, the cover shown here is ...A couple of notes. First, the cover shown here is just a temp based on an old image of mine. The actual cover is different and completely new... though I can say it's a treatment of the same visual elements seen here.<br /><br />At the time of this writing the plan is still on for using the big numbers. That's really one of the concept cores - to evoke an element of 70's/80's Trek nostalgia.<br /><br />I just submitted the covers to the publisher today. Hopefully they'll be smoothly accepted and see print next Summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-85849931498383886692013-12-13T02:36:10.769+00:002013-12-13T02:36:10.769+00:00The first two Seekers books are a two-part story, ...The first two Seekers books are a two-part story, and as the books alternate between focusing on two different ships, it probably made sense to establish the series with an intro for each.<br /><br />The number is because the series is meant to be a bit retro, like the old Blish novelizations, which were also numbered. Originally they were hoping to just title each book by number, but the publishers insisted on normal titles too. Not sure if they still intend to use the big numbers on the final covers, sure we'll find out soon enough.8of5https://www.blogger.com/profile/16702128515118267859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-39455878913916397422013-12-13T02:16:34.674+00:002013-12-13T02:16:34.674+00:00I'll have to make sure I get out to a book sto...I'll have to make sure I get out to a book store sometime next September. Assuming there are any left by then. These Seeker novels sound like they'll be good reads. Not that this is a bad thing, but it does seem odd to have two novels in the series being released so close to each other. I like the image used for the teaser cover, so I hope that doesn't change. That said, the text could use some work. If you hadn't said it before the blurb, I would not have guessed that Second Chance was the title of the book. Also, the giant number one seems kind of pointless... unless there is a set number of these books they plan on releasing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414858582505852106noreply@blogger.com