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By: Jadzia-Dax (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:24:39 on Jan 16, 2005

I had to go register for an account at BookTrek in order to read the chat transcript, but this thing about A.C. Crispen is MAJOR and a shame. She of course authored a number of Trek books, least of which was "Sarek" and the initial "Yesterday" books. The cancellation of the continuation of the "Yesterday" saga (the first set that I have which crafts a story about the son of Zarabeth and Spock after the events of TOS "All Our Yesterdays"), is a great loss. She and Diane Duane did release a paired set of their books "Spock's World" and "Sarek" via a tome called "Sand and Stars" late last year.

There seems to be a bit of controversy regarding her email chat per some comments from Psi Phi.org's site maintainer, but she indicated that she was very ill and ended up late with the submissions, which seemed to snowball with a change in editors, some rewrites, and eventually cancellation.

She indicated that she hasn't watched ENT since season 1 (indicating that she was disgusted with the portrayal of Vulcans then - AMEN!), but I hope that maybe she'll consider looking at the fixes happening this season via the Reeves-Stevens and the Vulcan trilogy.

Geez... I hope whatever is going on gets resolved. :-(

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  By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 13:07:29 on Jan 16, 2005

  In a post at the Psi Phi message board, editor Marco Palmieri said "Although I consider the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of Ann's trilogy a private matter, I'd like to caution everyone against accepting this account as accurate."
  
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    By: Jadzia-Dax (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:37:07 on Jan 16, 2005

    Yeah - the chat transcript had that comment incorporated and there was also a link to where you linked to.
    
    It's sortof a shame though, particularly for those of us who are Trek novel readers.
    
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    "I think the show talked to people through the characters. They're stories that speak to the heart. They talk about love, they talk about friendship, they talk about loyalty, they talk about patriotism, exploration, curiosity, reaching out... And I think all those things still touch people. Even when you look at a 30-year old show, it still has something to say." - D.C. Fontana, Sci Fi Channel Special Edition TOS 1998
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    "If the season finale involves the re-built USS Reliant coming back in time to the 21st Century crewed by Moogie, Dr. Selar, Morn, Transporter Chief Kyle, and the Salt Vampire, then we'll know that Coto has gone too far." - tomba1701

    
    

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      By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 13:48:10 on Jan 16, 2005

      Yes, it is a shame. I am a bif fan of her Spock novels. In fact, I think that Yesterday's Son was the first Trek novel I read, way back in the 80s.
      
      
      
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        By: DanielB. (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 11:18:11 on Jan 17, 2005

        I'm the guy who moderated the chat with Ann Crispin, and runs BookTrek . . .
        
        Jadzia -- the comments on Psi Phi weren't from "its maintainer", they were from Marco Palmieri, a senior editor at Pocket. :-) I included Marco's comments because I didn't want to make the chat seem one-sided at all. (Sorry that you had to register to view the transcript!)
        
        And you're right, it is a shame that the other three "Yesterday" books won't see the light of day. :-( I was lookin' forward to 'em.
        
        Finally -- an obligatory plug for BookTrek: our next chat is with Una McCormack, and you can email her questions to una@booktrek.tk. *grin*
        
        -- Daniel.

        
        

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        By: DanielB. (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 11:17:37 on Jan 17, 2005 | (1)

        EDIT:
        
        Sorry, never posted here before, and my message was sent twice!

        
        

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