This is how I learned that Diana Muldaur is still alive. Though, at 86, possibly not available for acting work anymore.
(Also, given that Muldaur was shuffled off TNG for not getting along with the rest of the cast, and that Picard S3 is basically one big sloppy kiss to that cast, I'm not surprised they didn't bring her back.)
Peter David was *the* TNG tie-in writer for me during the period in my teens when I was reading TNG tie-ins. I remember him being an interesting writer in his own right as well as capturing the characters quite well - I'm surprising to see you ding him for the latter, though it is of course very plausible that I missed a lot at the time. Vendetta was never on my radar - I think it came along too early for me - but books like Imzadi and Q Squared felt almost like additional canon. And whether or not Seven of Nine was ripped from Vendetta, the subplot about an embittered future Riker grieving for a dead Troi in the TNG finale certainly seems taken from Imzadi.
Never having Beverly and Pulaski in the same scene is a great missed opportunity for Trek. Even PICARD S3 left it on the table!
This is how I learned that Diana Muldaur is still alive. Though, at 86, possibly not available for acting work anymore.
(Also, given that Muldaur was shuffled off TNG for not getting along with the rest of the cast, and that Picard S3 is basically one big sloppy kiss to that cast, I'm not surprised they didn't bring her back.)
Peter David was *the* TNG tie-in writer for me during the period in my teens when I was reading TNG tie-ins. I remember him being an interesting writer in his own right as well as capturing the characters quite well - I'm surprising to see you ding him for the latter, though it is of course very plausible that I missed a lot at the time. Vendetta was never on my radar - I think it came along too early for me - but books like Imzadi and Q Squared felt almost like additional canon. And whether or not Seven of Nine was ripped from Vendetta, the subplot about an embittered future Riker grieving for a dead Troi in the TNG finale certainly seems taken from Imzadi.
Now you have me thinking Imzadi might have to be next on my reread schedule. I'm a little scared to return to that one.
I've reread a few times and I still find it enjoyable.