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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] Well, another reason why the novels can't be consiered canon is that many of them not only contradict what is shown on screen, but they also contradict [i]other novels[/i]. Michael Jan Freidman isn't going to do research into what Peter David or some other author has previously written, so that his novel matches the same stories of the others. For example, I believe that there are three different novels dealing with the Mirror Universe, which were written by three different authors and portray the MU in three different ways. The novels are just that particular author's take on a Star Trek related subject, that's all. The only difference between them and fanboy fan-fiction is that they have Pocket Books as their publisher. And although I agree that many of the books written today are of the same calibre as the romance novel genre, some of the best novels were the ones that came out in the intervening time between TOS & the movies, "The Final Reflection," for example. Because the writing wasn't dictated as much by what was on screen (because there was very little at the time), the writers were able to pump out some truly imaginative stories. As far as the Encyclopedia is concerned, I'm of the majority that feels that the book can be counted as official until something on the screen contradicts it. The first edition listed the Crazy Horse as a Cheyenne class ship, but when it was shown later, TPTB just reused old Excelsior stock footage. The next edition fixed this, but left the high 5XXXX registry (better suited for a Cheyenne) the same. But until/unless there's more info to the contrary, that's what we have to go with. Period. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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