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That would be the same book that makes Luwaxanna into some heroic rebel leader....
I think I got about four chapters into that book before ditching it. And I almost never quit a book once I start one: it was just that bad.
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But the magazines are also considered semi-canon. Something may be officially licensed by Paramount, but generally only what gets shown on screen, minus the animated series is considered canon.
quote:Originally posted by Curzon Dax: Actually some of the books are. ST magazine or ST Communicator published a list of books that the ST "heads" consider canon. I don't remember which publication it was, it has been a few years.
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quote:Originally posted by Harry: In fact, none of the books in general are. But yeah, Battle of Betazed calls those field uniforms "Surface Operations Blacks", or SOBs.
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Indeed. This is one of those back and forth arguments, but over the years the consensus has gone from "anything on TV minus the animated series, and anything in the Encylopedia + Chronology" are canon, to "oncreen minus cartoon" only. The reference books are just that, reference books. They're not bibles.
And anyone still arguing that Pathways and Mosiac are canon at this point is clearly a madman.
quote:Originally posted by Dat: But the magazines are also considered semi-canon. Something may be officially licensed by Paramount, but generally only what gets shown on screen, minus the animated series is considered canon.
quote:Originally posted by Curzon Dax: Actually some of the books are. ST magazine or ST Communicator published a list of books that the ST "heads" consider canon. I don't remember which publication it was, it has been a few years.
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quote:Originally posted by Harry: In fact, none of the books in general are. But yeah, Battle of Betazed calls those field uniforms "Surface Operations Blacks", or SOBs.
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Because we've never had that conversation before.
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Someone should write the magazine and ask if their canon. The magazine will promptly say no and that will be that
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Still my agument is that when it comes to combat uniforms the Feddies look like they are going on parade. Look at the DS9 episode Siege at AR what ever the number was, even the replacements at the end of the episode did not have any equipment save those ugly feddie phasers.
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Who's they? If you're referring to Bernd, you might want to re-read his article where he explains his reasoning on why he takes info from semi-canon sources. Plus, he at least acknowledges they are from semi-canon sources and doesn't assumes it's the absolute truth.
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