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Regardless of the circumstances around its cancelation, the latest 'Star Trek' series has been robbed of the chance almost every other show in the franchise has been given.

[R]egardless of what you believe about Starfleet Academy‘s ending, one thing is certainly true: the series wasn’t given the chance to grow that it deserved.

Although it’s become something of a common belief among Star Trek fans that no series has a great first season (they’re often mixed, sure, but there are definitely diamonds even among the seasons assumed to be the roughest), something the vast majority of Star Trek shows have all been given is time to find their footing. It’s arguably only Prodigy that has faced a similarly unfortunate fate, booted from Paramount’s own streaming service to come to an end on Netflix after just two seasons—and that show likewise faced similar challenges of trying to find a new audience and likely was a predecessor to the ramifications of Paramount preparing itself for acquisition. Even Lower Decks, which faced a similar kind of cultural backlash when it first launched, was given the time to grow into one of the strongest series of Trek‘s latest era.

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I am so mad at this decision, and at all the trolls, bots and haters that influenced this outcome. Just like they did with Discovery, Picard, and Prodigy.

These shows were a much needed beacon of hope in a world facing again its darkest times.

These undeserving little shits managed to kill the entire franchise.

I can’t believe evil and hatred has won.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Good thing there's still a large backlog of Trek novels I haven't read yet. Not really a consolation prize or silver lining, but it's at least something.

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve been picking up old ST novels at thrift stores for $1-2. I only have a handful, but the ones I’ve read are pretty good. It’s like reading an extended episode of ST.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It’s like reading an extended episode of ST.

Very much that. Mine are all ebooks but I'm starting to build a nice collection. Thankfully I can get most of them DRM-free so they're actually mine. Best I can tell, the publisher will release them DRM-free approx. 5 years after they're published.

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer physical books myself, but I’m always ok to read an ebook if that’s how I can get a story. Do you have a preferred place to get them? There are a few that I would love to own, but a used copy is significantly too expensive.

I’m looking at you A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson at over 100 bucks

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, A Stitch in Time was what started the search. Just over $100 seems like a bargain when I was seeing the used paperbacks listed over $200 on Amazon lol. So I went with the ebook copy.

https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/136175/a-stitch-in-time/andrew-j-robinson/

I think I paid $10.99 for it last year, and it's $8.99 now. If you are interested in more, create an account and add them to your wish list. They will randomly go on sale with no notice. I got several that were normally like $12.99 for $1.99 just by catching them on sale when I checked back on my lists.

I've been getting all of mine from there. If the title is available without DRM, it's noted in the listing, and you can straight-up just download a clean epub file once you've bought it. That's everything I've always wanted from an ebook store.

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Last copy I saw went on eBay for $85, I’ve never noticed it lower than $150 before that. My library has it in ebook and audiobook, but I would like a copy of my own. I downloaded one and I still want to support the author so I have no issue with buying it on sale. I will probably buy it and print it out at my library at some point because I do just prefer to read a physical copy of something.

Thanks for the tips and link!