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Posted: 19:57:15 on July 09 2002
By: GustavoLeao
Dept: Trek Books

The Great Link just posted an exclusive interview with author Michael Jan Friedman, in which he talks about the popular Stargazer series of novels, in which a young and inexperienced Jean-Luc Picard takes command of the U.S.S Stargazer.

"With Peter David working on New Frontier and Diane Carey working on New Earth, I was originally going to create a series springing from 'Starfleet Year One'." Friedman told journalist Jacqueline Bundy "That's one of the reasons the book has so many characters; it was always meant to be the beginning of something bigger. Then Enterprise came along and it seemed silly to continue a series that conflicted with screen-established continuity, so we went to plan B: a Stargazer series, jumping off from the point where 'The Valiant' ended."

"The current goal is two Stargazer books a year. And now that we've got the first two out, we're really going to pick up steam. Anybody who thinks he or she knows what's going to happen to McAteer, Ulelo. Nikolas, and some of the other characters may be in for a surprise. Book III focuses on the Asmunds; it's called, appropriately enough, 'Three'. Book Four is about Picard's "first"meeting with a very important person in his life."

"I've obviously done some plotting on Books Three and Four, and I've tinkered with Five and Six as well." he says "Jack Crusher won't be joining the crew for some time. At his point, I have no plans for him to show up...aboard the Stargazer, at least."

You can read the full interview here.

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