119: Unique Opportunity

Peter David: The Returned  There are very few authors out there that can say they have worked for Dc Comics, Marvel and Dark Horse Comics and have written almost every major comic book character at some point in their career and to top it all off have gotten to play in the Star Trek universe, creating completely new characters and working with the established to build his own Trek playground. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther welcome Peter David to talk about The Returned series. We discuss his favorite working experiences and characters, the genesis of New Frontier, creating original characters, the tone of New Frontier, The Returned, writing Calhoun, The return of Q, The Dayan, what's next for New Frontier, where to find Peter online and our final thoughts.     In the news segment we talk about New Visions #8 as well are the release of the new James T. Kirk book.    Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther   Guest Peter David   Editor and Producer Matthew Rushing   Executive Producers C Bryan Jones and Norman C. Lao   Associate Producers Ken Tripp Will Nguyen  Brandon-Shea Mutala   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Manager Will Nguyen   News New Visions #8 (00:02:49) James T. Kirk Book is Out (00:08:06)   Feature: Peter David Introduction (00:12:11) Favorite Working Experience (00:13:02) Favorite Character to Write (00:14:25) New Frontier's Genesis (00:16:13) Creating Original Characters (00:19:29) The Tone of New Frontier (00:22:37) The Returned (00:24:37) Writing Calhoun (00:27:49) The Return of Q (00:29:28) The Dayan (00:30:17) Next for New Frontier (00:33:02) Peter Online (00:35:03) Final Thoughts (00:37:04)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm