Bad genre writing

I read a Star Trek novel recently. Or actually, I’ll admit to reading two of them. The first was pretty decent low-rent entertainment. The other was horrendously bad.

I’m trying to think up a term for an entire cast of characters that are reflections of the author’s own vanity. A «Mary Sue» is a character in genre (usually fan) fiction who represents the author’s fantasy of herself. She’s usually the extra crew member who becomes well-liked by all the main characters and sometimes will save the day with her pluck. The male version of «Mary Sue» is «Gary Stu.»

Well, this «New Frontier» novel I read included a cast where every character was very obviously an aspect of the author’s fantasy to live in the Star Trek universe. There were a couple characters from the TV shows who showed up to express their high regard for the main characters, but mostly it was a ship full of Gary Stus and Mary Sues.

So I’m thinking of calling them collectively a «Dreary Crew».