The novels are set after the events depicted in the 2002 film star trek. The motion picture, written by gene roddenberry, but i think that alan dean foster must be the ghost writer of the novelization. Seeds of dissent, and short stories in seven deadly. The lost years is a series of star trek novels published by pocket books. The definitive star trek fiction companion, and the author jeff ayres had specifically asked that an updated edition of our timeline be included as an appendix. Spock and all the other star trek characters who invented the starship enterprise, who gave the show its look, its ideals puts it all together again here in his first star trek novel. But then a few fans thought they noticed something, well, queer about it. The last best hope, an original novel written by una mccormack and based on the cbs all access series that premiered in january. The original series novel written by della van hise and published by pocket books in 1985.
Every end has a beginningand this electrifying novel details the events leading into the new star trek tv series, introducing you to brandnew characters featured in the life of jeanluc picardwidely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This is a mustread star trek novel for fans of tos, discovery, and science fiction in general. Best star trek books 353 books meet your next favorite book. Discussion in trek literature started by rikerlover, feb 24, 2009. That star trek book insert name of star trek book here. Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the starship kelvin was destroyed by a romulan invader from the future, this bold new novel follows captain james t. Pocket booksstar trek has 701 entries in their overdrive catalogue. For star trek crossover series, please see star trek. Star trek author una mccormack recommends five influential. The original book series by multiple authors includes books star trek. Comic books in star trek pocket books novel mycomicshop. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide.
Duane, whose various star trek novels are among many fans. Brief guide to star trek sc 2012 running press captain kirks guide to women sc 2008 star trek captains log william shatners account of star. A set of the original star trek books from pocket books publishers. Discovery is out in less than two months, but fans can whet their appetites for the latest star trek adventure by checking out the covers of the series new comic book and novel. Originally, in 1985, it was just another star trek novel published by pocket books. Theres political intrigue, action, romance, starcrossed friendships literally. Essential star trek novels that even nontrekkers should read. Pocket booksstar trek has 701 entries in their overdrive catalogue overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Kirk and an inexperienced crew commandeering a repaired u. Before that, i had every novel both pocket books and bantam from the first one up to the premiere of voyager. The original series novels the original series 6 books in this series. Over 1153 star trek fan fiction stories trek writers guild the place for star trek fan fiction a forumindex website with over 1153 stories for aspiring authors writing fan fiction in the star trek universe. It also has tables for comics, audiobooks, unofficial. A novel is a 1979 novelization of the film star trek.
Star trek postnemesis reading order the following is a recommendation of a reading order for the novels that are set in andor interact with the postnemesis era of star trek. James swallow is a new york times and sunday times bestselling author and baftanominated screenwriter, the only british writer to have worked on a star trek tv series. Pocket book s first star trek release was the novelization of star trek. Enterprise out of spacedock for a simple shakedown cruise. The original series book 1 gene roddenberry author 2000 doctors orders star trek.
Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1. Get the best deal for star trek vintage paperback science fiction books. We boldly go to the 10 best books that noncanon star trek has to offer. Star trek refers both to the star trek universe media franchise and to the originating program, star trek. In addition to the canonical television shows of over 700 episodes and 12 films, the fictional universe is comprised of approximately 500 novels, 450 short stories, 800 comics, and 200 video games, plus various reference materials, roleplaying game books. Kirk commands a crew of 430 men and women aboard his starship, which can travel at speeds surpassing the speed of light. The kelvin timeline hc 2017 titan books best of star trek the next generation tpb 2000 dc best of star trek tpb 1991 dc black fire pb 1983 pocket novel a star trek novel. The unsettling stars is also available as an audiobook. The next generation novels the next generation 97 books in this series. This includes the ongoing adventures in the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise lines, along with spinoff series titan and adventures of the uss. The first star trek novels were direct novelizations of the original star trek episodes by james blish, running from 19671978. It is the imprint under which all current star trek massmarket paperback novels are published. We decided to take the opportunity to radically reform the basic structure of the document. As recently as 2017, novels based on deep space nine.
Titan is a series of science fiction novels which detail the adventures of captain william t. Star trek books new book releases, bestsellers, author. There was an acknowledgement stating that after star trek 7 or star trek 8 the credit for writing star trek novels goes to his wife and mother j. Vintage star trek novels made me a better reader and writer. Every end has a beginningand this electrifying novel details the events leading into the new star trek tv series, introducing you to brandnew characters featured in the life of jeanluc picardwidely considered to be one of the most popular and. While we dont have many details on what this book will cover, we know that its a prequel novel.
It is especially notable for being the only star trek novel to be written by gene roddenberry, who created the franchise. The motion picture, the entropy effect, the klingon gambit, and several more. Along with the various star trek novel series there have also been dozens of authors who have contributed to the franchise, including but not limited to roddenberry himself, g. Book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. The original manuscript had kirkspock slash fiction elements, and these were requested to be removed by paramount. I cant recommend this book highly enough go out and get this one, and read it before you move. Star trek pocket books, book 69 audible audiobook unabridged a. The hugo awardwinning author wrote the books that adapted every single original star trek episode into short stories, and then went on to write the first star trek novel for adults, in 1970. It was also the first star trek novel published by pocket books, beginning a prolific relationship with the franchise that continues. From 2001 to 2003, the book line was published as enterprise, without the star trek prefix.
It is a name spoken in revered whispers among certain trekkies. Hundreds of star trek novels have been published under license from the owners of the star trek franchise. The ship is only a memory, but the drama unfoldsthe u. Sep 16, 20 full circle, by kirsten beyer april 2009 suggested by jeremy woolward when star trek. The animated series novels the del rey series 25 books in this series. Star trek discovery book 2 an original novel based upon the explosive new star trek tv series on cbs all access. Star trek novel submission guidelines trek writers guild. An original novel based on the thrilling star trek movies directed by j. These romantic undertones between spock and james t. The planets earth and vulcan experience a mysterious first contact in this fascinating star trek novel featuring the crew of the u.
Years before the formal first contact between earth and another planets inhabitants, a vulcan space vessel crash landed in the south pacific, forcing humanity to decide whether to offer the hand of friendship, or the fist of war. The entropy effect, the first original novel published by pocket books a novel is a literary work of over 40,000 words, as defined by the science fiction and fantasy writers of america. Ya3 young adult novel deep space nine 12 books in this series. Enterprise ncc1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by earthbased starfleet command to explore the galaxy. Star trek vintage paperback science fiction books for sale. However, over the past 15 years most pocket books novels have taken place in a shared continuity in which the events of. Star trek memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. New frontier was the first star trek tiein fiction property not to be based on a television series. His star trek fiction includes the latter fire, sight unseen, the poisoned chalice, cast no shadow, synthesis, day of the vipers, the stuff of dreams, myriad universes. It would be rather unusual for a spec outline to end up as a published book. My favorite book i read a lot, including the classics, and this is still my favorite book. The original star trek series focuses on the twentythird century adventures of captain james t.
Written by various authors, the pocket books series has been an ongoing publication since 1979. Voyager ended in 2001, pocket books attempted to relaunch the voyager novel line in order to push the story of the ship and its characters beyond the finale of the tv series, much as it had done to great success with star trek. As of november 2019, approximately 850 novels, short story anthologies, novelizations, and omnibus editions, have been published. A total of sixteen titles, both novels and reference books, were intended to coincide with the premiere of the film, including one flippantly titled u. Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. The force factor this is the novelization of star trek.
The original series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. And of course you shouldnt write a whole manuscript in advance, just the outline and. I think that all was due the competition between star trek and star wars, and since around that time, was published too the novelization of star wars known. The next generation novel series began in 1987 and is still ongoing. In the first decades, the majority of these were standalone stories that only referenced the show. It is, ten years prior to the battle at the binary stars, and an. Through a licensing process similar to those granted to create collectibles, comics, and games, paramount pictures has granted the rights to market star trek stories and books of various sorts through a number of different publishers, beginning in 1967 with a. On the title pages of many star trek novels from the early 2000s onward, a location from that novel is included as an additional pocket books office. It tells the stories of the tos characters in the years between when the original series ended and the movies began. That means theres a good chance it will fill in the details on everything we dont know about the romulan supernova, jeanlucs role in commanding the rescue armada. According to dan, this story is the epitome of what makes a star trek novel great. The original series pocket books novel series in order of when the books were originally published, as well as our best effort to list the novels in chronological.
A short story written by blishs wife known as mudds angels was published with the book. The motion picture, which was released in the same year. Sarek is an epic of a novel that spans decades and gives us insight into the enigmatic man who fathered one of the televisions most memorable characters. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a pocket full of lies star trek. Star trek the entropy effect by vonda mcintyre pocket book. Enterprise novels based on the american science fiction television series of the same name.
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