Star Trek Books Pdf 89
Julia Heaslet
The Star Trek franchise's first tie-in publications were James Blish's 1967 volume of episode novelizations and Mack Reynolds's 1968 young adult novel Mission to Horatius.[1] Since 1968, more than 850 original novels, short story collections, episode and film novelizations, and omnibus editions have been published.
Official publishers of Star Trek novels include Simon & Schuster and U.K. publisher Titan Books. Bantam Books published novels from 1967 to 1981. Past publishers include: Western Publishing, Random House imprints Ballantine and Del Rey Books, Science Fiction Book Club.[1][2] Publishers Heyne and Cross Cult publish German-language translations of Star Trek novels.
In 2001, Pocket Books estimated there were 85 million copies in print.[3] Michael Epstein, writing for Television Quarterly in 1996, said Star Trek was "by far the biggest series of fiction in the history of western literature".[4]
Novels based on The Original Series.[a] Bantam never applied an official series name to the novels, instead marketing each volume as a new or original "Star Trek Adventure". The novels are not numbered; however, library catalogs and booksellers applied numbers to the novels in publication order, including Mudd's Angels and The New Voyages. In 1993, the series was reprinted by Titan Books as Star Trek Adventures using a different number scheme.[5] The name given to the reprint series has been retroactively applied to Bantam's series by book discovery websites such as Goodreads and LibraryThing.
In 1991, Bantam collected The Original Series episode adaptations as a three volume omnibus edition organized by television season. Included new material by D. C. Fontana, Norman Spinrad, and others. The adaptations of "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd" were not included.
Omnibus editions made available to discount book retailers and comics shops. Log Ten (1978) was excluded. Many printings included advertising for other Random House novels and comics on the covers, as well as coupons and other perforated inserts.
Star Trek: The Animated Series omnibus editions of Star Trek Log were published by Del Rey Books as part of Star Trek's 30th Anniversary celebration. A serialized essay by Foster was included, in addition to revisions of several stories. Some printings distributed outside of North America omitted The Animated Series subtitle. Not all printings included a volume number.
Illustrated middle-grade novels published exclusively for libraries as part of Random House's Gibraltar Library Binding service. Solicitations for additional novels were released to libraries in 1978 and 1979, but were later withdrawn.
Star Trek: The Original Series book line is based on the television series of the same name. From 1987 to 1996, Titan reprinted numbered novels for the United Kingdom market using a different scheme. Novels published since 2013 have included The Original Series subtitle.
Star Trek: Mere Anarchy miniseries explores the effects of an off-world disaster on the crew of the Enterprise over a thirty-year period. Inspired by the W. B. Yeats poem "The Second Coming". Published as ebook exclusives. An omnibus edition was published in 2009.
Star Trek: Crucible miniseries focused on the triumvirate of McCoy, Spock, and Kirk. An omnibus edition to include new material was announced in 2008 but was cancelled in 2011.[10] The cover art by John Picacio forms a triptych.
Simon & Schuster never applied a series brand or name to the novels. The fannish name, or nickname, for the series is "Shatnerverse", which was adopted by Memory Alpha, Goodreads, and the ISFDB. Some bookseller listings have included the name "Shatnerverse", but it is unclear if those listings originated from Simon & Schuster. Fans have organized the series into three unofficial trilogies: "Odyssey", "Mirror Universe", and "Totality". The continuity within the series is independent of other Star Trek book lines.
Star Trek: Invasion! crossover miniseries spanned each of the Star Trek television series broadcast prior to 1996. An omnibus edition was published in 1998 which included additional material. The series was created and edited by John J. Ordover.[13]
Star Trek: The Captain's Table crossover miniseries is narrated by various starship captains during their visits to a trans-dimensional bar called The Captain's Table. An omnibus edition was published in 2000. Tales from the Captain's Table (2005), a short story collection edited by Keith DeCandido, ties into the series. The cover art by Keith Birdsong was intended to form a polyptych; however, design and printing errors resulted in the six images not aligning. Reprints have included new cover art.
Star Trek: Gateways crossover miniseries explores various Starfleet crews' interactions with trans-dimensional "gates" left behind by the extinct Iconian civilization. The series was created by Robert Greenberger and John J. Ordover. An omnibus edition was announced in 2001, but was never published.[citation needed] Here There Be Monsters (2001), a Corps of Engineers novella by Keith DeCandido, serves as an epilogue to the series.
The Signature Edition series collects novels from the Star Trek and The Next Generation book lines. The omnibus editions include amplifying material such as author's notes, essays, and interviews. Numbering of the novels varies by language and market.
Star Trek: Vanguard is a flagship concept series concurrent with the events of The Original Series. The novels are set aboard Starfleet Starbase 47 positioned on the edge of the Taurus Reach known as Vanguard to its residents and crew. The series was created and written by Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, and David Mack. Numbering of the novels varies by language and market.
Star Trek: Coda crossover series follows the crews of several starships attempting to prevent the destruction of the universe by the vampiric species encountered in The Next Generation two-part episode "Time's Arrow". Coda serves as a conclusion to the continuity shared by the various relaunch book lines from 2001 until 2021.[26][27]
A division of the Titan Publishing Group, Titan Books reprinted Simon & Schuster and Bantam Books originals for the United Kingdom market from 1987 to 1995. Penguin Random House distributes Titan's licensed publications to the United States and Canada. Outside of North America, Titan's reprints are the most widely available editions. Many reprints include spelling corrections and unexplained prose changes to the original text.
Reprints of select novels marketed as Star Trek Giant Novels, each featuring step-back cover art by Boris Vallejo. The reprint of Enterprise: The First Voyage, by Vonda N. McIntyre, was scheduled for a September 1987 release but was withdrawn for unknown reasons. Not all printings include a number stamp.
Autobiographies as written by the titular characters. The authors are credited as "editors". The series follows the continuity of films, television series, and relaunch book lines. The Autobiography of Mr. Spock was previously scheduled for release in 2018, but was rescheduled for unknown reasons. Not all printings include a number stamp.
Star Trek: Mission to Horatius (1968) was the first young adult novel to be based on the television series, and the only novel to be published while the series aired on NBC. Published by Whitman Books as part of a book line based on popular television properties.[30] As with other Whitman titles, the novel was released to libraries, booksellers, and news agents, on different dates. A facsimile edition was published by Pocket Books in 1999.
The Science Fiction Book Club has published omnibus editions of Star Trek miniseries exclusively to club members. Variants intended for libraries are also known to exist. Below is an incomplete list:
Star Trek: Prometheus is a German-language flagship concept series commissioned by Cross Cult as part of Star Trek's 50th Anniversary celebration.[33] English translation was published by Titan Books in 2017.
From time to time people tell me that they would like to start reading Star Trek books and are looking for recommendations what would be a good one to start with. Just a couple of days ago a friend asked me that very same question and after replying to his mail I decided to create this post in order to have something to refer people to in the future :-)
The Millennium series was what brought me into the whole non-canon Star Trek universe years ago. Written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens the story here takes place at the end of Deep Space Nine (DS9) with some guest appearances from the The Next Generation (TNG) crew and involves tons of time-traveling (always a good thing ;-)).
During the course of the three-books-spanning story a new time-line is explored and the reader visits the station when it was still Cardassian and also explains some aspects of their withdrawal right before the events of the TV show.
As mentioned, the story is split into three books: The Fall of Terok Nor, The War of the Prophets and Inferno. You will probably have a hard time finding these books on their own. In 2002 an omnibus edition has been released but this is probably by now also out of print (judging by its price on Amazon).
The first two books also tell the story of Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln which you might remember from the TOS episode Assignment Earth and are quite heavily embedded into historical events during the 20th century. Very entertaining :-)
New Frontier (NF) is a totally different beast. Author Peter David created a new crew (with two characters known from the Enterprise-D) and kind of tries to do TOS-style missions in the TNG universe. Captain Calhoun feels like a Kirk 2.0 who handles situations in a completely unconventional way supported by an extremely diverse crew. There is very little reference to any other series here with some exceptions in some universe-spanning mini series like Star Trek: Gateways.
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