David Mack is going to attend the German Comic Con October 20-21, 2018 : I am pleased to announce that I will be an author guest of Phantastika, a convention celebrating the fantastic in media, literature, and the arts, as part of German Comic Con in Berlin. The event takes place on Saturday, October 20, […]
Author Updates
Eric A. Stillwell on Enterprising Individuals
Eric A. Stillwell was recently featured an episode of Enterprising Individuals: Producer and writer Eric A. Stillwell joins the show this week to talk about an early episode of Star Trek: Voyager that he wrote the story for, along with David R. George III. When Voyager meets the Sikarians, a race with technology that could […]
James Swallow on Taylornetworkofpodcasts.com discussing “Fear Itself”
James Swallow was recently featured on Taylornetworkofpodcasts.com to discuss Fear Itself: J.K. recounts his experience at Star Trek Las Vegas; his 2 panels, his signing at the IDW booth, the people he’s met while the live audience calls him a “star f##cker”, and how he “plugged the podcast till it was bull-legged”.Soon the conversation turns […]
Una McCormack on Enterprising Individuals
Una McCormack recently appeared on Enterprising Individuals: New York Times bestselling author and lecturer Dr. Una McCormack joins the show this week as we examine an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that opens a new chapter of the “Russian novel” that is Trek’s most complicated series. The Klingons, spoiling for a fight with […]
Robin D. Laws on Enterprising Individuals
Robin D. Laws was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals: Author and game designer Robin D. Laws joins the show this week as we investigate an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that’s a little bit noir, a little bit Shakespeare, and 100% SPACE MYSTERY! When Kirk meets an actor that he suspects is Kodos […]
Enterprising Individual’s Harlan Ellison Discussion
Enterprising Individuals recently featured a discussion about recently passed Star Trek author Harlan Ellison, featuring guest author Melinda Snodgrass: We are back from CONvergence 2018 and an amazing live show with Melinda Snodgrass. Here more about it on the show! And, we sadly say good bye to a titan of sci-fi and Star Trek. Former […]
StarTrek.com feature on Harlan Ellison
Star Trek.com has a nice memorial write up on recently passed Harlan Ellison: StarTrek.com is saddened to report the passing of Sci-Fi and Star Trek legend Harlan Ellison. Ellison, who turned 84 just last month, died this morning, June 28, at his home in California, according to his wife, Susan. Ellison wrote countless books, novellas, short stories, scripts, […]
Peter David at the Florida Supercon
Peter David will be appearing at the Raleigh Supercon in North Carolina, which is running today July 27th to the 29th: Raleigh Supercon is returning to the Raleigh Convention Center for its 2nd year after a very successful launch in 2017 where we entertained 30,000 attendees with top celebrities and over 300 hours of programming. […]
Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann on Enterprising Individuals
Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals: Authors Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann join the show to give an oral history of one of Trek’s most ambitious episodes. Sisko and the gang find themselves on the Enterprise during the events of The Trouble With Tribbles, but there’s no […]
David Mack to appear at GenCon 2018
David Mack has announced that he will be attending GenCon 2018 as a guest speaker: This year I will once again be taking part in the GenCon Writers Symposium as an author guest. The symposium runs from Thursday, August 2, through the morning of Sunday, August 5, on the second floor of the Downtown Marriott, adjacent to the Indiana […]
Phil Farrand Interview on Trek Lit Reviews
Phil Farrand was recently featured on Trek Lit Reviews: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson sit down with Phil Farrand, author of The Nitpicker’s Guide for Next Generation Trekkers volumes one and two, The Nitpicker’s Guide for Classic Trekkers, and The Nitpicker’s Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers. We discuss the origin of the […]
D.C. Fontana Interview with TrekMovie
D.C. Fontana Interview with TrekMovie: Dorothy Fontana (also known as D.C. Fontana) began writing Trek stories in 1966 and hasn’t stopped since (writing for TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, a novel, games and even a fan series). The writer sat down with TrekMovie.com at last weekend’s Las Vegas Star Trek Convention and talked about her thoughts […]
Joseph F. Berenato Interview With Treklinks
Joseph F. Berenato was featured on Treklinks back in 2014 and I’m just now finding out about it: Nearly 47 years have passed since the first Star Trek comic was published in 1967. Hundreds of comics creators have kept Trekkies entertained with four-color tales published in more than one thousand Star Trek comics. What is it about these comics that keeps […]
Author Sighting: Jeffrey Lang on Enterprising Individuals
Jeffrey Lang was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals for a conversation about Star Trek: TNG: Author Jeffrey Lang is back on the show to talk about one of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s most offbeat and heartfelt episodes. Picard has escaped the clutches of the Borg and saved the Federation once again, but he can’t […]
Dayton Ward on Enterprising Individuals
Dayton Ward was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals: Get your entertainment here this week as New York Times best-selling author Dayton Ward joins us for a look at the most Star Trek episode to ever Star Trek, “Arena”! It’s a battle for survival as we discuss Star Trek on the playground, the “Trek episode starter […]
Author Spotlight: James Blish on FlashBak.com
James Blish was recently featured on FlashBak.com for “A Chilling Journey Through Worlds Beyond Imagination: Remembering James Blish’s Star Trek Books“: One way to familiarize one’s self with the stories in those long-gone days, however, began in 1967 with an acclaimed author named James Blish (1921-1975). This Hugo Award-winning author and literary critic (writing as William […]
Shore Leave 2018 To Feature Many Star Trek Authors
Shore Leave 2018 will be happening July 6-8, 2018 at the Delta Hotels Baltimore in Hunt Valley, Maryland and will be featuring some of our beloved Star Trek Authors: Denise Okuda Rigel Ailur Michael Okuda Lorraine Anderson Derek Tyler Attico Christopher L. Bennett John Coffren Greg Cox Peter A. David Keith R.A. DeCandido Kelli Fitzpatrick […]
Author Sighting: Dayton Ward on Discovery Debrief
Dayton Ward was recently featured on Discovery Debrief for a discussion of his contributions to Star Trek: Discovery and to Star Trek in general: DAYTON WARD, STAR TREK expanded universe author of such titles as FROM HISTORY’S SHADOW and DISCOVERY: DRASTIC MEASURES (the subject of DISCOVERY DEBRIEF Episode 20), joins our panel for a wide-ranging conversation concerning […]
Author Sighting: David Mack on TrekMovie.com
David Mack was featured on TrekMovie.com for an interview about his experiences with the Star Trek franchise: Rich Schepis spoke with the author about his Star Trek fandom, his favorite novel and the franchise’s enduring legacy. Check out David Mack‘s books on his author page!
Artist Sighting: Gordon Purcell on Enterprising Individuals
Gordon Purcell was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals: Comics artist Gordon Purcell joins the show to talk about an episode that’s a ray of light in a dark sector of interspace, Star Trek’s turd, er . . . third season. Along the way, we discuss the trials of Trek’s third season, including less money, losing […]