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TREK LIT REVIEWS: TOS: The Captain’s Oath by Christopher L. Bennett (Spoilers!)
My review of the TOS novel The Captain’s Oath by Christopher L. Bennett! Plus: Star Trek book news!
Christopher L Bennett has an after action report for the 2019 Shoreleave Conference
Well, I’m home at last, recovering from my drive home yesterday. Shore Leave this year was a mixed bag for me; the con was mostly fine, but due to various circumstances, mostly my own situation, I wasn’t able to enjoy it as fully as usual.
The extraordinary trek of George Takei
The “Star Trek” icon wants to ensure America doesn’t forget its shameful legacy of internment: “I have to tell this story before there’s no one left to tell it.”
Keith R.A. DeCandido has an after action report for the 2019 Shoreleave Conference
Another Shore Leave is in the books, and man am I tired, but also very very happy. I first went to Shore Leave in 1992 with the gang from The Chronic Rift. We interviewed a ton of people for the public access show (and also for my spinoff, Click on through for much more!
10 Reasons to Read a Star Trek Novel
You need something to get you through the cold, dark days until you can finally Trek Into Darkness, but Star Trek novels are so much more than something to tide you over until the movie comes out. … From 2012, but still a great article about what you can read instead of watch.
KILLING TIME: The Most Controversial Star Trek Book Ever
Legend says that Pocket Books recalled this Star Trek novel for having too much queer subtext…but is it true? Click here to find out!
Where To Start With Star Trek Novels
A look at the interwoven world of Star Trek novels currently being produced.
Star Trek Author David Mack Is Consulting On ‘Lower Decks’ And Something “Classified”
The author can now add TV to his resume.
Ten For Ward: Ten Star Trek Novels for the New Star Trek Novel Reader
It’s happened to most of us at one time or another: You and your friends are sitting around, watching Star Trek and maybe discussing this or that character, or perhaps you’re comparing the story to other episodes, or how you wish this or that plot thread could be revisited, and then you or someone else […]
Trek Fashion in Print: Talking ‘Star Trek Costumes’ with Authors Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann
Order Star Trek Costumes: Our two favorite non-fiction Star Trek authors, who have brought us some of the most comprehensive looks behind the scenes of the Trek franchise, are without a doubt Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann. Once again, this married research team has produced an amazing look into a new aspect of Trek production: the wardrobe […]
Science Fiction Author Vonda N. McIntyre, Official Obituary
By Tom Whitmore: Award-winning Seattle science fiction author Vonda N. McIntyre died April 1, 2019, of pancreatic cancer. She was 70. McIntyre wrote novels, short stories and media tie-in books,
Remembering Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019
Science-fiction and fantasy author Vonda N. McIntyre succumbed to pancreatic cancer on April 1, 2019 at the age of 70, just weeks after her diagnosis. She died at her home in Seattle, Washington. It’s somewhat late, but I found this piece by StarTrek.com to be both informative and touching.
Larry Nemecek did a Stellar Cartography VR talk!
I love overlapping real astronomy with Star Trek’s fictional spacescape — and have for years, as your Treklanders know! I also love this virtual world — have you heard about it? —that Rod Roddenberry and…
Roundtable: Strange New Worlds – a look back
That was the motto of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthologies published by Pocket Books for ten consecutive years between 1998 and 2007. The publisher held an annual writing contest, inviting any fan with less than three professionally-published writing credits to send in Trek stories, and launched several careers in the process. Now, two […]
In Praise of Expanded Universes
Why tie-in novels of sci-fi/fantasy/otherwise fictional universes are valuable.
How one of the first Star Trek novels was written
Vonda McIntyre wrote one of the first and most beloved Star Trek novels, The Entropy Effect. Here she tells the story of how she got the gig, and how the Star Trek book series started.
Expanded Universe: Star Trek
The first original Star Trek tie-in novel.
Christopher L. Bennett’s Author Annotations for “Star Trek: The Original Series: The Captain’s Oath” have been released
Since Star Trek: The Original Series — The Captain’s Oath has been out for a couple of weeks now, and since the folks on the podcast I linked to yesterday expressed the hope that my annotations for the novel would be up soon, I’ve now gone ahead and posted them. As usual, I don’t want […]
Sacramento Park To Be Renamed After Former ‘Reading Rainbow’ Star LeVar Burton – Blavity
A California park will be renamed in LeVar Burton’s honor. Sacramento’s Richfield Park will be rededicated to the former Reading Rainbow host on June 11, reports The Sacramento Bee. Burton was born in Germany and moved to California when he was 3 years old. He attended Christian Brothers High School and went on to attend […]
