Deep Space Spines has a review up for Peter David‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Vendetta“: This week, an old gun destroyed by Kirk’s Enterprise turns out to have been meant for the Borg. But a new model is rolling off the lot, and its pilot will let Starfleet have it when they can pry […]
This week, we deal with a Star Trek book with insufferable Klingons…
The Trek Collective has a review up for Larry Nemecek‘s “Star Trek Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library“: In last couple of years there has been a big resurgence in Star Trek “non-fiction”, with everything from starship manuals, language, and history books, to more whimsical art, and comedic interludes. It’s been over a decade though since, Star Charts, […]
We live in the Age of the Geek Ascendant. Every popular media franchise comes with dozens of books, comics and other extra materials that fill out the worlds we love in the gaps beyond the source material and our imaginations. The Internet puts all that information at fan’s fingertips, ready to settle (or start) arguments […]
I have to admit, I was excited that Modiphius Entertainment was putting out a new Star Trek RPG. This stems from a few places. First, I have been a Trek fan since the original series (yes, I’m that old.) Second…
Star Trek the Original Series Novel Review: Garth of Izar
This week, the show receives a title and we look at a Star Trek book!
The Trek Collective has a review up for Paul Ruditis‘s “Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary“: I was very excited when the first listings appeared for Dorling Kindersley’s Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary; owning a few of their Star Wars and Lego books, and being familiar with their many other books, I knew a Star Trek version of their information and image dense […]
Literary Treks has a review up for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Available Light“: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson welcome author Dayton Ward back to the show to discuss his newest Next Generation novel, Available Light. We talk about the fallout from the end of Section 31, Picard’s actions in […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for Brad Ferguson‘s “Star Trek: 54 A Flag Full Of Stars“: This week, Nogura promotes Kirk from construction foreman to media liaison, but it’s his marriage that could really use a little bit of good P.R. Meanwhile, a Klingon schoolteacher in New York has invented a super ball […]
TrekToday has a review up for Dayton Ward’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Available Light“: This book had very different stories within it; a political one dealing with the aftermath of the exposure of Section 31, and a classic Trek story of exploration. After finding a supposedly derelict ship, the ship, the Osijemal, is found to have […]
Trek Lit Reviews has a review up for Dean Wesley Smith and Diane Carey‘s “Star Trek: New Earth: Book 2: Belle Terre”: The fleet of colony ships, escorted by the USS Enterprise, has finally arrived at their destination: the glistening world they have called Belle Terre. However, their adventure to colonize this planet, located far outside the […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for John Vornholt‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: 16 Contamination”: This week, Picard brings Worf and Troi together to solve the mystery of a suspicious death, but it’s not quite the match made in heaven it will be a few years from now. As the investigation drags on, […]
Literary Treks has a review up for Keith R.A. DeCandido‘s “Star Trek: Articles of the Federation“: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther welcome author Keith DeCandido back to the show to discuss his landmark novel, Articles of the Federation. We talk about The West Wing of the 24th century, linking this novel to […]
Trek Lit Reviews has a review up for Diane Carey‘s “Star Trek: New Earth: Book 1: Wagon Train To The Stars“: Wagon Train to the Stars kicks off a six-book series that features the Enterprise escorting a fleet of colony ships to a planet well off the beaten track. Along the way, they have to contend with pirates, […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for Barbara Hambly‘s “Star Trek: 53 Ghost-Walker“: This week, Kirk gets a raw deal on a Freaky Friday and doesn’t even get a Handbook for the Recently Deceased to help him cope. While he struggles to keep it together (literally), his body thief does a U-turn and heads back […]
Paul Semel recently interviewed Dayton Ward: While the Star Trek novels have always adhered to the canon created by the TV shows and movies, they’re not canonical themselves. But they do, ironically, have their own canon, complete with their own ongoing storylines. In the following email interview about his new Trek tale, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Available Light(paperback, Kindle), science […]
This week, to celebrate Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary, Michael attempts to get through a notoriously bad Star Trek: The Original Series novel.
Book Review of the novel “Sarek” by A.C. Crispin Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Sarek-Star-Trek-C-Crispin-ebook/dp/B000FC0TRM Rating Star Trek Novels https://…
Literary Treks has a review up for Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin‘s “Star Trek: Titan: Taking Wing“: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson discuss the first novel in the Star Trek: Titan series, Taking Wing. We discuss the new ship and her diverse crew, a potential Romulan civil war, Spock’s role in […]
