Star Trek: A Singular Destiny

The cataclysmic events of Star Trek: Destiny have devastated known space. Worlds have fallen. Lives have been destroyed. And in the uneasy weeks that follow, the survivors of the holocaust continue to be tested to the limits of their endurance. But strange and mysterious occurrences are destabilizing the galaxy’s battle-weary Allies even further. In the […]

Star Trek: A Singular Destiny

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams

The Enterprise-E arrives in unclaimed space for a rendezvous with the Starfleet science vessel Newton. Jean-Luc Picard and his crew have been ordered to assist the Newton with the final phase of its current mission—a mission that brings Picard face to face with something he never thought he would see again: the phenomenon known as […]

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams

Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change

Six months after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Doctor Christine Chapel and Spock must save the life of an ailing Audrid Dax, her true nature as a Trill having remained a mystery until now. But after an unknown vessel attacks their shuttle, a risky game of cat-and-mouse may be the only way […]

Star Trek: The Original Series: The More Things Change

Star Trek: Voyager: Protectors

Following the destruction of four fleet vessels at the hands of the Omega Continuum, the U.S.S. Voyager and U.S.S. Demeter set course for a region of the Delta Quadrant far beyond any­thing previously explored. Captain Chakotay is determined to prove to Starfleet Command that the fleet’s ongoing mission is vital to Federation interests . . […]

Star Trek: Voyager: Protectors

Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Patterns of Interference

The time has come to act. Following the destructive consequences of the Ware crisis, Admiral Jonathan Archer and Section 31 agent Trip Tucker both attempt to change their institutions to prevent further such tragedies. Archer pushes for a Starfleet directive of non-interference, but he faces opposition from allies within the fleet and unwelcome support from […]

Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Patterns of Interference

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Enigma Tales

Elim Garak has ascended to Castellan of the Cardassian Union…but despite his soaring popularity, the imminent publication of a report exposing his people’s war crimes during the occupation on Bajor looks likely to set the military against him. Into this tense situation come Dr. Katherine Pulaski—visiting Cardassia Prime to accept an award on behalf of […]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Enigma Tales

Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours

Aboard the Starship Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she deserves to have it. She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that […]

Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours

Star Trek: The Lost Era: One Constant Star

When Captain Demora Sulu leads the crew of U.S.S. Enterprise-B on a mission near Tzenkethi space, they explore Rejarris II, a planet they cannot explain. A strange structure on the surface could hold answers, but when a landing party transports down to study it, chaos erupts. After communication fails with one officer and another is […]

Star Trek: The Lost Era: One Constant Star

Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Shield of the Gods

The stalwart agents of the Department of Temporal Investigations have tracked down many dangerous artifacts, but now they face a greater, more personal challenge: retrieving a time-travel device stolen from their own vault by a rogue agent of the Aegis, a powerful, secretive group that uses its mastery of time to prevent young civilizations from […]

Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Shield of the Gods

Artificial Life Possibilities: A Star Trek Perspective

The Star Trek series has inspired not only armchair fans, but also the researchers who are trying to better the human race, developing the devices of the future, and struggling to conquer space travel. The Star Trek series was also the inspiration for this book, which examines the artificial intelligences portrayed in the shows. The […]

Artificial Life Possibilities: A Star Trek Perspective

Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance

Our society dreams of making Star Trek’s technologies real. Scientists, computer technologists and science fiction media fans strive to bring to fruition: · the transporter with quantum entanglement · interstellar space travel with faster-than-light speed · time travel with fabricated wormholes · the Holodeck as the Holy Grail of virtual reality · universal communication with […]

Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance

What is it about Star Trek?

This is an information-packed book detailing why people watch Star Trek (and television in general). Many different areas of Star Trek and general television viewing experiences are discussed. These areas include why people watch when they are in different moods or with different people, what they think they gain from watching, and a determination of […]

What is it about Star Trek?

Star Trek: Parallel Narratives

Since 1966, Star Trek has become a unique multimedia phenomenon, encompassing an ever-growing number of television series and major feature films. This book traces the evolution of Star Trek from its earliest days, examining the role of its creator, Gene Rodenberry, and his various successors in the creation of a unique dramatic “universe” within which […]

Star Trek: Parallel Narratives

Negative Ecstasy: The Star Trek Seductions and Other Mass Deceptions

The unbearable hedonistic delirium of unsated desire in the mass production of consumption as dissatisfaction… The inverted scream in the unrelenting inauthentication of Being… The eye which sees only as directed and assumes sight… The search for joy in the emptiness of consumer pleasure… The disembodied melody which reaches out into the lonely night of […]

Negative Ecstasy: The Star Trek Seductions and Other Mass Deceptions

Narratives from the Final Frontier: A Postcolonial Reading of the Original Star Trek Series

Narratives links the currently most popular Literary/Cultural Theory with one of the most successful television productions of all times. The brief opening chapter gives a very concise introduction to the central concepts of postcolonial theory and the methodological background of this subversive reading of Star Trek. A mythology results, which poses the question: does popular […]

Narratives from the Final Frontier: A Postcolonial Reading of the Original Star Trek Series

Race in Space: The Representation of Ethnicity in Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation

Drawing on autobiographical, biographical, historical, and rare archival materials, author Micheal Pounds explores the relationship between “Star Trek” and ethnic equality, one of America’s most enduring social issues. Using two television series formed around a common vision and produced by the same studio and executive producer (Gene Roddenberry), Race in Space determines the extent to […]

Race in Space: The Representation of Ethnicity in Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation