Trekbbs.com has added a new review for Melissa Scott‘s “Star Trek: Voyager: 11 The Garden”: I just completed this novel, written in 1997 and I believe it takes place during the 2nd season of Voyager. Members of the crew start suffering from scurvy, and they learn it’s because of food they harvested from a planet […]
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,
In this video I take a look at the very earliest USA Star Trek paperbacks from the1960’s and 1970’s. All the publishers except Pocket Books are covered,
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.
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…
Out today is a third Little Golden Books book, titled “Star Trek: Too Many Tribbles!”, by Frank Berrios. Here’s the book’s synopsis: Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise are ready for almost anything–except tribbles! When these small, furry creatures invade the ship, Captain Kirk and the crew must act quickly, before they are […]
Trek.fm has added a new review for Christopher L. Bennett‘s “Star Trek: Titan: Orion’s Hounds”: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson discuss Orion’s Hounds. We talk about the beginning of Titan’s true mission, the mysterious “star-jellies,” Riker’s decision to get involved, the other cozmozoans that make up the Gum […]
Treklit.com has added a new review for Margaret Wander Bonanno‘s “Star Trek: Burning Dreams”: At the time that Burning Dreams was written, not much was canonically known about the history of Captain Christopher Pike. We have the original pilot episode, “The Cage” (re-purposed for the only TOS two-parter, “The Menagerie”), and that’s it, canon-wise. Outside […]
Trekclivos79.blogspot.com has added a new review for Larry Nemecek‘s “Star Trek Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library”: Now updated to include Discovery, Larry Nemecek’s Star Trek Stellar Cartography is back and better than ever. Buy on Amazon.com Buy On Books-A-Million.com Buy On Book Depository.com Find on E-Bay
Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Jeri Taylor and Michael Piller and Rick Berman‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification”: This week, when Spock is caught gallavanting on Romulus, Picard and Data need some high-end cosplay and a Klingon Uber to drag the ambassador back to Federation space and his senses. But Spock may […]
Treklit.com has added a new review for Jerry Oltion and Kathy Oltion‘s “Star Trek: New Earth: Book 4: The Flaming Arrow”: As I continue reading the New Earth miniseries, I find myself hoping that the overall story improves with each successive book. The overall premise is an interesting one: the Enterprise shepherds a long-term colonial […]
James Swallow mentioned on Jswallow.com that he’s heading to ThrillerFest: Ah, New York; if there’s a city that deserves to be considered a “thriller”, it’s the Big Apple – and I’ll be walking its streets again next month, partly for some research for a future Marc Dane novel, but mostly because I’m in town to […]
Trek.fm has added a new review for J.M. Dillard‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Resistance”: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson discuss the TNG novel Resistance by J.M. Dillard. We talk about the return of the Borg, the Enterprise’s new Vulcan counselor, drama among the secondary characters, Picard’s relationship […]
Treklit.com has added a new review for Keith R.A. DeCandido‘s “Star Trek: Articles of the Federation”: Articles of the Federation combines two of my favorite things: it is basically The West Wing in the 24th century. In Star Trek, we usually follow the adventures of the officers of Starfleet as they explore space, defend the […]
Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Michael Jan Friedman‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Reunion”: This week, a coronation ceremony brings Picard back into the orbit of his former coworkers. But when one among them starts putting the others out of commission, Picard’s crew will have to put on their Dixon Hill hats to […]
Christopher L. Bennett recently mentioned on his blog : Hey, everyone. With the Shore Leave convention coming up in about 3 weeks, I could use some additional funds to help out with the trip; I need to renew my driver’s license and get some car repairs before then (my wiper fluid sprayer isn’t working). Also, […]
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 […]
Unreality-sf.net has added a new review for Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann‘s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Lust’s Latinum Lost”: Lust’s Latinum Lost (and Found), written by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann, is the first Deep Space Nine entry in the series of exclusive eBook novellas. When business is down in […]
Unreality-sf.net has added a new review for Rudy Josephs‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q are Cordially Uninvited”: In Q Are Cordially Uninvited, written by Rudy Josephs, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his wife, Beverly Crusher, show two of their fellow officers and friends the holorecording of their wedding in La Barre, France. But Worf and […]
Unreality-sf.net has added a new review for Dave Galanter‘s “Star Trek: The Original Series: Crisis of Consciousness”: In Crisis of Consciousness, Dave Galanter‘s latest contribution to the line of Original Series novels, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise are dispatched to ferry the ambassador of the Maabas — normally a rather xenophobic race — back to […]
