William Leisner was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals to discuss the anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is 36 years old today and to celebrate, here’s our live episode about the film from CONvergence 2017, with featured guests Christopher Jones, Naomi Kritzer, William Leisner, and […]
James Swallow was recently featured on TrekMovie.com for and interview about his upcoming book “Star Trek: Discovery: Fear Itself“: On Tuesday, the third Star Trek: Discovery tie-in novel arrives. Fear Itself is focused on the character of Saru, and takes place on the USS Shenzhou prior to the events of the pilot episode of the series. TrekMovie talked […]
Trek Lit Reviews has a review up for “Star Trek: Dark Victory“: Dark Victory is the second book in William Shatner’s Mirror Universe trilogy, following on from the previous novel, Spectre, and concluding in the next, Preserver. After Kirk faces down his evil doppelganger, Tiberius, a few months have passed. Starfleet considers Tiberius dead, and tries to convince Kirk of […]
Trek Lit Reviews has a review up for “Star Trek: 36 Worlds Apart Book 2: How Much for Just the Planet?“: Star Trek is no stranger to absurdity. “The Trouble with Tribbles,” “I, Mudd,” and “A Piece of the Action” are probably the most notable instances. However, I think it’s fair to say that Star Trek has never […]
Out today is the second book in the Star Trek: Prometheus series, titled “Star Trek: Prometheus: The Root of All Rage” Here’s the book’s synopsis if you needed reminding: The Federation races to discover the culprits of several terrorist attacks, sending their flagship, the USS Prometheus, to stop war breaking out in the galaxy. A […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for “Star Trek: 31 Fortunes Of War Book 2: Battlestations!“: Hot on the heels of Diane Carey’s debut Trek novel Dreadnought! comes its sequel, the similarly exclamation-marked Battlestations!. A hot new (well, not totally new) technology has been stolen, and Piper’s friend and crewmate Sarda is the prime suspect. Can Piper clear his […]
John Jackson Miller was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals for Season 3, Episode 8 of their podcast: New York Times best-selling author John Jackson Miller returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Picard must lawyer for his soul, ship, and crew against the comely, coiffed Adversary herself! […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for “Star Trek: Enterprise: The First Adventure“: Published exactly twenty years after Star Trek made its television debut, let’s join Kirk as he learns on a particularly stressful first outing that heavy lies the wrist that wears the command stripes. Available on Amazon.com, Books-A-Million.com, or E-Bay.
The Literary Treks podcast has a review up for “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 5 Fallen Heroes“: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther are joined by guest host Brandon Shea-Mutala to discuss the Deep Space Nine novel Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh. We talk about when the novel was written, a Quark and […]
Trek Lit Reviews has a review up for “Star Trek: Voyager: 2 The Escape“: For the most part, I wasn’t disappointed. While The Escape is the first original Voyager novel, and thus is vulnerable to the pitfalls of not knowing much about the source material beyond the series bible and scripts of the first few episodes, the story manages […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for “Star Trek: 30 Demons“: This week, almost everyone on the Enterprise and most of the population of Vulcan fall prey to energy-based brain parasites that take over their minds, and it looks like the only cure is fresh air and exorcise. Will Spock, Bones, and the New […]
Literary Treks has a review up for “Star Trek: The Next Generation: 1 A Time To Be Born”: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson talk about the first book in the series, A Time to Be Born. We discuss Wesley Crusher’s surprise return, the dangers of the Rashanar battle site, the […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for “Star Trek: 29 Fortunes Of War Book 1: Dreadnought!“: Like Dwellers in the Crucible not long before it, Dreadnought! uses original characters as Kirk and Spock stand-ins to explore the yin and yang of the human/Vulcan dynamic, though this time there’s also a pinch of notice-me-senpai wish fulfillment for good measure. […]
Literary Treks has a review up for “Star Trek: Academy: Collision Course“: In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther discuss the final Shatnerverse novel, Academy: Collision Course. We talk about this novel’s relationship with Star Trek 2009, Jim Kirk’s relationship with Starfleet, his family dynamic, Spock in his youth, another perspective on Tarsus IV, […]
Out today is a new non-fiction book titled “To Boldly Go: Marketing the Myth of Star Trek” Here’s the book’s synopsis if you needed reminding: Cultural manifestations of myth have come a long way since the storytelling of ancient Greece, now materializing on our TV and cinema screens and in advertisements. This book examines how […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for “Star Trek: 28 Crisis On Centaurus”: Ferguson front-loaded Crisis on Centaurus with a bunch of backstory to give the mission more personal gravitas, though ultimately most of it doesn’t matter… Available on Amazon.com , Books-A-Million.com or E-Bay
Kirsten Beyer was recently featured on Taylornetworkofpodcasts.com to discuss Star Trek: Discovery: The crew is very happen to be joined by Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson so sit back and enjoy all the Trek love Check out the Kirsten Beyer author page to view other sightings and a full list of books! Buy on Amazon.com […]
Keith R.A. DeCandido was recently featured on Enterprising Individuals: Author, editor, podcaster, and musician Keith DeCandido comes aboard this week to discuss an episode of Deep Space Nine that represents a culmination of years of patient and skillful storytelling in the Star Trek universe. Kira and crew stage a daring heist of Founder technology, while […]
Deep Space Spines has a review up for “Star Trek: 27 Mindshadow“: Mindshadow also explores something I think is interesting yet gets glossed over a lot, which is the amount of stress a mission rapidly going south can put on a crew, especially its captain
