tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40210042011-04-21T16:30:45.886-07:00The Star Trek Library BlogReviews and discussions of Star Trek novels and related publications.Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-79361476367105342132008-08-16T13:28:00.000-07:002008-08-16T13:43:54.931-07:00The Captain's Table (Book 5 of 6): Once Burned. Star Trek the New Frontier edition by Peter David, October 1998.The Captain's Table is a bar that is frequented only by those who are, by rank, captains. Only they are allowed entrance. This is usually interpreted as ship captains, although sometimes the admittance is more broad than that. The place is not somewhere you set out to go: it Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-40919725085558906722008-08-14T13:06:00.000-07:002008-08-14T13:22:36.744-07:00Star Trek #6: New Frontier; Fire On High by Peter David (April 1998).The crew of the Excalibur is finishing up operations on Zontar. Science officer Soleta is examining the cave where she and other members of the crew were disabled by some still unknown force. She unearths a disk with a strange emblem. Immediately afterward, the ground beneath her gives way and she finds herself in an Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-7143849692375576912008-08-13T17:35:00.000-07:002008-08-13T17:58:18.563-07:00Star Trek: New Frontier #5; Martyr by Peter David (March 1998)500 years ago on the planet Zondar, the prophet Ontear left behind a scroll saying that the civil war on the planet would only end when the savior appeared. Ontear said, "Look to the stars, from there will come the messiah! The bird of flame will signal his coming! He will bear and scar, and he will be a great leader! He will comeShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-31531822541629927852008-08-02T16:38:00.001-07:002008-08-02T16:46:04.195-07:00Star Trek: New Frontier #3 and #4 by Peter David. "The Two-Front War" and "End Game." August 1997.The final two books of the New Frontier saga resolve many, though not all, of the plot threads in the first two parts. The characters now all introduced, we get to see many of them in action. Si Cwan and Kebron are in trouble, apparently blown to bits at the end of the second book: they are "Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-3810327499266604422008-08-01T14:11:00.000-07:002008-08-01T14:25:06.410-07:00Star Trek: New Frontier Book Two (Into the Void) by Peter David, July 1997.This book continues the story from the previous novelette, which was produced in four parts. As we begin this volume, the Excalibur is being readied for launch. Si Cwan, Thallionian prince, is surreptiously loaded onto the ship as part of Soleta's luggage. Ah, but Soleta lets Captain Calhoun know of Si Cwan's presence.Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-14519014306824361632008-08-01T14:04:00.000-07:002008-08-01T14:11:35.649-07:00Star Trek: New Frontier #1 (House of Cards) by Peter David: July 1997.Imagine getting a chance to develop your own part of the Star Trek universe. That was the opportunity Peter David, noted Writer of Stuff, had when he was presented with the idea for New Frontier. With Pocket Books editor John J. Ordover, David developed the framework for a new ship and crew, set in the Star Trek universe and Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-23814341607366699792008-08-01T13:59:00.000-07:002008-08-01T14:03:03.846-07:00The Siege by Peter David: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #2, May 1993.This is Peter David's only Deep Space 9 novel, and the first original novel written although it is numbered #2, after the novelization of the first episode.The wormhole adjacent to the planet Bajor is unstable and must be shut down, so space station Deep Space 9 must play host to unhappy folks who were planning to visit the gammaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-72827784505481411602008-08-01T13:52:00.000-07:002008-08-01T13:57:41.249-07:00"Ship of the Line" by Diane Carey. Star Trek: The Next Generation hardcover, October 1997.A ship of the line is an impressive craft, and built for that purpose. It is meant for exploration, and often for defense, to "hold the line" against those who would do harm. Author Diane Carey takes that theme, and others from the stories of Horatio Hornblower, and characterizes the starship Enterprise asShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-84480061591148676562008-05-26T08:30:00.001-07:002008-05-26T08:57:03.392-07:00Q-Squared by Peter David: Star Trek the Next Generation hardcover novel, published July 1994.Commander Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise has agreed with his best friend and commander, Captain Jack Crusher, to be the go-between for normal command communications with the new chief medical officer, Dr. Beverly Howard, Captain Crusher's ex-wife. It's the least he can do, since the captain Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-67590014402929650552008-04-20T14:29:00.000-07:002008-04-20T14:46:20.387-07:00The Devil's Heart by Carmen Carter; Star Trek: The Next Generation hardcover novel, April 1993 (paperback February 1994).The Enterprise is diverted to the site of a Vulcan archaeological survey, as the senior member of that team, T'Sara, is believed by her staff to be suffering from Bendii's syndrome, the Vulcan version of Alzheimer's disease. When the ship arrives, they find all the Vulcans Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-67525893589671388822008-04-19T17:39:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:00:43.439-07:00Imzadi by Peter David; Star Trek: The Next Generation hardcover novel (#2), August 1992, paperback July 1993.We begin in the future (in reference to general ST:TNG continuity) with an embittered Admiral Will Riker, commanding an out-of-the-way, backwater starbase. He cares little for duty any more. Meanwhile, Data, now a starship captain, seeks an audience with the Guardian of Forever, a Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-61245906566786856932008-04-16T13:09:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:48:51.434-07:00Reunion by Michael Jan Friedman, Star Trek: the Next Generation hardcover novel, November 1991 (hardcover), August 1992 (paperback).Captain Morgen, skipper of the Excalibur, is going to be promoted...to the leader of his people, the Daa'V. This Starfleet officer and former member of the crew of the Stargazer, Jean-Luc Picard's old ship, is gathering with him a number of the members of that crew Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-28997453608761229412008-04-15T15:30:00.000-07:002008-04-15T18:02:51.772-07:00Q-In-Law by Peter David, Star Trek: The Next Generation #18, October 1991.The Enterprise is to play host to a wedding: not just any wedding, but a wedding that will cement an alliance between to factions of a spacefaring trading race, the Tizarin, something like the Ferengi but fair dealers. The occasion is momentous, enough to require the Federation's flagship and guests of the highest rank, Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-23982336100851887022008-04-15T14:05:00.000-07:002008-04-15T15:02:02.781-07:00Strike Zone by Peter David, Star Trek: The Next Generation novel #5, March 1989.An alien race called the Kreel is considered barbaric even by the Klingons. Brutal and relentlessly warlike, they scavenge what they can and take whatever they can bully away from others. However, few races will trade with them, and their technology and weaponry trails far behind other races, making them something Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1163888809642218122006-11-18T14:00:00.000-08:002006-11-18T14:26:49.656-08:00The Janus Gate by L.A. Graf. Series in three parts: Present Tense, June 2002, Future Imperfect, also June 2002, and Past Prologue, July 2002.After the events of "The Naked Time" episode on the TV series (first season) when the Enterprise was thrown back in time three days, the Enterprise returns to the planet Tlaoli to pick up a research team, rather than risk stumbling over themselves and Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1162915414017580262006-11-07T08:01:00.000-08:002006-11-07T08:03:34.026-08:00Fans of this blog would surely be interested in a book coming out this month. Titled "Voyages of the Imagination: The Definitive Star Trek Fiction Companion," and written by Jeff Ayers, it sets out to cover all forty years or professionally published Star Trek fiction, with pictures of the covers and interviews with the authors. Sounds like an interesting book.Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1162607812690453052006-11-03T18:19:00.000-08:002006-11-03T18:36:52.710-08:00Invasion: First Strike by Diane Carey (Star Trek #79, July 1996).A Klingon ship witnesses, and barely survives, a crisis as mass in the solar system they are monitoring suddenly drops to nearly zero. When that happens, particles accelerate to light speed, and matter explodes. Able to shield themselves against the last bit of the mass drain, the ship survives to see a vessel emerge from a tear Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1161723169579961902006-10-24T13:29:00.000-07:002006-10-24T13:52:49.606-07:00The Rings of Tautee by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Star Trek #78, May 1996).Subspace waves are coming from the Tautee star system, home of a civilization capable of spaceflight but pre-warp technology. The Enterprise arrives to find rubble where planets and moons used to be. They also begin receiving a distress signal from amongst the rubble. A small group of Tauteeans is Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1161120849375540862006-10-17T13:55:00.000-07:002006-10-17T14:34:09.416-07:00Twilight's End by Jerry Oltion (Star Trek #77, January 1996).The Enterprise is badly in need of resupply, but is once again called away to deal with an emergency. This time, it is to the planet Rimillia, a world with no rotation. The people living on this world have already moved from another when conditions worsened there, and now the atmosphere is again becoming too thin, oxygen levels Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1160621231465259942006-10-11T19:32:00.000-07:002006-10-11T19:47:11.480-07:00The Captain's Daughter by Peter David (Star Trek #76, December 1995).The Enterprise-B, captained by John Harriman, is called to Askalon Five by a repeating distress beacon. A team beams down to the planet to investigate the call, as sensors are having trouble getting through to the surface. Ensign Demora Sulu, on the away team, comes back as a berserker, naked and screaming, and attacks the Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1160104711958278622006-10-05T19:55:00.000-07:002006-10-05T20:18:31.976-07:00First Frontier by Diane Carey and Dr. James I. Kirkland (Star Trek #75, August 1995).The Enterprise is testing new shielding technology which takes the energy used against it and channels it through the warp drive, displacing it in time and space. Cool idea, which proves quite effective in weapons tests. Then they try it by going very close to a blue giant star, the hottest stars known. While Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1159310606977085512006-09-26T15:28:00.000-07:002006-10-05T19:55:35.656-07:00The Fearful Summons by Denny Martin Flinn (Star Trek #74, June 1995).Captain Sulu and the Excelsior are cruising the frontier when a distress call comes. It is from a ship of Beta Prometheans, a trading race that controls most of the dilithium in the quadrant. The aliens say their ship is disabled, but when Sulu transports aboard with a repair crew, they are taken hostage. Ransom is demanded, Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1158520353252194982006-09-17T11:52:00.000-07:002006-09-17T12:12:33.313-07:00Recovery by J.M. Dillard (Star Trek #73, March 1995).Admiral Kirk is sent to supervise the testing of the rescue ship U.S.S. Recovery, a completely automated vessel meant to evacuate planets and preserve life on stranded vessels. Kirk's recommendations have led to a number of changes in the vessel, and since he has been the project's biggest critic, he is assigned to assess it's Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1158112083967018202006-09-12T18:09:00.000-07:002006-09-12T18:48:04.063-07:00The Better Man by Howard Weinstein (Star Trek #72, December 1994).The Enterprise is called to the planet Empyrea, to take up the cause of a treaty. The Federation maintains an observatory on Empyrea, due to its proximity to a stellar phenomenon. But Empyrea is a colony of genetically engineered people, who are striving for perfection and do not want the "pollution" of imperfect people. There Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1157826622050277012006-09-09T11:09:00.000-07:002006-09-09T11:30:24.806-07:00Crossroad by Barbara Hambly (Star Trek #71, September 1994).In a rarely-explored region of space called the Crossroad, near the Crossroad nebula, the Enterprise is monitoring the developing civilization on Tau Lyra, the Enterprise encounters a ship where none should be. The starship is very similar to the Enterprise, apparently of Federation design, but with no insignia or external lights, and Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1157425340015724412006-09-04T19:34:00.000-07:002006-09-04T20:02:20.080-07:00Traitor Winds by L.A. Graf (Star Trek #70, June 1994).In the time period after the original TV show but before the first movie, Admiral Kirk is in charge of a diplomatic negotiation with the Romulans. Waiting and hoping for reassignment to a refitted Enterprise, Sulu is a test pilot, and Uhura a StarFleet Academy lecturer in communications. Chekov has gone to the Security Academy, trying to Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1156886051674829012006-08-29T13:55:00.000-07:002006-08-29T14:14:12.263-07:00The Patrian Transgression by Simon Hawke (Star Trek #69, April 1994).The Enterprise is sent on a mission to Patria as that world is considering Federation membership. In a pleasant surprise, the diplomat the Enterprise carries is an old friend of Captain Kirk's from Starfleet Academy, who has gone into the diplomatic service. The planet of Patria is peaceful, and the mission appears to be Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1156599342137768882006-08-26T06:18:00.000-07:002006-08-26T08:11:40.333-07:00Firestorm by L.A. Graf (Star Trek #68, January 1994).The Enterprise is called to the planet Rakatan, where a Federation geological team is investigating a world rife with volcanic activity. One member of the team thinks she has found evidence of a life form in the volcanoes themselves. That is the ostensible reason the Enterprise was called, but the real reason is a mining operation by a group Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1153146776370332982006-07-17T07:16:00.000-07:002006-07-17T07:32:56.643-07:00The Great Starship Race by Diane Carey (Star Trek #67, October 1993).The starship Hood discovers an as-yet undiscovered alien race at the far reaches of the galaxy, the Rey. The people are very friendly, and excited to become part of the grouping of races that make up the Federation. To get into the swing of things, they decide to have a party: or, more specifically, a race, a sort of rally Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1152842865509815792006-07-13T18:40:00.000-07:002006-07-13T19:07:45.580-07:00From the Depths by Victor Milan (Star Trek #66, August 1993).The Enterprise must cut short its shore leave on Starbase 23 to take Federation Commissioner Wayne to Okeanos, a planet with a hot climate and little land surface, to settle a dispute between two species of inhabitants. The species are engaging in rather open warfare, and one side is being egged on by the Klingons. The situation Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1152576379333282172006-07-10T16:49:00.000-07:002006-07-10T17:06:19.396-07:00Shadows on the Sun by Michael Jan Friedman. (Star Trek hardcover, 1993)Following the events of the movie Star Trek VI, the Enterprise is heading home for ship and crew to be retired. A message comes in, sending the fabled group on one last mission. On the planet Ssani, hostilities have broken out. The cult of assassins, long official but now illegal, has decided to fight back, and is killing Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1152224323162062132006-07-06T15:02:00.000-07:002006-07-06T15:21:02.316-07:00Windows on a Lost World by V.E. Mitchell (Star Trek #65, June 1993).The Enterprise takes an archaeological team to the planet Careta IV, where signs of an ancient civilization have been found. The site promises to be a big find, and excites the scientists with the scope of the ruins. Soon a puzzle develops. Areas of the planet are resistant to scans, and scans from orbit are different from Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1151726074263472732006-06-30T20:31:00.000-07:002006-06-30T20:54:34.303-07:00The Starship Trap by Mel Gilden (Star Trek #64, April 1993).The Enterprise crew is enjoying shore leave at Starbase 23 when called out on a mission. The reason for the mission galls Captain Kirk: they are ferrying a member of the Federation Council from one location to another. Annoying at having crew R&R interrupted for a stint as a cruise liner, Kirk is then surprised when a Klingon ship Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1151457640270794072006-06-27T18:06:00.000-07:002006-06-27T18:20:40.300-07:00Shell Game by Melissa Crandall (Star Trek #63, February 1993)Near the Romulan Neutral Zone, the Enterprise encounters a large object moving on impulse power, no life signs aboard. Further investigation reveals it to be a Romulan space station, the first of its kind, and apparently empty. New regulations discourage captains from leading landing parties, to Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Lt. Chekov, and Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1147952060020687202006-05-18T04:27:00.000-07:002006-05-18T05:30:54.156-07:00Death Count by L.A. Graf (Star Trek #62, November 1992).Andorian scientist Muav Haslev has disappeared, and tensions are high between the Andorians and the Orions, suspected in his absence. War between the societies looms, and the Enterprise is in the middle of it. First, an incident on a space station involves Lt. Chekov. Then, shore leave is cut short as the ship and its crew are ordered to Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1147651452360933132006-05-14T16:31:00.000-07:002006-05-14T17:04:12.396-07:00Best Destiny by Diane Carey, Star Trek Hardcover #5, 1992.Captain James T. Kirk is preparing to retire, following the events of Star Trek VI. So is most of the rest of the crew, willingly or not. A tragic event on the planet Faramond leads Kirk to recall a previous trip to Faramond, when he was a teenager. A bitter, troubled, sixteen year old Jim Kirk went on a trip to Faramond with his fatherShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1147232401845142812006-05-09T20:15:00.000-07:002006-05-09T20:40:01.856-07:00Sanctuary by John Vornholt (Star Trek #61, September 1992).The Enterprise is pursuing the pirate Auk Rex, fleeing in a small but fast ship just able to keep ahead of the starship. Unable to shake the larger craft, the pirate heads for an uncharted region of space. It is rumored to be the location of the planet Sanctuary, supposed place of safety for the fleeing. The smaller craft can travel toShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1146542051535486292006-05-01T20:26:00.000-07:002006-05-01T20:54:11.546-07:00Ice Trap by L.A. Graf (Star Trek #60, July 1992).The Enterprise is called to Nordstral, an icy planet with a friendly native population and rich ocean life that is being harvested by a pharmaceutical corporation for its medicinal properties. But the planet is now wracked by strong magnetic storms and icequakes, and help is needed to find a stranded rescue team.Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy take to Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1145925490989668142006-04-24T17:37:00.000-07:002006-04-24T17:38:11.000-07:00Probe, nee' Music of the Spheres, by Margaret Wander Bonanno (and J.M. Dillard, and Gene DeWeese), 1992.The powerful probe that threatened the Earth in Star Trek IV is back, and it is again up to the Enterprise to fend it off. All this, just when it seemed the Romulan Empire was ready to negotiate peace, after the death of the Praetor led to a leadership shakeup. A meeting in the Neutral Zone Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1141520395338832532006-03-04T16:41:00.000-08:002006-03-04T16:59:55.346-08:00The Disinherited by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Bob Greenberger (Star Trek #59, May 1992).Uhura is sent on a mission with another starship to contact an alien race with a different way of communication, and the Enterprise is called to investigate attacks on colonies that have caused heavy losses of life and property. The incidents are near the Gorn territories, but no connection has Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1140917701608110732006-02-25T17:34:00.000-08:002006-02-25T17:35:01.620-08:00Faces of Fire by Michael Jan Friedman (Star Trek #58)The Enterprise is called to Alpha Malurian Six to stem the tide leading to civil war there, and ferries Ambassador Farquhar there to work with the two contentious sides. Before that, however, Kirk stops by terraforming colony Beta Canzandia Three, as the small group there needs physicals and resupply. The Ambassador fights the Captain's Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1133570210941315572005-12-02T16:11:00.000-08:002005-12-02T16:36:50.953-08:00The Rift by Peter David (Star Trek #57, November 1991).The Enterprise captained by Christopher Pike encounters a rift in space. They do some sensor readings and catalogue it, then move on to their scheduled starbase repair and medical update when a communication is received from within the rift. Taking the ship through the gap the crew, including a young Lieutennant Spock as well as Lt. Scott, Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1133204383246669632005-11-28T10:42:00.000-08:002005-11-28T10:59:43.256-08:00Legacy by Michael Jan Friedman (Star Trek #56, August 1991).A survey mission to Alpha Octavius Four seems like a pleasant diversion to a lush jungle planet, until a huge creature emerges from underground and gives Mr. Spock a poison sting. Dr. McCoy beams back up with the first officer, and shortly thereafter Captain Kirk is caught in a sinkhole with three crewmen. Sulu investigates with his Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1132760686113516202005-11-23T07:26:00.000-08:002005-11-23T07:44:46.123-08:00Renegade by Gene DeWeese (Star Trek #55, June 1991).After one hundred years as a colony, Chrellkan III is scheduled for independence from its mother world and neighbor, Chrellkan IV. But violence has erupted between the formerly peaceful worlds, and the Enterprise is dispatched to mediate the disputes. The Premier of the home world is full of wild accusations, as well as tape of atrocities, so Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1132524285912846402005-11-20T13:45:00.000-08:002005-11-20T14:04:45.923-08:00A Flag Full of Stars by Brad Ferguson (Star Trek #54, April 1991).In the time between the original TV series and the first Star Trek movie, Captain Kirk has been promoted to Admiral, and has moved from being a StarFleet troubleshooter to Chief of Operations, overseeing starship refits. The Enterprise is being readied for the command of new captain and Kirk protege' Will Decker. But an encounterShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1127524533640845632005-09-23T17:52:00.000-07:002005-09-23T18:15:33.646-07:00Ghost-Walker by Barbara Hambly (Star Trek #53, February 1991)A strategically-located planet is again a point of contention between the Federation and the Klingons. Midgwis, home to the Midgwins, a peaceful bird-like race, is claimed by both and the Klingons have a leg up on a Federation that was slow to respond. But, there is growing evidence that the natives will have to be taken into account,Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1126924905592222052005-09-16T19:23:00.000-07:002005-09-16T19:45:48.156-07:00Home is the Hunter by Dana Kramer-Rolls (Star Trek #52, December 1990).The Federation is late to arrive at the planet Cragon V, and the Klingons have already gotten a foothold with the population. This isn't a good thing with the Organian Peace Treaty, as the Klingons thus have had time to establish themselves with the local populace. Nonetheless, Captain Kirk and his crew are sent to do their Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1126402879841937132005-09-10T18:25:00.000-07:002005-09-10T18:41:19.850-07:00Enemy Unseen by V. E. Mitchell (Star Trek #51, October 1990).As Spock leaves to attend a physics conference on Vulcan, the Enterprise is given a diplomatic assignment. They will transport representatives of the Kaldorni, plus a Federation mediator, to a site where the claims to a colony planet will be decided. Preliminary negotiations will begin along the way. But things seem to keep going Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1126062953069674302005-09-06T20:00:00.000-07:002005-09-06T20:15:53.076-07:00Prime Directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. (Star Trek Hardcover, September 1990)James Kirk is an outcast, and has resigned from StarFleet in disgrace. So have the rest of the bridge crew, now considered pariahs on all worlds within Federation influence. A world has been destroyed because of their actions, because of breaking the Prime Directive, also known as StarFleet General Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1125885679772219982005-09-04T18:47:00.000-07:002005-09-04T19:13:14.230-07:00Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane (Star Trek #50, June 1990).Veteran Star Trek novelist Diane Duane was tapped to write the 50th book in the series, and came up with another outstanding outing, with a memorable feat of leaving Dr. McCoy in command of the Enterprise, and then plunging the ship into a life-and-death struggle. A double-meaning in a title, indeed.The Enterprise is sent to the newly Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1125772069512144642005-09-03T11:14:00.000-07:002005-09-03T11:27:49.516-07:00The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes (Star Trek #49, April 1990)In the time between the first two Star Trek movies, the Enterprise encounters a Romulan Bird of Prey drifting over the Neutral Zone. Investigation reveals the Romulan crew dead, with no one of command rank aboard, and a new model of a cloaking device that would be able to be used while in warp or while firing weapons. Captain Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1124062485716349362005-08-14T16:32:00.000-07:002005-08-14T16:34:45.723-07:00Rules of Engagement by Peter Norwood (Star Trek #48)No full review this time, because I can't find my copy of the book. Sad, really. I can tell you that Peter Norwood is novelist Diane Duane's husband, and has often kibbitzed with her on her own novels. Presumably, she did the same on his. Here is the book's blurb: "A sudden revolution on the planet Dekkanar brings Captain Kirk and the Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1123249023969123132005-08-05T06:36:00.000-07:002005-08-05T06:37:03.970-07:00I have added a "tip jar" to the links section on the left. If you find this website helpful and/or informative, the author would appreciate a contribution in any amount. Thanks!Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1121739028956906182005-07-18T18:50:00.000-07:002005-07-18T19:10:28.963-07:00The Kobayashi Maru by Julia Ecklar (Star Trek #47, December 1989).The shuttlecraft carrying Kirk, McCoy, Scott, Sulu and Chekov is disabled and adrift. There is little to do but wait for rescue and care for their injuries. As time passes, McCoy listens to each of the officers describe how they tackled the simulation known to StarFleet command cadets as the Kobayashi Maru. The test is as much Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1121481501535029222005-07-15T19:11:00.000-07:002005-07-15T19:38:21.540-07:00The Cry of the Onlies by Judy Klass (Star Trek #46, October 1989).The world of Boaco Six has recently seen the overthrow of a dictatorship, and the Enterprise is sent to see if relations can be established with the new government. This is especially important since a key pharmaceutical substance can be found in plentiful supply on that world. Even more, Federation ally Boaco Eight could be in Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1120783197676157572005-07-07T17:26:00.000-07:002005-07-07T17:39:57.683-07:00The Lost Years by J.M. Dillard (hardcover #2, 1989, reprinted in paperback in October 1990).The five year mission is over and the starship Enterprise returns to Earth. It all seems anticlimatic to the command crew, as in "now what?" Captain Kirk wants another ship while he waits for the Enterprise refit, Spock wants to be Kirk's first officer, and McCoy wants to return to his beloved Natira andShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1118981421074650482005-06-16T20:52:00.000-07:002005-06-16T21:10:21.080-07:00Double, Double by Michael Jan Friedman (Star Trek #45, April, 1989).The U.S.S. Hood picks up a distress signal from Exo III, the last known location of famed scientist Roger Korby. Investigating, as good StarFleet ships do, the Hood is informed that Korby has died, but there are amazing discoveries down on the planet. Could a landing party come down?Meantime, the Enterprise and Captain Kirk areShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1114303613827393982005-04-23T17:18:00.000-07:002005-04-23T17:46:53.830-07:00Vulcan's Glory by D.C. Fontana (Star Trek #44, February 1989).Spock of Vulcan has just been promoted to Lieutenant Commander, and posted to the Enterprise as third-in-command and Science Officer. He will report to Captain Christopher Pike. First, he must go to Vulcan and tend to business with his father, and with his betrothed.The Enterprise has been ordered to the planet Areta, site of a Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1109641250874195222005-02-28T17:14:00.000-08:002005-02-28T17:40:50.876-08:00The Final Nexus by Gene DeWeese (Star Trek #43, December 1988)Gravitational turbulence begins to appear across the galaxy, of the type encountered before by the Enterprise (Chain of Attack, ST #32) that led to the discovery of a "gate" to another part of the galaxy, or perhaps even another galaxy entirely. These gates seems to be associated with an abject, irrational fear on the part of people Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1108826519912642002005-02-19T06:50:00.000-08:002005-02-19T07:21:59.916-08:00Memory Prime by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens (Star Trek #42, October 1988)A Vulcan on a lawless planet is approached to take on a contract to kill someone. On the Enterprise, Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy surprise Mr. Spock with the news that the Enterprise will be ferrying scientists to the Nobel and Z. Magnees Prize ceremonies, to be held on the new Federation library computer planet, Memory Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1108427355031927962005-02-14T16:15:00.000-08:002005-02-14T16:29:15.033-08:00Spock's World by Diane Duane (Star Trek hardcover #1, 1988)Vulcan is one of the founding members of the Federation (one of four, according to another source). But there is a movement on Vulcan to pull the planet out of the Federation, and to close it to outworlders. The referendum issue, to be voted on by the entire planet, would close the borders of the world and recall all Vulcan personnel Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1107916122117834492005-02-08T18:14:00.000-08:002005-02-08T18:28:42.116-08:00The Three-Minute Universe by Barbara Paul (Star Trek #41, August 1988).
Captain Kirk addresses a meeting of officers in the briefing room and begins by announcing, "The universe is on fire." A new heat source, so strong it is even devouring suns, has been detected. The Enterprise must investigate. Once there, instruments give astonishing data: a "rip" has opened, and a universe in the early Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1107699246884942482005-02-06T05:54:00.000-08:002005-02-06T06:14:06.883-08:00Timetrap by David Dvorkin (Star Trek #40, June 1988)
The Enterprise is en route to Starbase 17 for much-needed repairs and rest, when Uhura picks up a distress call. Oddly, the call is from a Klingon vessel, in Federation space. Kirk wants to know what a Klingon ship is doing in Federation space, so the Enterprise diverts to the signal. The area is near Tholian space, where the Enterprise hadShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1107472294986441202005-02-03T14:35:00.000-08:002005-02-03T15:18:03.413-08:00Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin (Star Trek #39, April 1988).
Admiral Kirk is summoned to the office of Admiral Morrow. Spock is there also. There is a problem. Waves of time have caught several stars, causing them to age suddenly. One has gone nova, others have started pouring out excess radiation giving signs of explosion or expansion into red giants. Several ships and inhabited planetsShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1107051271559903472005-01-29T17:57:00.000-08:002005-01-29T18:14:31.560-08:00The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah (Star Trek #38, February 1988).
Transporting a group of Vulcan revolutionaries to a colony planet (the antagonists from Lorrah's earlier novel, "The Vulcan Academy Murders") the Enterprise is quickly called back to Vulcan for a mercy mission. They must take some Vulcan medical specialists to the planet Nisus, a colony designed to be infinite diversity in Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1095540881890667282004-09-18T13:33:00.000-07:002004-09-18T13:54:41.890-07:00Final Frontier by Diane Carey (Star Trek Giant Novel #3, January 1988)
Commander George Kirk is the head of security at a starbase. He's not very imaginative, but he is dependable, and he loves his two boys back home on Earth even if he doesn't get along very well with his wife, or visit them very often. Kirk and his lieutenant, Drake Reed, are kidnapped, but soon find themselves in the Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1094480668149736112004-09-06T06:55:00.000-07:002004-09-06T07:24:28.150-07:00Bloodthirst by J.M. Dillard (Star Trek #37, December 1987)
The Enterprise receives a distress call from Tanis, a research outpost. Dr. McCoy and Security Officer Stanger beam down and search a dark, unusual lab. They find two dead researchers, and one barely alive. The records of the facility are infected by a virus that wipes them as soon as examination is attempted.Only fragments are Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1091649900663527302004-08-04T12:43:00.000-07:002004-08-04T13:05:00.663-07:00How Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford (Star Trek #36, October 1987)
A StarFleet resouces exploratory vessel finds a planet that promises to be the richest source of dilithium known. This valuable mineral that powers all kinds of energy systems including warp drive is sought throughout the galaxy by space-travelling races, and as luck would have it the Klingons are not far off. The Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1091648197724267262004-08-04T12:18:00.000-07:002004-08-04T12:41:25.323-07:00The Romulan Way by Diane Duane and Peter Norwood (Star Trek #35, 1987)
A StarFleet deep cover agent is posing as a servant in the home of a Romulan government official. She is a trained sociologist, and has been in the household for a number of years. She has been surgically altered to exist as a Romulan. Her mission is not to gain military secrets, but to observe Romulan society to aid Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1091642676796744402004-08-04T10:47:00.000-07:002004-08-04T12:18:11.873-07:00Strangers From the Sky by Margaret Wander Bonanno (ST Giant Novel #2, July 1987)
Mankind knows that historically, Earth first encountered aliens when a spaceship reached Alpha Centauri, and some years later warp drive was discovered. An alliance between Earth, Andor, Tellar, and Vulcan provided the basis for the Federation a short time later. But a new book challenges that. It says that two Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1089419336638446522004-07-09T17:14:00.000-07:002004-07-09T17:28:56.640-07:00Dreams of the Raven by Carmen Carter (Star Trek #34, June 1987).
The Enterprise visits a trading post on the edge of Federation space, but is called away by a distress signal. However, the ship they go to rescue instead initiates a sneak attack on the Federation vessel. The Enterprise is badly damaged, warp engines broken beyond repair. In gravity fluctuations during repairs, Dr. McCoy is Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1087957637777998192004-06-22T19:26:00.000-07:002004-06-22T19:27:17.776-07:00Deep Domain by Howard Weinstein (Star Trek #33, April 1987)
The Enterprise is scheduled for a visit to the planet Akkalla, to evaluate a science research outpost. The ship is then called away for a rescue mission, but Spock and Chekov are sent to Akkalla in a small shuttle to begin the evaluation process. Upon their arrival, the officers come upon a large “harvest ship” taking large gulps of Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1086492372941369262004-06-05T20:10:00.000-07:002004-06-05T20:26:12.940-07:00Chain of Attack by Gene DeWeese (Star Trek #32, February 1987)
Newly equipped with a set of improved sensors for measuring gravitational anomalies, the Enterprise and passenger Dr. Jason Crandall head for an area of the galaxy where several anomalies have recently been reported. Crandall is the head of the project, but mostly an administrator rather than a research scientist. While using Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1086279659271180362004-06-03T09:02:00.000-07:002004-06-03T09:20:59.270-07:00Star Trek IV (movie adaptation) by Vonda McIntyre (unnumbered, December 1986)
Spock is alive, but has no memory of his life before. The Enterprise crew stands accused of many crimes, including disobeying orders and commandeering a starship. They are stranded on Vulcan and their presence is demanded on Earth, where a tribunal features the Klingon ambassador calling for Kirk's head.
As our Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1085881874375870322004-05-29T18:22:00.000-07:002004-05-29T18:51:14.376-07:00Battlestations! by Diane Carey (Star Trek #31, 1986)
In a sequel to her previous novel "Dreadnought!" Carey provides a continuation to that story, as some of the participants in the conspiracy aren't willing to leave well enough alone. They have the secret to the new transwarp drive, and are willing to sell it to the highest bidder. Lt. Cmdr. Piper, the POV character and Carey surrogate, must Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1085160904394503792004-05-21T10:33:00.000-07:002004-05-21T10:35:04.393-07:00Enterprise: The First Adventure by Vonda McIntyre (Star Trek Giant Novel, 1986)
James T. Kirk has just been promoted to captain, the youngest captain in the history of Starfleet, and given command of the Enterprise succeeding the highly decorated Christopher Pike, promoted to Commodore and given command of a Starbase. Kirk is but 29 but has already been a hero in the service, and has just Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1084678623565845282004-05-15T20:35:00.000-07:002004-05-15T20:37:03.566-07:00Demons by J.M. Dillard (Star Trek #30, 1986)
A Vulcan archaeological team in the Hydrilla sector has discovered an ancient evil: an entity which can take over a person’s brain function, and cause them to perform sadistic acts. Even Vulcans become capable of murder. The entities are passed when eye contact is made between infected individuals and others. When the Enterprise transports Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1073607598190186502004-01-08T16:19:00.000-08:002004-01-08T16:21:40.936-08:00Dreadnought! by Diane Carey (Star Trek #29, 1986)
Fresh out of the Academy, Lt. Piper is assigned to the Enterprise just as a call comes...the Federation's new secret weapon, a super-powerful starship designated a dreadnought has been stolen. In addition, the thieves have designated that Piper must be on the team that intercepts them. Piper is confined to her quarters, but promptly escapes andShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1073156713213109522004-01-03T11:05:00.000-08:002004-01-03T11:06:49.233-08:00The next novel I will be reviewing, "Dreadnought!" led me to researching "Mary Sue"s again. An interesting and scholarly article can be found on-line at http://www.merrycoz.org/papers/MARYSUE.HTM This refers to a wide variety of fiction but also to the novel in particular.Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1073062368839704172004-01-02T08:52:00.000-08:002004-01-02T08:54:22.793-08:00Crisis on Centaurus by Brad Ferguson (Star Trek #28, 1986)
Centaurus, an Earth colony world in the Alpha Centauri system, is devastated by a terrorist bombing. The Enterprise, suffering from a near-total breakdown of its computer systems, is ordered to lend whatever aid is possible, and to investigate the incident. Scotty must nurse the warp engines to the Centauri system by hand, while his Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1072505609625523792003-12-26T22:13:00.000-08:002003-12-26T22:14:55.653-08:00Mindshadow by J.M. Dillard (Star Trek #27, 1986)
The planet Aritani is under attack by vicious pirates. Aritani was formerly an advanced culture which nearly destroyed itself, and now has returned to an agrarian culture, rejecting advanced technology. They have no defenses against the advanced weaponry of the small fighters until the Enterprise shows up. But first Mr. Spock is badly injured Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1071973153316782222003-12-20T18:19:00.000-08:002004-02-27T08:08:20.186-08:00Pawns and Symbols by Majliss Larson (Star Trek #26, 1985)
On Sherman's Planet, a world jointly claimed by the Federation and the Klingon Empire and administrated by the Organians, an earthquake shatters the calm of the Federation field researchers. There is widespread damage, and all but one of the scientists is killed. Jean Czerny is found and taken by the Klingons to a waiting ship, where Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1071510910233014852003-12-15T09:55:00.000-08:002003-12-15T09:56:20.483-08:00Dwellers in the Crucible by Margaret Wander Bonanno (Star Trek #25, 1985)
Based on a Vulcan custom, and similar practices on other worlds, the civilizations of the Federation have sent to Vulcan Warrantors of Peace--children of high-ranking officials, with key state secrets held on their persons, as a sort of hostage group to help maintain peace among Federation worlds. Sensing a weakness, the Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1070999586061078892003-12-09T11:53:00.000-08:002003-12-09T11:54:08.560-08:00Killing Time by Della Van Hise (Star Trek #24, 1985)
Captain Kirk finds himself having odd dreams. He is a disaffected ensign with a chip on his shoulder, unhappy with his lot in life, while Spock is the ship's captain. Turns out, Spock is having the same dream, and he doesn't like it any more than Kirk does. Soon, reality shifts, and that becomes the state of affairs. The Romulans have Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1070495219604609662003-12-03T15:46:00.000-08:002003-12-03T15:47:54.700-08:00Ishmael by Barbara Hambly (Star Trek #23, 1985)
At Starbase 12, the docked Klingon ore freighter looks very suspicious. It has a larger crew than normal, and the power readings the Enterprise gets from it are much higher than can be explained. Spock slips aboard with a Starbase maintainence crew to investigate. He doesn't report in at the scheduled time, then the freighter leaves port and Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1070219129797503162003-11-30T11:05:00.000-08:002003-11-30T11:06:21.140-08:00Shadow Lord by Laurence Yep (Star Trek #22, 1985)
A prince from a medieval-type society is returning to his home world after an education in Federation schools, and he will be accompanied by a party that will work on modernizing his home world's astronomical charts--a touchy subject since the society puts great stock in astrology. Spock and Sulu are chosen to accompany Prince Vikram to Angira, Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1070204651307926452003-11-30T07:04:00.000-08:002003-11-30T07:07:20.890-08:00Uhura's Song by Janet Hagan (Star Trek #21, 1985)
The Enterprise is in orbit around the planet Eeiauo, where Dr. McCoy is on the surface battling a native plague. The disease is debilitating, leading to a slow degeneration of the body's organs until a vegetative state is reached. Then the disease begins infecting humans as well, quickly leading to death. Uhura has befriended on of the nativesShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1069691296337515402003-11-24T08:28:00.000-08:002003-11-24T08:28:58.263-08:00The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah (Star Trek #20, 1984)
The story opens with the Enterprise in pitched battle with a Klingon cruiser. Helm control has been lost, so Kirk is relaying orders down to auxiliary control. A final barrage overloads the Klingon deflectors, and the battle is won. Damage, however, will take weeks in drydock to repair. The timing is fortuitous, because Spock Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1069602401887991072003-11-23T07:46:00.000-08:002003-11-23T07:47:22.186-08:00The Tears of the Singers by Melinda Snodgrass (Star Trek #19, 1984)
While at Star Base 24, the Enterprise receives word of an emergency; a "rip" in spacetime that has swallowed one ship, and threatens an entire solar system. The phenomenon defies analysis, and requires close investigation. Because there is a musical relationship between the oddity and the only known inhabitants of the solar Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1069601018081540762003-11-23T07:23:00.000-08:002004-08-17T06:26:37.143-07:00My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane (Star Trek #18, 1984)
Diane Duane again raises the level of work on Star Trek fiction with a work examining Romulan culture. Duane has a deft touch with Star Trek and the characters which shows here, even though much of her work has been contradicted on-screen by The Next Generation series and the recent Star Trek: Nemesis movie. The "official" canon would have Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-1064860395316146662003-09-29T11:33:00.000-07:002003-09-29T11:33:14.996-07:00Star Trek III: The Search for Spock movie novelization (Star Trek #17, 1984)
Once again, Vonda McIntyre tackles the movie novelization. Unfortunately, this story emphasizes her weaknesses, and plays against her strengths. McIntyre is a character writer, and creator of intricate plots. This story is an action story, with humor interwoven with spiritual considerations, and an extended climax. Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-949045402003-05-26T11:03:00.000-07:002003-05-26T11:03:41.026-07:00The Final Reflection by John M. Ford (Star Trek #16, 1984)
It's a departure, a "concept book" of sorts, that was a bit of a risk for Pocket to publish. This book does not focus on the Enterprise crew, but instead the protagonist is a Klingon, and the book set some 40 years before the time of the original series. Spock appears in a scene as a child, and Dr. McCoy is mentioned briefly as a baby Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-941684082003-05-11T15:44:00.000-07:002003-05-11T15:44:33.900-07:00Corona by Greg Bear (Star Trek #15, 1984)
Today, Greg Bear is a well-known and highly regarded science fiction writer. In 1984, he was still largely unknown, but a working writer, and a Star Trek fan. This is his only Star Trek novel to date, and it’s a good one.
The story was originally pitched as an episode of the proposed “Star Trek II” TV series, to feature the original cast in new Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-941680072003-05-11T15:35:00.000-07:002003-05-11T15:35:14.226-07:00The Trellisane Confrontation by David Dvorkin (Star Trek #14, 1984)
The Enterprise is sent to a colony world to pick up a set of prisoners. While there, Captain Kirk receives word of a distress communication from the world of Trellisane, near the point where the Federation, the Romulan Empire, and the Klingon Empire all border. Concerned about the implications of the message, Kirk sets off forShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-891982352003-02-16T11:56:00.000-08:002003-02-16T11:56:16.013-08:00The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane (Star Trek #13, 1983)
The last ST novel of 1983 was a very lucky #13 indeed for Pocket Books. Certainly the best of the Pocket entries in the series thus far, challenged only by David Gerrold's "The Galactic Whirlpool" for finest Trek novel of all to this point. Diane Duane produced a very metaphysical novel here, tempting the curse of Marshak and Culbreath, but Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-891953862003-02-16T10:48:00.000-08:002003-02-16T10:48:47.686-08:00Mutiny on the Enterprise by Robert E. Vardeman (Star Trek #12, 1983)
This is Vardeman’s second outing with a Star Trek novel, and so far his last. Like the first one, it is hard to judge his handling of the series’ regular characters, because the players involved are supposed to be out of character, and under another’s mental influence. It works only slightly better here than it did in “The Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-891083622003-02-14T12:07:00.000-08:002003-02-14T12:07:08.616-08:00Yesterday's Son by A.E. Crispin (Star Trek #11, 1983)
In the TV episode "All Our Yesterdays," Spock and McCoy were transported into a past Ice Age of the planet Sarpeidon, where they encountered a woman named Zarabeth who had been exiled there. Spock had reverted to his ancient Vulcan emotional state because of the trip to the past before Vulcans had committed to logic (roll eyes here) and had Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-888875762003-02-10T18:41:00.000-08:002003-03-31T09:33:27.000-08:00Web of the Romulans by M.S. Murdock (Star Trek #10, 1983)
Romulan activity is reported near the neutral zone, and Commodore Yang of Starbase 8 sends the Enterprise to investigate. There, Captain Kirk and the crew find a Romulan ship which decloaks briefly, then disappears, across the neutral zone. However, it doesn't seem to move, and doesn't attack: it just sits there. Tensions run high, Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-888069942003-02-09T10:42:00.000-08:002003-02-09T10:42:13.490-08:00Triangle by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath (Star Trek #9, 1983)
This marks the second Pocket-published Star Trek novel by the team of Marshak and Culbreath, their fourth fiction outing on the series overall. This book, like their others, is more psychological novel than science fiction. It is also, as far as I can determine, their last published work.
The story proceeds from an idea Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021004.post-881930072003-01-28T19:09:00.000-08:002003-01-28T19:14:20.000-08:00Black Fire by Sonni Cooper (Star Trek #8, 1983)
A rip-roaring adventure yarn that plays fast and loose with the science and sometimes with plausibility, it is nevertheless a lot of fun. It begins with an explosion that seriously damages the Enterprise as well as Captain Kirk, sends Spock spiraling into a course that leads him to mutiny and a life as the pirate Black Fire, and introduces a alienShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294100750661226344noreply@blogger.com