Star Trek books
11-17-06 | 12:31 PM
#51
Thread Starter
Suspended
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by xmiyux
Are some of these new good ST book from TOS? Most of the books i enjoyed reading were OS stories.
There is also a series of ebooks being released titled Mere Anarchy. I have not read any of these as I wait for hard copies on ebooks but they have been getting good reviews.
If you ever wanted to know more about Captain Pike Margaret Wander Bonano's book Burning Dreams is very good and gives lots of back story.
The Star Trek: Vanguard series is set in the TOS time period but do not feature TOS characters, only in cameo roles.
Kevin Ryan's Janus Gate trilogy is also a very fun read and he has a second trilogy called Errand of Fury. So far only the first book has been released with the second due in February.
There is also a TOS book called Constellations, a collection of TOS short stories written by their best authors. One of the stories in the collection called "Make Believe" is worth the price of the book alone. It is not only one of the best Star Trek stories I have ever read but one of the best short stories I have ever read period. Very moving.
Kevin
Last edited by ktrek; 11-17-06 at 12:33 PM.
11-17-06 | 01:36 PM
#52
Banned
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 6,364
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
From: Right now, my location is DVDTalk, but then again, you should already know that, shouldn't you?
Originally Posted by ktrek
However, Pocket Books editor Marco Palmieri has tried very hard to get authors talking to each other and working on more continuity between novels.
11-17-06 | 03:00 PM
#53
Thread Starter
Suspended
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Filmmaker
Weren't the prior editors Kevin Ryan and John Ordover (or were there more?) and wasn't Ordover responsible for most of the material released in the '90s (the continuity-be-damned age of STAR TREK novelized fiction)?
Kevin
11-18-06 | 08:26 AM
#54
Banned
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 6,364
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
From: Right now, my location is DVDTalk, but then again, you should already know that, shouldn't you?
I must admit, ktrek, you have me very, very intrigued. The decision to walk away from TREK novelized fiction, especially after building up such a massive library of it, was not remotely easy...Ordover should be damned...
11-20-06 | 05:14 PM
#55
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 4,293
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by xmiyux
Man i didn't know the book talk forum ever got this heated!
I'm totally going to have to start reading this forum more often now.
I'm totally going to have to start reading this forum more often now.
11-20-06 | 05:25 PM
#56
Originally Posted by ktrek
Yes...There is a new series by one of the very best Star Trek authors out there, David R. George III. He has written a trilogy based on the City on the Edge of Forever episode called Crucible. Each book in the trilogy focuses on one of the main characters. So far McCoy and Spock have been released and the Kirk book comes out in January. These are long well written novels. Not the pulp throw away books of the past.
There is also a series of ebooks being released titled Mere Anarchy. I have not read any of these as I wait for hard copies on ebooks but they have been getting good reviews.
If you ever wanted to know more about Captain Pike Margaret Wander Bonano's book Burning Dreams is very good and gives lots of back story.
The Star Trek: Vanguard series is set in the TOS time period but do not feature TOS characters, only in cameo roles.
Kevin Ryan's Janus Gate trilogy is also a very fun read and he has a second trilogy called Errand of Fury. So far only the first book has been released with the second due in February.
There is also a TOS book called Constellations, a collection of TOS short stories written by their best authors. One of the stories in the collection called "Make Believe" is worth the price of the book alone. It is not only one of the best Star Trek stories I have ever read but one of the best short stories I have ever read period. Very moving.
Kevin
There is also a series of ebooks being released titled Mere Anarchy. I have not read any of these as I wait for hard copies on ebooks but they have been getting good reviews.
If you ever wanted to know more about Captain Pike Margaret Wander Bonano's book Burning Dreams is very good and gives lots of back story.
The Star Trek: Vanguard series is set in the TOS time period but do not feature TOS characters, only in cameo roles.
Kevin Ryan's Janus Gate trilogy is also a very fun read and he has a second trilogy called Errand of Fury. So far only the first book has been released with the second due in February.
There is also a TOS book called Constellations, a collection of TOS short stories written by their best authors. One of the stories in the collection called "Make Believe" is worth the price of the book alone. It is not only one of the best Star Trek stories I have ever read but one of the best short stories I have ever read period. Very moving.
Kevin
11-21-06 | 12:42 AM
#57
DVD Talk Hero
Harlan Ellison, as of a couple of months ago, was going to fire a lawsuit at Paramount over the those new books based on "City on the Edge of Forever."
11-21-06 | 06:53 AM
#58
Banned
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 6,364
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
From: Right now, my location is DVDTalk, but then again, you should already know that, shouldn't you?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
Harlan Ellison, as of a couple of months ago, was going to fire a lawsuit at Paramount over the those new books based on "City on the Edge of Forever."
11-21-06 | 01:48 PM
#59
New Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by ktrek
Kevin Ryan's Janus Gate trilogy is also a very fun read and he has a second trilogy called Errand of Fury. So far only the first book has been released with the second due in February.
11-21-06 | 04:52 PM
#60
Thread Starter
Suspended
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Defcon5
Janus Gate is by L.A. Graf, Ryan's first Trilogy was Errand of Vengeance
Ktrek
11-26-06 | 10:31 PM
#61
DVD Talk Special Edition
I have them all just about I stopped collecting them when they got retarded and every damn new one was a tie in with another series. Then 3 book series this series that they burned me out on that crap haven't bought one since. But Id say I have every single one up to 97 or so. Which has to be over 400 easy i guess not sure. Some autographed as well that I had signed. Like few signed by scotty, sulu, chick that played the vulcan chick in star trek 3 the novel about her I had her sign. Few others too I think.
Also have one mag autographed by the 3 captains(at the time, no janeway). Anyway I agree there was a LOT of great books back in the day.....man how time flies.
Also have one mag autographed by the 3 captains(at the time, no janeway). Anyway I agree there was a LOT of great books back in the day.....man how time flies.
09-22-11 | 09:52 AM
#63
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Star Trek books
I have several Star Trek books: Strangers From The Sky (Margaret Wander Bonanno), Vendetta (Peter David), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (J.M. Dillard), The Wounded Sky (Diane Duane), TNG #13: The Eyes Of The Beholders (A.C. Crispin), TNG #21: Chains Of Command (Bill McCay & Eloise Flood), and the aforemention Federation (Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens). I thought Federation was pretty good, but my favorite (and the one I've read several times so far) is Strangers From The Sky (although it's been so long since I've read the others, I don't remember them; I need to re-read them).
After seeing Prime Directive recommended I'm going to keep my eyes out for it. -kd5-
After seeing Prime Directive recommended I'm going to keep my eyes out for it. -kd5-
