James blish was the first person to write star trek books through short stories for each episode into one book. Kirk commands a crew of 430 men and women aboard his starship, which can travel at speeds surpassing the speed of light. He later wrote the novelization of the 2009 film star trek, his first star trek novel in over 30 years. The vulcan academy murders by jean lorrah, uhuras song by janet kagan. Around the star trek world in 150 years ars technica. The first adventure proposes a hypothetical first mission for captain james t. He later wrote the novelization for star trek s sequel, star trek. Not only did it make no sense, but it killed off one of the best characters in fiction. Genes book, by contrast, works both as science fiction and as star trek. Pocket books published subsequent star trek novels. Sawyer who wrote the finale to the fanbased star trek continues or lois mcmaster bujold or any number of other sf writers. First frontier star trek, book 75 paperback august 1, 1995. The first licensed book explicitly set after star trek.
There was a fountain of youth script idea, which he used eventually for the ashes of eden novel. The motion picture, and wrote novelizations for the 2009 star trek film and its first sequel, star trek into darkness. Bantam books was the first licensed publisher of star trek tiein fiction. Harlan ellison, the legendary, legendarily irascible speculative fiction writer who died this week at age 84, wrote the greatest episode of star trek ever made. Voyager is a television series that was created by rick berman, jeri taylor and michael piller. All novels were published as mass market paperback editions.
And several of the shatnerverse st novels have used shatner movie pitches. Each story has a title page with a black and white picture from the television episode. His first book, chekovs enterprise, which recounts the making of the first star trek movie, was published in. At the start of the twentyfirst century, unconditional war swept across. Star trek is an american sciencefiction television series created by gene roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship uss enterprise ncc1701 and its crew. The first publisher of star trek fiction aimed at adult readers was bantam books. When i first started loving star trek this was the first book i was given to read and i loved it and i probably marked it higher because of the way i was so excited by it all those years ago. The first book actually written and published is the novelization of the original star wars movie a new hope episode iv in 1976. Here she tells the story of how she got the gig, and how the star trek book series started. A multi point of view reference book, in which input from a wide range of production contributors, from studio executives to costumers, was processed, it was the first of its kind. If, somehow, star trek made it into syndicationwhich, of course, it ultimately didcourage stood to make a lot of money.
Many derivative star wars works have been produced in conjunction with, between, and after. Eugene wesley roddenberry august 19, 1921 october 24, 1991 was an american television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original star trek television series, and its first spinoff the next generation. The first trek movie works neither as science fiction cinema nor as a star trek adventure. George clayton johnson, who wrote the script for the first star trek episode to air and cowrote logans run, died friday, dec. Then, in response to this, shatner writes his own book about how kirk comes back. The first original novel written and published was splinter of the minds eye in 1978 by alan dean foster, who also contributed to the earlier novelization. The title page also lists the writer or writers, the director and guest stars. Essential star trek novels that even nontrekkers should read. The extended look at star treks early days, leading up to the filming of the first pilot episode, the cage, are among the books strongest sections. Pocket books launched the first of their original stng novels in 1988, again using a numbering sequence. Vonda mcintyre wrote one of the first and most beloved star trek novels, the entropy effect. Needless to say, the book and the movie have the same plot, which proceeds just as slowly in both versions but the book remains engaging throughout due to the insight it. The original series is a series of science fiction novels based on the popular television show 19661969 and movies created by gene roddenberry. The series has seven episodes that runs from 1995 to 2001.
Kirk and the crew of the starship enterprise following captain christopher pikes promotion to commodore. Then he grew up and made it part of his professional career. In the twentyfirst centruy humanity has united more. The original star trek series focuses on the twentythird century adventures of captain james t. I cant remember a time when star trek wasnt a part of my life. Actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, acting professor and comic book creator, walter koenig entered the star trek universe as ensign pavel chekov in season 2 of the original series. This year is the 50th anniversary of the series, which aired for the first time on. Despite a few factual errors, the book is definitely one of the better entries in this category, and i still like to. Well, i believe that timothy zahn started writing the books shortly after star wars return of the jedi came out. Starfleet academy 1997, a video game novelization by diane carey, is unrelated.
The wrath of khan 1982 and continued in the search for spock. In the midseventies, he wrote original star trek stories for the peter panlabel star trek audio story records. The hugo awardwinning author wrote the books that adapted every single original star trek episode into short stories, and then went on to write the first star trek novel for adults, in 1970. The books were quite famous once the show gained popularity and bantam books republished blishs books in three volumes one for each season. Before colton underwood captured the hearts of millions on the bachelor, he was a goofy, socially awkward, overweight adolescent who succeeded on the football field while struggling. He also conceived the story which became star trek. The first 150 years collects the chronology of pivotal events in star trek history, tells the story.
Mccoy discovers his old flame is not what she seems after crew members begin dying from a sudden lack of salt in their bodies. The brave and the bold, book in this unforgettable star trek adventure spanning three generations, a series of ancient weapons wreak havoc across the galaxy. Best star trek the original series books 77 books goodreads. Its a fun story that suggests a way the first mission under kirk could have gone, it becomes chaotic for him and they all bond a bit by the end. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the army air forces during world war ii, and. But many authors have acclaimed to be one of the first writers of the star wars books. George clayton johnson, who cowrote logans run and. It is played by kate mulgrew who is the main character. Star trek books, novelizations and supplements by pocket books original. Fontana on the majority of her episodes, she was no stranger to television when the series began, having worked on a number of shows and already garnered experience writing.
A new york times bestseller from former football player and star of the bachelor and the bachelorette comes a fascinating and eyeopening behindthescenes look at his dramafilled season on the hit reality show. How one of the first star trek novels was written io9. The making of star trek is a behindthescenes description of the creation of star trek. The original series tos to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began the show is set in the milky way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s. Furthermore, i learned that this book was the third and final book of the totality trilogy the first two being captains peril star trek and captains blood star trek.
The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an allencompassing fictional. Every star trek movie ranked from worst to best iv. Voyager, future reg barclay introduces admiral janeway to his class at starfleet academy as the person who, literally, wrote the book on the borg. It is the fourth feature installment in the star trek film series, and is a sequel to star trek iii. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, jeanne bal, alfred ryder.
In the early 70s lucas began working on a massive epic story that he first titled the star wars. The orions are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the american science fiction franchise star trek, making their first appearance in the initial pilot for star trek. Best star trek books score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Liberally illustrated with two extensive black and white photo sections, this. Susan oliver portrayed the first orion seen on screen, when her human character vina was transformed into one, although it was majel barrett who underwent the original makeup test. There are 27 stories, representing the first season of star trek. It respects the established canon without becoming enslaved by it, and id say its a pretty. To some trek fans, that will probably be a surprise, as previous reports had hinted that contract negotiations with pine and chris hemsworth were why star trek 4. He wrote total 11 books based on the three seasons of original star trek episodes. Novels released since 20 include the original series. Enterprise ncc1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by earthbased starfleet command to explore the galaxy. In the first series of the book, we find a female character who is also the captain named kathryn janeway. The voyage home is a 1986 american science fiction film directed by leonard nimoy and based on the television series star trek.
Mcintyres writing captures the spirit of the original series, both in terms of story and tone, but she makes many plot. Beneath the with nothing left to lose, the romulan star empire engages in allout war against humanity, determined once and for all to stop the human menace from spreading across the galaxy. I invented rather than wrote the book, but same principle. When captain jonathan archer of the uss enterprise discovers ancient weapons of absolute power scattered across the. A quick search on the web revealed that this book is a part of what is unofficially known as shatnerverse, which began with the odyssey star trek trilogy. Koenig recreated the character of the russian navigator for the first seven star trek films. James blish wrote adaptations of episodes of the original series in twelve volumes from 1967 to 1977. They boldly wrote a blog about the star trek novels of. The books were quite famous once the show gained popularity and bantam books republished blishs books in three volumes. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise created by george lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popculture phenomenon. The series depicts the adventures of various characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Whitfield and gene roddenberry, the making of star trek 1968 and william shatner, star trek memories 1993 first published march 3.
Start a wiki planning a star wars marathon on may the fourth. Charlie x was the first episode written by dorothy fontana, who was an influential part of star trek from the very beginning and who, during season 1, would become story editor for the show. Annmarie a is right if youre looking for the first sw book that was not written by lucas but in truth lucas never wrote a book in his life. First off, star trek generations was one of the most garbagiest things to ever garbage. Fontana wrote two more episodes of the next generation, along with episodes or stories for another star trek spinoff, deep space nine, as well as star trek video games and animated series. This is the editors second collection of original fanwritten star trek fiction, and while one can appreciate the difficulties of compiling a selection which would match up to the exceptionally high standard of the first volume, it must be said that this second book is something of a disappointment after the excellance sic of the.
Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created by george lucas that includes star wars 1977, the empire strikes back 1980, and return of the jedi 1983. All three novelists are veterans of tiein fiction in general and trek in particular. The best star trek books for the 50th anniversary book riot. The original series novels published by pocket books. The motion picture doesnt go anywhere especially new unlike the entropy effect but the covenant of the crown is a great example of how to do a trek novel thats just familiar enough.