Best Star Trek The Original Series Books
Top 10 Best Star Trek The Original Series Books
: Spock's World, Yesterday's Son, Ishmael, The Kobayashi Maru, The Entropy Effect, Black Fire, Star Trek I: The Motion Picture, The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Killing Time, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
| Author | Diane Duane |
| ISBN | 0743403711 |
It is the twenty-third century. On the planet Vulcan, a crisis of unprecedented proportion has caused the convocation of the planet's ruling council -- and summoned the U.S.S. "Enterprise(TM) " from halfway across the galaxy to bring Vulcan's most famous son home in its hour of need. As Commander Spock,...
| Author | A.C. Crispin |
| ISBN | 0671038516 |
Opening Line: "Captain's Personal Log Stardate 6324.09"
A while ago I caught the classic Star Trek episode All Our Yesterdays on late night TV and got sucked right into the story, as well as just how awesomely cheesy the original series is (I really have to watch it more often) Anyways, I happened...
| Author | Barbara Hambly |
| ISBN | 0671743554 |
The Enterprise is on a peaceful mission at Starbase 12, and Spock is visiting aboard a Klingon vessel, when a mysterious phenomenon causes the Klingon ship to vanish. Spock's last message from the ship is cryptic, but frightening. It suggests that the Klingons are traveling into the past, hoping to...
| Author | Julia Ecklar |
| ISBN | 0671658174 |
A freak shuttlecraft accident -- and suddenly Captain Kirk and most of his senior officers find themselves adrift in space, with no hope of rescue, no hope of repairing their craft, or restoring communications -- with nothing, in short but time on their hands.
Time enough for each to tell the story...
| Author | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| ISBN | 1416524649 |
The "Starship Enterprise"(TM) is summoned to transport a dangerous criminal to rehabilitation: the brilliant physicist, Dr. Georges Mordreaux, who is accused of promising to send people back in time, then killing them instead. But when a crazed Mordreaux escapes, he inexplicably bursts onto the...
| Author | Sonni Cooper |
| ISBN | 0671705482 |
When sabotage strikes the "EnterpriseTM, Spock's investigation leads him into an alliance with the Romulan and Klingon empires against the Tomarii, a bloodthirsty race for whom war is life itself. Spock is declared a traitor and sentenced to the Federation's highest-security prison, and Kirk must...
Star Trek I: The Motion Picture
| Author | Gene Roddenberry |
| ISBN | 1852860693 |
The Final Frontier goes to the Big Screen!
THE FORCE FACTOR
This is the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, written by Gene Roddenberry, but I think that Alan Dean Foster must be the "ghost writer" of the novelization.
I think that all was due the "competition"...
The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh
| Author | Greg Cox |
| ISBN | 0743406427 |
"The most critical period in Earth's history." -- Gary Seven, Supervisor 194 Even centuries later, the final decades of the twentieth century are still regarded -- by those who know the truth of what really happened -- as one of the darkest and most perilous chapters in the history of humanity. Now, as...
| Author | Della Van Hise |
| ISBN | 0671524887 |
Second History: a Romulan time-tampering project that has transported the Enterprise and the galaxy into an alternate dimension of reality. Now, Kirk is an embittered young ensign and Spock is a beseiged Starship commander. Lured into a Romulan trap, Captain Spock and Ensign Kirk must free themselves...
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
| Author | J.M. Dillard |
| ISBN | 0671680080 |
On the planet Nimbus III, a harsh world deep in the neutral zone, the three major powers-- Federation, Klingon, and Romulan-- attempt a revolutionary cooperative program, jointly developing the planet as an experiment in peace. But that makes Nimbus III an irresistible target for terrorists, who...
| Author | Carolyn Clowes |
| ISBN | 0671658158 |
A Romulan Bird of Prey mysteriously drifts over the neutral zone and into Federation territory. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise investigate, only to find the ship dead in space. When Starfleet orders the derelict ship brought to Earth for examination, the Enterprise returns home with perhaps...
| Author | Sondra Marshak |
| ISBN | 0553113925 |
"Surprise!"- Uhura sees Kirk naked! Tee hee!
"Snake Pit"- Christine Chapel saves Kirk by fighting snakes. Naked! Tee hee!
"The Patient Parasites"- Ever read a script too uninspired to be an episode of the animated series? I have now.
"In the Maze"- Kirk, Spock, & McCoy...
| Author | Robert E. Vardeman |
| ISBN | 0671707671 |
The Klingons are hungry for war... their target: The Enterprise!
When Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath II to challenge the deadliest Klingon starship Terror, they're ready for anything--or so they think. But the defenseless Vulcan crew of a Federation science ship has been...
| Author | Brad Ferguson |
| ISBN | 1852863552 |
Massive computer malfunctions are plaguing the EnterpriseĀ when Kirk suddenly receives a shocking message from Star Fleet Command: Centaurus has been bombed and annihilated; thousands are dead. Give whatever help you can. Centaurus is a beautiful, peaceful planet, home to many humans -- including...
| Author | Joe Haldeman |
| ISBN | 0553241745 |
This is Joe Haldeman's second Star Trek novel. I haven't read the first, but in the light of this one, I would.
Comparing this to Blish's Star Trek efforts is interesting: Haldeman handles the characters just as well, introduces interesting SF ideas just as deftly and gives some secondary characters...
| Author | Judith Reeves-Stevens |
| ISBN | 0671894226 |
At last! The long awaited novel featuring both famous crews of the Starship Enterprise in an epic adventure that spans time and space. Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 are faced with their most challenging mission yet--rescuing renowned scientist Zefram Cochrane from captors...
| Author | V.E. Mitchell |
| ISBN | 0671684035 |
Enemy Unseen Transporting a diplomatic party is nothing new for Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the "Enterprise(TM) " -- but this particular mission promises trouble from the start.
For one thing, the wife of the Federation ambassador on this trip is an old flame of Kirk's -- she's determined...
| Author | J.M. Dillard |
| ISBN | 0671644890 |
A class one medical emergency summons the Enterprise to the Federation outpost Tanis. There, a grisly surprise awaits them. Two of the lab's three researchers are decade, their bodies almost entirely drained of blood. There are no clues. No records of their research. No remnants of their work. There...
An alien scientist invents the Intergalactic Inversion Drive, an engine system that transcends warp drive, and the U.S.S. Enterprise will be the first to test it! The Klingons attempt to thwart the test, but a greater danger looms when strange symptoms surface among the crew, and time becomes meaningless....
