The first star trek novels were direct novelizations of the original star trek episodes by james blish, running from 19671978. Essential star trek novels that even nontrekkers should read. Rise of the federation, a choice of futures written christopher l. The novel is broken up into three parallel arcs that include zefram cochrane, captain james kirk, and jeanluc picard. Titan 20052017, destiny 2008, typhon pact 20102012. It will easily fit into your existing library of history books. Even this wasnt a hardandfast rule, with two tiein novels written by jeri taylor the cocreator of star trek. Destiny 2008, typhon pact 20102012, the fall 2014, and the relaunch of the section 31 series. Because of that unification of power, and technology accidentally left behind by mccoy, the iotians. The series depicts the events following the foundation of the united federation of planets in 2161. Prometheus is a novel miniseries created by christian humberg and bernd perplies.
The longawaited novel featuring both crews of the enterprise in an epic adventure that spans time and space. But ive avoided reading this book for years because i tend to think the less a backstory is explored the better. Ent era discovery tos and movie era tng era postnemesis era. The pocket books timeline adjusts these dates to 2293 and 2065 to make them compatible with the dates given in the films generations and first contact. As captain kirk, captain jeanluc picard, and their. Federation 1994 is a science fiction novel written by judith and garfield reevesstevens. Voyager used by the shows writers when scripting episodes of the series. The unsettling stars by alan dean foster, star trek. Star trek starships federation members book youtube. Releases a choice of futures, tower of babel, uncertain logic, live by the code, patterns of interference.
The star trek novels were mostly written to accompany the various television series and movies, thereby enriching the mythos even more. Enterprise series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Federation was an undeveloped star trek spinoff to be produced by bryan singer. Enterprise the romulan war is a two book novel series published by pocket books. It has an amazingly wide scope, as it unites different eras of the federations history, combining them all together, and creating a tale of epic proportions. Articles of the federation is an attempt at star trek does the west wing. Epic in scope and rich in characterization and history, federation was a.
Written by judith and garfield reevesstevens, federation was anticipated by many star trek fans. Im not even sure why my 4th grade teacher allowed an 11yearold to line their classroom desk with nearly 20 books, but i do remember my. Goodreads members who liked articles of the federat. For star trek crossover series, please see star trek. Pocket booksstar trek has 699 entries in their overdrive catalogue overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Patterns of interference is the fifth novel in the rise of the federation series, christopher l. Enterprise book series by multiple authors includes books broken bow, star trek. Titan continue their novels based on classic star trek with their third giant novel. From 2001 to 2003, the book line was published as enterprise, without the star trek prefix. Books similar to articles of the federation star trek. Vintage star trek novels made me a better reader and writer. Drastic measures by dayton ward it is 2246, ten years prior to the battle at the binary stars, and an aggressive contagion is ravaging the food supplies of the remote federation colony tarsus iv and the eight thousand people who call it home. A newly revised, 2book set is to be released on october 18, 2016 with about 300 pages of new and expanded entries, up to and including into darkness.
Star trek original series federation when starfleet hears about this, i dont know if theyre going to give you a medal or a courtmartial. Federation star trek 9780671894221 by judith reevesstevens. The captains daughter is a very engaging book which explores the star trek universe better than many of the best star trek books. Federation novel memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Enterprise rise of the federation is a novel series published by pocket books under the star trek. The interplay between the characters is just what you would expect it to be.
The star trek encyclopedia, michael and denise okuda. Enterprise novels based on the american science fiction television series of the same name. Federation novel article at memory alpha, the wiki for canon star trek. All star trek books and graphic novels each volume of star trek graphic novel collection contains a single story crafted from several comics, and a bonus classic story pulled from the star trek archives. The motion picture the art and visual effects, from titan books. Essential star trek novels that even nontrekkers should read now that weve all seen the teaser trailer for star trek into darkness, weve got a bad case of read more.
Though we have drawn on established star trek lore for many of the events in this book, we must add that much of the early history of the federation, and cochranes adventures prior to and after inventing the warp drive, are extrapolations solely of our own creation and thus could be superseded by official adventures in the years to come. Prometheus will feature tensions on the frontier between the united federation of planets and the klingon empire, and will center on the uss prometheus nx749 and the iks bortas as they investigate the threat of terrorism in the. Tng books in order of when they were originally published, as well as a list of the novels in chronological order. Buy a cheap copy of federation star trek book by judith reevesstevens. It also has tables for comics, audiobooks, unofficial. It is a history book of the titular united federation of planets, the interstellar political body whose flag the enterprise proudly flies. Deep space nine too long a sacrifice, from idw publishing. A newly revised, 2book set is to be released on october 18, 2016 with about 300 pages of new and expanded entries, up. In his new adventures, picard is no longer a starfleet officer. Picard brings jeanluc picard, once of the uss enterprise, back into action. I believe federation, strangers from the sky, and first frontier are the best tos novels. First contact was conceived, and much of the future history it laid out was seemingly invalidated by that movie, although federation s events could work with those of the film, assuming that a few of the novels 21st centuryera dates are realigned with those in first.
It is a tietogether chronicle that brings the original enterprise adventures of james t. Garfield reevesstevens and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. This more recent selection in our list of the best star trek books is a novel by greg cox which looks at the life of a character well known to star trek fans. In star trek we know what the federation is in general terms, but we dont know the details of how it works. All the star trek tiein books that are actually canon. Set in the year 3000, the show was to chronicle a period of decline and rebirth for the united federation of planets, spearheaded by a crew on a new. Bennett tells the continuing story about the early days of the united federation of planets. A jawdroppingly professional unboxing video of the book, star trek federation. More recent deep space nine novels link directly with other star trek book lines and series, such as. More recent next generation novels link directly with other star trek book lines and series, such as. Quality work by the reevesstevens couple, federation is an ambitious book that combines different areas of the star trek universe. Following up on the events of previous pocket ent novels, the good that men do and kobayashi maru, the series depicts the events of the earthromulan war from 2156 to 2160 and the foundation of the united federation of planets in 2161.
Buy products related to star trek novel products and see what customers say about star trek novel products on. Shop nearly 1,000 books based on the science fiction television series, as well as hundreds of dvds and blurays. Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1. The series charts the earliest events of the united federation. Many people list federation as one of the best star trek novels of all time, and im hardpressed to disagree. This volume collects together the federation members including, vulcans, andorians, bajorans. The next generation novel series began in 1987 and is still ongoing. Its not about the history of star trek the franchise or star trek the television show. In this book do not expect any of the silliness that polluted the first new star trek movie. Free next day delivery on eligible orders for amazon prime members buy star trek books on. Just like those other 2 novels, federation beautifully intertwines multiple storylines.
Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967. The first half of the novel involves three parallel arcs. A quick flip through of the most recent release in the star trek starships collection book series. Masks by john vornholt, ghost ship by diane carey, imzadi by peter david, maximum warp. Graciously absent are a fathanded kirk, a scotty in the waterworks, and a keystonecops monsterchase sequence. Enterprise novels based on the american science fiction television. Tos episode a piece of the action kirk unified the iotians, a people who have modeled themselves after twentieth century american gangsters, into a one world government. Because of these incorporated materials, star trek federation. Titan 20052017, destiny 2008, typhon pact 2010 2012. Federation is serious star trek and good science fiction. Find books like articles of the federation star trek from the worlds largest community of readers. The original series novels the original series 6 books in this series. This is the history of the first 150 years of the united federation of planets.
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