Favorite Star Trek Novels?

[WillAdams]

It's interesting to look at Ellison's spin on this:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sh...dge_of_Forever

(it was available as an ebook, but like many of his things seems to have been removed?)

That said, I like the episode as it aired, and am fine w/ the adaptation by James Blish (anyone know if those are available as ebooks?)

[Kieran Seymour]

Originally Posted by WillAdams

It's interesting to look at Ellison's spin on this:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sh...dge_of_Forever

(it was available as an ebook, but like many of his things seems to have been removed?)

That said, I like the episode as it aired, and am fine w/ the adaptation by James Blish (anyone know if those are available as ebooks?)

They're not, no. None of the books published by Bantam between 1967 and 1981 are available as eBooks and the Star Trek Logs by Alan Dean Foster from Del Rey/Ballantine are also out of circulation.

Mind you, over the course of about forty years I think they were reprinted often enough for everyone who wants them to have at least three secondhand copies of each and still have change left over to buy a pet Tribble!

And as far as recommendations go, I've found the recent Picard novels to be generally excellent. The second one with Troi and Riker was a slight letdown, but the two by Una McCormack (The Last Best Hope / Second Self) and John Jackson Miller's Rogue Elements are well worth checking out. The latter's a prequel with Rios doing a fine Han Solo impersonation.

Peter David's always a good name to look out for on older Next Generation titles and having re-read John M Ford's How Much For Just the Planet? a few weeks back, I can confirm that it's one you won't forget!

[drofgnal]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Harlan Ellison agrees with you.

Of that I am sure. Next two favorite episodes are 'Balance of Terror' and of course in third place 'The Trouble with Tribbles'.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by drofgnal

Of that I am sure. Next two favorite episodes are 'Balance of Terror' and of course in third place 'The Trouble with Tribbles'.

I always liked The Doomsday Machine. Reading the Wikipedia article, there was a TNG novel sequel, Vendetta.

[ZodWallop]

I'd always hoped TNG would do an episode as a sequel to A Piece of the Action. That was a culture that had a book left behind and modeled their whole culture on it. Then at the end, McCoy leaves his communicator behind.

I thought it would be fun to see the new crew run into a ship that looks like the Enterprise straight out of the original series, uniforms and all. But the Iotions still have their gangster attitude.

[Kieran Seymour]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I'd always hoped TNG would do an episode as a sequel to A Piece of the Action. That was a culture that had a book left behind and modeled their whole culture on it. Then at the end, McCoy leaves his communicator behind.

I thought it would be fun to see the new crew run into a ship that looks like the Enterprise straight out of the original series, uniforms and all. But the Iotions still have their gangster attitude.

You might want to take a look at Picard: Rogue Elements by John Jackson Miller if you want to see what the Iotians get up to later on.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

You might want to take a look at Picard: Rogue Elements by John Jackson Miller if you want to see what the Iotians get up to later on.

Thanks. It sounds fun.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

You might want to take a look at Picard: Rogue Elements by John Jackson Miller if you want to see what the Iotians get up to later on.

Gasp!


Adds to wishlist...

[drofgnal]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I always liked The Doomsday Machine. Reading the Wikipedia article, there was a TNG novel sequel, Vendetta.

Doomsday Machine was a great one to, as was A Piece of the Action.

44 different original series books are available on Kindle for 267 bucks.

[rxmom03]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I'd always hoped TNG would do an episode as a sequel to A Piece of the Action. That was a culture that had a book left behind and modeled their whole culture on it. Then at the end, McCoy leaves his communicator behind.

I thought it would be fun to see the new crew run into a ship that looks like the Enterprise straight out of the original series, uniforms and all. But the Iotions still have their gangster attitude.

If you like to listen to podcasts, there is a fan production called "Outpost" where one of the main characters is from this world (Iotia?) It has a pretty good story-line/production values. I must warn you that it isn't finished, but it some 80-plus episodes so you get quite a few stories out of it.

[dandelioncottage]

Ishmael, because I also like Here Come the Brides.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by dandelioncottage

Ishmael, because I also like Here Come the Brides.

Speaking of Ishmael, last night I watched the 1998 Moby Dick miniseries starring Jean Luc himself as Captain Ahab. And it was fun to to see another Trek actor emote some of the Moby Dick lines that were incorporated into The Wrath of Khan ('he tasks me!' and 'from hell's heart I stab at thee!')