“Star Trek: Voyager: 16 Seven Of Nine” Review by Deepspacespines.com
Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Christie Golden‘s “Star Trek: Voyager: 16 Seven Of Nine”:
In today’s episode, Voyager’s new friends cut through red tape like butter, and have good taste in air fresheners to boot. But when Seven comes down with a nasty case of Corvid-19, she’ll need her new feathered friends to help her defuse a nuclear truth bomb. Will the Doctor’s sleepy-time experiments get anyone killed this time? When will Starfleet get off its legalistic high horse? And who got here first: the books or the show? All this and more in Seven of Nine, the book that manages to not get anyone killed by sleeping on the job.
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Out Today: “Star Trek #26”
Out today: “Star Trek #26“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
In its escape from the Delta Quadrant, the U.S.S. Theseus has landed in an unknown sector of space that appears safer-if not a hundred years younger-than their own. There, the crew receive a signal from an oncoming ship: the U.S.S. Enterprise.Captain James T. Kirk is hailing.
The two crews join together in the race against Lore’s wave of destruction, convinced there must be some countermeasure that will save their universes from complete annihilation. But will their combined bravery and brainpower be enough? Or is it already too late for both their timelines?
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: Headlong Flight” Review by Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com
Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Headlong Flight”:
Parallel universes are, of course, an old standby of Star Trek in specific and popular science fiction in general. What can we learn by seeing the road untaken, other universes where people made different choices or things went different ways? This book sees the Enterprise-E returning to its mission of exploration, which eventually brings it into contact with the Enterprise-D from 2367… but an Enterprise-D from a reality where Picard died during the events of “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” and Riker became captain; other differences include the continued existence of Tasha Yar, Pulaski still serving as CMO, and Wesley working as a civilian specialist on the Enterprise.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Jim Johnson!
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Happy birthday to Jim Johnson!
Jim Johnson is the author of the Pistols and Pyramids weird Western series, the Potomac Shadows urban fantasy trilogy, and is the project manager and line editor for the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game published by Modiphius Entertainment. When he’s not wrangling words or managing writers, Jim plays board games, card games, the occasional video game and reads as much as possible. He lives in historic Alexandria VA with his family and two marmalade cats. For more information, check out www.scribeineti.com. It might actually be updated by the time you visit.
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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum” Review by Trek.fm
Trek.fm has added a new review for Una McCormack‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum”:
In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Jonathan Koan and Casey Pettitt are proud to welcome author Una McCormack to talk about her Strange New Worlds novel, Asylum. We discuss starting the book, timelines, the Academy storyline, lectures, and interesting friendship, the mystery, themes, writing the SNW crew, references, using talents, heartbreak, a fun note, where to find Una and our final thoughts..
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Beadle & Grimm Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com
Jon Ciccolini and Bill Rehor of Beadle & Grimm took an hour of their busy day to talk to me about their upcoming Star Trek Murder Mystery and Escape Room games that’s currently on Kickstarter for a surprisingly low price for a game that’s going to have an AR component and some form of participation from Star Trek: Picard actor Todd Stashwick.
I’ve never played a murder mystery table top game before, nor an escape room game, but the concept is super intriguing to me, so if you’re in the same boat, you may appreciate the naive questions, and if you’re already familiar with the concepts, I hope you find my ignorance endearing.
The murder mystery is set on the Titan-A whilst captained by Liam Shaw and you need to clear a character’s name while various murder related shenanigans are playing out through the game artifacts. You can use your phone to interact with the universe with an app and it has the ability to give hints if you get stuck in the narrative.
The escape room is set during Strange New Worlds and involves a ghost ship that you’re going to investigate and presumably escape from.
Both games are on the same Star Trek Kick-Starter and you get a heck of a discount if you buy them both at the same time, but you don’t have very long to make it happen, it’s closing this Friday on November 22nd!
“Star Trek: Lower Decks #1” Review by Aiptcomics.com
Aiptcomics.com has added a new review for Ryan North‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks #1”:
According to Ryan North, Star Trek: Lower Decks is the best Star Trek, and not just because he’s writing the new ongoing series launching this week. Given his clear sense of real science and comedy, he’s the perfect fit for this series, which is proven to be true once you finish the first issue. Armed with Derek Charm, who perfectly captures the visual style of the series, this first issue has more than enough to warrant a bandwagon uprising for the series.
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Ryan North on Aiptcomics.com discussing “Star Trek: Lower Decks”
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Ryan North was recently featured on Aiptcomics.com to discuss Star Trek: Lower Decks:
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 300: Creator Spotlight: Ryan North unpacks Star Trek, Fantastic Four, and more
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths” Review by Blog.trekcore.com
Blog.trekcore.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths”:
Dayton Ward’s Star Trek: The Next Generation — Pliable Truths is a highly enjoyable prequel to Deep Space Nine, full of winking nods to the long-running Star Trek literary continuity that sadly ended a few years ago.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Alan Dean Foster!
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Happy birthday to Alan Dean Foster!
Alan Dean Foster is a prolific science fiction and fantasy author. He is credited with writing the story for what became Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Born in New York City, Foster went to the University of California, Los Angeles. He currently lives in Prescott, Arizona with his wife.
As a novelist, Foster wrote Ballantine Books’ line of Star Trek: The Animated Series novelizations, titled the Star Trek Logs, and a new, serialized essay on the writing of those Logs, which was included with the five 2006 trade paperback reprint omnibuses. He also wrote a number of the Star Trek stories released by Peter Pan Records. In 2009, Foster wrote the novelization for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Foster also wrote an original novel based on the movie, Refugees, which is currently “on hold” following executive decisions at Pocket. He also wrote the novelization of the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. Foster had the chance to watch the films before writing their novelizations, which according to Greg Cox is unheard of in the industry.
Foster’s best known works are his series of science fiction novels set in the Humanx Commonwealth, an interstellar union of species similar to the United Federation of Planets. He is also known for his novels featuring his two most popular characters, a young empath named Flinx and his companion, Pip. Foster’s most popular fantasy books are those of the Spellsinger series.
In addition, Foster is known for writing novelizations of many feature film screenplays. Among these is the novelization for the 2007 film Transformers and the sequel Revenge of the Fallen, which, like Star Trek, were based on screenplays by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Other film scripts he has novelized include Star Wars: Episodes IV – A New Hope and VII – The Force Awakens, the first three Alien films, John Carpenter’s The Thing, The Last Starfighter, Alien Nation, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Terminator: Salvation.
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Preview of “Star Trek #26”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek #26 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on November 20, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
The two crews join together in the race against Lore’s wave of destruction, convinced there must be some countermeasure that will save their universes from complete annihilation. But will their combined bravery and brainpower be enough? Or is it already too late for both their timelines?
Happy 2024 Birthday to Jeff Bond!
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Happy birthday to Jeff Bond!
Jeff Bond is an American magazine editor and writer, currently editor in chief of Geek Monthly. He is perhaps best known for the many reviews and columns he wrote as contributing editor for Film Score Monthly starting in the mid 1990s; as well as liner notes for CD film score releases, for example the 40th Anniversary editions of the James Bond movie scores. He is the author of The Music of Star Trek: Profiles in Style (1999). Jeff Bond lives in Burbank, California.
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“Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way” Review by Trekmovie.com
Trekmovie.com has added a new review for Ryan North‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way”:
Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, like most kids my age, I loved the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series of interactive novels and the various knockoffs that followed. In these books, young readers could put themselves into the shoes of the story’s protagonist, making decisions every two or three pages that affected how the tale unfolded. As the storylines branched out and became more complicated, many different endings could be discovered, and it was fun to go back to a previous branch, make a different choice, and see how the adventure would have turned out differently.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks #1”
Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks #1“, by Ryan North.
Hot off their Eisner nomination for Lower Decks tie-in Shax’s Best Day, stellar duo Ryan North and Derek Charm are kicking off a brand-new ongoing series that’s a big fun adventure on a big fun ship……wherein Dr. T’Ana saves the crew from a virulent, purple-boiled disease that is sure to- Wait, no, everyone’s cured pretty quickly, actually.
Okay…wherein Deep Space 2’s distress call is mysteriously cut off and the crew has to- Wait, nope, they just needed some help resetting their comms systems.
ALL RIGHT, WHEREIN Mariner gets so totally frustrated with the lack of thrills aboard the Cerritos that she drags her friends into a holodeck adventure that would definitely kill them in reality! Should totally provide them all with a sense of purpose and well-being, right?
Right.
Or at least it would have. If the U.S.S. Bonaventure hadn’t shown back up from the Delta Triangle to provide them with a real challenge. It’s time to explore a ghost ship, baby!
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek TPB”
Out today: “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek TPB“, by Morgan Hampton.
In the aftermath of Kahless’ harrowing Day of Blood, Jake Sisko struggles to find his place in the universe now that his family has been reunited and his father, Benjamin Sisko, has once again saved the Galaxy. Meanwhile, Nog faces the challenges of being the first Ferengi in Starfleet and Alexander Rozhenko is recovering mentally and emotionally from his time as one of Kahless’ devout followers. Although his father, Worf, was able to break him away from the Red Path cult, Alexander is haunted by his actions during the bloody coup and is unsure of his ability to atone for the devastation he caused. Jake, Alexander, and Nog find their stories intertwined as they’re thrust into an alternate reality full of lessons that may be just what the doctor ordered!
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“Star Trek: Lower Decks #1” Review by Comicbook.com
Comicbook.com has added a new review for Ryan North‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks #1”:
The ongoing Star Trek: Lower Decks comic book series is poised to keep the spirit of the animated series alive.
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Preview of “Star Trek: Lower Decks #1”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 by Ryan North which is due to be released this Wednesday on November 13, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Okay…wherein Deep Space 2’s distress call is mysteriously cut off and the crew has to- Wait, nope, they just needed some help resetting their comms systems.
ALL RIGHT, WHEREIN Mariner gets so totally frustrated with the lack of thrills aboard the Cerritos that she drags her friends into a holodeck adventure that would definitely kill them in reality! Should totally provide them all with a sense of purpose and well-being, right?
Right.
Or at least it would have. If the U.S.S. Bonaventure hadn’t shown back up from the Delta Triangle to provide them with a real challenge. It’s time to explore a ghost ship, baby!
Happy 2024 Birthday to Dean Wesley Smith!
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Happy birthday to Dean Wesley Smith!
Dean Wesley Smith is a science fiction author, known primarily for his Star Trek novels, film novelizations, and other novels of licensed properties such as Smallville, Spider-Man, X-Men, Aliens, Roswell, Men in Black, and Quantum Leap. He is also known for a number of his original novels, such as The Tenth Planet series, on which he collaborated with his wife, author Kristine Kathryn Rusch. They have also collaborated on other novels, including some of their Star Trek books.
Smith’s film novelizations include Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Rundown, Steel, The Core, and X-Men.
His Star Trek novels include original books in series adapted from all five of the live action television series: the original series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. He has also written books in the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series, and has edited the contest anthology series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Smith’s stories can also be found in almost 20 different anthologies, such as Journeys to the Twilight Zone (1992), The Book of Kings (1995), and Past Lives, Present Tense. He also wrote 4 books with his wife under the name Sandy Schofield.
Rusch and Smith operated Pulphouse Publishing for many years and edited the original (hardback) incarnation of Pulphouse Magazine; they won a World Fantasy Award in 1989. In 1992, Smith was the founding publisher of Tomorrow Speculative Fiction before selling the magazine to editor Algis Budrys’s UniFont.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Eric A. Stillwell!
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Happy birthday to Eric A. Stillwell!
Eric A. Stillwell is a producer and writer who worked on a number of television series, made-for-television movies, and motion pictures, including numerous Star Trek series and motion pictures.
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“Star Trek: Prey: Book 3: The Hall of Heroes” Review by Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com
Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com has added a new review for John Jackson Miller‘s “Star Trek: Prey: Book 3: The Hall of Heroes”:
Well, if you’ve been following my reviews of the Prey trilogy thus far, you’ll know it hasn’t set my world alight. Me on book 1: “But I wanted Picard, Riker, La Forge, and so on to do something interesting and clever, to figure something out. Hopefully that’s what books 2 and 3 are for.” On book 2: “This book feels like it’s treading water for the people in it, even as the plot is always getting more complicated… Miller writes in a way that’s fun and easy to read, I never dreaded this book or anything, but it doesn’t feel like it has enough of a point to be three novels.”
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“Star Trek: Voyager: Pathways” Review by Deepspacespines.com
Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Jeri Taylor‘s “Star Trek: Voyager: Pathways”:
In today’s episode, “stories from camp” takes on a whole new meaning when several senior crew members find themselves laboring for some harsh captors. But finding a way out will put all their “looking like they’re working” skills to the test. Who spins the best fireside yarn? Can Starfleet Academy really make you participate in a sport? And what would Kes have had to do to make Neelix not be attracted to her? All this and more in Pathways, the book that connects the dots between Tom Paris and Pepe Silvia.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to William J. Birnes!
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Happy birthday to William J. Birnes!
William J. “Bill” Birnes is an American author and ufologist. A graduate of New York University, he holds a Ph.D in medieval literature (with a dissertation on Piers Plowman) from the same institution (1974) and later earned a J.D. degree from Concord Law School.
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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum” Review by Treknews.net
Treknews.net has added a new review for Una McCormack‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum”:
The reintroduction of Una Chin-Riley – the original Number One first seen in Star Trek‘s very first episode – in modern Trek thanks to Star Trek: Discovery was a highlight of that show’s second season. Una, played by Rebecca Romijn, continued to endear herself to viewers in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and now has, in our opinion, become an invaluable element of that show’s success. It makes sense, then, that the genetically modified Illyrian takes center stage in what’s the second novel based on Strange New Worlds (despite what the book’s cover suggests). But does this story serve the character faithfully?
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Ian Spelling!
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Happy birthday to Ian Spelling!
Ian R. Spelling is a freelance journalist and entertainment writer for numerous Star Trek related interviews for magazines, websites, and newspapers. He served as the editor of StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek site, from 2010 to 2019.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Armin Shimerman!
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Happy birthday to Armin Shimerman!
Armin Shimerman is the actor who was best known in the Star Trek universe for his portrayal of the Ferengi bartender Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is one of only six actors to appear in three different live action Star Trek series (The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager) as the same character. Prior to assuming the role of Quark, however, Shimerman earned the distinction of being among the first to ever portray a Ferengi in the Star Trek franchise when the race first appeared in the Next Generation episode “The Last Outpost”. Shimerman went on to make two more appearances on TNG (including a second time as a Ferengi in the episode “Peak Performance”) and to star on Deep Space Nine for its entire seven-year run (1993 – 1999). He also co-wrote the Trek novel The 34th Rule.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Phil Farrand!
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Happy birthday to Phil Farrand!
Phil Farrand is an American computer programmer and consultant, webmaster and author. He is known for his Nitpicker’s Guides, in which he nitpicks plot holes and continuity errors in the various Star Trek television programs and movies, and for the creation of Nitcentral, a website devoted to the same activity. Subsequent to his Nitpicker’s Guides, he has ventured into fiction as a novelist.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Kathy Oltion!
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Happy birthday to Kathy Oltion!
Kathy F. Oltion lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband, Jerry Oltion, with whom she co-wrote a TOS novel. She also entered the the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds writing contest and two of her short stories were chosen for publication.
Along with her husband, she is a member of the Wordos writing group, which specializes in science fiction.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum”
Out today: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum“, by Una McCormack.
When Una Chin-Riley and Christopher Pike meet at Starfleet Academy after one of his lectures, they immediately become friends. A stellar student, Una is the “poster girl” of her class, and Pike is determined to become a Starfleet captain with his own ship, rhetorically assembling his dream crew. As their friendship evolves, Pike also suspects Una is involved with the Euxhana, a Chionian cultural minority, who are seeking asylum in Federation space, leading to more questions than answers.
Twenty-five years later, Una and Pike are working together on the USS Enterprise to settle a Chionian trade agreement when a pro-Euxhana saboteur launches a terrorist attack. When the suspect is taken into custody for interrogation and is discovered to have a history with Una, her past associations resurface, threatening to expose a secret she’s been harboring all these years…
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Star Trek Book Deals For November 2024
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 7 books on sale for $0.99 – $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
Get your cloak and dagger ready, it’s time to read some stories of Section 31!
Star Trek: 15 Corona
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Section 31: Abyss
Star Trek: Section 31: Cloak
Star Trek: Section 31: Disavowed
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Section 31: Rogue
Star Trek: The Original Series: Seasons of Light and Darkness
Star Trek: Voyager: Section 31: Shadow
Happy 2024 Birthday to Lorraine Anderson!
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Happy birthday to Lorraine Anderson!
Lorraine Anderson grew up on a free-range chicken ranch in Cupertino, California, in the days when the Santa Clara Valley was still known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight. (It’s now known as Silicon Valley.) She freelances as a writer and editor in Corvallis, Oregon.
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New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! November 2024 Edition
IDW November 2024 Catalog
Lore has destroyed the multiverse, and its fate now lies in Benjamin Sisko’s hands. But after the U.S.S. Theseus slingshots into the Celestial Temple, Sisko finds himself without his crew…or any technology…on a Bronze-age Bajor. The ancient Bajorans don’t know what to make of him: Is he a terrifying threat or the prophet they’ve been waiting for? If Sisko is to save life itself from the Orb of Destruction, he must first save himself…
Alexander’s cha’DIch Worf has tasked him with a near-impossible task for his Errand of Valor: rescue the workers rebelling against a deuterium mega-power, Archanis Inter-Corporate. He must fight selflessly in the name of the helpless… even if it costs him his life. If that weren’t enough of a challenge, a face from Alexander’s bloody past appears to test where his heart truly lies. Meanwhile, in the minefield of the Alpha Quadrant, Ro, B’Elanna, and O’Brien find themselves in a stalemate between the Cardassians and Section 31 that could end explosively.
The crew of the USS Cerritos have just received their personality guidance reports from the counselors of the planet Clarew, and Rutherford feels guilty he’s not engineering at a higher capacity with his implants. He should be operating above 134 percent nominal at least. The Cerritos’ next mission is a supply run to Tavela Minor, but they first need to stop by the Alecto system to get some supplies to, uh, supply them with. However, just before they warp, they see the Alecto system isn’t only missing; it doesn’t exist. Like at all. Now they have a space mystery at hand: What could cause a whole star system to disappear?
From the pen of Alyssa Wong (Spirit World, Doctor Aphra) and the brush of Megan Levens (Star Trek) comes the exciting single-issue spin-off of the forthcoming Star Trek: Section 31 movie! The issue features Emperor Philippa Georgiou on a brand-new, raucous, and exhilarating adventure.
Nana Visitor on Blog.trekcore.com discussing “OPEN A CHANNEL: THE WOMEN OF STAR TREK”
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Nana Visitor was recently featured on Blog.trekcore.com to discuss OPEN A CHANNEL: THE WOMEN OF STAR TREK:
In Nana Visitor’s new book, Open a Channel — The Women of Star Trek, she weaves together tales from women of every incarnation of Star Trek into a rich tapestry of trials and triumphs. By centering both the characters and the unique women behind the roles, Visitor explores both the history of women characters in Star Trek, and even more deeply the experiences of the women who brought them to life throughout decades of Hollywood and how each era shaped the women who worked and lived through them.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Jean Lorrah!
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Happy birthday to Jean Lorrah!
Jean Lorrah is the creator of the Savage Empire series and co-author of the Sime~Gen series created by Jacqueline Lichtenberg. She is also a screenwriter, with an optioned screenplay, Coal for Christmas, written with Lois Wickstrom. Be sure to look for her Nessie’s Grotto books with Lois, and folk tale favorite Rooster Under the Table. Besides all that, Jean has a one-off vampire novel, Blood Will Tell.
Jean specializes in Intimate Adventure, stories in which people with opposing points of view must resolve the conflict by working together, usually with lives at stake.
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: 9 A Call To Darkness” Review by Themindreels.com
Themindreels.com has added a new review for Michael Jan Friedman‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: 9 A Call To Darkness”:
We’re still early into The Next Generation novel series, this is only the ninth in the series. Set in the second season, while the third season was just getting underway on television, the book had to be written while the second season was in production. And that means not everything was going to work as viewers and authors were still getting used to all the characters and the storytelling style, which the series hadn’t quite found yet.
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New Star Trek Book: “It Rhymes With Takei”
It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei’s new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all—told in full for the first time anywhere!
George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared… and it rhymes with Takei.
Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, now joined by the award-winning colorist José Villarrubia, for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the paralyzing fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes With Takei presents a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history.
Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, It Rhymes With Takei shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly—and legally—before the whole world.
Looking back on his own astonishing life on both sides of the closet, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid witness to how far America has come… and how precious that progress is. — a 328-page, full-color, HARDCOVER graphic novel with 3″ French flaps, 6.5″ x 9″
The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 1, 2024
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Una McCormack Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com
I start off my conversation with Una McCormack with a mutual admiration for time shenanigans, then we move on to talk about the audio adaptation of her upcoming book “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum” and features “Una by Una”, which is a clever way of saying that this is the first time that Una McCormack has written a story specifically for Una Chin-Riley, the first officer of the Enterprise under Captain Pike. The story features multiple types of sentient alien cats, linguistic shenanigans, and a student production of The Mikado!
We have a great conversation about the origins of the story and how it changed from the initial concept to what we’re about to read and how the various strikes effected the final outcome, then briefly talk about how fun it is to be writing a character that’s been named after you. Una says Una (the character) is an onion with a solid but complicated relationship with Pike and they rely on each other in a wonderful way.
We then talk about her work in the Doctor Who franchise and the fantastic audio series that has hundreds upon hundreds of entries from “Big Finish”, something that we both feel Trek could learn and benefit from.
I ask her about the Weird Universe book series, it was started by Eric Brown and she’s written two of the four books in the series. It has a cool concept that I think I’d like to eventually check out.
Una McCormack can be found at her website, Mastodon, and Twitter
Out Today: “Star Trek Explorer #13”
Out today: “Star Trek Explorer #13“, by .
STAR TREK SECURITY SPECIAL- We celebrate the brave souls who’ve done more to keep Starfleet safe than any others!
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN FRAKES- Star Trek’s very own William Riker chats about his behind-the-scenes work as a director.
THE KELVIN MOVIES- A definitive guide!
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Out Today: “It’s Not About The Destination: Life Lessons From Star Trek”
Out today: “It’s Not About The Destination: Life Lessons From Star Trek“, by Glen Henderson.
From Glen Henderson, the bestselling author of “All I Need To Know About Success I Learned From Star Trek,” comes his next deep dive into the soul of the greatest science fiction franchise of all time.
At its core, Star Trek is a story about us – our successes, our struggles, our hopes and fears and dreams for our future. Glen believes that the First Principles to be gleaned from the tales and characters of Trek have the power to profoundly influence our everyday lives – if we know where to look.
Come join the “continuing mission” of the Starship Enterprise … and set course on your OWN journey.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Year Five Deluxe Edition: Book 2”
Out today: “Star Trek: Year Five Deluxe Edition: Book 2“, by Brandon Easton and Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
Embark on the critically acclaimed final chapter of the U.S.S. Enterprise‘s five-year voyage. The crew left Earth four years ago. Since then, they’ve traveled to strange new worlds, defeated impossible foes, and made universe-changing decisions. But now, with the end in sight, they’ll have to face their biggest challenge yet. Step aboard the Enterprise with Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura, Sulu, Scotty, and Chekov as they begin the end of their original five-year mission and boldly go into an uncertain future. This deluxe hardcover edition collects issues #15-25 and the Star Trek: Year Five Valentine’s Day Special.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Mark A. Altman!
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Happy birthday to Mark A. Altman!
Mark A. Altman is a writer/producer, author, and comic book writer having written a number of issues for Malibu Comics, including the entire Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Maquis: Soldier of Peace and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Hearts and Minds series as well as “Terok Nor”. He also contributed a story for DC Comics.
Altman is also the co-author of several unlicensed reference books about the Star Trek saga, all of them with Edward Gross and much of which stemming from his writings for Cinefantastique-magazine. Their latest collaboration, The Fifty-Year Mission, Volume One: The First 25 Years, is the first of a two-volume set, each devoted to 25 years of the franchise, and was released in June 2016.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Robert Hewitt Wolfe!
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Happy birthday to Robert Hewitt Wolfe!
Robert Hewitt Wolfe is a writer of many Star Trek episodes. His first episode was the Next Generation episode “A Fistful of Datas”, which helped him get a job as a writer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Brad Strickland!
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Happy birthday to Brad Strickland!
William Bradley “Brad” Strickland is a Star Trek author.
He was born in New Holland, Georgia, and still lives in the state.
Since he began writing, he has published over sixty novels, and more than sixty short stories and poems. He is the husband of his frequent co-author Barbara Strickland. He writes primarily for young adults, but does have several novels, mostly in the mystery genre, aimed at adults.
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‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Co-Creator Jeri Taylor Has Passed Away
Taylor also worked for four seasons on ‘The Next Generation.’
Happy 2024 Birthday to John Gregory Betancourt!
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Happy birthday to John Gregory Betancourt!
Betancourt was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Philip Betancourt, a notable archeologist, and expert on Bronze Age Greece. His younger brother, Michael, is a well-known critical theorist and cultural historian. As a child, Betancourt was taken on digs in Greece by his father. His first story was published at age sixteen.
His wife Kim Betancourt is also a speculative fiction author, and they run their own publishing company, Wildside Press together.
Betancourt is also co-author of The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (1998). He has written over thirty novels. He has described writing his Star Trek tie-ins as “business mingled with pleasure”.
He currently lives in Maryland.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Ira Steven Behr!
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Happy birthday to Ira Steven Behr!
Ira Steven Behr was executive producer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as a writer of several episodes. He was also a producer on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1989 to 1990. With writing partners Robert Hewitt Wolfe and, later, Hans Beimler, he possibly deserves the most credit for the Deep Space Nine Dominion War story arc and the series’ approach to characterization and story.
Behr is currently working on a documentary about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and it is expected for release in 2017. The documentary will see Behr reunite the writing staff and actors to discuss the impact and influence of the series, as well as develop the story of the first episode of the “eighth season”.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #20”
Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #20“, by Christopher Cantwell.
The Romulans are descending on Antara, and Worf must lead his militia to victory against the warship Ran’Kara. When the battle turns against the Antarans, Worf is forced into a duel with one of the best Romulan fighters ever seen: Maiek. Has the battle already been lost, or will Maiek finally meet the edge of Worf’s bat’leth?
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way”
Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way“, by Ryan North.
Mariner just wants to have a normal day, but no matter what side of the bed she wakes up on, the world is ending. Literally. If she has coffee, Borg attack! If she has raktajino, cue the Romulan boarding party! And in each scenario, Mariner and her friends end up dead, sometimes the ship is destroyed—and the day starts all over again.
But by exploring the different paths, you, the reader, can discover things that Mariner can’t. There are inconsistencies that don’t make sense—putting aside the fact that Mariner’s choice of drink each morning shouldn’t affect which alien races attack the ship, other facts of her world seem to change too. Something is definitely off. It’s up to you to discover!
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Last Chance! Star Trek Book Deals For October 2024
This is your last chance to participate in Spocktober, which brings 11 books on sale for $1.99 each!
Star Trek: 11 Yesterday’s Son
Star Trek: 2 The Entropy Effect
Star Trek: 20 The Vulcan Academy Murders
Star Trek: 38 The Idic Epidemic
Star Trek: 39 The Yesterday Saga Book 2: Time For Yesterday
Star Trek: 49 The Pandora Principle
Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope
Star Trek: Spock’s World
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 1 Ghost Ship
Star Trek: The Original Series: Child of Two Worlds
Star Trek: Troublesome Minds
IDW PUBLISHING USHERS IN A NEW ERA WITH A BOLD NEW LOGO
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 16, 2024) –This year, IDW Publishing commemorated 25 years of award-winning comic book storytelling with a celebratory logo that was inspired by the company’s prestigious history. Now, IDW Publishing is embracing its next era with a bold new logo that represents the energy and innovation within the company as it looks to the next 25 years of entertainment.
Ushering in an all-new era of IDW Publishing’s vision was a creative mission that Nathan Widick, Director of Design, embraced with open arms. “This rebrand was an opportunity for us to redefine the entire identity of IDW from the ground up. During the process, we went through hundreds of different designs, concepts, and ideas including a big push to retool our classic lightbulb logo. Ultimately, we decided that rather than looking back, it was time for us to look forward and show the world the new and bold direction of IDW with a dynamic and innovative identity.” Widick added, “The simple and effective combination of the company’s identifying letters rendered in dynamic forward-moving angles perfectly captures the energy and inspirational attitude we are looking to cultivate with this next era of IDW.”
“As we turn the page to a new chapter at IDW Publishing, our rebrand is more than a new look—it’s a signal of our renewed commitment to creativity and storytelling. With this bold new logo, we are not just revisiting our roots but pushing forward to redefine what a comic book publisher can be,” said Aub Driver, Director of Marketing. “This rebrand is set to match the innovative and diverse storytelling our team is passionate about delivering. It marks a pivotal moment as we continue to engage our loyal fan base and welcome new readers worldwide.”
“This rebrand reflects our strategic vision to propel IDW Publishing into a future rich with possibilities,” stated Davidi Jonas, CEO/Publisher. “It represents our commitment to originality and excellence as we continue to lead in the comic book industry and underscores our resilience and readiness to adapt in a rapidly evolving entertainment landscape.”
The new logo will begin appearing on all IDW Publishing releases starting in 2025.
This week during New York Comic Con, IDW will announce more plans for its ambitious future during the panel IDW Publishing: The Next 25 Years Fears on Friday, October 18 at 2:15pm EST in Room 1C03.
About IDW Publishing
IDW (NYSE AMERICAN: IDW) is a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms. The award-winning IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment divisions holistically evaluate and acquire IP for franchise development across comics and graphic novels, television, theatrical, merchandise, and other entertainment platforms, in addition to bringing world-renowned storytelling to life with our creative partners.
Happy 2024 Birthday to Daffyd ab Hugh!
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Happy birthday to Daffyd ab Hugh!
Dafydd ab Hugh, born David Friedman in Los Angeles, is a US science fiction author who wrote several Star Trek books. He is the child of a secular Jewish father and a Welsh-descended mother who converted to Judaism on marriage. The name “Dafydd ab Hugh” is Welsh for “David son of Hugh”, and is now his legal name.
During the 1980s, he served in the United States Navy training to be a Radar Intercept Officer, hoping to eventually become an astronaut, but left the Navy sometime in the late-1980s to pursue a career of writing. Ab Hugh also co-wrote four novels associated with the game Doom, with libertarian science fiction author Brad Linaweaver and published some unrelated short fiction stories. His most notable work “The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk”, was nominated for the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.
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New Star Trek Book: “The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks”
The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks by Megan Treviño has been added to the Star Trek Book Club! There’s no official cover yet, so keep an eye on the book page for updates!
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the art of this fan-favorite series!
Climb aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos with its crew in this special look at the art of the critically acclaimed animated series. With special sections focusing on characters, ships, backgrounds, and scenery, you’ll know the lower decks better than the crew!
Also included will be interviews with members of the art team, who provide special insights into the making of the series and the art process.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on July 8, 2025
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Preview of “Star Trek: Defiant #20”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Defiant #20 by Christopher Cantwell which is due to be released this Wednesday on October 23, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Happy 2024 Birthday to Carmen Carter!
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Happy birthday to Carmen Carter!
Carmen Carter is a Star Trek novelist. She began writing fantasy and science fiction in 1984. Her first Star Trek novel, Dreams of the Raven was published in 1987, and since then she authored three Next Generation novels.
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“Star Trek: Voyager: The Nanotech War” Review by Trek.fm
Trek.fm has added a new review for Steven Piziks‘s “Star Trek: Voyager: The Nanotech War”:
In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan talk about The Nanotech War. We discuss the book not being numbered, first impression, first contact, B’Elanna and Seven’s arcs, putting everything back in the box, wrapping up with our ratings and final thoughts.
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Happy 2024 Birthday to Ryan North!
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Happy birthday to Ryan North!
Ryan North’s recent work includes the non-fiction books How To Take Over The World and How To Invent Everything, the semi-fictional graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, and the so-far-fictional Fantastic Four series for Marvel. He’s an internationally-recognized multiple-New-York-Times-bestselling author whose work has been translated into 16 different languages, and as a linguist, he’s very happy about that. He lives in Toronto, where he once messed up walking his dog so badly it made the news.
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Star Trek Murder Mystery and Escape Room Games
While this isn’t a full length book, I’m going to assume there’s going to be narrative elements that would attract the TrekLit audience.
Happy 2024 Birthday to Mary Scott-Wiecek!
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Happy birthday to Mary Scott-Wiecek!
Mary Scott-Wiecek is a Star Trek author. She lives in Ohio, and is sometimes credited elsewhere as Mary Wiecek. Grand Prize winner in the Strange New Worlds V competition. She lives in Ohio.
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Robert Petkoff Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com
This conversation is my first branch out from talking to Star Trek authors, this week I spoke to Robert Petkoff! He’s narrated over 30 Trek books and has done dozens upon dozens of audio books not related to Trek. You may notice his glorious mustache that he has in place for a role that he’s playing in a production of Moulin Rouge.
Our conversation starts with a talk about the work he does that’s outside of audio book narration, though he does mention that he just wrapped up his work on narrating Una McCormick’s upcoming book Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum. He talks about his “on the road” setup for when he’s doing duration with some good information for those of you that are audio nerds.
We talk about his process for narration, which includes some fun discussions on his he isn’t an impersonator, but that there are small changes that can be made for different characters that give a great indication about who’s saying what.
We have a discussion about how A.I. is super useful for current narrators, but has the capability to end the careers of upcoming narrators before they can even get started. Is there going to be a marketplace for human narrators when something like Amazon Kindle can do it automatically for us?
We also talk about narrating for TOS Kirk vs narrating for SNW Kirk.
Robert Petkoff can be found on his website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Out Today: “Star Trek #25”
Out today: “Star Trek #25“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
The android Lore has done the unthinkable: He has detonated the Orb of Destruction, unmaking the universe. After an extra-galactic tumble on the ensuing shockwave, the Theseus sinks into fluidic space. There, the crew melds in and out of a manifold of realities. Benjamin Sisko is against a godkiller once again, but this time it’s up to him alone to save reality itself!
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Out Today: “Star Trek, Vol. 3: Glass and Bone”
Out today: “Star Trek, Vol. 3: Glass and Bone“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
The third arc of the critically acclaimed Star Trek flagship comic series continues in paperback collection! Benjamin Sisko is called out of retirement to defeat the Tzenkethi Coalition!
Captain Benjamin Sisko’s quest to defeat the killer of gods is at an end, and the Prophets beckon him home to the Celestial Temple. He’s earned his rest, but he no longer wants to retire into godhood. So when Starfleet requests his help to stop a familiar foe, the Tzenkethi Coalition, from launching their fleet across the Alpha Quadrant, Sisko and the Theseus’ crew set out to once again save the galaxy. They team up with Operative Kingsnake (a.k.a. HARRY KIM), but the Tzenkethi leader has surprising allies of his own: the Romulans! There’s a reason this species of spiritually rich, lizard birds has twice defeated Starfleet in battle. They’re xenophobic, ruthless, and innovative…and confronting them on their home turf, a planet thought to be an organism itself, is a death sentence.
In this paperback follow up to Star Trek, Vol. 1: Godshock and Vol. 2: The Red Path, Volume 3 collects Star Trek issues #13–18 by writers Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with artist Marcus To.
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