Happy 2025 Birthday to William Leisner!

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Happy birthday to William Leisner!

William “Bill” Leisner currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of April 3, 2025

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Out Today: “Star Trek: Lore War #1”

Out today: “Star Trek: Lore War #1“, by Christopher Cantwell and Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

The all-new crossover event between Star Trek and Defiant is here! From the Eisner-nominated writers of Star Trek, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly; the critically acclaimed writer of Star Trek: Defiant, Christopher Cantwell; and artist Davide Tinto, Lore War #1 shows us a universe rebuilt in Lore’s image. The crews of the Theseus and the Defiant scattered across the universe with no memory of who they once were-some even worship Lore as their God. Lore has won; his rule is absolute. But The Sisko remains, and there are forces who wish to remind him of his power.

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Happy 2025 Birthday to Garfield Reeves-Stevens!

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Happy birthday to Garfield Reeves-Stevens!

Garfield Reeves-Stevens, together with his wife Judith Reeves-Stevens, is one of Star Trek’s best-selling original book writers. Together, the Reeves-Stevens couple wrote or co-wrote five episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise’s fourth season. Being Star Trek: The Original Series fans, the couple had already written several fully licensed reference books on the subject of Star Trek previously, prior to becoming officially involved with the live-action franchise.

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of April 1, 2025

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Star Trek Book Deals For May 2025

 
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 20 books on sale for $0.99 – $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
 
 

Star Trek: 12 Mutiny On The Enterprise
Star Trek: 18 Rihannsu 1 – My Enemy, My Ally
Star Trek: 33 Deep Domain
Star Trek: 4 The Covenant Of The Crown
Star Trek: 42 Memory Prime
Star Trek: 5 The Prometheus Design
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 14 The Long Night
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Lust’s Latinum Lost
Star Trek: Gateways: 1 One Small Step
Star Trek: Legacies: Book 3: Purgatory’s Key
Star Trek: Prime Directive
Star Trek: Sarek
Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One
Star Trek: The Children of Kings
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 10 A Rock And A Hard Place
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 43 A Fury Scorned
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 61 Diplomatic Implausibility
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Companion
Star Trek: The Original Series: Foul Deeds Will Rise
Worlds Of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Volume 2: Trill and Bajor

New Star Trek Book: “Take the Fall”

Take the Fall by Tess Fowler has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Take the Fall is an autobiographical watercolor adventure deep into the psyche of anxious career comic book artist Tess Fowler Gutierrez after she discovers she has breast cancer and a high risk genetic mutation. What happens when you find yourself trapped in your body with blooming cancer tumors and ghosts from the past who want you dead? You make a comic about it.

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Donate to Rally for Mike W. Barr’s Medical Care, organized by Dave Kellogg

Mike W. Barr has been a writer of comics, science fiction novels and mystery novels over his 50 year career. Well known for his work on Batman (Batman and the Outsiders, Batman:Son of the Demon, among many other titles) and Star Trek titles spanning over the first 4 incarnations of the show–as well as his own creator-owned titles like Camelot 3000 and the Maze Agency, Mike has penned hundreds of memorable stories for us all to enjoy. When Mike was an editor he helped other talent bring their stories to publication. Now, Mike needs our help. Over the past few years, Mike has suffered some catastrophic medical setbacks; starting with multiple knee replacement surgeries. While in the hospital recovering, he was infected with COVID and is still suffering the effects of Long COVID. After he was discharged from the hospital in March of 2024, he returned home. Unfortunately, his condition left Mike unsteady on his feet and caused him to fall, striking his head. Mike lay unconscious on the floor for four days until he was finally found, badly dehydrated and suffering from a serious concussion. Following that, Mike spent several months hospitalized and underwent more surgeries. After being discharged again from the hospital, Mike continues to struggle with his health and needs additional physical therapy. Mike’s medical bills are mounting, far surpassing insurance limits, causing the shut down of further therapy. Without more therapy treatments his overall health is in question. Mike now needs financial help to continue to fund his recovery and to secure his treatment. We are asking for Mike’s many friends and fans to help support him in his future treatment and recovery. Every dollar will go towards living expenses and medical bills that are not covered by insurance. Your generosity, no matter how big or small, will make a tremendous difference in helping Mike to regain his health. Thank you. Posted by Dave (LB) Kellogg

“Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era” Review by Theunderline.substack.com

Theunderline.substack.com has added a new review for Adam Kotsko‘s “Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era”:

The story Adam Kotsko traces in Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era (out today from University of Minnesota Press) is a story of learning—on one side fans learning far too much, memorizing and systematizing every bit of in-universe detail doled out over decades until the entire edifice threatens to collapse under its own weight; and on the other side, the executives and producers who have learned far too little, who have never understood what Star Trek is, why people like it, and its natural limitations as mainstream fare, who have repeated the same mistakes over and over, mismanaging the franchise in ways as predictable as they are dispiriting.

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Preview of “Star Trek: Lore War #1”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Lore War #1 by Christopher Cantwell and Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on April 2, 2025 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

The all-new crossover event between Star Trek and Defiant is here! From the Eisner-nominated writers of Star Trek, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly; the critically acclaimed writer of Star Trek: Defiant, Christopher Cantwell; and artist Davide Tinto, Lore War #1 shows us a universe rebuilt in Lore’s image. The crews of the Theseus and the Defiant scattered across the universe with no memory of who they once were-some even worship Lore as their God. Lore has won; his rule is absolute. But The Sisko remains, and there are forces who wish to remind him of his power.

TrekLit Connection: Deep Space Spines

TrekLit Connections is a series of columns from authors, artists, fans, and publishers in which I give them space to tell you in their own words why they’re so deeply involved in TrekLit. My goal is be able to have at least one of these up a month and would love to hear from you if you’d like to talk about your own TrekLit Connections, find the FAQ page on how to contact!

This time we’re hearing from J.W. Eubanks, author of my personal favorite reading of the entire Star Trek chronology at Deep Space Spines. Every post is witty and has cutting insights into the best and the worst that Treklit has to offer. You can find him on Blue Sky!

Life has a functionally infinite number of branching paths. The culture(s) we’re surrounded by, the decisions we make, and our individual personality quirks can bring their formidable combined powers to bear on leading us down some very peculiar roads. Sometimes, you might even end up on one that makes you think it would be a good idea to critically assess every Pocket Books Star Trek novel ever written in the order in which they were published.

Deep Space Spines was the result of me winding up on that road, a swirling nebula borne of a few different qualities and happenstances. I’ve always enjoyed inexpensive collections with low barriers to entry, and mass market paperbacks fit that bill, especially if you know where to look. I also try to look for the obscurities in a given field, the parts that get ignored. I remember seeing a (possibly apocryphal) statistic that only 2 percent of Star Trek fans read the novels, and a lot of Memory Alpha and Beta articles contain only the barest skeletons of information, so I thought it’d be nice for there to be more than a stub available out there for as many of them as possible. Lastly, reconnecting with Star Trek when I did ended up providing a nice respite from the hopelessness the political figures in power at the time so sadistically reveled in making people feel.

The site’s most primordial origins trace back to 1993, when I was just nine years old. Trekkies tend to go back to near-infancy when ruminating on their fandom, which is probably slightly unnecessary in this case. I don’t think I have to breathlessly describe playing with the Playmates Next Generation action figures. But as far as connecting with the writing of Star Trek, the first relevant seed was planted when I got the Judgment Rites PC game for Christmas in 1993. The original series aired in syndication, but I was too put off by the Sixties aesthetic to give it a fair shake. Judgment Rites changed all that. Less than a year later, while browsing the shelves at Hastings (RIP to the GOAT), I bought my first Star Trek novel, Doctor’s Orders by Diane Duane. That one set a bar that few have since cleared. I read about nine or ten TOS novels throughout late elementary and middle school, then quietly dropped the habit. I didn’t revisit them again until 2015, when I wrote about Doctor’s Orders for a free WordPress blog that no longer exists. I planned the post to be part of a series, which I called The Spinal Frontier. I wish now that I had left the site up, or at the very least Waybacked it, because the post was very much an alpha version of the
ones that appear on Deep Space Spines today.

The idea of reviewing Star Trek novels started knocking around in my brain again a couple years later, when I worked overnights in the post-adjudication wing of a juvenile detention facility. The residents there had already been sentenced and were going through a program that would expunge their records upon successful completion. They went to bed an hour before my shift started and woke up an hour after it ended, and I only interacted with them if they had to pee. It was nice work if you could get it; I was basically a bathroom valet with CPR training. We had to peek into their rooms once every 15 minutes to make sure they weren’t covering their heads, but aside from that, we had the rest of the night to self-actualize however we wanted, as long as we were quiet.

I used the time to reread some beloved Trek books and try out some new ones, and realized I was really getting a kick out of it. At some point, I started reading in order from the beginning of my own volition. Then my birthday rolled around, and I decided to use the gift cash from that to buy a domain. My wife came up with the name Deep Space Spines, and since I had nothing better, I ran with it. (Rebranding would be disastrous at this point, but a few years ago, I came up with Attention Bajoran Readers, and I still kinda like it better.)

Eight years later, I’m still reviewing Star Trek novels, though not at the breakneck pace the graveyard shift once enabled. Teaching doesn’t quite afford the same amount of spare time. Still, I continue to find joy in discovering novel character pairings, watching authors find clever ways to link events across timelines that were never meant to be connected, and of course never ceasing to be surprised that there are other people who are also into this weird little niche of mine.

I’ve built a few disparate bodies of work on the internet over the decade. Deep Space Spines may be the least known and viewed among them, but it is the one I am the proudest of. Every new review shines that much more light on a little-known and -explored facet of the Trekverse. And although Star Trek is far from free of flaws and problematic elements, it nevertheless feels better to put one’s faith in it and be a part of its community than many other series. It could very well take me the rest of my life to get through all the Trek tales Pocket Books published from 1979 to the present, but I’ve yet to lose the thrill of exploring strange new literary worlds.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Doug Drexler!

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Happy birthday to Doug Drexler!

Artist Douglas “Doug” Drexler has been creating for, or contributing to, numerous Star Trek productions and publications, both official and unofficial, since the 1970s. Starting out in fandom, Drexler has proven to be one of the most versatile production staffers in the Star Trek franchise.

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“Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual” Review by Thefandomentals.com

Thefandomentals.com has added a new review for ‘s “Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual”:

This Technical Manual is essential reading for any casual Star Trek fan or tabletop roleplay gamer interested in learning more about the wondrous technologies, ships, and weapons available to Starfleet personnel as well as members of many other species inhabiting the Star Trek universe, including the Klingons, Romulans, and Orions. Players can use the contents of this book to learn more about the gear, weapons, and technologies of the Star Trek universe, and to enhance the Star Trek Adventures missions and campaigns they engage in with their friends—it’s time to gear up and go exploring!

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“Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era” Review by Kara.reviews

Kara.reviews has added a new review for Adam Kotsko‘s “Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era”:

Most of you probably know already: Star Trek is my first science-fiction love. Before Stargate, before Buffy, before even Supergirl, I grew up in the nineties watching the bright primary colours of TOS on a 13-inch CRT TV.

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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: 10 A Rock And A Hard Place” Review by Themindreels.com

Themindreels.com has added a new review for Peter David‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: 10 A Rock And A Hard Place”:

There’s a couple of minor things that stick in my craw about Peter David’s A Rock and a Hard Place, but none of them detract from my enjoyment of the book which actually reads, and feels a lot like n actual episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Star Trek: Gateways: Challenger: Chainmail Book Review

DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of March 27, 2025

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Let’s Talk About Star Trek “Probe”.

“Star Trek: Challenger: Gateways: 2 Chainmail” Review by Trek.fm

Trek.fm has added a new review for Diane Carey‘s “Star Trek: Challenger: Gateways: 2 Chainmail”:

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan talk about the second book in the Gateways series, Chainmail. We discuss the Challenger, it being out there, character work, worldview differences, drawbacks, Riutta and her people, use of the gateway, timey-whimy, thematic link, by the end, a page from Kirk, our ratings and final thoughts.

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“Star Trek: Lower Decks #5” Review by Getyourcomicon.co.uk

Getyourcomicon.co.uk has added a new review for Ryan North‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks #5”:

It’s time for a brand new arc to kick off in IDW’s brilliant Star Trek: Lower Decks ongoing series and boy is this one a doozy. Ryan North is cherrypicking from a lifetime of Trek knowledge to pull together what could be Lower Decks’ very own First Contact moment…

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Happy 2025 Birthday to K.W. Jeter!

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Happy birthday to K.W. Jeter!

Kevin Wayne Jeter is an American science fiction and horror author from California.

Jeter was born in Los Angeles. At California State University, he met science fiction author Philip K. Dick. The esteemed science fiction writer based a character on him – Kevin in Valis. In common with Dick, his style of writing is known for its dark themes, and paranoid and sometimes unsympathetic characters. He has also written several sequels to Bladerunner, which began life as Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

His book Dr. Adder is considered by some to be the first true Cyberpunk novel. He also coined the phrase “Steampunk”, which refers to retro-technology.

Jeter has also written tie-ins to the Star Wars franchise.

He has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, but now lives in Ecuador with his wife.

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Surprise Star Trek Treasure Trove!

Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #25”

Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #25“, by Christopher Cantwell.

Nymira Vondect is back from the dead, having survived the cataclysmic explosion on Starbase 99 with help from the universe’s seediest rogue, Berlinghoff Rasmussen. Now she and Berlinghoff are running elaborate scams together to take advantage of unsuspecting Berbians and make a quick buck. But something niggles at Nymira… Should she tell her old crew she’s still alive or keep living the life she thinks she deserves? Meanwhile, Captain B’Elanna Torres, Ro, and O’Brien combine forces with Section 31’s Captain Frears to take out the minefield in the Gamma Quadrant once and for all.

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“Star Trek #53” Review by Scottmpearson.wordpress.com

Scottmpearson.wordpress.com has added a new review for George Kashdan‘s “Star Trek #53”:

First, some housekeeping. Some of you may be thinking, “Hey, I’ve been following this blog for a while and have never heard of ‘My Epic Trek Comic Book Read,’ so how can it be on the 49th post?”

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Let’s Talk About Star Trek Voyager #11 “The Garden”.

“Star Trek #30” Review by Comicon.com

Comicon.com has added a new review for Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing‘s “Star Trek #30”:

Ahead of the upcoming ‘Lore War’ event, a final, very important piece, tackles a journey with ramifications for the entire future of the universe. A splendidly crafted tale that dances between previous continuity revelations in order to bring things almost full circle for the whole entire run.

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“Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual” Review by Geekgirlauthority.com

Geekgirlauthority.com has added a new review for ‘s “Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual”:

Are you looking to expand your Star Trek Adventures game to all-new heights? Then, you’ll want to consider the Star Trek Adventures 2E Technical Manual. This supplement is currently available for preorder, with immediate access to the PDF when you do so. Here’s what you can expect from the title when yours beams in.

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Out Today: “Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era”

Out today: “Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era“, by Adam Kotsko.

How Star Trek’s twenty-first-century reinventions illuminate the unique challenges and opportunities of franchise-style corporate storytelling

Late Star Trek explores the beloved science fiction franchise’s repeated attempts to reinvent itself after the end of its 1990s golden age. Beginning with the prequel series Enterprise, Adam Kotsko analyzes the wealth of content set within Star Trek’s sprawling continuity—including authorized books, the three J. J. Abrams “Kelvin Timeline” films, and the streaming series Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds—as well as fan discourse, to reflect on the perils and promise of the franchise as a unique form of storytelling.

Significantly including the licensed novels and comic books that fill out the Star Trek universe for its fans, Kotsko brings the multiple productions of the early twenty-first century together as a unified whole rather than analyzing them in their current stratified view. He argues that the variety of styles and approaches in this tumultuous era of Star Trek history provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on the nature of the franchise storyworlds that now dominate popular culture. By taking the spin-offs and tie-ins seriously as creative attempts to tell a new story within an established universe, Late Star Trek highlights creative triumphs as well as the tendency for franchise faithfulness to get in the way of creating engaging characters and ideas.

Arguing forcefully against the prevailing consensus that franchises are a sign of cultural decay, Kotsko contends that the Star Trek universe exemplifies an approach to storytelling that has been perennial across cultures. Instead, he finds that what limits creativity within franchises is not their reliance on the familiar but their status as modern myths held not as common cultural heritage but rather owned as corporate intellectual property.

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of March 25, 2025

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

“Star Trek: Insurrection” Review by Deepspacespines.com

Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for J.M. Dillard‘s “Star Trek: Insurrection”:

In today’s episode, a misguided admiral teams up with a mysterious partner to bring one planet’s Fountain of Youth to the rest of the Federation. But the scowling man with unnaturally stretch skin draped in robes and jewels seemed so trustworthy! Will there ever be another Search for Spock–level novelization? Does Picard have a crush on his dead mom? And shouldn’t Worf know more Earth references? All this and more in Star Trek: Insurrection, the film that un-grows the beard.

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A fundraiser for Peter David and his family.

“Star Trek #30” Review by Getyourcomicon.co.uk

Getyourcomicon.co.uk has added a new review for Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing‘s “Star Trek #30”:

This is fellow Starfleet Cadets. The final issue of Star Trek before the huge Lore War event kicks off in earnest. After two months tracking Benjamin Sisko across the history of Bajor we’re shifting focus this month. It’s now Kahless who surprisingly takes the spotlight setting up a confrontation which may just save the entire universe from certain doom.

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Star Trek Book Club – Show and Tell Park 9: Comic Convention Purchases

Preview of “Star Trek: Defiant #25”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Defiant #25 by Christopher Cantwell which is due to be released this Wednesday on March 26, 2025 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

Nymira Vondect is back from the dead, having survived the cataclysmic explosion on Starbase 99 with help from the universe’s seediest rogue, Berlinghoff Rasmussen. Now she and Berlinghoff are running elaborate scams together to take advantage of unsuspecting Berbians and make a quick buck. But something niggles at Nymira… Should she tell her old crew she’s still alive or keep living the life she thinks she deserves? Meanwhile, Captain B’Elanna Torres, Ro, and O’Brien combine forces with Section 31’s Captain Frears to take out the minefield in the Gamma Quadrant once and for all.

Last Chance: Star Trek Book Deals For March 2025

Here’s your last chance to grab this month’s ebook deals: 19 books on sale for $1.99 each:

Star Trek: 26 Pawns And Symbols
Star Trek: 27 Mindshadow
Star Trek: 8 Black Fire
Star Trek: A Singular Destiny
Star Trek: Captain’s Blood
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Millennium: 2 The War Of The Prophets
Star Trek: Discovery: The Way To The Stars
Star Trek: Enterprise: Last Full Measure
Star Trek: Imzadi Forever
Star Trek: New Frontier: 6 Fire on High
Star Trek: New Frontier: Missing In Action
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 9
Star Trek: Tales From The Captain’s Table
Star Trek: The Lost Era: 2311 Serpents Among The Ruins
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Armageddon’s Arrow
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Losing The Peace
Star Trek: Voyager: Gateways: 5 No Man’s Land
Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming Book 1
Star Trek: Voyager: Mosaic

Happy 2025 Birthday to William Shatner!

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Happy birthday to William Shatner!

William Shatner, a Canadian-born American Emmy Award-winning actor, became most famous for portraying Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the starship Enterprise in all 79 aired episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first seven Star Trek movies. He also directed and co-wrote the story for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

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Happy 2025 Birthday to Michael Westmore!

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Happy birthday to Michael Westmore!

Michael “Mike” George Westmore was the makeup designer, makeup artist, and makeup supervisor on all of the Star Trek spin-offs set in the prime universe, and created the majority of species that first appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. He was also the makeup artist for the four Next Generation movies, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis, as well as three Star Trek video games, Star Trek: Klingon, Star Trek: Borg and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

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RIP, Margaret Clark (1955-2025)

My friend and longtime editor Margaret Clark passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, March 16, 2025. Margaret was the first editor to ever hire me to write a book, roughly 25 years ago, when she commissioned me to pen The Starfleet Survival Guide. She took a chance on me before I had […]

Upcoming Server Move

I’m about to pull the trigger on consolidating various servers I have and the first up is this STBC site. In theory you won’t notice a thing, but there’s an opportunity for shenanigans, so here’s your heads up.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Pamela Sargent!

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Happy birthday to Pamela Sargent!

Pamela Sargent is an author who wrote a number of Star Trek novels with her writing partner, George Zebrowski.

Born in Ithaca, New York, Sargent attended Binghamton University. She has done some editorial work, particularly of anthologies of women’s SF. She has won a number of awards for her non-Trek work including Nebula, Locus, the Sidewise Award and Theodore Sturgeon award, as well as being a finalist for the Hugo, and being given a lifetime achievement Pilgrim Award. She also writes historical fiction, and her novel about Genghis Khan was particularly successful in Europe.

Her trilogy about the terraforming of Venus predates Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy, and has been cited as an influence on it.

She currently lives in Albany, New York, and sees herself as an atheist and a feminist.

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Happy 2025 Birthday to John De Lancie!

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Happy birthday to John De Lancie!

Jonathan “John” de Lancie, Jr. is an actor, director, producer, writer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his portrayal of Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. He also portrayed the character in Star Trek: The Game Show and Star Trek: Borg. In addition, de Lancie co-wrote the novel I, Q with Peter David and has narrated audio adaptations of several novels, including Q-in-Law (with Majel Barrett Roddenberry) and Dark Mirror. His Borg costume from his latter video game appearance was sold off on the It’s A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay and was also worn by Michael Reilly Burke, Gary Hunter, and Tom Morga.

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of March 20, 2025

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Kevin G. Summers!

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Happy birthday to Kevin G. Summers!

Kevin G. Summers started as a Star Trek author by entering into the Strange New Worlds writing contests. He was published twice and then went on to write a short story for a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine anthology.

Summers grew up in northern Virginia, where his mother took him to lectures on literature at George Mason University, given by the likes of John Irving. He still lives in Virginia, with his wife and children.

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Happy 2025 Birthday to J.G. Hertzler!

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Happy birthday to J.G. Hertzler!

J.G. Hertzler is the actor who played the Klingon General Martok on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jeffrey Lang’s Star Trek books include the top sellers Section 31: Abyss and Star Trek The Next Generation: Immortal Coil.

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of March 18, 2025

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Star Trek: TNG War Drums book

STBC’s New Logo!

The STBC has a new logo, one that’s intellectually distinct from anything that’s owned by CBS in the hopes and honest effort to not get a phone call from anyone on their legal team.

I’m going to make stickers! And bookmarks! And wallpaper! Woo!

Star Trek: TNG- Perchance to Dream book

First Look at Three Brand New Star Trek Comic Limited Series Launching Later This Year

Following the current era of comics ending with Star Trek: Omega, we’re revealing what’s next for the final frontier!

The Joy Makers by James Gunn

Soul of the Story: Educator-Author Kelli Fitzpatrick

Star Trek: Omega To Mark the End of an Era for the Franchise (Exclusive)

Star Trek: Omega will bring the current of Star Trek comics to its end this May. ComicBook can exclusively reveal details regarding the 40-page Star Trek: Omega one-shot, which concludes more than two years of shared storytelling between IDW Publishing’s Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant series. Written by the same writers who have helmed […]

Happy 2025 Birthday to Rick Barba!

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Happy birthday to Rick Barba!

Rick Barba is an author who wrote The Delta Anomaly, the first of a new Starfleet Academy series, and the first original Star Trek: The Original Series book set within the alternate reality of the movie Star Trek.

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“Star Trek: Lower Decks #5” Review by Aiptcomics.com

Aiptcomics.com has added a new review for Ryan North‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks #5”:

At this point, it’s fairly easy to point to this series as the quintessential ultimate Star Trek fan series.

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Happy 2025 Birthday to Judith Reeves-Stevens!

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Happy birthday to Judith Reeves-Stevens!

Judith Evelyn Reeves-Stevens, together with her husband Garfield Reeves-Stevens, is one of Star Trek’s best-selling original book writers. Together, the Reeves-Stevens’ wrote or co-wrote five episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise’s fourth season. Being Star Trek: The Original Series fans, the couple had already written several fully licensed reference books on the subject of Star Trek previously, prior to becoming officially involved with the live-action franchise.

She, along with her husband, officially joined the production staff of an actual Star Trek production, Enterprise’s fourth season, at the insistence of producers Manny Coto and Michael Sussman, who needed writers imbued with a deep sense of original Star Trek lore to repair the perceived shortcomings original producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga had left. By the time the series concluded its third season, it arguably had become the most controversial of the television series, subject to inspired and vehement criticism of fans – and, as it turned out after-the-fact, by production staffers as well – for its perceived violations in established continuity. With both producers held responsible for the quick loss of viewer-ship, Paramount and UPN indicated its cancellation and the apparent end of Berman’s tenure as the overseer of Star Trek productions with the approach of the end of the third season. Though remaining credited, Berman and Braga were indeed essentially relegated to the role of figurehead by the franchise at the end of the third season, and their places were de facto filled for the last season by Coto and Sussman, under whose tenure much of the perceived continuity violations was redressed, aided by writers such as Judith and her husband, who, like them, had an equally thorough understanding of Star Trek lore. While the writer’s couple contributed to a season that, as a whole, was generally well received, it did not save the series, as its cancellation had already been decided upon.

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Happy 2025 Birthday to S.D. Perry!

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Happy birthday to S.D. Perry!

Stephani Danielle Perry is the author of many Star Trek novels and short stories.

S.D. Perry was born in the early 1970s and began to write media tie ins and novelizations in the mid-1990s. Her favorite Star Trek series is the original series, with her favorite characters being “The Big Three” – Kirk, Spock and McCoy.

She began to watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine during its fourth season. Several characters from DS9 are her favorite Star Trek characters, including Elim Garak, Quark and Weyoun. One of the reasons she likes Spock is for his “pure animal magnetism”.

Perry saw an early copy of Andrew Robinson’s novel A Stitch in Time, which focused on Garak. Perry described it as “total genius, seriously, and no ghost writer. He adds new dimension to a very unusual character”

Perry has also written several Xena: Warrior Princess, Aliens and Resident Evil novels.

She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, and is married.

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“Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual” Review by Trekcentral.net

Trekcentral.net has added a new review for ‘s “Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual”:

I must admit that I was surprised to get a message earlier this month inviting me to review a new Star Trek Adventures Technical Manual 2E! So you don’t have the same rollercoaster of emotions that I had, I’ll preface this review by clarifying that this is a technical manual from Modiphius. It’s for Star Trek Adventures.

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New Star Trek Book: “Klingon Next Door: Off Duty the Warrior’s Way”

Klingon Next Door: Off Duty the Warrior’s Way by Joey Spiotto has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Quirky and humorous takes celebrating everything Klingon in an out-of-place existence

What does a Klingon warrior get up to in his downtime?

What song would he choose at a karaoke bar? How does a trip to the barber work out for him?

From sports to shopping, hobbies to holidays, pets to personal grooming, discover how an honorable warrior takes on the challenges of day-to-day life, and learns how to relax, in this very funny collection of cartoons.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on September 2, 2025

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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual”

Star Trek Adventures – Second Edition – Technical Manual by has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

From its inception, Star Trek has illustrated humanity and its allies and adversaries exploring the Galaxy with a wide variety of tools and technologies at their disposal. From tricorders to phasers, deflector dishes to replicators, all the key technological achievements of the future are detailed in this book.

This Technical Manual is essential reading for any casual Star Trek fan or hardcore gamer interested in learning more about the wondrous technologies, ships, and weapons available to Starfleet personnel as well as members of many other species inhabiting the Star Trek universe, including the Klingons, Romulans, and Orions.

Use the contents of this book to learn more about the gear, weapons, and technologies of the Star Trek universe, and to enhance the Star Trek Adventures missions and campaigns you engage in with your friends.

The 129-page full-color Star Trek Adventures Second Edition Technical Manual features:

• Details on the most commonly-used gear across the Star Trek universe, including PADDs, communication devices, replicators, and holography.
• Insight on Starfleet’s Diplomatic Corps, the universal translator, second contact supplies, and information on how a crew might respond to distress calls.
• A wealth of information on a wide variety of scientific gear, tricorders, and types of laboratories; and advice on conducting away missions and some of the gear an away team might utilize.
• Details on medical practices and medical gear, including sickbays, biobeds, medical treatments and drugs, guidance on using transporters to support treatment, and medical enhancements such as various forms of chair support, genetic engineering, and cybernetics.
• Insight on diagnostic levels, transporters, turbolifts, and environmental and utility systems, as well as digital engineering elements, such as computer systems and their various components.
• Detailed information on a wide variety of close combat weapons, ranged weapons, and body armor from across the Star Trek universe.
• Information on key starship technology and their components, including defensive systems and weapons, propulsion technologies, and life support systems.
• A wealth of new game mechanics for the Star Trek Adventures Second Edition roleplaying game, including 10 new character career event options and 16 new character talents; five new starship service records, 10 new starship talents, and mines as a new weapon type.
• More than 20 random complication tables designed to help you generate problems with specific situations and devices for use during your missions.

This second edition supplement is compatible with both first edition Star Trek Adventures and the Captain’s Log Solo RPG.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 3, 2025

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Continuity Chaos!!!

The original cast film-era comics and their vicissitudes

DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of March 13, 2025

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Out Today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks #5”

Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks #5“, by Ryan North.

Suspicious after the Cerritos docks for its second baryon sweep in the same year, Mariner sneaks into a command meeting. There, the Department of Temporal Investigations tasks the crew with finding a time traveler who is rewriting Federation history at an alarming rate. Mariner finds her friends and tells them what’s really going on… only for the timeline to change around them! Obviously, something has gone wrong with Command’s mission, and per usual, it’s now up to Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford, and Boimler to save the day.

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Out Today: “Star Trek #30”

Out today: “Star Trek #30“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

After the Day of Blood, Kahless II is a defeated, broken man who has but one path left: face himself. Thrown backward in time by the Time Crystals of Boreth, Kahless witnesses his own cruelty, hubris, and thirst for messianic power. When he comes face-to-face with himself as a young boy holding his father’s blade for the first time, Kahless must decide what a Klingon’s honor truly means.

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Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of March 11, 2025

Comic books continue to be where the bulk of Treklit is, which is great for me, as I’m a comic fan, but for those of you that are here for non-illustrated stories, it’s been a rough few months, but there’s fresh content coming to you soon! Just not within the next 30 days, which is the completely arbitrary time limit of this post. For those Enterprise fans out there, you’re about to have a fantastic month with the release of Adam Kotsko‘s “Late Star Trek” which goes into some fun detail on how that series has been the corner stone of nearly ever Star Trek release since its ending.

Non-Fiction

Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era
By: Adam Kotsko
March 25, 2025How Star Trek’s twenty-first-century reinventions illuminate the unique challenges and opportunities of franchise-style corporate storytelling Late Star Trek explores the beloved science fiction franchise’s repeated attempts to reinvent itself after the end of its 1990s golden age. Beginning with the prequel series Enterprise, Adam Kotsko analyzes the wealth of content set within Star Trek’s sprawling […]

Comics

Star Trek: Lower Decks #5
By: Ryan North
March 12, 2025Suspicious after the Cerritos docks for its second baryon sweep in the same year, Mariner sneaks into a command meeting. There, the Department of Temporal Investigations tasks the crew with finding a time traveler who is rewriting Federation history at an alarming rate. Mariner finds her friends and tells them what’s really going on… only […]

Star Trek #30
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
March 12, 2025After the Day of Blood, Kahless II is a defeated, broken man who has but one path left: face himself. Thrown backward in time by the Time Crystals of Boreth, Kahless witnesses his own cruelty, hubris, and thirst for messianic power. When he comes face-to-face with himself as a young boy holding his father’s blade […]

Star Trek: Defiant #25
By: Christopher Cantwell
March 26, 2025Nymira Vondect is back from the dead, having survived the cataclysmic explosion on Starbase 99 with help from the universe’s seediest rogue, Berlinghoff Rasmussen. Now she and Berlinghoff are running elaborate scams together to take advantage of unsuspecting Berbians and make a quick buck. But something niggles at Nymira… Should she tell her old crew […]

Star Trek: Lore War #1
By: Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
April 2, 2025The all-new crossover event between Star Trek and Defiant is here! From the Eisner-nominated writers of Star Trek, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly; the critically acclaimed writer of Star Trek: Defiant, Christopher Cantwell; and artist Davide Tinto, Lore War #1 shows us a universe rebuilt in Lore’s image. The crews of the Theseus and the […]

Star Trek: Lower Decks #6
By: Ryan North
April 9, 2025When Mariner asked the Krulmuth-B portal to send her, Rutherford, Tendi, and Boimler to the moment when they could make the biggest impact on history, she meant, like, to the time period where they could help their crew the most. But they’ve ended up on board the Titanic! Yes, THE Titanic, and that’s just the tip of the […]

DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of March 11, 2025

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

“Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds” Review by Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com

Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward and Ed Schlesinger and Greg Cox and Kevin Lauderdale and Margaret Clark‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds”:

Way back in installments #1 and 4 of this chronological marathon, I read two original series novels, From History’s Shadow and Elusive Salvation, because their events would be referenced in a Destiny-era book. Over seven years later, that connection finally pays off with Hearts and Minds, which provides a third and final installment to Dayton Ward’s “secret history” sequence of novels about the Aegis and the U.S. security apparatus. Was it all worth it? Well, I may have appreciated the connections more had I read the books closer together, like they were released. That, I suppose, is the downside of reading in chronological order.

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“Star Trek: Defiant #24” Review by Fanbasepress.com

Fanbasepress.com has added a new review for Christopher Cantwell‘s “Star Trek: Defiant #24”:

In Star Trek: Defiant #24, Alexander faces the final challenge of the Quv Rite of vengeance. Christopher Cantwell has brought Worf and Alexander on a journey that began with complete estrangement and into, finally, love and acceptance.

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Preview of “Star Trek #30”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek #30 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on March 12, 2025 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

After the Day of Blood, Kahless II is a defeated, broken man who has but one path left: face himself. Thrown backward in time by the Time Crystals of Boreth, Kahless witnesses his own cruelty, hubris, and thirst for messianic power. When he comes face-to-face with himself as a young boy holding his father’s blade for the first time, Kahless must decide what a Klingon’s honor truly means.

Preview of “Star Trek: Lower Decks #5”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Lower Decks #5 by Ryan North which is due to be released this Wednesday on March 12, 2025 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

Suspicious after the Cerritos docks for its second baryon sweep in the same year, Mariner sneaks into a command meeting. There, the Department of Temporal Investigations tasks the crew with finding a time traveler who is rewriting Federation history at an alarming rate. Mariner finds her friends and tells them what’s really going on… only for the timeline to change around them! Obviously, something has gone wrong with Command’s mission, and per usual, it’s now up to Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford, and Boimler to save the day.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Michael Jan Friedman!

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Happy birthday to Michael Jan Friedman!

Michael Jan Friedman is one of the most prolific novelists for Pocket Books’ line of Star Trek novels, perhaps best known for creating the characters that would crew the Star Trek: Stargazer series of books. He assisted John J. Ordover in developing the Double Helix six-part miniseries. He also co-wrote the story for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Resistance”. He was interviewed by Michael McAvennie for the article “Michael Jan Friedman – When Darkness Calls”, published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 9, pp. 56-59.

Friedman is known in comics as a writer of superhero and science fiction/fantasy, as a comic writer he was a regular contributor to various of DC Comics’ later Star Trek series.

He is extremely prolific. Of his seventy plus novels, more than half are set in the Trek universe.

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of March 6, 2025

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Heather Antos and Ryan North on Star Trek: Lower Decks

At San Diego Comic-Con, we sat down with North and Antos to discuss our mutual admiration for Star Trek: Lower Decks. We talk about its placement within the franchise, what they can do in the comics that McMahan and company cannot accomplish on television, and where this series may take the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos. Also, how does contributing to Star Trek affect their perspective as creators and, well, just as humans?

Happy 2025 Birthday to Glenn Hauman!

(Writer en:Glenn Haumann at Midtown Comics Times Square, at the midnight signing of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born. Photo by Nightscream)

Happy birthday to Glenn Hauman!

Glenn Hauman is a Star Trek author.

Hauman was born in New York, and now lives in Weehawken, New Jersey. He is an alumnus of New York University. He works in e-publishing, and online content.

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of March 4, 2025

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Star Trek Book Deals For March 2025

 
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 19 books on sale for $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
 
 

Star Trek: 26 Pawns And Symbols
Star Trek: 27 Mindshadow
Star Trek: 8 Black Fire
Star Trek: A Singular Destiny
Star Trek: Captain’s Blood
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Millennium: 2 The War Of The Prophets
Star Trek: Discovery: The Way To The Stars
Star Trek: Enterprise: Last Full Measure
Star Trek: Imzadi Forever
Star Trek: New Frontier: 6 Fire on High
Star Trek: New Frontier: Missing In Action
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 9
Star Trek: Tales From The Captain’s Table
Star Trek: The Lost Era: 2311 Serpents Among The Ruins
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Armageddon’s Arrow
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Losing The Peace
Star Trek: Voyager: Gateways: 5 No Man’s Land
Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming Book 1
Star Trek: Voyager: Mosaic

New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! March 2025 Edition

Star Trek #32

Part five of “Lore War.” Armed with the knowledge of how to defeat Lore once and for all, Sisko and what’s left of his crew scatter to the four quadrants of space. Spock, Hugh, Alexander, and Paris each set out alone on a mission to save their remaining friends from Lore’s control, but none is more alone than Sisko. He’s taking the fight directly to Lore in a final all-or-nothing standoff. Will he and the actions of his crew be enough to restore the universe and everyone to their rightful selves? Or will Lore win again and reset the universe as he’s done so many times before?

Star Trek: Defiant #27

Part four of “Lore War.” Sisko is approaching a moment of crisis: Lore is god of the universe, and the number of heroes operating outside his influence is dwindling with every encounter. Everywhere Sisko looks, he sees those he’s failed. Is he really the person meant to defeat Lore and restore his timeline? Just as he is about to set down the burden of leadership…he dreams of a familiar blue light…and remembers there is hope yet in the universe waiting for those with the courage to seek it out

Star Trek: Defiant, Volume 4: The Stars of Home

Connecting with the voyages of the ongoing Star Trek comic series, Defiant ventures into the dark side of the cosmos!

Original Star Trek: Defiant writer-artist duo Christopher Cantwell and Ángel Unzueta delve into the sci-fi horror genre in arc four of the fan-favorite series!

It’s the beginning of a new era for the disavowed, mercenary crew of the U.S.S. Defiant! Political corruption ensues as Sela and her father, General Revo, leverage the imprisoned Defiant crewmates to kidnap the Romulan praetor and chairman of Tal Shiar Intelligence to advance their sinister plot to take over Romulus…

This leaves Worf, B’Elanna, and Ro with two crewmates down, and a planet on the brink of Romulan invasion. Despite how hopeful the planet’s meager farming population is, what are three failed Starfleet officers and lowly resistance fighters to a heavily armed and technologically advanced Romulan strike team?

Collects issues #17–21 of the series.

Star Trek: Lore War–Shaxs’ Worst Day #1

From the team who brought you the Ringo- and Eisner-nominated Shaxs’ Best Day comes a rip-roaring ride full of clever ship high jinks, nonstop badassery, and bombastic punches… because at the end of the day, let’s face it. It’s not Shaxs’ worst day. It’s fascism’s. Shaxs had his best day, but now that the universe has been rewritten by the mad android Lore, he’s about to have his worst. Starfleet has been distorted into a machinery of oppression antithetical to everything it once stood for, and Shaxs has been made into the one thing he despises most in the universe: a fascist. Now free of Lore’s hold over his mind, it’s up to Shaxs to revert everyone in Starfleet back to their old selves and save the cosmos!

Star Trek: Lower Decks #7

There’s nothing quite like a mother-daughter relationship. There’s also nothing quite like finding out your monolith of a captain used to be a carefree ensign who accidentally vanished her whole crew in an experiment gone wrong. Lucky for Beckett Mariner, she gets to soak up both experiences all on the same day as her mother, Captain Freeman, regales her with a throwback tale of how she was “just like you when she was young,” and “mistakes help us grow, blah, blah.” Meanwhile, all Mariner wants to know is how could Freeman let Pulaski get away with hair like that?

TrekLit Connection: Star Trek Lit-Verse Reading Guide

TrekLit Connections is a series of columns from authors, artists, fans, and publishers in which I give them space to tell you in their own words why they’re so deeply involved in TrekLit, . My goal is be able to have at least one of these up a month and would love to hear from you if you’d like to talk about your own TrekLit Connections, find the FAQ page on how to contact!

This time we’re hearing from Ryan Williams, author of the fantastic Star Trek reading guide that you’ve likely run into if you’ve done even a moment’s research into which order to read the relaunch books in. He has a novel Patreon that I’m sure he’d love for you to check out.

My earliest Star Trek memory dates back to 1987, seeing an advertisement for the premiere of The Next Generation on TV. At four years old, I knew this news would excite my dad. As the show aired after my bedtime, I rarely watched TNG for years but could hear my dad watching it in the next room every Sunday night, lying in bed, wishing I could stay up to join him.

In the early ’90s, my lifelong fandom was cemented by three events: watching the original series movies repeatedly on cable, finally watching TNG episodes recorded with our new VCR, and most impactfully, collecting Star Trek Micro Machines starting in 1993. Those little ships sparked my ten-year-old imagination, making Star Trek the focus of my life through the rest of the decade. I spent countless hours drawing ship diagrams, updating handwritten portions of the Star Trek Encyclopedia and Chronology with each episode’s new lore, and covering my walls with expansive hand-drawn galaxy maps.

For years Star Trek was my hobby, the world I could escape to when the struggles of being a young teen, and the pains of middle school were just more than I wanted to deal with. We’ve all been there. Having something to lose myself in during those challenging years left Star Trek imprinted on my heart for life. Honestly Star Trek became so important to me that when our local UPN affiliate transitioned to the WB, causing me to miss three years of Voyager’s first run, I sunk into quite a depression.

Having studied at the feet of the Okudas for most of the decade, I had never delved into the novels, as they were NON-CANON!, a seemingly dirty word. On occasion I would flip through an interesting looking Trek book from the library like I was delving into something forbidden, never allowing myself to really read it, like some sinful knowledge would taint my pure view of Trek canon. But as Trek’s onscreen presence waned in the early 2000s, and the novels gained fame for continuing the stories of Picard, Sisko, and Janeway beyond the series, I gave in. I read A Stitch in Time, and the rest was history. What began as a plan to read a few DS9 stories back in 2004, just to see what happened after the series ended, led to me still not having completed reading the ever expanding list of all those interconnected novels more than twenty years later.

Trek Literature became the real continuation of those stories I so immersed myself in as a kid, the stories of Sisko, and Janeway, and Picard. The fight against the Borg, the exploration of the Delta Quadrant, the politics of the Federation and the Klingon Empire. And the story just got better because prose eliminated so many of the restrictions of live action TV. Janeway meeting Picard, Tuvok serving with Riker, the Enterprise crew teaming up with the heroes on Deep Space Nine. Anything was possible in the novels and the story never had to end. For twenty years, through narrative high points like the Destiny trilogy, the Typhon Pact, and Cold Equations, and even to low points like leaving us hanging with that damned Ascendants cliffhanger for more years than I could barely swallow, the pages kept turning and more and more adventures were always on the horizon for our heroes.

Until Picard. Returning onscreen to the 24th century was a thrilling prospect when it was announced, as that was “home.” Where we had all spent so much time. It had been almost twenty years since we had last left that time period onscreen, and seeing Patrick Stewart as Picard again was hard to argue with. But mostly I was disappointed, because I knew the novels would lose the freedom they had had during those decades, and that one way or another it would all be ruined going forward.

The 24th century novel line slowed to a crawl, and it looked like it would end with a whimper. Picard premiered, and I was actually thrilled. High on excitement the night of the premiere, and although it was a different Picard than “mine,” the father of Rene and husband of Beverly, I actually felt that the first episode was my favorite onscreen Star Trek production ever. The things I loved, though, were actually all the great things about Treklit. Moving those stories from the 90s forward, taking advantage of the huge universe and looking into some of those rarer nooks and crannies. Using the entire cast of characters that were available when appropriate. Picard meeting Seven of Nine! I’m hooked!

But by the end of the season, things hadn’t ended up staying at the highs they started out on. Discovery likewise was a huge disappointment to me, and gave me the perfect opportunity to jump ship on the modern series at the end of season two. The only show I continued with was Picard, and I absolutely loved season three, again because it felt like all the things I loved about Treklit. I never watched Lower Decks, Prodigy, or Strange New Worlds. I was very thankful for the Coda trilogy letting the Lit-verse go out on an (admittedly flawed) bang and not a whimper. But it has felt like a poor trade off to lose continuing the amazing story in the novels which I had been enjoying for twenty years, in exchange for one amazing season of tv and a bunch of stuff I didn’t even like.

But beyond just liking something on tv, even as an adult Star Trek has been my hobby, hugely affecting my time and creating friendships I never would have expected. Years spent on the TrekBBS somehow led to the creation of my website, which at this point I’ve spent far more hours than I can count working on and improving. I’m soon to complete a slow revamp of the entire thing, and then I have ideas on how to move forward in a post-Coda Treklit world. And my website led me to joining the Star Trek Timeliners group, which had created three iterations of the Pocket Books Star Trek Novel Timeline, last published in Voyages of Imagination in 2006. We’ve spent the last eight years slowly bringing the project back up to date, and improving it in ways that I’m excited for the world to someday see. Hopefully it will find its way back into being published again in some form eventually. Through these projects, Treklit has introduced me to quite a few people who I can truly call friends in real life and have made an impactful mark on me.

I first published an essay like this on my site in preparation for the Coda trilogy a few years ago, and at that time I titled it “Star Trek Comes To An End.” But despite what I said then, and even as more and more real world differences have separated Star Trek and I over the years, I have to admit that it will probably always hold a special place in my life and my heart. It was my world as a kid, and my comfort during difficult years, which left an indelible mark on me. And the years have proven that that accustomed emotional refuge, and that childhood love, is difficult to erase. So I’m thankful that I’ll never get around to reading every bit of Treklit (2,693 stories and counting!), and so there will always be more heroic adventures of Picard, Riker, Worf, Sisko, Janeway, and Seven. In my life, Star Trek in general, and Treklit in particular, will never come to an end.

New Starship Book Library (with bonus spaceship)

I could have sworn that Fanhome had the license for all these diecast, but here’s Master Replicas with an announcement of their own:

While I would love to have yet another set of books on my shelf, I’m at the very limit of what my budget can handle, so I’m likely going to be skipping this launch.  Maybe.  or more likely I’ll find some spare cash from my Patreon and I’ll be able to give you guys some reviews.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Bernd Perplies!

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Happy birthday to Bernd Perplies!

Bernd Perplies is a german writer, translator and journalist from Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.

Bernd Perplies studied Film Science, Germanistics, Book Sciences and Psychology in Mainz. He was then employed by the German Film Institute in Frankfurt am Main, where he worked as an editor of filmportal.de between 2004 and 2009. He also works besides that as an editor for SpaceView magazine, and as a translator for the Heel publishing house, Pegasus Games and Cross Cult.

His debut novel “Tarean – Sohn des Fluchbringers” appeared in August 2008. The novel reached 3rd place at the Deutschen Phantastik Preis-Award 2009 in the category “Best German-language Novel”. He won in the next Years also several german SF and Fantasy Awards.

At the Perry Rhodan Worldcon 2011 Bernd Perplies learned about the new “Perry Rhodan” series “Perry Rhodan NEO” and applied for a cooperation. In April 2012 his first novel appeared in the series.Since then he has written as a guest for this franchise.

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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Voyager Omnibus”

Star Trek: Voyager Omnibus by Dave Baker and Paul Allor has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Join Captain Janeway and the Voyager crew in four tales of adventure and intrigue!

First, in Seven’s Reckoning, a chance encounter with a reptilian alien race draws Seven of Nine and the rest of the U.S.S. Voyager crew into an ancient class conflict that’s on the brink of exploding into all-out war! Set during Star Trek: Voyager‘s amazing fourth season, Seven finds her newfound humanity in conflict with her commitment to the Prime Directive. When she finally makes her choice, will it have the desired result? And will there still be a place for her aboard the Voyager once the dust clears? By writer Dave Baker and artist Angel Hernandez.

Then, in Mirrors and Smoke, it’s 2372. Rebel ship Voyager—captained by Kathryn Janeway, an escaped slave from a brutal Cardassian mining facility—is flung halfway across the universe. Stranded in the Delta Quadrant, Janeway and her ragtag rebel crew are faced with a choice. Find their way home, or quietly forge a new life far away from Klingons, Cardassians, and the Rebellion? Janeway chooses the third option. The Voyager will stay. The Voyager will plunder. The Delta Quadrant will be hers, and she will be its Pirate Queen. By writer Paul Allor and artist J.K. Woodward.

Closing out this omnibus are two short stories, “The Wildman Maneuver” from Star Trek: Waypoint by writer Mairghread Scott and artist Corin Howell and “The Swift Spoke” from Star Trek: Waypoint Special 2019 by Malachi Ward and Matt Sheehan.

The book is currently scheduled to be published on September 30, 2025

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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of February 27, 2025

Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.

Last Chance: Star Trek Book Deals For February 2025

Your time is running out if you’d like to take advantage of this month’s ebook deals! There are 20 books on sale for $1.99 each!

Star Trek: 31 Fortunes Of War Book 2: Battlestations!
Star Trek: 34 Dreams Of The Raven
Star Trek: 41 The Three-Minute Universe
Star Trek: 44 Vulcan’s Glory
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 10 Valhalla
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 16 Invasion! Book 3: Time’s Enemy
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change
Star Trek: Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru
Star Trek: Enterprise: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm
Star Trek: New Frontier: 7 The Quiet Place
Star Trek: Preserver
Star Trek: Stargazer: Three
Star Trek: The Klingon Dictionary
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 30 Debtors’ Planet
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 5 Strike Zone
Star Trek: Voyager: 16 Seven Of Nine
Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory: 2 Fusion
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Soul Book 1: Exodus

“Star Trek: Section 31: Emperor Born #1” Review by Aiptcomics.com

Aiptcomics.com has added a new review for Alyssa Wong‘s “Star Trek: Section 31: Emperor Born #1”:

A compelling glimpse into the Mirror Universe.

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“Star Trek: Resurgence TPB” Review by Comicon.com

Comicon.com has added a new review for Andrew Grant and Dan Martin‘s “Star Trek: Resurgence TPB”:

With inconsistent illustrations and characters behaving bizarrely, you’re better off spending your time playing the video game that this book is based on. You’ll get much more enjoyment from it.

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“Star Trek: Lower Decks #1” Review by Fanbasepress.com

Fanbasepress.com has added a new review for Ryan North‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks #1”:

It was an easy decision then to review the new Star Trek: Lower Decks #1.

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Section 31 #1”

Out today: “Star Trek: Section 31 #1“, by Alyssa Wong.

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.

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #24”

Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #24“, by Christopher Cantwell.

Alexander has but one errand left on his Quv Rite: the Errand of Vengeance. In it, he must find the orchestrator of his dishonor, Kahless II… and kill him. But is a swift death the vengeance Alexander seeks? And is it the end his manipulator deserves?

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“Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: Orions #1” Review by Comicon.com

Comicon.com has added a new review for David Tipton and Scott Tipton‘s “Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: Orions #1”:

Classic Comics Cavalcade: ‘Star Trek: Alien Spotlight- Orions’ Sheds Light On A Shadowy Corner Of The Galaxy

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‘Star Trek’ Movies Writer/Producer Robert Orci Has Passed Away

The big Star Trek fan helped revive the franchise on the big screen.

“Star Trek: Discovery: Adventures In The 32nd Century #2” Review by Comicon.com

Comicon.com has added a new review for Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson‘s “Star Trek: Discovery: Adventures In The 32nd Century #2”:

IDW collects the four issues from its quirky but strong Star Trek: Discovery series in a trade paperback. For the most part, the stories don’t take themselves too seriously, but they do provide some much-appreciated insight into fringe character from the series.

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“Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek TPB” Review by Comicon.com

Comicon.com has added a new review for Morgan Hampton‘s “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek TPB”:

Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek is a an emotional journey through the legacy of Trek, both in and out of the universe, creating a powerfully rich miniseries. Big heavy yet light visuals bring such bold and superb life to a story which tackles the sci-fi and personal exploration with expert care.

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“Star Trek: Trill #1” Review by Comicon.com

Comicon.com has added a new review for Jody Houser‘s “Star Trek: Trill #1”:

Ever since IDW Publishing launched their latest Star Trek series, I’ve rediscovered my love for the franchise. When it comes to Trek, every fan has a favorite series, character and alien race. One of mine has always been the Trill, and around the time Star Trek #1 was released, IDW also gave this fascinating alien species a spotlight one-shot.

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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of February 25, 2025

Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.

Virtual Trek Con Presents Dayton Ward

Star Trek: TNG- Nightshade book

Interview w/Derek Tyler Attico- Author of the Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko

Star Trek: Voyager- Violations book

Preview of “Star Trek: Section 31: Emperor Born #1”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Section 31: Emperor Born #1 by Alyssa Wong which is due to be released this Wednesday on February 26, 2025 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

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.

Preview of “Star Trek: Defiant #24”

Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Defiant #24 by Christopher Cantwell which is due to be released this Wednesday on February 26, 2025 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

Alexander has but one errand left on his Quv Rite: the Errand of Vengeance. In it, he must find the orchestrator of his dishonor, Kahless II… and kill him. But is a swift death the vengeance Alexander seeks? And is it the end his manipulator deserves?

“Star Trek: Lore War #1” Review by Comicbook.com

Comicbook.com has added a new review for Christopher Cantwell and Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing‘s “Star Trek: Lore War #1”:

For the past several years, IDW Publishing has provided readers with some of the best storytelling set in the Star Trek universe, with both the flagship Star Trek series and the slightly darker Star Trek: Defiant featuring all-star casts of characters from across the franchise’s nearly 60-year history, as well as new characters, in the kinds of stories that would be difficult to achieve with the restrictions of live-action film and television. Those years of stories are coming to a head in the crossover event Star Trek: Lore War, which brings storylines from both series to their simultaneous climax as the Star Trek universe is remade in the image of one of its most memorable recurring villains.

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