New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Starfleet (Tiny Book): Inspirational Quotes and Wisdom from the Final Frontier”
Star Trek: Starfleet (Tiny Book): Inspirational Quotes and Wisdom from the Final Frontier by Edward Gross has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Explore sixty years of Star Trek history in an all-new tiny format!
Ever since its TV debut in 1966, Star Trek has been at the forefront of science fiction as one of the most instantly recognizable space odysseys of them all. Now, for the first time, the complete history of the final frontier can fit into the palm of your hand! The Starfleet Tiny Book puts the compact history of one of the most recognizable and versatile science fiction cornerstones into a pocket-sized package. Full of inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from all the main characters, the book is packed with wisdom from across six decades of Star Trek.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on August 18, 2026
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Dayton Ward on Strangenewpod.com discussing “To Defy Fate”
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Dayton Ward was recently featured on Strangenewpod.com to discuss To Defy Fate:
In this episode, Dayton dives deep into the inspiration behind his latest book and shares his love for time travel stories. They look back at the classic Original Series episode “Assignment: Earth,” exploring how those classic sci-fi concepts influence his writing today, and so much more.
Check out the Dayton Ward author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!
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The Unofficial Guide That Star Trek Fans Still Can’t Stop Talking About
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Kristine Kathryn Rusch!
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Happy birthday to Kristine Kathryn Rusch!
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream.
Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2001 for her story “Millennium Babies” and the 2003 Endeavour Award for The Disappeared 2002. Her story “Recovering Apollo 8” won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History (short form) in 2008. Her novel The Enemy Within won the Sidewise (long form) in 2015. She is married to fellow writer Dean Wesley Smith; they have collaborated on several works.
She edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for six years, from mid-1991 through mid-1997, winning one Hugo Award as Best Professional Editor. 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.
Check out the Kristine Kathryn Rusch credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of June 4, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
“Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1” Review by Aiptcomics.com
Aiptcomics.com has added a new review for Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”:
Every so often, a franchise puts out a story that reminds you why you fell in love with it in the first place, and this could be that story for some fans.
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Star Trek Book Deals For June 2026
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:
It’s been one year since we lost Peter David, looks like the folks at Simon & Schuster want to give you an opportunity to see his fantastic work!
Star Trek: Constellations
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 2 The Siege
Star Trek: Discovery: Dead Endless
Star Trek: New Frontier: 12 Being Human
Star Trek: New Frontier: Blind Man’s Bluff
Star Trek: New Frontier: Gods Above
Star Trek: New Frontier: Stone And Anvil
Star Trek: New Frontier: Treason
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 35: The Demon Book 1
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Omnibus 11: Wounds
Star Trek: Stargazer: 2 Progenitor
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 6
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 8
Star Trek: The Original Series: Allegiance in Exile
Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil’s Bargain
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Weight of Worlds
Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory: 3 Evolution
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Forge
Worlds Of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Volume 3: The Dominion and Ferenginar
“Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1” Review by Comicsbeat.com
Comicsbeat.com has added a new review for Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”:
Featuring Lower Decks, the Kelvin Timeline, Starfleet Academy and MORE!
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Myrna Culbreath!
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Happy birthday to Myrna Culbreath!
Myrna Culbreath is the author and editor of several early Star Trek novels, and also one of the biographers of William Shatner.
She collaborates with Sondra Marshak.
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Out Today: “Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler”
Out today: “Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler“, by Doug Drexler.
Trek Star chronicles Oscar and Emmy Award-winning makeup, special effects, and conceptual design artist Doug Drexler’s remarkable adventures in television and film as he collaborated on many science fiction classics, including the Star Trek films and TV series.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of June 1, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Mike W. Barr!
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Happy birthday to Mike W. Barr!
Mike W. Barr also credited as Mike Barr, is a writer of comic books and novels. Outside of his Star Trek work, he wrote Batman and the Outsiders, Mantra, and Camelot 3000.
Check out the Mike W. Barr credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
Mike’s currently going through some significant health issues and has a gofundme account you can donate to: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-mike-w-barrs-medical-care
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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2” Review by Bottalk.com
Bottalk.com has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”:
Party on, Academy! 8/10
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New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! May 2026 Edition
IDW June 2026 Catalog
Star Trek 60th Anniversary Special
Celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with an anthology collecting all-new stories from a star-studded list of creators, including Brian Michael Bendis, Christopher Cantwell, David Walker, Ryan North, Meghan Camarena, Mike McMahan, Derek Charm, Michael Allred, Laura Allred, and more!
On September 8, 1966, Star Trek debuted on television and changed the landscape of science fiction forever, bringing us not only characters who were inspiring and smart but storytelling that shaped the way people thought about the world. Since then, every Trek show, movie, and comic has endeavored to do the same. In this seven-story collection, IDW thrills, delights, and contextualizes lore with tales from the original series Star Trek, Lower Decks, The Animated Series, Picard, and Starfleet Academy…plus a preview of the all-new Star Trek flagship title launching in 2026. Join us as we make history!
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact
Join us for a brand-new adventure featuring cadets from Paramount’s Starfleet Academy as they delve into a dangerous first-contact mission!
Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima are all students of the illustrious Starfleet Academy, training to one day be upstanding commanders and communicators, boldly going, and representing progress across the Galaxy. But today, their mission is to simply execute a survey simulation on a low-oxygen, lifeless planet.
Or at least, it seems simple…until a huge storm cuts off their comms with their teachers aboard the U.S.S. Athena…and an impossibility appears. Now, they’ll have to work together and use everything they’ve learned in class to make it off the planet alive!
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #5
The conclusion to the cadets’ adventure on S’Eekay II!
Genesis Lythe screwed up. When she took charge of a planetary survey simulation exercise on an alien planet, she didn’t know she’d be forced to contend with tech-worshiping aliens silencing her and her teammates who refuse to work together—nor that her teachers wouldn’t be there as a safety net. Now, one of her best friends is injured, and despite Chancellor Kelrec’s presence, the group is no closer to returning to the safety of the U.S.S. Athena.
But there may be a way to turn it all around if only Genesis can trust in her team. School is in session, and she intends for everyone to make it out with full marks.
Star Trek: The Last Starship #10
Kirk’s war against the Emerald Chain brings him face-to-face with his most dangerous enemy yet: Admiral Sato.
When the Borg-augmented U.S.S. Omega liberates Tellar, Starfleet’s U.S.S. Challenger arrives armed with anti-Borg technology, ordering Kirk to stop at any cost. But as Emerald Chain reinforcements descend, an unexpected proposal could force these old allies to choose between destroying each other…and saving the Federation once and for all.
The explosive opening chapter of a Galaxy-shaking new arc starts here!
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror Universe
Go into the alternate “Mirror, Mirror” universe to meet the cold-blooded crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise and their captain, the ruthless Jean-Luc Picard, in a new 6 x 9 format!
This IDW Classic Collections book features three graphic novels—Mirror Broken, Through the Mirror, and Terra Incognita—plus the one-shot story “Origin of Data!”
Space…the final frontier. These are the voyages of the I.S.S. Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to conquer strange new worlds, to enslave new life and new civilizations…to boldly go where no one has gone before! In the other-dimensional Mirror Universe, there is no United Federation of Planets. There is only a cruel Terran Empire, where advancement comes through assassination, brutality is commonplace, and kindness is a weakness.
By writers David Tipton and Scott Tipton with artists J.K. Woodward, Marcus To, Chris Johnson, Josh Hood, Carlos Nieto, Débora Caríta, Tony Shasteen, and Ángel Hernández. Includes over 400 pages of content in an economy-size format!
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 28, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Out Today: “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”
Out today: “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1“, by Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin.
You are cordially invited to the party that is this year’s Star Trek: Celebrations anthology! This one-shot features the universe’s queer characters in tales of love and triumph, exemplifying Gene Roddenberry’s mission for us all to one day celebrate infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
Our cast of all LGBTQIA+ creators—including Meghan Fitzmartin, Ben Kahn, Jamila Rowser, and more (!)—are serving up the fun with stories like a botanical adventure with Sulu and Ben, a bar brawl bash with Mariner and Jennifer, and a nostalgic holodeck date gone wrong with Seven and Raffi, so don’t miss out on this talent-packed extravaganza.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”
Out today: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2“, by Layne Morgan.
A massive transvectous ozone storm has hit S’Eekay II, stranding Jay-Den, Genesis, Tarima, and Kyle away from their teachers aboard the Athena! What was meant to be a routine survey simulation on an abandoned planet has turned deadly: An unknown life-form’s hunting them, they’re trapped in a mysterious force field preventing them from beaming out, and to make matters worse, the cadets have completely lost their ability to speak to one another…not that they were doing great at working together beforehand.
Luckily, Genesis has a plan to get them out. Only no one is listening to her. And if the cadets all don’t grow into their Starfleet shoes fast, their first mission will become their last.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Lawrence M. Krauss!
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Happy birthday to Lawrence M. Krauss!
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is a professor of physics and astronomy, and Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. He is also director of its Origins Project.
He’s the author of ten popular books, explaining scientific principles and physics for a general public, using, in the cases of the international bestseller The Physics of Star Trek, and Beyond Star Trek, examples from the live-action Star Trek franchise as illustrative back-drops for his treatises. Other popular works, Krauss has written include the award winning Atom, and Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions from Plato to String Theory and Beyond.
Krauss also appeared in a segment of How William Shatner Changed the World.
Check out the Lawrence M. Krauss credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
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New Star Trek Book: “Jett Reno’s Guide to the USS Athena”
Jett Reno’s Guide to the USS Athena by has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
“This is the first in a series of briefing packs that provide a unique insight into Star Trek ships. Jett Reno’s Guide to the U.S.S. Athena is an internal document that was created by the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy art department to provide the writers and directors with essential information about the ship. It includes annotated exterior views, information about the ship’s different modes and its transformation and landing procedures, schematics showing the location of all the key systems including classrooms and dorms, and diagrams of all the key sets. The briefing pack consists of 120 pages and comes in a presentation portfolio.”
The book is currently scheduled to be published on September 2, 2026
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New Star Trek Book: “Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler”
Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler by Doug Drexler has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Trek Star chronicles Oscar and Emmy Award-winning makeup, special effects, and conceptual design artist Doug Drexler’s remarkable adventures in television and film as he collaborated on many science fiction classics, including the Star Trek films and TV series.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 1, 2026
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Preview of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #2 by Layne Morgan which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 27, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Luckily, Genesis has a plan to get them out. Only no one is listening to her. And if the cadets all don’t grow into their Starfleet shoes fast, their first mission will become their last.
Preview of “Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 #1 by Ashley Cooper and Ben Khan and Jamila Rowser and Jarrett Melendez and Karim Diané and Meghan Fitzmartin which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 27, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Our cast of all LGBTQIA+ creators—including Meghan Fitzmartin, Ben Kahn, Jamila Rowser, and more (!)—are serving up the fun with stories like a botanical adventure with Sulu and Ben, a bar brawl bash with Mariner and Jennifer, and a nostalgic holodeck date gone wrong with Seven and Raffi, so don’t miss out on this talent-packed extravaganza.
DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 25, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Kelli Fitzpatrick!
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Happy birthday to Kelli Fitzpatrick!
Kelli Fitzpatrick is an author, teacher, Trekkie, cosplayer, artist, geek, traveler, runner, and lover of all things literary.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Carlos Garzón!
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Happy birthday to Carlos Garzón!
Carlos Garzónis a Colombian comic book artist, working with both pencils and inks. He began his career in the late 1960s with his character “El Dago”. By the mid-1970s, he had begun working for Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse Comics. He is best known for his work with both the Star Wars and Star Trek lines, doing covers, inks, and pencils across their various runs.
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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 21, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 21, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Out Today: “Star Trek: The Last Starship #7”
Out today: “Star Trek: The Last Starship #7“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
A brand-new arc starts now!
The crew of the U.S.S. Omega are desperately trying to hold the Federation’s vision of a united Galaxy together, but they’re failing. The spirit of cooperation is dead, but Starfleet’s mission might not be, thanks to a research station on the aptly named Deep Space Hope. There, one last shining ray of possibility remains in an ever-darkening universe. A way to put everything back in its rightful place…if only Sato and his crew are bold enough to seize it.
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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1” Review by Positivelytrek.com
Positivelytrek.com has added a new review for Layne Morgan‘s “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #1”:
It’s that time again! This month’s round-up of Star Trek comics includes the finale to the 18-issue run of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the premiere issue of a new miniseries: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact! Join hosts Dan and Brandi as they discuss what they liked, what they didn’t like, and everything in between about the Star Trek comics that came out in April 2026!
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“Star Trek: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko” Review by Treknews.net
Treknews.net has added a new review for Derek Tyler Attico‘s “Star Trek: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko”:
Benjamin Sisko, the legendary captain of Deep Space Nine played by Avery Brooks, has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence in recent Trek. Sisko’s life and subsequent disappearance proved to be a major influence for one of Starfleet Academy’s characters, and fans were treated to a whopper of a DS9 tribute when they least expected it. The most recent novel to come out of the franchise, the exceptional To Defy Fate, also touches on Sisko’s life and the profound effect it had on the galaxy. No surprise, then, that we were in the mood to delve into Sisko’s life with The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko, published first in 2023 in hardcover and then more recently in paperback.
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Preview of “Star Trek: The Last Starship #7”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: The Last Starship #7 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 20, 2026 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
The crew of the U.S.S. Omega are desperately trying to hold the Federation’s vision of a united Galaxy together, but they’re failing. The spirit of cooperation is dead, but Starfleet’s mission might not be, thanks to a research station on the aptly named Deep Space Hope. There, one last shining ray of possibility remains in an ever-darkening universe. A way to put everything back in its rightful place…if only Sato and his crew are bold enough to seize it.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Diane Duane!
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Happy birthday to Diane Duane!
Diane Elizabeth Duane is the author of numerous Star Trek novels, including The Wounded Sky, Doctor’s Orders and Spock’s World (Pocket TOS), Dark Mirror and Intellivore (Pocket TNG), and the Rihannsu series – My Enemy, My Ally, The Romulan Way, Swordhunt, Honor Blade, and The Empty Chair. She also created a Romulan language for the Rihannsu novels.
Duane is the co-writer of TNG: “Where No One Has Gone Before”, which was loosely based on The Wounded Sky.
Trek comics she has written include “Double Blind, Part One” and “Double Blind, Part II”, “The Last Word”, and the Star Trek: The Next Generation – Ill Wind mini-series.
Diane Duane has worked with Star Trek in perhaps the most forms of anyone alive. Besides comics, novels and TV, she has adapted her own work for audio, has written for the Star Trek manga series by Tokyopop, has written short Trek fiction for anthologies, and plotted and wrote the first Star Trek computer game, Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative.
Duane has also written more than thirty non-Trek books; among these she is probably best known for the Young Wizards series, which is currently in its eighth volume. Other books include the “Feline Wizardry Sequence” and the Door… series. She makes a habit of including Star Trek references in her non-Trek books.
Born in New York City, Duane now lives in County Wicklow, Ireland with her husband Peter Morwood, who has collaborated with her on several books and also on some film and television projects.
A character in “Debt of Honor”, a comic from DC, was named for Diane Duane – a Diane Morwood was the third-in-command of the engineering section of the USS Farragut, and a colleague of Lieutenant James T. Kirk, in 2254.
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 18, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
2 New Star Trek Series Announced, And They’re Taking The Franchise In A Bold Direction
My wife has long read webtoons content and it was surprising to me that it’s taken Paramount this long to get Trek going over there. The first series that J.R. Waugh mentions in his article is a “Boys’ Love” series that will make for an interesting time for those in the “this isn’t real Trek” circles that have been hate blogging or making excessive video blogs about how a trans Trill destroys Trek and everything it stood for.
I for one will be excited to explore how exactly they’re going to roll out the Webtoons versions of Star Trek. I know that a few Webtoons were later printed to actual paper, so if that happens who’s going to get to publish it, IDW, Titan, or a new entrant to the messy arena of publishing?
IDW PUBLISHING EARNS 11 NOMINATIONS IN THE 2026 EISNER AWARDS
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DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 14, 2026
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Red Shirts TPB”
Out today: “Star Trek: Red Shirts TPB“, by Christopher Cantwell.
The doomed Starfleet crew members, the red shirts, must track down spies on an isolated planet in this graphic novel.
Stranded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.
They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. In this complicated story of betrayal, loss, and redemption, the red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line…and no one is safe.
This heartrending story by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek) marks a new beginning for the Star Trek universe, featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crew members: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.
Collects the complete miniseries Star Trek: Red Shirts #1–5.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to David Mack!
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Happy birthday to David Mack!
David Mack is the award-winning and The New York Times bestselling author of 38 novels and numerous short works of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.
Mack’s writing credits span television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. He also has worked as a consultant on the animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy. In June 2022, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers honored him as a Grandmaster with its Faust Award.
His most recent publications include Harm’s Way, a Star Trek: Vanguard / Star Trek: The Original Series crossover novel, several new works of original short fiction, and a new Star Trek: Picard novel titled Firewall.
Mack resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.
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Happy 2026 Birthday to Edward Gross!
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Happy birthday to Edward Gross!
Edward Gross is an author and journalist. Gross is the (co-)author of several unauthorized Star Trek reference books. His first Trek work was as a contributing free-lance writer for Starlog Press, the former O’Quinn Studios, for whom he started working from 1986 onward, submitting numerous articles. His articles were published in their Starlog magazine as well as the 1986-1988 publications Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – The Official Movie Magazine and several issues of The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine.
For Starlog, Gross specialized in tracking down and interviewing the more peripheral contributors to the franchise, such as guest actors, directors, and writers, as well as lesser known production staffers, that were rarely, if at all referred to in other, later publications covering the franchise. Building upon the knowledge and experience garnered there he started writing his unlicensed reference books, most of them in cooperation with Mark A. Altman. In them he expanded upon the interviews he had done with said contributors, resulting in point of view works that were somewhat outside the more “political correct” ones utilized in the officially licensed works of, for example, Pocket Books. Interviewees, long outside the purview of official studio policies, often felt free to proffer a more critical view on the production of Star Trek and the studio policies surrounding them.
Check out the Edward Gross credit page to view more updates and a full list of credits!
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 11, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of May 7, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
John J. Ordover on Davidagranoff.blogspot.com discussing “Star Trek”
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John J. Ordover was recently featured on Davidagranoff.blogspot.com to discuss Star Trek:
This episode of Star Trek Story, Myth, and Arcs I present to you my first interview episode or the First Writer’s Room Episode. From 1992 to 2003 John J Ordover oversaw the print-end of Trek CU. We go deep on the creation of several Star Trek mini-series, the frustration of working with the Deep Space Nine twists and turns, consulting with Ron Moore on the Eugenics Wars, and writing two episodes of Deep Space Nine.
Check out the John J. Ordover author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!
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“Marvel Super Special #15 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Review by Tjmcleanwrites.com
Tjmcleanwrites.com has added a new review for Alan Dean Foster and Gene Roddenberry and Harold Livingston and Marv Wolfman‘s “Marvel Super Special #15 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture”:
Stan Lee wrote in one of his Stan’s Soapbox columns in the 1970s that Marvel had been very interested in getting the rights to do a Star Trek comic book, but that they were all tied up. Western Publishing and its Gold Key Comics line started publishing Star Trek comics in 1967 and retained the license throughout the 1970s as the show’s popularity soared in syndication and its fandom was in full blossom.
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Out Today: “The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks”
Out today: “The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks“, by Megan Treviño.
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.
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Star Trek Book Deals For May 2026
This month’s ebook deals have landed with 18 books on sale for 1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:
Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes
Star Trek: Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: These Haunted Seas
Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing
Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing
Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery: Fear Itself
Star Trek: Discovery: The Way To The Stars
Star Trek: New Frontier: After The Fall
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 12: Some Assembly Required
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 43: Paradise Interrupted
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 48: Creative Couplings Book 2
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers 59: Blackout
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 10
Star Trek: Unspoken Truth
Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory: 1 Cohesion
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DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of May 4, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to John J. Ordover!
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Happy birthday to John J. Ordover!
John J. Ordover is a former editor at Pocket Books, and for many years he was responsible for overseeing the company’s line of Star Trek books. He is partially responsible for the “rebirth” of Star Trek fiction in the 1990s, being the driving force behind series-bending concepts such as the Invasion! miniseries, the Eugenics Wars novels, and Star Trek: New Frontier, Trek’s first novel-only series. He also edited the first seven volumes of the Strange New Worlds anthologies.
In August of 2003, Ordover left Pocket books to start up a book packager (though he did continue to work on a few projects he had left at Pocket), but ended up a part-owner of Phobos Books where he holds the title of editor-in-chief. There, he was responsible for the development of the new Phobos Impact Science Fiction and Fantasy lines, presenting the forthcoming novels All Eve’s Hallows by Dean Wesley Smith (September, 2005) Dragon America by Mike Resnick (also September, 2005), Sword of Orion by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (October, 2005), Blood and Roses by Ann Tonsor Zeddies (November, 2005), The Genesis Project by Dayton Ward (January, 2006) Luna City Special Investigations: Dead Man on the Moon by Stephen Harper (February, 2006) and Phobos Rising by L.A. Graf (March, 2006).
In 2000, Ordover won the Psi Phi Award for Lifetime Achievement. It was subsequently nicknamed “the Ordie” in his honor.
He runs the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art in Manhattan.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge”
Out today: “Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge“, by .
One of the most detailed Star Trek
production books ever published is arriving in May.
Recreating the D Bridge tells the inside story of the rebirth of one of Star Trek
Art director Liz Kloczkowski documents how the art department tracked down every available reference and, working with an army of skilled craftspeople and Star Trek
The book features:
- Hundreds of rare behind the scenes photographs
- Original concept art and blueprints
- Detailed insight into layout, materials, lighting, and construction
With forewords by Terry Matalas and Dave Blass, and an afterword by original The Next Generation production designer Herman Zimmerman, this is a definitive archival release.
“Easily among the top ten Star Trek
— Doug Drexler
(Star Trek
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“Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate” Review by Warpfactortrek.com
Warpfactortrek.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: Picard: To Defy Fate”:
Events in the novel To Defy Fate by Dayton Ward take place shortly after events in the season finale of Star Trek: Picard – “The Last Generation” – and depict the immediate aftermath of Frontier Day, in which many Starfleet officers were killed after a joint attack by the Borg and a group of rogue Changelings. The novel also continues a long-standing tradition, in non-canon literature, of referring to Gary Seven and his fellow time-travelling agents from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Assignment: Earth” as the “Aegis”. The book brings them back, together with the Travelers from Star Trek: The Next Generation. How does the fallout of what happened on Frontier Day connect these two groups?
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The Live Show | Star Trek Timelines — Meet the Writers
The writers behind the just announced, Star Trek Timelines join the SyFy Sistas. Learn about the book that spans every timeline, every universe and every era…
DTI Treklit Investigation for the week of April 30, 2026
Here’s a look at the books printed this week in the past.
Happy 2026 Birthday to Kate Mulgrew!
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Happy birthday to Kate Mulgrew!
Kate Mulgrew is an actress who is best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager. Before stepping into the role of a Starfleet captain, her claim to fame was playing Mary Ryan on the ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope. Since then, she has been part of the main cast in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek Complete Original Series Guide”
Star Trek Complete Original Series Guide by Adrian Sherlock has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
The book is currently scheduled to be published on March 1, 2026
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New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! April 2026 Edition
IDW May 2026 Catalog
Star Trek: Red Shirts: Ghost of the 21st Century #1
Revenge is a dish best served on time delay. From Gerry Duggan (Deadpool, X-Men: Fall of the House of X) comes the next Red Shirts bloodbath…
On the Federation’s farthest frontier, red shirts don’t just die—they’re used.When conscripted security grunt Harry Deubert finds contraband hidden inside a fallen comrade’s body, he uncovers Section Null—a secret Starfleet directorate turning disposable red shirts into assets in a sprawling criminal conspiracy. Teaming with Lyna Taval, an Andorian officer with her own covert agenda, Deubert digs too deep…and becomes a target.
Someone inside Starfleet Security is selling out the Federation. And once Deubert and Taval learn what red shirts are really for, there’s no going back.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact #4
Things are looking bad for the cadets: They’re stranded on a desolate planet with low oxygen reserves, a hostile civilization, and a force field that’s cutting off their comms to the U.S.S. Athena.
After an explosive misunderstanding with the aliens of S’Eekay II, they make a run for it, carrying injured Jay-Den back to their base. His wounds are severe, and he’s the only member of their ragtag crew with medical experience. If he’s to survive the day, he’ll need to talk one of the other cadets through his own life-saving procedure.
Then, through the silence, comes a clang. Pop. The aliens are back to finish what they started.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Nahla forms a plan to reach her stranded students! There has to be some way through the storm…
Star Trek: The Last Starship #9
The conclusion to Arc 3!
The U.S.S. Omega breaks apart.Captain Sato returns to his bridge to find Kirk—and the Borg—already in command. What follows is a phaser-point standoff over the ship’s future: surrender and survival…or war to save a dying galaxy. As arguments turn into action, Valqis is forced to choose a side—and a captain.
In Sickbay, Zed makes an impossible call to save Vi from assimilation, uncovering a terrifying truth about the psychic singularity at Deep Space Hope. It proves hope may still exist… at a devastating cost.
The Federation and the crew are divided. Two visions for the future emerge. One will rebuild. One will fight back. The line is drawn.
The Galaxy will never be the same.
New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge”
Star Trek: Picard: Recreating The Bridge by has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
One of the most detailed Star Trek
Recreating the D Bridge tells the inside story of the rebirth of one of Star Trek
Art director Liz Kloczkowski documents how the art department tracked down every available reference and, working with an army of skilled craftspeople and Star Trek
The book features:
- Hundreds of rare behind the scenes photographs
- Original concept art and blueprints
- Detailed insight into layout, materials, lighting, and construction
With forewords by Terry Matalas and Dave Blass, and an afterword by original The Next Generation production designer Herman Zimmerman, this is a definitive archival release.
“Easily among the top ten Star Trek
— Doug Drexler
(Star Trek
The book is currently scheduled to be published on May 1, 2026
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Out Today: “The Star Trek Guide to Gender: What We Can Learn About Sex, Society and Ourselves from the Iconic Sci-Fi Series”
Out today: “The Star Trek Guide to Gender: What We Can Learn About Sex, Society and Ourselves from the Iconic Sci-Fi Series“, by Jessie Earl.
Star Trek was one of the first televised shows to explore issues of gender and sexuality, earning an audience of devoted queer fans alongside its core base of science-fiction enthusiasts.
Jessie Earl, known as Jessie Gender on YouTube, is known for her deep dives into topics of gender and sexuality―but she also interrogates Star Trek and its impact on gender and sexuality as we know it.
Queer readers and science fiction fans alike will love this deep dive into Deep Space Nine―as well as other aspects of Star Trek, such as its older iterations, fandom responses, show controversies and more―as they learn about gender and sex through one of the most prescient shows of its time.
This book explores Star Trek as a cultural zeitgeist: not just a TV Guide, this book explores the history and sociology of Star Trek from its inception to modern iterations, helping readers to understand not just the show, but themselves as well. This book would make a great gift for anyone interested in gender and Star Trek.
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Comics legend Gerry Conway passes away at 73
Gerry Conway, co-creator of the Punisher and writer of the death of Gwen Stacy, has passed away.
1 oz Silver Collectible Coins of 1 real book and two dream books
Agoro.com has a fun and expensive celebration of Star Trek books with a series of three silver collectible coins. One of them is of the great U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual, the other two are of technical manuals that I would love to see actually get created: a Starfleet Communicator Owner Manual and U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Bridge Owner Manual. At $162.62 each, they’re somewhat out of my price range, but I’d love to hear from the more financial endowed fans out there how these look in person.
DTI Comic Book Investigation for the week of April 27, 2026
Here are all the comics printed this week in years past.
New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek Timelines”
Star Trek Timelines by Derek Tyler Attico and Jim Johnson and Kelli Fitzpatrick and Michael Dismuke has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Chart the history of Star Trek from the big bang to the end of the universe.
Explore hundreds of Star Trek events in the Prime universe and many alternate realities. This title spans the entire breadth of the iconic Star Trek franchise from The Original Series through to its latest series, including Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Discover fascinating alternate timelines from the infamous Mirror Universe to the Kelvin timeline and Star Trek: Voyager’s Year of Hell. From Michael Burnham to Jean-Luc Picard, feature spreads cover iconic characters’ evolutions through space and time.
Written by four authors steeped in Star Trek lore, this official book has been meticulously researched and will be an indispensable gift for fans as Star Trek celebrates its 60th anniversary.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on November 3, 2026
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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: Voyager and Enterprise 1996-2005”
Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: Voyager and Enterprise 1996-2005 by Tom Salinsky has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 30, 2026
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