New Book Announcement: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward The Night” by James Swallow
James Swallow has announced a new Trek book featuring the Strange New Worlds crew, due to be released April 29, 2025. Preorders are already up!
A thrilling new novel based on the Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!
While patrolling the borders of the Klingon Empire, Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise detect a series of subspace echoes from a planet orbiting a volatile flare star — and when Lieutenant Spock and Commander Una Chin-Riley lead a landing party to learn more, they discover the ruins of a dead civilization and evidence of starship-grade metals…quite possibly a crash site.
As they continue to investigate the strange signals, Spock and Una find shocking signs of dangerous alien life and remnants of what can only be Federation hardware. The trail soon leads Pike and Enterprise’s helmswoman Lieutenant Erica Ortegas deep into the mystery of a lost Starfleet vessel, missing in action for over ninety years—and to a terrible dilemma that will challenge the crew to question their past…and their future.
Preview of “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek #3”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek #3 by Morgan Hampton which is due to be released this Wednesday on June 5, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Captain’s Table Book Three: The Mist” Review by Deepspacespines.com
Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch‘s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Captain’s Table Book Three: The Mist”:
In today’s episode, the DS9 crew discovers a group of people who can add and remove sprite layers to space on demand. But Sisko might have a tough time taking the man who brought the Defiant over seriously, considering the wildfire blazing in his pants region. What kind of basic is Sisko? Has stress made him forget his quadrants? And what if someone has to go to the bathroom during your story? All this and more in The Mist, the book that knows it’s always time for nachos.
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“Star Trek Giant Poster Book: Voyage Three” Review by Collectingtrek.ca
Collectingtrek.ca has added a new review for anthony fredrickson and Doug Drexler and Eileen Palestine and el mono and geoffrey marsh and george snow and Ron Barlow‘s “Star Trek Giant Poster Book: Voyage Three”:
This issue was devoted to “the humor of Star Trek” and that was a good choice. The show did funny really well, even though Gene Roddenberry famously did not want his creation to concentrate on jocularity. That is understandable in the context of the 1960s: science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular were struggling to be taken seriously, and pop sci-fi often did not help.
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Happy 2024 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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“Star Trek: Celebrations #1” Review by Dailystartreknews.com
Dailystartreknews.com has added a new review for Hannah Rose May and Magdalene Visaggio and Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations #1”:
As both a queer person and a Star Trek fan I was incredibly excited for the Star Trek: Celebrations comic that IDW was releasing to celebrate pride this year. I drove over an hour both ways to pick up this comic and it took all my self restraint not to pull over and read the comic on my drive back. Once I got home I immediately started reading, and frankly, I’m a little disappointed.
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Ken Burns, H’24 Keynote Address to Brandeis University’s 2024 Graduates
Skip to the 13 minute mark if you want to hear the real reason this was posted here.
Happy 2024 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 author page to view more author updates and a full list of books!
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“Star Trek: Celebrations #1” Review by Trekcentral.net
Trekcentral.net has added a new review for Hannah Rose May and Magdalene Visaggio and Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations #1”:
There’s a real treat this week in the realm of comic books. That would be Star Trek: Celebrations which is on sale this week from IDW Publishing! The one-shot is a sort of LGBTQIA+ pride month celebration, highlighting the diverse roster of queer characters in the Star Trek universe. Looking at the cover, it’s lovely to see so many faces. However it is a little telling that nearly half of them are from the same show, Star Trek: Discovery, which is coming to an end tomorrow.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Celebrations #1”
Out today: “Star Trek: Celebrations #1“, by Hannah Rose May and Magdalene Visaggio and Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala.
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but to celebrate differences in ideas and differences in life forms.” -Gene Roddenberry
IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe! Join legendary heroes from each era of the beloved franchise in stories that showcase the strengths of infinite diversity in infinite combinations, brought to you by a star-studded cast of writers and artists including Vita Ayala, Steve Orlando, Mags Visaggio, and more!
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Discovering The TV Series”
Out today: “Star Trek: Discovering The TV Series“, by Tom Salinsky.
How well do you know Star Trek? Lifelong science fiction fan, podcaster and author Tom Salinsky decided that the answer was “not well enough,” and so at the beginning of 2022, he embarked on a two-year mission to watch everything from the start of The Original Series to the end of Enterprise, at the rate of one episode per day. This book is the first part of that odyssey, covering the 79 television episodes which started it all, the animated series which briefly brought it back in the 1970s, the first six original movies and the full run of The Next Generation. Whether you’re a die-hard fan, a casual viewer, or just someone interested in the history of television, you’ll adore coming on this daily journey though the highs and lows of one of the most significant and much-loved media properties in the world.
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Preview of “Star Trek: Celebrations #1”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Celebrations #1 by Hannah Rose May and Magdalene Visaggio and Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 29, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe! Join legendary heroes from each era of the beloved franchise in stories that showcase the strengths of infinite diversity in infinite combinations, brought to you by a star-studded cast of writers and artists including Vita Ayala, Steve Orlando, Mags Visaggio, and more!
Happy 2024 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 author page to view more author updates and a full list of books!
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Captain’s Table: 2 Dujonian’s Hoard” Review by Deepspacespines.com
Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Michael Jan Friedman‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Captain’s Table: 2 Dujonian’s Hoard”:
In today’s episode, when Starfleet sends Picard in search of an AWOL captain, he picks Worf for his plus-one. But the search-and-rescue doubles as a treasure hunt, and the first one to find it will be singing glor’ya, glor’ya, hallelujah. Can MJF get away with putting his prose in characters’ mouths? How well does naming characters after things near you on your desk work out? And did Picard’s quarry go through some changes after leaving Starfleet? All this and more in Dujonian’s Hoard, the book that spares the Bolian (sort of).
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US officials: A Russian rocket launch last week likely deployed a space weapon
“Naming space as a warfighting domain was kind of forbidden, but that’s changed.”
Lawsuit Filed To Remove North Carolina Courthouse’s Confederate Monument For ‘Faithful Slaves’
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“Star Trek: Defiant #15” Review by Trekcentral.net
Trekcentral.net has added a new review for Christopher Cantwell‘s “Star Trek: Defiant #15”:
The penultimate part of the ‘Hell is only a Word’ arc amps up the tension in Star Trek: Defiant #15. In the last issue, we learned quite a lot about the Parasites’ plans. Their goals extend well outside of Starbase 99, and into universal domination. Spock, mind-melding with an infected B’Elanna learned of the interdimensional portal they’d used to get onto the Starbase. Even crazier, there’s a massive Parasite Queen below deck who’d stop at nothing to put their nasty plans in motion.
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New Star Trek Comic Books Announced To Preorder! May 2024 Edition
After defying the laws of physics to reach the Pleroma, Captain Sisko and the Theseus crew find themselves unwelcome. The gods want them home and warn that everyone will die if they don’t leave, but they’re too late and their worst fears just might come true. The new godkiller is on their doorsteps… and it’s none other than Lore!
Celebrate IDW’s 500th issue of Star Trek comics (and an early Star Trek Day!) with this landmark oversized anthology issue! This collection of five short stories spans through fan-favorite eras of the beloved franchise from Lower Decks to Strange New Worlds, legacy characters from The Next Generation and the original series, written and illustrated by Star Trek comics veterans and new voices alike. Plus, don’t miss out on the prelude to 2025’s big Star Trek and Defiant comic crossover event written by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Christopher Cantwell!
With Spock rotting in a Romulan cell aboard Sela’s ship, the rest of the Defiant crew readies the farmers of Antara for an invasion by General Revo and his relentless Romulan army. This leaves Worf, B’Elanna, and Ro with two crewmates down, and despite how hopeful the planet’s population is, what are three failed Starfleet officers and lowly resistance fighters to a heavily armed and technologically advanced Romulan strike team?
Trump’s Assassination Fantasy Has a Darker Purpose
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Parole Board ‘Unanimously’ Says Murderer Who Drove Into BLM Protesters And Shot 1 To Death Should Be Pardoned
Daniel Perry drove his car into BLM protesters and shot one to death.
Olivia Munn Says She Documented Cancer Journey for Her Son: ‘I Fought to Be Here’
Olivia Munn documented her cancer journey to show her son what she endured.
‘Inappropriate’ Photo of Pregnant Woman is Pulled From Times Square
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Microsoft being investigated over new ‘Recall’ AI feature that tracks your every PC move
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“Star Trek: Picard: Firewall” Review by Stfamily.org
Stfamily.org has added a new review for David Mack‘s “Star Trek: Picard: Firewall”:
Seven of Nine made her bold entrance on ‘Star Trek: Picard’ roughly four years ago. Since then, many fans have wanted to know the untold story of how she became a Fenris Ranger. “Firewall” gives fans that story. And I’m happy to report-it’s well worth the wait!
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“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: I, The Constable” Review by Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com
Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com has added a new review for Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann‘s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: I, The Constable”:
This brings the Block/Erdmann Quark trilogy to a close, though this one has a stronger focus on Odo, especially at first. Quark learns that an uncle of his is dead and he might inherit… except Rom recently made it legal for wives to inherit, and his uncle has three! So Quark goes to Ferenginar to try to woo them, but disappears; Odo, at a loose end waiting for Federation bureaucracy to resolve the issue of the Dominion refugees following the events of The Long Mirage, reluctantly volunteers to go to Ferenginar and find Quark.
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths” Review by Trekmovie.com
Trekmovie.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths”:
Dayton Ward’s new Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, Pliable Truths, is chock full of fantastic ideas filled with dramatic potential.
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Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #15”
Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #15“, by Christopher Cantwell.
It’s a good day to die! Left with no other choice, the crew of the Defiant assists Hugh in assimilating B’Elanna in hopes of reclaiming control over the parasite embedded in her brain stem. But it’s a race against time and the undead as hordes of infected Starbase crew bang on the hangar doors, demanding Worf and his crew surrender and become one with the parasitic Collective!
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths” Review by Scifichick.com
Scifichick.com has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths”:
This story is set just before the Deep Space Nine series. There are multiple storylines set on both Terok Nor/Deep Space Nine and a hidden Cardassian planet, but all are easy to follow and weave a captivating web of suspense, intrigue, and drama.
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First two SCE books for only $1.99 each!
The SCE series was a fun concept with a unique (for Trek at least) release method of smaller electronic releases that were later released in print form compendiums and today the first digital versions of those collections are on sale for just $1.99 each!
Last Chance! Star Trek Book Deals For May 2024
You only have until June second to grab these 11 books on sale for $0.99 each!
Star Trek: 4 The Covenant Of The Crown
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 4 The Big Game
Star Trek: Seekers: 2 Point of Divergence
Star Trek: Seekers: 3 Long Shot
Star Trek: Spectre
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 49 The Q Continuum 3: Q-Strike
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Book 1 The Persistence of Memory
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Book 2 Silent Weapons
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Book 3 The Body Electric
Star Trek: Voyager: 10 Bless The Beasts
Star Trek: Voyager: 5 Incident At Arbuk
Out Today: “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths”
Out today: “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths“, by Dayton Ward.
A thrilling new Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine adventure from New York Times bestselling author Dayton Ward!
2369: Shortly after Starfleet thwarts a Cardassian attack on a Federation star system, the Cardassian government orders an end to its fifty-year occupation of the planet Bajor. As a result, a newly installed Bajoran government requests immediate assistance from the Federation to mediate how the withdrawal will proceed and what recompense, if any, Bajorans are owed from their brutal oppressors. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is ordered by Starfleet Command to oversee these tense negotiations on Terok Nor, the massive Cardassian space station still orbiting Bajor, even as he still deals with his own recent trauma as a prisoner held and tortured by a Cardassian interrogator.
As these critical peace talks get underway, Ensign Ro Laren receives a call for help from a friend thought long dead, exposing an insidious secret from inside Cardassian space. Now, Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise must act to prevent an interstellar incident from reigniting deadly hostilities between the Federation and the Cardassians, and shattering any hope of justice for the Bajoran people…
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Preview of “Star Trek: Defiant #15”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Defiant #15 by Christopher Cantwell which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 22, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
Happy 2024 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.
Check out the Diane Duane author page to view more author updates and a full list of books!
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Eisner Awards 2024: IDW Earns 13 Nominations; Two for Star Trek!
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 16, 2024) – IDW Publishing is immensely proud and honored to announce it has earned a total of 13 nominations in the 2024 Eisner Awards, the prestigious event celebrating the best storytelling and creatives from the comic book industry over the past year. This recognition of IDW’s efforts includes nine solo nominations and four shared nominations. The solo nominations for IDW are…
Best New Series: BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES by Patrick Horvath (IDW)
Best Limited Series: GODZILLA: HERE THERE BE DRAGONS by Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda (IDW)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot: STAR TREK: DAY OF BLOOD – SHAXS’ BEST DAY by Ryan North and Derek Charm (IDW)
Best Short Story: ‘Friendship is Forever’ in MY LITTLE PONY 40TH CELEBRATION by Sam Maggs and Keisha Okafor (IDW)
Best Writer: Stephen Graham Jones for EARTHDIVERS (IDW)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Inaki Miranda for GODZILLA: HERE THERE BE DRAGONS (IDW)
Best Graphic Album – New: ASHES by Álvaro Ortiz, translation by Eva Ibarzabal (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best U.S Edition of International Material: ASHES by Álvaro Ortiz, translation by Eva Ibarzabal (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books: MICHAEL GOLDEN’S MARVEL STORIES ARTIST’S EDITION, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
The shared nominations for IDW are…
Best Writer: G. Willow Wilson for Poison Ivy (DC); THE HUNGER AND THE DUSK (IDW)
Best Coloring:
Jordie Bellaire for Batman, Birds of Prey (DC), DARK SPACES: THE HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL (IDW)
Lee Loughridge for Red Zone (AWA), Edgeworld, Grammaton Punch, Nostalgia (Comixology); The Devil’s Cut, Gone, Somna (DSTRLY); STAR TREK (IDW); Killadelphia (Image); Hunt. Kill. Repeat. (Mad Cave)
Best Lettering: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou for The Unlikely of Felix and Macabber, The Witcher: Wild Animals, and others (Dark Horse); Batman: City of Madness, The Flash, Poison Ivy, and others (DC); Black Cat Social Club (Humanoids); BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (IDW); The Cull, What’s the Furthest Place from Here? (Image); and others.
“I’m incredibly proud of all of our nominees and all of the hardworking people behind the scenes at IDW who helped make all these books happen,” said IDW Publisher Mark Doyle. “The only people more passionate than comic fans are the hardworking people who tell all of these amazing stories. The Eisners represent the best of the best on one special night where we all celebrate their hard work and talent, so it’s a thrill to be a part of this. These comics and graphic novels show the wide spectrum of stories and talent that IDW Publishing has to offer, and it’s an honor to be included among all of these terrific nominees!”
Professionals in the industry will be able to vote online, and the winners will be revealed during the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards at Comic-Con International on July 26. IDW wishes the best of luck to all of the nominees after an incredible year of comics.
About IDW Publishing
IDW (NYSE AMERICAN: IDW) is a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms. The award-winning IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment divisions holistically evaluate and acquire IP for franchise development across comics and graphic novels, television, theatrical, merchandise, and other entertainment platforms, in addition to bringing world-renowned storytelling to life with our creative partners.
“Star Trek #20” Review by Trekcentral.net
Trekcentral.net has added a new review for Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing‘s “Star Trek #20”:
IDW’s Star Trek #20 delivers a mind-bending new issue, with Captain Benjamin Sisko leading a refit of the Theseus. This is all to give the ship the ability to breach the galactic barrier and enter the realm of the gods, a place named Pleroma. The crew quests to save the Organians, a god-like species whose remaining member inhabits the body of Ensign T’Lir.
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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek Video Games”
Star Trek Video Games by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Star Trek video games have been around almost as long as Star Trek itself. From humble beginnings as an unofficial text-based game playable on mainframe computers to modern multi-million dollar spectacles, Star Trek video games span the history of gaming itself.
In Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier, author Mat Bradley-Tschirgi dives into notable Star Trek games across a variety of genres in his fun, humorous style with loads of aplomb. Whether they are based on the live-action or animated TV series, movies, or crossover scenarios, dozens of games (some memorable, some not so memorable) are covered in rich detail with proper historical context along the way.
Aside from its sometimes snarky text, this book features over 100 color photos showing off the wide variety of Star Trek video games covered within. There’s also interviews with game designers, writers, producers, and gaming journalists on select titles offering a behind the scenes look or color commentary on such fan favorites as Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, Star Trek: Legacy, Star Trek: Resurgence, and more!
Relive memories of playing Star Trek games on Mac, PCs, consoles, handhelds, and mobile phones or discover new favorites to add to your collection. Whether you’ve played all the Star Trek games or are curious as to what the world of Trek gaming holds, Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier will make a fun addition to your home library.
The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 30, 2024
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Out Today: “Star Trek #20”
Out today: “Star Trek #20“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
Having revealed their true godlike identity, T’Lir is relying on Captain Sisko to help repair Kahless’ damage to space-time and save their species from extinction. Despite the Prophets’ eerie warning that Sisko is forbidden at the Pleroma-a meeting place for god-level species at intersecting space-time coordinates-he and his crew head to the Utopia Planitia Federation Shipyards for a retrofit to the Theseus in preparation to boldly take on the unknown. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure from Section 31 approaches Lily with a mission, claiming the Federation’s future is in her hands.
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Inside the class action lawsuit bringing federal scrutiny to John Deere’s repair practices.
Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of May 14, 2024
Fiction
By: Dayton Ward
May 21, 2024A thrilling new Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine adventure from New York Times bestselling author Dayton Ward! 2369: Shortly after Starfleet thwarts a Cardassian attack on a Federation star system, the Cardassian government orders an end to its fifty-year occupation of the planet Bajor. As a result, a newly installed Bajoran […]
Non-Fiction
By: Tom Salinsky
May 29, 2024How well do you know Star Trek? Lifelong science fiction fan, podcaster and author Tom Salinsky decided that the answer was “not well enough,” and so at the beginning of 2022, he embarked on a two-year mission to watch everything from the start of The Original Series to the end of Enterprise, at the rate […]
By: Adam Nimoy
June 4, 2024Even before Star Trek I’d see him popping up in bit roles on some of my favorite TV shows like Get Smart, Sea Hunt, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. And then one night he brought home Polaroids of himself in makeup and wardrobe for a pilot he was working on. It was December 1964 and […]
By: Terri Potts-Chattaway
June 15, 2024Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer is the story of the twentieth-century Emmy Award-winning American composer behind the scores of hundreds of beloved Star Trek television episodes. Jay rose from humble beginnings in southwestern Pennsylvania, where he grew up along the banks […]
By: Carolyn Burlingame-Goff
June 25, 2024Spock, Data, Worf, B’Elanna Torres, Seven of Nine, Odo, Michael Burnham, Soji. Many of Star Trek’s most beloved characters are children of two worlds, the products of competing biologies, materials, and cultures. Their popularity is unsurprising: authors mine conflicted identities for dramatic effect, and viewers see their own struggles reflected in the challenges of individuals […]
By: Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
June 30, 2024Star Trek video games have been around almost as long as Star Trek itself. From humble beginnings as an unofficial text-based game playable on mainframe computers to modern multi-million dollar spectacles, Star Trek video games span the history of gaming itself. In Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier, author Mat […]
Comics
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
May 15, 2024Having revealed their true godlike identity, T’Lir is relying on Captain Sisko to help repair Kahless’ damage to space-time and save their species from extinction. Despite the Prophets’ eerie warning that Sisko is forbidden at the Pleroma-a meeting place for god-level species at intersecting space-time coordinates-he and his crew head to the Utopia Planitia Federation […]
By: Christopher Cantwell
May 22, 2024It’s a good day to die! Left with no other choice, the crew of the Defiant assists Hugh in assimilating B’Elanna in hopes of reclaiming control over the parasite embedded in her brain stem. But it’s a race against time and the undead as hordes of infected Starbase crew bang on the hangar doors, demanding […]
By: Hannah Rose May, Magdalene Visaggio, Steve Orlando, Vita Ayala
May 29, 2024“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but to celebrate differences in ideas and differences in life forms.” -Gene Roddenberry IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe! Join […]
By: Morgan Hampton
June 5, 2024In a-SNAP!-turn of events, Q Jr has kidnapped three of Starfleet’s eldest sons and transported them to an alternate reality.By way of a bold maneuver with Lieutenant Jadzia at the helm, the U.S.S. Avery crew finally avoided being turned to shrapnel by the Breen… for now. But the crew now face a new challenge: The […]
By: Mike Johnson, Ryan Parrott
June 5, 2024Set course with Captain Pike and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise to the Scorpius Constellation as they become the first Federation vessel to explore this uncharted region of space! In this romp across the stars, the Enterprise crew learn what it truly means to explore the strange and unfamiliar when they lose contact with […]
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
June 19, 2024Welcome to the Pleroma, a place outside time and space where god-level species have gathered to discuss the fate of the universe! It’s up to Captain Sisko and his valiant crew of the U.S.S. Theseus to persuade the gods to allow them to help repair Kahless’ unraveling of space-time-but will they listen to mere mortals […]
By: Christopher Cantwell
June 19, 2024Still reeling from the battle on Qo’noS, Worf and the Defiant crew have been ordered to return to Starfleet headquarters. Despite their heroic actions, the Federation can’t celebrate the crew’s involvement in the fight against Kahless and the Red Path. In fact, they’re forced to discharge Worf and his crew! With the unspoken, unwritten agreement […]
By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
June 26, 2024With no one but himself to blame for his brother’s sudden escape during the Klingon Day of Blood, Lieutenant Commander Data sheds his Starfleet uniform for an ensemble inspired by none other than Sherlock Holmes to track down Lore’s whereabouts… and figure out what sinister plans he’s been scheming. With the one and only Miles […]
By: Christopher Cantwell
June 26, 2024It’s now or never for the Defiant crew if they are to survive the parasitic infestation on the isolated Section 31 outpost Starbase 99. But with B’Elanna still connected to both Borg ally Hugh and the parasite hivemind, Nymira nowhere to be found, and a giant portal connecting their reality to a horde of hellish […]
Preview of “Star Trek #20”
Here’s a preview of Star Trek #20 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on May 15, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:
New Star Trek Book: “Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer”
Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer by Terri Potts-Chattaway has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer is the story of the twentieth-century Emmy Award-winning American composer behind the scores of hundreds of beloved Star Trek television episodes. Jay rose from humble beginnings in southwestern Pennsylvania, where he grew up along the banks of the Monongahela River, simultaneously discovering his talent for music and his love of the open water. This passion for the aquatic-seen in his naval career and his adventures sailing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans-blends seamlessly with his passion for composing original compositions and film scores.
In Journey to the Inner Light, the author celebrates Jay’s successes and, at the same time, reveals some of the challenges he faces as he moves through five decades of the music industry. She also opens a window into his private life for a three-dimensional portrait. Additionally, Journey to the Inner Light explores the creative process as Jay attempts to answer the question most asked of him: “Where does the music come from?”
The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 15, 2024
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“Star Trek: Prodigy: A Dangerous Trade” Review by Shastrix.com
Shastrix.com has added a new review for Cassandra Rose Clarke‘s “Star Trek: Prodigy: A Dangerous Trade”:
Having finally managed to catch up on all the episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy’s first season, I felt comfortable starting my dive into the three novels that have been published.
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“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Mirage” Review by Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com
Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com has added a new review for David R. George III‘s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Mirage”:
The Long Mirage picks up from the last David R. George III Deep Space Nine novel, Ascendance, following up on the stories of Quark, Ro, Nog, Kira, and Odo, most prominently. And this is absolutely going to sound like damning with faint praise, but… it is a book about people with goals trying to accomplish them! After my frustrations with Ascendance (“Can you really write sixty pages of a novel with no clear narrative direction? Apparently so.”), this is a blessed relief. Quark wants to find Morn… and sets out to do so. Ro wants to avoid her boyfriend and figure out her relationships with Quark… and sets out to do so. Nog wants to fix Vic Fontaine’s program… and sets out to do so. Kira wants to figure out the mystery of the falsework and help with unrest on Bajor… and sets out to do so. Odo wants to find out what’s going on with a Dominion ship approaching the station… and sets out to do so! Amazingly competent plotting. I’ll tackle each of these in turn, and talk about the extent to which they work.
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“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Warpath” Review by Atboundarysedge.com
Atboundarysedge.com has added a new review for David Mack‘s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Warpath”:
It’s been a long while since I dived into the Deep Space Nine relaunch. Partly because my attention has been elsewhere, but also because the books are just so hard to find. That latter reason also makes it a bit difficult to fully immerse oneself in the series. Much like the TV show that spawned it, the DS9 relaunch novels are heavily serialised. Warpath picks up from one cliff-hanger and ends on another, both of them from books I have not read. I don’t mind that too much. The story is still good, there’s just a whole lot of missing context that would have enriched it even more.
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“Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer” Review by Warpfactortrek.com
Warpfactortrek.com has added a new review for Terri Potts-Chattaway‘s “Journey to the Inner Light: The Life and Musical Voyage of Jay Chattaway, Star Trek, Jazz, and Film Composer”:
Jay Chattaway is a name well known to those both in and outside the music industry, and his life and achievements have now been committed to writing, in a new biography authored by his wife, Terri Potts-Chattaway, an accomplished writer, producer, poet and more. As a “Graduate of the School of Star Trek” where her start as a production assistant on Star Trek: The Next Generation began, it is no surprise and highly appropriate that she has chosen to cite “The Inner Light” in the book’s title, considering it has arguably become Jay’s best-known work.
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Happy 2024 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 author page to view more author updates and a full list of books!
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Happy 2024 Birthday to David Mack!
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Happy birthday to David Mack!
David Mack has received story credits on two televised episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His work on Star Trek books includes the ‘minipedia’ guide to the New Frontier universe that accompanies Peter David’s New Frontier series.
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Level 247: Cris Velasco (Lords of the Fallen)
It’s always a joy catching up with composer Cris Velasco! This time around, we chat about his epic music for Lords of the Fallen, a souls-like action RPG with plenty of boss battles. He also clues me into another one of his recent scores, for a game called Fae Farm, He and I will talk more about that in a future episode, because it’s delightful. Also couldn’t be more different than his music for Lords.
Come chat with us on Discord about game music, and see the video of my conversation with Cris on the Level with Emily YouTube channel.
PLAYLIST by Cris Velasco for Lords of the Fallen unless noted otherwise
00:00 Aphotic Judgment 06:29 Warmaster 06:56 Orian Ascendance 08:22 Deathless Duty 11:01 Molten Heart 12:30 Archnemesis 16:39 Bloodletter 19:44 Call to War 20:05 Howl of Devastation 23:02 Archnemesis 26:05 Maw of Faith 27:23 Maw of Faith 33:02 Bloodletter 37:13 Fiery Malice 43:15 Welcome to Azoria 45:00 Warm Winds of Adventure 45:55 Maw of Faith 46:41 The Sun on Your Back 47:28 The Market Dance 53:53 Rotting Whispers 54:25 Other Sprouts by Sam Keenan
Level 247: Cris Velasco (Lords of the Fallen) originally appeared on Level With Emily Reese on December 15, 2023.
Level 248: Jon Everist (The Lamplighters League)
Composer Jon Everist‘s music for The Lamplighters League is a great blend of noir and adventure. The soundtrack paints such a perfect picture of the vibe of the game (which is a turn-based tactics game).
So many wonderful solos and soloists, with an orchestra recorded live at Abbey Road Studios, and they all sound fantastic! Also, I swear I know what a trombone sounds like. Or I used to think I did.
PLAYLIST by Jon Everist for The Lamplighters League unless noted otherwise
00:00 The Lamplighters League (Main Theme) 02:38 Heist Prep 04:04 Nicastro Theme 07:51 The Lamplighters League (Main Theme) 12:38 Jungle Quiet 16:42 Nicastro Theme 20:43 Cloak and Dagger 21:35 The Lamplighters League (Main Theme) 23:00 Arctic Quiet 25:37 Arctic Quiet 28:18 Parisian Night 32:38 Spotted 35:58 The Undrawn Hand (Opening Cinematic) 38:09 Jungle Combat 41:06 The Tower 42:39 Marteau Theme 46:18 Light the Way (World Map Theme) 48:01 Heist Execution 48:42 Other Sprouts by Sam Keenan
Level 248: Jon Everist (The Lamplighters League) originally appeared on Level With Emily Reese on January 5, 2024.
Level 249: Lifeformed, Janice Kwan (Tunic)
I loved talking with Terence and Janice so much about their wonderful music for such a fabulous game. The music for Tunic is a glorious blend of synths and acoustic piano, with waves of (often) consonant sound. Plus, you get to play as an adorable fox!
Terence and Janice live in Taiwan so I got to learn a bit about that tropical island too, and got to meet some cats which always brings a smile! You get to see them in the YouTube video…
PLAYLIST by Lifeformed and Janice Kwan for Tunic unless noted otherwise
00:00 Memories of Memories 07:19 Sunset Breakfast 14:32 Ghost Field 15:36 The Librarian – piano sketch 15:56 The Librarian 18:07 The Captain – piano sketch 18:24 The Captain 19:10 The Knight 20:52 Remember to Remember 22:21 Carbon Harvest 23:32 What They Kept From Us 25:02 Ghost Field 26:43 Ghost Field 28:19 Ocean Glaze 31:20 Ocean Glaze 32:01 To Far Shores 35:56 To Far Shores 45:51 Sageless 49:39 Flux is On 53:30 River, River (not for Tunic) 58:03 pull me in by Janice Kwan 1:01:16 The Cats Are Hungry 1:04:10 Hex Sequence 1:04:51 Other Sprouts by Sam Keenan
Level 249: Lifeformed, Janice Kwan (Tunic) originally appeared on Level With Emily Reese on January 19, 2024.
Level 250: Dale North (Astral Ascent)
This is such gorgeous music by Dale North for Astral Ascent. Fully orchestral (a mix of real and samples), lush and full – and sometimes it ascends! Like the game!
Definitely check out the conversation Sam and I had about it on Next Level.
Come chat with us on Discord about game music, and see the video of my conversation with Dale North on the Level with Emily YouTube channel.
PLAYLIST by Dale North for Astral Ascent unless noted otherwise
00:00 Opening Cinematic
01:00 Main Menu
05:44 Fragmented Plains – Exploration
12:16 Crimson Highlands – Combat
18:54 Main Menu
23:24 Fragmented Plains – Combat
29:38 The Master – Phase 2 (feat. Emi Evans)
32:34 Andromeda’s Bar
35:19 Echoes Room
35:58 The Yalee Kingdom
38:37 The Garden
40:12 Short Intro
43:59 Choral Archipelago – Exploration
46:18 Red Barrens – Exploration
49:27 Event Horizon
50:22 The Void
51:40 Sun & Moon
52:54 The Master – Phase 1 (feat. Emi Evans)
53:24 Fight Theme
53:48 Other Sprouts – Sam Keenan
Level 250: Dale North (Astral Ascent) originally appeared on Level With Emily Reese on February 2, 2024.
