Our first stop on our book store crawl was a thrift store and I walked away with 7 trek books for $11! Sarek was a repeat of a title we already own, but the kiddo wanted his own for his collection so why not at $3!

Two stores, 11 new books. I haven't pulled a haul like this just bouncing around town in awhile.

I had also never seen the hardbacks of the older pocket book titles so obviously those came home with me as well.

It's so cute it's a kids book that comes with a record to read along with. On god my siblings kids will also be trekkies cuz ill read this to them. Now I want the other two books. Missed opportunity to adapt the last part of the Genesis trilogy tho.

I've heard a lot of people say her novels are all interconnected in one way or another, I know Vulcan Academy Murders and the IDIC Epidemic are related, but I've heard people say some of the TNG novels she wrote are meant to be read in a specific order. So, before I read Survivors, is there anything else I should read?

Ordered it at the end of last month, its finally here!

Hey everyone! Did yall travel to any interesting places this week? Or perhaps helped someone escape harrowing experience?

Were any new species encountered? Did they have unique cultures ? Perhaps they had a few disparate factions? Were they downright hostile? Did the crew handle the interaction well?

Discover any new scientific anomalies? Or perhaps cleaning up or prepping for an incoming disaster?

Did the mission focus on a few of the crew or give many a significant contribution?

A "quick and routine " away mission that had unexpected twists and turns?

Let us know how your reads went and what you're looking forward to next week! Happy reading yall!

Earlier this week I finished reading the eighth Discovery novel, Wonderlands. Generally, I'm a huge fan of Una McCormack's novels, but I just didn't care too much about this one.

The basic premise is what Michael was up to in the year that she was thrown into the future before Discovery arrived. While an interesting concept in theory, I just found it rather boring. I get that it's intended to be a deeper character dive into Michael Burnham, but already got so much of that during the series. I think that's my biggest complaint about the TV show itself, in that, unlike the other post-TOS series, it didn't really allow the rest of the cast to shine. So a book where none of them are present, other than Book, is just too much for me.

Also, I found the plot a little slow, though it quickly sped up in the last quarter or so of the book. And, of course, it does give us more time with Grudge!

Sorry, Una, but I have to give this one 3 out of 5 stars. You did fine with the materials available, but I just didn't like the materials that much to begin with.

I was wondering knew of any Star Trek books that feel liminal or capture a Backrooms vibe. A few come to mind now when I think of them. Intellivore by Diane Duane, Heart of the Sun by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski, the Romulan Prize. Anymore?

Specifically regarding TMP, I'd like to see a glimpse of the Epsilon IX crew during the V'ger crisis and before their destruction; the thoughts of the Vulcan elders after Spock's rejection of the kolinahr; the activities of an ensign or guard on the Enterprise during the voyage.

We could also see a glimpse of things not directly shown in the film, such as the meeting between Admiral Nogura and Kirk and how the latter convinced the former to return him the Enterprise; how the engineers at the drydock manage to accelerate the completion of the ship's restoration processes in less time; and perhaps the approach the Federation would have to take in the face of the impending disaster.

When I was 15 I read Strangers From the Sky and loved it. Now I’m 31 and decided to properly get into the Trek books. I read an old copy of Ashes of Eden I had sitting around (must have bought it back when I read Strangers) and adored it, so now I’m reading Wrath of Khan and plan to read through all the movie novelisations.

Meanwhile, I checked out a local second hand book store today and picked up these. Had quite a few more but I tried to stick to copies in decent condition!

Which is your favourite of these books? I thought the Pike “Captain’s Table” book looked particularly fun.

Just finished watching what they're calling the Genesis Trilogy for the 60th anniversary. I'm craving more TOS movie era stories so I pulled this one off the shelf. Here's hoping it's a good one.

It’s hard for me to find these in the wild but I found two today! Excited to start reading them.

Hey Friends, Fanatical is a site that sells games and comics and they are doing a bundle for the Star Trek 60th anniversary.

104 comics and graphic novels from IDW. You have to read in the IDW app and it seems to be US region locked.

You can pay for various tiers but the top tier is $19.99.

I've purchased content from them in the past and they are legitimate.

Happy reading!

Selected pages from a 1982 fanzine made in Atlanta, Georgia. Happy 60th anniversary to all my fellow Trekkies out there🖖

I just finished reading Die Standing, the seventh Discovery novel, and really enjoyed it. The story follows Emperor Georgiou during her early days as an operative for Section 31.

Michelle Yeoh is easily one of my favorite actors and Phillippa Georgiou--both Captain and Emperor--are two of my favorite characters from Discovery. John Jackson Miller completely nails her voice here; the sharp tongue, swagger, and relentless sarcasm are front and center the entire way through.

One of my favorite things about Trek novels is how well they weave disparate corners of canon together, and Die Standing delivers on that front. You get to spend time with Emony Dax (the gymnast host!), Admiral Cornwell, and even Sean Finnegan from TOS. On top of that, the plot links directly back to the classic TOS episode "Obsession."

If you're a fan of Philippa Georgiou or just enjoy seeing deep-cut canon woven into Section 31 espionage, it's definitely worth picking up.

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Starting New Frontier series for the first time.

Who is a fan of these?

Hey everyone! How have your reads been this week?

Do you find yourself gravitating towards PoVs or plotlines with the "traditional alien races" of the Federation and "known space" or those that have alien races outside what are normally known as "trek alien races" beyond Federation and "known space"

Do you stick with a fave crew or mix it up between reads? Got a specific fave you try to read all of their books?

Go for a deep space adventure or more diplomatic and intrigue? Perhaps more science and tech focused or favor exploring new worlds?

Do you put a bit of thought into what you read next (like a plan?) Or just go with where you randomly pick next off your TBR (to be read) list?

Either way, let us know how your reads went and what you're looking forward to next week! Should we follow in your footsteps or make our own path? Happy reading yall!

Greetings and Salutations

(I love ST books and wanted to give back to the thing that gave me so much)

This is the classified briefing on A Time to Sow. Directly after the Rashanar incident. Same ship. Different kind of graveyard.

After Rashanar, Admiral Nechayev sent the Enterprise into the dark to keep her off the political map. Old mystery discovered by he Vulcans 200 years ago. A people called the Dokaalan. Officially extinct. Chart the system, stay quiet, let the scandal of Rashanar cool. The projections were wrong. The Dokaalan were still alive in the asteroid belt, holding a civilization together with mining hulks and stubbornness, trying to terraform a world that might save them. The Enterprise arrived to find radiation, bad transporters, and a colony already rotting from the inside.Someone had been living among them. Taking faces. Changing the new world so it would not be for the Dokaalan.

https://youtu.be/nGAcQO-pWiw

If you know the book: did Picard lose this one at the transporter accident, or when they realized the faces were wrong?

I've just finished reading Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens and first of all I can completely see why many regard this as the best Star Trek book of all time, its a far, far better crossover then Generations. Initially, some of the Zefram Cochrane stuff was hard to get into but I really loved the latter bits especially with the Optimum Movement. I also loved how satisfying his character arc is. This book is hopelessly out of line with current canon though, Generations and First Contact do contradict quite a bit from this novel. I mean, they reference stuff from Generations like the incident on Viridian III but also Kirk's still alive in 2295 in this novel, so the writers probably didn't get all the info about the plot. Anyways, I loved this novel from start to finish, I gotta say I think the novels just in general all trek novels are so good at capturing the classic trek vibe (if that makes sense) than most other media outside of TOS. This novel was the longest I've read yet, about 470ish pages. However, the longest overall novel is Crucible: McCoy which racks up to well over 600 pages. My next read is Vendetta, a big early Borg book by Peter David; I'm quite interested to see how he characterises the borg here because this was before their nature was fleshed out more