I have not read a Star Trek Book in over 10 years. This game has given me a rush where now I cannot get enough Star Trek. I'm watching re-runs on TV, reading about it online, playing a lot of STO of course, and now I want to get back into books.
Wow, so many books....
What are your favorite Star Trek books you would recommend? Also indicate if your choice has prerequisites (other books, certain movies, episodes) to appreciate the book.
I really enjoyed the 3 book destiny series. There was also 3 books prior to destiny that came out and one after, they all flow along the same story/timeline (what happens in one affects the others)
I went on a binge at the used bookstores since I started playing this game, the few I found to be my current favorites are.
TOS
"Sorrows of Empire" by David Mack
"Bloodthirst" by J.M. Dillard
TNG
"vendetta" by Peter David
"Q-in-Law" By Peter David
I also found the "Invasion" series to be enjoyable.
"First Strike" by Diane Carey (TOS)
"The Soldiers of Fear" by Dean Smith and Kristine Rusch (STNG)
"Time's Enemy" by L.A. Graff (DS9)
"The Final Fury" by Dafydd ab Hugh (VOY)
From back in the day, Alan Dean Fosters "Log series" based on the animated series, and all of the Star Trek series by James Blish (TOS episodes) were fond memories.
EDIT HOW CAN I FORGET!
"Night of the Living Trekkies" by Kevin Anderson (not the famous one) and Sam Stall. Google the title and you can watch the fake movie trailer for the book, pretty funny. The book it's self is funny and the more you are into fandom the more you get out of it.:)
I've never been into reading book, but I do have one Star Trek book called "The Physics of Star Trek" and I highly recommend it to all Star Trek fans.
I suppose I should invest some money into buying some more Star Trek books and invest some of my time into reading them. I think they're pretty much the only books I would bother to read.
Well I do not know which of the tv series you like the most, but here are my favourite books:
Star Trek New Frontier series by Peter David:
A Star Trek series which only exist as books. The stories are all written by Peter David. The series exist for more than 15 years. I do not know if the first books are still available, but the stories are very very good.
Star Trek The next generation relunch series:
This books take place after the movie Star Trek Nemesis. Data is dead and Riker & Troi had left the Enterprise. The only persons left are Picard, Worf, Geordi and Crusher. There are also some new characters. The main story of the first 6 books is about the Borg. They start an invasion into federation space and this time they do not come for assimilation. They want revenge!
Star Trek Destiny (3 books):
A crossover story which takes place in the same story timeline as the Next Generation relunch series. Captain Picard, Captain Riker and Captain Dax work together to stop an borg invasion. They get help by a long lost starfleet captain.
Very well written story.
After seeing the S.C.E. mentioned in Destiny I've started reading all of the S.C.E. stories on my Kindle. I've grown to like the characters very quickly. I'm finishing book 6 'Wildfire' at the moment. Here is a list of the collections and the new books, read the list in order. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfleet_Corps_of_Engineers
- both by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. Fans of the Romulan Commander from 'The Enterprise Incident' will surely enjoy these. The authors have a pretty good grasp of the way the characters speak.
I'd read them again but my copies are old and somewhat musty and they make my eyes water.
I've found the audiobooks to be better than the written versions, the infantile writing of most the current trek books cans sometimes be saved by talented voice acting, I'd reccomend anything read by Tim Russ, especially the genesis series.
Star Trek New Frontier series by Peter David:
A Star Trek series which only exist as books. The stories are all written by Peter David. The series exist for more than 15 years. I do not know if the first books are still available, but the stories are very very good.
Well I do not know which of the tv series you like the most, but here are my favourite books:
Star Trek New Frontier series by Peter David:
A Star Trek series which only exist as books. The stories are all written by Peter David. The series exist for more than 15 years. I do not know if the first books are still available, but the stories are very very good.
Star Trek The next generation relunch series:
This books take place after the movie Star Trek Nemesis. Data is dead and Riker & Troi had left the Enterprise. The only persons left are Picard, Worf, Geordi and Crusher. There are also some new characters. The main story of the first 6 books is about the Borg. They start an invasion into federation space and this time they do not come for assimilation. They want revenge!
Star Trek Destiny (3 books):
A crossover story which takes place in the same story timeline as the Next Generation relunch series. Captain Picard, Captain Riker and Captain Dax work together to stop an borg invasion. They get help by a long lost starfleet captain.
Very well written story.
I despised Destiny. It's also out of continuity with STO.
A few books I really liked were from Diane Duane.
Final Reflections was also superb. I like his Klingons more than the one we finally got in TNG.
Overall, at the time I read Startrek novels, most of the books I read where TOS, and I enjoyed a lot of them, which I cannot really say for the TNG novels at the time.
I don't remember it's name, but there was one involving Tasha Yar's background, that was pretty enjoyable.
I despised Destiny. It's also out of continuity with STO.
Troi's kid was birthed through the very direct intervention of characters from Destiny. Otherwise the kid and Troi would have died.
So ... it's sadly a paradox. STO Novel has contradictory elements claiming Destiny didn't happen and then uses a character that was born IN Destiny.
It's Star Trek so obviously this isn't an issue. But the point is ... STO hasn't closed the book on Destiny.
That being said, that series had the worst ORIGIN story for the Borg I think anyone could ever conceive. I liked Roddenberry's suggestion that they're related to V'Ger more than I like what Destiny suggested. /shudder
And the books are as close to canon as other people get these days, so your point is what exactly.
Destiny series was great. one of the best reads i have ever had. a perfect wrap up and origin story to the borg which paved the way for the typhon pact. Honestly sto could learn something about dramatic storytelling.
Troi's kid was birthed through the very direct intervention of characters from Destiny. Otherwise the kid and Troi would have died.
So ... it's sadly a paradox. STO Novel has contradictory elements claiming Destiny didn't happen and then uses a character that was born IN Destiny.
It's Star Trek so obviously this isn't an issue. But the point is ... STO hasn't closed the book on Destiny.
That being said, that series had the worst ORIGIN story for the Borg I think anyone could ever conceive. I liked Roddenberry's suggestion that they're related to V'Ger more than I like what Destiny suggested. /shudder
I actually liked the origin story i found it unique and interesting. i always liked that we had a hand in making the borg through wierd and crazy time paradoxes.
I would have to reccomend the Star Trek: Vanguard books! I'm on the third at the moment, and I can hardly put it down. It has a well-concieved plot and introduces a slew of new, imaginitive characters. The series is set in the TOS era, onboard Starbase 47 - or "Vanguard"; a fast-tracked station built to research and discover more about the Taurus Reach, a region of space bordering the Federation, Klingon Empire and Tholian Assemply.
I would also point you towards the Destiny series, and the Titan novels. Whilst they're not everyone's cup of tea, I found them highly appealing and well-written.
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Of the recent stuff, I dug the Titan series a lot.
TOS
"Sorrows of Empire" by David Mack
"Bloodthirst" by J.M. Dillard
TNG
"vendetta" by Peter David
"Q-in-Law" By Peter David
I also found the "Invasion" series to be enjoyable.
"First Strike" by Diane Carey (TOS)
"The Soldiers of Fear" by Dean Smith and Kristine Rusch (STNG)
"Time's Enemy" by L.A. Graff (DS9)
"The Final Fury" by Dafydd ab Hugh (VOY)
From back in the day, Alan Dean Fosters "Log series" based on the animated series, and all of the Star Trek series by James Blish (TOS episodes) were fond memories.
EDIT HOW CAN I FORGET!
"Night of the Living Trekkies" by Kevin Anderson (not the famous one) and Sam Stall. Google the title and you can watch the fake movie trailer for the book, pretty funny. The book it's self is funny and the more you are into fandom the more you get out of it.:)
His Klingon "I.K.S. Gorkon" series was absolutely marvelous.
Also the Voyager String Theory series. Good stuff there.
Final Reflection
Loved these because for the first time the Klingons were the main characters.
I suppose I should invest some money into buying some more Star Trek books and invest some of my time into reading them. I think they're pretty much the only books I would bother to read.
His series was ok during the first two books or so, later it jumps into timestream play and an army of Kirks and just gets plain weird...
Star Trek New Frontier series by Peter David:
A Star Trek series which only exist as books. The stories are all written by Peter David. The series exist for more than 15 years. I do not know if the first books are still available, but the stories are very very good.
Star Trek The next generation relunch series:
This books take place after the movie Star Trek Nemesis. Data is dead and Riker & Troi had left the Enterprise. The only persons left are Picard, Worf, Geordi and Crusher. There are also some new characters. The main story of the first 6 books is about the Borg. They start an invasion into federation space and this time they do not come for assimilation. They want revenge!
Star Trek Destiny (3 books):
A crossover story which takes place in the same story timeline as the Next Generation relunch series. Captain Picard, Captain Riker and Captain Dax work together to stop an borg invasion. They get help by a long lost starfleet captain.
Very well written story.
Dreadnaught and its companion book I forget the title off my head.
The Price of the Phoenix
The Fate of the Phoenix
- both by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. Fans of the Romulan Commander from 'The Enterprise Incident' will surely enjoy these. The authors have a pretty good grasp of the way the characters speak.
I'd read them again but my copies are old and somewhat musty and they make my eyes water.
Nanotech Wars.
Of course I'm biased.. I work with the author.
There are also two Comic stories.
I despised Destiny. It's also out of continuity with STO.
Well if STO was canon that would mean something, but since it isn't.....
It's as close to canon as it gets these days for a lot of people here.
And Destiny was still a shambles.
And the books are as close to canon as other people get these days, so your point is what exactly.
Final Reflections was also superb. I like his Klingons more than the one we finally got in TNG.
Overall, at the time I read Startrek novels, most of the books I read where TOS, and I enjoyed a lot of them, which I cannot really say for the TNG novels at the time.
I don't remember it's name, but there was one involving Tasha Yar's background, that was pretty enjoyable.
Apparently so you can start an argument with me about it over the internet >.<
Troi's kid was birthed through the very direct intervention of characters from Destiny. Otherwise the kid and Troi would have died.
So ... it's sadly a paradox. STO Novel has contradictory elements claiming Destiny didn't happen and then uses a character that was born IN Destiny.
It's Star Trek so obviously this isn't an issue. But the point is ... STO hasn't closed the book on Destiny.
That being said, that series had the worst ORIGIN story for the Borg I think anyone could ever conceive. I liked Roddenberry's suggestion that they're related to V'Ger more than I like what Destiny suggested. /shudder
Destiny series was great. one of the best reads i have ever had. a perfect wrap up and origin story to the borg which paved the way for the typhon pact. Honestly sto could learn something about dramatic storytelling.
I actually liked the origin story i found it unique and interesting. i always liked that we had a hand in making the borg through wierd and crazy time paradoxes.
I would also point you towards the Destiny series, and the Titan novels. Whilst they're not everyone's cup of tea, I found them highly appealing and well-written.