Star Trek Novels

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Anybody want to recommend a good Star Trek author? I've read all of Peter David's books, but I'm looking for something else. I think it would be nice to get a good page turner in the Star Trek universe.

[Deathstroke]

I liked A.C. Crispin's Sarek novel.

And the Deep Space Nine novels that are set after the end of the series started off pretty good. The two Avatar novels are excellent. I can't remember who wrote it though.

[Michael P]

Probably one of the best Trek novels ever written was Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.

[Solaris]

Favorites:

Spock's World, by Diane Duane---my favorite. Gives highlights of Vulcan evolution, on a backdrop of Vulcan's proposed secession from the Federation, and a modern day scandal.

Strangers from the Sky, by Margaret Wander Bonanno. Humans first met Vulcans long before the "official" meeting... and Kirk, Spock, Gary Mitchell and other crewmen were in the middle of it. One aspect I love about this book is that you learn about Amanda Grayson's grandfather... the woman who married Sarek, and was Spock's mother.

The latter book is out of print, but limited copies are available through Amazon, or your library *might* have a copy.

[Ilash]

I read them ages ago but I really liked William Shatner's Star Trek novels (well, the earlier ones anyway, I haven't bothered with the newer ones). Maybe it's just because I was quite a bit younger but I really liked Shatner's more epic, intrigue-filled take on the Trek universe and he did get the characters mostly right I think.

[Roquefort Raider]

I really enjoyed the adaptations of Star trek: the motion picture, the wrath of Khan and [the search for Spock[/i]. They were much richer than the movies (even though wrathwas an excellent movie). The latter two novels were written by Hugo award winning author Vonda McIntyre.

I agree with Solaris about Diane Duane's work; in fact, all of Duane's Romulan books were pretty decent. Not Hugo material, but good space opera.

[Rocket13]

I have read a bunch of the Star trek novels (only with the original crew and next generation though). Just finished reading Time for Yesterday by A. C. Crispin which was a sequel to another book, Yesterday's Son. I really enjoyed these two books. Have enjoyed most of the books in this series though, with only one or two of the books I read not being too interesting to me.

Another book in the Series that I really remember enjoying was Blackfire, by Sonni Cooper.

Happy Reading!

[Ryan K]

I remember really enjoying Diane Duane's Dark Mirror (The Next Generation).

Peter David's are the ones I like the most though.

[Headhunter]

I liked Invasion; it was a 4-part series, 1 for each TV show (this came out before Enterprise), and each part was done by a different author. Really well done (though the last volume was disappointing, which wasn't much of a surprise since it was Voyager).

There's a really cheap omnibus of it floating around, if you're interested.

[Michael P]

I read them ages ago but I really liked William Shatner's Star Trek novels (well, the earlier ones anyway, I haven't bothered with the newer ones). Maybe it's just because I was quite a bit younger but I really liked Shatner's more epic, intrigue-filled take on the Trek universe and he did get the characters mostly right I think.

Those were actually ghost-written by the Reeves-Stevenses.

[Tobias March]

I only ever read the Next Gen books when I was younger and to be honest the only ones I remember are the Peter David ones

I remember liking one by Michael Jan Friedman(?) a lot around that time as well though.....something to do with a maze and Riker looking to prove yet another old friend of his innocent.

There was another one featuring that civilization were the roman empire never ended. That was....different. (apparently phasers on stun don't affect Klingons).

[Typo Lad]

Those were actually ghost-written by the Reeves-Stevenses.

he best part is that thye now have bios in the book jackets. They just don't get to be on the cover.

[hitman]

And the Deep Space Nine novels that are set after the end of the series started off pretty good. The two Avatar novels are excellent. I can't remember who wrote it though.

S.D. Perry wrote them.

She also wrote two other books in the DS9 relaunch series, Rising Son & Unity.

[Slappy san]

S.D. Perry wrote them.

She also wrote two other books in the DS9 relaunch series, Rising Son & Unity.

I wish she had written all of the new DS9 books.

[Kirayoshi]

No votes yet for "Q Squared"? Brilliant confrontation between Q and Trelaine("The Squire of Gothos") by Peter David. Lots of alternate universe fun.

Not the best ever, but a lot of fun from a fanboy perspective; the two-part "Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Kahn Noonian Sighn" by Greg Cox. An ambitious effort to retro-fit the Eugenics wars into the modern Star Trek timeframe, by making them more of a covert war. Lots of easter eggs referring to past Treks(original, NG, DS9), plus Gary Seven in a prominent role.

"Prime Directive" by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Great little conspiracy piece, in which Kirk's bending of the PD finally catches up with him.

And from DS9, "A Stitch in Time" by Andrew Robinson. Taken from a backstory Robinson created for Garak when he became a recurring cast-member. Garek reflects on his past as he prepares for his role in the restoration of Cardassia after its decimation during the Dominion Wars.

Oddest Trek novel recently; "The Case of the Colonist's Corpse". A locked-room mystery in space, featuring Kirk's lawyer Sam Cogsley from 'Court Martial'.