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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (anthologies) #1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Here's what you, the fans, have demanded for decades! An anthology featuring original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, and Star Trek®: Voyager™ stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans!
After a lengthy competition that drew thousands of submissions; these astounding stories, written exclusively by brand-new authors, were selected for their originality and style.
These eighteen fantastic tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship Enterprise™, through Captain Picard's U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and Captain Sisko's Deep Space Nine to Captain Janeway's Voyager, with many fascinating stops along the way.
This all-new volume contains stories by: Landon Cary Dalton, Phaedra M. Weldon, Keith L. Davis, Dayton Ward, Dylan Otto Krider, Jerry M. Wolfe, Peg Robinson, Kathy Oltion, Bobbie Benton Hull, Alara Rogers, Franklin Thatcher, Christina F. York, Vince Bonasso, Patrick Cumby, J.A. Rosales, jaQ Andrews, Jackee C., and Craig D.B. Patton.
Find out what happens in the Star Trek universe when fans -- like you -- take the helm!
After a lengthy competition that drew thousands of submissions; these astounding stories, written exclusively by brand-new authors, were selected for their originality and style.
These eighteen fantastic tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship Enterprise™, through Captain Picard's U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and Captain Sisko's Deep Space Nine to Captain Janeway's Voyager, with many fascinating stops along the way.
This all-new volume contains stories by: Landon Cary Dalton, Phaedra M. Weldon, Keith L. Davis, Dayton Ward, Dylan Otto Krider, Jerry M. Wolfe, Peg Robinson, Kathy Oltion, Bobbie Benton Hull, Alara Rogers, Franklin Thatcher, Christina F. York, Vince Bonasso, Patrick Cumby, J.A. Rosales, jaQ Andrews, Jackee C., and Craig D.B. Patton.
Find out what happens in the Star Trek universe when fans -- like you -- take the helm!
371 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1998
About the author
Dean Wesley Smith
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Edward Taft
Dee W. Schofield
D.W. Smith
Sandy Schofield
Kathryn Wesley
Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names and well over 100 published short stories. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has books published in nine different countries. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance as well as books for television, movies, games, and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghost writer or under house names.
With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. The following is a list of novels under the Dean Wesley Smith name, plus a number of pen names that are open knowledge. Many ghost and pen name books are not on this list because he is under contractual obligations not to disclose that he wrote them. Many of Dean’s original novels are also under hidden pen names for marketing reasons.
Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.
Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books.
Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name.
Edward Taft
Dee W. Schofield
D.W. Smith
Sandy Schofield
Kathryn Wesley
Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names and well over 100 published short stories. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has books published in nine different countries. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance as well as books for television, movies, games, and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghost writer or under house names.
With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. The following is a list of novels under the Dean Wesley Smith name, plus a number of pen names that are open knowledge. Many ghost and pen name books are not on this list because he is under contractual obligations not to disclose that he wrote them. Many of Dean’s original novels are also under hidden pen names for marketing reasons.
Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.
Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books.
Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name.
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March 6, 2022
A lovely collection of fan written short stories which were the end result of a short story contest opened for non-professional writer. There are of course a first place, second and third place who actually got money prizes the rest of the book is filled with the better stories from the conquest from the 4 Star Trek Series that were around at this time.
This collection is actually quite decent and does give the reader as much fun as it must have given the writers finally getting official recognition for their fan art.
As A Trekkie I found all stories actually quite enjoyable knowing nothing essential would be altered in the Star Trek universe (one of the rules I believe).
Good fun for everybody enjoying Star Trek and fairly easy to read.
This collection is actually quite decent and does give the reader as much fun as it must have given the writers finally getting official recognition for their fan art.
As A Trekkie I found all stories actually quite enjoyable knowing nothing essential would be altered in the Star Trek universe (one of the rules I believe).
Good fun for everybody enjoying Star Trek and fairly easy to read.
June 19, 2020
Though I've been reading Star Trek books for years, Strange New Worlds is the first collection of original short stories set in that universe that I've even encountered. I bought it a while back at my local 2nd & Charles, while I was browsing their Trek section for books I didn't already own and had yet to read.
How was it? Mostly, it was good; the stories that I understood were well-done, and the writers they selected were definitely talented. Some of the authors' names I recognized from later Star Trek books. However, a few of the entries were confusing, particularly the ones based on Deep Space Nine and Voyager; then again, I've only seen a mere few episodes of either of those. Maybe, once I'm better versed in those shows, I'll revisit those stories and actually enjoy them.
So, this one had its great moments...and not so great moments.
How was it? Mostly, it was good; the stories that I understood were well-done, and the writers they selected were definitely talented. Some of the authors' names I recognized from later Star Trek books. However, a few of the entries were confusing, particularly the ones based on Deep Space Nine and Voyager; then again, I've only seen a mere few episodes of either of those. Maybe, once I'm better versed in those shows, I'll revisit those stories and actually enjoy them.
So, this one had its great moments...and not so great moments.
August 8, 2020
Fiction based on TV series can explore topics that would never pass the artistic and political gauntlets of a production studio. Fans have a distance from the creative orthodoxy that probably arises among the professional writers and producers who must come up with stories that uphold the conventions of the series and also meet with approval from the higher-ups at the studio. "Strange New Worlds" is an anthology that takes advantage of these facts to present some innovative stories.
Many of the straightforward problem-solution stories are fun, but the most interesting work takes place in odd little corners of the Trek universe. We learn what goes through the mind of the paralyzed Christopher Pike. Kirk has one final adventure in the moments following his death. With its crew unconscious, the emergency protocols in a starship's computer take over to save the day. There is no great prose here, but plenty of fresh takes on familiar material.
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Many of the straightforward problem-solution stories are fun, but the most interesting work takes place in odd little corners of the Trek universe. We learn what goes through the mind of the paralyzed Christopher Pike. Kirk has one final adventure in the moments following his death. With its crew unconscious, the emergency protocols in a starship's computer take over to save the day. There is no great prose here, but plenty of fresh takes on familiar material.
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June 9, 2010
This book is the first in a series of compilations of fan fiction for the Strange New Worlds contest. I will comment on some of my favorites.
The grand prize winner is "A Private Anecdote" which is a first person narrative from Captain Pike as he sits in his wheelchair, unable to say anything except "yes" and "no." It is rather good.
"The Last Tribble" talks about Cyrano Jones, as he goes through his rather lengthy task of clearing all the Tribbles off the Space Station as his punishment.
The winner of the third prize is "Lights in the Sky," which revolves around Shahna, from "The Gamesters of Triskilion." She is now an ambassador, seeking Federation aid after an attack by the Romulans.
"Reflections" is about Kirk after his death on Veridian III. I wasn't thrilled with it.
"What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" is a cheeky piece written in first person from Data's perspective with everything that runs through his brain.
"See Spot Run" is also great about little creatures on the ship that Spot ends up catching.
The second prize winner "Of Cabbages and Kings" makes like no sense. I don't know how it won anything.
The other ones are okay. I wasn't too thrilled with the two added stories in the back that the editors wrote either but not liking everything is to be expected in an anthology anyway.
The grand prize winner is "A Private Anecdote" which is a first person narrative from Captain Pike as he sits in his wheelchair, unable to say anything except "yes" and "no." It is rather good.
"The Last Tribble" talks about Cyrano Jones, as he goes through his rather lengthy task of clearing all the Tribbles off the Space Station as his punishment.
The winner of the third prize is "Lights in the Sky," which revolves around Shahna, from "The Gamesters of Triskilion." She is now an ambassador, seeking Federation aid after an attack by the Romulans.
"Reflections" is about Kirk after his death on Veridian III. I wasn't thrilled with it.
"What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" is a cheeky piece written in first person from Data's perspective with everything that runs through his brain.
"See Spot Run" is also great about little creatures on the ship that Spot ends up catching.
The second prize winner "Of Cabbages and Kings" makes like no sense. I don't know how it won anything.
The other ones are okay. I wasn't too thrilled with the two added stories in the back that the editors wrote either but not liking everything is to be expected in an anthology anyway.
October 15, 2012
The first of these collections of stories by writers who are not seasoned professionals. What is fun is going back after these many years to re-read the book and finding several who have become regular Star Trek writers. And to think this is where I read them first!
Some of the stories are fun, like the story about Spot getting out of Data's quarters. Some of the stories are pretty well tear-jerkers, like the passing of one Great Bird of the Universe. And the story about Christopher Pike was particularly good in light of my recent reading of the Pike "biography."
So I celebrate this volume and recommend it to all Trek fans. Sure, the writing is uneven. But so is the writing in the professional anthologies. And so is the writing across a dozen novels. Still we celebrate the Trek universe and the main Trek timeline and the curious little sidelines. The IDIC Principle of Trek storytelling lives!
(Oh, one more thing. This was published in an earlier era when there was a whole lot less profanity and in your face offensive material included. How refreshing!)
Some of the stories are fun, like the story about Spot getting out of Data's quarters. Some of the stories are pretty well tear-jerkers, like the passing of one Great Bird of the Universe. And the story about Christopher Pike was particularly good in light of my recent reading of the Pike "biography."
So I celebrate this volume and recommend it to all Trek fans. Sure, the writing is uneven. But so is the writing in the professional anthologies. And so is the writing across a dozen novels. Still we celebrate the Trek universe and the main Trek timeline and the curious little sidelines. The IDIC Principle of Trek storytelling lives!
(Oh, one more thing. This was published in an earlier era when there was a whole lot less profanity and in your face offensive material included. How refreshing!)
July 1, 2011
As with any anthology this has a few really enjoyable stories along with a few stories that could have been done without. Star Trek has a huge fanbase many of which write amazing fan stories so I had high expectations for this book. I have to say that on the whole I was disappointed with the stories that it contained.
If you want to read great fan stories then you may be better off searching the internet. Many of the stories I have read on the internet were of much higher quality and imagination that any of the stories in this collection.
The stories that I enjoyed the most had some surprising twists. My pick would probably be Of Cabbages and Kings by Franklin Thatcher although See Spot Run was also fun.
My least favorite was Fiction. The plot was not really original and the finish of it was almost gib and hurried. The morality that the Voyager crew used was nasty. Definitely not a story that I would recommend.
If you want to read great fan stories then you may be better off searching the internet. Many of the stories I have read on the internet were of much higher quality and imagination that any of the stories in this collection.
The stories that I enjoyed the most had some surprising twists. My pick would probably be Of Cabbages and Kings by Franklin Thatcher although See Spot Run was also fun.
My least favorite was Fiction. The plot was not really original and the finish of it was almost gib and hurried. The morality that the Voyager crew used was nasty. Definitely not a story that I would recommend.
November 30, 2023
Like an alcoholic who takes just one more drink, I started another Star Trek book. I have a time when I’m out walking and having breakfast and I have nothing to read but magazines, games and such and I felt it was a good time to get some book reading done.
Of course, I don’t have breakfast outdoors every day so I didn’t want to bring something that I might not get back to for a week, so I figured a book of short stories would be best… and this is the nearest one I had to hand.
The first story was about Christopher Pike and absolutely deserved first prize. That’s all I’ll say. Read it if you can.
The second story was about Cyrano Jones, last seen condemned to 17 years of finding Tribbles on the K-7 Space Station. It’s a suitable coda to the episode, though it pre-dates and contradicts one of the ‘Short Treks’ of Star Trek: Discovery, but since Gene Roddenberry never cards about ‘canon’ neither do I!
The last story “Reflections” is the kind of fan fiction that is the very reason I try to avoid reading fan fiction.
Surprisingly it’s by an author whose work I have enjoyed.
To add insult to injury it takes place during the scene of Captain Kirk’s death in the abysmal ‘Generations’ film.
Yet another omnipotent alien-this time the Organians-take Kirk’s spirit on a ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ tour of all the things that would have happened had he not been there to save the day.
In additional to being a saccharine pile of quotes we already know it adds absolutely nothing new or interesting to… anything.
If this was third place it must have been really slim pickings.
I skipped over all the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager stories, cause who cares.
“The Man Who Sold the Sky” was another embarrassing piece of fan fiction which keeps perpetuating the myth of Gene Roddenberry.
“The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly’s Feet” is one of the most magical and wonderful Star Trek stories I’ve ever read. This is one I’ll treasure forever and a ‘lower decks’ piece which I especially love.
All in all I’ll recommend this book. The strength of “A Private Anecdote“ and “The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly’s Feet” are enough to give it 5 stars. Two stories I will always value.
Of course, I don’t have breakfast outdoors every day so I didn’t want to bring something that I might not get back to for a week, so I figured a book of short stories would be best… and this is the nearest one I had to hand.
The first story was about Christopher Pike and absolutely deserved first prize. That’s all I’ll say. Read it if you can.
The second story was about Cyrano Jones, last seen condemned to 17 years of finding Tribbles on the K-7 Space Station. It’s a suitable coda to the episode, though it pre-dates and contradicts one of the ‘Short Treks’ of Star Trek: Discovery, but since Gene Roddenberry never cards about ‘canon’ neither do I!
The last story “Reflections” is the kind of fan fiction that is the very reason I try to avoid reading fan fiction.
Surprisingly it’s by an author whose work I have enjoyed.
To add insult to injury it takes place during the scene of Captain Kirk’s death in the abysmal ‘Generations’ film.
Yet another omnipotent alien-this time the Organians-take Kirk’s spirit on a ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ tour of all the things that would have happened had he not been there to save the day.
In additional to being a saccharine pile of quotes we already know it adds absolutely nothing new or interesting to… anything.
If this was third place it must have been really slim pickings.
I skipped over all the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager stories, cause who cares.
“The Man Who Sold the Sky” was another embarrassing piece of fan fiction which keeps perpetuating the myth of Gene Roddenberry.
“The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly’s Feet” is one of the most magical and wonderful Star Trek stories I’ve ever read. This is one I’ll treasure forever and a ‘lower decks’ piece which I especially love.
All in all I’ll recommend this book. The strength of “A Private Anecdote“ and “The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly’s Feet” are enough to give it 5 stars. Two stories I will always value.
September 5, 2019
I had very little expectations for this book. I was not sure how well these stories would be written by other fans. I have written fan fiction myself so I know that it can be difficult to do. You have to make sure that you are writing these characters as established already without using any creative licensing.
I have to say though, I was pleasantly surprised. Most of these stories could have been filmed as an episode itself. Well thought out, planned and written. In my head I felt like I was watching it on TV.
The stories are sorted in order with the shows, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek Voyage as well as two additional stories that didn't meet the submission guidelines.
My only issue were the stores for Voyager. Voyager was my favorite series of the franchise and maybe I was a little bit more critical than the others but the writers failed to really capture the characters. Now granted, the show was still airing at the time this book was published in 1998 so it is possible that the character development I am familiar with didn’t exist yet when these stories were written.
My biggest pet peeve was when the writer in “Ambassador at Large” in the Voyager section referred to the Enterprise as an Intrepid class ship when both the Enterprise and Enterprise-A were Constitution class starships. Voyager was an Intrepid class starship.
All in all, this was a great read and I was very surprised at the level of writing in these submissions. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is a fan, big or small, of Star Trek.
I have to say though, I was pleasantly surprised. Most of these stories could have been filmed as an episode itself. Well thought out, planned and written. In my head I felt like I was watching it on TV.
The stories are sorted in order with the shows, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek Voyage as well as two additional stories that didn't meet the submission guidelines.
My only issue were the stores for Voyager. Voyager was my favorite series of the franchise and maybe I was a little bit more critical than the others but the writers failed to really capture the characters. Now granted, the show was still airing at the time this book was published in 1998 so it is possible that the character development I am familiar with didn’t exist yet when these stories were written.
My biggest pet peeve was when the writer in “Ambassador at Large” in the Voyager section referred to the Enterprise as an Intrepid class ship when both the Enterprise and Enterprise-A were Constitution class starships. Voyager was an Intrepid class starship.
All in all, this was a great read and I was very surprised at the level of writing in these submissions. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is a fan, big or small, of Star Trek.
February 22, 2024
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (not the T.V show) I by various
Continuing to read short stories, I come to the first volume of Strange New Worlds, a series of anthologies containing fan written stories that was released between 1998 and 2016. I usually am turned off from fan fiction, but having read Distant Shores and Prophecy and Change recently, I found myself craving more. Honestly, this type of stuff like short stories and Star Trek books have helped me with my sleep as they're simple, usually light to read and predictable. I've read at least nearly 20 books in the past two months.
Anyway, this was a decent set of short stories that felt like they were professionally written and not what I usually associate with fan fic. I don't know if it's a general stereotype in my head, but I associate fan fics with poor writing and really hamming up characters in them ( or shipping characters, Odo and Quark I'm looking at you). I understand that fan fic writing is a whole world onto it's self so it's great to see Paramount was aboard with supporting such an endeavor.
My favourite stories were probably See Spot Run, Ambassdor at Large, Reflections, Where I Fell Before my Enemy, and the Man Whole Sold the Sky ( it got me in the feels). They managed to capture the heart of their shows particularly well.
Overall an 8/10
Continuing to read short stories, I come to the first volume of Strange New Worlds, a series of anthologies containing fan written stories that was released between 1998 and 2016. I usually am turned off from fan fiction, but having read Distant Shores and Prophecy and Change recently, I found myself craving more. Honestly, this type of stuff like short stories and Star Trek books have helped me with my sleep as they're simple, usually light to read and predictable. I've read at least nearly 20 books in the past two months.
Anyway, this was a decent set of short stories that felt like they were professionally written and not what I usually associate with fan fic. I don't know if it's a general stereotype in my head, but I associate fan fics with poor writing and really hamming up characters in them ( or shipping characters, Odo and Quark I'm looking at you). I understand that fan fic writing is a whole world onto it's self so it's great to see Paramount was aboard with supporting such an endeavor.
My favourite stories were probably See Spot Run, Ambassdor at Large, Reflections, Where I Fell Before my Enemy, and the Man Whole Sold the Sky ( it got me in the feels). They managed to capture the heart of their shows particularly well.
Overall an 8/10
July 18, 2024
More a 2.5 but I can't technically give it that. There are some neat stories in here but I don't know how some are chosen and why only two for Deep Space Nine? That shoe always got the short end of the stick. And of the two one focuses on Nog creeping out on Keiko...the other one was good at least.
You have to take each story with a grain of salt but the heart is there and there are some unique story telling perspectives but I was never overly wowed by any of them.
Wanted to give higher praise but I couldn't.
You have to take each story with a grain of salt but the heart is there and there are some unique story telling perspectives but I was never overly wowed by any of them.
Wanted to give higher praise but I couldn't.
June 29, 2022
I’ve never been a big fan of short stories, but in this case, if you’re a Star Trek fan, you’re already familiar with the main characters so the short stories read like another episode. There are stories around TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager.
Remember in the Star Trek Generations movie in Kirk’s death scene he says “Oh my”? My favorite of the stories in this book explains why he said that. No spoiler, here! You’ll have to read it to find out.
Remember in the Star Trek Generations movie in Kirk’s death scene he says “Oh my”? My favorite of the stories in this book explains why he said that. No spoiler, here! You’ll have to read it to find out.
July 17, 2021
I don't think I had read this one after the initial read when I bought it. Not sure even after this re-read why I bothered keeping this one when I'd purged all my other ST novels.
It's not bad or anything, and a couple of the stories were pretty good. but if I do another bookshelf cleaning, I'm not sure I'd bother keeping it. Ah, well.
It's not bad or anything, and a couple of the stories were pretty good. but if I do another bookshelf cleaning, I'm not sure I'd bother keeping it. Ah, well.
December 6, 2017
To tell the truth, I thought I will enjoy this book more. Winning stories just did not catch my interest, in fact the "worse" stories felt better and had some interesting thoughts in them.
All in all, not thrilled but not disappointed either.
All in all, not thrilled but not disappointed either.
April 4, 2019
Not bad. Some of the short stories were interesting. =)
July 26, 2019
Most of the stories were surprisingly good
With a couple of exceptions the stories in this collection were well written and interesting. I wish they were still running the contest.
With a couple of exceptions the stories in this collection were well written and interesting. I wish they were still running the contest.
February 9, 2020
Some good fan fiction stories, some not so good.
October 9, 2022
"And the stars? Are they worth it?"
"Absolutely."
I think its fitting that a story in this first volume would have these words.
"Absolutely."
I think its fitting that a story in this first volume would have these words.
April 26, 2022
18 Star Trek related stories (+ 2 bonus "cheats") select from 3000+ submitted stories in the context of a writing contest. With such a high number of competitors, all trekkies of course, the expectations are high. And although my taste is certainly not the same as that of Dean Wesley Smith (as i gueess every editing trekkie would have come up with a different book) the result may not be perfect but will certainly suit every taste and flavour, no matter what your preferred Star Trek series/episode or book is.
A wide variety of subjects and places on the ST timeline, the approach from the 20 authors is also varied. An extra dimension added to a wellknown fact, a completely new idea building on ST characters, facts that were until now missing from the known timeline and a few "what if..." and "What happened after..."
All in all just great reading that is completely in line with the ST frachixe expectations with the extra advantage that if a particular story is of less interest to you it is also short. That works of course both ways and in some cases it would not surprise me to see some of these stroies taken up and laborated upon in the official ST timeline...
And the best of all.... there are 0 other Strange New Worlds books coming!
A wide variety of subjects and places on the ST timeline, the approach from the 20 authors is also varied. An extra dimension added to a wellknown fact, a completely new idea building on ST characters, facts that were until now missing from the known timeline and a few "what if..." and "What happened after..."
All in all just great reading that is completely in line with the ST frachixe expectations with the extra advantage that if a particular story is of less interest to you it is also short. That works of course both ways and in some cases it would not surprise me to see some of these stroies taken up and laborated upon in the official ST timeline...
And the best of all.... there are 0 other Strange New Worlds books coming!
May 26, 2013
Fiction based on TV series can explore topics that would never pass the artistic and political gauntlets of a production studio. Fans have a distance from the creative orthodoxy that probably arises among the professional writers and producers who must come up with stories that uphold the conventions of the series and also meet with approval from the higher-ups at the studio. "Strange New Worlds" is an anthology that takes advantage of these facts to present some innovative stories.
Many of the straightforward problem-solution stories are fun, but the most interesting work takes place in odd little corners of the Trek universe. We learn what goes through the mind of the paralyzed Christopher Pike. Kirk has one final adventure in the moments following his death. With its crew unconscious, the emergency protocols in a starship's computer take over to save the day. There is no great prose here, but plenty of fresh takes on familiar material.
Many of the straightforward problem-solution stories are fun, but the most interesting work takes place in odd little corners of the Trek universe. We learn what goes through the mind of the paralyzed Christopher Pike. Kirk has one final adventure in the moments following his death. With its crew unconscious, the emergency protocols in a starship's computer take over to save the day. There is no great prose here, but plenty of fresh takes on familiar material.
March 7, 2016
A collection of short stories based on different eras of Star Trek. Some are better than others. The ones that stood out were the one with Spot, the one with Bailey and Captain Pike. Some felt like fan fiction, but that is not surprising considering all the stories came from a competition. A good read.
August 19, 2010
Short stories, some good, some bad, most just ok.
December 3, 2016
- onl 1 voayger storie left to read - first see the series again, before reading the storie
i coudn't remember what name went with what face.
i coudn't remember what name went with what face.
November 9, 2015
It was a nice collection of stories that were a good read. There was one in the Deep Space Nine section that I didn't care for that I skipped. Overall a good book even with that little hiccup.
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