Rise of the federation, a choice of futures written christopher l. Vintage star trek novels made me a better reader and writer. Federation star trek 9780671894221 by judith reevesstevens. Essential star trek novels that even nontrekkers should read. Enterprise the romulan war is a two book novel series published by pocket books. The original series novels the original series 6 books in this series. Enterprise series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Enterprise novels based on the american science fiction television. Epic in scope and rich in characterization and history, federation was a. Written by judith and garfield reevesstevens, federation was anticipated by many star trek fans. Find books like articles of the federation star trek from the worlds largest community of readers. Patterns of interference is the fifth novel in the rise of the federation series, christopher l. For star trek crossover series, please see star trek.
Ent era discovery tos and movie era tng era postnemesis era. In star trek we know what the federation is in general terms, but we dont know the details of how it works. All star trek books and graphic novels each volume of star trek graphic novel collection contains a single story crafted from several comics, and a bonus classic story pulled from the star trek archives. The novel is broken up into three parallel arcs that include zefram cochrane, captain james kirk, and jeanluc picard.
Star trek starships federation members book youtube. Drastic measures by dayton ward it is 2246, ten years prior to the battle at the binary stars, and an aggressive contagion is ravaging the food supplies of the remote federation colony tarsus iv and the eight thousand people who call it home. Enterprise rise of the federation is a novel series published by pocket books under the star trek. The longawaited novel featuring both crews of the enterprise in an epic adventure that spans time and space. Voyager used by the shows writers when scripting episodes of the series. Just like those other 2 novels, federation beautifully intertwines multiple storylines. It has an amazingly wide scope, as it unites different eras of the federations history, combining them all together, and creating a tale of epic proportions.
Goodreads members who liked articles of the federat. Bennett tells the continuing story about the early days of the united federation of planets. Enterprise novels based on the american science fiction television series of the same name. The first star trek novels were direct novelizations of the original star trek episodes by james blish, running from 19671978. But ive avoided reading this book for years because i tend to think the less a backstory is explored the better. A newly revised, 2book set is to be released on october 18, 2016 with about 300 pages of new and expanded entries, up to and including into darkness. Federation novel memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Its not about the history of star trek the franchise or star trek the television show. Im not even sure why my 4th grade teacher allowed an 11yearold to line their classroom desk with nearly 20 books, but i do remember my.
From 2001 to 2003, the book line was published as enterprise, without the star trek prefix. Shop nearly 1,000 books based on the science fiction television series, as well as hundreds of dvds and blurays. The motion picture the art and visual effects, from titan books. Though we have drawn on established star trek lore for many of the events in this book, we must add that much of the early history of the federation, and cochranes adventures prior to and after inventing the warp drive, are extrapolations solely of our own creation and thus could be superseded by official adventures in the years to come. The star trek novels were mostly written to accompany the various television series and movies, thereby enriching the mythos even more. Because of these incorporated materials, star trek federation. Enterprise book series by multiple authors includes books broken bow, star trek. A jawdroppingly professional unboxing video of the book, star trek federation. As captain kirk, captain jeanluc picard, and their.
The captains daughter is a very engaging book which explores the star trek universe better than many of the best star trek books. I believe federation, strangers from the sky, and first frontier are the best tos novels. Deep space nine too long a sacrifice, from idw publishing. Releases a choice of futures, tower of babel, uncertain logic, live by the code, patterns of interference. Titan 20052017, destiny 2008, typhon pact 20102012. The first half of the novel involves three parallel arcs. Pocket booksstar trek has 699 entries in their overdrive catalogue overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. A newly revised, 2book set is to be released on october 18, 2016 with about 300 pages of new and expanded entries, up. The star trek encyclopedia, michael and denise okuda.
Tng books in order of when they were originally published, as well as a list of the novels in chronological order. First contact was conceived, and much of the future history it laid out was seemingly invalidated by that movie, although federation s events could work with those of the film, assuming that a few of the novels 21st centuryera dates are realigned with those in first. It also has tables for comics, audiobooks, unofficial. Buy products related to star trek novel products and see what customers say about star trek novel products on. The pocket books timeline adjusts these dates to 2293 and 2065 to make them compatible with the dates given in the films generations and first contact. As such, star trek has traditionally considered all the comics and novels to be noncanon, however good they may be. Even this wasnt a hardandfast rule, with two tiein novels written by jeri taylor the cocreator of star trek. Bennetts sequence of adventures for the characters of star trek.
In his new adventures, picard is no longer a starfleet officer. Many people list federation as one of the best star trek novels of all time, and im hardpressed to disagree. It is a tietogether chronicle that brings the original enterprise adventures of james t. Picard brings jeanluc picard, once of the uss enterprise, back into action.
Federation novel article at memory alpha, the wiki for canon star trek. Quality work by the reevesstevens couple, federation is an ambitious book that combines different areas of the star trek universe. Garfield reevesstevens and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. Books similar to articles of the federation star trek. Prometheus is a novel miniseries created by christian humberg and bernd perplies. Federation 1994 is a science fiction novel written by judith and garfield reevesstevens. Buy a cheap copy of federation star trek book by judith reevesstevens. Titan continue their novels based on classic star trek with their third giant novel. Star trek original series federation when starfleet hears about this, i dont know if theyre going to give you a medal or a courtmartial. Titan 20052017, destiny 2008, typhon pact 2010 2012. The interplay between the characters is just what you would expect it to be. It is a history book of the titular united federation of planets, the interstellar political body whose flag the enterprise proudly flies.
More recent deep space nine novels link directly with other star trek book lines and series, such as. Following up on the events of previous pocket ent novels, the good that men do and kobayashi maru, the series depicts the events of the earthromulan war from 2156 to 2160 and the foundation of the united federation of planets in 2161. The series charts the earliest events of the united federation. Free next day delivery on eligible orders for amazon prime members buy star trek books on. The series depicts the events following the foundation of the united federation of planets in 2161. It will easily fit into your existing library of history books. Prometheus will feature tensions on the frontier between the united federation of planets and the klingon empire, and will center on the uss prometheus nx749 and the iks bortas as they investigate the threat of terrorism in the. The unsettling stars by alan dean foster, star trek. More recent next generation novels link directly with other star trek book lines and series, such as. Because of that unification of power, and technology accidentally left behind by mccoy, the iotians. Essential star trek novels that even nontrekkers should read now that weve all seen the teaser trailer for star trek into darkness, weve got a bad case of read more. Set in the year 3000, the show was to chronicle a period of decline and rebirth for the united federation of planets, spearheaded by a crew on a new. Graciously absent are a fathanded kirk, a scotty in the waterworks, and a keystonecops monsterchase sequence.
In this book do not expect any of the silliness that polluted the first new star trek movie. Kirk close to an encounter with the enterprised adventures of jeanluc picard. The next generation novel series began in 1987 and is still ongoing. Federation was an undeveloped star trek spinoff to be produced by bryan singer. All the star trek tiein books that are actually canon.
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