Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. Beyond novels, macks writing credits span several media, including television for produced episodes of star trek. David mack is the new york times bestselling author of more than thirty novels of sciencefiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the star trek destiny and cold equations trilogies. They were first mentioned in the loss, a fourthseason episode of star trek. In february of 1984, dc comics began publishing an ongoing star trek series set directly after the events in the wrath of khan. It was also the first introduction, albeit non canonical, of pike, number one, and spock into discovery. Lasers for phasersphasepistols made for a wise retcon.
Some of the footage in the featurette is taken on the discoverys bridge and the facebook version of the. References to them were made in several other next generation episodes, but they did not appear until the 1996 fourth season star trek. But it isnt fair to the star trek fan, either, to have a prehistory of the star trek universe that is simply incompatible with what the series enterprise has established. Reading this before you post will help you avoid unneeded brutality on the part of forum regulars, who think these questions are asked too much. Even after his death, it took another 28 years for the first gay character to appear in star treks television series although yes, novel tieins, comics, fan works, and other non canonical media featured a markedly improved number of lgbt starfleet officers. Original sin memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. For years, writers have expanded upon the star trek universe with non canonical adventures in novel form. Jul 26, 2019 star trek fan fiction and canon characters in the tactical, security and maco military assault command fields. See more ideas about star trek, trek and star trek universe. Lasers may have been new and cool in 1964, but by the late 1970s and 1980s they were being used in games, pointers and childrens toys. A novel is a literary work of over 40000 words, as defined by the science fiction and fantasy.
This site is a labor of love and is currently supported entirely by donations, the bulk of which go toward buying the books. The mirror universe would be depicted on star trek. There are currently sixteen books in the star trek. In an attempt to try and tackle the onerous job of looking into the star trek book universe, thanks to the help of memory betas chronology section, i am intending to look at the saga in book form from stories which take place earliest in the franchises timeline onwards. I realize that, by definition, the books are considered non canonical, and only what shows up onscreen is canonical. There were other sources before it that had appealed strongly to women and young adults, especially sherlock holmes, james bond, the saint, secret agent, the avengers tv, route 66, the wild wild west, the prisoner and the man from u. The series was published as part of the next generation book line based on recommendations from the sales team at pocket books. The main problem is that the book so closely parallels the episode and the author adds so little other information, that is not terribly satisfying to read. Enterprises most engaging episodes, is wellwritten and a faithful takeoff on the television episode which bears the same name. And it still provided character exploration that the tv series currently lacks. The original star trek is an american television series, created by gene roddenberry, which debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, following the interstellar adventures of captain james t. The romulan war ent memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. This hopefully should provide an illuminating and unusual way of examining the extended star trek universe. But before we explore who riker and troi have become, lets.
The strange case of the 1980s dc star trek comic books. Kirk and the crew of the federation starship enterprise, following an earlier pilot film the cage, which starred jeffrey hunter as. The most complete attempts to define the directive have come from non canonical works and include. Nemesis, the enterprisee and its, mostly, new crew encounters something odd on a planet. Licensed products like books and comics arent part of that continuity, so they arent canon. Now, in order to prevent fullscale war from breaking out, the enterprisemust recapute the. Enterprise 2001, while several non canonical star trek novels and comic book series featured sequel stories to the episode. Star trek fans are calling for more pike and spock. Commander data, brent spiner portrayed the second officer on the uss enterprise in star trek. Star trek is an american science fiction entertainment series.
As the crew attempted to make contact, however, the ship was neutralized by the probe, the transmissions of which were being carried on an amplification wave of. Robin spent much of her early years traveling between her parents starfleet postings. As starfleets first android officer, datas ongoing quest to understand humanity was the emotional core of tng. How many different enterprises were there in star trek. If youre attentive, you may notice some details about the uss enterprise hidden in the background. Enterprise series came out, but this books still worth buying. The official star trek website defines canon as comprising the original series, the animated series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, enterprise, discovery, picard, lower decks, and short treks as well as the films in the franchise. Robin lefler was a female human starfleet officer born in the year 2345 to starfleet warp plasma specialists, morgan and charles lefler. Robin lefler memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. For fans, there was enough wiggle room for a uss enterprise series. Its fit itself into a gap in star treks history that hasnt been explored in any real way outside of non canonical novels and comics, so theres not a tremendous need for new viewers to understand the history of the federation or the labyrinthine. Youre not going to enjoy this book unless youve seen a lot of star trek.
The uss saratoga ncc1887 was a 23rd century federation mirandaclass starship operated by starfleet. Instead, queer identity was mostly relegated to the world of metaphor, rumor, and. Bennett began a new series of star trek novels, subtitled star trek. Ive defended it many times from haters who deem it not star trek. Scotts guide to the enterprise which says that the ncc1701a was originally the uss tiho, which was built from the keel up to be a transwarp testbed.
Noncanonical for the most part, but still enjoyably to read. Enterprise, and immediately after the founding of the united federation of planets, this series set out to chronicle the early years of the federation, showing us the stepbystep. It was still relatively a new ship and thus still technically on its shakedown cruise after its first shakedown cruise under the command of. Ford gave the klingons an amazingly detailed non canonical. The prime directive prohibits starfleet personnel and. Picard has revealed what actually happened to them after nearly two decades. Could a star trek series with captain pike be the next spinoff. Picard debuted today on cbs all access, bringing with it new easter eggs and references to star trek. Enterprise novels published by pocket books, starting in 2009. Set a number of years after the events of the prequel show star trek. Hidden references, cameos, and easter eggs from star trek. Kirks fiveyear mission on the enterprise launched in 2265 as established in canon by star trek. The star trek canon is the set of all canonical material in the star trek universe.
According to memory beta, this is not the first mention of the enterprisef in non canonical star trek lore. First warp5capable earth starship, commanded by capt jonathan archer. In 2286, while patrolling sector 5, neutral zone, the saratoga encountered a probe of unknown origin on a direct course to earth. Although the concept of the prime directive has been alluded to and paraphrased by many star trek characters during the television series and feature films, the actual directive has never been provided to viewers. The term was originally christian, referring to books declared. The case for a possible captain pike star trek series. Tng ds9 voy films 810 ent tos tas films 17 films 11. Nemesis, data sacrificed himself to save picard in the final canonical tng story shortly before his death, data copied all of his memories. Where does the crew of the enterprise go when they need information about the. The non canonical star trek star charts 2002 cites andor as the seventh planet in orbit around the star procyon alpha canis minoris in the beta quadrant, but previous material has andor as the eighth planet of the orange dwarf epsilon indi in the alpha quadrant. The reader is warned in the general notes that begin with sheet 4 that the booklet of. The breen are a fictional extraterrestrial species featured in the star trek science fiction franchise.
Effect and the reference book star trek ii biographies, respectively. In the year 2353 while living on the tantalus colony, robin acquired an antique tricorder in which she started making diarylike logs of her life. You do not have to watch other star trek before watching discovery. This is a list of questions that are frequently asked about star trek books. This proved to be one of the more popular star trek segments in terms of follow ups. Portrayed by michelle forbes, she is a member of the bajoran race who joins the crew of the uss enterprised over the fervent objection of captain jeanluc picard patrick stewart.
Official revelations about picards life after the events of nemesis and im not counting non canonical literature, terrific though some has been had been scarce. As part of his tour duties, kirk guides lartal to golden. The official starfleet technical manual refers to the maximum capacity of the cargo transport on a class1 starship such as the enterprise ncc1701 as being 2. The way to the stars paperback, kindle, veteran star trek author una mccormack takes a somewhat different approach than what she and others have done in the trekverse by writing. Theres no particular reason to believe enterprise is noncanon. In this continuity, kirk is given command of the enterprise and the. Trek literature faq stolen from steve mollmann and updated in april 2009. Lasers as main weaponry were more or less retconned out of star trek canon in 2001 with the phase pistols introduced in star trek. If youre attentive, you may notice some details about the uss enterprise hidden in the background the teaser is mostly focused on star sonequa martingreen discussing what its like returning to the show for the second season. This method is for those that dont like older, slowerpaced tv shows.
The next generation and other corners of the star trek universe. Commanded by capt christopher pike and capt james t. The majority of the information is directly from episodes and movies, but the writers have chosen to also include a fair amount of non canonical. Countdown a tiein to the 2009 star trek film and the timeline established for the star trek online game depict data as alive in 2387. It just says that they are not a part of the canonical star trek universe and are. I was told that this book is canon until somebody films something says its not. The cover claims the blueprints are of the fabulous starship enterprise. Deep space spines where we chronicle the noncanonical. The entropy effect and the reference book star trek ii biographies, respectively. Star trek is a franchise based on the science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry it is, to many, the mother fandom. The star trek franchise is changing shape, making tiein novels and comics. All the star trek tiein books that are actually canon screen rant. The star trek canon is generally defined as all released television series and feature films.
Unlike other ds9 novels, original sin does not feature deep space 9, but instead features siskos vessel, the uss robinson, during the vessels mission in the gamma quadrant, hence the subtitle gamma. A related story set six years earlier on bajor depicts the kidnapping of siskos. The last time star trek was on tv was the divisive prequel series enterprise later star trek. Non canonical tiein novels chronicled the rikers time on the titan, but now star trek. Spock coming back from the dead and the enterprise blowing up. The cry of the onlies star trek, book 46 by judy klass. The title of this book was probably inspired by the 1982 film. Occasionally, writers will draw from noncanonical works in. Michael jan friedman is the author of more than forty. Your guide to queer identity and metaphor in star trek.
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