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Beyond the Clouds: The Lifetime Trek of Walter "Matt" Jefferies, Artist and Visionary
Richard L. Jefferies
Brown Books
314 pages
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Genealogy
[Chapters One through Eleven]
Tributes
Matt's Feature Film & TV Career
Brotherhood of Art Directors
Contributing Artists
Photo Index
Bibliography
Blurb
Legendary aviation artist Walter "Matt" Jefferies (1921-2003) is best known for his work as art director of the original Star Trek television series -- and for designing the most widely recognized spacecraft of all time, the U.S.S. Enterprise.
In his lifetime, Jefferies worked on set and art designs for over fifteen movies and TV series, including Little House on the Prairie, Dallas, Father Murphy, Ben Casey, and Love American Style; he also produced many aircraft paintings and technical designs. His paintings have been exhibited in museums all over the world.
This beautiful, full-color biography goes beyond Jefferies's life as an artist. Jefferies was a charming and genteel Southerner whose eventful childhood and love of aviation propelled him to become a high-flying visionary. After his stint in the military, he still found time to take to the skies, flying his vintage 1935 WACO YOC cabin plane throughout the rest of his life.
Illustrated with images of his striking paintings, Jefferies's story is enriched with a historical backdrop, personal anecdotes, and plenty of information on Star Trek, aviation, and set design. The unique fusion of art and aircraft is revealed through pages that trace the life and times of the aviation expert who helped shape the face of science fiction."I loved Matt Jefferies. He was a good friend all during the years of Star Trek. I interviewed him several times for many of the books I wrote. He was always a dear friend and a source of knowledge about Star Trek that very few people knew."
--William Shatner, writer and actor"Beyond the Clouds -- what a work! It takes more than a few days to absorb this wonderful book. It truly represents a slice of Matt's fascinating life as an aviator, aviation artist, historian, and Hollywood art director."
-- Neil November, Cofounder of Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society"Matt Jefferies was a gracious gentleman from Virginia, always courteous, always soft-spoken, with a brilliant talent and a warm sense of humor. He was not only a wonderfully creative art director... from the stars of outer space to a little house on the prairie... but his talents as an aviation artist were outstanding and widely recognized. His heart was always in the sky!"
-- Dorothy Fontana, script writer"Matt Jefferies was inspiring yet humble -- his art and feel giving form to Gene's dream. So much of what made Star Trek beloved came from his pen... the look and dynamics of the show being timeless and futuristic and yet logical. It was just what Gene wanted... to be inspiring and yet believable."
-- Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Comments
An extensively illustrated large trade paperback, this is Richard Jefferies's tribute to his late brother, the man who designed Star Trek's original U.S.S. Enterprise. Star Trek was a relatively small part of Jefferies' career, and consequently takes up less than a tenth of the book in terms of page count. However, given the title and the cover art, and the promotion and discussion of the book on Trek book sites, and, plain and simply, the importance of Matt Jefferies to Star Trek in its early days, it's worth including on this site.
BFI TV Classics: Star Trek
Ina Rae Hark
BFI Publishing
160 pages
Blurb (from publisher's website)
Star Trek remains the original, iconic and, for its many fans, the best example of science fiction television, boldly going where no TV drama had gone before. Ina Rae Hark's lively and authoritative account of the five series -- from the original Star Trek to its most recent manifestation, Enterprise -- provides a comprehensive guide to the Trek universe and its key themes.
Hark carefully delineates the unique characteristics of each series, from Star Trek's depiction of humanity confronting technological and evolutionary change, to The Next Generation's diplomatic efforts to secure its perfected utopia for others, Deep Space Nine's interrogation of the claims of that utopia in a hostile, alien environment, Voyager's testing of Starfleet principles light years away from the Federations borders, and Enterprise's look back at humankind's first efforts to forge an intergalactic alliance. Hark explores the character dynamics of each captain and his or her crew.
As well as offering new insights for even the most hardcore Trekker, this volume also provides a perfect introduction to a popular culture phenomenon for those few who have never heard of a phaser or a Klingon.
Comments
Due October 2008. Part of the British Film Institute's series of books about TV, this is the first monograph on Star Trek by Hark, who has written several academic papers on the show.
Captain Kirk's Guide to Women
John "Bones" Rodriguez
Pocket
86 pages
Contents
Introduction
Top Ten Things I Learned About Love From Star Trek
Becoming Your Own Captain
The Mission
Lesson One -- Always Say Yes
Lesson Two -- Awaken Her Passion
Lesson Three -- Care for Your Exes
Lesson Four -- Increase Her Self-Esteem
Special Considerations
Top Pickup Lines From the Twenty-third Century
What Not to Do
Graduation and Commencement
Acknowledgments
Blurb
Casanova, Don Juan, James Bond -- these are men of legendary romance, but only one man can boast that his seductive powers take him boldly where no man has gone before: James T. Kirk.
Captain Kirk's status as an interstellar stud is proven by his ability to seduce any woman, in any situation, in any part of the galaxy. From high-society princesses to unbalanced Orion slave girls, from gender-switching shape-shifters to emotion-deprived androids -- they all swoon, acquiesce, and malfunction from just one kiss.
But a single question remains in the minds of millions: How does he do it?
Captain Kirk's Guide to Women is the first book to answer this question by probing deeply into Kirk's character, charisma, and seductive techniques, making it possible for any man to model himself after the Casanova of the Cosmos. It is also the only warp-powered romance manual written with enough wit, charm, and humor to help the female of the species make first contact.
Employing meticulous research, along with fanatic-level detail and the kind of pointy-eared logic even a Vulcan would find fascinating, Captain Kirk's Guide to Women shows you how to be as effective as Captain Kirk.
Comments
Published February 2008, this is the first Trek book by Rodriguez. It's a small, thin book with a lot of white space, a lot of colour photos of Kirk and some of the women in his life.
Encyclopedia Shatnerica Millennium Edition
Robert Schnakenberg
Quirk Books
288 pages
Blurb (from publisher's website)
Actor, singer, director, novelist, horseman, game-show host, spoken-word performer, legendary Hollywood lothario -- is there anything William Shatner can't do? Beam aboard the starship Irreverent as certified Shatnerologist Robert Schnakenberg takes you on a guided tour of the Emmy-winning entertainment icon's universe. Inside you'll find:
Comments
Due August 2008, the second edition of Encyclopedia Shatnerica probably has less focus on Star Trek than its 1998 predecessor.
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight Volume 1
Scott Tipton, David Tipton, James Patrick, Paul Storrie, Andrew Steven Harris, John Byrne
IDW Publishing
152 pages
Contents
Gorn by Scott Tipton and David Tipton
Vulcans by James Patrick (story suggested by Rick Remender)
Andorians by Paul Storrie
Orions by Scott Tipton and David Tipton
Borg by Andrew Steven Harris
Romulans
by John Byrne
Blurb
Star Trek's aliens -- sometimes allies, sometimes antagonists, always enigmatic -- until now! With this new collection of IDW Publishing's first six Alien Spotlight one-shots, featuring creators like comics legend John Byrne, IDW Star Trek editor Andrew Steven Harris and rising stars Scott & David Tipton, readers can for the first time glimpse through the eyes of the aliens for their point of view! Plus, as an added bonus, guest appearances by Captains Janeway, Pike, and Terrell! One of the best-reviewed series in IDW's Star Trek line!
About Spotlight: Romulans
John Byrne has given us an added chapter of richness to an already stellar episode... expertly composed and controlled!
-- Comics BulletinAbout Spotlight: Borg
Andrew Steven Harris not only knows his Trek, but he understands it, penning a tale as philosophically complex as an Isaac Asimov Foundation novel...
-- Broken FrontierAbout Spotlight: Gorn
This is another quality entry in IDW's Star Trek line, and conclusive proof, if it was needed, that it is possible to do the franchise in comic form and do it well.
-- Fractal MatterAbout Spotlight: Vulcans
This comic should be taken as a model to future Trek writers... Buy this comic. Buy it now.
-- TrekWeb
Comments
Due May 2008, this collection reprints several one-shot stories featuring the title species.
Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant
Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl, editors
Open Court
288 pages
Blurb (from publisher's website)
To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
These words describe the mission of the Starship Enterprise in Gene Roddenberry's groundbreaking television series Star Trek. The spirit of exploration that characterizes Star Trek's various television and cinematic incarnations is also the driving force behind philosophical inquiry throughout human history. Star Trek and philosophy share the mission of testing ideas from our past and present that can progressively improve our future. This volume gathers together twenty-one professional philosophers who recognize, as most other Trekkers have over the past 40 years, that Star Trek isn't merely escapist entertainment. Rather, Star Trek calls viewers back again and again to consider questions not only about the scientific prospects of interstellar travel, but also the inward journey to examine the human condition. The essays in this volume follow Star Trek's inspiration to reach out to the farthest frontiers the mind may reach, while also delving deep into the human essence.
Among the questions dealt with in both the Star Trek mythos and our own human history, this volume discuss how it's possible for persons from different cultural backgrounds to communicate with each other; whether there's value in the Stoic temperament of emotional detachment exhibited by Vulcans, and how difficult it may be to live such a logical life; what problems may be associated with pursuing a life of unlimited power and pleasure, or one that is consumed by anger and the drive for vengeance. In the realm of ethics, our authors discuss issues ranging from genetic engineering and cloning to the morality of the military mind-set, Ferengi business practices, and whether it's ever right to collaborate with unjust oppressors. Other essays investigate various societies found in the Alpha and Delta Quadrants, including the utopian values of the Federation, the collective nature of the Borg, and the conflict between Bajorans and Cardassians. At the level of individual life, there's the potential value of escaping from reality into a holodeck, or looking for answers in one's cultural and religious traditions, as we see Lieutenants Barclay and Worf do. Finally, some of Star Trek's most mind-bending puzzles are sorted out, such as the paradoxes and pitfalls of time travel, mind melding, transporter mishaps, and Captain Kirk's mastery of the destructive logical syllogism. These topics have been specifically chosen to break new ground in exploring the philosophical dimensions of Star Trek and boldly go where no philosopher has gone before.
Comments
Due September 2008, this is one of a series of books looking at philosophical issues in a variety of pop culture contexts, from TV series like The Sopranos to pop bands like U2.
Star Trek Archives Volume 1: Best of Peter David
Peter David and Bill Mumy
IDW Publishing
144 pages
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
Star Trek Archives Volume 1: Best of Peter David collects five Star Trek: The Original Series stories written by fan-favorite Peter David. Bill Mumy (Lost in Space) co-writes three issues and one issue is illustrated by legendary comic artist, Curt Swan. The stories in this volume focus on the first crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise -- Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, and Mr. Chekov.
Comments
Due September 2008, this appears to be a reprint collection of DC Comics material, including some reprinted recently by Titan. This may explain why Titan's reprint collection series seems to have ended.
Star Trek Archives Volume 2: Best of the Borg
Michael Jan Friedman and Paul Jenkins
IDW Publishing
160 pages
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships..." Ever since those chilling words reverberated throughout the bridge of the Enterprise, the Borg have been the most dangerous and relentless adversary of the entire Star Trek universe. Now, collected for the first time, their most fearsome adventures on the comics page!
Comments
Due November 2008, this second volume of Star Trek Archives appears to collect material from DC and Marvel (probably 1993's "The Worst of Both Worlds" four part story from DC's Star Trek: The Next Generation comic and 1997's Operation Assimilation, a Marvel one-shot).
Star Trek: Assignment: Earth
John Byrne
IDW Publishing
136 pages
Blurb (from publisher's website)
The original TV episode "Assignment Earth" had been the Season Two finale for the Star Trek series. It introduced the cryptic character Gary Seven and was intended by Gene Roddenberry as the pilot for a spin-off series that never came to pass. Now, however, Byrne will bring Roddenberry’s dream to life, delivering the spin-off 40 years after it would have debuted. The series tells the tale of the interstellar time traveler and his Earth-born assistant as they covertly confront threats to the past so that they can save Star Trek's future.
Byrne will both write and draw the series, which steps one year forward with each installment, beginning with 1968, the year that the original "Assignment Earth" episode aired.
Comment
Though Gary Seven has been seen in action in the 20th century in the novels (The Eugenics Wars) and in the future in comics, this marks the first published attempt at moving forward with Roddenberry's proposed series, instead of using Seven as a guest character in a Star Trek story.
Star Trek: Mirror Images
Chris Ryall, Scott Tipton, and David Tipton
IDW Publishing
104 pages
Blurb (from publisher's website)
The Mirror Universe remains one of the most popular themes in Star Trek canon, and IDW will travel through the looking glass with Star Trek: Mirror Images, written by IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall together with Scott & David Tipton, brothers have become the new breakout stars of Star Trek comics writing with hit series like Klingons: Blood Will Tell. The new four-part epic launches in June, teaming the brothers once again with Klingons artist David Messina.
In Mirror Images, Ryall and the Tiptons recount twin tales: the rise of the mirror James Kirk to the command of the ISS Enterprise as he plots to unseat Captain Christopher Pike, as well as the story of Enterprise crew members whose counterparts were not prominently featured in the original "Mirror, Mirror" episode -- McCoy, Scotty and Uhura, who use their unique positions on the ship to advance their own ambitious agendas.
Comments
Due December 2008, this reprint collection reflects the current interest in the Mirror Universe, also seen in recent Trek novels from Pocket.
Star Trek: New Frontier
Peter David
IDW Publishing
136 pages
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
The most dangerous experimental vessel in the galaxy -- a prototype time ship -- has vanished, and it appears that the man who stole it is none other than Starfleet Admiral Edward Jellico. Only Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the Excalibur have a hope in finding him before the ship, intended purely for scientific exploration, is used to disrupt the space-time continuum! Peter David, the hand-picked creator of the first Star Trek crew designed exclusively for print, celebrates the 10th anniversary of the New Frontier with this comic book series, showcasing all-new stories and the official continuation of the hit novels.
Comments
Due October 2008, this reprint collection marks New Frontier's second foray into the comic format, following Wildstorm's 2000 "Double Time" one-shot, reprinted in the 2001 Other Realities collection.
Star Trek 101
Terry J. Erdmann
Pocket
Blurb (from Pocket catalogue)
An entertaining, comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to the ten Star Trek movies and six television series -- including episode summaries -- for the casual viewer and anyone interested in bringing out their inner geek.
Most avid Star Trek fans are well-schooled in Trek trivia, either through many hours spent watching the series on television or by poring over the myriad references and companion guides devoted to the Star Trek universe. But for the casual viewer, reading through several hundreds of pages on Deep Space 9 can be overwhelming, to say the least.
Star Trek 101 is a snappy, entertaining, and handy primer that defines the key components of this legendary sci-fi phenomenon. And, now that the episodes are available for download on iTunes, this interesting and informative guide is especially useful, expanding upon the general television guide descriptions and quickly bringing the viewer up to speed on who's who and what's what in the world of Star Trek. (It's Leonard Maltin with pointed ears.)
Comments
Due September 2008, this is an introductory guide to the Star Trek universe. Cover art slightly colourized from catalogue image.
Star Trek Reader's Reference to the Novels: 1988-1989: Volume 5
Alva Underwood
AuthorHouse
516 pages
Comments
Not seen; published February 2008.
This is the fifth in Underwood's series of encyclopedic companions to the Star Trek novels published by vanity press Authorhouse. It probably covers only the original series novels published by Pocket in 1988 and 1989.
Though the basic idea behind this series of books is a good one, at the current rate of publication, even if Underwood stays with original series novels only, this series may never catch up with the novels being published. Meanwhile, readers interested in certain topics or characters that reappear in several books will have to consult several volumes to get all the relevant information.
Star Trek: The Collectibles
Steve Kelley
Krause Publications
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
This book provides a wide-range of Star Trek treasures you can appreciate whether you're a devoted Trekkie or a novice collector of this epic American science fiction franchise. In the pages of this spectacular guide you'll discover more than 1,500 color photos -- including items from the $7 million Christie's auction of one-of-a-kind Star Trek props and memorabilia direct from Paramount Studios' warehouses. In addition, you'll enjoy chapters covering more than 40 years of Star Trek action figures, lunch boxes, games, pins, posters, uniforms, original scripts and countless other items, all with identifying details and current market values.
Comments
Cover art adapted from image at http://www.antiquetrader.com/toyland/Star+Trek+The+Collectibles.aspx. Steve Kelley, who posts at TrekBBS.com under the user name startrekfiero, has written the first collectibles guide in nearly a decade. The book is due out in October 2008.
Star Trek: The Death Wave
Austin P. Torney
Createspace
100 pages
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
An original screenplay/novelette that answers the question of how the warlike Klingons of Captain Kirk's era came to their end and were replaced by the somewhat friendlier Klingons of the new generation; however, this story does not dwell much upon the Klingons, but upon Kirk's forced retirement at age 65 and his return from it through a war for the galaxy in which he must become the ultimate chess master.
Comments
This site has ignored a few sloppily-written fanfic stories that have been made briefly available through self-publishing sites like lulul.com, but the notoriety achieved by this book calls for an entry here. First, the book was published by Createspace, the self-publishing arm of Amazon.com, and sold through Amazon. Second, it appeared in Amazon's recommended reading lists, which is how it originally appeared on the radar of bloggers like Trek novelist Dayton Ward, and a number of bloggers discussed it, many referring to the Lori Jareo debacle, in which a woman wrote and published her own Star Wars novel and sold it through Amazon.com before being shut down by Lucasfilm. A few bold bloggers actually bought and read the book, including Trek writer Allyn Gibson. So I decided I had to buy it and include it here.
It's a thin, perfect-bound trade paperback with no text on the spine, art and a bar code but no text on the back cover, no indication that Createspace published it, no proper table of contents verso page (the page with copyright and printing information in the front of the book), etc. It's written as a prose story, not a screenplay, and is heavily illustrated with often irrelevant images, including starships from other Star Trek series. It's not something I could recommend, even without having read it yet, but it's no longer available from Amazon anyway. For the time being you can still use the Search Inside feature to get a sense of the writing and layout. The story was also included in a collection of Torney's writings on lulu.com, but that also appears to be currently unavailable.
Star Trek: The Key Collection Volume 6
Checker Book Publishing Group
Contents
Prince Traitor
Mr. Oracle
This Tree Bears Bitter Fruit
Murder on the Enterprise
A Warp in Space
The Planet of No Life
Destination Annihilation
And a Child Shall Lead Them
Comments
Amazon for some time showed this book as scheduled for release in March 2007, but that didn't happen. The penultimate volume in the Gold Key comics reprint series, it collects issues 43 through 52 (skipping issue 45, a reprint of an early issue). The titles are taken from the cover. According to Mark Martinez's website, "Murder on the Enterprise" should be titled "Sweet Smell of Evil."
Star Trek: The Manga: Uchu
David Gerrold, Troy Lewter, Wil Wheaton
Tokyopop
Blurb (from Diamond Previews)
Join Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the whole crew aboard the original Starship Enterprise! The adventures continue through space and time in this third anthology of the stellar series. Included are new stories by David Gerrold of "The Trouble With Tribbles" fame, and Wil Wheaton, celebrated author and star from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Comments
Due July 2008, this is the third volume in the series of manga-style Star Trek graphic novels.
This was originally announced under the title Aratanaru Michi He, and a solicitation cover with that title appeared online. According to a comment on Wil Wheaton's blog, that title can be roughly translated as "new course" or "new direction." An online dictionary translates Uchu as universe or cosmos.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Intelligence Gathering
Scott Tipton and David Tipton
IDW Publishing
124 pages
Blurb (extract from IDW press release)
The new miniseries Intelligence Gathering promises to feel like a slice of the hit series in its prime, reading like "lost" episodes that fans never saw.
Set toward the end of the show's fifth season, Intelligence Gathering from IDW Publishing examine as yet unexplored sides of the Star Trek: Next Generation characters who meant the most to fans. There's plenty of action and suspense as the familiar crew faces both old adversaries and new threats-all in self-contained stories that are connected by a broader, unfolding plot.
Comments
Due August 2008, this is another collected Next Generation comic reprint from IDW.
Star Trek: Year Four
David Tischman
IDW Publishing
152 pages
Blurb
"Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise . Her five-year mission..."
Gene Roddenberry's science fiction classic Star Trek first hit the airwaves in September 1966, chronicling the Starship Enterprise's legendary five-year mission. But with The Original Series cancelled after only three seasons, the events of the fourth year remained unrealized... until now. Join IDW Publishing and the familiar faces of the Star Trek crew -- as well as additions from the Star Trek animated series of the 1970s -- as the Enterprise continues to explore strange new worlds.
"...To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
Comments
Published March 2008, this is a reprint of an original series-era comic miniseries.
Star Trek Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment
D.C. Fontana and Derek Chester
IDW Publishing
136 pages
Blurb (from publisher's website)
The Star Trek Year Four series has chronicled the untold fourth year of the U.S.S. Enterprise's legendary five-year mission, depicted for just three seasons on the original Star Trek show. For The Enterprise Experiment, Fontana and Chester craft a sequel to Fontana's celebrated Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident," in which Kirk famously posed as a Romulan to capture a new state-of-the-art cloaking device.
In this all-new story, Federation efforts to fully adapt the cloaking device to Starfleet ships leads to an experiment gone awry, trapping Kirk and Spock on an Enterprise out of phase with space itself. At the same time, Romulan forces close in on the starship, intent on claiming revenge for their stolen technology. Later chapters in the series will provide a sequel to the first two issues, as the Klingon Empire -- with its own agenda -- suddenly enters the fray.
Comments
Due November 2008, this reprint collection features the return of original series episode writer and Vulcan's Glory novelist D.C. Fontana.
Talkin' Trek and Other Stories: Conversations with Performers, Professionals and Fans on a Science Fiction Phenomenon
Anthony Wynn
BearManor Media
Blurb (from publisher's website)
The television series Star Trek debuted in the United States on September 8, 1966, telling the tale of the crew of the USS Enterprise and their five-year mission "to boldly go where man has gone before." Gaining extraordinary world-wide popularity, the show spawned an animated series and conventions of fans around the planet - which in turn helped fuel major motion pictures and no fewer than three separate latter-day television series.
Talkin' Trek and Other Stories features conversations with several actors who were there at the inception of the original series, including George Takei (Sulu), Grace Lee Whitney (Rand), and James Doohan (Scotty), who share their memories of the science fiction phenomenon. They are joined by additional performers (Armin Shimerman, Robin Curtis, Nick Tate) who appeared in later series and film incarnations. Other interviewees include behind-the-scenes professionals Susan Sackett and Eric A. Stillwell, as well as the Star Trek creator himself, Gene Roddenberry.
"Anthony Wynn, as interviewer, does a good job of guiding the conversation; he appears to be a genuine fan and that shows through."
- The Asian Reporter, Portland, OregonNot only limited to their various involvements with Star Trek - a number of the interviews in this book delve deeper into the respective careers, activities, and other notable credits of the performers and professionals both prior to and following their work on the iconic show.
"This book highlights and gives a good insight into the establishment and beginnings of the working lives of performers."
- Barry Morse, Actor & DirectorAnthony Wynn is author of the stage drama Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship, performed in England and the USA. He is also coauthor (with Barry Morse and Robert E. Wood) of Merely Players - The Scripts, Stories of the Theatre, and Remember with Advantages, the theatrical memoir of actor Barry Morse.
Comments
Originally due in October 2007, the publication of this book has been delayed.
Tao Te Ching: A Klingon Translation: pIn'a' qan paQDI'norgh
Lao Tsu, translated by Agnieszka Solska
Klingon Language Institute
208 pages
Comments
This was announced on the LiveJournal of the KLI's Lawrence Schoen. Quoting from the post:
208 pages, including an introduction and copious commentary on the translation.
The Trade Paperback* (ISBN: 978-0-9644345-5-4) will be $14.95.
The Hardcover edition (ISBN: 978-0-9644345-2-3) will be $25.95.
The publication date is expected to be by the time of the Shore Leave Convention, held in mid-July.
Solska has a website with the English and Klingon texts of the Tao Te Ching, which she apparently originally posted online five years ago. The website has only brief notes on the book, so the "copious commentary" mentioned above may be new to the print edition.
This is the fourth work of literature translated into Klingon and published by the Klingon Language Institute, following two Shakespeare plays and Gilgamesh.
Trek's Saturday Morning Star Guide: The Colorful Companion To The Animated Edition Of The Original Star Trek Series
Herbie J. Pilato
BearManor Media
Comments
Pilato has written a number of books, including a guide to the TV series Bewitched.
Up Till Now: The Autobiography
William Shatner with David Fisher
Thomas Dunne Books
368 pages
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
"It is now Bill Shatner's universe -- we just live in it." --New York Daily News
After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. Winning an Emmy for his role on Boston Legal. Doing commercials for Priceline.com. In the movie theaters. Singing with Ben Folds. He's sitting next to Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, and he's practically a regular on Howard Stern's show. He was recently honored with election to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. He was a target on a Comedy Central's Celebrity Roast entitled "The Shat Hits the Fan." In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with readers and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere.
It was the original Star Trek series, and later its films, that made Shatner instantly recognizable, called by name -- or at least by Captain Kirk's name -- across the globe. But Shatner neither began nor has ended his career with that role. From the very start, he took his skills as an actor and put them to use wherever he could. He straddled the classic world of the theater and the new world of television, whether stepping in for Christopher Plummer in Shakespeare's Henry V or staring at "something on the wing" in a classic episode of The Twilight Zone. And since then, he's gone on to star in numerous successful shows, such as T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911, and most recently Boston Legal.
William Shatner has always been willing to take risks for his art. What other actor would star in history's first -- and probably only -- all-Esperanto-language film? Who else would share the screen with thousands of tarantulas, release an album called Has Been, or film a racially incendiary film in the Deep South during the height of the civil rights era? And who else would willingly paramotor into a field of waiting fans armed with paintball guns, all waiting for a chance to stun Captain... er, Shatner?
In this touching and very funny autobiography, William Shatner reveals the man behind these unforgettable moments, and how he's become the worldwide star and experienced actor he is today.
Comments
Due May 2008. Shatner has already covered his Star Trek years in detail in other books; this book does cover Star Trek as part of his career but does not focus on the show the way Star Trek Memories and Star Trek Movie Memories did.
When First We Boldly Went: Star Trek's First Season (1966)
Tessa B. Dick
CreateSpace
110 pages
Blurb (from Amazon.com)
Reviews of the pilot and all 29 episodes aired in the first season of the original television series Star Trek, with a Preface and an Afterword, written by the widow of science fiction author Philip K. Dick.
Comments
Not seen; published March 2008.
This site has ignored a number of print-on-demand pamphlets from companies like Lightningsource in the past; this one is included for a couple of reasons. First, it's by Tessa Dick, SF novelist Philip K. Dick's widow, which caught my attention; secondly, it's one of the first unauthorized Star Trek-related titles to materialize from CreateSpace, Amazon.com's attempt at moving into Lulu.com's self-publishing market. Lulu has published a couple of interesting Trek-related works included on this site, as well as several very badly written works of fanfic; CreateSpace looks set to do the same, and has already published some Trek fanfic.
Writing Sarek
Peter S. Beagle
Conlan Press
Comments
Originally due in October 2005, this will apparently be somewhat similar to Gerrold's book "The Trouble With Tribbles" and Ellison's City on the Edge of Forever, including the text of the script and some commentary. From the Conlan website:
"Sarek," from the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, is recognized as one of Star Trek's finest episodes. Now discover the complete story behind the story - from Marc Cushman's initial concept and treatment, to famed novelist Peter S. Beagle's extraordinary teleplay, to the last polish by Ira Steven Behr and Ronald D. Moore. INCLUDING Peter's complete notated script, and his own extensive commentary on Star Trek as a creative and sociological phenomenon.
In an email in January 2008, the publisher stated that the book is essentially complete but is being delayed until a couple of other Peter Beagle publishing projects are finished.
Note: the image is not the book's cover, but it is used prominently on the publisher's site, so this will serve as a placeholder until actual cover art is released.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Paperback novels
(Star Trek: The Next Generation) Greater Than the Sum
Christopher L. Bennett
Pocket
Comments
Due July 2008, this continues the post-Nemesis continuity on from 2007's Before Dishonor, leading into the Destiny trilogy.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Hardcovers and trade paperbacks
(Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) These Haunted Seas
David R. George III and Heather Jarman
Pocket
Contents
Mission Gamma Book One: Twilight
Mission Gamma Book Two: This Gray Spirit
Blurb
It is a time of renewed hope. As the U.S.S. Defiant sails through the wormhole and charts a new course of discovery into the unknown ocean of the Gamma Quadrant, powerful individuals from distant worlds gather at station Deep Space 9 to usher in a bright new era; with the Dominion War now only a memory, Bajor is poised at last to enter the Federation. For Colonel Kira Nerys, Commander Elias Vaughn, and all those who follow them, these are the voyages they were born to undertake.
But where they seek to go is defined by the journeys they have made before, and ghosts populate these uncharted waters -- the spectres of lost leaders, fallen friends, forsaken lovers, vanquished enemies, and earlier selves. Some of these shades drive the travelers on, others are drawn inexorably into their wake; but all make their presence felt, and in feeling, the men and women of DS9 and the Defiant must somehow navigate the perilous rapids of their pasts in order to find the future.
Originally published as Twilight and This Gray Spirit -- the first two novels in the critically acclaimed Mission: Gamma series -- These Haunted Seas is the next chapter of the epic saga begun in Twist of Faith, continuing the chronicles of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine beyond the small screen, propelling its heroes to realms they could never have imagined, and truths they cannot escape.
Comments
Due June 2008, this is an omnibus of the first two Mission: Gamma novels. Unlike the previous omnibus edition, which reprinted four novels, this reprints only Twilight and This Gray Spirit because of the length of the novels.
The cover scan is adapted from a much larger version available at Jeff Ayers's Voyages of Imagination website. The full version can be seen here. The presence of characters like Sisko on the cover is not meant to imply their presence in these stories, but to suggest that their absence haunts the characters who are in the book.
Paperback novels
(Star Trek: Terok Nor) Day of the Vipers 2318-2328
James Swallow
Pocket
Blurb
Before the Dominion War and the decimation of Cardassia... before the coming of the Emissary and the discovery of the wormhole... before space station Terok Nor became Deep Space 9... there was the Occupation: the military takeover of an alien planet and the violent insurgency that fought against it. Now that fifty-year tale of warring ideologies, terrorism, greed, secret intelligence, moral compromises, and embattled faiths is at last given its due in the three-book saga of Star Trek's Lost Era...
A seemingly benign visitation to the bountiful world of Bajor from the resource-poor Cardassian Union is viewed with cautious optimism by some, trepidation by others, and a calculating gleam by unscrupulous opportunists. What begins as a gesture of compassion soon becomes something very different. Seen through the eyes of participants on both sides -- including those of a young officer named Skrain Dukat -- the personal, political, and religious tensions between the Bajorans and the Cardassians quickly spiral out of control, irrevocably shaping the futures of both worlds in an emotionally charged and unforgettable tale of treachery, tragedy, and hope.
Comments
The April 2008 Pocket novel, this is the beginning of a prequel trilogy and the first Star Trek novel by Swallow, who worked on two Star Trek: Voyager episodes and the video game Star Trek: Invasion, has published some shorter Star Trek fiction, and has published a number of other novels.
The book is labeled as a Star Trek: Terok Nor book rather than Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; the cover also describes it as "A saga of The Lost Era."
(Star Trek: Terok Nor) Night of the Wolves 2345-2357
S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison
Pocket
Blurb
Before the Dominion War and the decimation of Cardassia... before the coming of the Emissary and the discovery of the wormhole... before space station Terok Nor became Deep Space 9... there was the Occupation: the military takeover of an alien planet and the violent insurgency that fought against it. Now that fifty-year tale of warring ideologies, terrorism, greed, secret intelligence, moral compromises, and embattled faiths is at last given its due in the three-book saga of Star Trek's Lost Era...
Eighteen years into the Occupation, a new star rises in Bajor's sky. It is the seat of power in this system, a place of slave labor and harsh summary judgments, the symbol of Cardassian might and the futility of resisting it. But even as the gray metal crown of Terok Nor ascends to its zenith, ragtag pockets of Bajoran rebels -- including a fierce young fighter named Kira Nerys -- have begun to strike back at their world's oppressors, and they intend to show the Cardassians that the night belongs to them.
Comments
Published in May 2008, Dennison's debut is a collaboration with veteran DS9 novelist Perry.
The cover scan is adapted from a much larger version available at Jeff Ayers's Voyages of Imagination website. The full version can be seen here.
(Star Trek: Terok Nor) Dawn of the Eagles 2360-2369
S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison
Pocket
Blurb
Before the Dominion War and the decimation of Cardassia... before the coming of the Emissary and the discovery of the wormhole... before space station Terok Nor became Deep Space 9... there was the Occupation: the military takeover of an alien planet and the violent insurgency that fought against it. Now that fifty-year tale of warring ideologies, terrorism, greed, secret intelligence, moral compromises, and embattled faiths is at last given its due in the three-book saga of Star Trek's Lost Era...
As violence all across Bajor continues to escalate, Cardassian forces tighten their grip on the captive planet, driving back the resistance at every turn; but on Terok Nor and elsewhere, the winds of change are stirring-the beginnings of a hurricane that will alter the landscape of the Occupation. And while secret dealings, shifting alliances, and personal demons buoy the wings of revolution, a mysterious shape-shifting life form begins a journey that will decide the fate of worlds.
Comments
Due June 2008.
(Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Fearful Symmetry
Olivia Woods
Pocket
Blurb
In our universe, a Cardassian sleeper agent -- Iliana Ghemor -- was once surgically altered to resemble and replace resistance fighter Kira Nerys, future Starfleet captain and hero of the planet Bajor's liberation. That plan never reached fruition, and the fate of the agent remained unknown... until now.
Robbed of the past sixteen years, Iliana Ghemor is back with a vengeance. Over a decade and a half of imprisonment and abuse by her former masters has brought her to the brink of madness, sustained only by the twisted belief that she is, in fact, the real Kira Nerys. She has already made one near-successful attempt on the real Kira's life, but instead of assuming the identity of the woman she was intended to replace, Ghemor has set her sights on the most unexpected target of all: Kira's other double, the malicious Intendent, Bajor's iron-fisted ruler in the alternate reality commonly known as the "Mirror Universe." But far more is unfolding in the Mirror Universe than Ghemor realizes, and the heroes of Deep Space Nine somehow must stop the false Kira without derailing the delicate flow of history that must unfold if both universes, and countless others, are to survive.
Parallel stories set in both universes reflect and build upon each other in this Two-in-One "Flip Book," the continuation of both the ongoing DS9 saga as well as the Mirror Universe line of books.
Comments
Out July 2008. New author Morrow's contribution to the relaunch, following on from Warpath, was tentatively scheduled for August 2007 but has been cancelled for undisclosed reasons, following a few delays. The book is now being written by another newcomer to Star Trek fiction, Olivia Woods.
This book is being published in an unusual way: half the book is printed upside-down relative to the other half, and instead of a conventional back cover, there's another front cover. A number of science fiction and mystery novels were published by Ace books in this format in the 1950s and 1960s; they were known as Ace Doubles. The reverse cover of this book, predominantly red, features Kira -- or Iliana -- with Cardassian features.
Star Trek: Enterprise
Paperback novels
Kobayashi Maru
Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Pocket
Blurb (from Andy Mangels's website)
The exciting follow-up to Star Trek: Enterprise - The Good That Men Do describes the incident that sparked the start of the Romulan War: the destruction of the merchant ship Kobayashi Maru.
The fragile Collation of Planets is convinced that in order to hold the fledgling alliance together something must be done to stop the random destruction of civilian shipping. Under orders from Starfleet, Captain Jonathan Archer and Captain Erica Hernandez, commanders of two of the most powerful starships, have been reduced to convey duty, no more than glorified babysitting. Both captains know that there is something behind all of this systemic destruction. Captain Archer believes he knows who -- the Romulans. But will anyone listen to him before it is too late?
Comments
Due August 2008, this is the continuation of the post-finale Enterprise novels, continuing on from The Good That Men Do. Cover art taken from Andy Mangels's website. That site also features an early solicitation cover featuring text in a Romulan font that reportedly reads "The Romulan War begins late 2008."
Star Trek: Corps of Engineers
Hardcovers and trade paperbacks
(Star Trek: Corps of Engineers) Wounds
Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne, and Cory Rushton
Pocket
Contents
Malefictorum by Terri Osborne
Lost Time by Ilsa J. Bick
Identity Crisis by John J. Ordover
Fables of the Prime Directive by Cory Rushton
Security by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Wounds by Ilsa J. Bick
Comments
Due October 2008. The fourth trade paperback collection collects ebooks 50 through 56 (the title story was originally published as ebooks 55 and 56).
Star Trek: Klingon Empire
Paperback novels
(Star Trek: Klingon Empire) A Burning House
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Pocket
Blurb
They have been the Federation's staunchest allies, and its fiercest adversaries. Cunning, ruthless, driven by an instinct for violence and defined by a complex code of honor, they must push ever outward in order to survive, defying the icy ravages of space with the fire of their hearts. They are the Klingons, and if you think you already know all there is to learn about them... think again.
From its highest echelons of power to the shocking depths of its lowest castes, from its savagely aggressive military to its humble farmers, from political machinations of galactic import to personal demons and family strife, the Klingon Empire is revealed as never before when the captain and crew of the I.K.S. Gorkon finally return to their homeworld of Qo'noS in a sweeping tale of intrigue, love, betrayal, and honor.
Comments
Published January 2008, this novel begins the expansion of the I.K.S. Gorkon series to a broader view of the Klingon Empire.
Star Trek Crossovers and Miscellaneous
Hardcovers and trade paperbacks
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism
Christopher L. Bennett, William Leisner, and James Swallow
Pocket
Comments
Due July 2008, this is the first volume of the long-rumoured and awaited "what if?" stories.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Echoes and Refractions
Keith R. A. DeCandido, Chris Roberson, and Geoff Trowbridge
Pocket
Comments
Due August 2008. As above.
Paperback novels
Star Trek: Destiny Book One: Gods of Night
David Mack
Pocket
Comments
Due October 2008. According to the author in an interview with Trekzone.de, the trilogy "will feature the crews of the Enterprise and the Titan (Captain Riker's ship), as well some characters from the Deep Space Nine post-finale novels, and a number of other characters from across the entire shared Star Trek literary universe. It will build on events in previous TNG post-Nemesis novels -- particularly Resistance, Before Dishonor, and Greater Than the Sum -- and it will shed new light on various mysteries from Star Trek's past."
Star Trek: Destiny Book Two: Mere Mortals
David Mack
Pocket
Comments
Due November 2008. As above.
Star Trek: Destiny Book Three: Lost Souls
David Mack
Pocket
Comments
Due December 2008. As above.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(Star Trek: The Next Generation) Slings and Arrows Book IV: That Sleep of Death
Terri Osborne
Pocket
Blurb
In the wake of increased concern over the Dominion threat, Dr. Beverly Crusher has attempted to improve morale on the Enterprise by starting up her theater company -- beginning with a production of A Christmas Carol. But before opening night, a devastating malady starts striking down the crew.
Forced to rely on a piece of technology she despises -- the Emergency Medical Hologram -- Dr. Crusher must find a cure before it's too late!
Comments
Due January or February 2008. Osborne has contributed to several Star Trek anthologies and the Corps of Engineers line.
(Star Trek: The Next Generation) Slings and Arrows Book V: A Weary Life
Robert Greenberger
Pocket
Blurb
A team from the Enterprise -- Riker, La Forge, and Daniels -- is sent to deal with the latest threat from the Maquis. For La Forge and Daniels, it's just another mission, but Riker must face the specter of his transporter twin, Tom Riker, who left Starfleet to join the Maquis.
When the Enterprise team is caught between the Maquis and the Cardassians, Riker finds himself with an important decision to make -- one that may affect his future in Starfleet....
Comments
Due February 2008. Greenberger's ebook follows up on the fate of Thomas Riker, who appeared onscreen in the Next Generation episode "Second Chances" and the Deep Space Nine episode "Defiant" and in print in the Next Generation novels Quarantine and Triangle: Imzadi II.
(Star Trek: The Next Generation) Slings and Arrows Book VI: Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Pocket
Comments
Due March 2008. In a Second Life forum post, DeCandido described this story as "a full-blown TNG/DS9 crossover as the new Federation President sends Picard to DS9 to try to use his connection to Gowron to re-forge the Federation-Klingon alliance."
A quote from Hamlet, like the other Slings and Arrows titles, the title was also used a few years ago for the title of the fourth issue of the Perchance to Dream Next Generation comic miniseries, which was also written by DeCandido.
Following the release of this ebook, the Star Trek original ebook line has gone on hiatus, though ebook versions of print books continue.
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