Star Trek Books!

posted on January 16th, 2006, 2:46 am

I personally love the books, and in my opinion, they do a better job of keeping things canon than the shows do!

[Spencer4Hire]

posted on January 16th, 2006, 3:29 am

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Ohhh I Love the Star Trek books... I've read probably less than 15 though sadly... due to time constrictions. But I've yet to come across one that I wanted to toss in the garbage like a few of the TV episodes I've seen (more or less ENT ones)... LoL!

posted on January 16th, 2006, 3:42 am

Which ones have you read? I got a bunch for christmas, and I've read most of them

posted on January 16th, 2006, 5:01 am

well no, i've been reading thrillers, spy novels, and now bought the whole dune series

posted on January 16th, 2006, 5:24 am

i've read a few, can't really remember the titles. Oh, except the manuals. I’ve read quite a few of those.

posted on January 16th, 2006, 10:33 pm

I feel so sorry for you. You've missed out on much of the Star Trek storyline

[Spencer4Hire]

posted on January 17th, 2006, 3:45 am

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First off I agree with Redshirt... anyone who hasn't read any of the books have definately missed a lot of good stories! Some of them definatly could have replaced some of the nasty episodes of Trek that were produced.

So far I've read a few of Diane Carey... I've come to like her books thus far...

But lemme see... hmmmm... (lookin' at my bookshelf now... LoL!) I've read...

Dreadnaught by DC, The Greate Starship Race by DC, Inavsion:First Strike by DC and that's it for TOS.

Then there was Gauntlet and Progenitor by Michael Jan Friedman (Stargazer series).

Next I read the First two Genesis Wave books... I really liked those... I've yet to start the 3rd one... it's still on the shelf.

Then came Invasion:The Soldiers of Fear, some of Gemworld Part 1 and also Maximum Warp Part 1. Those being TNG books. Then I read The Return by William Shatner.

I also read two of the Post Voyager Series books... Homecoming and The Farther Shore. Lastly I read the Captain's Table Omnibus cover to cover... except for the story in it about Captain Pike. I really REALLY liked that book!

Currently I'm trying to plow throughh the Double Helix Book 1: Infection. I'm about half way through it but homework has been tying me up lately... so I'm not making any progress on it sadly...

But so far that's all I've read except for the TNG Tech. Manual!

posted on January 17th, 2006, 7:06 am

i read like 3 or 4 books, but i'm a computer addict so i mainly play startrek pc games and watch the shows at the same time (quite entertaining i must say). you should try playing multi-player EF2 while watching TNG or DS9, very challenging.

[Anonymous]

posted on January 17th, 2006, 3:36 pm

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Ohhh, gosh, let me see...

A Time to Be Born
A Time to Die
A Time to Sow
A Time to Harvest
A Time to Love
A Time to Hate
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time For War, a Time For Peace

The first two Titan books

The first 14 New Frontier books

The first six Stargazer books

The first three IKS Gorkon books + Diplomatic Implausability (4 books)

The Homcoming and Farther Shore series (2 books)

The Spirit Walk series (2 books)

The Double Helix series (7 books)

The Invasion! series (4 books)

The Lost Era series (6 books)

The Badlands series (2 books)

The Janus Gate series (3 books)

The Errand of Vengance series (3 books)

The Millenium series (3 really long books)

The Avatar series (2 books)

The Dark Passions series (2 books)

The Daedalus series (2 books)

The Left Hand of Destiny series (2 books)

The Gemworld series (2 books)

The Q Contunuum series (3 books)


As for individual non-seriesed books, I don't think I could count them if I tried.


In addition to all this, I could count the number of Star Wars books that I havn't read on one hand.

NOTE: I am routinely updating this.

posted on January 18th, 2006, 4:20 am

OMG!!! Whew... that's a lot of reading! I will say this though... I've heard of every single one and have hoped to read most of them but I've just no time! I really liked the first 2 of the Invasion series... first two books I actually read in fact (surprising I remember that) but I've yet to hunt down the last two online.

Oh and I really wanted to get into the "A Time to..." series.. from the way it looks I'm thinking you enjoyed that one... LoL!!! But seriously was it good? I'm curious... I've got some Amazon dollars to spend from a gift card I got in June and I'm thinkin' about adding to my collection...


And Casper... KUDOS to you! I commend you on your exemplary Trek Multi-Tasking skills... LoL!

I can't say that I could do that... If I tried I'd probably get absorbed by the TV LoL! I'd probably look something like this... mg: mg: mg: mg: mg: mg: mg: mg: LOL!

posted on January 18th, 2006, 5:06 am

I have read the...

Gatways Series seven books
The first two books of the String Theory series
all three of the Titan seires to date
all of the New Fonter books to date
The two yesterdays son books
star trek bloodthirst
star trek renegade
the 3 books of the q contiume seires
star trek tng I,Q
star trek the return
star trek avenger
star trek recovery
star trek captains blood
star trek tng gemworld (2 books)
star trek tng the children of Hamlin
star trek tng boogymen
star trek tng vendetta
star trek tng plant-x
star trek tng doomsday world
star trek tng ship of the line
star trek tng the geniswave series (3 books)
star trek tng stargazer (6 books)
star trek tng Q-in-law
star trek voyager ragnarok
star trek voyager homcoming and farther shore
star trek voyager nanotech war
star trek vayager echoes
star trek the rift
star trek section 31 cloak
star trek prime directive
star trek kirks world
star trek how much for just the planet
star trek tng exiles


I have read more these are only the ones I own.

posted on January 18th, 2006, 3:36 pm

I've been trying to get a hold of the Gateways series, but I cant find them anywhere. :cry:

posted on January 18th, 2006, 5:57 pm

it wa prety good
i was going to read the doudle helix seires but it disapered from the local books stores and never came back

posted on January 18th, 2006, 9:55 pm

Double Helix was okay. I could never figure out what the last book had to do with the rest of the series, though.

Oh, and I can't wait 'till they come out with some more Stargazer books!

posted on January 18th, 2006, 11:01 pm

cant wait until the next new frontier book comes out in febuary
Peter david is one of my favorite star trek authors.