Do you have a favourite Star Trek book?

[Warped9]

Do you have a favourite Star Trek book?

And by that I don't mean strictly novels. Perhaps there's a fictional or nonfictional reference book or something else that you really like.

Novel wise I still really like James Blish's Spock Must Die! But I also quite like Stephen E. Whitfield's The Making Of Star Trek and Inside Star Trek by Robert Justman and Herb Solow.

I also enjoyed Bjo Trimble's Star Trek Concordance as well as the Star Trek Compendium (although I can't recall who wrote it).

Do you have a favourite? And if so then care to share what and why?

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

The Final Reflection. John M. Ford

The Klingons as they ought to have been. A story that was part of the Trekverse, but didn't revolve around the regular characters, some genuine world building going on.

Corona - Greg Bear

Sci-fi in Trek Lit SHocker! Yes, there was a time when it wasn't just introspective navel gazing with soap opera who's sleeping with who daytime TV storylines.

Dreams of the Raven...

You know, forget it. If it had TOS on it, and was written before 1992, the chances are that I love it.

Once you get to Peter David's The Rift, it's downhill all the way.

I liked some of the early TNG books. Gulliver's Fugitives is one of my all time favourites, and Children of Hamlin went in an interesting direction...

As for coffee table books, I have a soft spot for Mr Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, and the DS9 Companion is essential.

 

[Smiley]

It's very tough to single out one book, so I'll name three.

My favorite nonfiction Trek book is The Deep Space Nine Companion by Terry Erdmann and Paula Block. The authors interviewed just about everybody, and they were involved throughout the run of the show. There's fascinating stories about the writing process, casting, filming on location, and post-production.

The novel I've read the most and still enjoy is Q-Squared by Peter David. It takes elements from all over the Trek episodes and mixes them together with alternate timelines for a cacophony of fun and excitement.

Another novel I absolutely love is Unity by S.D. Perry. Without giving the story away, it is the culmination of five years of post-series stories and wraps up several important plots from the later years of the TV show. It does introduce some new stories into the mix, but it can also serve as a fitting series finale for DS9.

 

[Anachronus]

The Final Reflection. John M. Ford

The Klingons as they ought to have been. A story that was part of the Trekverse, but didn't revolve around the regular characters, some genuine world building going on.

I whole heartedly agree.

 

[Warped9]

The Final Reflection. John M. Ford.

Yes, a darn good book.

 

[Mallory]

Stephen Whitfield's The Making Of Star Trek was my first. I got it while the series was still airing which made it even more cool. And it's remained my favorite ever since then.

 

[Trekwatcher]

Allan Asherman's "Star Trek Compendium." The first organized Trek book I ever read. Love it still.

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

The Best of Trek (#1). It opened the door to a whole new world.

 

[ClayinCA]

Allan Asherman's "Star Trek Compendium." The first organized Trek book I ever read. Love it still.

Was just going to say that! I particularly love the opening section about a young Allan's trip to WorldCon (I think it was), where he encountered Star Trek for the very first time, back when no one knew what it was. Asherman does such a good job writing that section - it really takes you back to that time and introduces the show to you through his eyes.

I was always sad that Asherman never wrote another Trek book after his Making of Star Trek II book. Does anybody know what happened to him? Does he still work at DC Comics?

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Making of Star Trek is a long time fav. I've worn out many a copy since the 1970s. I enjoy the novels, but none jump out as favorites. Strictly one time reads.

 

[Harvey]

The Romulan Way, by Diane Duane. Really got me into Trek books.

 

[T'Bonz]

The Romulan Way, by Diane Duane. Really got me into Trek books.

That is my favorite Trek book too.

 

[Michael]

Yesterday's Son by A. C. Crispin and the Deep Space Nine Companion. Wonderful books!

 

[c5maier]

Having read only a very limited number both of fiction and non-fiction Trek books, my best-loved old time companions have to be Franz Joseph's works and Alan Asherman's Compendium while I currently much enjoy reading "Inside Star Trek".

On the fiction side, I very much cherish my 12 TOS photo novels: while hardly original, they are very nicely produced and more handy than Video or Trek Core.
But my overall favorite novel can only be Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan. To any TOS fan who has not read it yet: Give yourself a treat and do! What a shame JK never wrote another Trek novel - I just found out that she died a few weeks ago.

 

[Warped9]

The Best of Trek (#1). It opened the door to a whole new world.

I also have quite a few of those Best of Trek books. I enjoyed quite a few articles in them.

 

[M'Sharak]

Stephen Whitfield's The Making Of Star Trek was my first. I got it while the series was still airing which made it even more cool. And it's remained my favorite ever since then.

That one and David Gerrold's book about the making of "The Trouble with Tribbles" are longtime favorites.

 

[Mallory]

That was the second Trek book I got. And I still have both originals from way back when. The pages are starting to get a little yellow though.

 

[Warped9]

Books I still have:

The World Of Star Trek and The Trouble With Tribbles
The Making Of Star Trek
Star Fleet Technical Manual
Star Trek Blueprints: Booklet of General Plans (technically this isn't a book)
The Star Trek Concordance
The Star Trek Compendium
The Star Trek Chronology
The Star Trek Encyclopedia
Inside Star Trek
The Star Trek Sketchbook
ST-TNG Technical Manual
ST-TNG Technical Journal
Mr. Scott's Guide To The Enterprise
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Best Of Trek series

Spock Must Die!
A Rock And A Hard Place
Final Frontier
Vulcan's Glory
Star Trek Log series
Federation
Vendetta
Ghost Ship
Strangers From The Sky
The Final Reflection

I'm sure there are a few I'm forgetting for the moment.

 

[Ptrope]

The Final Reflection. John M. Ford

The Klingons as they ought to have been. A story that was part of the Trekverse, but didn't revolve around the regular characters, some genuine world building going on.

Always at the top of my list of Trek books; just a flat-out great story.

I also have to confess a fondness for the original Starfleet Technical Manual; it may not be everyone's favorite, but it was probably my biggest single Trek purchase when I was younger, and it just made everything about Trek seem a bit more 'real.'

 

[judge alba]

voyager Compendium is one of my favorite books ds9 Compendium gives a bit of back ground to the episodes and why they did them.
they are just about all the trek books i have the others are on audio my favorite of them would have to be Vulcan's heart with Vulcan's forge coming second