The Wrath of Khan by Vonda McIntyre.
It was bloody awesome.
"For the snark was a boojum, you see."
Classic.
It was bloody awesome.
"For the snark was a boojum, you see."
Classic.
What was the 1st Trek novel you ever read?
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The Entropy Effect...in Spanish 
EL EFECTO ENTROPIA
EL EFECTO ENTROPIA
I may have to dig that one out as well and give it a read again. It's funny how I recall most of the Bantam novels and a the first dozen or so of the Pocket line, even though I haven't read most of them in like two decades. I think with the Bantam stuff, even though the stories were probably pretty average, at the time (pre-TMP) it was all we had and that in itself made them seem special.
Like you, I kept trying to shoe-horn each novel into its proper spot in either the original 5YM or if it fit with events after the movie. I'd still like to see a series that explored the post-TMP era in more depth, even to the extant of taking some of the Phase II script ideas and re-working them to conform to modern canon.
Just my .02 worth.
Well, bearing in mind that they were all commissioned if not published before ST:TMP, it'd be hard for them to be anything else, surely?
I just finally dug out my original copy of TPD from my box of vintage Trek books. Wow, a cover price of just $2.50! That brings back memories. Published in March, 1982, it was the fourth Pocket Trek novel (not counting the TMP novelization) and was only 187 pages long, though the print is damn near microscopic. Thin, compared to modern Trek novels.
I think I'll read this next, and see how well it stands up to the test of time.
I felt that The Prometheus Design was the best of Marshak & Culbreath's four Trek novels, for what that's worth.
Their stuff was... different, to be sure. I seem to recall that this was the one that I liked the most as well (of the four they did) so we'll see once I jump into it, with the perspective of the 26 years of Trek history that came after that novel.
Cant remember the lasst st book i read but at the moment i am reading Greater than the sum.
That was probably my second. Incredible aswell.
I think it was The Entrophy Effect back in '82. I was roaming a stationery store and was astonished to see a Star Trek novel. I had no idea then they were around at all but then I was in my teens, green behind the ears and rarely wander into malls. 
I just had enough to buy TeF and bought the few that were on the shelves the next day.
My last TOS bk was In The Name Of Honor, after that I just bought ST bks sporadically. A few on TNG, VOY and most of ENT.
I just had enough to buy TeF and bought the few that were on the shelves the next day. My last TOS bk was In The Name Of Honor, after that I just bought ST bks sporadically. A few on TNG, VOY and most of ENT.
So you're the one who bought it!
Vendetta by Peter David. Had to be in 4th grade or so. I was so into the book and was really proud of myself when I finished the 400 page book in three weeks (hey, for me as a kid and my typical schedule during the summer, that was impressive). Still have it and got it signed by Peter David last summer at Wizard World.
Also known as the Kate Winslet
Not quite. The first Trek novel was Mack Reynolds's Mission to Horatius in 1968. Spock Must Die! wasn't until 1970.
The Klingon Gambit when I was about 9 or 10 (so 1984/85ish)
"Battle Lines" by Greg Galanter and Dave Brodeur. I wasn't too impressed, mainly because of the persistent mistake of B'Lana instead of B'Elannaand some wasted potential for an interesting storyline, but overall I enjoyed it.
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