List of lesser known TOS era books
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this should be in the lit forum really...
Yeah, I'll move it now.
Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky is one that's sitting in my collection. Interesting story about a new female specialist coming aboard the Enterprise with a deep-seated hatred of all Vulcans. It's been awhile since I read this book, but I recall bits and pieces about a good number of Vulcans in Starfleet along with Spock, I think...
I think Barbara Hambly's last two novels--Ishmael gets all the press--are oft-overlooked gems. Ghost-Walker and Crossroads are both favorites of mine-- they're atmospheric and imaginative, they cover ideas that could only be done in novel form, and Hambly captures the character of Kirk with such nuance that basically only Duane can excel her at.
I really enjoyed Barbara Hambly's book Ishmael. I know it seems ridiculous to do a crossover with Here Comes the Brides, but I think she did a really great job of pulling it off.
Another oldie I love is Black Fire by Sonni Cooper. All I have to say is Spock as a space pirate.
Another oldie I love is Black Fire by Sonni Cooper. All I have to say is Spock as a space pirate.
"Devil World" is and old one I have - Kirk and co. meet up with the remnants of a galactic empire whose beings look just like the devil from earth mythology. Don't remember the author though.
There is one of my favorite's Prime Directive, but I can't remember the author's name.
^ Prime Directive is by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, who also wrote Memory Prime, Federation, the Millennium trilogy, the framing short stories in The Lives of Dax, and several nonfiction/coffee-table books. They also coauthor William Shatner's Kirk novels.
My long-time (meaning like, a year or two) favorite "sleeper" is Web of the Romulans, despite the amorous computer subplot. I thought it had a nice mini-epic quality to it.
Newly challenging it for the position, though, is The Vulcan Academy Murders. In truth, I found the A-plot to be lacking, and I guessed who the murderer was pretty much the moment that character was introduced, just based on genre cliche. But what the big did do well was give a very interesting, in-depth look at certain elements of Vulcan culture. Since I haven't yet read Spock's World or the Vulcan's Noun books, this is pretty much my first really exposure to that type of thing, and I quite enjoyed it.
Newly challenging it for the position, though, is The Vulcan Academy Murders. In truth, I found the A-plot to be lacking, and I guessed who the murderer was pretty much the moment that character was introduced, just based on genre cliche. But what the big did do well was give a very interesting, in-depth look at certain elements of Vulcan culture. Since I haven't yet read Spock's World or the Vulcan's Noun books, this is pretty much my first really exposure to that type of thing, and I quite enjoyed it.
I thought The Three Minute Universe was pretty funny. From the aliens who are so sickening that anyone who is in the same room with them immediately projectile-ralphs, to immortal lines like "I have been named! Henceforth you may address me as Orangejuiceandwodka!" 
Ah, The Three-Minute Universe was probably the first non-YA piece of Trek fiction I ever read. It was certainly the first one I ever owned, and I must have read it a dozen times. Who can forget the starship Babe-in-Arms?
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