What was the 1st Trek novel you ever read?

[Procutus]

This should cover a lot of ground. The very first one I read was in fact, the first one ever published, a short novel by James Blish entitled Spock Must Die! Certainly not the greatest thing ever, but it did start a publishing trend that exists to this day.

The other day when I was sorting through our books, I came across the second Trek novel, Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano, Jr. (Bantam Books, 1976). This one I remember a bit more fondly and since it's been over thirty years since I've read it, I decided to see how it strikes me now. I do remember liking it far more than the Blish book, and better than some of the other Bantam titles (and some early Pocket ones) that followed.

I'll be interested to see how many really old titles are recalled.

 

[Saumer]

The first ST novel I ever read was "The Search" and that was only because someone gave it to my brother. After that it wasn't until I read "Avatar" that I even realised the scope of ST novels following the series and films!

 

[RikerLover]

I believe my first Star Trek novel may have been Imzadi.

 

[Jim Johnson]

I beleive my first one was the photonovel for "Galileo Seven."

 

[Procutus]

I believe my first Star Trek novel may have been Imzadi.

Imzadi was superb, one of PAD's best, IMO. It was certainly one of my favorite TNG novels.

 

[Mysterion]

Also, Spock Must Die!, because there weren't anymore at the time.

 

[Thrawn]

I have absolutely no idea at all. It was a TNG numbered novel when I was something around 6 or 7 years old, before DS9 was even on the horizon, but that's all I could tell you.

 

[Ktrek]

This should cover a lot of ground. The very first one I read was in fact, the first one ever published, a short novel by James Blish entitled Spock Must Die!

Actually the first book ever published was a children's novel in 1968 called Mission to Horatius and that was the first Star Trek book I read. I was only 12 then and I don't really remember the story even though I read it several times as a kid. One day I may just read it again to see if I'm missing anything!

Kevin

 

[Procutus]

Also, Spock Must Die!, because there weren't anymore at the time.

Good point, I think it preceded Spock, Messiah! by three years or so. And I guess Bantam had a thing for using exclamation marks on those early titles.

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

Planet of Judgment by Joe Haldeman.

I remember I was a little jarred by some of the gruesome scenes in it.
Like the carnivorous plant that spit out security guard Hevelin.
Something to the effect that his body looked like a botched autospy.
Just a little grittier than the tv show!!

 

[Ward Fowler]

My Enemy, My Ally.

 

[Procutus]

This should cover a lot of ground. The very first one I read was in fact, the first one ever published, a short novel by James Blish entitled Spock Must Die!

Actually the first book ever published was a children's novel in 1968 called Mission to Horatius and that was the first Star Trek book I read. I was only 12 then and I don't really remember the story even though I read it several times as a kid. One day I may just read it again to see if I'm missing anything!

Kevin

Damn, I forgot about that one! That was by Mack Reynolds, right? I've heard about it, but never have gotten my hands on a copy.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I got into ST via the novelization of TMP, plus memories of TAS on television, so collecting up the second hand Blish adaptations - and then finding the TAS "ST Log" stories by Alan Dean Foster - some in Corgi UK editions - was a confusing time for a while. Then I found "The Fate of the Phoenix" and realized I'd also missed a range of original novels. So, for a while, it counted as my first ST novel.

A few years of manic collecting lead me to a very expensive second hand copy of "Mission to Horatius" ($70 in about 1982) - and I suddenly remembered I'd read it as a kid. I had been given the Whitman tie-in for "I Spy" one Christmas, and my younger brother had received the "Star Trek" title, and I'd read them both when I was at home from school with a bad flu in the 60s. I raced home, rummaged through his old toy box - and there it was. Better condition that the $70 one, and my brother neither knew, nor cared, that his book moved across onto my shelf.

 

[Therin of Andor]

That was by Mack Reynolds, right? I've heard about it, but never have gotten my hands on a copy.

Yep. It was John Ordover who had it re-released by Pocket Books, in a facsimile edition. I see both versions in second hand shops often, for wildly varying prices.

 

[Mistral]

Either the Blish novel or Gold Key comics came first. I grabbed any ST reading material I saw until the mid-eighties, then in the mid-nineties my cousin dropped her numbered collection on me-2 crates worth. Now its hit or miss-if a title catches my eye I buy it. But I still remember the thrill of reading Entropy Effect and Margaret (last name?)'s short story compilation when they came out....

 

[Christopher]

My first was Star Trek Log Three by Alan Dean Foster. My first original Trek novel was probably The Starless World by Gordon Eklund. The first ones I remember buying on my own were the TMP novelization and The Galactic Whirlpool.

 

[Saumer]

My first was Star Trek Log Three by Alan Dean Foster. My first original Trek novel was probably The Starless World by Gordon Eklund. The first ones I remember buying on my own were the TMP novelization and The Galactic Whirlpool.

What's Star Trek Log Three about? In fact I've never heard of any of those books...I feel so young and naive....

 

[EliyahuQeoni]

I don't recall the first one, but I believe my three earliest were The Motion Picture Novelization, Entropy Effect and Mudd's Angels

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

My first was Star Trek Log Three by Alan Dean Foster. My first original Trek novel was probably The Starless World by Gordon Eklund. The first ones I remember buying on my own were the TMP novelization and The Galactic Whirlpool.

What's Star Trek Log Three about? In fact I've never heard of any of those books...I feel so young and naive....

I believe they're TAS novelizations.

And my first Star Trek novel was Vendetta...which is ironic considering the total reversal of my attitude towards Peter David after he started that New Frontier mess.

That was also my very first grown-up novel. Until then, I'd only been reading kids' chapter books; I basically jumped from Ramona Quimby books and the like up to that!

 

[Marie1]

My first Trek novel is archaic... so old I bet most people don't even remember, probably have never heard of it it was so long ago...


I think it was Avatar book one by S.D. Perry... but as I'm typing this I'm not sure thats actually true... but for all intents and purposes...