What was the 1st Trek novel you ever read?

[Scout101]

an odd one to start with, but at least not many can claim this one:

Dreams of the Raven

found it at a yard sale, and had become a fan of TOS when NBC was showing it syndicated after school every day (4pm) in the late 80s (I was in grade school at the time). Saw this book, chewed through it, and then pretty much bought every TOS book out there through used book stores and occasionally new. Big influence in my (so far) lifelong interest in reading.

 

[OmahaStar]

Survivors, by Jean Lorrah, followed by the novelization of Star Trek III.

 

[DeVario]

Star Trek: The Lost Years. I bought the paperback edition in either late '90 or early '91. Still have it. And actually, years before that I had a book called The Monsters of Star Trek. Anyone remember that one?

 

[Trent Roman]

Gulliver's Fugitives, found at the local library. Adored it, as I recall.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Obi Wana Jones]

The Entropy Effect; the first original novel after ST:TMP

 

[Steve Roby]

I'm another one of the people who started with the first one:



Got this copy circa 1971 as a present, but didn't really start buying Trek books until 1973 or so, when I bought James Blish's Star Trek 3. Got a backup copy about twenty years ago and a Pocket edition a few years ago.

I think every Trek books fan who likes TOS should have a copy of this one. It's aimed at a somewhat younger readership than modern Trek novels, and it was written while the series was still on the air so some things may seem a little off, but I've reread it as an adult and enjoyed it more than some more recent Star Trek novels I could name.

And actually, years before that I had a book called The Monsters of Star Trek. Anyone remember that one?

Yep.

 

[KRAD]

Star Trek 3 by James Blish. Still have the first edition, which was a hand-me-down from my parents. My first original was Spock Must Die! All were read before the age of 10.

 

[Trippy]

I got a TOS 20th anniversery box set (Crisis on Centaurus, The Trellisane Confrontation, Pawns and Symbols, and Mindshadow) for my 19th birthday, and those were my first Trek novels, but I had the fotonovels of a few of the episodes when I was a kid.

I really started reading/collecting during TNG.

 

[Therin of Andor]

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.

Yep. And highly recommended! The last few volumes have only one episode in each, but ADF spins them out to novel length with new adventures and lots of asides for characters such as Arex and M'Ress.

 

[TheAlmanac]

I'm not exactly sure, but it was probably Memory Prime.

 

[Semah]

The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane. Still one of my favorites.

 

[21Spike65]

My first was Line of Fire, the second TNG Starfleet Academy Young Adult novel. My first non-young adult novel was either the novelization of Star Trek Nemesis or Shockwave, which were given to me as gifts. And my first original, non-young adult novel was The Brave and the Bold, Book One on a recommendation of my sister, which is the book that really got me into Star Trek novels. I hadn't realized until now that I have KRAD to blame for that...

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

The first one I remember getting was Dark Mirror, but I remember that I never actually read that one all the way through and set it aside about forty pages in (I was about... six? seven? at the time - the books I'd read before were over by that point, so I didn't quite get the idea of not getting right to the point). The first book I remember actually reading fully is Survivors.

 

[Ward Fowler]

Dreams of the Raven

That's the first book that I read in a day's time.

 

[GraysonMichael]

My first Star Trek novel was [FONT=Times New Roman]Vendetta. Now I am in the mood to reread this book. It has been years since I have thought about it. Thanks![/FONT]

 

[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.

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

The ten Star Trek Log volumes were novelizations of the animated series, with additional material by Foster. The other two original novels were part of the Bantam series from the '70s. (And you've never heard of the TMP novelization?)

 

[Sci]

My first adult Trek novel was Spock's World by Diane Duane, and, after that, Vendetta by Peter David. My very first Trek novel was Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starfleet Academy #1: Worf's First Adventure, also by Peter David.

 

[Desert Kris]

Diane Carey's Final Frontier "giant" novel. These days, quite a few of the books measure up to it's page count, though, don't they? There's so many ST novels I haven't gotten around to reading; yet, every five or six years Final Frontier comes down off the self. I think I've read it three or four times, I get such a kick out of it, and it's a slightly different experience every time.

 

[LightningStorm]

I remember my first Trek book fondly (it wasn't all that long ago actually). It was Voyager: Echoes I bought it in June 2001 at a bookstore in Kansas City's International Airport as I was traveling on business to DC. At the time I was sorely missing Voyager (it had been off the air for all of a month) so I picked it up thinking it would pass the time on the plane and in the hotel room.

Wow, was I right. This book was brilliant, it still to this day is in my top 5 best trek books. It was what made me actively seek out other Trek books, eventually expanding my reading into the other Trek series, then to the novel only series, then into other tie-in media, and finally into some original fiction.

This book, in fact, deserves the credit for getting me reading AT ALL for fun. Prior to this I HATED reading, it was boring and I always fell asleep on even the best of books (still do, but I enjoy it none-the-less). Now look at me, I've read (I think) over 200 books since then, post and discuss most of these on a Trek Lit board, and even moderate there! 8 years ago, if you'd have told me I'd be doing this now I'd have looked at you like you were a real living breathing Andorian.

 

[Dayton Ward]

My first Trek book was one of the James Blish adaptation collections; I don't recall which one, but it was probably #4 or #5, checked out from the public library circa 1975 or so.

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.

Little-known trivia bit: I sold one of my two copies to Pocket Books (c/o John) so that it might give its life to be scanned/etc. for the facsimile edition.

Littler-known trivia bit: The notion of a sequel (set during the movie era, IIRC) was entertained for a brief time as John was planning the re-issue. I don't think it got much beyond the "I'm giving this some thought..." stage.