What was your first Star Trek book?

[Skywalker]

The omnibus edition of the first four New Frontier novels, I believe. I was 14 and had just started really getting into Star Trek. I thought it'd be cool to get into a new series featuring new characters.

 

[John Clark]

It was either The Motion Picture or possibly one of the James Blish ones, though I can't remember which one.

 

[Starbreaker]

Q-Space. I actually read it before I had seen any kind of Star Trek on TV.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Q-Space. I actually read it before I had seen any kind of Star Trek on TV.

That must've been strange. Did it make any sense without knowledge/backstory from the TV show to draw from?

 

[Methos]

Q-Space was good.... i remember reading those back in college...

might have to dig those out again actually, they were damn good reads if i remember rightly

M

 

[Claudia]

The novelization of "The Search for Spock". My first original novel was "The Peacekeepers", followed by "Children of Hamlin" and "Metamorphosis". All in the early 90's and the German translations. My first ST-novel in English was "Imzadi", I think in 1993 or so.

 

[Greg Cox]

Q-Space was good.... i remember reading those back in college...

might have to dig those out again actually, they were damn good reads if i remember rightly

M

Thanks!

To pick up on what Dave said earlier, the first Trek book I read was one of the Blish novelizations. The first one I wrote (with John Betancourt) was Devil in the Sky.

 

[Amaris]

The first Star Trek book I ever read was a James Blish adaptation (#6) that we had in one of our elementary school classrooms. The first Star Trek book I ever owned was "Sarek" by A.C. Crispin, and it is still one of my most favorite novels.

 

[Methos]

hey, it's the writer lol

they were good reads, just found them again on my shelf... thats my reading once i've finished Zero Sum Game again lol

M

 

[Starlock]

"Spock Must Die!"

That was back in 1970 - Sweet Mork, do I feel ancient.

 

[Silvphoenix47]

I think the first star trek book(s) I read was Surak by A.C. Crispin and Star Trek Voyager: Invasion book # 4, and Star Trek the Return by William Shatner, and a few of the Star Trek Starfleet Academy Juvenille books. After that i was hooked, been reading Star Trek since!

 

[C.E. Evans]

Aside from a couple of Gold Key comics as a kid, it was actually the TMP photostory--it was very much like a comic book (complete with word balloons), except featuring actual stills from the movie instead of drawn illustrations.

I still have that one!

Wow. I read mine over and over again until the binding completely fell apart (no VCRs back then)...

 

[JD]

My first Trek book was the first TNG YA Starfleet Academy novel, and I wasn't even old enough to read it myself, my mom read it to me. I wasn't even 10 years old yet at the time. My first adult novel was DS9: Avatar, and I haven't stopped since then.

 

[Sho]

That's a beautiful image, having Treklit read to as a kid .

 

[Plaristes]

I'm not really sure what the first Trek book I read was. Possibly a Blish novelization, since I remember checking a couple of those out of the school library when I was in elementary school. Or maybe it was Probe? Or possibly Vendetta?

 

[bfollowell]

My first Star Trek "book"? That would have to be The Making of Star Trek in about 1974 when I was eight. As far as my first Star Trek fiction goes, that would be Star Trek 9, one the old James Blish novelizations in '75 or '76 when I was nine or ten.

- Byron

 

[WarsTrek1993]

My first Star Trek novel I ever read was "Spectre" by William Shatner. I thought it was quite a good read (I liked the clever Voyager tactic). After that, my first novelization was The Search For Spock. Since then, I've been buying and reading Trek books insanely.

 

[ICW]

I remember I was around 14 and found myself in a Barnes and Noble. At that time, I wasn't much of a reader but I was suddenly in the mood to read a book. I found myself in the Sci-Fi section and I noticed Planet X, the Star Trek/X-Men crossover. I was intrigued and purchased the book.

Since then, I haven't stopped reading 'Trek books.

 

[Starbreaker]

Q-Space. I actually read it before I had seen any kind of Star Trek on TV.

That must've been strange. Did it make any sense without knowledge/backstory from the TV show to draw from?

Yeah I enjoyed it from what I remember. I started watching TNG right after that.

 

[captcalhoun]

dunno. some of the eearliest i read were 'Spock Must Die" from the secondary school library and "Covenant of the Crown" from the library in town.

i stopped reading them in about '92 because a couple of TNG novels contradicted each other and this magazine article my sister had told me about said they 'didn't count' as Star Trek, so i stopped bothering, except for Prime Directive. then i was only reading New Frontier - since i figured i was safe from contradictions what with the one author - before getting into SCE, Gorkon, Titan, Vanguard and gods alone kow what else.