Star Trek Books In Order
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Star Trek 1 | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 2 | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 3 | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 4 | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 5 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 6 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 7 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 8 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 9 | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 10 | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 11 | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 12 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek 12 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek Adventures Books
Spock Must Die! | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek: The New Voyages | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spock, Messiah! | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Price of the Phoenix | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet of Judgment | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mudd's Angels | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan! | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Starless World | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trek to Madworld | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World Without End | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fate of the Phoenix | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil World | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perry's Planet | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death's Angel | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Animated Books
Star Trek Log One | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Two | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Three | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Four | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Five | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Six | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Seven | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Eight | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Nine | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Log Ten | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek Wanderer Books
Star Trek II: Short Stories | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek II: Distress Call | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek III: Short Stories | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek III: The Vulcan Treasure | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Odyssey Books
The Ashes of Eden | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Return | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Avenger | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Trilogy Books
Spectre | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Victory | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Preserver | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Totality Books
Captain's Peril | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Captain's Blood | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Captain's Glory | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: New Frontier Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: Starfleet Corps Of Engineers Books
The Belly of the Beast | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fatal Error | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hard Crash | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Interphase, Part 1 | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Interphase, Part 2 | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Fusion | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invincible, Part 1 | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invincible, Part 2 | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Riddled Post | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ambush | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ambush | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Some Assembly Required | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Surrender | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caveat Emptor | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Past Life | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oaths | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Foundations, Book 1 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Foundations, Book 2 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Foundations, Book 3 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enigma Ship | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wildfire | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Fires | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ishtar Rising, Part 1 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ishtar Rising, Part 2 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Age of Unreason | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Balance of Nature | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Buying Time | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Collective Hindsight, Book 1 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Collective Hindsight, Book 2 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Demon, Book 1 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Demon, Book 2 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ring Around the Sky | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Orphans | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grand Designs | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Failsafe | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek: Bitter Medicine | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sargasso Sector | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paradise Interrupted | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Where Time Stands Still | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Art of the Deal | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spin | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Creative Couplings, Book 1 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Breakdowns | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wounds, Book 1 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Creative Couplings, Book 2 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wounds, Book 2 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Small World | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Malefictorum | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lost Time | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Identity Crisis | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fables of the Prime Directive | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Security | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out of the Cocoon | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek: Honor | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blackout | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aftermath | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cleanup | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Progress | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Echoes of Coventry | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Distant Early Warning | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
10 is Better Than 01 | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Many Splendors | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turn the Page | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Troubleshooting | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Light | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Art of the Comeback | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek Corps of Engineers | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Enterprise: Romulan War Books
Beneath the Raptor's Wing | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Brave the Storm | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise Of The Federation Books
Rise of the Federation | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tower of Babel | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uncertain Logic | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Live by the Code | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Patterns of Interference | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Enterprise Episode Novelizations Books
Broken Bow | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shockwave | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Expanse | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Enterprise Books
By the Book | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What Price Honor? | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surak's Soul | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daedalus | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daedalus's Children | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rosetta | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Last Full Measure | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Good That Men Do | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kobayashi Maru | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Stargazer Books
Gauntlet | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Progenitor | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oblivion | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enigma | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enigma | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maker | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Lost Era Books
Serpents Among the Ruins | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Art of the Impossible | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Well of Souls | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deny Thy Father | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deny Thy Father: Lost Era 2355-2357 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Catalyst of Sorrows | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Buried Age | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Constant Star | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Vanguard Books
Harbinger | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Summon the Thunder | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reap the Whirlwind | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Open Secrets | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precipice | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Declassified | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What Judgments Come | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Storming Heaven | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Tempest's Wake | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Invasion Books
First Strike | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Soldiers of Fear | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time's Enemy | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Fury | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This series is a crossover between The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and The Original Series. |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Day Of Honor Books
Armageddon Sky | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ancient Blood | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Her Klingon Soul | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Treaty's Law | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honor Bound | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day of Honor | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This series is a crossover between The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and The Original Series. |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Typhon Pact Books
Zero Sum Game | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seize the Fire | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rough Beasts of Empire | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paths of Disharmony | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Struggle Within | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plagues of Night | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brinkmanship | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Revelation and Dust | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crimson Shadow | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Ceremony of Losses | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Poisoned Chalice | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Fall Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: Prey Books
Hell's Heart | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jackal's Trick | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hall of Heroes | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Titan Books
Taking Wing | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red King | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Orion's Hounds | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sword of Damocles | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Over a Torrent Sea | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Synthesis | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fallen Gods | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Absent Enemies | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sight Unseen | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fortune of War | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Section 31 Books
Rogue | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cloak | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Abyss | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Disavowed | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Control | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This series is a crossover between The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and The Original Series. |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Academy Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: Excelsior Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: Klingon Empire Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: Myriad Universes Books
Infinity's Prism | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Echoes and Refractions | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shattered Light | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Seekers Books
Second Nature | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Point of Divergence | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Long Shot | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All That's Left | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Discovery Books
Desperate Hours | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Drastic Measures | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fear Itself | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Way to the Stars | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Enterprise War | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Endless | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Die Standing | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wonderlands | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Somewhere to Belong | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Picard: Countdown Graphic Novels
Publication Order of Star Trek: Picard Books
The Last Best Hope | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Veil | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rogue Elements | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Second Self | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) Books
Star Trek: The Motion Picture | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Entropy Effect | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Klingon Gambit | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Covenant of the Crown | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prometheus Design | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Abode of Life | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triangle | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Fire | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Web of the Romulans | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mutiny on the Enterprise | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wounded Sky | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Trellisane Confrontation | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Corona | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Reflection | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tears of the Singers | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vulcan Academy Murders | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uhura's Song | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Lord | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ishmael | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killing Time | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dwellers in the Crucible | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pawns and Symbols | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mindshadow | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crisis on Centaurus | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Demons | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chain of Attack | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Domain | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dreams of the Raven | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bloodthirst | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The IDIC Epidemic | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Nexus | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Timetrap | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three-Minute Universe | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Nexus | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan's Glory | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Double, Double | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home is the Hunter | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enemy Unseen | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost-Walker | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Renegade | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Flag Full of Stars | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legacy | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Renegade | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legacy | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Probe | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rift | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rift | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Faces of Fire | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice Trap | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice Trap | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sanctuary | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Count | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shell Game | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Starship Trap | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Windows on a Lost World | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From the Depths | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Starship Race | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Firestorm | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Patrian Transgression | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossroad | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Better Man | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fearful Summons | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Frontier | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Captain's Daughter | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twilight's End | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rings of Tautee | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Joy Machine | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mudd in Your Eye | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mind Meld | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heart of the Sun | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assignment: Eternity | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan's Heart | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Across the Universe | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Name of Honor | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Constellations | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Disinherited | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Children of Kings | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cast No Shadow | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Allegiance in Exile | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek is a series of episodes initially divided into three seasons and produced by America based producer Gene Roddenberry which was an experiment of its own kind and later set the legend for many people. Star Trek is highly appraised by many people around the world for its futuristic thinking as per the time and era it was created in. There are huge crowds at its big conventions where people can meet their favorite stars and discuss episodes and theories with other people. The genre of science fiction got a new meaning through this show and the ideas used in each episode. While initially this show was not quite famous and accepted widely it stopped producing once CBS cancelled it in 1969 after which the show got quite famous through a process known as syndicate broadcasting where a channel can buy the original rights of a television show to broadcast it as per their timings. Soon it grew famous and remained a legacy throughout the 70’s becoming a huge hit and a cult classic with people known as trekkies devoted to each and every aspect of the show and having great knowledge about it. Such people regularly attend the meetings and events of Star Trek and maintain an amazing fan base for the series at all times.
Storyline of the books:
The story of the episodes of the Star Trek book series originally released are adventures of the starship which travels through a part of the milky way galaxy and is known as the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). The crew members aboard the space ship are the leading captain of the crew James T. Kirk whose role is played by William Shatner who became quite famous for his acting through the show along with other cast once the show gained popularity. Other members of the crew are First officer and science officer Spock played by Leonard Nimoy and is often compared with the crew’s captain Kirk, another crew member is the chief medical officer Leonard McCoy who is played by DeForest Kelly.
The storyline of the show is based about the year 2260’s and the time is measured in startime in the series. The initial series got the name after its fame as Star Trek: The Original Series so that it always stands out amongst the massive fan along with media franchise. Captain Kirk often states the purpose of the series in the beginning of the episodes in the world renowned series by introducing the show as voyages of the Starship Enterprise and its mission for five years is to go on an exploratory mission on different planets in order to find and research them and seek out new life and civilizations primarily by going where no human has gone previously.
Creation of Star Trek:
Gene Roddenberry, finished drafting a short plot for a series based on science fiction on March 11th 1964, which he referred to as Star Trek and was set aboard a spaceship on the 23rd century. While his influences to the idea of Star Trek as accepted by Roddenberry himself include the stories featuring spaceship Space Beagle written by A. E. van Vogt along with Marathon which is a series of stories written by Eric Brand Russell along with the film Forbidden Planet launched in 1956.
While the works of Roddenberry are one of their kind and imprinted in history people have been seen debating his television series similar to a television series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger launched in 1956 which has similar elements to that of Star Trek along with a few technologies displayed on the show as well. While Roddenberry accepts deriving elements for his show from the Horatio Hornblower novels which depict a daring sea captain who goes on a journey for a noble purpose and overcomes various feats using his authority and daring and Roddenberry sometimes refers Captain Kirk by referring to him as Horatio Hornblower in Space.
Roddenberry had a good share of experience in writing successfully crafted television series which depicted his fine artistic skills through their popularity in the decades following 1960 and 1950. Except Star Trek: Deep Space Nine all the later movies based on Star Trek are based around the idea originally used by Roddenberry in the original series which depicted each episode as having a separate storyline contained within a single episode through a different adventure. In short the script was drafted such that each episode is a new adventure of the ship at a new location while their main motive remains carrying on at a slower pace. Thus, any person can view an episode as each episode has its own different story and is quite independent of others.
Books published in Star Trek:
James Blish was the first person to write Star Trek books through short stories for each episode into one book. He wrote total 11 books based on the three seasons of original Star Trek episodes. The books were quite famous once the show gained popularity and Bantam Books republished Blish’s books in three volumes one for each season. There was an acknowledgement stating that after Star Trek 7 or Star Trek 8 the credit for writing Star Trek novels goes to his wife and mother J. A. Lawrence who ghost wrote the books for him. A short story written by Blish’s wife known as Mudd’s Angels was published with the book. The Star Trek books were published from 1967 to 1975 based on rough initial drafts for the show and initially they were not referenced to the show since James Blish was based in United Kingdom and the show had not yet been aired there.
With time the fans have grown for the show and books and people and experts often state the phenomenon of Star Trek as ever growing with time and people are found in huge crowds at the premiering of new episodes, movies, comics, books, graphic novels etc. at the Star Trek conventions. There are new experiments done by a variety of writer and a number of franchised shows for Star Trek have been released along with books over time. Many of the Star Trek books and comics along with shows cover the original show in an enhanced or detailed manner there are also a vivid variety of cases where people have based the book on a show or with their unique inputs. Some famous fan or company based books have also become the plotline of famous Star Trek movies or stories while some comics and book series of star trek are genuinely famous for their writing style and regular updates. Many of these franchised books do not relate to the original series in many aspects along with the plotline and there is a huge variety to choose from.
What to Choose:
While there are a number of options available to the readers beginning with the initial novels of Blish are the best idea as it gives the starting plot of the story thought by the creator at that point. There are also a huge number of famous and appraised novels created by fans and other companies along with a wide array of books which grow in number each week and many of these books are quite impressive.