by James Blish
While engaged in a surveying mission light years from Federation territory, the starship Enterprise receives word that the Organians — the advanced beings who enforce peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire — have suddenly vanished. As they begin the months-long journey back through Klin...
The very first non-series Star Trek novel was written by the same author who adapted most of the original series to book form. The story is an extension of the episode "Errand of Mercy" and deals with some rather high-brow philosophical questions presented by Dr. McCoy, as well as some high-tech pro...
*3 Stars**The Gush* As the first novel based on the Original Series, Spock Must Die! sets the stage for many works to come, both good and bad. The philosophical debate surrounding the entire book was something that, ironically enough, my husband and I had discussed not two days before I started the ...
OK - the first Star Trek story not based on a shooting script, requested by popular demand (fan mail to the author, from readers of his script adaptations.)What would you do with that opportunity? Let's just say I am unsurprised that Blish's story revolves round a transporter accident. The technolog...
A fun way to fill a few hours if you're a fan, but nothing mindblowing. I don't usually read novels based on franchises, but this seemed like the closest to an actual episode -- not canon-wise, but in when and how it was written, as well as by whom (this guy wrote most of the novelizations). It cert...
[These notes were made in 1984:]. Cashing in, no doubt, on the popularity of the Star Trek movies, Bantam have issued a major reprint of this, the earliest of the published original fiction. Blish is of course an established sf writer in his own right, and it shows in the quality of his plotting, j...
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