First Edition, September 1968 THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION TV PROGRAM STAR TREK! The long, hard battle of television’s first tentative step toward adult science fiction, with the complete story on how the U.S.S. Enterprise was designed, her weaponry, equipment and power sources, the original concept behind the show, how continuity is maintained…
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Last Chance! Star Trek Book Deals For August 2023
You have until just September 3rd to grab this month’s Star Trek ebook deals have landed with 10 books on sale for $0.99 each: Star Trek: 6 The Abode Of Life Star Trek: The Next Generation: 3 The Children Of Hamlin Star Trek: The Next Generation: 45 Intellivore Star Trek: The Next Generation: 47 The […]
It’s Official: Paramount Global Sells Simon & Schuster To KKR For $1.62 Billion In Cash
UPDATED with sale announced: Paramount Global has inked a deal to sell publisher Simon & Schuster to private investment giant KKR, the media conglom said this afternoon as it reported second-qu…
Star Trek Comics Weekly… the Book! – Rich Handley
In addition to archiving my old Eaglemoss “Star Trek Comics Weekly” column, I’ve begun writing new entries as well, and I should have the next new one posted in a day or two. Herein, I expect to keep posting new articles regularly, alongside the archived older ones. So this is as good a time as […]
Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of July 26th, 2023
Upcoming Books Fiction Star Trek: Prodigy: Escape Route By: Cassandra Rose Clarke August 1, 2023 Star Trek: Prodigy TM is a brand-new animated series streaming on Paramount+ and airing on Nickelodeon! Don’t miss this thrilling, original middle grade novel starring the Protostar crew! The crew is on their way to Starfleet. Their shuttle […]
Last Chance: Star Trek Book Deals For July 2023
This is your last chance to grab 10 books on sale for $0.99 each, the sale ends on July 30th, so if any of these interest you, now’s the time! Huge Dominion War month! Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion War: Book 2: Call to Arms Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion War: Book 4: […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country receives 2023 Scribe Award
My schedule didn’t allow me to be at San Diego this week, but I am informed that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country received the 2023 Scribe Award for Best Tie-In Novel — Speculative Fiction from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. I was clearly NOT expecting this, as it’s my […]
2023 Scribe Award Nominees have been announced!
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers have announced the 2023 nominees for the Scribe Award: Speculative League of Legends Ruination by Anthony Reynolds Marvel Crisis Protocol Shadow Avengers by Carrie Harris Star Trek Original Series Harm’s Way by David Mack Star Trek Strange New Worlds High Country by John Jackson Miller World of […]
Last Chance: Star Trek Book Deals For June 2023
You only have until July 3rd to get these 11 books for $0.99 each: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Revenant Star Trek: Destiny Book 1: Gods Of Night Star Trek: Destiny Book 2: Mere Mortals Star Trek: Destiny Book 3: Lost Souls Star Trek: Discovery: Dead Endless Star Trek: Enterprise: The Expanse Star Trek: Stargazer: […]
“Inspired Enterprise” Kick Starter by Glen E. Swanson, a former Chief Historian for NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Are you a fan of Star Trek? Do you want to know more about how the show was originally created and developed? Then you won’t want to miss this exciting new book, Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian and Others Helped Launch Star Trek. I’m a former Chief Historian for NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and […]
“Star Trek: The Picard Legacy Collection” comes with an updated book
Movie and TV collections are great, I have a few of them myself (I just bought the complete Voyager DVD for $60 from a guy on Facebook), but they’re usually well outside the purview of the STBC because I try to keep an offensively narrow focus on having just printed materials here, so no talking […]
Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of June 13th, 2023
Fiction – no fiction to be released in the next 30 days 🙁 Non-Fiction Theology and Star Trek (Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture) By: AMANDA MACINNIS HACKNEY, BRETT DAVID POTTER, CHRISTOPHER HRYNKOW, GABRIEL MCKEE, JAMES F. MCGRATH, JAMES SHIRE, JOSHUA CANZONA, LEAH DEJONG, MATTHEW BRAKE, MICHAEL BUTTREY, Michael J. Stell, Michael R. Macleod, PETER M. J. HESS, ROBERT C. STROUD, SHAUN C. BROWN, SIOBHAN BENITEZ, TIMOTHY HARVIE, TIMOTHY J. BERTOLET, TUPÁ GUERRA, W. CRAIG STREETMAN, ZACHARY […]
Creating the Star Trek Giant Poster Books
Star Trek would not exist today without the fandom of the 1970s. We would not have 10 new shows and 13 movies and countless books and tons of merch had the original series faded away once the sets were torn down in 1969. The fans kept it alive by watching reruns, attending conventions and buying […]
Two New Goodwill Lots added to STBC library
the first one had a book that wasn’t even on the site yet, the Vulcan’s Soul Omnibus, it’s a hefty book! Then there’s Probe, and then two books by the always fun to read Keith R.A. DeCandido. The second lot is a complete collection of the Giant Poster Book series, which ran for 17 issues […]
Amazon Summer Star Trek Sale
Amazon is having a somewhat random sale on physical Star Trek books, including the preorder for the upcoming behind the scenes book for Star Trek: Picard. The Star Trek Book New Edition hardcover for $14 (was $28) at Amazon Star Trek Captains—The Autobiographies paperback book set for $31 (was $48) at Amazon Star Trek: Picard: The Art and […]
One heck of a Goodwill haul!
Huge lot for just $50 with only one non-Trek book and about 90% of them were brand new to my library. Two of them have these giant stickers on the front, which are great ephemera but I don’t really want to see them on the cover. Removing them is a mistake though, because as I […]
Last Chance: Star Trek Book Deals For May 2023
You only have until June 4, 2023 to grab these 11 books $0.99 each: Star Trek: A Contest of Principles Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma Book 1: Twilight Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma Book 2: This Gray Spirit Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma Book 3: Cathedral Star Trek: Deep […]
Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook Wins UK Games Expo 2023 Judges Choice Award
A video of all the winners: Thanks to continuingmissionsta.com for the heads up!
Two Star Trek Comics Nominated For 2023 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards
Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their 35th year of bringing attention to and highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2023 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of librarian Moni Barrette, educator/collector Peter Jones, retailer Jen King, journalist Sean Kleefeld, scholar/comics creator A. David […]