Star trek books new timeline

As recently as 2017, novels based on deep space nine and. He covers film music and other subjects for the hollywood reporter and has written hundreds of movie and television soundtrack liner notes booklets. Enterprise out of spacedock for a simple shakedown cruise. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content.

Kirk and an inexperienced crew commandeering a repaired u. Star trek postnemesis novel reading order shastrix books. Star trek the unsettling stars by alan dean foster. The official star trek twitter revealed the cover for the novel star trek. He was executive editor of geek magazine and senior editor at cfq, the revival of cinefantastique magazine, from 2003 to 2006. Within the tv show and movies alone, there are prequels, sequels, time travel and alternate universes to keep. The complete pocket books novel list updates the novel list as given in the back of pocket books novels in years past, before the list became so long that it was.

For star trek crossover series, please see star trek. For more information about star trek books, try the official site, the psi phi database, the complete starfleet library, the lcars book database or the star trek novel rankings. We will send you one email a month notifying you of any hot new books announced or coming out, as well as any new. The alternate timeline of the new star trek movies finally. Given that most of the unofficial ones werent particularly complimentary, its weird. Pocket books holding off on star trek movie tieins 4. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. We are in the prime timeline, kurtzman confirmed, referring to the original series timeline as opposed to the alternate kelvin timeline established in jj abrams 2009 star trek movie. Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the starship kelvin was destroyed by a romulan invader from the future. Starting in 2004 they began to change the star trek novel line from an adventure of the week.

A more detailed timeline of the stories following star trek. The star trek timeline is laid out for all to see in a new video posted on startrek. New captain picard series takes star trek timeline. The timeline described by stewart means the new series will finally show us what many star trek fans had hoped to see when discovery was first announced. In real life, 18 years have passed between nemesis and. First, we have a return to the alternate timeline created in the 2009 star trek feature film, when a massive romulan ship travels over 150 years back in time to the early 23rd century, setting into motion a series of events that lead to a completely different reality and the unsettling stars, an all new novel featuring a young captain james t. The first star trek novels were direct novelizations of the original star trek episodes by james blish, running from 19671978.

Now, in 2020, picard picks up where nemesis left off. Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the starship kelvin was destroyed by a romulan invader from the future, this bold new novel follows captain james t. In 2002, star trek nemesis became the final feature film to feature the tng crew and famously ended with datas death. Picard is fairly straightforward, assuming you have followed the stories of star trek. Picard stories as they wait for the shows release, but also read new stories set in the kelvin timeline. Exploring new worlds set to arrive at the skirball cultural center. The next generation novel series began in 1987 and is still ongoing. Chronology of written star trek fiction a timeline of trek books, novels, and novelizations. The timeline of the history of the galaxy spans almost fourteen billion years, only a small fraction of which has seen the involvement of the races which currently inhabit the region. Great, now come and discover the best star trek episodes that every trekkie should watch right now, or watch the video below for a complete guide to the star wars timeline. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. The story leads up to the events in star trek, but is set in the prime timeline eight years after the events of the movie star trek. Voyager 19952001, and a 4 season prequel series, star. I just started reading the star trek books and would like to know what is the best order for reading so that i can progress chronologically.

Bantam books was the first licensed publisher of star trek tiein fiction. Nemesis was a solid box office disappointment and paramount was already looking to try something new with the next film thankfully, no one at pocket books was told that. Through a licensing process similar to those granted to create collectibles, comics, and games, paramount pictures has granted the rights to market star trek stories and books of various sorts through a number of different publishers, beginning in 1967 with a series based on star trek. Tng books in order of when they were originally published, as well as a list of the novels in chronological order. Picard will begin its story in 2399, twenty years after we last glimpsed. Star trek books new book releases, bestsellers, author. This includes the ongoing adventures in the next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise lines, along with spinoff series titan and adventures of the uss.

This timeline has the motion picture in 2273, to account for the twoandahalfyear gap between the enddate of 2270 established in q2 and the events of the movie. Relaunch novels timeline memory beta, noncanon star. The following is a recommendation of a reading order for the novels that are set in andor interact with the postnemesis era of star trek. In episodes of tos and the movies, the crew would always go to great lengths not to alter the timeline and to restore any changed timeline to the original. The star trek annotated timeline by win scott eckert c 20012003 iv introduction this timeline began in the late 1970s as an effort to place the original star trek novels published by bantam books, and the star trek log books by alan dean foster, into a logical chronology with the televised episodes of the original series.

Running over 50 years, it has had five liveaction series, one animated series, several films, comics, novelizations, and an extremely obsessive fandom i. Star trek returns to the kelvin timeline in the unsettling. A 2006 book by jeff ayers contains a timeline which attempts to date all of the many star trek novels. Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1. Great, now come and discover the best star trek episodes that every trekkie should watch right now, or watch the video below for a complete guide to the star wars timeline that other scifi. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity. Nemesis in 2387, and it picks up some threads from star trek. As of november 2019, approximately 850 novels, short story anthologies, novelizations, and omnibus editions, have been published novels based on star trek, the next generation, voyager, and discovery, are in print. Nemesis ds9 begins after the final episode of the series. Is there a chronological reading order for star trek books. While the inciting incident of the kelvin timeline. Cbs has finally announced an official name for the alternate timeline that started with 2009s star trek. At first, there was only one star trek timeline besides the mirror universe but thats a whole other story for another time.

What you leave behind voy begins after the final episode of the series. Issues of gender, race, politics, economics, technology and moralityalways key themes of the franchiseare explored in. A category has been created to view the entire timeline. This collection of new essays offers the first indepth analysis of the new trilogy and the vision of the next generation of star trek filmmakers. An original novel based on the thrilling star trek movies directed by j. With that in mind, the timeline below is restricted to the film and tv entries in the trek universe, in part because the books, comics, and other media are fascinating enhancements to the. To date, no star trek series or film has been set primarily in a year past 2379, which saw the events of the final star trek. Heres a superb infographic that puts in chronological place, all the seasons from all the star trek series and movies so you can see how the whole thing hangs together if youre new to star trek, the infographic should be pretty helpful in bringing the prime timeline together for you though the alternative timeline where the new star trek movies happen has also been integrated for. The chronology of star trek relaunch novels includes tng, ds9, voy, titan and nf stories the publisher has brought together the continuities of all these series. Along with the various star trek novel series there have also been dozens of authors who have contributed to the franchise, including but not limited to roddenberry himself, g.

Back in 2004, it appeared that the story of the next generation era, which included deep space nine and voyager, was over. Las vegas, as reported by trekcore, attendees were told that two kelvin timeline novels, cancelled years ago, will now be. Also to the left is the five year mission timeline i compiled. Avid readers will get the chance to not just read new star trek. The video chronicles the events of the star trek universe from the big bang visited by the star trek.