Monday 8 April 2024

Alrightreads: More Trek Books

James Van Hise and Hal Schuster, Trek: The Unauthorized Story of the Movies – From The Motion Picture to Generations

1995 / Ebook / 260 pages

****

Basically a self-aggrandising 90s fan blog, but with more typos.


Diane Carey, Star Trek: The Next Generation – Ghost Ship

1988 / Ebook / 258 pages

***

Early instalment weirdness has a special charm, and while these noble explorations beneath the surface of the poorly-defined ensemble would inevitably be contradicted in time, they didn't give her much to work with.


Kitty Glitter, Wesley Crusher: Teenage Fuck Machine

2012 / Ebook / 16 pages

*

Presumably a parody of objectively, obliviously worthless self-published fanfic, but done so well in that regard that it's hard to tell.


Wil Wheaton, Memories of the Future, Volume 1

2006-09 (collected 2009) / Ebook / 138 pages

****

Infinitely more valuable than some random nerd's musings on the show, but as commendably frank. I eagerly awaited the original blog posts at the time and was disappointed that he didn't continue, even if the pop-culture Tourette's and Crackedspeak are a little grating now.


Various, Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection: Dreamworld

1977-85 (collected 2018) / Ecomics / 160 pages

***

Further alternate universe voyages aboard Kirk's Excelsior and Spock's Surak, with more conventional eras mixed in along the way.