Books
Literary Treks 47: Are You Going to Quote Kirk to Me Again?
Peaceable Kingdoms: Dayton Ward. The Fall has rocked the Federation to its core with an adventure that takes place over a period of sixty days and involves TNG, DS9, and Titan. Dayton joins us to discuss his entry in the five-part series, the final book, Peaceable Kingdoms.
Literary Treks 45: Out of Your Comfort Zone
The Poisoned Chalice: James Swallow. James joins us to discuss his entry in The Fall series, The Poisoned Chalice, the challenges of writing the penultimate chapter, how real-world politics influenced the story, and why Riker is the right man for the job.
Literary Treks 44: I’ll Have the Truffles She’s Having
Slings and Arrows: A Sea of Troubles. In 2007 Pocket Books decided to honor the 20th anniversary of TNG with a six-part eBook series that bridged the gap between Generations and First Contact. We discuss the first book, A Sea of Troubles.
Literary Treks 42: Beset by Serpents
A Ceremony of Losses: David Mack. We’re joined by David to talk about his entry in The Fall series, A Ceremony of Losses, which falls right in the middle of the saga and centers around the Andorian reproductive crisis.
Literary Treks 39: Never Misplace Your TARDIS
Horn and Ivory. We discuss the Deep Space Nine entry in the final Gateways book, What Lay Beyond, which tells the story of what happened to Kira after Taran’atar returned to the station.
Literary Treks 38: Beyond the Apocalypse
The Crimson Shadow: Una McCormack. We continue our series of interviews with the authors of The Fall as Una joins us to talk about her entry in the series, the political undertones, and what she wanted to accomplish in writing Picard and Garak.
Literary Treks 37: Commander Is the Sweet Spot
Demons of Air and Darkness. We continue our look at the DS9 relaunch with the fourth book, which was also part of the Gateways crossover series.
Literary Treks 36: An Archduke Ferdinand Moment
Revelation and Dust: David R. George III. We're joined by David to take a look at his novel that sets up the five-part series The Fall and how the Star Trek universe as you know it is about to change forever.
Literary Treks 32: From Velcro's Shadow
From History's Shadow: Dayton Ward. We're joined by Dayton to discuss his new book From History's Shadow and how even recent revelations about the Roswell incident may not be the true story after all.
Literary Treks 30: A Centerfold Pullout
Star Trek Reference Books. We're joined by Phillip Gilfus to explore some of our favourite reference books and to dream about those we hope to one day find on our shelves.
Literary Treks 29: Tripper John, M.D.
Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures. We dive into the first book in Christopher L. Bennett's Rise of the Federation series, A Choice of Futures, which show the early struggles faced by the Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites as they work to establish the United Federation of Planets.
Literary Treks 28: Tastes Great, Less Filling
The Next Generation: Ghosts. We join the crew of the 1701-D as they explore a political and scientific mystery on Allios IV that almost results in the loss of Picard and Worf.