The Autobiography of Mr. Spock, “edited” by Una McCormack, is presented as being Spock’s own words, addressed to his good friend Jean-Luc. It covers his life from his childhood on Vulcan until just before he departs to save Romulus from…
**Note: This review contains spoilers through Season 3, Episode 3 of Star Trek: Discovery.** From the Publisher: In a desperate attempt to prevent the artificial intelligence known as Control from seizing crucial information that could destroy all sentient life, Commander…
**Note: This review contains minor spoilers for Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard.** From the Publisher: The Alpha Quadrant is mired in crisis. Within the United Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike on the shipyards of Mars has led to…
I was very excited to read The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack. And also very prepared. Voyager is “my Trek” and Kathryn Janeway is in every way “my captain”. I’d read the earlier rendition of Janeway’s pre-Voyager years,…
From the Publisher: The long-awaited follow-up to Voyager: Architects of Infinity from the New York Times bestselling author and cocreator of Star Trek: Picard! Lost! The U.S.S. Galen – part of the Full Circle fleet that also includes Voyager, Vesta,…
I’ll say this for Dayton Ward: he knows the hell out of Star Trek. I say this not only to state the obvious but to say how appreciated it is in his book Kirk Fu Manual, A Guide to Starfleet’s…
From the publisher: “First airing in 1966, with a promise to ‘boldly go where no man has gone before,’ Star Trek would eventually become a bona fide phenomenon. Week after week, viewers of the series tuned in to watch Captain Kirk, Spock,…
From the Publisher: Despite being an inexperienced Starfleet cadet, Sylvia Tilly became essential to the U.S.S. Discovery finding its way back home from the Mirror Universe. But how did she find that courage? From where did she get that steel?…