by Lee Correy “May I call to your attention, Captain, that our present course takes us disturbingly near the reported gravitational turbulence reported by Federation ships in this sector of the Orion Arm?” As usual, Spock was both punctilious and logically correct in his assessment of the situation.”  These are the very first lines.  This does not BODE well. While on a routine mapping mission, Enterprise hits a fold in space and is instantly transported millions of hundreds of kellicams away to a place unpopulated […]

by Howard Weinstein “Shirn looked at each of them.  His eyes were wet, and he embraced Kailyn, then McCoy, and finally Spock.  ‘May the Winds of Kinarr be at your back, always.’        Spock raised his hand in the Vulcan salute.  ‘Live long and prosper, Shirn.’        ‘You take good care of yourself, y’hear?’ said McCoy in a husky voice.”   Eighteen years ago in a situation reminiscent of the lead-up to the Iran Hostage Crisis, Kirk took part in a “police action” on the […]

by Robert E Vardeman “Stroke the road, Captain.  See how you feel then,’ said the excited Lieutenant.  She knelt down and ran her hands over the velvety roadbed.  Her eyes closed and her entire body shivered as if she had some high fever.  But the expression on her face told that it was no high temperature but stark ecstasy she felt.” The Enterprise is ordered to Alnath II where the Klingon dreadnaught ‘Terror’ is suspected of murdering the innocent crew of a Vulcan science ship. […]

by Gene Roddenberry My self-imposed challenge for Cannonball Read VI is to read all the Star Trek original novels from the first one ever published (in 1970) to the most current.  Realizing this is likely to take years (and several Cannonball Reads!), I set up some parameters for myself: only original, full-length novels licensed and published by a professional publishing house.  No short-story collections, no manuals, no novelizations.  I only want to consider original works by professional writers. Which brings us to “Star Trek: The […]