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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VII: Star Trek

Autor Dean Wesley Smith, John J. Ordover, Paula M. Block, Elisa J. Kassin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 iul 2004
The stories featured in Strange New Worlds VI rocket readers across the length and breadth of Federation space, from the earliest days of deep space exploration with Captain Jonathan Archer and the first USS Enterprise, to the epic journey of Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager. All five television series are represented: Enterprise, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Several previous Strange New Worlds winners have gone on to be Star Trek novelists with official tie-ins published by Pocket Books. See what it takes to be a published Star Trek writer, and discover the novelists of the future in Strange New Worlds VII.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780743487801
ISBN-10: 074348780X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Pocket Books/Star Trek
Seria Star Trek


Notă biografică

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

John J. Ordover previously edited and oversaw the Star Trek franchise licensed novels. He is also the co-creator of many Star Trek spin-off series.

Paula M. Block (with Terry J. Erdmann) have jointly written two previous Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ebook novellas: Rules of Accusation and Lust’s Latinum Lost (and Found). Their most recent nonfiction work, Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History, was the recipient of the Independent Publisher Book Awards’ 2017 bronze medal for best coffee table book. They also are the co-authors of the nonfiction titles Star Trek Costumes: Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier, Star Trek The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Star Trek The Next Generation 365, Star Trek The Original Series 365, Star Trek 101, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, The Secrets of Star Trek Insurrection, The Magic of Tribbles, and Star Trek: Action! Their additional titles include Monk: The Official Episode Guide and The 4400 Companion. While director of licensed publishing for Paramount Pictures, Paula was co-editor of Pocket Books’ short story series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. They live in Southern Oregon with their two collies, Shadow and Mandy.

Extras

Introduction

Dean Wesley Smith

Every year for the past seven years I have looked forward to October and reading Star Trek® short stories by the very talented, very smart fans of the shows. I have often said that as a Star Trek fan, I have the best job in the world, and the hardest. And again this year, that proved to be true. I had to pick just twenty-three stories out of the boxes and boxes of wonderful stories that poured into the contest. The wonderful part was reading them all, the hard part was picking just twenty-three.

But now this book of stories is in your hands, and I need help from all you Star Trek fans out there. I need you to write one or two or three or more Star Trek short stories, following the rules in the back of this book, and send them in by October 1, 2004. Why am I putting out a call for even more stories than I normally get? Simple. Many of the fans who have been sending me stories and trying to get into this contest for the last six or seven years have sold too many stories. This contest, by its rules, has a limit of only three professionally published short stories by the deadline of the contest. That's why you might see the same name two or three years running, or scattered over the years, and then that author is disqualified from sending in any more. As you might have noticed, many of them are still writing Star Trek, only over in the novels. Authors like Ilsa Bick, Dayton Ward, Christina York, and others. They started here and then eliminated themselves with too many sales, leaving room for new writers to join the fun.

On a few Star Trek boards in different locations, people have pointed out to me this year that a very large number of the writers I have bought once or twice can no longer be in the book again. And this includes this year's Grand Prize winner, Julie Hyzy, who has been sending in stories regularly for five or six years now. She and many others have "graduated," as they say on the boards.

And as an editor, that scares me, which is why I need all of your help. Come on, haven't you been watching an episode, seen a detail, and thought, "Wow, that would make a wonderful story?" Well, I need you to write that story this next year and send it in. I give every story the exact same chance at being in the book, and if you write a great story, it will make it in.

What kind of stories am I looking for? My best suggestion on that question, which I get a lot, is to read this volume, and then go find copies of the previous volumes of this anthology. Not only will you have a wonderful reading experience, but by the time you are done reading all seven of the books, you will have a very good sense of the stories that have made it into Strange New Worlds over the years.

So pass the word. Tell other Star Trek fans that the cutting edge of the Star Trek world is right here, in the short stories in these volumes, stories written by fans like you. Tell your friends, tell the other members of your starship crews, maybe challenge other writers in your writers' group, then sit down and write a story or two and send them in. You'll discover that the writing is a lot of fun, and if one of your stories makes it into the book, you'll have added to the Star Trek universe and be a Star Trek author. And trust me, the only thing more fun than reading Star Trek is being a Star Trek author.

This is your chance. Enjoy the reading, then get to the writing.

Copyright © 2004 by Paramount Pictures

Cuprins

Contents

Introduction

Dean Wesley Smith

STAR TREK®

Whales Weep Not [Third Prize]

Juanita Nolte

One Last Adventure

Mark Allen and Charity Zegers

Marking Time

Pat Detmer

Ancient History

Robert J. Mendenhall

Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer

TG Theodore

A Piece of the Pie

G. Wood

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION®

The Soft Room [Second Prize]

Geoffrey Thorne

Protecting Data's Friends

Scott William Carter

The Human Factor

Russ Crossley

Tribble in Paradise

Louisa M. Swann

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE®

Fabrications

Brett Hudgins

Urgent Matter

Robert J. LaBaff

Best Tools Available

Shawn Michael Scott

STAR TREK: VOYAGER®

Homemade

Elizabeth A. Dunham

Seven and Seven

Kevin Hosey

The End of Night

Paul J. Kaplan

Hidden 230

Jan Stevens

Widow's Walk

Mary Scott-Wiecek

ENTERPRISE

Savior

Julie Hyzy

Preconceptions

Penny A. Proctor

Cabin E-14

Shane Zeranski

SPECULATIONS

Our Million-Year Mission [Grand Prize]

Robert T. Jeschonek

The Beginning

Annie Reed

Contest Rules

About the Contributors

Descriere

The seventh anthology of original prize-winning Star Trek fiction, written by fans for fans.