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Enterprise: The First Adventure

This is the cover to Enterprise: The First AdventureAuthor:  Vonda N. McIntyre

Published:  September 1986

Publisher:  Pocket Books

Number in Series:  1st Large Novel

Timeframe:  2265, before the episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”


 

From Simon & Schuster:

“James T. Kirk is the youngest man to be promoted to the rank of captain in Federation history. His crew consists of a first officer who finds him impetuous; a chief engineer who finds him arrogent; a chief medical officer who finds him trifling; and a helmsman who wants a transfer.  But the young crew, which would later become the legendary space explorers, quickly puts aside their differences when a monstrous starship appears on their nascent flight path.”


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The Wounded Sky

Star Trek Novels, Star Trek books, Star TrekAuthor:  Diane Duane

Published:  December 1983

Publisher:  Pocket Books

Number in Series:  13

Timeframe:  2268, during the first 5-year mission and after The Klingon Gambit


From Simon & Schuster:

“An alien scientist invents the Intergalactic Inversion Drive, an engine system that transcends warp drive — and the U.S.S Enterprise™ will be the first to test it! The Klingons attempt to thwart the test, but a greater danger looms when strange symptoms surface among the crew — and time becomes meaningless.
Now Captain Kirk and his friends face their greatest challenge — to repair the fabric of the Universe before time is lost forever!”

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The Entropy Effect

The cover of the book The Entropy EffectAuthor:  Vonda N. McIntyre

Published:  1981

Publisher:  Pocket Books

Number in Series:  2

Timeframe:  2268, between “The Paradise Syndrome” and “The Enterprise Incident”

 


From Simon & Schuster:

“The U.S.S. Enterprise is summoned to transport a dangerous criminal from Starbase prison to a rehabilitation center, the brilliant physicist Dr. Georges Mordreaux, accused of promising to send people back in time, and then killing them instead.

But there’s more at stake than just a few lives. For Mordreaux’s experiments have somehow thrown the entire universe into a deadly time warp. All of existence is closing in on itself, and only Spock can stop the Entropy Effect.”


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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Cover of the book Star Trek the Motion PictureAuthor:  Gene Roddenberry

Published:  1979

Publisher:  Pocket Books

Number in Series:  1

Timeframe:  2273, 2 1/2 years after the end of The Original Series


From Simon & Schuster:

“THE GREAT BIRD OF THE GALAXY WRITES A STAR TREK NOVEL!
The writer-producer who created Mr. Spock and all the other Star Trek characters — who invented the Starship Enterprise, who gave the show its look, its ideals — puts it all together again here in his first Star Trek novel!
Their historic five-year mission is over. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty all the crew have scattered to other jobs or other lives. Now, they are back together again on a fabulously refitted U.S.S. Enterprise as an incredibly destructive POWER threatens earth and the human race.”


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The Galactic Whirlpool

The Galactic Whirlpool, Star Trek Novels, Star Trek Books, Star TrekAuthor:  David Gerrold

Published:  October 1980

Publisher:  Bantam Books

Number in Series:  12

Timeframe:  TOS, during the first 5-year mission

 


From Bantam Books:

“The Enterprise comes across a huge, antiquated vessel floating in space and carrying a colony of primitive human beings who have been lost in space. While the colonists are in perfecthealth, they must deal with the culture shock of learning that a world exists outside of their spaceship. Their initial reaction is fear, as they believe the crew of the Enterprise to be “demons.” And their fears are heightened with the belief that Captain Kirk and his crew are unaware of an outside force pulling them into a whirlpool of death.”


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No Time Like the Past

Star Trek Novels, Star Trek books, Star TrekAuthor: Greg Cox

Published: 2014

Publisher: Pocket Books

Number in Series: Post-Relaunch, not numbered

Cover Price: $7.99

Timeframe: During The Original Series, and Star Trek: Voyager


From Simon & Schuster:

“STARDATE 6122.5. A diplomatic mission to the planet Yusub erupts in violence when ruthless Orion raiders attempt to disrupt the crucial negotiations by force. Caught in the midst of a tense and dangerous situation, Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise finds an unexpected ally in the form of an enigmatic stranger who calls herself “Annika Seven.”

STARDATE 53786.1. Seven of Nine is taking part in an archae­ological expedition on an obscure planetoid in the Delta Quadrant when a disastrous turn of events puts Voyager’s away team in jeopardy—and transports Seven across time and space to Yusub, where she comes face-to-face with one of Starfleet’s greatest legends.

STARDATE 6122.5. Kirk knows better than most the danger that even a single castaway from the future can pose to the time line, so he and Seven embark on a hazardous quest to return her to her own era. But there are others who crave the knowledge Seven possesses, and they will stop at noth­ing to obtain it—even if this means seizing control of the Enterprise!”


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Planet of Judgement

the cover of the book planet of judgementAuthor:  Joe Halderman

Published:  August 1977

Publisher:  Bantam Books

Number in Series:  5

Time frame:  During The Original Series


 

From Bantam Books:

“On a routine mission, Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise investigate a strange rogue planet that they name ‘Anomaly’ because of its mysterious ability to inhibit the workings of their weapons, instruments, and systems.”


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The Price of the Phoenix

The cover of the book Price of the phoenixAuthor:  Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath

Published:  July 1977

Publisher:  Bantam Books

Number in Series:  4

Time frame:  During The Original Series.


From Bantam Books:

“Spock must play a dangerous game when an outside factor threatens the sovereignty of the Federation and the life of Captain James T. Kirk. Reissue.”


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Spock, Messiah!

The cover of the book Spock Messiah!Author:  Theodore R. Cogswell & Charles A Spano Jr.

Published:  September 1976

Publisher:  Bantam Books

Number in Series:  3

Timeframe:  During The Original Series


 

From Bantam Books:

“The victim of a cruel experiment, Commander Spock renounces the U.S.S. Enterprise, becomes the Messiah of the planet Kyros, and launches a holy war on the rest of the world. Reissue.”


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Star Trek: New Voyages

The cover of the book Star Trek New VoyagesAuthor:  Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath

Published:  March 1976

Publisher:  Bantam Books

Number in Series:  2

Timeframe:  During The Original Series


 

From Bantam Books:

“A spellbinding collection of eight of the original Star Trek stories, including The Enchanted Pool, Intersection Point, Enterprise, Mind Sifter, The Hunting, and other fantastic stories.”


 

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