The Amazing Stories (Star Trek) [Paperback]

John J. Ordover (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek (Unnumbered Paperback) | Publication Date: August 20, 2002

From 1998 to 2000, Amazing Stories, the world's oldest science fiction magazine, presented a series of original Star Trek stories written by a number of bestselling authors. Now these little-seen Star Trek adventures have been collected together for the first time, along with brand-new tales written expressly for this volume!

Among the highlights:

• Spock comes to terms with the death of his father in a touching tale penned by A. C. Crispin, bestselling author of Sarek.
• Counselor Deanna Troi risks everything to aid the evacuation of an endangered planet.
• Seven of Nine learns a lesson in humanity when the Starship Voyager™ takes on some unusual alien visitors.
• Beverly Crusher discovers that holographic doctors take some getting used to, especially during a medical emergency.
• Plus, Captain Proton, Defender of the Earth, must face the awesome menace of...the Space Vortex of Doom!
• Proving that amazing things sometimes come in small packages, these and other slices of the vast Star Trek universe provide a replicator's worth of treats for Trekkers everywhere!

Proving that amazing things sometimes come in small packages, these and other slices of the vast Star Trek universe provide a replicator's worth of treats for Trekkers everywhere!

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek; Original edition (August 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743449150
• ISBN-13: 978-0743449151
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,701,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek: The Amazing Stories, August 19, 2002

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Joe Zika "Khemprof" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Amazing Stories (Star Trek) (Paperback)

Star Trek: The Amazing Stories edited by John J. Ordover is an anthology of short stories first found in the "Amazing Stories" magazine from 1998-2000. Now, add a few new stories and the publisher has a concise book of short stories. As the cover subtly states, this book's stories are those of the genre Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.

The authors of this anthology are: M. Shayne Bell, John Gregory Betancourt, A.C. Crispin, Greg Cox, Christie Golden, Josepha Sherman, Susan Shwartz and Dean Wesley Smith. These authors make this anthology solid and follow the genre lines well, the characters follow expected dialog, but the stories are very concise and get to telling the tale quickly.

This book would be great for a car pool as you can finish a story on the drive into to work, and not miss anything on the way. I found the stories to be well thought out and written in a straight forward manner with adventure in small packages.

Some of the highlights are where Spock comes to terms with his father's death, Beverly Crusher has a "time" with the EMH as an emergency arises and the EMH is activated. I found this story the most interesting.

Oh, we can't forget Captain Proton, the defender of earth, yes, he has an awesome bout with a Space Vortex of Doom... sound interesting? Well, it is captivating and well written. And for all of you Seven of Nine fans out there... Seven learns a lesson in humanity from some very unsual aliens.

I enjoyed these short stories as a fast read and a quick Star Trek fix... so, pick up your copy and enjoy some of the bestselling authors of TREK. There is enjoyment, action, adventure that will pique your interest.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like short story anthology Star Trek books ......, June 20, 2003

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picardfan007 (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Amazing Stories (Star Trek) (Paperback)

This volume compiles all the short stories featured in the brief publication of Amazing Stories. It was a great science fiction magazine that returned after several years. It's a loss to the readers when that was cancelled. I just wish this volume was longer. It includes tales from each series excluding Enterprise; which wasn't on the air at the time of publication.

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing stories....., May 6, 2010

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Mark Showalter (Gainesville, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Amazing Stories (Star Trek) (Paperback)

Although I enjoyed this book, I think it was a little short on content. This could have contained twice as many stories with no problem, or more fully filled out stories. However, I'm a big Star Trek fan since I was a kid watching the show in Spanish in Panama, so this was just more of what I like.