Trials and Tribble-Ations (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) [Paperback]

David Gerrold (Author), Diane Carey (Author), Ronald D. Moore (Author), Rene E'chevarria (Author), Ira S. Behr (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Publication Date: December 1, 1996

Almost a century ago, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the "Starship
Enterprise" TM first encountered the irresistible (and astonishingly prolific) life-form
known as the tribblesTM, resulting in one of the most unusual adventures in the annals of
Starfleet.

Now Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the "Defiant" are transported back in time
to that historic ocassion, where Darvin, a devious Klingon spy, plots revenge against Captain Kirk. Using
the seemingly harmless tribbles, Darvin attempts to destroy Kirk - but for the misplaced residents of
"Deep Space Nine" TM, saving the original "Enterprise" will be nothing but "tribble."
This book also features an introduction written by David Gerrold, the author of the "Trouble with the Tribbles" TOS script.

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Almost a century ago, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise^TM first encountered the irresistible (and astonishingly prolific) life-form known as the tribbles^TM, resulting in one of the most unusual adventures in the annals of Starfleet.

Now Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the Defiant are transported back in time to that historic ocassion, where Darvin, a devious Klingon spy, plots revenge against Captain Kirk. Using the seemingly harmless tribbles, Darvin attempts to destroy Kirk - but for the misplaced residents of Deep Space Nine^TM, saving the original Enterprise will be nothing but "tribble."

This book also features an introduction written by David Gerrold, the author of the "Trouble with the Tribbles" TOS script.END

About the Author

Diane Carey is the author of the bestselling INVASION!:FIRST STRIKE and numerous other Star Trek novels including episode tie-ins from The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, amongst them THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR, TRIALS AND TRIBBLEATIONS and WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND (all DS9), both DS9 volumes of the bestselling DOMINION WAR quartet, EQUINOX and ENDGAME (both Voyager). --This text refers to the Loose Leaf edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek; First Edition edition (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671009028
• ISBN-13: 978-0671009021
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,144,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Story decent, kindle lousy, August 15, 2011

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This review is from: Trials and Tribble-ations (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) (Kindle Edition)

I love the tribble episodes, TOS and DS9, no question. I enjoy most of Carey's stories, too, no question about that either. And this is a decent novelization, though I expected more fleshing out.

But the Kindle edition is almost impossible to read. There are no breaks between scenes -- every scene just runs into the next one. And there are neither breaks between paragraphs nor indenting of paragraphs. There were numerous times I had to go back and reread, and recall the episode, to realize, "ah, yes, we're in a new scene," or "okay, this is where somebody else started acting or talking."

If a person hadn't seen the episode, I suspect they would be completely lost, trying to read this on Kindle.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DS9 Trials and Tribble-Ations - An excellent novelization!, January 26, 2004

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trials and Tribble-Ations (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) (Paperback)

When it comes to novelizations of the more popular or special episodes of any of the Star Trek series, Pocket Books usually calls on Diane Carey to cover it, as they did with this exceptional novelization. Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Trials and Tribble-Ations is the novelization of Star Trek Deep Space Nine's fifth season episode that is Deep Space Nine's tributary episode in honor of Star Trek's thirtieth anniversary.

In honor of Star Trek's thirtieth anniversary the producers and writers cooked up this special episode which actually involves footage from the original series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" and threw in the majority of the Deep Space Nine crew to make a very special episode.

In addition to being a wonderful novelization by Diane Carey, this novel also contains an introduction by David Gerrold, who wrote the Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles," which is extremely entertaining and informative.

The premise:

Captain Sisko finds himself being visited by members of Starfleet's DTI (Department of Temporal Investigations), which is paramount to a present day tax audit. The purpose of their visit is to have him explain the recent time travel incident in which Captain Sisko and the crew of the Defiant found themselves in the twenty third century and staring face to face with the original USS Enterprise NCC-1701, commanded by Captain James T. Kirk himself.

What follows from there is most certainly one of the more special episodes in all of the Star Trek series and an exceptional novelization by Diane Carey who quite deftly handles all of the proper aspects of writing a novelization!

I highly recommend this novelization to any and all Star Trek fans who enjoy the Deep Space Nine series and who just enjoy good Trek fiction! {ssintrepid}

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent novelisation of the Deep Space Nine Episode!!, November 29, 1996

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This review is from: Trials and Tribble-Ations (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) (Paperback)

From the forward and history of the episode to the way the episode was novelized, I thought it was one of the absolute best of the ones done by the Star Trek franchise. The blending of original Star Trek episode with the new Deep Space Nine plotline interwoven was incredibly well done.