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Night of the Living Trekkies (Quirk Fiction) Paperback – September 15, 2010
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Jim Pike was the world’s biggest Star Trek fan—until two tours of duty in Afghanistan destroyed his faith in the human race. Now he sleepwalks through life as the assistant manager of a small hotel in downtown Houston.
But when hundreds of Trekkies arrive in his lobby for a science-fiction convention, Jim finds himself surrounded by costumed Klingons, Vulcans, and Ferengi—plus a strange virus that transforms its carriers into savage, flesh-eating zombies!
As bloody corpses stumble to life and the planet teeters on the brink of total apocalypse, Jim must deliver a ragtag crew of fanboys and fangirls to safety. Dressed in homemade uniforms and armed with prop phasers, their prime directive is to survive. But how long can they last in the ultimate no-win scenario?
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherQuirk Books
- Publication dateSeptember 15, 2010
- Dimensions5.24 x 0.68 x 8.04 inches
- ISBN-101594744637
- ISBN-13978-1594744631
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—Fangoria
“Has the zombiepocalypse ended its undead run on bookstores yet? Not if Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall can help it.”
—Los Angeles Times
“A fun, highly readable action tale packed with obscure Trek references, all wrapped in a sturdy, fast-paced and cinematic story.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Shock Room
“Lovers of the zombie genre will definitely breeze through this book, while Star Trek fans will revel in the abundance of in-jokes and shout-outs to their beloved franchise.”
—Geeks of Doom
“Night of the Living Trekkies can be enjoyed as a standalone story by ANY zombie or ‘Star Trek’ fan, and while pre-existing knowledge of the ‘Star Trek’ universe or the nature of zombies is helpful in places, it is definitely not required.”
—ScienceFiction.com
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- Publisher : Quirk Books; First Edition (September 15, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1594744637
- ISBN-13 : 978-1594744631
- Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.24 x 0.68 x 8.04 inches
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Sam Stall has authored or co-authored more than 20 books, including the novels Night of the Living Trekkies (with Kevin David Anderson) and Dracula's Heir. His non-fiction projects span the realm of pop culture, from an examination of as-seen-on-TV products to a chronicle of bizarre suburban crimes. He's also written or co-written several books about pet ownership. Two, The Dog Owner's Manual and The Cat Owner's Manual, have achieved combined sales of more than 300,000 copies. A couple of others, 100 Dogs Who Changed Civilization and 100 Cats Who Changed Civilization, have been published in more than a dozen languages. His latest pet-intensive projects include Wedding Dogs: A Celebration of Holy Muttrimony (with Katie Preston Toepfer) and Get Out of There, Cat! (with Kristina Knapp). Sam lives in Indianapolis with his wife Jami and their son, James. Visit him at samstall.com.

Kevin David Anderson’s debut novel the geeky, cult zombie classic, Night of the Living Trekkies, from Quirk Books, the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, is a funny, offbeat Zombie novel that explores the pop culture carnage that ensues when the undead crash a Star Trek convention. Publishers Weekly gave Night of the Living Trekkies a starred review and the Washington Post listed it as one of the top five Zombie novels of 2010.
Night of the Living Trekkies and Anderson’s follow-up, Night of the ZomBEEs were required reading in college courses, most notably a class designed for incoming freshmen, How to Survive Your Freshman Year by Studying the Zombie Apocalypse, at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.
Anderson’s short stories have appeared in almost a hundred publications, from anthologies and magazines to podcasts and radio dramas. His work has appeared in multiple languages and on every continent, excluding Antarctica - mostly because penguins and polar bears don’t read. Anderson was the first American to be published in the award-winning South African Horror Magazine, Something Wicked. He has contributed to many award-worthy publications including the British Fantasy Award-winning Magazine Murky Depths, and the Bram Stoker nominated anthology, The Beauty of Death from Independent Legions Publishing. Many of Anderson’s stories have been turned into audio productions with voice talents like Jason Hill, Rish Outfield, and Mur Lafferty, on Parsec Award-winning podcasts like Pseudopod, The Drabblecast, The Dunesteef and on the very popular Simply Scary Podcast and the No Sleep Podcast.
When not writing horror, comedy, or horror-comedy, Anderson likes spending time at the beach with his family, attending horror conventions and book festivals, and writing and telling bad, corny, nerdy jokes. Dad jokes with a geeky twist are his specialty and with the help of his son, he published The Geektastic Joke Book for Kids under the pseudonym, Giggles A. Lott and Nee Slapper. Giggles & Slapper have followed with STAR WARS: The Jokes Awaken, and JURASSIC JOKES: A Book 65 Million Years in the Making. STAR WARS: The Jokes AWAKEN was named one of the top 10 Star Wars gifts for kids by Best Deals For Kids (dot) com in 2020.
Anderson was born in Indiana, and currently lives and writes speculative fiction in Southern California. Before becoming a writer and active member of the HWA (Horror Writers Association), Anderson earned a B. A. in Mass Communication (TCOM) with a focus on Media Production from CSUF (Fresno State). He worked as a marketing professional for more than a decade, during which he managed award-winning campaigns for both television and radio. Currently, he is doing something much more rewarding. Anderson is a high school special education teacher.
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OMG if anyone knows me, they know I'm a huge Star Trek fan. I love the show, love reading the novels and getting deeper into the Rodenberry universe. I love learning about the show, the characters, behind the scenes, the history behind the alien cultures depicted... I've even taken classes at the STARFLEET Academy to learn more.
Yep, I am Commander Angela Spugnardi (OMG she has a pen name!) in the STARFLEET Fan Organization, I run the college of Genealogy and assist with the college of Communications and just received my Boothby Award for completing over two hundred academy courses.
Still not impressed by my nerd credentials? That's ok, I don't need your adoration (LOVE ME!), I have my love and devotion forever tattooed on my arm.
So when I say, as a living, breathing Trekkie, that Night of the Living Trekkies was fanastic, you know I'm telling my honest opinion.
If someone screwed up my Star Trek with horrible books (Shatner) I'd be more than ready to spread my outrage all over social media. (Shatner shat on Star Trek)
Night if the Living Trekkies has so much to like for Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans alike. Let's all get along folks 😉 There are so many references to both franchises that I couldn't help but squeal with delight all the way through. You don't have to be an all out Trek nerd to enjoy this book, yes there are deeper and more nerdy jokes than some may understand if they're not as crazy Trekkie like me, but there is so much to like about this book and so much to still enjoy. And if you don't understand those nerdy references I'm talking about-Go watch more Star Trek! 😉
The chapters are cleverly named after Trek episodes and the curse of the red shirt prevails as the Trekkies test their warrior skills with very real replicated weapons on hordes of Trekkie zombies.
The book is so clever and original in a time inundated with zombie stories. It's a mix of a Star Trek episode with a Resident Evil, super beings twist, only you can actually believe there's a chance of surviving this scenario.
I think I'm going to have to start looking into Quirk Books because this is exactly the kind of read I've been looking for!
The main character is named Jim, which will make any Trek fan smile. At one time a happy sci-fi fan, two tours in Iraq have turned him cynical. He is now a guard in a hotel that is hosting a Star Trek convention. However, events start turning odd, and Jim quickly realizes that the dead are not staying dead, and that spells zombie trouble. Add to this a booth model dressed as Slave Leia from Star Wars, Jim's sister dressed as an Andorian, and a megalomaniac game designer and you have a recipe for ultimate fun.
There are many elements that will thrill any geek. The zombies reminded me very much of the Keepers on Babylon 5, there are Star Wars quotes, and many Star Trek elements both common and geeky. I loved them all. Even the ending made me smile brightly. If you are a zombie fan and not into Sci-Fi, you will have fun as well, as there is plenty of zombie mayhem to go around, and if you are a Sci-Fi fan and not into zombies, you'll love it, too.
Buy this book, and buy this book for any of your friends that are into Star Trek, Sci-Fi or zombies, because you will not want them to borrow your copy, you will be too busy re-reading your copy and waiting for a sequel...
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I don't normally put to much into zombie stories, I have a hard time distinguishing them, but I love parodies and that is what this short novel does best.
It is laugh out loud funny in parts and if you are even a mild Star Trek fan you will find yourself grinning at the inside jokes.
To say that this is a well written sf story might be a bit much, but I don't think this wants to be taken seriously. In one scene, in which the red shirt motif is beat to death, the parody became a little too over the top for me.
The characters have WAY too much knowledge of Star Trek, even characters who you wouldn't suppose would be Trekkies can answer obscure questions about the series.
As a Native Texan, I found the geography to be a bit off. Especially at one point where the characters are "deep" in "West Texas" but haven't quite reached San Antonio. That area there...it's called Central Texas. West Texas is West of San Antonio, and Houston is considered to be East Texas. But now I'm just being a nit-picking Texan.
Overall this was a quick read, I finished it in half a day; that provided some laughs; some genuine chills; was a fairly well thought out Zombie Apocalypse...as those things go...and a great bit of fun for a science fiction nerd like myself.
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ATTENTION ALL STARFLEET PERSONNEL
The following text is an original work of fiction/horror/parody. Night of the Living Trekkies is not sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by the owners of the Star Trek® brand. Any personnel claiming otherwise will be sentenced to one year of hard labor in the penal colony of Rura Penthe.
Das zweite wäre z.B. das Bild auf der Innenseite, eine Zombie-Hand mit Knochen unten, die den vulkanischen Gruß zeigt. Wer solchen selbstironischen Sachen lustig findet, wird an dem Buch auf jeden Fall auch Spass haben. :)
I became aware of its existence through the trailer on YouTube, which I found extremely funny (although it transpires it bears little relation, narrative-wise, to the plot of the novel), and decided it was probably merited a read.
My first reservation was the fact that some years ago I'd read Star Wreck, a so-called parody which I found excruciatingly difficult to read, given that I found nothing at all even remotely amusing in it. This could be just as painful, or even worse!
My second reservation was the whole "Trekkie-culture" parody thing, which I assumed would be some guy who has a grudge against Trek making Trekkies/Trekkers look like life's biggest losers (or an uneducated fanboy trying, and failing, to lift the profile of his pastime into a respectable position)
My third reservation was the fact that the nominal hero is called Jim Pike. Yes, that's right. Jim Pike.
So I got the book anyway. It reads as neither a parody nor a comedy, although there are moments of both, and done well at that. The story centres on a group of fans attending a convention trying to survive against a zombie horde. The text openly references Dawn of the Dead, and makes no apology for it. But there are so many Trek references (no, I'm not telling you, find them yourself...) that it's clear the author has a profound love of Trek and the culture it promotes. The Star Trek/Star Wars grudge match also gets an honourable mention in a cool way...
Despite the book giving all the outward appearances of a vanity-published fanboy work, complete with the "unauthorised by anyone connected with Star Trek" tagline, this is a well-crafted story with fantastic pacing, genuine suspense, and a simple but captivating plot. Jim Pike makes for a very believeable character. The in-jokes are scattered liberally, but serve only to enhance the story rather than detract from it.
I feel I owe it to people reading this review to find something to criticise about it in order to present a balanced article. I'm sorry, I just can't. It's worth five stars, and that's it.
Someone, somewhere, in an official Star Trek capacity should read this book and give the author a place on the writing team. Or at least ask them to organise the next convention. But without zombies...
Its relatively "clean" so it is suitable for the young, young adult reader. Virtually sex free, the language isn't bad, and other than the gore its fairly tame. What a strange world we live in that violence and gore is "OK", but sex and language is NOT ALLOWED! weird........but its a good quick read and hence my 4 of 4 rating.


