greetings greekritique, i'm saddened that star trek is back on tv. now because of almost zero continuity star trek novels are being published: voyager, ds9, tng, uss prometheus has piratically halted.
The thing I miss in Trek novels are the standalone books where they can be enjoyed with only a passing familiarity of the characters. So many of the novels published in the last several years are continuing story arcs or interconnected and don’t get me wrong that’s nice at times but much too common now.
Fun fact: Star Trek: Voyager and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys originally aired on the same day, on January 16th, 1995. Another fun fact: They share very similar music, and this Star Trek Symphonic cover we used at the end of our video just got claimed as the Hercules theme by UMG. Please consider supporting us by simply liking this video. Thanks.
This is an AMAZING story. Thank you for sharing this with us. Oh, I forgot one of my favorites...then I saw it when you were shelving them. The Entropy Effect. I have referenced this book SO many times. It deals with time travel, obviously. The rule that governs what will happen if you change anything. It is a really good novel IMO. I bring it to mind whenever watching or reading ANYTHING about time travel. I think you can be fairly safe with any Vonda N. McIntyre book. She, in my opinion is one of the better writers in this universe (of course, my opinion). I would also read the novelizations BEFORE the movies would come out (if they were available). One time, the novelization of one of the later books (I think it was Generations) came out the day of the movie. I read 80% of it (frustrated that I couldn't read to the end BEFORE watching the film). I was still reading it while the trailers were being shown in the movie theater. Such a geek. Also, I took my girlfriend that the time, not a Science Fiction fan, to Star Trek: The Final Frontier talking about God. It was an interesting experience. Living in a very conservative community (mostly Protestant Christians). When the got to the "god", you could hear a pin drop...to see how Star Trek was going to handle small g god or God. I had read the book, so I knew what was going to happen, but to hear their reactions was interesting. Also, from a first time person (my girlfriend) watching a Fifth movie in a franchise she knew nothing about. It was a unique experience, to say the least. [sidenote] I wonder why I have been drawn to them (interesting). My wife of twenty years, also do NOT like Science Fiction or Fantasy. I have tried various time to bring her into the fold, BUT she holds the Horror genre as her favorite. I just cannot take much Horror. Not as bad as Josh Macuga, but not very manly...that is for sure. So, we have our separate loves. I've read the following. This was before Goodreads. I still haven't put them in my READ shelf. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (novelization) The Entropy Effect - awesome book (see above paragraph). The Klingon Gambit The Wrath of Khan - II (novelization) The Wounded Sky The Search for Spock - III (novelization) Uhura's Song Ishmael Enterprise: The First Adventure - I really enjoyed this book, too. Strangers from the Sky - great introduction to the Vulcans. Timetrap The Kobayashi Maru The Voyage Home - IV (novelization) Spock's World The Final Frontier - V (novelization) The Undiscovered Country - VI (novelization) Generations - VII (novelization) First Contact - VIII (novelization) Insurrection - IX (novelization) Nemesis - X (novelization) I don't know why I've done this, but I have always felt that the books do a better job conveying what is needed (for me) for the story to be told. I have been trying over the years to read the book, first, then see the movie. I am never disappointed, for no matter what...I have the book. IF the movie is bad, I still have the book. IF they are BOTH bad, then "Oh, well...what can you do?". IF, the movie is better, then I can see how the director and the screen writer made the appropriate changes in the narrative after the initial test screenings and reshoots (for most books are already in production BEFORE this happens). It is a neat experiment. Dakota, thank you for the video. I am BIG fan of your channel. The sincerity of the two of you is contagious. All the best in the world, and beyond. Thank you.
I really love this comment, Graff. Thanks for the time you took to type it out. Entropy Effect sounds great. I'll have to take that one off the shelf. That's super funny you do that with the novelizations. I've never thought about doing that. (I did for Attack of the Clones). I've actually only ever seen a handful of the films, so I'll try to read those novelizations before watching em! I'm really pleased you like this video and our content in general. Again, great comments. thanks!
@@Geekritique No problem. It pails in comparison to the time that you have taken in planning, researching, filming, editing and releasing each one of your videos. It is a real labor of love...and I really appreciate it. Thank you. I love reading, watching movies and watching TV shows. I have a Goodreads account (I think we are linked on that one), I have a TV version of Goodreads, called TV Time (look in my info for the information on how to get to it and follow the show that I am watching) and a version for movies, too called Letterboxd. Interesting enough, since I starting suffering from agoraphobia, it has worked out for me...since MOST books come out way before the movie does (minus Star Wars films (The Last Jedi came out 6 months AFTER the film's release. I had to wait EXTRA time before watching it digitally...I have to say, I was NOT happy). But, since going to theaters has become a problem (can't handle all the people or even the potential of a lot of people). I have always loved reading books, watching TV and movies, but when I was raising three little ones...I just didn't have time. My wife was working, I had my business and odd jobs...and we wanted spend as much quality time with the kids (you can only raise them once). I was almost always working (trying to provide for my family). Once they started growing up...I got back into reading, watching TV and movies. I have HUGE gaps in both reading, movies and TV...for nearly 15 years. It has only been in the last 5 years that I have had some breathing room. Our youngest is in her second year in University. She loves movies, too. We have a lot in common (I was able to spend more time with her, 'cause I was more financially stable by that time. She's got her own life, but she reads, and watches TV and movies, too. She is a mix between my wife and I (obviously), but I still think she's closer to my tastes. She loves Science Fiction & Fantasy, but she also likes Horror (my wife's influence...for sure). For context, I have seen over 3,000 films (though my Letterboxd has me at 2,942 (with 93 films so far this year). When I see something that strikes my fancy, I see if there is a book. Then I read it. By the time it comes out in digital...I can watch it. I gain so much from that. The stories are deeper, the character development is more thorough and when different, the book is USUALLY better, but not always. I hope you enjoy it. Not many people would even try to do it. Tell me what you think...once you've tried it. Thanks for replying. I love your channel and everything you two do. Thanks for being you.
@@gevara454 - I appreciate your belief in me, but I'm not good at prose. I can comment and give a TON of ideas for stories for others, but writing a story of my own is just not my talent. Thank you, though.
Thank you for sharing this video. Spock would say his line: fascinating. May I suggest that you get yourself some book shelves to help you keep your books in order.
I love to re order the books at Half Proce books into the correct order for the relaunch and numbered books. Then I take a picture and post it in Google photos on the Half price books photos, been doing this for years. I've read over 140 star trek books
That is an impressive collection and I would honestly want my collection to get that big one day. Such a beautiful, heartbreaking story about your friend. Sounds like she was a wonderful and kind person
The story behind the novels really got to me, I cried. I recognise a few of them covers. I have I think maybe 80 to 90 Trek novel all from the 70s 80s 90s and early 00s. But I think my personal two favourites out of the few I have read is Prime Directive followed by The Ashes of Eden, both featuring the TOS crew even thought I’m a big TNG fan.
Wow, and I thought I had a massive "to read" pile! 😁 I've only read one Star Trek book about Spock's son but I'm eventually gonna re-read it. There's so many good Trek episodes that I can't possibly choose a favorite.
Thank you for giving Imzadi some love! It is one of a handful of books in which Troi takes center stage. Not only that the book was on the NY Times best seller! That book proved how invested readers were in the story of the Troi-Rikers!
My dad loves Star Trek. He’s watched all of the shows like 20 times over. That’s not even an exaggeration. And I love Star Trek music. That Voyager music is just so good.
Search for the trek lite reading order. I made it through all voy tng titan and the cross over novels. Most of DS9 all of thr DTI novels and section 31 novels. Great stuff
This video just came up in my recommended. Lovely collection. As you were standing them up near the end I was thinking, "got, got, got, not got, not got, got, got" and so on. I must have more of these than I realised, in storage, in my loft. I also have the novel Mission to Horatius, it's one of the few ST books I've not got around to reading and didn't realise it was aimed at children. Still, now I know, i'll give it a look over. Thanks.
I just rewatched this video...RUclips reminds us what we watched FIVE years ago. In the time between first watching this and now, I have read 101 Star Trek books (2020 to today). This video partly inspired this desire. I was raised on Star Trek. I grew up in the era of Star Trek syndication. Every weekday evening, at dinnertime, we watched Star Trek: TOS. I've seen all 79 episodes MULTIPLE times. Then, later I watched all the seasons of TNG. Missed out on DS9, but did watch a LOT of Voyager. Then about the time of this video, I decided I needed to catchup on all of old Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT). I can now say that I have seen EVERY Star Trek television show and movie from the old era of Star Trek. I have watched most of Discovery, some of Lower Decks, all of Strange New Worlds (my current favourite), and some of the other shows. I'm not a fan of animation, so I cannot say that I love those shows, but it is fun to see Star Trek still producing shows. In 2023, I started reading the Star Trek: TOS novels that I had at the time. In that year I read 35 novels. Most were in the TOS era, but a few were in the ENT era (which I also love). In 2024, I've already read 44 Star Trek novels. Some in the TOS era, but lately...I've been reading in the Post-Nemesis era...which brings me to the following: I sent you a Trek-Lit Reading Flowchart, that I am currently working my way through. I read 22 novels in June using this flowchart. It follows a chronology of events that spans through TNG, DS9, VOY and multiple series that combine eras and shows. I've been loving it. Already in July, I've finished two more Star Trek novels, the Gamma Missions. I know that you are really busy, but I think you'd enjoy them. The characters are really well understood...and their characters pop off the page. Obviously, there are good book and not so good books, but I can say, that of the ones that I've read (now, 101 of them), I have really enjoyed the experience. Okay. Enough. Would love to buddy read a book (or two) with you. We can find one or more that we both have and read them...and share the experience. Thanks for your amazing channel and all that you do in this space. Thank you.
I read a few of the Star Trek novels as a kid, most of them the adaptations of the episodes I saw while my mom had me in a thrift store. I loved the series as a kid...it had ended its original run when I was still very young, but it went into syndication fairly quickly and was my childhood favorite series (well, except maybe "The Twilight Zone") and was the genesis for my love of Science Fiction. My favorite episode of the Original Series would be tough, but I'll say "The Gamesters of Triskelion" because it contains the awesome scene where a beautiful alien woman (Angelique Pettyjohn) asks Captain Kirk "What is the 'kiss?'" because it makes me laugh instead of get all misty like "The City At The Edge Of Forever", but out of all the episodes of all the series it would be the "Next Generation" episode "The Inner Light" because it was a truly beautiful story and shows how truly great Star Trek could be. Your wall of books is a fitting tribute to your late friend as well as a fitting symbol of all the content out there that we will never have the time for unless we find oursevles with glasses and "Time Enough At Last" ("Twilight Zone" reference, you got me wandering through the halls of my childhood). Great video, keep up the great work.
TOS is fantastic. It holds up as such good television today. I’ve been going through TNG with Jenn. We’ve just finished season one. And thanks for your comment. This collection means a lot to me, and I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
I’ve read quite a few Star Trek novels. First as a kid watching the reruns, I’d get them from the library. In the 80s as a teenager I worked in a bookstore and got a lot of Star Trek strips, books who had their covers removed that we threw away, heartbreaking to a book lover. I’ve read many of these. I realized back then I could never read them all unless I only read Star Trek, they were coming out too quickly. For a while I kept up with Star Wars books, but when they exploded I gave up trying. Now I occasionally read a book from one of these franchises. Either I take an unread one off the shelf or I hear of one that intrigues me. They are a fun way to go deeper into a universe you love. I envy you your collection. It’s touching she remembered you so fondly.
I just read 'Strike Zone'. This video; your story, makes me want to read even more. I'm new to reading Star Trek having seen EVERY series except 'Enterprise'. I have also read DS9: 'The Siege'. Both by Peter David. My goal is to read the first five of TNG and go from there. I own about 10 star trek novels. I also love star wars novels as well and am reading the Thrawn trilogy as well. Good stuff. Thanks for posting this wonderful story
I'm nearly 68. I really enjoyed your sincerity in talking about these books. I have seen Star Trek since age 16 sporadically until I became a real fan in the later years. Rediscovering all the Trek series on big screen Blu-ray has been 'Quite Fascinating'. I was disappointed with the more recent dark Trek incarnations. Especially 'Picard' So I turned to the novels. Collecting them is like eating chocolate. Seeing your collection was delicious. Seriously inspiring. I was surprised that I actually got choked up seeing you stack the whole collection up.
Aww, comments like this make RUclips worth the struggle. Thank you. This was nice to read. Glad you’re getting into the novels. It is like eating chocolate haha!
Imzadi is a great story and on the whole set of Star Trek series of original novels, the Next Gen has probably the highest rate of really good stories and not too many duds.
Wow - all these comments asking about the next timeline video... Lmao don't pressure the guy. Take your time dude, we get that it takes loads of work. I'm sure it'll be epic and worth the wait. No pressure bro Also, great video 👍
Lovely story on how you got these books. I got hooked on to Trek recently and have almost seen all the shows and movies now. Was searching how many books are there and your video came up, 500 and than I read in the comments 800, there will be comics too on top of that I suppose. How can one possibly read all that content in a life time? 🤯 I will try to find some eBooks to read, like maybe the top 10 to start with. Keep this collection safe and sound! TK.
I got introduced to star trek from my dad as a kid, but it took me alot of on and offs to finally get fully into star trek. I have a few of the books and read some of the comics. My favorite book is 34th rules of accusation.
I started reading Star Trek novels when a family friend lent me _Federation_ by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. I think it is one of the best Star Trek novels ever written, even though it completely goes against the canon that was later shown in _First Contact_. Give it a try.
Cool video. I used to have quite a few of the original series books as they came out in the 90s. The books numbering the 40s-60. Bring back memories of an easier relaxing lifetime. 😁 Most of these books can be found at a good flea market, thrift stores though. The older books were so good. A few duds but most were good reads. Black Fire comes to mind. The ones about Saavik were good. Thanks for the informative video. You put a lot of time, research into it. Appreciate it.
I have almost the entire collection, although here in the UK the books were released by Titan books. Admittedly some of the more recent ones are on Kindle, great story on how you got 'em, i have a vaguely similar story, i used to sell domestic electrical, tv's, vcr's (yep, that long ago), off the books i'd install them after work hoping for a tip, one installation (probably 22 years ago) the conversation turned to Trek, my tip for that job was a Picard lifesize cutout, their daughter (a big trek fan) had died some months before and the only thing they hadn't either given to charity or given away was this. Never forgotten the gesture, still have it somewhere. You've started on a really good book (Imzadi), try Vendetta, plus anything 'new frontier' also the 'Far beyond the stars' novelisation, has the episode plus a lot more
I wish you had a PO box! I would love to send you some of the books I have duplicates of, I feel bad holding onto them myself when other people are collecting too.
I think Final Frontier, the first voyage of Capt Robert April and his first officer George KIrk was one of the first novels I read. But Vendetta is probably my favourite
@@Geekritique They are excellent, IMHO. I was buying Star Trek novels since I was a kid (yeah, I'm old..lol). I have a bookcase that is dedicated to nothing but Star Trek books.
I believe that Imzadi was hardcover originally? (Ugh to Imzadi II). Q-Squared is my favorite, but, most of the stuff by Peter David is pure gold. He only has a couple of duds. A Singular Destiny is really great too.
I have 24 books so far. I've just binge watched TOS, ENT, and TAS. I am in the 1st season of TNG, and while I watched the 3 90's series growing up, I know nothing of any of the new shows. As for books, I started with Sarek by AC Crispin as he is my favorite character, but it draws a lot from TWOK and TUC, neither of which I have seen in a long, long time. As for books, I prefer TOS books, but I have from a smattering of different book series to give myself a wide breadth of exposure. My goal is to get through watching all series and films and then read the books in a more chronological order (by publication). By then, I'll probably have a ton more books, but not enough Harry Mudd.
I love both Star Wars and Star Trek. It's because Star Trek novels were random stories, I just assumed Star Wars novels were published the same way. Boy was I wrong. I was amazed to find out all the Star Wars novels were in chronological order. This video is based on Star Trek and seeing these books again brings back incredible memories.
I have read about 300 Star Trek Novels to Date and have just Shy of 475 in y Collection. My Favorite Novel is book 8 Black Fire in the original series.. Absolutely Recommend it..!! I still trying to put together a Blu Ray Set of every Seasonf from TV and I o course have All the Feature Films.. Awesome Collection and Incredible Share..
Awesome collection... as someone with about 300 Doctor Who books, I can relate 😅 Your story about your friend is so touching. I do think that you should try and read them or if you are not interested in them, perhaps pass some of them on to someone else who loves Trek lit. I haven’t read a ton of Star Trek books, but I’d recommend anything by Diane Duane, especially her Romulan series or the standalone TOS novel Doctor’s Orders. My all-time favorite Trek book is The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack, it’s amazing but you need to have seen all/most of DS9 to get the story so since you said you’re not a big fan of all the shows yet, I’d say hold off on reading it until after you watch DS9. Fun fact about that TNG meets X-Men book: it make a joke about Picard and Charles Xavier looking extremely similar... years before Patrick Stewart was cast as Xavier in the X-Men movies. 🤔
Sorry I wished I had waited to comment after watching the entire video. Sad but sweet how you came about this collection. I can relate to your friends love for ST over SW. No disrespect to SW and I can’t explain it other than Star Trek was first for me. The reason for getting rid of my collection is the Infinite Content reason. There is just too much. I hope you find someone special to leave them to one day. Live Long and Prosper. 🖖
@@Geekritique They are very good. Not easy to get your hands on all of them anymore, but they are good. At the time they were the only Doctor Who around. Doctor Who was on hiatus and Big Finish hadn't started yet... of course, none are probably considered canon at this point, especially not Human Nature as that was adapted into a David Tennant 2 parter... but there were many great stories. I'm honestly surprised that more of those weren't adapted.
I own most all the pocket books ever printed. I have read 95 of the extended timeline. Books. I gave up news for a while a d sports and TV for about 3 years except for the occasional NBA or cfb game. But with all the tv free time I enjoyed reading the extended universe books for star trek.
Lol. Honestly though I think you're a humble person keeping the books and saying what you said. If I were you, I'd set a goal to read all of them within a 5 year period. Anyways, live long and prosper.
Very cool story and video. Do you know whether she had read all the novels in the collection herself? When I was a teenager I tried to collect all the Dragonlance novels. I had over a hundred of them at one point. I eventually gave up, and I never read most of them. I eventually head cannoned it to the point where I only even tried to read the Weis and Hickman novels. Because, like you say, too much content, too little time. I eventually donated most of the books to my local library.
That’s awesome. I had no clue there were that many Dragonlance books! Yes, to answer your question. She read them all. She spent most of her time reading. I knew she liked reading, but shortly before her death I learned how much.
I started reading star trek when a librarian friend of my mom's gave me pocket books the original series 27) mindshadow 34) dreams of the raven 37) blood thirst for Christmas and I read for a long time and just now getting back into it. Mom would even read them too
It looks like you need a Czar USB book scanner, and a good text to speech program, and you can listen to many of the books, in a short time, while doing other things. Doctor Who also has hundreds of books, and episode novelizations. I used to listen/read H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and science books that way.
I owned 1 through 100 when I stopped. I read them all and purchased them as the came out. Eventually I ended up giving them away at a ST convention ( pre-internet), from my dealers table as no one would even pay .25 for them. I recently thought about re reading them. These were excellent stories some written by tos writers. Ishmael, Strangers from the Sky, Enterprise Incident stand out as I remember
There are only 500 and some? Cool, I've read more than half. I'll be over 300 if I ever finish my to-read pile. I was totally looking at the covers in this video like "got it, got it, need it, got it, need it, need it, got it, got it...".
why does novels and novelizations feel like ladies and gentlmen whats even the difference between the two? no need to say that i've missed ur videos (my hi's showed that u guess) and btw, hi
I might have missed it, but did it take you a long time to collect all these books or did you buy them all at once? Because if so, lucky! I have, maybe about 30 Star Trek books lol
Im really new to the series, can someone tell me in which order to read the books? I will watch the movies eventually but dont really want to watch those before reading
He should check to see if he does own it. A true first edition of Killing Time has on page 41 the sentence: "I understand that you were probably playing with dolls and wearing lipstick until you were twenty." ? If it doesn't it isn't a first printing.
@@Geekritique They removed that line entirely and replaced it with nothing. Throughout the first edition are lines that make events in the book sexual. At one point in the book, Kirk and Spock are rolling around fighting. The first edition states that Kirk is shirtless while later editions do not. At another point in the book, Kirk and another crew member are taking a swim. The first edition states that they take off their pants and are skinny dipping. Later editions omit passages where they take off their clothes. Later editions simply remove all of the details that could be seen as sexual. Both the first and second printings of "Killing Time" list them as "First Pocket Books Science Fiction printing July 1985." Under this is the sequence of numbers counting down from 10. A first print has the numbers count down to "1." The second print has the numbers count down to "2." They are both 311 pages and the title on the cover of a first print is in raised lettering. The changes between the two versions are certain "controversial" lines being removed. On page 41 of "Killing Time" appears the sentence: "I understand that you were probably playing with dolls and wearing lipstick until you were twenty." The second sentence that is removed is "And I also understand that you're probably double-jointed-since you've got your head so far up your ass that you'll never see the light of day again!" Many sentences such as these were removed for the second print.
You are super lucky to own all those novels Dakota.
Skywalker thank you sir!
Correction: there are over 800 novels/novelizations/omnibuses/short story collections based on the Star Trek franchise. This is only about 2/3ish.
greetings greekritique, i'm saddened that star trek is back on tv. now because of almost zero continuity star trek novels are being published: voyager, ds9, tng, uss prometheus has piratically halted.
I'm at about 1/3rd then! Super cool to find out I'm not the only one still collecting them!
The thing I miss in Trek novels are the standalone books where they can be enjoyed with only a passing familiarity of the characters. So many of the novels published in the last several years are continuing story arcs or interconnected and don’t get me wrong that’s nice at times but much too common now.
They're worth a decent amount, but sentimentally they're priceless. I'd be contemplating continuing the collection.
Fun fact:
Star Trek: Voyager and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys originally aired on the same day, on January 16th, 1995.
Another fun fact:
They share very similar music, and this Star Trek Symphonic cover we used at the end of our video just got claimed as the Hercules theme by UMG.
Please consider supporting us by simply liking this video. Thanks.
That's insane. UMG and Warner Chappell are the worst. Did you dispute the claim?
I did. We’ll see what they do.
One of the most beautiful und powerful Star Trek videos I've seen in a long time :)
Thank you for this comment. I really appreciate it.
This is an AMAZING story. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Oh, I forgot one of my favorites...then I saw it when you were shelving them. The Entropy Effect. I have referenced this book SO many times. It deals with time travel, obviously. The rule that governs what will happen if you change anything. It is a really good novel IMO. I bring it to mind whenever watching or reading ANYTHING about time travel. I think you can be fairly safe with any Vonda N. McIntyre book. She, in my opinion is one of the better writers in this universe (of course, my opinion).
I would also read the novelizations BEFORE the movies would come out (if they were available). One time, the novelization of one of the later books (I think it was Generations) came out the day of the movie. I read 80% of it (frustrated that I couldn't read to the end BEFORE watching the film). I was still reading it while the trailers were being shown in the movie theater. Such a geek.
Also, I took my girlfriend that the time, not a Science Fiction fan, to Star Trek: The Final Frontier talking about God. It was an interesting experience. Living in a very conservative community (mostly Protestant Christians). When the got to the "god", you could hear a pin drop...to see how Star Trek was going to handle small g god or God. I had read the book, so I knew what was going to happen, but to hear their reactions was interesting. Also, from a first time person (my girlfriend) watching a Fifth movie in a franchise she knew nothing about. It was a unique experience, to say the least.
[sidenote] I wonder why I have been drawn to them (interesting). My wife of twenty years, also do NOT like Science Fiction or Fantasy. I have tried various time to bring her into the fold, BUT she holds the Horror genre as her favorite. I just cannot take much Horror. Not as bad as Josh Macuga, but not very manly...that is for sure. So, we have our separate loves.
I've read the following. This was before Goodreads. I still haven't put them in my READ shelf.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (novelization)
The Entropy Effect - awesome book (see above paragraph).
The Klingon Gambit
The Wrath of Khan - II (novelization)
The Wounded Sky
The Search for Spock - III (novelization)
Uhura's Song
Ishmael
Enterprise: The First Adventure - I really enjoyed this book, too.
Strangers from the Sky - great introduction to the Vulcans.
Timetrap
The Kobayashi Maru
The Voyage Home - IV (novelization)
Spock's World
The Final Frontier - V (novelization)
The Undiscovered Country - VI (novelization)
Generations - VII (novelization)
First Contact - VIII (novelization)
Insurrection - IX (novelization)
Nemesis - X (novelization)
I don't know why I've done this, but I have always felt that the books do a better job conveying what is needed (for me) for the story to be told. I have been trying over the years to read the book, first, then see the movie. I am never disappointed, for no matter what...I have the book. IF the movie is bad, I still have the book. IF they are BOTH bad, then "Oh, well...what can you do?". IF, the movie is better, then I can see how the director and the screen writer made the appropriate changes in the narrative after the initial test screenings and reshoots (for most books are already in production BEFORE this happens). It is a neat experiment.
Dakota, thank you for the video. I am BIG fan of your channel. The sincerity of the two of you is contagious. All the best in the world, and beyond. Thank you.
I really love this comment, Graff. Thanks for the time you took to type it out. Entropy Effect sounds great. I'll have to take that one off the shelf.
That's super funny you do that with the novelizations. I've never thought about doing that. (I did for Attack of the Clones). I've actually only ever seen a handful of the films, so I'll try to read those novelizations before watching em!
I'm really pleased you like this video and our content in general. Again, great comments. thanks!
@@Geekritique No problem. It pails in comparison to the time that you have taken in planning, researching, filming, editing and releasing each one of your videos. It is a real labor of love...and I really appreciate it. Thank you.
I love reading, watching movies and watching TV shows. I have a Goodreads account (I think we are linked on that one), I have a TV version of Goodreads, called TV Time (look in my info for the information on how to get to it and follow the show that I am watching) and a version for movies, too called Letterboxd.
Interesting enough, since I starting suffering from agoraphobia, it has worked out for me...since MOST books come out way before the movie does (minus Star Wars films (The Last Jedi came out 6 months AFTER the film's release. I had to wait EXTRA time before watching it digitally...I have to say, I was NOT happy). But, since going to theaters has become a problem (can't handle all the people or even the potential of a lot of people).
I have always loved reading books, watching TV and movies, but when I was raising three little ones...I just didn't have time. My wife was working, I had my business and odd jobs...and we wanted spend as much quality time with the kids (you can only raise them once). I was almost always working (trying to provide for my family). Once they started growing up...I got back into reading, watching TV and movies. I have HUGE gaps in both reading, movies and TV...for nearly 15 years. It has only been in the last 5 years that I have had some breathing room. Our youngest is in her second year in University. She loves movies, too. We have a lot in common (I was able to spend more time with her, 'cause I was more financially stable by that time. She's got her own life, but she reads, and watches TV and movies, too. She is a mix between my wife and I (obviously), but I still think she's closer to my tastes. She loves Science Fiction & Fantasy, but she also likes Horror (my wife's influence...for sure).
For context, I have seen over 3,000 films (though my Letterboxd has me at 2,942 (with 93 films so far this year). When I see something that strikes my fancy, I see if there is a book. Then I read it. By the time it comes out in digital...I can watch it. I gain so much from that. The stories are deeper, the character development is more thorough and when different, the book is USUALLY better, but not always. I hope you enjoy it. Not many people would even try to do it. Tell me what you think...once you've tried it.
Thanks for replying. I love your channel and everything you two do. Thanks for being you.
Graff you should write your own novel ;) I know you can do it fan fiction
@@gevara454 - I appreciate your belief in me, but I'm not good at prose. I can comment and give a TON of ideas for stories for others, but writing a story of my own is just not my talent. Thank you, though.
Thank you for sharing this video. Spock would say his line: fascinating. May I suggest that you get yourself some book shelves to help you keep your books in order.
I love to re order the books at Half Proce books into the correct order for the relaunch and numbered books. Then I take a picture and post it in Google photos on the Half price books photos, been doing this for years. I've read over 140 star trek books
I've read over 300 trek novels and own about 200
That’s incredible!
Which ones do you rate the highest?
That is an impressive collection and I would honestly want my collection to get that big one day. Such a beautiful, heartbreaking story about your friend. Sounds like she was a wonderful and kind person
The story behind the novels really got to me, I cried.
I recognise a few of them covers.
I have I think maybe 80 to 90 Trek novel all from the 70s 80s 90s and early 00s. But I think my personal two favourites out of the few I have read is Prime Directive followed by The Ashes of Eden, both featuring the TOS crew even thought I’m a big TNG fan.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. It was an emotional story to tell, for sure!
I just read Prime Directive. I think it would translate very well into a film.
Cool!
Wonderful story about how your friend bequeathed her books to you.
Thank you sir!
Wow, and I thought I had a massive "to read" pile! 😁 I've only read one Star Trek book about Spock's son but I'm eventually gonna re-read it. There's so many good Trek episodes that I can't possibly choose a favorite.
Yeah, I can’t possibly count all or even most of these in my “to-read” pile lol. There are way too many great eps!
It's a duology, "Yesterday's Son" and "Time for Yesterday."
Thank you for giving Imzadi some love! It is one of a handful of books in which Troi takes center stage. Not only that the book was on the NY Times best seller! That book proved how invested readers were in the story of the Troi-Rikers!
I am so amazed at the excellent condition of each book! Some of those 70s books look totally new!
My dad loves Star Trek. He’s watched all of the shows like 20 times over. That’s not even an exaggeration. And I love Star Trek music. That Voyager music is just so good.
I hope you enjoyed the music at the end!
Geekritique I did very much
I remember reading the Star Trek Paperback were Picard met the X-men, a bit strange.
Search for the trek lite reading order. I made it through all voy tng titan and the cross over novels. Most of DS9 all of thr DTI novels and section 31 novels. Great stuff
I'm about to start the section 31 books so I can see references in the upcoming movie eeeeeewk!
This video just came up in my recommended. Lovely collection. As you were standing them up near the end I was thinking, "got, got, got, not got, not got, got, got" and so on. I must have more of these than I realised, in storage, in my loft. I also have the novel Mission to Horatius, it's one of the few ST books I've not got around to reading and didn't realise it was aimed at children. Still, now I know, i'll give it a look over. Thanks.
I just rewatched this video...RUclips reminds us what we watched FIVE years ago.
In the time between first watching this and now, I have read 101 Star Trek books (2020 to today). This video partly inspired this desire. I was raised on Star Trek. I grew up in the era of Star Trek syndication. Every weekday evening, at dinnertime, we watched Star Trek: TOS. I've seen all 79 episodes MULTIPLE times.
Then, later I watched all the seasons of TNG. Missed out on DS9, but did watch a LOT of Voyager. Then about the time of this video, I decided I needed to catchup on all of old Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT). I can now say that I have seen EVERY Star Trek television show and movie from the old era of Star Trek.
I have watched most of Discovery, some of Lower Decks, all of Strange New Worlds (my current favourite), and some of the other shows. I'm not a fan of animation, so I cannot say that I love those shows, but it is fun to see Star Trek still producing shows.
In 2023, I started reading the Star Trek: TOS novels that I had at the time. In that year I read 35 novels. Most were in the TOS era, but a few were in the ENT era (which I also love).
In 2024, I've already read 44 Star Trek novels. Some in the TOS era, but lately...I've been reading in the Post-Nemesis era...which brings me to the following:
I sent you a Trek-Lit Reading Flowchart, that I am currently working my way through. I read 22 novels in June using this flowchart. It follows a chronology of events that spans through TNG, DS9, VOY and multiple series that combine eras and shows. I've been loving it.
Already in July, I've finished two more Star Trek novels, the Gamma Missions.
I know that you are really busy, but I think you'd enjoy them. The characters are really well understood...and their characters pop off the page. Obviously, there are good book and not so good books, but I can say, that of the ones that I've read (now, 101 of them), I have really enjoyed the experience.
Okay. Enough. Would love to buddy read a book (or two) with you. We can find one or more that we both have and read them...and share the experience. Thanks for your amazing channel and all that you do in this space. Thank you.
I read a few of the Star Trek novels as a kid, most of them the adaptations of the episodes I saw while my mom had me in a thrift store. I loved the series as a kid...it had ended its original run when I was still very young, but it went into syndication fairly quickly and was my childhood favorite series (well, except maybe "The Twilight Zone") and was the genesis for my love of Science Fiction. My favorite episode of the Original Series would be tough, but I'll say "The Gamesters of Triskelion" because it contains the awesome scene where a beautiful alien woman (Angelique Pettyjohn) asks Captain Kirk "What is the 'kiss?'" because it makes me laugh instead of get all misty like "The City At The Edge Of Forever", but out of all the episodes of all the series it would be the "Next Generation" episode "The Inner Light" because it was a truly beautiful story and shows how truly great Star Trek could be. Your wall of books is a fitting tribute to your late friend as well as a fitting symbol of all the content out there that we will never have the time for unless we find oursevles with glasses and "Time Enough At Last" ("Twilight Zone" reference, you got me wandering through the halls of my childhood). Great video, keep up the great work.
TOS is fantastic. It holds up as such good television today. I’ve been going through TNG with Jenn. We’ve just finished season one. And thanks for your comment. This collection means a lot to me, and I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
I’ve read quite a few Star Trek novels. First as a kid watching the reruns, I’d get them from the library. In the 80s as a teenager I worked in a bookstore and got a lot of Star Trek strips, books who had their covers removed that we threw away, heartbreaking to a book lover. I’ve read many of these. I realized back then I could never read them all unless I only read Star Trek, they were coming out too quickly. For a while I kept up with Star Wars books, but when they exploded I gave up trying. Now I occasionally read a book from one of these franchises. Either I take an unread one off the shelf or I hear of one that intrigues me. They are a fun way to go deeper into a universe you love. I envy you your collection. It’s touching she remembered you so fondly.
Such an amazing story, sorry for your loss, cherish those novels.
I just read 'Strike Zone'. This video; your story, makes me want to read even more. I'm new to reading Star Trek having seen EVERY series except 'Enterprise'. I have also read DS9: 'The Siege'. Both by Peter David. My goal is to read the first five of TNG and go from there. I own about 10 star trek novels. I also love star wars novels as well and am reading the Thrawn trilogy as well. Good stuff. Thanks for posting this wonderful story
I am just starting my journey of Star Trek novels with Dark Mirror. Bought a collection of 52 books, and see now I still got lots more to go
I'm nearly 68. I really enjoyed your sincerity in talking about these books. I have seen Star Trek since age 16 sporadically until I became a real fan in the later years. Rediscovering all the Trek series on big screen Blu-ray has been 'Quite Fascinating'. I was disappointed with the more recent dark Trek incarnations. Especially 'Picard' So I turned to the novels. Collecting them is like eating chocolate. Seeing your collection was delicious. Seriously inspiring. I was surprised that I actually got choked up seeing you stack the whole collection up.
Aww, comments like this make RUclips worth the struggle. Thank you. This was nice to read. Glad you’re getting into the novels. It is like eating chocolate haha!
Imzadi is a great story and on the whole set of Star Trek series of original novels, the Next Gen has probably the highest rate of really good stories and not too many duds.
Wow - all these comments asking about the next timeline video... Lmao don't pressure the guy. Take your time dude, we get that it takes loads of work. I'm sure it'll be epic and worth the wait. No pressure bro
Also, great video 👍
I'm inspired. I know now what I want to do in my retirement!
Lovely story on how you got these books. I got hooked on to Trek recently and have almost seen all the shows and movies now. Was searching how many books are there and your video came up, 500 and than I read in the comments 800, there will be comics too on top of that I suppose. How can one possibly read all that content in a life time? 🤯
I will try to find some eBooks to read, like maybe the top 10 to start with.
Keep this collection safe and sound! TK.
I got introduced to star trek from my dad as a kid, but it took me alot of on and offs to finally get fully into star trek. I have a few of the books and read some of the comics. My favorite book is 34th rules of accusation.
I started reading Star Trek novels when a family friend lent me _Federation_ by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. I think it is one of the best Star Trek novels ever written, even though it completely goes against the canon that was later shown in _First Contact_. Give it a try.
I’ve heard Federation is very good, so I’ll have to put that on my to-read list. Thanks!
Doesn't that one have both Flint and Zephrem Cochrane in it?
This was really cool. I am working in my novel collection but only have 126. Most TOS and NG.
Cool video. I used to have quite a few of the original series books as they came out in the 90s. The books numbering the 40s-60. Bring back memories of an easier relaxing lifetime. 😁
Most of these books can be found at a good flea market, thrift stores though. The older books were so good. A few duds but most were good reads. Black Fire comes to mind. The ones about Saavik were good.
Thanks for the informative video. You put a lot of time, research into it. Appreciate it.
I have almost the entire collection, although here in the UK the books were released by Titan books. Admittedly some of the more recent ones are on Kindle, great story on how you got 'em, i have a vaguely similar story, i used to sell domestic electrical, tv's, vcr's (yep, that long ago), off the books i'd install them after work hoping for a tip, one installation (probably 22 years ago) the conversation turned to Trek, my tip for that job was a Picard lifesize cutout, their daughter (a big trek fan) had died some months before and the only thing they hadn't either given to charity or given away was this. Never forgotten the gesture, still have it somewhere. You've started on a really good book (Imzadi), try Vendetta, plus anything 'new frontier' also the 'Far beyond the stars' novelisation, has the episode plus a lot more
I wish you had a PO box! I would love to send you some of the books I have duplicates of, I feel bad holding onto them myself when other people are collecting too.
I think Final Frontier, the first voyage of Capt Robert April and his first officer George KIrk was one of the first novels I read.
But Vendetta is probably my favourite
I just clicked ur video to say that I'm waiting for your MCU Timeline V.6 video hahah
Okay.
You should read "The Price of the Phoenix", and "The Fate of the Phoenix".
Some of the earlier novels in the range. They’re good, I’m guessing?
@@Geekritique They are excellent, IMHO. I was buying Star Trek novels since I was a kid (yeah, I'm old..lol). I have a bookcase that is dedicated to nothing but Star Trek books.
"The Price of the Phoenix", and "The Fate of the Phoenix" are the best of the 1970's Trek novels.
You should definitely read David Mack's Star Trek Destiny trilogy, truly epic storytelling spaning the Enterprise TV series, TNG, DS9 and Voyager.
I believe that Imzadi was hardcover originally? (Ugh to Imzadi II). Q-Squared is my favorite, but, most of the stuff by Peter David is pure gold. He only has a couple of duds. A Singular Destiny is really great too.
I have 24 books so far. I've just binge watched TOS, ENT, and TAS. I am in the 1st season of TNG, and while I watched the 3 90's series growing up, I know nothing of any of the new shows. As for books, I started with Sarek by AC Crispin as he is my favorite character, but it draws a lot from TWOK and TUC, neither of which I have seen in a long, long time. As for books, I prefer TOS books, but I have from a smattering of different book series to give myself a wide breadth of exposure. My goal is to get through watching all series and films and then read the books in a more chronological order (by publication). By then, I'll probably have a ton more books, but not enough Harry Mudd.
I love both Star Wars and Star Trek. It's because Star Trek novels were random stories, I just assumed Star Wars novels were published the same way. Boy was I wrong. I was amazed to find out all the Star Wars novels were in chronological order. This video is based on Star Trek and seeing these books again brings back incredible memories.
I have read about 300 Star Trek Novels to Date and have just Shy of 475 in y Collection. My Favorite Novel is book 8 Black Fire in the original series.. Absolutely Recommend it..!!
I still trying to put together a Blu Ray Set of every Seasonf from TV and I o course have All the Feature Films..
Awesome Collection and Incredible Share..
Ill have to give Black Fire a go! Thanks for watching.
@@Geekritique Absolutely Worth it.. I Hope u do..
Just got 200 Star Trek Books. 1$ each. I figured why not. 🤷♂😁 Very happy.
I watched your whole video. Liked your philosophical point of view.
Awesome collection... as someone with about 300 Doctor Who books, I can relate 😅
Your story about your friend is so touching. I do think that you should try and read them or if you are not interested in them, perhaps pass some of them on to someone else who loves Trek lit.
I haven’t read a ton of Star Trek books, but I’d recommend anything by Diane Duane, especially her Romulan series or the standalone TOS novel Doctor’s Orders. My all-time favorite Trek book is The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack, it’s amazing but you need to have seen all/most of DS9 to get the story so since you said you’re not a big fan of all the shows yet, I’d say hold off on reading it until after you watch DS9.
Fun fact about that TNG meets X-Men book: it make a joke about Picard and Charles Xavier looking extremely similar... years before Patrick Stewart was cast as Xavier in the X-Men movies. 🤔
Ok but i though the MCU Timeline video was coming out on the day before Endgame was released. That day has come and gone and no video. So whats up
We pushed it back. Thanks for your concern.
great collection regarding star trek xmen paperback , there is a comic book also that goes with the book
Sorry I wished I had waited to comment after watching the entire video. Sad but sweet how you came about this collection. I can relate to your friends love for ST over SW. No disrespect to SW and I can’t explain it other than Star Trek was first for me. The reason for getting rid of my collection is the Infinite Content reason. There is just too much. I hope you find someone special to leave them to one day.
Live Long and Prosper. 🖖
Since you mentioned Doctor Who... Have you read any of the Virgin Books DW novels?
I haven't yet, no. Any good?
@@Geekritique They are very good. Not easy to get your hands on all of them anymore, but they are good. At the time they were the only Doctor Who around. Doctor Who was on hiatus and Big Finish hadn't started yet... of course, none are probably considered canon at this point, especially not Human Nature as that was adapted into a David Tennant 2 parter... but there were many great stories. I'm honestly surprised that more of those weren't adapted.
I own most all the pocket books ever printed. I have read 95 of the extended timeline. Books. I gave up news for a while a d sports and TV for about 3 years except for the occasional NBA or cfb game. But with all the tv free time I enjoyed reading the extended universe books for star trek.
These books are so sentimental to me.
*epic music plays*
Lol. Honestly though I think you're a humble person keeping the books and saying what you said. If I were you, I'd set a goal to read all of them within a 5 year period. Anyways, live long and prosper.
Very cool story and video. Do you know whether she had read all the novels in the collection herself? When I was a teenager I tried to collect all the Dragonlance novels. I had over a hundred of them at one point. I eventually gave up, and I never read most of them. I eventually head cannoned it to the point where I only even tried to read the Weis and Hickman novels. Because, like you say, too much content, too little time. I eventually donated most of the books to my local library.
That’s awesome. I had no clue there were that many Dragonlance books! Yes, to answer your question. She read them all. She spent most of her time reading. I knew she liked reading, but shortly before her death I learned how much.
I started reading star trek when a librarian friend of my mom's gave me pocket books the original series 27) mindshadow 34) dreams of the raven 37) blood thirst for Christmas and I read for a long time and just now getting back into it. Mom would even read them too
That’s an awesome memory. Thanks for sharing!!
I am starting to collect st books again since I stopped months ago however I'm worried about my bookshelf lol
Did you ever make some sort of video of which books you discovered from your research are worth reading? I wanna know
It looks like you need a Czar USB book scanner, and a good text to speech program, and you can listen to many of the books, in a short time, while doing other things. Doctor Who also has hundreds of books, and episode novelizations. I used to listen/read H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and science books that way.
I’ve never heard of this! That’s too cool!
Great story, I appreciated seeing the collection and the story.
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
I owned 1 through 100 when I stopped. I read them all and purchased them as the came out. Eventually I ended up giving them away at a ST convention ( pre-internet), from my dealers table as no one would even pay .25 for them.
I recently thought about re reading them. These were excellent stories some written by tos writers.
Ishmael, Strangers from the Sky, Enterprise Incident stand out as I remember
There are only 500 and some? Cool, I've read more than half. I'll be over 300 if I ever finish my to-read pile. I was totally looking at the covers in this video like "got it, got it, need it, got it, need it, need it, got it, got it...".
why does
novels and novelizations
feel like
ladies and gentlmen
whats even the difference between the two?
no need to say that i've missed ur videos (my hi's showed that u guess)
and btw, hi
Novelizations are episodes or movies adapted to book form. Novels are original fiction. Also, hi back!
@@Geekritique
thanks man
ur the best
cant wait to hi ur v6 timeline!!
I approve this video. Good work commander
Forest!
Nailed it.
I might have missed it, but did it take you a long time to collect all these books or did you buy them all at once? Because if so, lucky! I have, maybe about 30 Star Trek books lol
They were given to me in someone’s will. I try to explain how it all happened at 11:48. Thank you! Which is your favorite book so far?
Great video! We read and collect Star Trek books too. Subscribed!
Thanks for the sub! Which books are your favs/would you recommend?
@@Geekritique Anything by Diane Dwane, Greg Cox, and Una McCormack
I own about 75 of the original series novels. I own the entire star trek corpus on kindle.
Like you Ive barely read them. Changing that presently LOL
At 17:04 were you purposefully sounding like Shatner? Lol
I envy you the reading, especially since pocket books burned down the expanded universe with the Coda trilogy.
Are you watching the re release of A4
I plan to, yes.
Im really new to the series, can someone tell me in which order to read the books? I will watch the movies eventually but dont really want to watch those before reading
Do you have the first edition of Killing Time? 🙂
He should check to see if he does own it. A true first edition of Killing Time has on page 41 the sentence: "I understand that you were probably playing with dolls and wearing lipstick until you were twenty." ? If it doesn't it isn't a first printing.
My copy appears to be first edition then. What did they change that line to in future printings?
@@Geekritique They removed that line entirely and replaced it with nothing. Throughout the first edition are lines that make events in the book sexual. At one point in the book, Kirk and Spock are rolling around fighting. The first edition states that Kirk is shirtless while later editions do not. At another point in the book, Kirk and another crew member are taking a swim. The first edition states that they take off their pants and are skinny dipping. Later editions omit passages where they take off their clothes. Later editions simply remove all of the details that could be seen as sexual.
Both the first and second printings of "Killing Time" list them as "First Pocket Books Science Fiction printing July 1985." Under this is the sequence of numbers counting down from 10. A first print has the numbers count down to "1." The second print has the numbers count down to "2." They are both 311 pages and the title on the cover of a first print is in raised lettering. The changes between the two versions are certain "controversial" lines being removed.
On page 41 of "Killing Time" appears the sentence: "I understand that you were probably playing with dolls and wearing lipstick until you were twenty." The second sentence that is removed is "And I also understand that you're probably double-jointed-since you've got your head so far up your ass that you'll never see the light of day again!" Many sentences such as these were removed for the second print.
you HAVE to read the Destiny trilogy
I’ll check that out. Thanks for watching!
Startreck voyager all the way
I have 702 Books but on Digital :D Still a super fan :)
That’s epic!
Any idea of the monetary value of this collection?
Not an insane amount to be honest. Could probably sell it for $1500 altogether. Most were mass produced.
I have over 550 of them and have read over half
Amazing! I would love to hear which are your favorites.
Soooo are you guys not doing a movie review of godzilla king of the monsters?
We’ll be filming that this week. Apologies. We’ve been swamped.
Cool I look forward to it.
Which novels should i read??
WoW
If you want, I do have a list of all mine.
Sure! Thank you!
@@Geekritique ok it's a text file all scanned in with barcode numbers. Our collections are slightly different. How do I get my file to you.
Looks like my house.
Do you want to do a swap with any as I have quite a few duokicates
Can't spell should read duplicates (stupid spellchecker)
WOAH WOAH
14 films???
I own 2...
You outnumber me. I have around 200.
That’s Awesome!!
You're doing yourself a disservice by not reading them. Many of them are very good.
Here's another one completely free! Just Google Star Trek Lost Destiny.
Here's a link www.fanfiction.net/s/13312963/1/Star-Trek-Lost-Destiny-Book-I-Race-of-Death
Why buy a book if you’re not gonna read them?
I didn’t buy them. This video explains that.