Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion

Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for moreStar Trekstories has been unquenchable.From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first originalStar Treknovels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the richStar Trektapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience theStar Trekmythos anew to others?Voyages of Imaginationtakes a look back on the first forty years of professionally publishedStar Trekfiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books.Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein,Voyages of Imaginationis indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.

Jeff Ayers is a longtime reviewer of thrillers for Library Journal, and has written columns on suspense novels, alternate history, and adventure fiction. His is also a freelance writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.