katikat | Of Star Trek and tie-ins

Believe it or not, I've never seen the original Star Trek. Captain Kirk, Spock etc., I know those characters from the movies only. And of those, I saw only three or four. But nonetheless, I bought Margaret Wander Bonanno's "Strangers From the Sky", a Star Trek tie-in novel - they had it for 2 bucks only! And the summary sounds quite interesting even though I have no idea who the people are XP

In the twenty-first century humanity has united after countless years of warfare, and turns toward the stars. But when an alien spacecraft crashlands in the South Pacific bearing visitors from another world, the Vulcans, Earth must decide whether to extend the hand of friendship, or the fist of war.

In the distant future, horrible dreams torment Admiral James T. Kirk, dreams prompted by his reading of Strangers From the Sky, a book about that historic first contact. He dreams of an alternate reality where he somehow changed the course of history, and destroyed the Federation before it began.

Interesting, isn't it?

You know, out of the other four ST series, I liked ST:TNG best, I guess. Then I would go with ST:V, ST:E, and ST:DS9 I liked the least. It was too dark, there was just too much politics and too few real adventures. Also, the characters just weren't likable.

Remembering those... I now feel like reading more ST tie-in novels - my name is Kati, I'm a tie-ins-holic XP