Post by Falconer on Oct 18, 2019 16:32:11 GMT -5
I’ve been wanting to get into Star Trek novels, but there are so many of them that it took me a while to figure out a plan of attack. After an embarrassing amount of research, I settled on the 80s (Pocket) TOS canon. It looks like they hit a sweet spot between standalone adventures and building a bit of a canon. It became apparent that Diane Duane was the single most popular author, basically functioning as the Tim Zahn of this period, hence this canon is sometimes called the Rihannsu-verse in her honor. So, other than a few outliers, my list spans from her first book, #13 (December 1983), to #50 (June 1990), which was the last of her classic TOS books. I started with a Rihannsu-verse list from the internet, dropped a few poorly-reviewed books and added a few highly-reviewed books. I’m pretty happy with the result!
I can always read other books later (or at any point), but, at least now I have a plan of attack!
Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology | Stan and Fred Goldstein | Dec 79 | |
The Entropy Effect | Vonda N. McIntyre | Jun 81 (#2) | |
Yesterday’s Son | A.C. Crispin | Aug 83 (#11) | |
The Wounded Sky | Diane Duane | Dec 83 (#13) | |
The Final Reflection | John M. Ford | May 84 (#16) | |
My Enemy, My Ally | Diane Duane | Jul 84 (#18) | |
The Vulcan Academy Murders | Jean Lorrah | Nov 84 (#20) | |
Uhura’s Song | Janet Kagan | Jan 85 (#21) | |
Ishmael | Barbara Hambly | May 85 (#23) | |
Dwellers in the Crucible | Margaret Wander Bonanno | Sep 85 (#25) | |
Crisis on Centaurus | Brad Ferguson | Mar 86 (#28) | |
Dreadnought! | Diane Carey | May 86 (#29) | |
Enterprise: The First Adventure | Vonda N. McIntyre | Sep 86 | |
Battlestations! | Diane Carey | Nov 86 (#31) | |
Dreams of the Raven | Carmen Carter | Jun 87 (#34) | |
Strangers from the Sky | Margaret Wander Bonanno | Jul 87 | |
The Romulan Way | Diane Duane and Peter Morwood | Aug 87 (#35) | |
How Much for Just the Planet? | John M. Ford | Oct 87 (#36) | |
Final Frontier | Diane Carey | Jan 88 | |
The IDIC Epidemic | Jean Lorrah | Feb 88 (#38) | |
Time for Yesterday | A.C. Crispin | Apr 88 (#39) | |
Spock’s World | Diane Duane | Sep 88 | |
Vulcan’s Glory | D.C. Fontana | Feb 89 (#44) | |
The Lost Years | J.M. Dillard | Oct 89 | |
The Kobayashi Maru | Julia Ecklar | Dec 89 (#47) | |
The Pandora Principle | Carolyn Clowes | Apr 90 (#49) | |
Doctor’s Orders | Diane Duane | Jun 90 (#50) | |
Prime Directive | Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens | Sep 90 |
I can always read other books later (or at any point), but, at least now I have a plan of attack!