Tag Archives: Star Trek

Day of the Vipers

Posted on October 15, 2015 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers© 2008 James Swallow When a Cardassian warship arrived at Bajor carrying the dead bodies of Bajoran traders, that should have counted as ominous. Bajor and Cardassia were distant neighbors without formal contact … Continue reading →

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Foul Deeds will Rise

Posted on September 22, 2015 by smellincoffee

Foul Deeds Will Rise© 2014 Greg Cox384 pages             A galaxy can be a small world. When James T. Kirk attended a performance of The Tempest put on by volunteers nursing refugees in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Twilight’s End

Posted on November 28, 2014 by smellincoffee

Star Trek: Twilight’s End© 1996 Jerry Oltion279 pages Somewhere in space lies a planet that’s not spinning, and that just shouldn’t be so.  Tidally locked, it poses a great inconvenience to the colonists who occupy the permanent perimeter between frozen … Continue reading →

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The Sorrows of Empire

Posted on August 26, 2014 by smellincoffee

The Sorrows of Empire© 2009 David Mack464 pages In the original series episode “Mirror, Mirror”,  Star Trek heroes Kirk,McCoy Uhura, and Scotty inadvertently changed places with their counterparts in a mirror universe, alter egos who were agents of a galactic … Continue reading →

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To Reign in Hell (Rise and Fall of KHAAAAAAAAAAN #3)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by smellincoffee

To Reign in Hell: the Exile of Khan Noonien Singh©  2006 Greg Cox384 pages “No! This is not the end!  Khan Noonien Singh will never surrender, not to this accursed planet and not to the treacherous vagaries of fate. Hear … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Fall of KHAAAAAAAN! Volume II

Posted on July 29, 2014 by smellincoffee

The Eugenics Wars: the Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume II© Greg Cox 2001434 pages  Having seized power in India and cultivated a network of spies and yes-men who will do his bidding throughout Asia, genetically engineered and … Continue reading →

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Rise and Fall of KHAAAAAAAAAN! Volume I

Posted on July 20, 2014 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Eugenic Wars: the Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume I© 2001 Greg Cox520 pages Ah, how well I remember the 1990s — neon colored plastic pants, frizzy hair, and that gang of genetically engineered supermen starting … Continue reading →

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No Time Like the Past

Posted on June 24, 2014 by smellincoffee

No Time Like the Past© 2014 Greg Cox 400 pages Question: why is the heroic, resolute-looking face of James T. Kirk carved Rushmore-like into a mountainside in the middle of the Delta Quadrant?  In search of an answer, Seven of … Continue reading →

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The Body Electric

Posted on March 26, 2014 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Cold Equations, Book Three: The Body Electric© 2013 David Mack352 pages Bad news. There’s a planet-sized machine with a companion black hole ominously named “Abaddon” using artificial wormholes to suck entire star systems into its maw.  Worse news: … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures

Posted on October 17, 2013 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Enterprise, Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures© 2013 Christopher L Bennett356 pages  The Romulan War is over, and with it, Michael Martin’s authorship of the Enterprise Relaunch.  The newest Enterprise novel, Rise of the Federation: A … Continue reading →

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