Author(s):	Steven Barnes
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket DS9
Published:	1 April 1998
Pages:	271
Stardate:	Unknown (1940, 1953, 2374)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671024302 (paperback) ASIN B000FC0OAO (Kindle)

For the story by Benny Russell, please see Far Beyond the Stars.

For the DS9 episode with a similar name, please see "Far Beyond the Stars".

Summary Edit

Captain Sisko finds himself in Harlem in the 1950s, where he is Benny Russell, a science fiction writer, who copes with racism by writing of DS9 and its black captain.

Background Information Edit

• Novelization of DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars" by Steven Barnes.
• In his author's note, Steven Barnes talks about writing the novelization and the role of African-Americans in science fiction.
• An extract from this novel appeared in Star Trek Monthly issue 40.

Characters Edit

Benjamin Sisko

Kira Nerys

Odo

Julian Bashir

Jadzia Dax

Quark

Jake Sisko

Miles O'Brien

Benny Russell

Douglas Pabst

Willie Hawkins

Darlene Kursky

Jimmy

Albert Macklin

Herbert Rossoff

Julius Eaton

Kay Eaton (K.C. Hunter)

Kevin Mulkahey

Burt Ryan

Roy Ritterhouse

Cassie

References Edit

1953; Amsterdam News; baseball; Baldwin, James; Bible; Bradbury, Ray; Cardassia; Cardassians; cent; Christ, Jesus; Communism; Cortez, USS; Deep Space Nine; Defiant, USS; Dominion; doughnut; England; Fascism; flying saucer; frank; From Here to Eternity; Galaxy; Gnome Press; God; Harlem; Heinlein, Robert A.; Hughes, Langston; Hurston, Zora Neale; Incredible Tales; Jackson (Mrs.); Japanese Zero; Jem'Hadar fighter; Lancaster, Burt; Manhattan; Mars; Martians; Native Son; Negro; New York City; New York Giants; Parker, Charlie; Pearl Harbor; Please, Take Me With You; Prophets; Puppet Masters, The; red; robot; sauerkraut; science fiction; scrambled eggs; Sisko's; Snider, Duke; squadron; Stalin, Josef; steak and eggs; Stone (publisher); Sturgeon, Theodore; Swofford, Quentin; tater; tea; television; typewriter; US Navy; Viking; Wells, H.G.; White Rose Redi-Tea; Wright, Richard; Xhosa.

External link Edit

• Far Beyond the Stars at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works