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Outstanding short fiction by some of Star Trek's most popular authors!
This novel is a compilation of short stories written for the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- From 1998 to 2000, Amazing Stories, the world's oldest science fiction magazine, presented a series of original Star Trek stories written by a number of bestselling authors. Now these little-seen Star Trek adventures have been collected together for the first time, along with brand-new tales written expressly for this volume!
- Among the highlights:
- Spock comes to terms with the death of his father in a touching tale penned by A.C. Crispin, bestselling author of Sarek.
- Counselor Deanna Troi risks everything to aid the evacuation of an endangered planet.
- Seven of Nine learns a lesson in humanity when the Starship USS Voyager takes on some unusual alien visitors.
- Beverly Crusher discovers that holographic doctors take some getting used to, especially during a medical emergency.
- Plus, Captain Proton, Defender of the Earth, must face the awesome menace of... the Space Vortex of Doom!
- Proving that amazing things sometimes come in small packages, these and other slices of the vast Star Trek universe provide a replicator's worth of treats for Trekkers everywhere!
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Next Generation[]
- "Last Words"
- by A.C. Crispin, first published in Amazing Stories, Summer 1998
- "Bedside Matters"
- by Greg Cox, first published in Amazing Stories, Spring 2000
- "On the Scent of Trouble"
- by John Gregory Betancourt, first published in Amazing Stories, Summer 1998
- "Life Itself Is Reason Enough"
- by M. Shayne Bell, first published in Amazing Stories, Fall 1999
Voyager[]
- "A Night at Sandrine's"
- by Christine Golden, first published in Amazing Stories, Winter 1999
- "When Push Comes to Shove"
- by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz, first published in Amazing Stories, Winter 1999
- "The Space Vortex of Doom"
- by D.W. "Prof" Smith, first published in Amazing Stories, Fall 1999
Background information[]
- Although the back cover blurb states that "brand-new tales written expressly for this volume" are included, several proposed – but unpublished/unfinished – short stories for the magazine were unable to be featured as planned.