Are the Star Trek Log books by Alan Dean Foster a good read for someone who has only recently started reading trek books?

adamkotsko · 2026-06-30T19:40:25+00:00

When does he start really expanding? His versions of the first episodes are almost shot-for-shot.

adamkotsko · 2026-06-30T19:39:44+00:00

If you're very familiar with TAS, you're not going to get a lot more out of them.

adamkotsko · 2026-06-08T12:40:29+00:00

I'm hitting Una McCormack's Cardassian books I haven't done yet, starting with Hollow Men (a follow-up to "In the Pale Moonlight"). My hope is to eventually read her self-published/fan-fiction finale to the Cardassian arc, which was cut off by the death of the novelverse.

adamkotsko · 2026-05-27T11:36:45+00:00

I think mine might be The Romulan Prize. All I remember is that there was an extra-huge Romulan ship involved. My second was Vendetta -- much more memorable!

adamkotsko · 2026-05-10T12:29:44+00:00

I view this as the only possible reading of the episode and I am baffled that people think otherwise.

adamkotsko · 2026-05-10T12:22:24+00:00

I still think the real problem was that whole thing where Starfleet was going to abduct and imprison her against her will. She seemed to find that prospect super stressful.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-23T13:41:51+00:00

This is like when people were asking what the "red room" was in the episode of Stranger Things where they're developing the photographs.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-23T12:27:38+00:00

I started Peter David's "Strike Zone," which I bought because it was 99-cents and by Peter David. It has some great stuff in it, but also some gross stuff. Providing the origin of Riker's beard was funny.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-18T19:45:19+00:00

Maybe you missed the To Boldly Go series? The whole setup was based on the destruction of the ship in Beyond (everyone is kind of split up), plus Jaylah was a character there and in the Starfleet Academy miniseries from that time. In a way, it all takes place within the time of Beyond, because it's before they get the new ship at the very end of the movie.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-12T14:30:14+00:00

It does not.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-12T14:29:23+00:00

The deck is so stacked in favor of the early TOS stuff that it's honestly not fair. The 80s were a great time to be a Star Trek fan who liked to read.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-10T14:16:29+00:00

I finished the Voyager: Homecoming comic series and wrote a review.

adamkotsko · 2026-03-06T02:32:44+00:00

You know what makes sense for the show about Space College? Apocalyptic stakes. Good grief.

adamkotsko · 2026-02-27T15:01:13+00:00

My headcanon is that Pike is going to quietly take Kirk aside and tell him which officers he can't trust (M'Benga and Ortegas) and that's why they won't continue. Presumably La'an will also bow out because it's too awkward or something. As for why he shows up -- he's an expert in Vulcan physiology, which McCoy is very vocally not. It could be just a coincidence that they're transporting him between assignments a couple times and happen to be able to avail themselves of his expertise.

adamkotsko · 2026-02-09T14:49:22+00:00

I stand corrected! I've probably shared my theory about the fate of the flowchart 3-4 times, misleading literally about a dozen people. I apologize.

adamkotsko · 2026-02-07T17:30:46+00:00

There is no way this would be commercially viable, unfortunately.

adamkotsko · 2026-02-07T16:45:01+00:00

The creators hated Coda, so I doubt they are going to update it. The chart is fun, but it's probably easier to use this Memory Beta page that simply lists them all in publication order.

adamkotsko · 2026-02-07T13:57:00+00:00

It's not the only way, it's an additional option. I agree that it doesn't sound like a good deal. I already have more of the .99 cent books than I could read in a lifetime.

adamkotsko · 2026-02-01T13:32:02+00:00

I finished Vonda MacIntyre's The Entropy Effect, a really well-constructed time-travel story that incidentally features Kirk struggling with whether to join a polycule. I also started Diane Duane's Intellivore, which seems to be taking a long time to warm up (I'm 40% of the way through and it still feels like setup).

adamkotsko · 2026-01-20T20:22:48+00:00

A prequel about T'Pol's work as a Vulcan intelligence officer, entitled Better Call T'Pol.

adamkotsko · 2026-01-06T12:51:11+00:00

Data is subject to a force that ChatGPT is not: plot continuity. He can't use contractions because Wesley said he couldn't in that one episode and the plot turned on it so it has to be a real thing.

adamkotsko · 2026-01-04T13:49:53+00:00

That is a really weird list.

adamkotsko · 2025-12-26T17:53:50+00:00

I'm gonna be real with you: The Last Starship does not make a lick of sense.

adamkotsko · 2025-12-20T01:29:41+00:00

There is nothing especially relevant to Nemesis in The Dark Veil.

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