Star Trek: New Earth
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Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s published by Pocket Books
Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry...
in the United States
United States
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, as part of Pocket’s Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
line. Based on the titular TV series created by Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...
, New Earth was created by Pocket editor John J. Ordover
John J. Ordover
John J. Ordover is the founder and CEO of JJO MARKETING and was previously an editor at Pocket Books responsible for overseeing the licensed novels of the Star Trek franchise. He is the co-creator of such spin-off series as Star Trek: New Frontier , Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Star...
and writer Diane Carey
Diane Carey
Diane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken...
, and debuted on June 1, 2000, with the publication of the first two installments, Wagon Train to the Stars
Wagon Train to the Stars
Wagon Train to the Stars is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Diane Carey.-Synopsis:Guarding a colony expedition becomes much more difficult when an ancient feud between two alien races threatens everyone.-Inspiration:...
and Belle Terre. (“Wagon Train to the Stars” was a phrase with which Roddenberry described Star Trek when he pitched the show to network executives in the 60s, who were fixated on the success of TV westerns.) The other four novels in the series followed in July and August of that year.
The series depicts the events of a second five-year mission taking place between the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the first film based on the Star Trek television series. The film is set in the twenty-third century, when a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud called V'Ger approaches the Earth,...
and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The plot features James T...
. Some major events shown are the switch to the newer Starfleet
Starfleet
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet or the Federation Starfleet is the deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets . It is the principal means by which the Federation conducts its exploration, defense, diplomacy and research...
uniform design of the later movie, and James T. Kirk
James T. Kirk
James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...
's reluctance to accept a position at the admiralty rather than as a starship captain.
The sixth and final New Earth book was subtitled Challenger, and served as a springboard for a subsequent spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
series, Star Trek: Challenger
Star Trek: Challenger
Star Trek: Challenger is a spin-off series of Star Trek novels published by Pocket Books in the United States as part of Pocket’s line. Based on the titular TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, the series was created by Pocket editor John J. Ordover and writer Diane Carey, and was a...
.
In Voyages of Imagination
Voyages of Imagination
Voyages of Imagination is a Star Trek reference guide written by Jeff Ayers. It covers every Star Trek novel published up to 2006 with interviews from authors and editors...
, Diane Carey
Diane Carey
Diane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken...
remarks on how her editor John J. Ordover
John J. Ordover
John J. Ordover is the founder and CEO of JJO MARKETING and was previously an editor at Pocket Books responsible for overseeing the licensed novels of the Star Trek franchise. He is the co-creator of such spin-off series as Star Trek: New Frontier , Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Star...
wanted to use the New Earth series while Peter David
Peter David
Peter Allen David , often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games...
was busy with Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: New Frontier is a Star Trek novel series created by John J. Ordover and Peter David and published by Pocket Books. The idea behind it was to create a Star Trek book series with its own continuity and not one that is purely a reaction to the television shows. Nearly every story of the...
: "New captain, new ship, new crew, and new situation, bringing Star Trek back to the original concept of 'being out there' with limited contact, essentially in a wild west town and having to fake it, hacking our way to civilization the hard way. Greg and I developed the situation for New Earth, then wrote the bracketing support books, with other authors writing the middle books of the series."
Books
- Star Trek: New Earth: Wagon Train to the StarsWagon Train to the StarsWagon Train to the Stars is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Diane Carey.-Synopsis:Guarding a colony expedition becomes much more difficult when an ancient feud between two alien races threatens everyone.-Inspiration:...
by Diane CareyDiane CareyDiane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken... - Star Trek: New Earth: Belle TerreBelle Terre (Star Trek)Belle Terre is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Dean Wesley Smith and Diane Carey.-Plot:The Enterprise is leading thirty-thousand colonists on a six month trip to establish an strategically important colony. Just after they make their first attempts at settling in, Spock discovers a nearby...
by Dean Wesley SmithDean Wesley SmithDean Wesley Smith is a science fiction author, known primarily for his Star Trek novels, movie novelizations, and other novels of licensed properties such as Smallville, Spider-Man, X-Men, Aliens, Roswell, Men in Black, and Quantum Leap...
with Diane Carey - Star Trek: New Earth: Rough TrailsRough TrailsRough Trails is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by L.A. Graf.-Synopsis:A vital colony, needed to support the eventual expansion of the Federation, is suffering problems. The home planet is ravaged by natural disasters. Alien threats endanger the lives of everyone due to greed for the mineral...
by L.A. Graf - Star Trek: New Earth: The Flaming ArrowThe Flaming ArrowThe Flaming Arrow is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Kathy Oltion and Jerry Oltion.-Synopsis:Belle Terre is a new human colony set up on a vitally strategic new planet. It is to be a much-needed stop-over point for human expansion...
by Kathy OltionKathy OltionKathy Oltion is a science fiction novelist known primarily for her Star Trek work, which began with publication in the first two Strange New Worlds anthologies from Pocket Books ....
and Jerry OltionJerry OltionJerry Oltion is a science fiction author from Eugene, Oregon, known for numerous novels and short stories, including books in the Star Trek series... - Star Trek: New Earth: Thin AirThin Air (Star Trek)Thin Air is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.-Synopsis:The Federation has established the colony of Belle Terre, vitally important to their continued expansion. However, the planet they have chosen has unexpected mineral riches, desired by nearby...
by Kristine Kathryn RuschKristine Kathryn RuschKristine Kathryn Rusch is an American writer. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream....
and Dean Wesley Smith - Star Trek: New Earth: ChallengerChallenger (Star Trek)Challenger is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Diane Carey.In Voyages of Imagination, Diane Carey remarked on leaving ending open for a new series: "The new 'sheriff' in these parts was Nick Keller, a first officer plagued with an unstable captain who was forced to take over a ship and...
by Diane Carey