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CHRONOLOGY / SYNOPSIS:
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This section expands the Original Series chronology created in the Title Timeline. It includes:
 
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period A   Events occurring prior to the Original Series tv episodes. 
period B   Kirk's original 5-year mission plus (up to his promotion to Admiral). 
  
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period C   The years Kirk is based on Earth during the Enterprise refit. 
period D   Kirk commands the Enterprise as an admiral. 
period E   Events between movies "The Voyage Home" and "The Final Frontier". 
period F   Star Trek V through Kirk's "death" on the Enterprise-B and its effect on his crew. 
period G   The continuing adventures of Kirk and his crew in Picard's time.
 
(Note: The titles for Kirk's five-year mission "period B" are arranged in alphabetical order, with sequels noted immediately after the initial title as well as alphabetically.)
 
 
The Original Series
period A
 
 
Events occurring prior to the original series
TV episodes. 
 
 
Spock's World 

    Duane, Diane. 
               Pocket, 1988. 

The planet Vulcan's turbulent history is chronicled, as well as Sarek's romance with Amanda, Spock mother. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period B 
Assignment: Eternity 

     Cox, Greg 
               Pocket, 1998          TOS #84 

 

Galactic spy Gary Seven and his ditsy protege Roberta Lincoln must time travel from 20th Century Earth to the 24th Century Enterprise after receiving a distress call from a fellow agent. 
                                             see also: TOS period B, F  
Federation 

     Reeves-Stevens, Garfield 
               Pocket, 1994 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

The centuries-long trials and travails of Zefram Cochrane, inventor of the warp drive. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period B 
The Final Reflection 

     Ford, John M. 
               Pocket, 1984          TOS #16 

A Klingon representative to the Federation encounters McCoy's grandfather and a very young Spock. 
Final Frontier 

     Carey, Diane. 
               Pocket, 1988 
 

sequel: 

Best Destiny 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1992 

...Frontier
The story of Kirk's father and the maiden voyage of the Enterprise. (told in flashback). A sequel to the TV episode "City on the Edge of Forever". 
                                            see also: TOS period B 

...Destiny: 
A rebellious sixteen-year old James Kirk accompanies his father into space aboard the Enterprise. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period F 

A Flag Full of Stars 

     Ferguson, Brad 
               Pocket, 1991          TOS #54 
 

sequel: 

Avenger 

     Shatner, William 
               Pocket, 1997 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

Flag...: 
Young James Kirk saves Kevin Riley as a child during the massacre on Tarsus IV. A sequel to the TV episode "The Conscience of the King". (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period C 

Avenger: 
After rescuing Kevin Riley from the massacre, young James Kirk himself has a mysterious rescuer, who suppresses his memory of the incident. A sequel to the TV episode "The Conscience of the King". (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period F , G

Best Destiny 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1992 

sequel to: Final Frontier 

A rebellious sixteen-year old James Kirk accompanies his father into space aboard the Enterprise. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period F 
Vulcan's Forge 

     Sherman, Josepha & Susan Shwartz 
               Pocket, 1997 

The events precipitating the young Spock's decision to break with his father and join Starfleet. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period F 
The Kobayashi Maru 

     Ecklar, Julia 
               Pocket, 1989          TOS #47 

The experiences of Star Fleet academy cadets Kirk, Sulu, Chekov and Scott during the Kobayashi Maru scenario. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period B 
Dreams of the Raven 

     Carter, Carmen 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #34 

A bizarre incident from McCoy's early years as a young doctor could be the only salvation for the enbattled Enterprise. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period B 
Shadows on the Sun 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1993 

McCoy's disastrous marriage is chronicled. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period F 
Crisis on Centaurus 

     Ferguson, Brad 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #28 

Kirk's first encounter with McCoy as a young ensign on medical leave. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period B 
Vulcan's Glory 

     Fontana, D. C. 
               Pocket, 1989          TOS #44 

Spock's first mission on the Enterprise with Capt. Christopher Pike. 
Legacy 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1991          TOS #56 

Spock and Capt. Pike battle ruthless pirates. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period B 
The Captain's Table  (click here for complete synopsis) is a 6-part series encompassing all the TV shows and New Frontier. 

Book 6: Where Sea Meets Sky  (TOS) 
 
     Oltion, Jerry 
               Pocket, 1998

Capt. Pike weaves an intriguing yarn about deadly "space whales".
The Rift 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1991          TOS #57 

Spock and the Enterprise, under Capt. Pike encounter an enigmatic race through a rift in space. (told in flashback) 
                                              see also: TOS period E 
Enterprise, the First Adventure 

     McIntyre, Vonda N. 
               Pocket, 1986 

The young James Kirk takes command of the Enterprise
Strangers from the Sky 

     Bonanno, Margaret Wander 
               Pocket, 1987 

Kirk and Spock travel back in time to play a vital role in Earth's real "first contact" with the Vulcans. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period D 
A Private Anecdote 

     Dalton, Landon Cary, 1998 
 

Trapped in his ruined body at Starbase 11, Capt. Pike reflects on the thin line between 
illusion and reality. 

          A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

 
 
The Original Series
period B
  
 
Kirk's original 5-year mission and beyond,
up to his appointment as Admiral and the three-year 
refit of the Enterprise. 
 
 
The Abode of Life 

     Corey, Lee 
               Pocket, 1982          TOS #6 
 

sequels: 

Chain of Attack 

     DeWeese, Gene 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #32 

The Final Nexus 

     DeWeese, Gene 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #43 

Abode...: 
A hidden rip in space sends Kirk and the Enterprise across the galaxy, where they must depend on the warring factions of an isolated planet to help them repair the ship. 

Chain...: 
While investigating more of the mysterious rips in space, the Enterprise finds itself in a galaxy where every habitable planet has been destroyed by horrific weapons. 

...Nexus: 
The Enterprise discovers that the rips in space are causing galaxy-wide insanity. 

Assignment: Eternity 

     Cox, Greg 
               Pocket, 1998          TOS #84 

Kirk feels disinclined to help when the mysterious Gary Seven and his ditsy protege Roberta Lincoln time travel to the Enterprise and ask for assistance without explaining why. 
                                             see also: TOS period A, F  
Battlestations 

     Carey, Diane. 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #31 

sequel to: Dreadnought 

The surviving conspirators get control of a hideous new weapon and hijack the Enterprise to test it. 
The Better Man 

     Weinstein, Howard 
               Pocket, 1994          TOS #72 

McCoy discovers he has a daughter who may be killed for being genetically "imperfect". 
Black Fire 

     Cooper, Sonni 
               Pocket, 1982          TOS #8 

Spock and Scotty go AWOL to trace the cause of a bombing on the Enterprise in which Kirk was critically injured. 
Bloodthirst 

     Dillard, J.M. 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #37 

A banned biological weapon causing its victims to crave blood gets loose on the Enterprise
The Captain's Daughter 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1995          TOS #76 

While on leave, Sulu has an affair with a mysterious woman, and later learns she has borne him a daughter. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: TOS period F 
The Captain's Table  (click here for complete synopsis) is a 6-part series encompassing all the TV shows and New Frontier. 

Book 1: War Dragons (TOS)     
     Graf, L.A.       
               Pocket, 1998

Trying to recover from Gary Mitchell's recent death,  Kirk clashes with Spock over how to handle a group of pirates. 
                                             see also: TOS period F
Chain of Attack 

     DeWeese, Gene 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #32 

sequel to:   The Abode of Life 
prequel to: The Final Nexus 

The Enterprise discovers that the rips in space are causing galaxy-wide insanity. 
Corona 

     Bear, Greg 
               Pocket, 1984          TOS #15 

A reporter boards the Enterprise to chronicle the efforts to rescue a team of Vulcan scientists. 
Crisis on Centaurus 

     Ferguson, Brad 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #28 

Kirk and crew must hunt down the alien-hating bigots who exploded an antimatter bomb at a major spaceport. 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
Crossroad 

     Hambly, Barbara 
               Pocket, 1994          TOS #71 

A rebel starship from a dark, future Federation travels back in time to elicit help from Kirk and the Enterprise 
The Cry of the Onlies 

     Klass, Judy 
               Pocket, 1989          TOS #46 

The centuries-old children known as the "Onlies" steal an experimental starship designed by Kirk's old antagonist, the immortal Flint. A sequel to the TV episodes "Miri", "Dagger of the Mind" and "Requiem for Methuselah". 
Day of Honor  (click here for complete synopsis) is a 5-part series encompassing all the TV shows.  

Book 4: Treaty's Law  (TOS) 

     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch 
               Pocket, 1997 

 

 

The origin of the Day of Honor: Kirk and the Enterprise risk destruction by coming to the aid of a Klingon agricultural colony being attacked by unknown aliens. 

Death's Angel 

     Sky, Kathleen 
               Bantam, 1981 

Shortly after a survey team recovers from mysterious comas, ambassadors heading toward a contentious conference are visited by a being calling itself "The Angel of Death". 
Demons 

     Dillard, J.M. 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #30 
 

sequel: 

Possession  (TNG period H

     Dillard, J.M. & Kathleen O' Malley 
               Pocket, 1996          TNG #40 

Demons: 
Spock and McCoy race to save Kirk and their fellow crewmates, whose minds have been taken over by evil beings the size of sub-atomic particles. 

Possession: 
The evil sub-atomic beings which infected Kirk and his crew 80 years earlier are accidentally released and attack Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D

Devil World 

     Eklund, Gordon 
               Bantam, 1979 

Kirk falls in love with a dying woman while on a mision to retrieve a traitor from the planet Heartland, inhabitated by demon-like beings. 
The Disinherited 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1992          TOS #59 

Uhura is assigned temporary duty on the Lexington while Kirk and the Enterprise track raiders preying on colony worlds. 
Doctor's Orders 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1990          TOS #50 

When Kirk disappears, a joke he played on McCoy backfires, leaving the doctor in command of the Enterprise
Double, Double 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1989          TOS #45 

The androids from the TV espisode "What are Little Girls Made of?" return to take control of the Enterprise
Dreadnought 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #29 
 

sequel: 

Battlestations 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #31 

Dreadnought: 
Young Lt. Piper, just starting her tour on the Enterprise, may be the key to halting an attempted takeover of Star Fleet by a cadre of renegade admirals. 
 

Battlestations: 
The surviving conspirators get control of a hideous new weapon and hijack the Enterprise to test it. 

Dreams of the Raven 

     Carter, Carmen 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #34 

An accident causes McCoy to lose his memory of the last 25 years just as the Enterprise is attacked by mysterious aliens. 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
The Entropy Effect 

     McIntyre, Vonda N. 
               Pocket, 1981          TOS #2 

Spock and McCoy must rewrite the past to prevent Kirk from being murdered. 
Faces of Fire 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1992          TOS #58 

Kirk encounters the ten-year old son he never knew about. 
The Fate of the Phoenix 

     Marshak, Sondra & Myrna Culbreath 
               Bantam, 1979 

sequel to: The Price of the Phoenix 

Kirk and his "twin" once again confront the evil genius Omne, while trying to cope with their extraordinary situation. 
Federation 

     Reeves-Stevens, Garfield 
               Pocket, 1994 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

The centuries-long trials and travails of Zefram Cochrane, including his encounters with Kirk's Enterprise and Picard's Enterprise-D in his old age. A sequel to the TV episodes "Journey to Babel" and "Metamorphosis". 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
Final Frontier 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1988 

Reading old letters from his father helps Kirk deal with his anguish following the death of Edith Keeler. A sequel to the TV episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
The Final Nexus 

     DeWeese, Gene 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #43 

sequel to: The Abode of Life 
and:          Chain of Attack 

The Enterprise discovers that the rips in space are causing galaxy-wide insanity. 
First Frontier 

     Carey, Diane & James I. Kirkland 
               Pocket, 1995          TOS #75 

Kirk and company travel back in time 65 million years to undo a time change in which Earth's dinosaurs never became extinct and humans never evolved. 
First Strike see Invasion: First Strike 
From the Depths 

     Milan, Victor 
               Pocket, 1993          TOS #66 

The Klingons frame Kirk for sabotage which destroyed an immense floating city. 
The Galactic Whirlpool 

     Gerrold, David 
               Bantam, 1980 

The Enterprise tries to save a damaged, centuries-old colony ship from drifting into a spatial hazard which could destroy it. 
Ghost-Walker 

     Hambly, Barbara 
               Pocket, 1991          TOS #53 

Kirk's spirit haunts the Enterprise after his body is taken over by a telepathic alien who assumes his identity. 
The Great Starship Race 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1993          TOS #67 

Against his better judgment, Kirk is forced to let the Romulans participate in a galactic starship race sponsored by a newly contacted civilization. 
Heart of the Sun 

     Sargent, Pamela & George Zebrowski 
               Pocket, 1997          TOS #83 

The Enterprise offers aid when a drifting space station of unknown origin threatens an inhabited planet, but the mission is hampered by opposing factions in the government. 
How Much for Just the Planet? 

     Ford, John M. 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #36 

Comedy ensues when Kirk gets into a bidding war with the Klingons for the dilithium resources of the planet Direidi. 
Ice Trap 

     Graf, L. A. 
               Pocket, 1992          TOS #60 

The Enterprise investigates an outbreak of mental illness and the disappearance of a research team on an icebound planet. 
The IDIC Epidemic 

     Lorrah, Jean 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #38 

sequel to: The Vulcan Academy Murders 

Sarek and Amanda accompany the Enterprise to a science colony where a plague has broken out. 
Invasion  (4-part series encompassing all the TV shows.)   

Original Series: First Strike   
     Carey, Diane    
               Pocket, 1996          TOS #79   

sequels:    

Next Generation: The Soldiers of Fear    
     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch     
               Pocket, 1996          TNG #41    

Deep Space NineTime's Enemy    
     Graf, L. S.     
               Pocket, 1996          DS9 #16    

VoyagerThe Final Fury    
     Dafydd ab Hugh     
               Pocket, 1996          VOY #9  
A "Next Generation" crossover novel  

TOS: 
The panicked Klingons run to Kirk for help after encountering a ship carrying demonic aliens called the Fury from their and the Federation's distant past. 
 
TNG: 
Eighty years after their ignominius defeat by Kirk, the Furies return in force with a weapon that throws paralyzing fear into Picard and his crew. 
 
DS9: 
The discovery of the Defiant, trapped in a comet for five thousand years, seems to indicate that Sisko and his crew will have a fatal confrontation with the Furies in the near future. 
 
VOY: 
Voyager discovers the grim homeworld of the Furies while responding to a distress call from a Federation shuttle 
Ishmael 

     Hambly, Barbara 
               Pocket, 1985          TOS #23 

While his crewmates search the past for him, an amnesiac Spock must live disguised as a human in the old Seattle of the TV series "Here Come the Brides". Characters from "Bonanza" and "Have Gun will Travel" also appear. 
The Joy Machine 

     Gunn, James 
               Pocket, 1996          TOS #80 

Kirk and his officers are stranded on a planet in which the inhabitants have succumbed to the soul destroying "pleasures" offered by a master computer. 
 
Killing Time  

     Van Hise, Della 
               Pocket, 1985          TOS #24 

An altered timestream pits a drug addicted Ensign Kirk against an implacable Captain Spock. 
The Klingon Gambit 

     Vardeman, Robert E. 
               Pocket, 1981          TOS #3 

The Enterprise must protect a fabulous archaeological discovery from marauding Klingons. 
The Kobayashi Maru 

     Ecklar, Julia 
               Pocket, 1989          TOS #47 

Kirk and several others examine their lives as they are stranded in a powerless shuttle which is losing life support. 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
Legacy 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1991          TOS #56 

The Enterprise must respond to a distress call, leaving Kirk and three others buried alive after an earthquake. 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
Memory Prime 

     Reeves-Stevens, Gar 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #42 

Spock is accused of terrorism and murder. A sequel to the TV episode "The Lights of Zetar". 
Mindshadow 

     Dillard, J.M. 
               Pocket, 1986          TOS #27 

Spock is brain-damaged after a terrible fall. 
Mudd in your Eye 

     Oltion, Jerry 
               Pocket, 1997          TOS #81 

Kirk has trouble believing conman Harry Mudd has peacefully settled a centuries old interplanetary war. 
Mudd's Angels 

     Lawrence, A. J. 
               Bantam, 1978 

Novelization of the TV episodes chronicling Kirk's encounters with outrageous galactic conman Harry Mudd. 
Mutiny on the Enterprise 

     Vardeman, Robert E. 
               Pocket, 1983          TOS #12 

A pacifist telepath "incites" Kirk's crew into a non-violent mutiny which could kill everyone on board the ship. 
My Enemy, My Ally 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1984          TOS #18 
 

sequel: 

The Romulan Way 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #35 

My Enemy...: 
A Romulan commander and her loyal crew defect to the Federation to try and halt the implementation of a Romulan plan to take over the galaxy using mind control power enhanced by the brain tissue of murdered Vulcans. 

Romulan Way: 
A Federation spy on Romulus is in danger of being discovered when McCoy is kidnapped and brought to Romulus for trial. 

The Patrian Transgression 

     Hawke, Simon 
               Pocket, 1994          TOS #69 

Planet Patria I seems bound for Federation membership until Kirk discovers their laws are enforced by thought police – and that thought crimes are punishable by death. 
Pawns and Symbols 

     Larson, Majliss 
               Pocket, 1985          TOS #26 

A Federation agricultural scientist is kidnapped by the Klingons to help end a famine. 
Perry's Planet 

     Haldeman, Jack C., II 
               Bantam, 1980 

The Enterprise crew is infected by a strange virus rendering them incapable of "violent" thoughts or actions just as a Klingon warship arrives on the scene. 
Planet of Judgment 

     Haldeman, Joe 
               Bantam, 1977 

A race of super telepaths use the crew of the Enterprise to forestall a galactic invasion. 
The Price of the Phoenix 

     Marshak, Sondra & Myrna Culbreath 
               Bantam, 1977 
 

sequel: 

Fate of the Phoenix 

     Marshak, Sondra & Myrna Culbreath 
               Bantam, 1979 

Price...: 
A duplicate Kirk is created by a mad scientist intent on "owning the man who can't be owned". 
 

Fate...: 
Kirk and his "twin" once again confront the evil genius Omne, while trying to cope with their extraordinary situation. 

Prime Directive 

     Reeves-Stevens, Garfield 
               Pocket, 1990 

Kirk is drummed out of Star Fleet and becomes an outcast after his disregard of the Prime Directive results in the destruction of a protected world. 
Q-Squared 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1994 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

The complete story of what really turned Kirk's friend Gary Mitchell into a sadistic superbeing is revealed. (told in flashback) A sequel to the TV episodes "Where No Man has Gone Before" and "The Squire of Gothos". 
Renegade 

     DeWeese, Gene 
               Pocket, 1991          TOS #55 

Kirk's old nemesis Ben Finney helps the Klingons develop a computer virus which could destroy the Federation. A sequel to the TV episode "Court Martial". 
Requiem 

     Friedman, Michael Jan & Kevin Ryan 
               Pocket, 1994          TNG #32 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

Picard is hurled back in time to the Federation colony on Cestus Three just prior to the the Gorn massacre of the colonists and the intervention by Captain Kirk. A sequel to the original series TV episode "Arena". 
The Rings of Tautee 

     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch 
               Pocket, 1996          TOS #78 

Kirk tries to find a way around the Prime Directive to rescue the survivors of a pre-warp civilization who destroyed their solar system through the misuse of technology. 
The Romulan Way 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1987          TOS #35 

sequel to: My Enemy, My Ally 

A Federation spy on Romulus is in danger of being discovered when McCoy is kidnapped and brought to Romulus for trial. 
Sanctuary 

     Vornholt, John 
               Pocket, 1992          TOS #61 

Kirk, Spock and McCoy trail a smuggler to the mysterious planet Sanctuary, actually a deadly trap instead of a refuge. 
Shadow Lord 

     Yep, Laurence 
               Pocket, 1985          TOS #22 

Cut off from the Enterprise, Spock and Sulu find themselves caught up in a bloody revolution on a primitive planet. 
Spock, Messiah! 

     Cogswell, Theodore & Charles Spano 
               Bantam, 1976 

Spock becomes a fiery revolutionary after a mind meld with an insane mystic. 
Spock Must Die! 

     Blish, James 
               Bantam, 1970 

A transporter accident creates an evil mirror twin of Spock. 
Spock's World 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1988 

sequel to: The Wounded Sky 

Kirk, Spock and McCoy become key players in an attempt to stop Vulcan from seceding from the Federation. 
                                             see also: TOS period A 
Star Trek: Log One, Log Two, Log Three 

     Foster, Alan Dean 
               Ballantine, 1993

Novelizations of the animated television series episodes.
Star Trek: Log Four, Log Five, Log Six 

     Foster Dean Alan 
               Ballantine, 1993

Novelizations of the animated television series episodes.
Star Trek: Log Seven, Log Eight, Log Nine 

     Foster, Alan Dean 
               Ballantine, 1993

Novelizations of the animated television series episodes.
Star Trek: Log Ten 

     Foster, Alan Dean 
               Ballantine, 1993

Novelizations of the animated television series episodes.
Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 1 

     Blish, James 
               Bantam, 1991 

Short novelizations of the first season television episodes.
Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 2 

     Blish, James 
               Bantam, 1991 

Short novelizations of the second season television episodes.
Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 3 

     Blish, James 
               Bantam, 1991 

Short novelizations of the third season television episodes.
Star Trek: The New Voyages 
(short stories) 

               Bantam, 1976 

Ni Var 
 

Intersection Point 
 

The Enchanted Pool 
 

Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited 
 

The Hunting 
 

The Winged Dreamers 
 

Mind-Sifter 

 

 

A dying scientist divides Spock into a human and a Vulcan. 

A collision opens a rift in the hull leading to another universe. 

Spock discovers a fairy trapped with him in a force field. 

Actors William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley suddenly find themselves on the real starship Enterprise

McCoy must save Spock after he mind melds with an animal. 

The crew falls victim to powerful deadly hallucinations. 

An insane Kirk is confined to a 1950's mental hospital. 

Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 
(short stories) 

               Bantam, 1978 

Surprise! 
 

Snake Pit! 
 

In the Maze 
 

Marginal Existence 
 

The Procustean Petard 
 

The Sleeping God 

 

 

The crew organizes a surprise birthday party for Kirk. 

Chapel must prevent Kirk from becoming a ritual sacrifice. 

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are trapped in an experimenter's maze. 

The crew finds a city whose inhabitants are held in suspension. 

The crew is subjected to an alien machine which alters their chromosomes, changing male to female and vice versa. 

A genius held in suspended animation is the galaxy's only hope of surviving an invasion by a machine civilization. 

The Starship Trap 

     Gilden, Mel 
               Pocket, 1993          TOS #64 

A political observer causes difficulties as Kirk investigates mysterious attacks on Federation, Klingon and Romulan ships. 
The Starless World 

     Eklund, Gordon 
               Bantam, 1978 

Uhura encounters her long missing father on a hollow planet drifting helplessly toward a black hole. 
The Tears of the Singers 

     Snodgrass, Melinda 
               Pocket, 1984          TOS #19 

Enterprise must protect aliens who are being slaughtered for the crystal tears they cry. 
The Three-Minute Universe 

     Paul, Barbara 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #41 

Kirk, Chekov, Uhura and Scotty are captured by hideous aliens, who are holding the galaxy for ransom with a weapon capable of destroying the universe. 
Timetrap 

     Dvorkin, David 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #40 

An injured Kirk awakens 100 years in the future to find himself being cared for by benevolent "New Klingons". 
Trek to Madworld 

     Goldin, Stephen 
               Bantam, 1979 

A rogue Organian hijacks the Enterprise, as well as Klingon and Romulan warships, and offers a fabulous prize to the crew which can solve the problem of why he isn't satisfied with his life anymore. 
The Trellisane Confrontation 

     Dvorkin, David 
               Pocket, 1984          TOS #14 

Chapel accidentally melds with an alien terrorist while Kirk, the Klingons and the Romulans vie for position with warring factions on the planet Trellisane. 
Trials & Tribble-ations 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1996 

A "Deep Space Nine" crossover novel 

Novelization of the DS9 TV episode. Kirk's comic encounter with the prolific tribbles is viewed through the eyes of Sisko and the crew of the Defiant when they are thrust back in time and must prevent Kirk's assassination by a bitter former Klingon spy. A sequel to the original series TV episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". 
Triangle 

     Marshak, Sondra & Myrna Culbreath 
               Pocket, 1983          TOS #9 

Two opposing telepathic cults try to gain control over Kirk. 
Twilight's End 

     Oltion, Jerry 
               Pocket, 1996          TOS #77 

Kirk is kidnapped in an attempt to stop the project to rotate the planet Rimillia with powerful engines to give it a normal day and night cycle. 
Uhura's Song 

     Kagan, Janet 
               Pocket, 1985          TOS #21 

The Enterprise makes first contact with a race of sentient cats, hoping to obtain a cure to a fatal galaxy-wide epidemic 
Vulcan 

     Sky, Kathleen 
               Bantam, 1978 

The presence of a Vulcan-hating scientist threatens not only the crew's morale, but an important mission to determine the sentience of an alien race about to fall under Romulan control. 
The Vulcan Academy Murders 

     Lorrah, Jean 
               Pocket, 1984          TOS #20 
 

sequel: 

The IDIC Epidemic 

     Lorrah, Jean 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #38 

...Murders: 
Kirk and McCoy accompany Spock to Vulcan, where a series of inexplicable murders endangers Amanda, Spock's seriously ill mother. 

 
...Epidemic: 
Sarek and Amanda accompany the Enterprise to a science colony where a plague has broken out. 

War Dragons   see The Captain's Table
Web of the Romulans 

     Murdock, M. S. 
               Pocket, 1993          TOS #10 

The Enterprise is disabled by a lovesick computer just as the Romulans invade the Federation. Sequel to the TV episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday". 
Windows on a Lost World 

     Mitchell, V.E. 
               Pocket, 1993          TOS #65 

An alien transporter turns Kirk and several others into vicious beings who ruled the galaxy millenia ago. 
World Without End 

     Haldeman, Joe 
               Bantam, 1979 

When the Enterprise is trapped in the gravity-well of an immense planet, its distress signal is unfortunately picked up by the Klingons instead of by the Federation. 
The Wounded Sky 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1983               TOS #13 
 

sequel: 

Spock's World 

     Duane, Diane 
               Pocket, 1988. 

...Sky: 
The installation of an experimental new warp drive causes unexpected reactions in the Enterprise crew and imperils the galaxy. 
 

...World: 
Kirk, Spock and McCoy become key players in an attempt to stop Vulcan from seceding from the Federation. 
                                             see also: TOS period A 

Yesterday's Son 

     Crispin, A.C. 
               Pocket, 1983          TOS #11 
 

sequel: 

Time for Yesterday  (TOS period D

     Crispin, A.C. 
               Pocket, 1988          TOS #39 

...Son: 
Spock uses the Guardian of Forever to retrieve the son Zarabeth bore him in the long ago past of the destroyed world Sarpeidon. A sequel to the TV episodes "All Our Yesterdays" and "City on the Edge of Forever". 

Time...: 
Kirk, Spock and McCoy return to Sarpeidon's past to enlist the help of Spock's son, Zar, who may be the only hope of saving the galaxy from the out of control Guardian of Forever. 

 
to periods C - G
 
 
 


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