STAR TREK CORPS OF ENGINEERS - WOUNDS

POCKET BOOKS

Written by Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne, Cory Rushton

Based upon STAR TREK and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION created by Gene Roddenberry and STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller

Copyright Star Trek S.C.E.: Malefictorum copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Lost Time copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Identity Crisis copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Fables of the Prime Directive copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Securitycopyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Wounds copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.

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In Wounds, an anthology of the Star Trek Corp of Engineers with five stories by Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne, and Cory Rushton,

I like the fact that, while each story in this anthology can be read separately, the stories interconnect and build on each other. The SCE deal with the aftermath of the Dominion War. Starting with the murder of two crewmen, to dealing with a threat from the Mirror Universe, to eventually having Doctor's Lense and Bashir crashing on a war-torn planet.

After being stranded on the war-torn planet, Doctor Lense's life changes forever.

Pancho 
All people smile in the same language.
 

STAR TREK - STRANGE NEW WORLDS

POCKET BOOKS

Edited by Dean Wesley Smith with John J. Ordover and Paula M. Block

Copyright 1998 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.



In Star Trek - Strange New Worlds, a competition of new Star Trek short stories that were written by Star Trek fans is collected in this anthology of eighteen stories. These fan stories are set during the series Star Trek, Star Trek - The Next Generation, Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek - Voyager.

This is the first of the annual Strange New Worlds anthologies composed of the best of the Star Trek contest fan written short stories that was conducted every year for ten years by Pocket Books, of which the anthology included the prize winners. Included in this anthology is a Because We Can section, where editors John J. Ordover and Paula M. Block added their own stories - which broke the contest rules, hence the title of the section: Because We Can. The anthology at the end of the book has the contest rules for the Trek fan written short stories that were to be submitted for the next volume of the Strange New Worlds anthologies. The anthology also at the end of the book has a biographical list of the fan fiction contributors.

I happened to have enjoyed these fan written stories created for this anthology, and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the anthologies. Although, Paula Block's story definitely does not follow the contest rules. Block's story "The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly's Feet" actually could just have been set in any other space adventure - especially since it does not have any of the regular Star Trek characters in the story, but the story was rather cute.

Pancho
All people smile in the same language.

STAR TREK - TALES FROM THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE

POCKET BOOKS

Edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Copyright 2005 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

STAR TREK - TALES FROM THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE, edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido, is an anthology of stories that are based on the idea of The Captain's Table, which is a multi-dimensional space bar that allows Captain's from various times and planets to come in to gather and have a friendly drink - which is paid for by telling a story.

With the bartender Cap as the only recurring character at home in The Captain's Table, he provides a sense of continuity between all the stories of the anthology as Cap welcomes back all of these captains into his bar. The anthology contains nine stories from nine different captains from all the various series. The stories are of Captains Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Stargazer told by Michael Jan Friedman, Elizabeth Shelby of the U.S.S Trident told by Peter David, Klag of the I.K.S Gorkon told by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Kira Nerys of Deep Space 9 told by Heather Jarman, Jonathan Archer of the Starship Enterprise told by Louisa M. Swann, Demora Sulu of the U.S.S Enterprise B told by David R. George III, Chakotay of the U.S.S. Voyager told by Christie Golden, and David Gold of the U.S.S. da Vinci told by John J. Ordover. These stories are written by some of Star Trek's best writers. These stories range from serious to comedic, adventure and romance, triumph and tragedy, duty and honor and are mostly told in first person which is befitting for a story told in a bar.

Due to the deminsionality of The Captain's Table and the telling of the tales, Demora Sulu appears at various ages of her life in this anthology. I mostly think of Demora Sulu as a young impetuous Starfleet officer as portrayed in The Captain's Daughter, instead of the older mature woman Captain of the Enterprise despite being in other stories besides The Captain's Daughter.

Pancho
All people smile in the same language.