Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:53AM4 comments ›
Wed Feb 27, 2008 — by Van Jensen
Peter David to Pen New 'Star Trek' Series
'Star Trek: New Frontier' boldly goes into comics
Marking the 10th anniversary of Star Trek: New Frontier, IDW announced it will be publishing a New Frontier comics series written by Peter David. Trekweb has a full report on the series, which is set to debut next month.
The five-part series will feature art by Stephen Thompson (Beneath the Valley of the Rage). The story picks up from the Star Trek novels published by Pocket Books.
David has written several Star Trek novels in addition to his extensive comic book work. The story of the new series is described in a press release:
In the new story, Turnaround, the most dangerous experimental vessel in the galaxy - a prototype time ship - has vanished, and it appears that the man who stole it is none other than Starfleet Admiral Edward Jellico. Only Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the Excalibur have a hope of finding him before the ship, intended purely for scientific exploration, is used to disrupt the space-time continuum.
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Comments (4)
Mike Gold (11:26 AM on Wed Feb 27, 2008)
Several? I think Peter's written more Star Trek than Roddenberry.
J. Andrew World (5:01 PM on Wed Feb 27, 2008)
More then Rick Berman and Roddenberry put together!
Mike Gold (5:04 PM on Wed Feb 27, 2008)
Despite the fact that I'm tight with a LOT of people who write these Star Trek stories -- including our own Bob Greenberger and Glenn Hauman -- I've got to admit that tie-in stories don't do much for me. But I've read the first half-dozen or so of Peter's New Frontier novels (thus far) and I strongly recommend them.
Marilee J. Layman (6:39 PM on Wed Feb 27, 2008)
And they apparently circulate like crazy at the library. Our library doesn't have much money (the county is spending millions on harassing immigrants instead) so we have four bookcases of media tie-ins and two of SFF and even those tend to be classics.