Star Trek 2 (Novel)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Published by | Bantam Books |
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| Written by | James Blish |
| Released | Feb 1968 |
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The Ultimate Trip! Worlds Beyond Time! Worlds Beyond Ken!
Based on the exciting NBC-TV series created by Gene Roddenberry
Eight journeys into the unexpected with the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Travel to the unexplored reaches of outer space, to worlds where humans are an alien race and the unusual is routine. Astonishing new worlds of strange beings, bizarre customs, unknown dangers and awesome excitement.
- A world where war is fought by computers!
- A world inhabited by great lizard-like creatures of conquest!
- A world ravaged by a relentless plague of madness and death!
- A world where life has developed beyond the need for physical bodies!
Travel now to the bold new worlds of tomorrow.
Circling the Solar Sphere in Search of New Worlds and High Adventure
Captain James Kirk—Assigned to the top position in Space Service—Starship Command—Kirk alone must make decisions in his contact with other worlds that can affect the future course of civilization throughout the Universe.
Science Officer Spock—Inheriting a precise, logical thinking pattern from his father, a native of the planet Vulcan, Mr. Spock maintains a dangerous Earth trait… an intense curiousity about things of alien origin.
Lt. Uhura—Easily the most popular member of the crew, the truly "out-of-this-world" female has drawn the important assignment of scan engineer on her first mission in deep space.
With a crew of 400 skilled specialists, the mammoth space ship Enterprise blasts off for intergalactic intrigue in the unexplored realms of outer space.
Arena
Adapted from the episode Arena, with a teleplay by Gene L. Coon, from a story by Fredric Brown.
Stardate 3045.6: Kirk is pitted in a barehanded duel with a Gorn.
Captain Kirk receives a request from Commodore Travers to visit the Star Fleet base on the new colony at Cestus III. Upon arriving, Kirk finds the base completely destroyed. Suddenly Kirk and his landing party are ambushed; the call was a trap, set by the attackers. The Enterprise follows the enemy ship, but the two vessels intrude upon the territory of the powerful Metrons, who decide to settle the conflict by having Kirk fight the alien commander, a Gorn, in single combat: the loser's ship will be destroyed. The Gorn is a human-sized, immensely strong reptilian being, as resourceful as Kirk in battle. The captain manages to construct a weapon with which he defeats the Gorn—and his refusal to kill his defeated opponent impresses the Metrons. Perhaps one day, they tell Kirk, the Federation may be mature enough to meet them as friends and equals.
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A Taste of Armageddon
Adapted from the episode A Taste of Armageddon, written by NAME.
Stardate 3192.1: The Enterprise is diverted by two planets fighting a computerized war.
The Enterprise journeys to planet Eminiar VII to establish diplomatic contact. Although the Eminians warn Captain Kirk against visiting, at the insistence of Federation Ambassador Robert Fox, a landing party beams down. They discover Eminiar has been at war for centuries with its neighbor world, Vendikar. Suddenly, Kirk is informed that the Enterprise has been declared a "casualty," and all aboard her are considered dead. Through Eminiar's council head, Anan 7, and a young woman named Mea 3, Kirk learns that the "war" is fought with computers: "casualties" on both planets willingly enter antimatter chambers and die to prevent all-out destruction. After the landing party is imprisoned, Ambassador Fox beams down and learns of the situation—whereupon Kirk and Spock escape and destroy Eminiar's computers. Now, Kirk tells the Eminiars, they will have to fight their war for real. To escape the horrors of material destruction, the two worlds, with the aid of Ambassador Fox, begin to negotiate for peace.
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Tomorrow is Yesterday
Adapted from the episode Tomorrow is Yesterday, written by NAME.
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Errand of Mercy
Adapted from the episode Errand of Mercy, written by NAME.
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Court Martial
Adapted from the episode Court Martial, written by NAME.
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Operation—Annihilate!
Adapted from the episode Operation -- Annihilate!, written by NAME.
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The City on the Edge of Forever
Adapted from the episode The City on the Edge of Forever, written by Harlan Ellison.
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Space Seed
Adapted from the episode Space Seed, written by NAME.
