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Chakotay of the U.S.S. Voyager, as told by Christie Golden
David Gold of the U.S.S. da Vinci, as told by John J. Ordover
Kira Nerys of Deep Space 9, as told by Heather Jarman
Klag, son of M'Raq, of the I.K.S. Gorkon, as told by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Stargazer, as told by Michael Jan Friedman
William T. Riker of the U.S.S. Titan, as told by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels
Elizabeth Shelby of the U.S.S. Trident, as told by Peter David
Demora Sulu of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B, as told by David R. George III
From the weekly episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise to the monthly adventures of S.C., from the bestselling novel Serpents Among the Ruins to the bestselling series New Frontier, from the past tales of Stargazer to the new stories of Titan, from the glorious exploits of I.K.S. Gorkon to the post-finale chronicles of Deep Space Nine and Voyager, come nine new stories from the nine newest members of Star Trek's finest and bravest shipmasters.
Back in the mists of history, around 1997, the Captain's Table was built, to float forever in time and space, allowing only captains of ships through the big wooden front door. If my memory serves, the creation of the Captain's Table was slow, like any construction process -- a labor of love carried out over a number of phone calls between myself and former Pocket Books editor John Ordover.
John and I both loved the tradition of bars in literature, and often talked about the White Hart, one of our favorites. I'm not sure of the exact conversation between us that sent the Captain's Table into full construction, but I do remember that at one point John suggested I create the bar.
Since I had worked as a bartender and have a degree in architecture that I have seldom used, it was a logical assignment. I took the task very seriously, actually going to my architectural studio and drawing up floor plans. As I would in any good design, I included restrooms, determined the location of stairs, provided for liquor storage, and so on. Every detail, all to scale. Then John and I worked out the characters who would be regulars, who would be there to listen to the captains' stories.
We developed the rules of the bar, and how it works with captains of ships from any time and any space. We developed the tradition of captains telling tales, and many of the other details that threaded their way into the bar. Then John hired eight of his writers to bring the Captain's Table to life and write six novels. He assigned each the task of writing in first person, from the captain's point of view while in the bar.
Since I had designed the bar, I was given first choice and picked Benjamin Sisko, writing with my wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The team of L.A. Graf took Jim Kirk and Hikaru Sulu, Diane Carey wrote about Kathryn Janeway, Michael Jan Friedman got to record Jean-Luc Picard's story, Jerry Oltion told Christopher Pike's, and Peter David told Mackenzie Calhoun's tale.
John kept everyone together in details and timeline, even managing to have the different books linked by last and first chapters, with one captain leaving the bar while another came in. John even had the artist put in the faces of the authors in the crowd scene behind the captains in the cover paintings and on the big poster. Only not always on our own books. (Hint: Kris and I are right behind Captain Janeway.)
As a hard-core Star Trek fan, this was all grand fun for me, not only the creation of the bar, but writing the novel. Since then, I have been editing Strange New Worlds, the annual-contest anthology that lets the fans into the professional writing side of Star Trek. Over the years, my biggest regret has been that the rules of Strange New Worlds don't allow Captain's Table stories. I've really wanted to read more about the bar that floated out there, giving the captains of ships a needed place to relax.
Now Keith R.A. DeCandido has solved that problem with this wonderful book, getting some of the best Star Trek writers to drop in to the Captain's Table and listen to more stories from many varied captains. I feel like I have come home.
So sit back and enjoy great stories in one of the most interesting and strange places in all of time and space. And when you leave, don't forget to tip the bartender.
Copyright © 2005 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
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Posted June 28, 2008
The Klingon adventure continues with, `Star Trek Klingon Empire - A Burning House.¿ I could not put this book down. I read through the night and on into the early morning hours. I had to know what happened from one chapter to the next. I felt this book was the best follow up to the three IKS Gorkon novels and taught me more about each character¿s inner workings. I believe I now understand why each reacted or acted the way they had in the past voyages. The Klingon way of life was presented in the most invigorating manner by the outstanding writer, Keith R.A. DeCandido. If you thought you knew about Klingons, you do not know the half of it. Read this book and you will get a better understanding. I sit on pins and needles awaiting the next episode.
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Posted January 24, 2012
I guess this was an early ebook, because although the stories are very nice and enjoyable, the formatting is pretty bad. If you like the Starfleet Corps of Engineers stories, this is a good ebook. Just be aware of 2 major problems:
1) The margins are hardcoded (at least on Nook for Android) and are quite wide, wasting a lot of screen space on small screens.
2) There are a lot of spaces missing, leading to things like "screen of the Enterprisebridge" or "Da VincitoEnterpriseshuttlecraftCook". Yes, there was only 1 space in that last example.
If you can deal with that, then I recommend this ebook collection, but I definitely subtracted a star because of these problems.
I picked this book up for only one story (the first in the book, Riker's), but was pleasantly surprised by this collection. The first few are kind of interwoven, and it's done remarkably well. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Posted June 29, 2009
I enjoyed it. One of several books making a nice transition from "The Gods of Night" trilogy. Lays out some interesting plotlines and development regarding the political landscape, particularly regarding the balance of power.
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Posted May 25, 2009
The author does a good job of tying together the crews from the various shows against a Borg invasion. The story provides an option of the Borg's birth with a ending for reades which is comforting and touching. Readers should enjoy this book.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I came upon the Star Trek: Myriad Universes by accident while visiting a local bookstore and instantly became hooked. Even though I enough almost all stories involving the Mirror Universe setup by the late Gene Roddenberry, I found this new series very intriguing. All the authors visit the Star Trek Universe as if they were visiting established history in our own world and timeline. The indebt look at the possible outcome of Cardassia never leaving Bajor and the outcomes of that decision was brow-lifting. Chris Roberson did a great job with Data and Lores story! Geoff Trowbridge's story about what would have happened if Spock had died as a child and never joined Starfleet was very intriguing! I recommend this book to anyone who has ever asked themselves 'what if the shows writers had chosen to go in this direction instead of the one originally chosen?'
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Posted March 23, 2009
great book for sci fi fans
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Picking up on plotlines left over from the nine-book Next Generation "A Time To..." miniseries, prolific Trek scribe DeCandido chronicles the first year of Federation President Nan Bacco's term of office. Fans of "The West Wing" will feel right at home here, as Bacco and her senior staff deal with the momentous and the mundane on a daily basis. A must-read for Trekkies, although political junkies of all stripes who admired Martin Sheen's idealized Jed Bartlett on "West Wing" will find much to like in DeCandido's portrayal of the equally steely yet down-to-earth Nan Bacco.
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Posted March 27, 2006
Articles of the Federation addresses a part of Star Trek we rarely got to see: the political workings of the Federation, as opposed to Starfleet's exploits and the Federation's reactions to them. The parallels to 20th and 21st Century politics is striking in this book. It does not take too much of a leap to see that the author, Mr. DeCandido, mirrored the events of this book on present day politics. Tezwa is Iraq. The ousted (and presumed murdered by Section 31) Federation President Min Zife is President George W. Bush, and his Chief of Staff, Koll Azernal is Karl Rove.The HapHoch experiment is the Star Trek universe's Global Warming and Kyoto Treaty. It is clear where Mr. DeCandido's political leanings lie (with the Left, or at least, anti-war and anti-Bush). Star Trek has always been a futuristic critique on social and political events during our own time. The way the writers of the show produced these critiques was always with subtlety and finesse. Mr. DeCandido uses a blunt club that almose comes out as partisanship masked in the glory of Star Trek. I found it a somewhat cheap shot at our current President and his mission in Iraq. However, putting aside my political observations, Articles of the Federation fleshed out a lot of what we don't know about the Federation, Starfleet and some of our favorite characters. Mr. DeCandido's character Nan Bacco, the new president of the Federation is someone everyone would love, and every American wants as President, and hasn't had, perhaps ever. A straight talker who always does the right thing. Mr. DeCandido almost makes up for this 'blunt club' with showing that even in the 24th Century, the voters want an honest, straight-talking, moral leader. Nan Bacco is that in spades. A good book to read to flesh out your knowledge of Trek post-Nemesis. It gets rather slow in some parts, but do not let that deter you...finishing the book is a must for any Trek fan.
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Posted August 11, 2005
A must read. If you don't read this one, you will be totally lost in the 'new' Star Trek universe. Who would have thought a book about politicians could be so great!
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Overview
In this follow-up to the bestselling Captain's Table series of books, nine new Star Trek® captains belly up to the bar to tell their tales of adventure and romance, of triumph and tragedy, of duty and honor, of debts paid and prices exacted, including: Jonathan Archer of the Starship Enterprise, as told by Louisa Swann
Chakotay of the U.S.S. Voyager, as told by Christie Golden
David Gold of the U.S.S. da Vinci, as told by John J. Ordover
Kira Nerys of Deep Space 9, as told by ...