Star Trek

by James Blish

Book Overview

Bantam Book F3459. Published January 1967. Signature of owner on inside cover. No creases to covers or spine. Pages are firmly attached, very clean. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553138693
• ISBN13: 9780553138696
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

I also received book 9 instead of 1. Kept it and ordered 1 again,not under this listing. (verified I

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Received Wrong Book

I'm not so sure what everyone else here is so happy about. I order this book and received Star Trek 9. When I tried to return it, the system tells me that this item is not eligible for return. I don't seem to be able to find a phone number to call anyone. So, this is not the kind of customer service that I expect.

Star Trek is a classic!

The book arrived promptly and in good condition!

The First of 12 Star Trek Adaptation Books by James Blish

James Blish began adapting the stories of the original Star Trek television show in 1967. The first paperback book was titled "Star Trek," and has been retitled "Star Trek 1" in this hardback reissue. This handsome hardback book contains seven stories from the first season of the television show. The first story is "Charlie's Law," which was the second episode of the first season. Charlie was rescued from the planet Thasus after being marooned there for 14 years, the sole survivor of a crash. The crew of the rescuing ship, the Antares, remarked that Charlie was sweet and remarkably intelligent. However, Charlie is more; much more. Soon the crew of the Enterprise is fighting for their survival as Charlie reveals the true extent of his abilities. The second story is "Dagger of the Mind," which was the ninth episode of the first season. The Enterprise visits a penal planet where Dr. Simon Van Gelder sneaks aboard ship. Dr. Tristan Adams asks whether Dr. Van Gelder has gone aboard the Enterprise, and warns Captain Kirk that Van Gelder has mental problems. However, things are not as they seem and Captain Kirk soon finds that undocumented activities are taking place at the penal colony; activities that could cause Kirk's death! The third story is "The Unreal McCoy," which was the television episode titled "The Man Trap," the first televised episode of Star Trek, 8 September 1966. The Enterprise has stopped at planet Regulus VIII for a routine medical checkup of Dr. and Nancy Bierce (called Crater in the television show). Soon crewmen begin dying, and suspicions slowly arise, complicated by a relationship between Nancy Bierce and Dr. McCoy. The fourth story is "The Balance of Terror," which was the fourteenth televised episode of the first season. The Enterprise is there when a Romulan ship breaks through the neutral zone with new weapons and a cloaking device. Captain Kirk reenacts "The Enemy Below" (except for the part where Robert Mitchum rams the German submarine) as the Enterprise plays cat and mouse with the invisible Romulan ship. The Enterprise will sustain casualties! The fifth story is "The Naked Time," the fourth televised episode of the first season. When the Enterprise travels to an unnamed planet to retrieve a science team, they discover the scientists are all dead. Mr. Spock obtains a sample of a liquid that appears to be water, but very strange water in that it is liquid in sub-zero temperatures. The crew of the Enterprise soon begins acting strangely, and the mayhem begins. The sixth story is "Miri," which is one of my favorite Star Trek episodes and which was the eighth televised episode in the first season. The Enterprise visits a planet where the sole inhabitants are children, but the children may be 300 years old. Soon the crewmembers that beamed down to the planet are aging rapidly and begin acquiring homicidal tendencies. Can Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock find an antidote to the strange disease before Kirk, Spo

7 stories adapted from season 1 of the original series

First published in 1967, these short stories are Blish's adaptations of the screenplays of various episodes from the original series' first season. The episodes aren't sorted into books according to either chronological order or identity of screenwriter. Note: If you're interested in adaptations based on the animated STAR TREK series, see Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek Log books. "Charlie's Law" (episode 8 "Charlie X", season 1, screenplay Dorothy C. Fontana, from a story by Gene Roddenberry). Young Charlie Evans, now a teenager, has only recently been rescued from the unexplored planet Thasus, where he was stranded at age 3 as the sole survivor of a crash landing; ENTERPRISE is picking him up from the cargo ship ANTARES. Spock's natural question - how did such a young child survive? - seems urgently in need of an answer as Charlie, caught in a normal youngster's emotional turmoil together with complete ignorance of ordinary human interaction, grows increasingly frustrated - and mysterious accidents happen to the objects of that frustration. "Dagger of the Mind" (episode 11, season 1, screenplay S. Bar-David) (Title is from a line in MACBETH, the hallucinatory scene just before the first murder.) Tantalus V is a penal colony - not to be confused with the insane asylum of "Whom the Gods Destroy". After the former director, Dr. Van Gelder, turns up as a stowaway after a routine visit, ENTERPRISE returns to Tantalus V to find out just what the failed experiment was that affected Van Gelder's sanity. Like "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", the preceding episode, notable in that Kirk beams down with a female crewmember, Dr. Noel, rather than the Spock/McCoy combination that became so common; Spock is back aboard ship handling other aspects of the problem. "The Unreal McCoy" (episode 6 "The Man Trap", season 1, screenplay George Clayton Johnson). ENTERPRISE has arrived at planet M113 for routine medical checkups of archaeologists Nancy and Robert Crater - not knowing that they're evading the examinations because Nancy isn't really Nancy, but the last survivor of an alien race gifted at illusion, and Crater would rather pretend she's real than completely lose even the illusion of his late wife. Trouble is, the alien lacks self-control, can be deadly - and can pass for just about anyone. "Balance of Terror" (episode 9, season 1, screenplay Paul Schneider) First story featuring the Romulans, the Romulan Neutral Zone, and their cloaking technology that formed the linchpin of a later episode. Until this incident, no Federation representative had ever had visual contact with a Romulan, so their relationship with Vulcans was unknown (Mark Lenard, who played the Romulan Commander, was later cast as Sarek, Spock's father). The Romulans receive a very sympathetic portrayal here, being treated as people rather than stage props, with their own dignity and honor; when they pull a very clever trick to try to escape, our sympathies may lie with them rather than the

Another great Star Trel must have!

Star Trek 10 consists of six fascinating episodes from the original TV show. In this book, Spock will go insane, Kirk discovers an empath, and more. This book is great for any fan of the TV show.

Another must have Star Trek book!

This book, consisting of adaptations of six episodes of the classic TV series including "Where No Man has Gone Before." It is really a must have.

This is a must have for Star Trek fans!

This book has adaptions from these episodes of the television show: "Charlie X," "Dagger of the Mind," "The Man Trap," "Balance of Terror," "The Naked Time," "Miri," and "The Conscience of the King." It truly is a must have for all Star Trek fans.