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Star Trek: The Short Story Collection
A thrilling anthology of 11 exclusive short stories from Star Trek Magazine tying into the Star Trek online game.
Featuring tales by Christine Thompson, Jesse Heinig, Tyler Nagata, Katherine Bankson, Jaddua Ross, Sean McCann, and Paul Reed
This incredible collection features 19 illustrated stories exclusively written for the Star Trek Magazine . It features action-packed tales starring iconic characters such as Data, Tuvok, and Scotty, plus fan-favourite alien enemies including the Klingons and the Jem’Hadar.
Featuring tales by Christine Thompson, Jesse Heinig, Tyler Nagata, Katherine Bankson, Jaddua Ross, Sean McCann, and Paul Reed
This incredible collection features 19 illustrated stories exclusively written for the Star Trek Magazine . It features action-packed tales starring iconic characters such as Data, Tuvok, and Scotty, plus fan-favourite alien enemies including the Klingons and the Jem’Hadar.
- GenresStar Trek
96 pages, Hardcover
Published November 8, 2022
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August 17, 2024
I’m not a gamer so I only have a very basic understanding of what’s going on in Star Trek Online. I might have appreciated these stories more if I were more involved with the game. They’re very like most of the post-DS9 Trek fiction. There’s a lot of conflict and a lot of going back to the well of alien species we’ve met before rather than strange new worlds.
December 27, 2025
A light and enjoyable holiday read given to me by my Dad for Christmas.
The stories are neither great literature nor great writing, but as they derive from mission plots of the video game Star Trek: Online, it is enjoyable escapism to dip the toe in the universe even though the overall sense is a bit disjointed and stilted were it read in another context.
There are visuals also derived from the video game that complement the stories. These effectively set the tone for the pieces pulled from magazines.
What's most fun is the tie-in nature of the plots and their callbacks to the many layers of Trek lore across multiple franchises. Many of the characters are younger and visibly attractive and so there is also a sense of remixing and refreshing the palate (and palette) of viewpoints and backgrounds.
The drama and nuance is lower than if this were fan fiction and the craft less polished than standalone tie-in novels, but the overall vibe is alone those lines, with the enduring spirit that infuses Star Trek remaining lit.
One observation about the nature of the procedural dialogue found here and in the limited options clickable in the choice trees of video game dialogue is how it models effective teamwork for mission-based problem solving within a structured hierarchy. I found myself relating to how professional and workplace communication and psychology does or does not match up with what the crew members here speak and experience. This is just an observation that says more about our contemporary culture than anything about the writing.
The stories are neither great literature nor great writing, but as they derive from mission plots of the video game Star Trek: Online, it is enjoyable escapism to dip the toe in the universe even though the overall sense is a bit disjointed and stilted were it read in another context.
There are visuals also derived from the video game that complement the stories. These effectively set the tone for the pieces pulled from magazines.
What's most fun is the tie-in nature of the plots and their callbacks to the many layers of Trek lore across multiple franchises. Many of the characters are younger and visibly attractive and so there is also a sense of remixing and refreshing the palate (and palette) of viewpoints and backgrounds.
The drama and nuance is lower than if this were fan fiction and the craft less polished than standalone tie-in novels, but the overall vibe is alone those lines, with the enduring spirit that infuses Star Trek remaining lit.
One observation about the nature of the procedural dialogue found here and in the limited options clickable in the choice trees of video game dialogue is how it models effective teamwork for mission-based problem solving within a structured hierarchy. I found myself relating to how professional and workplace communication and psychology does or does not match up with what the crew members here speak and experience. This is just an observation that says more about our contemporary culture than anything about the writing.
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