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Vendetta (Star Trek)
''Vendetta'' is a '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' tie-in novel written by Peter David and published by Pocket Books in 1991. The book was a ''New York Times'' best-seller, peaking at #4 on the Paperback Best Sellers list in late April 1991. Development The novel was subject to a dispute between Peter David and Richard Arnold, who wished the Borg character Reannon to be removed, with the logic that Borg could not be female. This was prior to a regular female Borg character, Seven of Nine, appearing in '' Star Trek: Voyager''. Because of this, the novel was printed with a disclaimer making it explicitly apocryphal. Plot The plot centers around the actions of a woman named Delcara, from a race which has been assimilated by the Borg, who has gone to extreme lengths to exact her revenge upon them. Delcara controls a Planet Killer, later revealed to be the finished version of the one fought by the USS ''Enterprise'' during the events of " The Doomsday Machine" episode of the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter David
Peter Allen David (September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025), often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Greatest Hits" Comic Book Resources. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on '' The Incredible Hulk'', as well as runs on ''Aquaman'', ''Young Justice'', '' SpyBoy'', ''Supergirl'', ''Fallen Angel'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Spider-Man 2099'', '' Captain Marvel'', and ''X-Factor''. David's ''Star Trek'' work included comic books and novels such as the ''New Frontier'' book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the ''Apropos of Nothing'' and ''Knight Life'' series. His television work includes series such as ''Babylon 5'', ''Young Justice'', '' Ben 10: Alien Force'' and Nickelodeon's '' Space Cases'', which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
USS ''Enterprise'' is a series of Fiction, fictional starships in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. ''Enterprise'' is the main setting of Star Trek: The Original Series, the original ''Star Trek'' television series (1966–69), nine Star Trek films, ''Star Trek'' films, and ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' (2022–present). The vessels carry their crew on a mission "to explore strange, new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before." Matt Jefferies designed the ''Enterprise'' for television, and its core components – a flying saucer-shaped primary hull, two offset engine Nacelle, nacelles, and a cylindrical secondary hull – persisted across several television and film redesigns. The vessel influenced the design of subsequent franchise spacecraft, including Starship Enterprise, other vessels named ''Enterprise'', and the model filmed for the original ''Star Trek'' TV series has been on display for decades at the National A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Based On Star Trek: The Next Generation
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
