Star Trek 1 Author: James Blish Published January 1967 by Bantam Books Originally just titled “Star Trek”, this was the first officially licensed Star Trek tie-in book ever to be released. It was re-printed 5 times within a 9-month span, its success driving further Star Trek novelisations and later re-prints altered the title to “Star Trek 1”, being the first in what they determined would be a series. A series that lasted up to 12 books. These novels are made up of collections of quick short stories based on the Star Trek episodes. Author James Blish only had access to early drafts of the scripts and there are some subtle differences to what was portrayed on screen, but for the most part it is a very quick retelling of what we watched. With some Star Trek episodes, they give us 50 minutes of story that could have easily been told in 20 minutes. Re-watching these episodes after reading the novisations, Blish seems to pick up on this and strips the story down to its foundations, giving us the main plot drivers. Back in the Original Series there was hardly ever a ‘B’ or ‘C’ plot, just the key drama that … Continue reading Star Trek 1: Original Series Short Story Adaptions Book Review