“So you really did lose your memory…” Stardate: Unknown (this book takes place in the summer and autumn of 2279 approximately six years after the events of V’Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and six years prior to Khan Noonien Singh’s escape from exile on Ceti Alpha V in…
Star Trek Book Review: Devil World (1979) by Gordon Eklund
“I’d learned that on this planet a man can become immortal…” Stardate: 4231.2 In Gordon Eklund’s second Star Trek novel (after “The Starless World”), we are introduced to a world classified as NC513-11 (colloquially known as “Heartland”). A group of colonists land on the surface of the planet with plans…
Goosebumps Review #20: The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (1994) by R.L. Stine
“‘The scarecrow walks at midnight,’ he uttered in a low voice” (5). The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight is a surprisingly eerie, atmospheric, fall-themed Goosebumps book. This one just might give young readers the chills! It follows twelve-year-old Jodie and her younger brother Mark who are sent off to spend a…
Star Trek Book Review: The Fate of the Phoenix (1979) by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
“There is no one who cannot be bought at the price of the Phoenix” (7). The Fate of the Phoenix is the Star Trek sequel that no one asked for. This is hands-down the most convoluted, befuddling Star Trek novel I have encountered. While at least it mercifully manages to…