“Captain, this is not a vessel… it is a life form!” (190). There is a longstanding fan theory that Gene Roddenberry’s novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the first novel in Simon & Schuster’s Star Trek Pocket Books line, was actually ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster (celebrated science fiction…
Star Trek Book Review: Death’s Angel (1981) by Kathleen Sky
“Do you believe in the Angel of Death?” Stardate: 6914.6 It’s been ten days since a survey mission returned from Delta Gamma Four (located at the edge of space between the Federation and the Klingon Empire). The Enterprise was investigating the planet as a potential place for a new colony…
Star Trek Book Review: The Galactic Whirlpool (1980) by David Gerrold
“Any idiot can die for his ship, James; what takes real genius is surviving!” (58). Stardate: 4496.1 Written by Star Trek legend David Gerrold (famous for penning the classic episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” along with a couple other Trek episodes), The Galactic Whirlpool was originally conceived as a two-part…
Goosebumps Review #22: Ghost Beach (1994) by R.L. Stine
“I don’t remember how we got to the graveyard…” Ghost Beach is a spooky atmospheric tale enmeshed in the imagery of old cemeteries, remote lighthouses, moss-covered tombstones, damp gray fog, spooky woods, and a dark mysterious coastal windswept cave that seems to hold long-forgotten secrets. Twelve-year-old Jerry Sadler and his…