http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/ Trek Books**Discussion, Reviews and News Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:32:07 GMT Allyn Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24325 ... Alan Dean Foster announced on his website, and in an interview with Wired, that he's writing a novel entitled REFUGEES that's a sequel to the film. The Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:25:21 GMT Karen Lim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24324 Are there any plans in the works for books based on the new movie?  I've read the movie tie in but am always looking for more.  Thanks, Karen Felgerkarb! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:09:36 GMT trevthurlow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24323 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24323 I'm currently reading the novella "Chimes At Midnight" in the 'Myriad Universes' second volume, and the story is really good. It is interesting to see how Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:00:13 GMT Jackie Bundy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24322 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24322 I would like to welcome karendome to our group. Please make yourself at home. Jackie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:12:20 GMT De Baisch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24321 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24321 Reesa asked: "could the crew of this Enterprise that we saw at the end of the movie travel in time and prevent George Kirk's death and the destruction of Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:25:57 GMT AKINSSR@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24320 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24320 Just finished this a few days ago and really enjoyed it. Foster really captures the essense of the movie and we get to see a little more context to some scenes Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:46:57 GMT bj http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24319 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24319 update -- I got some of the shirts I ordered -- 30 days after I mailed off the forms & $. The blue is really teal (not "dark" but heading there), and the red Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:06:08 GMT Brenda Zimmerlee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24318 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24318 In case you're interested. [Attachment(s) from Nathan Gastineau included below] This is the General Announcement and Information for all those interested in Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:47:34 GMT Andrew Brown http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24317 I would have to agree that Vardemann didn't know the Trek universe very well at all. This book is a prime example of "never judge a book by it's cover" to me, Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:21:13 GMT trevthurlow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24316 ... Robert E. Vardeman donned the guise of Victor Appleton in 1983 with "Tom Swift: Gateway To Doom", and again in 1992 with "Tom Swift: Microbots" and "Tom Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:26 GMT ASportzFan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24315 The Klingon Gambit (1981) by Robert E. Vardeman 158 pages This short Trek novel from 1981 was very much like watching an episode of the original series.  It Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:38:53 GMT David Mack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24314 ... Jackie, The event will be videotaped, and its participants will have DVD copies by the end of the convention. However, there might be some legal issues Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:16:01 GMT Jacqueline Bundy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24313 I hope someone who attends the roast is able to tape the roast and post it somewhere online at some point so that KRAD's fans who can't be there get a chance Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:19:37 GMT Seamus Connor O'Dubhghaill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24312 For those that dont know, our very own KRAD will be roasted 13 days at Shore Leave. More information is here: http://www.shore-leave.com/programming/roast.htm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:07:30 GMT trevthurlow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/startrekbooks/message/24311 I remember that in interviews for the film from 2008, the screenwriter's mentioned that they had been inspired, especially in the way the "new" Kirk acted at