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Rihannsu
''Star Trek: Rihannsu'' is a series of interlinked novels, written by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood, published by Pocket Books from 1984 to 2006. The series name was retroactively applied to the first novels with the release of new installments in 2000. A fifth novel was published in 2006. Rihannsu refers to the Romulan species first introduced in the ''Star Trek'' episode "Balance of Terror". However, the Romulan culture and language depicted in the novels are Duane's creations. The novels exist outside the continuity of the ''Star Trek'' films and television series. An omnibus published for the Science Fiction Book Club in 2000 is also titled ''Star Trek: Rihannsu''.'''' Production ''My Enemy, My Ally'' (1984) Diane Duane began formulating a story inspired by the episode "The Enterprise Incident" sometime before 1983. Duane was likewise inspired by the reputation of ''Enterprise's'' Captain James T. Kirk as a relentless ladies' man. She told Jeff Ayers in '' Voyages of Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Star Trek Novels
The ''Star Trek'' franchise's first tie-in publications were James Blish's 1967 volume of episode novelizations and Mack Reynolds's 1968 young adult novel ''Mission to Horatius''. Since 1968, more than 850 original novels, short story collections, episode and film novelizations, and omnibus editions have been published. Novels based on ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Discovery, Discovery'', and ''Star Trek: Picard, Picard'' are currently in print. As recently as 2020, novels based on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Deep Space Nine'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise, Enterprise'', and ''Star Trek: Voyager, Voyager'' were published. Original concept and flagship series such as ''Star Trek: New Frontier, New Frontier'', ''Star Trek: Titan, Titan'', ''Seekers'', and ''Star Trek: Vanguard, Vanguard'' have also been published since 1994. Official publishers of ''Star Trek'' novels include Simon & Schuster and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Duane
Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland. Her works include the ''Young Wizards'' young adult fantasy series and the ''Rihannsu'' Star Trek novels. Biography Born in New York City, she grew up in Roosevelt, New York, Roosevelt, Long Island. After school, she studied nurse, nursing and practiced as a psychiatric nurse for two years until 1976, when she moved to California and worked as an assistant to David Gerrold. Her first novel was published by Dell (publisher), Dell Books in 1979; Gerrold wrote an "overture" to that novel, stating he'd rather be making overtures than introductions to Duane. She subsequently worked as a freelance writer. In 1981, she moved to Pennsylvania. She married Northern Ireland, Northern Irish author Peter Morwood in 1987; they later moved to the United Kingdom and then to Ireland, where they resided in Grangecon, County Wicklow. Bibliography Young Wizards # # # # # # # # # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romulans
The Romulans () are an extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial race in the American science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. Their adopted home world is Romulus, and within the same star system they have settled a sister planet Remus. Their original home world, Vulcan (Star Trek)#Homeworld, Vulcan, was renamed Ni'Var later in canon. They first appeared in the series ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (1966–1969). They have appeared in most subsequent ''Star Trek'' releases, including ''Star Trek: The Animated Series, The Animated Series'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Deep Space Nine'', ''Star Trek: Voyager, Voyager'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise, Enterprise'', ''Star Trek: Discovery, Discovery'', ''Star Trek: Picard, Picard'', ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Strange New Worlds'', and ''Star Trek: Lower Decks, Lower Decks''. They appear in the ''Star Trek'' Star Trek (film series), feature films ''Star Trek V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romulan
The Romulans () are an extraterrestrial race in the American science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. Their adopted home world is Romulus, and within the same star system they have settled a sister planet Remus. Their original home world, Vulcan, was renamed Ni'Var later in canon. They first appeared in the series ''Star Trek'' (1966–1969). They have appeared in most subsequent ''Star Trek'' releases, including '' The Animated Series'', '' The Next Generation'', '' Deep Space Nine'', '' Voyager'', ''Enterprise'', ''Discovery'', ''Picard'', '' Strange New Worlds'', and '' Lower Decks''. They appear in the ''Star Trek'' feature films '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' (1989), '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' (1991), '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' (2002) and ''Star Trek'' (2009). They also appear in various other spin-off media, including books, comics, toys and games. Writer Paul Schneider created the Romulans for the 1966 ''Star Trek'' episode " Balance of Terror". As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Enemy, My Ally
''My Enemy, My Ally'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Diane Duane, part of the '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' saga. Plot The USS ''Enterprise'' is contacted by Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu, a Romulan commander with whom Captain Kirk has tangled several times before. Ael has become disillusioned with the Romulan Empire's politics, and is especially concerned with a secret project she has discovered which seeks to use captured Vulcans Vulcans, sometimes referred to as Vulcanians, are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. They are noted for their strict adherence to logic and reason and suppression of emotion. Known for their p ... for medical research with the goal of allowing Romulans to develop extensive mental powers. She convinces her crew to cross the Neutral Zone into Federation space, where the ''Enterprise'' is patrolling with the Starships ''Constellation'', ''Intrepid'' and the Denebian ''Defender' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Romulan Way
''The Romulan Way'' is a science fiction novel written by Diane Duane Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland. Her works include the ''Young Wizards'' young adult fantasy series and the ''Rihannsu'' Star Trek novels. Biography Born in New York C ... and Peter Morwood. It is the second novel in the '' Rihannsu'' series, in turn part of the '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' saga. Plot Deep-cover Federation spy Agent Terise LoBrutto has her carefully maintained life disrupted by an unpleasant discovery. The chief medical officer of the USS ''Enterprise'', Dr. McCoy, has been captured. It's up to LoBrutto to rescue McCoy. References External links Novels based on Star Trek: The Original Series 1987 American novels American science fiction novels {{1980s-StarTrek-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morwood
Peter Morwood (born Robert Peter Smyth; 20 October 1956 – 9 May 2025) was an Irish novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his ''Horse Lords'' and ''Tales of Old Russia'' series. He lived in Ireland with his wife, writer Diane Duane, with whom he co-authored several works. Biography Morwood was born Robert Peter Smyth in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, on 20 October 1956, son of Dorothy and George; he had a sister. After graduating from Queen's University Belfast in 1979, He took a position in the UK's civil service, as a clerk working for HM Customs and Excise, Customs and Excise. During this period, he began work on his first novel, which he submitted and sold in 1982. He adopted the pen name "Peter Morwood", taking after his mother's maiden name Morwood, and he legally changed his surname to match the pen name in the mid-1980s. His second and third novels were published in 1984 and 1986. At a science fiction convention in Glasgow in 1985, Morwood was introduced by aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Series Introduced In 1984
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mostly of writing and images. Modern books are typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover, what is known as the ''codex'' format; older formats include the scroll and the tablet. As a conceptual object, a ''book'' often refers to a written work of substantial length by one or more authors, which may also be distributed digitally as an electronic book (ebook). These kinds of works can be broadly classified into fiction (containing invented content, often narratives) and non-fiction (containing content intended as factual truth). But a physical book may not contain a written work: for example, it may contain ''only'' drawings, engravings, photographs, sheet music, puzzles, or removable content like paper dolls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Based On Star Trek
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and Publication, 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 novel, 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 (literary fiction) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitch (filmmaking)
In filmmaking, a pitch is a concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film or TV series generally made by a screenwriter or film director to a film producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for the writing of a screenplay. The expression is borrowed from " sales pitch". A pitch is used throughout different stages of production, such as casting and distribution, as well as to urge film producers to further fund a project.Steiff, p. 58 Filmmakers who devise a pitch tend to manufacture a production package, which is handed out to each potential investor during the pitch. The package contains the basic information for the filmmaker's project, such as a plot synopsis and budgeting values. Sometimes, filmmakers will produce an independent pitch trailer as a part of the package to help potential financiers better visualize the project and the filmmaker's vision. Though pitches are usually made on the basis of a full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Mirror (Star Trek Novel)
''Dark Mirror'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Diane Duane, part of the ''Star Trek'' saga. It is set in the Mirror Universe, and offers an explanation of its more violent culture. Plot In ''Dark Mirror'', the Mirror-Spock left the Enterprise and rose through the ranks and spearheaded an effort to reform the Empire. However, the Mirror-Kirk framed him for treason, which resulted in Spock's execution. Soon afterwards Mirror-Sarek was assassinated by another Vulcan seeking his job. As a result, Spock's attempted reforms died with him and the Empire is still alive and powerful. The Klingons are a conquered race, forced into slavery by the Empire after their defeat. The Romulans have also been defeated by the Empire, but committed suicide en masse rather than submit to Terran rule. ''Dark Mirror'' tells how Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D are forced to deal with their counterparts. Like the Original Series episode ''Mirror, Mirror'', their co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spock's World
''Spock's World'' is a 1988 science fiction novel by American writer Diane Duane, set in the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe. The plot revolves around a movement on the planet Vulcan to secede from the United Federation of Planets. The book alternates chapters that advance the main plotline with chapters that relate important scenes from Vulcan's history, and much of the book explores underlying themes in Vulcan philosophy and culture, especially the idea of '' cthia'', a Vulcan philosophical (and possibly religious, depending on interpretation) concept translated in the book as "reality-truth — seeing things the way they really are, instead of the way we would like to see them". Plot synopsis Certain Vulcan organizations, many with anti-human biases, have begun a movement calling for the secession of Vulcan from the United Federation of Planets, citing the emotionality and unpredictability of humans as dangerous factors for the further development of the planet Vulcan. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
