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Title
Author/editor
ISBN
©date
Publisher
Summary
Go Tell the Spartans
Jerry Pournelle/S.M. Sterling
0-671-72061-9
1991
Baen/Simon&Schuster
Major Owensford of Falkenberg’s Legion is sent to the world of Sparta
to set up an army college and ends up fighting terrorists lead by a nasty
bitch.
Crossroad
Barbara Hambly
0-671-79323-3
1994
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek #71— Rebels from the future come to get the help of the Yoon
to overthrow the nasty, mind control Consulium that destroys their world.
A for Anything
Damon Knight
0-812-54310-6
1959
Tom Doherty Assoc
Dick Jones, heir to a compound in the slave society made possible by
a Gizmo that can duplicate anything, gets caught up in a slave revolt.
Firestorm
L.A. Graf
0-671-86588-9
1994
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek #68— The Crown Regent of Elas tries to kill the Dohlman,
who is saved by the bridge crew from a big volcano. Scientist finds volcanic
life form.
Stone Masonry
Kern, Magers, Penfield
1976
Owner Builder Publications
A step-by-step guide to building with stone. Everything except how
to get it from big boulders. Even has info on formed walls and arches.
Health and Healing
Andrew Weil, MD
0-395-73100-3
1995
Houghton Mifflin
An overview and brief history of conventional and unconventional medical
systems, with commentary and evaluations. Author supports mind healing.
The Better Man
Howard Weinstein
0-671-86912-4
1994
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek #72— Mostly emotional tripe involving McCoy and a friend/rival
on a diplomatic mission to an übermensch world where they got laid
before.
Man-Kzin Wars VII
Larry Niven
0-671-87670-8
1995
Baen Publishing
1) First Kzin on Earth in 1870’s. 2) Outsider and Puppeteer intrigue
after Kzin 3rd wave; a look at Outsiders. 3) Kzin prisoner escapes; truce
called.
Sheltered Lives
Charles Oberndorf
0-553-29248-X
1992
Bantam
Plenty of emotional tripe and excessive detail of the relationship
of a gigalo and his jane in a political intrigue about terrorists and plague
victims.
Web of the Romulans
M.S. Murdock
0-671-66501-4
1983
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek #10—Romulans are dying off from a nasty plague and the only
cure lies across the Neutral Zone. Crazy admiral tries to start war.
I am Spock
Leonard Nimoy
0-7868-6182-7
1995
Hyperion
Autobiographic account of the man who portrays world’s most famous
alien. Includes many inside stories and opinions on Trek.
Crossover
Michael Jan Friedman
0-671-89677-6
1995
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek NG— Spock is captured by Romulans and Scotty goes to rescue
him and gets caught, Picard saves the day with the help of McCoy.
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Wild Card Run
Sara Stamey
0-425-09705-6
1987
Berkeley
Prodigal daughter returns home as an agent to uncover the plot of the
nasty cyborgs to change the world plan. Plenty of emotional tripe.
The Fate of the Phoenix
Sondra Marshack/Myrna Culbreath
0-553-27932-7
1979
Bantam
Star Trek— Kirk battles Omne, creator of the immortality device. Kirk’s
double is in love with the Romulan Commander, who assists. Surreal.
The Druids
Peter Ellis
0-8028-3798-0
1994
Eerdmans Publishing Co.
A scholarly historical look at Druids and their place in Celtic culture
as lawgivers, bards, medicos and philosophers as well as religious figureheads.
The Throne of Scone
Patricia Kennealy
1986
Signet/Nal Penguin
The nasty sorcerer has taken over the Throneworld of Keltia and Queen
Aeron has to find the lost treasures of Arthur to win it back, which she
does.
The Silver Branch
Patricia Kennealy
1988
Signet/NAL penguin
A little about Ard-rígh Fionbarr, but mostly about his daughter
the Ard-rían Aeron and how she deals with the nasty Fomari that
kill her father.
gal a true life
Ruthie Bolton
0-15-100104-9
1994
Harcourt Brace
The life and times of a Negro woman abused as a child by her step-grandfather
and all the dysfunctional happenstance thereafter.
The Final Planet
Andrew Greeley
0-812-58338-8
1987
Tom Doherty Associates
Seamus O’Neil finds his proper woman and plenty of action while on
a spy mission to Zylong. Ends up fighting off all the bad guys and running
the place.
The Abode of Life
Lee Correy
0-671-70596-2
1982
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek #6— The Enterprise is transported between galactic arms where
it finds a populated planet in the middle of nowhere to bitch up and fix.
Enterprise the First Adventure
Vonda McIntyre
0-671-65912-X
1986
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
The prequel to everything, introduces Kirk to the ship and crew. They
find an advanced race and make truce with Klingons. Emotional tripe abounds.
Paths to Otherwhere
James P. Hogan
0-671-87710-0
1996
Simon&Schuster
Experiments in quantum mechanics lead scientists’ consciousness to
alternate realities, one of which is a paradise compared to their own.
They escape.
Kahless
Michael Jan Friedman
0-671-54779-8
1996
Pocket/Simin&Schuster
Star Trek NG— A scroll is discovered on QonoS that portrays a more
factual account of Kahless, who’s clone foils a military coup with Picard.
Double, Double
Michael Jan Friedman
0-671-66130-2
1989
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek #45— Kirk’s android double returns to take over the Federation
and populate it with androids, but makes too many mistakes and loses.
The Venitian’s Wife
Nick Bantock
0-8118-1140-9
1996
Chronicle Books
Ghost of a 15th century traveler hires a woman to finish gathering
his collection of Indian sculpture. She does, and falls in love too.
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