TOS K/S Masterpost: Fiction

The following is an excerpt from TOS Kirk/Spock Masterpost by @princenimoy, shared with permission and eternal gratitude!

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Officially Published Fiction

TOS Film Novelizations

Novelizations such as Roddenberry’s The Motion Picture are all available on archive.org, a free online library where you can join a waiting list to read almost any book online. Books in the public domain may be read immediately. Five books may be borrowed at once.

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Gene Roddenberry (See also: The Roddenberry Footnote article on FanLore)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock by Vonda N. McIntyre
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Vonda N. McIntyre* 
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier by J.M. Dillard*
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country by J.M. Dillard

*Also available in an audio book format read by Leonard Nimoy, but unfortunately not linkable.

Officially Published Novels with Fan Connections

How many fan-written novels have been officially published and where can you read them? Here is the list according to Fanlore. Many with K/S undertones, some less subtle than others.

• Star Trek: The New Voyages Volume I (1976)
• Star Trek: The New Voyages Volume II (1978)
• The Price of the Phoenix (1977)
• The Fate of the Phoenix (1979)
• The Prometheus Design (1982) Note: Follows Shatnerverse canon. See the Shatnerverse section of this post.
• Black Fire (1983)
• Triangle (1983)
• Web of the Romulans (1983)*
• Yesterday’s Son (1983)*
• The Vulcan Academy Murders (1984)
• Ishmael (1985)
• Killing Time (1985). Fanlore: “[Killing Time is] notable for the publisher mix-up that resulted in there being two editions released, the first being much more slashy than the second.” First edition linked. See Fanlore page here.
• The IDIC Epidemic (1988)
• Time for Yesterday (1988)*
• Strange New Worlds (1998-2000)

*Also available in an audiobook adaptation by Leonard Nimoy, possibly implying Nimoy’s endorsement.

The “Shatnerverse”

• Star Trek Academy: Collision Course. Shatner’s most recent Star Trek novel. Introducing the beginnings of Kirk and Spock’s relationship, it was intended to be the first installment in a new series, but the next installment remains unpublished. (Not available to read online, but for God’s sake, get your hands on this.)

Linked below, if possible, are Shatner’s novels which take place after the events of TNG. (They do contain spoilers and may confuse you if you have not watched TNG.) Ashes is the first installment, etc.

• The Ashes of Eden
• The Return
• Avenger
• Spectre
• Dark Victory
• Preserver
• Captain’s Peril
• Captain’s Blood
• Captain’s Glory

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