Committed to that difficult road, Voyager's crew was rewarded with unimaginable experiences on strange and fantastic worlds, encountering exotic alien species and astonishing phenomena...and challenged along the way by conflicts from within as well as from without. Yet none of their adventures tempered their shared determination to find a way back to friends and family.
]]>Our first Strange New Worlds competition drew thousands of submissions and Strange New Worlds II drew even more. From this mountain of astounding stories, these few, written exclusively by brand-new authors, were selected for their originality and style,
These tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship Enterprise™, through Captain Picard 's U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and from Captain Sisko's Deep Space Nine to Captain Janeway's Starship Voyager™, with many fascinating stops along the way.
Find out what happens in the Star Trek universe when fans -- like you -- take the helm!
]]>From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others?
Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books.
Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.
]]>Each Strange New Worlds competition draws a greater response than the last. The final selections gathered here were chosen from an overwhelming number of entries by virtue of their originality and style. With wit, compassion, and an affection for all things Star Trek, these brand-new authors take us where Star Trek has never gone before.
Their tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship Enterprise™, through Captain Picard's U.S.S. Enterprise™ 1701-D and Captain Sisko's Deep Space Nine™, to Captain Janeway's Starship Voyager™, with many more fascinating stops along the way.
Find out what happens in the Star Trek universe when fans -- like you -- take the helm!
]]>With the Christmas hustle and bustle of gift shopping, cookie making, and holiday decorating, you’ll need to remember to step away and reflect. This book provides an oasis of piety and consideration.
From Advent to the Epiphany, this moving new collection features six weekly introductions, thirty-seven daily devotionals, and thirty-seven stories that celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. And with real-life accounts of Christmas miracles following each biblical passage, this book is sure to provide holiday warmth for Christians everywhere.
]]>You'll draw comfort and renewed confidence in the moving stories of such mothers as: <UL> <LI>Jean, who looks to the Lord to ease the struggles she faces raising her children--and in the process renews her commitment to family love
<LI>Sally, who finds the wisdom she needs in scripture when her adopted son asks questions about his past
<LI>Nancy, who trusts in God to watch after her grown children after they've left her home and gone out on their own into the world
Being a good mother is never easy. But with A Cup of Comfort Devotional for Mothers, you have all you need to help deepen your faith in God, family, and the power of a mother's love.
]]>In WomanScapes, you will meet...
<ul type="disc"> <li>a septuagenarian adventurer determined to share a drink with a dragon <li>endangered life forms trying to coexist with hordes of invading tourists <li>a Mangcansten glamourer whose job is to hunt down an elusive brink <li>a disillusioned scientist who holds the future of the spoiled Earth in her hands <li>ordinary, unsuspecting women who encounter ghostly beings, very odd neighbors, and curious fairy folk <li>the Gastonian governor who must juggle a family holiday and a planetary threat <li>a slave who risks everything to escape to freedom <li>suffragettes facing danger at a womens rights rally <li>a 1940s Hollywood starlet who faces blackmail and the threat of media exposure </ul>The WomanScapes authors have donated their talent in order to benefit worldwide humanitarian relief efforts. So join them as they spin fourteen very curious tales for one very good cause!
]]>Readers will cherish stories of Jesus entering into everyday life, such as: <LI>A young woman, traumatized during her first helicopter ride, says the Lord's Prayer and finds herself in awe as she looks down on God's creation <LI>A Woman finds out through a coworker that Jesus can meet her right in the midst of her depression <LI>A mother learns an unforgettable lesson of faith when a doll representing the baby Jesus in her outdoor nativity scene is stolen.
With entries linked to the holidays and seasons, A Cup of Comfort Devotional brightens every day of the year, deepening our joys and sustaining us through the darker times.
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