Science Fiction Book Club

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(written from a production point of view)

The Science Fiction Book Club is a subscription-based book club. First established in 1953, the SFBC originally offered one title per month, which members received and could return if not wanted. Over time, the number of titles offered and the number that could be purchased per month increased – by the 1980s, five or six titles were available per month. Titles were often offered at a discount.

As part of their offering, the SFBC commissioned exclusive editions of novels, including hardback editions of paperback releases and omnibus collection of series that were otherwise not produced. These releases included a number of Star Trek novels and reference works originally published by Bantam Books, E.P. Dutton, and Pocket Books; the first such release was an edition of the Star Fleet Technical Manual in July 1976.

Exclusive releases

This list is incomplete.

Date	Book	Author
June 1976	Star Fleet Technical Manual	Franz Joseph
December 1976	The Star Trek Reader	James Blish
July 1982	The Covenant of the Crown	Howard Weinstein
November 1982	Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan	Vonda N. McIntyre
November 1983	Yesterday's Son	A.C. Crispin
July 1984	The Wounded Sky	Diane Duane
July 1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Vonda N. McIntyre
December 1984	My Enemy, My Ally	Diane Duane
April 1985	The Vulcan Academy Murders	Jean Lorrah
June 1986	Crisis on Centaurus	Brad Ferguson
December 1986	Enterprise: The First Adventure	Vonda N. McIntyre
August 1987	Strangers from the Sky	Margaret Wander Bonanno
March 1988	How Much for Just the Planet?	John M. Ford
June 1988	Final Frontier	Diane Carey
January 1989	Spock's World	Diane Duane
March 1990	The Lost Years	J.M. Dillard
December 1990	Prime Directive	Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
June 1991	Ghost-Walker	Barbara Hambly
March 1992	Reunion	Michael Jan Friedman
July 1992	Probe	Margaret Wander Bonanno
November 1992	Imzadi	Peter David
February 1993	Best Destiny	Diane Carey
July 1993	The Devil's Heart	Carmen Carter
March 1994	Dark Mirror	Diane Duane
July 1994	Sarek	A.C. Crispin
October 1994	Q-Squared	Peter David
April 1995	Federation	Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
October 1995	The Ashes of Eden	William Shatner, with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
March 1996	Crossover	Michael Jan Friedman
July 1996	The Return	William Shatner, with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
November 1996	Kahless	Michael Jan Friedman
September 1997	Avenger	William Shatner, with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
December 1997	Vulcan's Forge	Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz
March 1998	Ship of the Line	Diane Carey
July 1998	Prometheans	Peter David
September 1998	Spectre	William Shatner, with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
November 1998	The Q Continuum Omnibus	Greg Cox
February 1999	Triangle: Imzadi II	Peter David
July 1999	Dark Victory	William Shatner, with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
August 1999	Vulcan's Heart	Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz
October 1999	I, Q	John de Lancie and Peter David
May 2000	The Valiant	Michael Jan Friedman
October 2000	Star Trek: Rihannsu	Diane Duane
June 2001	The Genesis Wave	John Vornholt
March 2002	The Genesis Wave, Book Three	John Vornholt
June 2002	Stargazer	Michael Jan Friedman
October 2002	The Janus Gate	L.A. Graf
August 2003	Genesis Force	John Vornholt
April 2007	Star Trek: Vulcan's Soul	Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz

External links

• SFBC.com – official website
• Science Fiction Book Club at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Wiki