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For the fifth movie in the Star Trek franchise, please see Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
Star Trek 5 is a collection of short story adaptations of seven Star Trek: The Original Series episodes, written by James Blish. Published by Bantam Books, it was first released in February 1972.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- The Enterprise blazes new star trails to danger as Kirk, Spock and the rest encounter –
- an asylum planet where the mad rule
- a universe with a total population of one
- race warfare to the death – whiteblack against blackwhite
- paradise – with a most unusual serpent
- the ultimate in women's lib
- an almost eternal triangle
- a gang of galactic drop-outs
- – and other startling problems and perils.
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Contents[]
- Preface
- Blish discusses episode selection and upcoming books in the series.
- "Whom Gods Destroy"
- A 23 page adaptation of "Whom Gods Destroy".
- "The Tholian Web"
- A 16 page adaptation of "The Tholian Web".
- "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
- An 18 page adaptation of "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
- "This Side of Paradise"
- A 15 page adaptation of "This Side of Paradise".
- "Turnabout Intruder"
- A 22 page adaptation of "Turnabout Intruder".
- "Requiem for Methuselah"
- An 20 page adaptation of "Requiem for Methuselah".
- "The Way to Eden"
- A 22 page adaptation of "The Way to Eden".
External link[]
- Star Trek 5 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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