75-750: Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels . Born in New York City , she grew up in Roosevelt, Long Island . After school, she studied nursing and practiced as a psychiatric nurse for two years until 1976, when she moved to California and worked as an assistant to David Gerrold . Her first novel
150-761: A computer -like screen , computer viruses , video chat , tanning beds , home treadmills , and more. In 1963, the time travel-themed Doctor Who premiered on BBC Television. The original series ran until 1989 and was revived in 2005. It has been extremely popular worldwide and has greatly influenced later TV science fiction. Other programs in the 1960s included The Outer Limits (1963–1965), Lost in Space (1965–1968), and The Prisoner (1967). Star Trek (the original series), created by Gene Roddenberry , premiered in 1966 on NBC Television and ran for three seasons. It combined elements of space opera and Space Western . Only mildly successful at first,
225-428: A space opera , went on to become a worldwide popular culture phenomenon , and the second-highest-grossing film series of all time. Since the 1980s, science fiction films , along with fantasy , horror , and superhero films, have dominated Hollywood's big-budget productions. Science fiction films often " cross-over " with other genres, including film noir ( Blade Runner - 1982), family film ( E.T.
300-535: A great and influential film. In 1954, Godzilla , directed by Ishirō Honda , began the kaiju subgenre of science fiction film, which feature large creatures of any form, usually attacking a major city or engaging other monsters in battle . 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey , directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the work of Arthur C. Clarke , rose above the mostly B-movie offerings up to that time both in scope and quality, and influenced later science fiction films. That same year, Planet of
375-669: A journey to the Moon and how the Earth 's motion is seen from there. Kepler has been called the "father of science fiction". Following the 17th-century development of the novel as a literary form , Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein (1818) and The Last Man (1826) helped define the form of the science fiction novel. Brian Aldiss has argued that Frankenstein was the first work of science fiction. Edgar Allan Poe wrote several stories considered to be science fiction, including " The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall " (1835), which featured
450-508: A previously unpublished book which was sold to at least two European publishers, but never actually brought out due to internal restructuring at one publishing house (Corgi) and the sale of another (Heyne Verlag). The novel, A Wind from the South , is the first of a projected trilogy telling the story of a young girl born in the 11th century in a remote region of the Alps. This girl slowly discovers that she
525-415: A sequence of twelve novels. Not all printings include a number stamp. Interlinked novels set after the film Nemesis (2002): Star Trek: The Next Generation – Slings and Arrows miniseries explores events between Generations (1994) and First Contact (1996). Published as ebook exclusives. Star Trek: The Next Generation – Cold Equations miniseries explores
600-520: A shared continuity. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy young adult miniseries explores the lives of the Enterprise (NCC-1701) crew as Starfleet Academy cadets. Starfleet Academy (2010–2012) series is based on the Kelvin Universe films, and is unrelated. Starfleet Academy (1997), a video game novelization by Diane Carey, is also unrelated. Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars miniseries explores
675-401: A similar premise. In 1991, Bantam collected The Original Series episode adaptations as a three volume omnibus edition organized by television season. Included new material by D. C. Fontana , Norman Spinrad , and others. The adaptations of " Mudd's Women " and " I, Mudd " were not included. Ballantine Books and Del Rey Books are imprints of Random House . Star Trek Log
750-418: A society (on Earth or another planet) that has developed in wholly different ways from our own." There is a tendency among science fiction enthusiasts as their own arbiter in deciding what exactly constitutes science fiction. David Seed says it may be more useful to talk about science fiction as the intersection of other more concrete subgenres. Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying "Science fiction
825-495: A total estimated readership of at least 1 million), making it the world's most popular science fiction periodical . In 1984, William Gibson 's first novel, Neuromancer , helped popularize cyberpunk and the word " cyberspace ", a term he originally coined in his 1982 short story Burning Chrome . In 1986, Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold began her Vorkosigan Saga . 1992's Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson predicted immense social upheaval due to
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#1732876955232900-516: A trip to the Moon . Jules Verne was noted for his attention to detail and scientific accuracy, especially in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870). In 1887, the novel El anacronópete by Spanish author Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau introduced the first time machine . An early French/Belgian science fiction writer was J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856–1940). Rosny's masterpiece
975-575: A very palatable form... New adventures pictured for us in the scientifiction of today are not at all impossible of realization tomorrow... Many great science stories destined to be of historical interest are still to be written... Posterity will point to them as having blazed a new trail, not only in literature and fiction, but progress as well. In 1928, E. E. "Doc" Smith 's first published work, The Skylark of Space , written in collaboration with Lee Hawkins Garby , appeared in Amazing Stories . It
1050-460: A video game novelization by Diane Carey, is unrelated. The Best and the Brightest (1998), by Susan Wright, is thematically similar to the series. Novellas written by Peter David tie into New Frontier (1997–2015). Based on The Next Generation film series . Film novelizations intended for younger readers. Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Genesis Wave miniseries follows
1125-623: A world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state . It influenced the emergence of dystopia as a literary genre . In 1926, Hugo Gernsback published the first American science fiction magazine , Amazing Stories . In its first issue he wrote: By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision... Not only do these amazing tales make tremendously interesting reading—they are always instructive. They supply knowledge... in
1200-470: Is Les Navigateurs de l'Infini ( The Navigators of Infinity ) (1925) in which the word astronaut, "astronautique", was used for the first time. Many critics consider H. G. Wells one of science fiction's most important authors, or even "the Shakespeare of science fiction". His works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of
1275-521: Is a continuation of Errand of Vengeance (2002). Star Trek: Mere Anarchy miniseries explores the effects of an off-world disaster on the crew of the Enterprise over a thirty-year period. Inspired by the W. B. Yeats poem " The Second Coming ". Published as ebook exclusives. An omnibus edition was published in 2009. Star Trek: Crucible miniseries focused on the triumvirate of McCoy , Spock , and Kirk . An omnibus edition to include new material
1350-426: Is a series adapted from episodes of The Animated Series , written by Alan Dean Foster . Published by Ballantine Books, and later Del Rey. Each volume includes original material by Foster which links the adapted episodes together. Omnibus editions made available to discount book retailers and comics shops. Log Ten (1978) was excluded. Many printings included advertising for other Random House novels and comics on
1425-797: Is based on the television series of the same name . From 1987 to 1996, Titan reprinted numbered novels for the United Kingdom market using a different scheme. Novels published since 2013 have included The Original Series subtitle. Based on the Star Trek film series . Numbered paperback releases: Published by Pocket Books. Some printings are badged as Wanderer, Minstrel, Archway, or Simon & Schuster Just for Boys. Includes hardcover and paperback releases. Novels published before 2013 omitted The Original Series subtitle, with few exceptions. Beginning with Allegiance in Exile (2013), most novels have maintained
1500-619: Is often called the first great space opera . The same year, Philip Francis Nowlan 's original Buck Rogers story, Armageddon 2419 , also appeared in Amazing Stories . This was followed by a Buck Rogers comic strip , the first serious science fiction comic . Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a " future history " science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon . A work of unprecedented scale in
1575-503: Is one of the most influential examples of social science fiction , feminist science fiction , and anthropological science fiction . In 1979, Science Fiction World began publication in the People's Republic of China . It dominates the Chinese science fiction magazine market , at one time claiming a circulation of 300,000 copies per issue and an estimated 3–5 readers per copy (giving it
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#17328769552321650-560: Is related to fantasy , horror , and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres . Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Subgenres include hard science fiction , which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction , focusing on social sciences. Other notable subgenres are cyberpunk , which explores the interface between technology and society, and climate fiction , addressing environmental issues. Precedents for science fiction are argued to exist as far back as antiquity, but
1725-418: Is the intended physical avatar of an exiled Roman goddess, while (as she grows) she becomes caught up in the political turmoil of William Tell 's time. Duane was also responsible for prose adaptations of several scripts from The Outer Limits . She has also written numerous short stories, about equally divided between fantasy and science fiction, which have appeared in various anthologies and collections over
1800-537: Is what we point to when we say it." Forrest J Ackerman has been credited with first using the term "sci-fi" (analogous to the then-trendy " hi-fi ") in about 1954. The first known use in print was a description of Donovan's Brain by movie critic Jesse Zunser in January 1954. As science fiction entered popular culture , writers and fans active in the field came to associate the term with low-budget, low-tech " B-movies " and with low-quality pulp science fiction . By
1875-543: Is working on the final volume. The Door into Fire and The Door into Shadow have an omnibus reprint called Tale of Five: The Sword and the Dragon. ( ISBN 978-1892065513 ) Several short stories are set in the Middle Kingdoms: Parting Gifts (1981) and its prequel The Span (1999) featuring Sirronde; Duane plans to write a middle novella and publish the three together as Sirronde's World . Lior and
1950-536: The Golden Age of Science Fiction . Science fiction has been called the "literature of ideas ", and continues to evolve, incorporating diverse voices and themes, influencing not just literature but film, TV, and culture at large. Besides providing entertainment it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives, and inspiration a " sense of wonder ". According to Isaac Asimov , "Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with
2025-477: The Russian writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov presented a view of a future interstellar communist civilization and is considered one of the most important Soviet science fiction novels. In 1959, Robert A. Heinlein 's Starship Troopers marked a departure from his earlier juvenile stories and novels. It is one of the first and most influential examples of military science fiction , and introduced
2100-447: The information revolution . In 2007, Liu Cixin 's novel, The Three-Body Problem , was published in China. It was translated into English by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books in 2014, and won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel , making Liu the first Asian writer to win the award. Emerging themes in late 20th and early 21st century science fiction include environmental issues ,
2175-400: The 1970s, critics within the field, such as Damon Knight and Terry Carr , were using "sci fi" to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction. Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers." Robert Heinlein found even "science fiction" insufficient for certain types of works in this genre, and suggested
2250-550: The Apes (the original), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle , was released to popular and critical acclaim, its vivid depiction of a post-apocalyptic world in which intelligent apes dominate humans . In 1977, George Lucas began the Star Wars film series with the film now identified as " Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope . " The series, often called
2325-718: The Blue Fire have many of the same responsibilities as the wizards and fight the same battle against entropy . In So You Want to Be a Wizard , Nita's wizardry manual is written by "Hearnssen", a reference to the protagonist of The Door Into Fire , Herewiss s'Hearn (son of Hearn), so it may be that the Middle Kingdoms are part of the same sheaf of universes as the Young Wizards setting. Adding to this, one interdimensional portal in The Door into Fire appears to open over New York City. Duane
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2400-503: The Coast , is set in the Star*Drive universe. While Duane is not the only author to write for this universe, she was the first. Duane wrote a trilogy of Spider-Man novels, The Venom Factor , for Byron-Preiss Multimedia from 1994 to 1996. The trilogy was composed of: (written with Peter Morwood) Co-authored with Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik Duane made available in various e-formats
2475-575: The Extra-Terrestrial - 1983), war ( Enemy Mine - 1985), comedy ( Spaceballs - 1987, Galaxy Quest - 1999), animation ( WALL-E – 2008, Big Hero 6 – 2014), Western ( Serenity – 2005), action ( Edge of Tomorrow – 2014, The Matrix – 1999), adventure ( Jupiter Ascending – 2015, Interstellar – 2014), mystery ( Minority Report – 2002), thriller ( Ex Machina – 2014), drama ( Melancholia – 2011, Predestination – 2014), and romance ( Eternal Sunshine of
2550-607: The Happy Days Gang , Biskitts , and Laverne and Shirley in the Army , she moved on to work in development and serve as a staff writer at Filmation , and in 1985 was hired to story-edit the DiC animated series Dinosaucers . During this period she also wrote scripts for Sunbow Productions ( Glo Friends , Transformers , and My Little Pony ) and Walt Disney Productions ( Duck Tales ). In 1986, she co-wrote (with Michael Reaves )
2625-676: The Ring ). Duane was also a co-author of the Barbie movie Barbie: Fairytopia . An adaptation of So You Want to be a Wizard is currently in the works. Science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi ) is a genre of speculative fiction , which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology , space exploration , time travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . It often explores human responses to changes in science and technology. Science fiction
2700-648: The Sea (1985) is set in the world of the Middle Kingdoms, but not concerning any of the characters in the novels. Duane also worked on Tales of the Five , a five-book series to bridge the gap between The Door into Sunset and The Door into Starlight . Books in this series so far are: Duane has also written a number of Star Trek novels : Duane also shares story credit on the TNG episode " Where No One Has Gone Before " with Michael Reaves . The Harbinger Trilogy, published by Wizards of
2775-457: The Spotless Mind – 2004, Her – 2013). Science fiction and television have consistently been in a close relationship. Television or television-like technologies frequently appeared in science fiction long before television itself became widely available in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The first known science fiction television program was a thirty-five-minute adapted excerpt of
2850-548: The States and Empires of the Moon (1657) and The States and Empires of the Sun (1662), Margaret Cavendish 's " The Blazing World " (1666), Jonathan Swift 's Gulliver's Travels (1726), Ludvig Holberg 's Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) and Voltaire 's Micromégas (1752). Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan considered Somnium the first science fiction story; it depicts
2925-599: The UK in December 2004. A "megafeature" cut of the entire miniseries was aired on Channel Four television in the UK in December 2005. The miniseries aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US in late March 2006 under the title Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King . The miniseries has also been released on DVD in the US and numerous other markets, under various titles (the previous US title was Curse of
3000-510: The Worlds (1898). His science fiction imagined alien invasion , biological engineering , invisibility , and time travel . In his non-fiction futurologist works he predicted the advent of airplanes , military tanks , nuclear weapons , satellite television , space travel , and something resembling the World Wide Web . Edgar Rice Burroughs 's A Princess of Mars , published in 1912,
3075-525: The Young Wizards series. The Young Wizards universe contains canonical alternate universes ( So You Want to Be a Wizard and To Visit the Queen are good examples: the protagonists travel to alternate universes to solve problems there). Also known as the Tale of the Five , this high fantasy series was paused in 1992. The books center on some of the same themes as her better-known Young Wizards series; those who wield
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3150-449: The books, fixing some timeline issues within the series, and overall making the series more appealing to contemporary young adult readers. The first of the series would be available in June 2011, initially in ebook format, with the next three books to follow in the succeeding months and all these to have new ISBNs, with the publisher switching to the revised editions with new covers around the time
3225-413: The concept of powered armor exoskeletons . The German space opera series Perry Rhodan , written by various authors, started in 1961 with an account of the first Moon landing and has since expanded in space to multiple universes , and in time by billions of years. It has become the most popular science fiction book series of all time. In the 1960s and 1970s, New Wave science fiction
3300-1053: The covers, as well as coupons and other perforated inserts. Star Trek: The Animated Series omnibus editions of Star Trek Log were published by Del Rey Books as part of Star Trek 's 30th Anniversary celebration. A serialized essay by Foster was included, in addition to revisions of several stories. Not all printings included a volume number. Illustrated middle-grade novels published exclusively for libraries as part of Random House's Gibraltar Library Binding service. Solicitations for additional novels were released to libraries in 1978 and 1979, but were later withdrawn. Simon & Schuster imprints known to have published Star Trek novels include: Archway, Aladdin, Paula Wiseman, Wanderer, Minstrel, Byron Preiss, Wallaby, Weekly Reader, Pocket, Pocket Star, Viz, Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster Interactive, and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Imprints vary by book line, series, miniseries, printing, and market (e.g. country or language area). Star Trek: The Original Series book line
3375-506: The creation of microrobots and micromachinery , nanotechnology , smartdust , virtual reality , and artificial intelligence (including swarm intelligence ), as well as developing the ideas of "necroevolution" and the creation of artificial worlds. In 1965, Dune by Frank Herbert featured a much more complex and detailed imagined future society than had previously in most science fiction. In 1967 Anne McCaffrey began her Dragonriders of Pern science fantasy series. Two of
3450-624: The crew of the Enterprise as they attempt to prevent the weaponization of the Genesis Device. Star Trek: The Next Generation – Maximum Warp miniseries follows the crew of the Enterprise as they search for a solution to a disruption in subspace which prevents warp travel. The titles do not appear on the cover art, only the series name and book number. Star Trek: A Time to... crossover miniseries explores events prior to Nemesis (2002). Conceived by John J. Ordover, and edited by Keith DeCandido . Originally intended to be
3525-472: The devoted aficionado or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and the lack of a "full satisfactory definition" is because "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction." Another definition comes from The Literature Book by DK and is, "scenarios that are at the time of writing technologically impossible, extrapolating from present-day science...[,]...or that deal with some form of speculative science-based conceit, such as
3600-565: The effect artificial life has on Starfleet and the Federation. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book line is based on the television series of the same name . The book line was relaunched with the publication of three thematically linked works: the short story collection Lives of Dax (1999), edited by Marco Palmieri; A Stitch in Time (2000), by Andrew J. Robinson; and the two-part novel Avatar (2001), by S. D. Perry. Based on select episodes from
3675-439: The episodes, ran from 1959 to 1964. It featured fantasy , suspense , and horror as well as science fiction, with each episode being a complete story. Critics have ranked it as one of the best TV programs of any genre . The animated series The Jetsons , while intended as comedy and only running for one season (1962–1963), predicted many inventions now in common use: flat-screen televisions , newspapers on
3750-743: The first science fiction novel . Some of the stories from The Arabian Nights , along with the 10th-century The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and Ibn al-Nafis 's 13th-century Theologus Autodidactus , are also argued to contain elements of science fiction. Written during the Scientific Revolution and later the Age of Enlightenment are considered true science-fantasy books. Francis Bacon 's New Atlantis (1627), Johannes Kepler 's Somnium (1634), Athanasius Kircher 's Itinerarium extaticum (1656), Cyrano de Bergerac 's Comical History of
3825-480: The genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years. In 1937, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction , an event that is sometimes considered the beginning of the Golden Age of Science Fiction , which was characterized by stories celebrating scientific achievement and progress . The "Golden Age" is often said to have ended in 1946, but sometimes
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#17328769552323900-472: The implications of the Internet and the expanding information universe, questions about biotechnology , nanotechnology , and post-scarcity societies . Recent trends and subgenres include steampunk , biopunk , and mundane science fiction . The first, or at least one of the first, recorded science fiction film is 1902's A Trip to the Moon , directed by French filmmaker Georges Méliès . It
3975-408: The kitty" donations , and $ 2,900 in challenge grants , Duane wrote, over a span of two and a half years, seven of the book's 13 chapters. No new chapters were published between July 2008 and February 2011, but on February 2, 2011, Duane announced the project's completion and posted the remaining chapters for subscribers between then and the 15th. Books about adult wizards set in the same universe of
4050-634: The last twenty years. She also wrote the 1985 text adventure video game Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative . Duane drew the map in Larry Niven 's The Ringworld Engineers . Duane has worked in television since the early 1980s, initially becoming involved in script work at the Hanna-Barbera animation studio (now Cartoon Network ). After writing numerous scripts for such series as Scooby and Scrappy-Doo , Captain Caveman , Space Stars , Fonz and
4125-415: The late 1940s and the 1950s are included. In 1942, Isaac Asimov started his Foundation series , which chronicles the rise and fall of galactic empires and introduced psychohistory . The series was later awarded a one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series". Theodore Sturgeon 's More Than Human (1953) explored possible future human evolution . In 1957, Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by
4200-534: The life of Khan Noonien Singh on Ceti Alpha V. The series was developed by Greg Cox and John J. Ordover . Star Trek: The Janus Gate miniseries follows the events of " The Naked Time ". Star Trek: Errand of Vengeance miniseries is a retelling of Enterprise (NCC-1701) 's "Five Year" mission from an undercover Klingon agent's point of view. Star Trek: Vulcan's Soul miniseries follows Spock 's life after The Next Generation episode " Unification ". Star Trek: Errand of Fury miniseries
4275-456: The modern genre primarily arose in the 19th and early 20th centuries when popular writers began looking to technological progress and speculation. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein , written in 1818, is often credited as the first true science fiction novel . Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are pivotal figures in the genre's development. In the 20th century, expanded with the introduction of space operas , dystopian literature, pulp magazines , and
4350-459: The next book in the series is released. The series, in the same setting as the Young Wizards novels, focuses on cat-wizards, who maintain the worldgates that wizards use for travel between the sheaf of canonical universes. In December 2005, Duane proposed to her fans that they fund a third novel in the series, The Big Meow . After funding the project via whole-book subscriptions , per-chapter threshold pledges , merchandising , "put something in
4425-533: The novelizations of " Mudd's Women " and " I, Mudd ", and an original novella by Lawrence. The Day of the Dove (1985) is a variant of Star Trek 11 (1975). Mudd's Enterprise (1994) is a variant of Mudd's Angels . Novels based on The Original Series . Bantam never applied an official series name to the novels, instead marketing each volume as a new or original "Star Trek Adventure". The novels are not numbered; however, library catalogs and booksellers applied numbers to
4500-472: The novellas included in the first novel, Dragonflight , made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Hugo or Nebula Award . In 1968, Philip K. Dick 's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published. It is the literary source of the Blade Runner movie franchise . In 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin was set on a planet in which the inhabitants have no fixed gender . It
4575-639: The novels in publication order, including Mudd's Angels and The New Voyages . In 1993, the series was reprinted by Titan Books as Star Trek Adventures using a different number scheme. The name given to the reprint series has been retroactively applied to Bantam's series by book discovery websites such as Goodreads and LibraryThing . Star Trek: The New Voyages collects fan-submitted fiction curated and edited by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath . Two additional volumes were announced, but none were published. Pocket Books 's Strange New Worlds (1998–2016) series, edited by Dean Wesley Smith , has
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#17328769552324650-603: The play RUR , written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek , broadcast live from the BBC's Alexandra Palace studios on 11 February 1938. The first popular science fiction program on American television was the children's adventure serial Captain Video and His Video Rangers , which ran from June 1949 to April 1955. The Twilight Zone (the original series), produced and narrated by Rod Serling , who also wrote or co-wrote most of
4725-467: The publication of Death in Winter (2005), by Michael Jan Friedman . Based on select episodes from the television series. Numbered paperback releases: Includes hardcover and paperback releases: Star Trek: The Next Generation – Starfleet Academy young adult series explores the lives of the Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) crew as Starfleet Academy cadets. Starfleet Academy (1997),
4800-468: The reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology ." Robert A. Heinlein wrote that "A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method ." American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote, "Even
4875-414: The same universe, "Uptown Local", has also been published as part of Jane Yolen 's Dragons and Dreams anthology, and a podcast of Duane reading it is freely available from her website. It also appears in the twentieth anniversary edition of So You Want to Be a Wizard . In February 2011, Duane announced she would be releasing new versions of the first 4 books in the series, updating the technology used in
4950-653: The screenplay for the Space Island One episode "Not In My Back Yard" (1998–1999). In 2003, after doing nearly four years' development work with the production company Tandem Communications of Munich, Germany, Duane and Peter Morwood co-wrote the script for the German TV miniseries Die Nibelungen . The miniseries aired in Germany on the Sat.1 network in late November 2004, and a feature version (titled Sword of Xanten ) screened in
5025-648: The script of one of the earliest episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation , " Where No One Has Gone Before ". In the early 1990s Duane was brought on board as the head writer on the BBC Television educational series Science Challenge . Shortly thereafter she co-wrote (with her husband) scripts for Batman: The Animated Series and for Gargoyles . She also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 space adventure game Privateer 2: The Darkening , which starred Clive Owen , Christopher Walken , Jürgen Prochnow and Mathilda May . Other screen work from that period includes
5100-1810: The series gained popularity through syndication and extraordinary fan interest . It became a very popular and influential franchise with many films , television shows , novels , and other works and products. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) led to six additional live action Star Trek shows: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Voyager (1995–2001) , Enterprise (2001–2005), Discovery (2017–2024), Picard (2020–2023), and Strange New Worlds (2022–present), with more in some form of development. List of Star Trek novels The Star Trek franchise's first tie-in publications were James Blish 's 1967 volume of episode novelizations and Mack Reynolds 's 1968 young adult novel Mission to Horatius . Since 1968, more than 850 original novels, short story collections, episode and film novelizations, and omnibus editions have been published. Novels based on Star Trek , The Next Generation , Discovery , and Picard are currently in print. As recently as 2020, novels based on Deep Space Nine , Enterprise , and Voyager were published. Original concept and flagship series such as New Frontier , Titan , Seekers , and Vanguard have also been published since 1994. Official publishers of Star Trek novels include Simon & Schuster and U.K. publisher Titan Books . Bantam Books published novels from 1967 to 1981. Past publishers include: Western Publishing , Random House imprints Ballantine and Del Rey Books , Science Fiction Book Club . Publishers Heyne and Cross Cult publish German-language translations of Star Trek novels. In 2001, Pocket Books estimated there were 85 million copies in print. Michael Epstein, writing for Television Quarterly in 1996, said Star Trek
5175-515: The term speculative fiction to be used instead for those that are more "serious" or "thoughtful". Some scholars assert that science fiction had its beginnings in ancient times , when the line between myth and fact was blurred. Written in the 2nd century CE by the satirist Lucian , A True Story contains many themes and tropes characteristic of modern science fiction, including travel to other worlds, extraterrestrial lifeforms , interplanetary warfare, and artificial life . Some consider it
5250-442: Was "by far the biggest series of fiction in the history of western literature". Bantam Books was the first licensed publisher of Star Trek tie-in fiction. Bantam published all their novels as mass market paperbacks. Bantam also published Star Trek Lives! (1975) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg . Short story adaptations of The Original Series episodes written by James Blish and J. A. Lawrence . Mudd's Angels (1978) includes
5325-403: Was announced in 2008 but was cancelled in 2011. The cover art by John Picacio forms a triptych . Star Trek: Legacies miniseries was published as part of Star Trek 's 50th Anniversary celebration. The novels feature characters from other booklines. Star Trek: The Next Generation book line is based on the television series of the same name . The book line was relaunched with
5400-404: Was influential on later filmmakers , bringing a different kind of creativity and fantasy . Méliès's innovative editing and special effects techniques were widely imitated and became important elements of the cinematic medium . 1927's Metropolis , directed by Fritz Lang , is the first feature-length science fiction film. Though not well received in its time, it is now considered
5475-480: Was known for its embrace of a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, and a highbrow and self-consciously " literary " or " artistic " sensibility . In 1961, Solaris by Stanisław Lem was published in Poland . The novel dealt with the theme of human limitations as its characters attempted to study a seemingly intelligent ocean on a newly discovered planet . Lem's work anticipated
5550-484: Was published by Dell Books in 1979; Gerrold wrote an "overture" to that novel, stating he'd rather be making overtures than introductions to Duane. She subsequently worked as a freelance writer. In 1981, she moved to Pennsylvania . She married Northern Irish author Peter Morwood in 1987; they later moved to the United Kingdom and then to Ireland, where they reside in Grangecon , County Wicklow . A short story within
5625-408: Was the first of his three- decade -long planetary romance series of Barsoom novels , which were set on Mars and featured John Carter as the hero . These novels were predecessors to YA novels , and drew inspiration from European science fiction and American Western novels . In 1924, We by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin , one of the first dystopian novels, was published. It describes
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