Star Trek: The Motion Picture (novel)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture. A Novel is a 1979 novelization of the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which was released in the same year. It is especially notable for being the only Star Trek novel to be written by Gene Roddenberry, who created the franchise. It was also the first Star Trek novel published by Pocket Books, beginning a prolific relationship with the franchise that continues as of 2021. At the time the book was published, however, Bantam Books held the rights to publish original Star Trek-based fiction; Pocket Books wouldn't publish its first original Trek novel until 1981.
 1979 pb. cover | |
| Author | Gene Roddenberry |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
Publication date | December 1979 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 252 pp |
| ISBN | 0-671-25324-7 (hb.) 0-671-83088-0 (pb.) |
| OCLC | 5751478 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PS3568.O3424 S7 1979 |
| Followed by | The Entropy Effect |
This book is sometimes erroneously credited to Alan Dean Foster; however, Foster only contributed to the film's story. The novelization based on the screenplay was written solely by Roddenberry.[1]
Plot summary
The original historic 5-year mission is over. All of the Enterprise's original crew have pursued other jobs, only to be called back into action. The USS Enterprise has been refitted and the original crew must deal with an incredibly destructive power that threatens the Earth and the human race.
References
- Ellison, Harlan (10 March 2015). Harlan Ellison's Watching: Stories. Open Road Media. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4976-0411-7.