Diplomatic Implausibility (25 page)
Rocketed to Earth as an infant to escape the destruction of his homeplanet,
KEITH R.A. DeCANDIDO
was raised by a pack of feral librarians. As a teenager, he was bitten by a radioactive editor, and given powers far beyond those of normal wordsmiths. Swearing to use his powers only for personal profit, he became a writer, editor, and book packager.
He scripted the
Star Trek: The Next Generation
comic book miniseries
Perchance to Dream,
co-developed
Star
Trek: S.C.E.
and wrote the
S.C.E.
eBook
Fatal Error,
and is the author of the
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
novel in the
Gateways
crossover (due Fall 2001) and the cross-series duology
Star Trek: The Brave and the Bold
(due some time in 2002). His other books include the best-selling
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
tomes
The Watcher’s Guide
(with Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder) and
The
Xander Years,
Vol. 1; the
Farscape
novel
House of Cards;
the Spider-Man novel
Venom’s Wrath
(with José R. Nieto); and two
Young Hercules
novels.
Keith is the percussionist and backup vocalist for the Don’t Quit Your Day Job Players, an acclaimed rock/blues/country band that released its second CD,
Blues Spoken Here,
in 1999. Keith also maintains the band’s web site at
www.dqydjp.com.
Learn more than you could possibly want to know about Keith at his web site:
www.sff.net/people/krad.
Star Trek
®
: The Original Series
Enterprise: The First Adventure
• Vonda N. McIntyre
Final Frontier
• Diane Carey
Strangers from the Sky
• Margaret Wander Bonanno
Spock’s World
• Diane Duane
The Lost Years
• J.M. Dillard
Probe
• Margaret Wander Bonanno
Prime Directive
• Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Best Destiny
• Diane Carey
Shadows on the Sun
• Michael Jan Friedman
Sarek
• A.C. Crispin
Federation
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Vulcan’s Forge
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Mission to Horatius
• Mack Reynolds
Vulcan’s Heart
• Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Vonda N. McIntyre
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• J.M. Dillard
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• J.M. Dillard
Star Trek Generations
• J.M. Dillard
Starfleet Academy
• Diane Carey
Star Trek books by William Shatner with Judith and Garfield
Reeves-Stevens
The Ashes of Eden
The Return
Avenger
Star Trek: Odyssey
(contains
The Ashes of Eden, The Return,
and
Avenger)
Spectre
Dark Victory
Preserver
#1 •
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Gene Roddenberry
#2 •
The Entropy Effect
• Vonda N. McIntyre
#3 •
The Klingon Gambit
• Robert E. Vardeman
#4 •
The Covenant of the Crown
• Howard Weinstein
#5 •
The Prometheus Design
• Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath
#6 •
The Abode of Life
• Lee Correy
#7 •
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Vonda N. McIntyre
#8 •
Black Fire
• Sonni Cooper
#9 •
Triangle
• Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath
#10 •
Web of the Romulans
• M.S. Murdock
#11 •
Yesterday’s Son
• A.C. Crispin
#12 •
Mutiny on the Enterprise
• Robert E. Vardeman
#13 •
The Wounded Sky
• Diane Duane
#14 •
The Trellisane Confrontation
• David Dvorkin
#15 •
Corona
• Greg Bear
#16 •
The Final Reflection
• John M. Ford
#17 •
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Vonda N. McIntyre
#18 •
My Enemy, My Ally
• Diane Duane
#19 •
The Tears of the Singers
• Melinda Snodgrass
#20 •
The Vulcan Academy Murders
• Jean Lorrah
#21 •
Uhura’s Song
• Janet Kagan
#22 •
Shadow Land
• Laurence Yep
#23 •
Ishmael
• Barbara Hambly
#24 •
Killing Time
• Della Van Hise
#25 •
Dwellers in the Crucible
• Margaret Wander Bonanno
#26 •
Pawns and Symbols
• Majiliss Larson
#27 •
Mindshadow
• J.M. Dillard
#28 •
Crisis on Centaurus
• Brad Ferguson
#29 •
Dreadnought!
• Diane Carey
#30 •
Demons
• J.M. Dillard
#31 •
Battlestations!
• Diane Carey
#32 •
Chain of Attack
• Gene DeWeese
#33 •
Deep Domain
• Howard Weinstein
#34 •
Dreams of the Raven
• Carmen Carter
#35 •
The Romulan Way
• Diane Duane & Peter Morwood
#36 •
How Much for Just the Planet?
• John M. Ford
#37 •
Bloodthirst
• J.M. Dillard
#38 •
The IDIC Epidemic
• Jean Lorrah
#39 •
Time for Yesterday
• A.C. Crispin
#40 •
Timetrap
• David Dvorkin
#41 •
The Three-Minute Universe
• Barbara Paul
#42 •
Memory Prime
• Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
#43 •
The Final Nexus
• Gene DeWeese
#44 •
Vulcan’s Glory
• D.C. Fontana
#45 •
Double, Double
• Michael Jan Friedman
#46 •
The Cry of the Onlies
• Judy Klass
#47 •
The Kobayashi Maru
• Julia Ecklar
#48 •
Rules of Engagement
• Peter Morwood
#49 •
The Pandora Principle
• Carolyn Clowes
#50 •
Doctor’s Orders
• Diane Duane
#51 •
Unseen Enemy
• V.E. Mitchell
#52 •
Home Is the Hunter
• Dana Kramer Rolls
#53 •
Ghost-Walker
• Barbara Hambly
#54 •
A Flag Full of Stars
• Brad Ferguson
#55 •
Renegade
• Gene DeWeese
#56 •
Legacy
• Michael Jan Friedman
#57 •
The Rift
• Peter David
#58 •
Face of Fire
• Michael Jan Friedman
#59 •
The Disinherited
• Peter David
#60 •
Ice Trap
• L.A. Graf
#61 •
Sanctuary
• John Vornholt
#62 •
Death Count
• L.A. Graf
#63 •
Shell Game
• Melissa Crandall
#64 •
The Starship Trap
• Mel Gilden
#65 •
Windows on a Lost World
• V.E. Mitchell
#66 •
From the Depths
• Victor Milan
#67 •
The Great Starship Race
• Diane Carey
#68 •
Firestorm
• L.A. Graf
#69 •
The Patrian Transgression
• Simon Hawke
#70 •
Traitor Winds
• L.A. Graf
#71 •
Crossroad
• Barbara Hambly
#72 •
The Better Man
• Howard Weinstein
#73 •
Recovery
• J.M. Dillard
#74 •
The Fearful Summons
• Denny Martin Flynn
#75 •
First Frontier
• Diane Carey & Dr. James I. Kirkland
#76 •
The Captain’s Daughter
• Peter David
#77 •
Twilight’s End
• Jerry Oltion
#78 •
The Rings of Tautee
• Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#79 •
Invasion!
#1:
First Strike
• Diane Carey
#80 •
The Joy Machine
• James Gunn
#81 •
Mudd in Your Eye
• Jerry Oltion
#82 •
Mind Meld
• John Vornholt
#83 •
Heart of the Sun
• Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski
#84 •
Assignment: Eternity
• Greg Cox
#85-87 •
My Brother’s Keeper
• Michael Jan Friedman
#85 •
Republic
#86 •
Constitution
#87 •
Enterprise
#88 •
Across the Universe
• Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski
#89-94 •
New Earth
#89 •
Wagon Train to the Stars
• Diane Carey
#90 •
Belle Terre
• Dean Wesley Smith with Diane Carey
#91 •
Rough Trails
• L.A. Graf
#92 •
The Flaming Arrow
• Kathy and Jerry Oltion
#93 •
Thin Air
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith
#94 •
Challenger
• Diane Carey
#95-96 •
Rihannsu
• Diane Duane
#95 •
Swordhunt
#96 •
Honor Blade
Star Trek: The Next Generation
®
Metamorphosis
• Jean Lorrah
Vendetta
• Peter David
Reunion
• Michael Jan Friedman
Imzadi
• Peter David
The Devil’s Heart
• Carmen Carter
Dark Mirror
• Diane Duane
Q-Squared
• Peter David
Crossover
• Michael Jan Friedman
Kahless
• Michael Jan Friedman
Ship of the Line
• Diane Carey
The Best and the Brightest
• Susan Wright
Planet X
• Michael Jan Friedman
Imzadi II: Triangle
• Peter David
I, Q
• Peter David & John de Lancie
The Valiant
• Michael Jan Friedman
Novelizations
Encounter at Farpoint
• David Gerrold
Unification
• Jeri Taylor
Relics
• Michael Jan Friedman
Descent
• Diane Carey
All Good Things...
• Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek: Klingon
• Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Star Trek Generations
• J.M. Dillard
Star Trek: First Contact
• J.M. Dillard
Star Trek: Insurrection
• J.M. Dillard
#1 •
Ghost Ship
• Diane Carey
#2 •
The Peacekeepers
• Gene DeWeese
#3 •
The Children of Hamlin
• Carmen Carter
#4 •
Survivors
• Jean Lorrah
#5 •
Strike Zone
• Peter David
#6 •
Power Hungry
• Howard Weinstein
#7 •
Masks
• John Vornholt
#8 •
The Captain’s Honor
• David & Daniel Dvorkin
#9 •
A Call to Darkness
• Michael Jan Friedman
#10 •
A Rock and a Hard Place
• Peter David
#11 •
Gulliver’s Fugitives
• Keith Sharee
#12 •
Doomsday World
• David, Carter, Friedman & Greenberger
#13 •
The Eyes of the Beholders
• A.C. Crispin
#14 •
Exiles
• Howard Weinstein
#15 •
Fortune’s Light
• Michael Jan Friedman
#16 •
Contamination
• John Vornholt
#17 •
Boogeymen
• Mel Gilden
#18 •
Q-in-Law
• Peter David
#19 •
Perchance to Dream
• Howard Weinstein
#20 •
Spartacus
• T.L. Mancour
#21 •
Chains of Command
• W.A. McCoy & E.L. Flood
#22 •
Imbalance
• V.E. Mitchell
#23 •
War Drums
• John Vornholt
#24 •
Nightshade
• Laurell K. Hamilton
#25 •
Grounded
• David Bischoff
#26 •
The Romulan Prize
• Simon Hawke
#27 •
Guises of the Mind
• Rebecca Neason
#28 •
Here There Be Dragons
• John Peel
#29 •
Sins of Commission
• Susan Wright
#30 •
Debtor’s Planet
• W.R. Thompson
#31 •
Foreign Foes
• Dave Galanter & Greg Brodeur
#32 •
Requiem
• Michael Jan Friedman & Kevin Ryan
#33 •
Balance of Power
• Dafydd ab Hugh
#34 •
Blaze of Glory
• Simon Hawke