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First Contact ruined these books.
By McCoy666

Quote "STRANGERS FROM THE SKY, originally issued in 1987, tells a tale within a tale amid the framework of a fictional novel chronicling mankind's first contact with Vulcans in the mid-21st century. As Bonanno points out, while some of the details seemingly conflict with STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, released nine years afterwards, the novel doesn't so much conflict with filmed canon as it complements the events. During the mid-21st century, an Earth vessel comes across a Vulcan starship, and buried deep within that contact, Admiral James T. Kirk begins having visions of his involvement not only in the 21st century but also in the 23rd century as well. Further complicating matters is the involvement of his former first officer Gary Mitchell and ship's psychologist Elizabeth Dehner (from "Where No Man Has Gone Before") in the contact. Now the question comes: how can Kirk unravel this Gordian knot in time and keep events flowing? Bonanno masters her work and her blend of strong characterization and tight plotting in this classic.

FEDERATION, originally issued in 1994, is a grand epic that spans the centuries of the STAR TREK universe. As with STRANGERS, it gives us an alternate look at the backstory of Zefram Cochrane that seemingly conflicts with FIRST CONTACT but also complements the film as well. Across the centuries, a madman out for vengeance seeks to claim Cochrane aboard two generations of Enterprises, under both Kirk's and Picard's commands. Of course, at the time of its original publication, GENERATIONS had yet to be released, and we had yet to know of Kirk's final fate or of his involvement with Picard, but FEDERATION offers us glimpses into the origins of the STAR TREK universe as we know it. The Reeves-Stevenses know their history well."

That awful First Contact movie and that abysmal Enterprise series screwed up continuity already set in these books. Federation is the REAL history of the Star Trek Universe, and I don't know why it couldn't be followed.

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