Voyages of Imagination

Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion is a trade paperback reference work, published by Pocket Books in , which focuses on the Star Trek novels published by Bantam Books and Pocket Books, among others.
The book is broken into two sections: the first has brief descriptions of each novel published to date, while the second section is a detailed timeline that fits each novel into the timeline from the and also updates the timeline based on changes made after the second Chronology edition, such as the date for the first film.
== Summary ==
;From the back cover
:Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable. 
:From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others?
:Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books.
:Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.
== Contents ==
* Part One: Star Trek Fiction Published by Bantam Books (–)
* Part Two: Star Trek Fiction Published by Ballantine Books (–)
* Part Three: Star Trek Fiction Published by Pocket Books (–)
** Section 1: Star Trek (The Original Series) Numbered Novels
** Section 2: Star Trek (The Original Series) Unnumbered Novels
** Section 3: Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered Novels
** Section 4: Star Trek: The Next Generation Unnumbered Novels
** Section 5: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Numbered Novels
** Section 6: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Unnumbered Novels
** Section 7: Star Trek: Voyager Numbered Novels
** Section 8: Star Trek: Voyager Unnumbered Novels
** Section 9: Star Trek: Enterprise Novels
** Section 10: Novelizations
** Section 11: Original Fiction Concepts
** Section 12: Miniseries
** Section 13: Anthologies
** Section 14: Other Star Trek Fiction
** Section 15: Young Adult Fiction
* The Star Trek Fiction Timeline
== Background information ==
* This companion features interviews with many Star Trek writers, including actors-turned-writers William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Andrew Robinson (Elim Garak), and J.G. Hertzler (Martok).
* The title is referenced in chapter seven of the nonfiction novel Hide Your Fear by Kevin O'Brien, where a character returns it to the library.
* In , Ayers spoke with Authors on the Air podcast about how his novel collection lead to writing the book. 
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