Mirror picards early career is a dark inversion of the first season of tng, with mass slaughter and outright genocide instead of noble speeches and high ideals. Easily its one of my personal top ten of the best star trek novels that i ever read. Following up the smashhit miniseries mirror broken, the mirror universe next generation crew is looking for new worlds to conquer, and theyre crossing over to the prime star trek universe to find them. In a mirror, darkly, part ii moment after watching enterprises fiery explosion, archer and his team are attempting to escape on the defiant. Crossover, through the looking glass, shattered mirror, resurrection, and the emperors new cloak.
The next generation mirror broken is a sixissue comic book miniseries from idw publishing. Anyway, if there are any out there let me know especially if. It is set in the mirror universe, and offers an explanation of its more violent culture. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. May 07, 2017 free comic book day reveals the next generations dark reflection. Published in 2017, the series depicts the mirror universe versions of the star trek. Dark mirror is a star trek novel written by diane duane. The mirror captain kirk of the iss enterprise was a mass murderer who was promoted to captain after assassinating captain. Black mirrors uss callister filters toxic fandom through star. Toward the books end, picard speaks to mirrorworf and explains that soon the empire will be too far spread to maintain control over the worlds it. Dec 21, 2019 star trek will continue to explore the mirror universe in 2020.
Mirror to take a typical star trek homage and make it dark. Vintage star trek book hc w dj tng dark mirror 1993 distributed by pocket books, by agreement with paramount pictures corp. Details about star trek crossover dark mirror bundle book gift. The solicitations include two new star trek comic books. I suppose it might actually be quite a challenge to write most of a star trek book taking place on the ship. This method of jumping universes is a callback to the first mirror universe episode, mirror, mirror from star trek. Although, this was just a rehash of the original series episode mirror, mirror. Why do i fill with glee when my favorite vulcan sports a goatee, or when witnessing. Dark mirror ebook by diane duane official publisher page simon. Star trek encyclopedia provides information on mirror universe characters and storyline. The next generation book dark mirror, written by diane duane, offers another explanation of what happened after captain kirk and three of his crew encountered the mirror universe. Dark passions book one good star trek crossover dark passions pocket 2001. The next generation adventure unlike any seen before.
Enterprise in a mirror, darkly parts 1 and 2 2005 if deep space nine smoothed the mirror universe into a swashbuckling field trip, enterprise brought it screaming back to its dark authoritarian roots literally, in the case of mirror archers pitchblack crew cut. I grew up watching star trek tos reruns on tv in the 1970s and i caught every original cast flick that came out in the theatre. Many other noncanon mirror universe outings disregard dark mirror in favor of the canon interpretation. Vintage star trek book hc w dj tng dark mirror 1993distributed by pocket books, by agreement with paramount pictures corp.
Deep space nine, in which the terran empire had been conquered by the klingoncardassian alliance in the late 23rd century. Dec 12, 2014 the first star trek pilot, the cage, was produced in 1964. I thought it would have made an excellent star trek. Some episodes had great ideas, some were corny and often puerile. Crossover, or with subsequent mirror universe novels. Like every anthology series, even the emmywinning black mirror can be hit or miss. Diane duane is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, amongst them the fanfavourite star trek titles dark mirror and the 5volume rihannsu series of novels exploring the world of the romulans the first four volumes of which are now available as the omnibus the bloodwing voyages 1416525777 released together with the fifth volume the empty.
Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. This is also my first video, let me know what you think. The technobabble is par for the course for star trek, but it seems to be even more annoying and distracting coming out. In a mirror darkly, and in a mirror darkly part ii. And this made me pick up this book the moment i saw it at the used book store. I have always been a fan of the mirror universe episodes on star trek. Mar 12, 2017 i read the novel star trek the next generation. Oct 06, 2012 star trek has often been a hitormiss show for me. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Three video games incorporate mirror universe elements. Now the problem is that theyve beaten all of it out of the franchise. Some of my favorite episodes of star trek big tos, tng, and voy fan here are in fact bottle shows.
Dark mirror also has one of my favorite aliens that ive seen in a book in. Jan 04, 2018 black mirrors meditation on star trek. Several expansions of star trek ccg make use of the mirror universe, chief among them mirror, mirror and in a mirror, darkly. There are a variety of star trek references peppered throughout the episode, but not so many that it feels like a star wars movie hitting you over the head with a 2.
In dark mirror, the mirror spock left the enterprise and rose through the ranks and spearheaded an effort to reform the empire. The main problem with dark mirror, is that the author takes star trek way too seriously. As with the picard of the prime universe, patrick stewart was used for picards likeness in the star trek. Star trek to introduce mirror universe khan in 2020. I really like the mirror universe for some reason, so i got a kick out of this book despite the poor narration. Black mirror production designer joel collins explains how they designed the star treklike episode uss callister in season four of charlie brookers scifi anthology series. Easily one of the better entries into published star trek, the next generation fiction, dark mirror does a much better job, er, mirroring the feel of the original star trek episode, by leaving enough familiar for us to be truly appalled at the different turns characters with the fundamental abilities of the crew could take. Captain picard claims, towards the end of the book, that. Duanes approach to the mirror universe is markedly different to that of writers michael piller and peter allan fields, with both dark mirror and. Dark mirror is a pocket tng novel written by diane duane.
Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. But one of the most interesting shows was mirror, mirror, when captain kirk and three of his crew were tossed into an alternate universe where the federation had been replaced by an empire and spock had a goatee. Many details presented here are contradictory to the canon version of the 24th century mirror universe that was later shown in ds9 episodes. Previous star trek series had a problem with overly utopian idealism. The mirror universe is a dark and twisted reflection of our own, where humans and vulcans live as slaves to a brutal alliance of klingons and cardassians an alliance long believed to be the creation of one man. Star trek enterprise in a mirror, darkly opening titles. So, with season 5 now on netflix, we rank all 23 episodes of. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, barbara luna. Jan 15, 1993 dark mirror was a very fun book to read.
Details about star trek crossover dark mirror bundle book gift reading club. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. The next generation novel dark mirror the permutation of the mirror universe shown the terran empire had not fallen as that universes spock had failed. Shattered universe, elite force and star trek timelines. Enterprise encounter a parallel universe populated by. The next generation mass market paperback november 1, 1994 by diane duane author visit amazons diane duane page. The next generation, following captain jeanluc picard and his crew as they explore the previously uncharted and dangerous odyssean pass. One those things alone, i would not read this book because it took far too long to go anywhere. Why didnt star trek tng explore the mirror universe. Crossover although the paperback release came after, it appears to contradict the history and development of the mirror universe as seen in star trek. In the novel, the empire is still in existence in the 24th century. The mirror universe was first introduced in the original star trek episode mirror, mirror, which featured the brutal terran empire, managed by humans and their vulcan allies, in place of the united federation of planets. If you loved the original series, if you loved the episode mirror, mirror, then this this is your book. However, the mirror kirk framed him for treason, which resulted in spocks execution.
Enterprise encounter a parallel universe populated by duplicates of themselves. Star trek will continue to explore the mirror universe in 2020. It is set in the mirror universe, and offers an explanation of its more violent culture plot. The next generation tale hearkening back to the original tv series episode, mirror, mirror. Star trek crossover dark mirror bundle book gift reading club. Idw publishing released its march 2020 solicitations earlier this week. Instead of feeling like a complete book in and of itself, it simply serves to connect the novels that precede and follow it. Mirror, mirror, and so its continuity is not consistent with the canon portrayals of the universe, as depicted in episodes of the later series such as ds9. An exhilarating thriller from bestselling author dayton ward set in the universe of star trek. Dec 29, 2015 star trek the original series rewatch.
Free comic book day reveals the next generations dark reflection. Dark mirror is one of the few sting novels i have bothered to reread. Jan 05, 2018 black mirrors uss callister filters toxic fandom through star trek. The first star trek pilot, the cage, was produced in 1964. A mission compendium for star trek adventures empress hoshi sato, long may she reign, has graciously allowed the engineers of the terran empire to examine a. This was the first ever star trek story to portray the mirror universe in the 24th century. The next generation by duane, diane and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy a cheap copy of dark victory star trek book by william shatner. Deep space nine, they developed episodes using the angle of the mirror universe, the way that. Scott tipton is a new york times bestselling author and comic book. Dark mirror memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom.
Here, from the author who gave us the smash new york times bestseller spocks world, is a dramatic star trek. Jeanluc picard was an officer of the terran empires starfleet in several permutations of the mirror universe dark mirror. If deep space nine smoothed the mirror universe into a swashbuckling field trip, enterprise brought it screaming back to its dark authoritarian roots literally, in. While there are certainly aspects of dark victory that i enjoyed, i feel that it falls short of being a good star trek novel. Since the novel was written and published prior to ds9. Star trek crossover dark mirror bundle book gift reading.
Alternative mirror universe version seen during the season 4 twoparter. Duane suggests that the similarities are the most disconcerting, as picard finds a library of books that seem very familiar. I was wondering though if there are trek books out there that mostly take place on the ship itself. Dark mirror was the first novel to be written as a sequel to tos. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Dark mirror by diane duane one hundred years ago, four crewmembers of the u. Library markings on top of pages, and on end papers. The mirror universe is a dark and twisted reflection of our own, where all that is noble and compassionate is instead cruel and barbaric. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. That was the one in which captain kirk encountered his brutal alter ego in a parallel universe, a place where only the alternative spock showed any humanity. The next generation and millions of other books are available for. Dark mirror by duane, diane from amazons fiction books store. Black mirrors uss callister filters toxic fandom through.
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