Thrilling Wonder Stories, Volume 2

They imagined new life, new worlds, new civilizations. They're the writers of STAR TREK, and THRILLING WONDER STORIES, the trade-paperback anthology revival of the classic 1929-55 pulp magazine, has stories by thirteen of them in its second volume All-new stories by: DAVID GERROLD ("The Trouble with Tribbles") NORMAN SPINRAD ("The Doomsday Machine") LARRY NIVEN (the animated series' "The Slaver Weapon") MICHAEL REAVES (TNG's "Where No One Has Gone Before") and STEVE PERRY DIANE DUANE (TNG's "Where No One Has Gone Before") MELINDA M. SNODGRASS (TNG's "The Measure of a Man") DAVID R. GEORGE III (VOYAGER's "Prime Factors") and classic stories from JERRY SOHL ("The Corbomite Maneuver") RICHARD MATHESON ("The Enemy Within") HARLAN ELLISON ("The City on the Edge of Forever") THEODORE STURGEON ("Amok Time") Plus "Arena" by FREDRIC BROWN, the basis of the TV episode, And an unproduced original series storyline by GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON ("The Man Trap") Also featured: MARC SCOTT ZICREE, novelist and writer of DS9's "Far Beyond the Stars," celebrates the literary writers who worked on big- and small-screen Trek. CRYSTAL ANN TAYLOR tells the behind-the-scenes story of "World Enough and Time," award-winning episode of Internet series STAR TREK: PHASE II with George Takei as Sulu. ADAM WEINER says "I Canna Change the Laws of Physics " ...but the writers of Star Trek don't have that compunction We take you inside Columbus of the Stars, a 1964 television series proposal by writer-director IB MELCHIOR (ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS) about a multinational starship crew visiting unexplored worlds... and how the pitch crossed paths with a writer-producer named Gene Roddenberry. Plus fun and surprising "Scientifacts" from JAMES TREFIL, and a look in "The Televisualizer" with SCOTT ASHLIN at a DVD box set of "Cult Camp Classics." Are they any of the three? Go with THRILLING WONDER STORIES, VOLUME 2 on a bold voyage to the frontiers of imagination Illustrations with every story. Cover by Hugo and Chesley Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton. 252 pages. ("Star Trek" is a registered trademark of CBS Studios Inc. "Harlan Ellison" is a registered trademark of The Kilimanjaro Corporation.)