Books like Star Trek the next generation by Denise Okuda

A guide to the history that informs the world of Star Trek-just in time for the next JJ Abrams Star Trek movie For a series set in our future, Star Trek revisits the past constantly. Kirk and Spock battle Nazis, Roman gladiators, and witness the Great Depression. When they're not doubling back on their own earlier timelines, the crew uses the holodeck to spend time in the American Old West or Victorian England. Alien races have their own complex and fascinating histories, too. The Star Trek universe is a sci-fi imagining of a future world that is rooted.

"This authorized book features in-depth discussion of the original '60s TV scores and interviews with composers who worked on the show such as Fred Steiner, Alexander Courage, and Gerald Fried, plus a talk with producer Robert Justman about his role in shepherding the classic show's music.". "Individual chapters address each of the Star Trek motion picture scores, with cue breakdowns and interviews with film composers Dennis McCarthy, Cliff Eidelman and Academy Award-winning composers Jerry Goldsmith and Leonard Rosenman. Finally, the music of the more recent Star Trek series is showcased, with interviews with all of the current series composers, including Dennis McCarthy, Jay Chattaway, Paul Baillargeon, David Bell and Don Davis. Supplemental material includes original composer sketches, cue sheets, and sheet music samples."--BOOK JACKET.

Captain Jean‑Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise embark on a new comic‑book adventure, uncovering a conspiracy that threatens their mission and the galaxy.

When the USS Rhea probes a cluster emitting quantum energies, its landing party encounters strange life‑forms and a half‑Vulcan officer, Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen, only to be ambushed by the Borg‑controlled Starfleet vessel Einstein. Captain Picard must stop the alien threat before the Borg gain control of the slipstream technology.

After a Cardassian attack is thwarted, the Federation helps negotiate Bajor’s post‑occupation transition while Captain Picard confronts his trauma as a former prisoner and a looming interstellar crisis threatens to revive old hostilities.