Picturing the USS Titan

In the 2002 movie Star Trek Nemesis it was revealed Captain Riker would be taking command of a starship of his own, the USS Titan. Almost nothing else was revealed about the ship on-screen, other than that Deanna Troi would be joining Riker on the new ship, and their first mission would be to deal with the fall-out on Romulus after the events of the film.

With the TNG-era done on-screen, the door was left open for new adventures of this new ship in Star Trek fiction, and Pocket Books made sure those adventures came, starting in 2005 with new book series featuring Riker's new ship, Star Trek: Titan.

Taking Wing, the first book in that new series, established the Titan as Luna class, a medium sized vessel of exploration. That book also included details of a competition to design the Luna class Titan. The winning design would be selected by a panel of Star Trek experts, and would become the official design of the new ship, and be featured on a future book cover. As the rules described:

All designs will be judged by the Star Trek editorial staff at Pocket Books, together with Star Trek designers Doug Drexler, Michael Okuda, and Rick Sternbach; Associate Producer, Star Trek: Enterprise David Rossi; Senior Director of Licensed Publishing for Viacom Consumer Products Paula M. Block; and Manager of Licensed Publishing for Viacom Consumer Products John Van Citters, all of whom are fully qualified to apply the stated judging criteria. Entries will be judged on the basis of originality (25%), execution (25%), consistency with the U.S.S. Titan Concept Notes (25%), consistency with Star Trek Starfleet style (25%). The winning design will be published in an upcoming Star Trek: Titan novel, and will be used as the basis for cover art on the same book. The winning designer will be credited on the novel's copyright page. In the event that there is an insufficient number of submissions received that meet the minimum standards determined by the judges, the prize will not be awarded.

The rules also included details of the Luna class, which the winning design would have to conform to (continues after the jump):

Translations: Hebrew Star Trek novels and comics

This article is a history of Star Trek books published in Hebrew, from Israel. Several publishers have produced Star Trek novel translations in Hebrew, all TOS and TNG books. One publisher also produced a short run of Star Trek comics in Hebrew.

Zmora Bitan Modan (1979 -1982)
The first Star Trek books published in Israel came from Zmora Bitan Modan, who published four of James Blish's novelization anthologies (though curiously skipped the fourth book and went straight to number five) in 1979, and the original novel Trek to Madworld in 1982.

מסע בין כוכבים 1: החוק של צ'רלי

• Published: 1979.
• Original: Star Trek 1 - 1967.
• Translator: Micha Yanai.

מסע בין כוכבים :2: מחר הוא האתמול

• Published: 1979.
• Original: Star Trek 2 - 1968.
• Translator: L.E.D. Yehudai.

מסע בין כוכבים 3. מכונת יום הדין

• Published: 1979.
• Original: Star Trek 3 - 1969.
• Translator: L.E.D. Yehudai.

מסע בין כוכבים 5 . כוכב גן העדן

• Published: 1979.
• Original: Star Trek 5 - 1972.
• Translator: L.E.D. Yehudai.

מסע לעולם מטורף

• Published: 1982.
• Original: Trek to Madworld - 1979.
• Translator: David Karasik.

Light Publishing (1979)
Light Publishing made its sole Star Trek book in 1979 with the translation of the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

מסע בין כוכבים :הסרט

• Published: 1980.
• Original: Star Trek: The Motion Picture - 1979.
• Translator: Joseph Rust.
• Cover: Art by Bob Peak, reuse of original movie poster art.

Queen Comics (1987)
Queen Comics did a short run of Star Trek comics in 1987, translating the first few issues of DC Comics' first TOS series. There appaer to have been four books published, but the three covers I have so far found reuse the artwork from the original first, third and fifth issues of the DC series. As the first four issues make up a continuous story arc it would seem an odd decision to drop one issue in favour of skipping to the fifth issue - However the publisher did apparently have a habit of picking and choosing non-consecutive issues from other series they published, so it's possible. Another possibility is that the original issues were split and spread acorss the four books published. The only thing I know for sure is I don't know exactly what is in these four books!:

(אנטרפרייז (קשר חור התולעת

• Published: 1987.
• Original: The Wormhole Connection - 1984.
• Translator: Amos Eran.
• Cover: Art by George Perez, reused of original DC cover.

הקלינגון הטוב

• Published: 1987.
• Translator: Amos Eran.

(אוייבים וידידים.(שותפות קטלנית

• Published: 1987.
• Translator: Amos Eran.
• Cover: Art by George Perez, reused of original DC#3 cover.

אלים בני תמותה

• Published: 1987.
• Original: Mortal Gods - 1984.
• Translator: Amos Eran.
• Cover: Art by Tom Sutton and Sal Amendola, reused of original DC cover.

Kinneret Publishing (1992)
Kinneret Publishing were the next to appear with just one Trek book, this time the novelization of Encounter at Farpoint.

מסע לפארפוינט

• Published: 1992.
• Original: Encounter at Farpoint - 1987.
• Translator: Ehud Tease.

Maariv Book Guild (1994-1995)
The Maariv Book Guild had a short run of Star Trek books starting in 1994. They published translations of several Bantam original TOS novels, in hardcover format.

עולם בלי קץ

• Published: 1994.
• Original: World Without End - 1974.
• Translator: Ofra Ofer.
• Cover: Art by Enric Torres-Prat, reused of 1985 Bantam Books cover.

עולם ללא כוכבים

• Published: 1994.
• Original: The Starless World - 1978.
• Translator: Ofra Ofer.
• Cover: Art by Kazuhiko Sano, reused of 1994 Bantam Spectra cover.

מחירו של הפניקס

• Published: 1995.
• Original: The Price of the Phoenix - 1977.
• Translator: David Enoch.
• Cover: Art by Kazuhiko Sano, reused of 1993 Bantam Spectra cover. 

ספוק משיח!

• Published: 1995.
• Original: Spock, Messiah! - 1976.
• Translator: David Enoch.
• Cover: Reused of 1993 Bantam Books cover.

Snow (1994-1997)
Snow also began publishing Star Trek translations in 1994, but they focused on TNG; printing translations of several early TNG novels; the first four books in the Starfleet Academy series; and finally the novelization of First Contact.

שומרי השלום

• Published: 1994.
• Original: The Peacekeepers - 1988.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Maelo Cintron, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

מסיכת החוכמה

• Published: 1994.
• Original: Masks - 1989.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Maelo Cintron, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

כבודו של הקפטין

• Published: 1994.
• Original: The Captains' Honor - 1989.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Enric Torres-Prat, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

כוכב הפיראטים

• Published: 1994.
• Original: Debtors' Planet - 1994.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Keith Birdsong, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

תחנת פרומתאוס בסכנה

• Published: 1995.
• Original: Worf's First Adventure - 1993.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Catherine Huerta, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

משימה בדאנטאר

• Published: 1995.
• Original: Line of Fire - 1993.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Catherine Huerta, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

המאבק בבריקאר

• Published: 1995.
• Original: Survival - 1993.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Catherine Huerta, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

המאבק בסאפיר

• Published: 1995.
• Original: Capture the Flag - 1994.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Art by Catherine Huerta, reuse of original Pocket Books cover art.

המפגש

• Published: 1997.
• Original: First Contact - 1996.
• Translator: Inbal Sagiv.
• Cover: Reuse of original movie poster art.

Covers: Spock Must Die!

Spock Must Die! was Bantam Books first original Star Trek novel, first published in 1970. It was written by James Blish, who had by then already written several of Bantam's Star Trek novelization anthologies. The book was later reprinted many times by Bantam, by Corgi in the UK, and in French, German and Italian translations.

Original 1970 edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Cover: Photomontage

1972 Williams-Verlag German translation

• Title: Enterprise 7
• Publisher: Williams-Verlag
• ISBN 380710029
• Cover artist: Eddie Jones, signed as S. Fantoni
• Language: German
• Number 7 in Williams-Verlag's Enterprise series. The only book in the series that is not a reprint of one of Blish's adaptation anthologies.

1974 Corgi reprint

• Publisher: Corgi Books
• ISBN 0-552-09498-6

1978 Bantam reprint

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• ISBN 0553125893
• Cover artist: Bob Larkin

1978 Star Trek Reader omnibus

• Title: The Star Trek Reader IV
• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• ISBN 052520962X
• Cover artist: Eddie Jones, signed as S. Fantoni
• Note: This is a hardcover omnibus, also containing the novelization anthologies Star Trek 10, and Star Trek 11.

1984 Bantam reprint

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• ISBN 0-553-24634-8
• Cover artist: Bob Larkin, reuse of 1979 edition artwork.

1984 Corgi reprint

• Publisher: Corgi Books
• ISBN 0-552-09498-6

1988 Goldmann-Verlag German translation

• Title: Spock Muß Sterben!
• Publisher: Goldmann-Verlag
• ISBN 3-442-23742-4
• Cover artist: Bob Larkin, reuse of 1979 edition artwork.
• Language: German
• Translator: Hans Maeter and Hermann Urbanek
• Number 12 in Goldmann-Verlag Raumschiff Enterprise series
• Note: There seem to be two different versions of this book, but as far as I can tell both have the same ISBN and publication date. One of my readers has suggested the top cover was the one used in the first printing of the book, and that subsequent reprints used the second version of the cover.
  

1998 Garden Editoriale Italian translation

• Title: Spock Deve Morire
• Publisher: Garden Editoriale
• Cover artist: Bob Larkin, reuse of 1979 edition artwork.
• Language: Italian
• Translator: Annarita Guarnieri
• Number 5 in Garden Editoriale's Star Trek series
• The book also contains an adaptation of Patterns of Force, and articles on Vulcan physiology and Star Trek: The Next Generation

1993 Fleuve Noir French translation

• Title: Spock Doit Mourir
• Publisher: Fleuve Noir
• ISBN 2-265-04787-2
• Cover artist: Bob Larkin, reuse of 1979 edition artwork.
• Language: French
• Translator: Gilles Dupreux
• Number 3 in Fleuve Noir's Star Trek series

1999 Bantam reprint

• Publisher: Bantam Spectra
• ISBN 0-553-24634-8
• Cover artist: Kazuhiko Sano

1999 Fanucci Editore Italian translation

• Title: Spock Deve Morire
• Publisher: Fanucci Editore
• ISBN 8834707109
• Cover artist: Kazuhiko Sano, reuse of 1999 Bantam reprint edition artwork.
• Language: Italian
• Translator: Annarita Guarnieri

Covers: Mission to Horatius

Mission to Horatius, by Mack Reynolds, was the first ever original Star Trek novel, published in 1968. It was not the first novel, as it was preceded by James Blish's first book of novelizations the previous year. It was first published by Whitman Publishing, and a near identical reprint was produced by Pocket Books in 1999.

1968 cover

Original 1968 edition

• Publisher: Whitman Publishing.
• Cover artist: Sparky Moore.

Original artwork

1970 Franz-Schneider-Verlag German translation

• Title: Notruf aus dem All.
• Publisher: Franz-Schneider-Verlag.
• ISBN 3-505-03876-8.
• Language: German.

1999 cover

1999 Pocket Books reprint

• Publisher: Pocket Books.
• ISBN 067102812X.
• Cover artist: Sparky Moore; reuse of original 1968 art, with minor adjustment to the text "AUTHORIZED EDITION".
• Promotional slip-cover added.

1999 cover with slip

2000 Heel-Verlag German translation

• Title: Notruf aus dem All.
• Publisher: Heel-Verlag.
• ISBN 3893658556.
• Cover artist: Sparky Moore; reuse of original 1968 art.
• Language: German.