Encounter at Farpoint

David Gerrold

Aug 2000 · Star Trek: The Next Generation Book 1 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

WHERE THE ADVENTURE BEGAN...
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 41254.7: The U.S.S. Enterprise™ is en route to Cygnus IV -- the edge of the known galaxy. There, we will rendezvous with the ship's new first officer and the other command personnel and proceed with out mission: discover the truth about Farpoint Station, a starbase facility built by the inhabitants of Cygnus IV, a starbase of unparalleled size and complexity...and infinite mystery.
And the success or failure of this, our first mission together, may well determine the course of human exploration across the galaxy for centuries to come...

Ratings and reviews

Was fun to read, after watching the actual episode. Funny thing, in this book the Enterprise is heading for Cygnus 4, in the episode and in the hungarian version of the book she is going to Deneb 4, where the Farpoint station is located.

Just as the episode, "Encounter at Farpoint" is a fairly lackluster story but serves admirably as an introduction to the new Enterprise, her crew, and a recurring antagonist

About the author

David Gerrold is an award-winning author and screenwriter. He wrote numerous books, including the War Against the Chtorr series, the Star Wolf series, and the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards and was later adapted into a film. He also wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles."