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Yesterday's Son - Star Trek #11 Paperback – October 2, 1987
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- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherStar Trek
- Publication dateOctober 2, 1987
- ISBN-100671661108
- ISBN-13978-0671661106
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- Publisher : Star Trek (October 2, 1987)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0671661108
- ISBN-13 : 978-0671661106
- Item Weight : 3.39 ounces
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,183,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21,091 in Science Fiction Adventures
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About the author

New York Times Bestselling Author A. C. (Ann) Crispin's major original science fiction undertaking was her StarBridge series. These books, now available as Kindle ebooks and in audiobook editions from Audible, center around a school for young diplomats, translators and explorers, both alien and human, located on an asteroid far from Earth. There are seven StarBridge books: StarBridge, Silent Dances, Shadow World, Serpent's Gift, Silent Songs, Voices of Chaos, and Ancestor's World.
A. C. wrote prolifically in many different tie-in universes, and was a master at filling in the histories of beloved TV and movie characters. Over the years, she became the unofficial "Queen of Backstory." Ms. Crispin had a unique talent for writing dialog that captured the essence of those characters. She began publishing in 1983 with the Star Trek novel Yesterday's Son, written in her spare time while working for the US Census Bureau. Shortly thereafter, Tor Books commissioned her to write what is perhaps still her most widely read work, the 1984 novelization of the television miniseries, V, which sold more than a million copies. She went on to collaborate on two more books in the V series, East Coast Crisis with Howard Weinstein, and Death Tide with Deborah Marshall.
For Star Wars, she wrote the bestselling Han Solo Trilogy: The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit, and Rebel Dawn, which tell the story of Han Solo from his early years right up to the moment he walks into the cantina in Star Wars: A New Hope. She wrote three other bestselling Star Trek novels: Time for Yesterday, The Eyes of the Beholders, and Sarek.
Crispin and science fiction Grand Master Andre Norton wrote two Witch World novels together, Gryphon's Eyrie and Songsmith, that are finally available as ebooks. Crispin and Andre Norton were friends for nearly 30 years. These two books showcase the best qualities of both writers and add intriguing details to the Witch World saga.
Ann's historical fantasy for young adults, TIME HORSE, is now available as an ebook for Kindle. It's the story of Danielle Tomasky, who is twelve years old and wants nothing in the world but a horse to ride. She finds a horse that turns out to be something extraordinary, and that takes her on a magnificent adventure back to a time that tests every one of Danni's equestrian skills to their limits.
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It was. Her characterizations are dead-on target, and Zar is just what I would expect a son of Spock and Zarabeth to be like. McCoy is totally McCoy, and James Tiberius could have done the words from this book and sounded like any of the really good Trek episodes. This should've been a Trek episode...if there had been such a thing as continuity in 1960s television, they would have made an episode like this.
When you think about it, Crispin made her life writing fanfic. She went on to write original sci-fi/fantasy stuff too, but her name will always live on in the worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and "V" for her book tie-ins to the movies and television shows. This novel--which really was a piece of terrific fanfic--gave her her big break. She deserved it, too. The woman could write circles around a lot of the pros, and this is is a fine story. It's laugh-out-loud funny in spots, horrifying in spots, and will make you go "hmmm" once or twice, at least--but it will never be boring. You'll keep on turning the pages, you'll be sad when it ends, and you'll come back and read it again...and when you come right down to it, those are the most reliable criteria for good writing.
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