Bantam Books

Years1967–1981

EraThe Original Series

LandmarkSpock Must Die! (1970)

StatusLiving catalogue

Bantam held the Star Trek licence first, from January 1967, and kept publishing on lead times until 1981 even after Pocket took over. The line ran from James Blish’s episode adaptations to the first wave of original novels, plus a run of photo-comic fotonovels. Uneven, occasionally bizarre, and the foundation everything else was built on.

Each entry lists year, title, author or notes, score, and review status. All scores are out of 10. Reviews are added as titles are covered on BoldlyTrek.

Adaptations, Originals & Fotonovels1967–1981

1967–77

Star Trek 1–12

James Blish, episode adaptations–/10My review will appear here

1970

Spock Must Die!

James Blish, first original Trek novel–/10My review will appear here

1976–81

Bantam original novels

Various, TOS-era originals–/10My review will appear here

1977–78

Star Trek Fotonovels

Photo-comic episode adaptations in–/10My review will appear here