Far Beyond the Stars (novel)
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| Author(s): | Steven Barnes |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket DS9 |
| Published: | 1 April 1998 |
| Pages: | 271 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (1940, 1953, 2374) |
| Reference: | ISBN 0671024302 |
Captain Sisko finds himself in Harlem in the 1950s, where he is Benny Russell, a science fiction writer, who copes with racism by writing of DS9 and its black captain.
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[edit] Summary
Captain Sisko finds himself in Harlem in the 1950s, where he is Benny Russell, a science fiction writer, who copes with racism by writing of DS9 and its black captain.
[edit] Background Information
- Novelization of DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars" by Steven Barnes.
- In his author's note, Steven Barnes talks about writing the novelization and the role of African-Americans in science fiction.
- An extract from this novel appeared in Star Trek Monthly issue 40.
[edit] Characters
- Benny Russell
- Douglas Pabst
- Willie Hawkins
- Darlene Kursky
- Jimmy
- Albert Macklin
- Herbert Rossoff
- Julius Eaton
- Kay Eaton (K.C. Hunter)
- Kevin Mulkahey
- Burt Ryan
- Roy Ritterhouse
- Cassie
[edit] References
1953; Amsterdam News; baseball; Baldwin, James; Bible; Bradbury, Ray; Cardassia; Cardassians; cent; Christ, Jesus; Communism; Cortéz, USS; Deep Space Nine; Defiant USS; Dominion; doughnut; England; Fascism; flying saucer; frank; From Here to Eternity; Galaxy; Gnome Press; God; Harlem; Heinlein, Robert A.; Hughes, Langston; Hurston, Zora Neale; Incredible Tales; Jackson (Mrs.); Japanese Zero; Jem'Hadar fighter; Lancaster, Burt; Manhattan; Mars; Martians; Native Son; Negro; New York City; New York Giants; Parker, Charlie; Pearl Harbor; Please, Take Me With You; Prophets; Puppet Masters, The; red; robot; sauerkraut; science fiction; scrambled eggs; Sisko's; Snider, Duke; squadron; Stalin, Josef; steak and eggs; Stone (publisher); Sturgeon, Theodore; Swofford, Quentin; tater; tea; television; typewriter; US Navy; Viking; Wells, H.G.; White Rose Redi-Tea; Wright, Richard; Xhosa.
[edit] External link
- Far Beyond the Stars at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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