And so our journeys have brought you, poor listener, to discussion of the Shatnerverse.  First, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens were the ghostwriters/collaborators/spinning-crap-into-clay-ers of the Shatnerverse. Michael Jan Friedman is one person who also wrote Star Trek books, but didn’t write these ASCII-compatible abortions so they’re in the clear. 

I apologize for besmirching your good name, sir.  

While we’re talking about Star Trek novel writers; Diane Duane is fantastic and Peter David is pretty cool. Duane wrote “Spock’s World,” and “Rihannsu,” which got frequently ripped off in TNG. 

David wrote “New Frontier,” which used a lot of characters, from the show, including Commander Shel–  We’ll get to it.  

Also Victor Milan wrote for both Star Trek and Battletech, so there’s a factoid for your next nerd party.