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Planet of Judgment (1977) is a science fiction novel by American writer Joe Haldeman, a tie-in of the TV series Star Trek.
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The mind shattering odyssey to an impossible world
Planet of Judgment is a Bantam TOS novel, written by Joe Haldeman, first published in August 1977.
From the book jacket
Unable to proceed. Shuttles seriously damaged. Not safe to land here. Some crewmen dead.
On a routine mission to Starfleet Academy, the sensors for the USS Enterprise detect the presence of a rogue planet in space, orbited by a sun no larger that a pea – a circumstance impossible to explain by any known scientific law. Assuming the star to be an artificial construct, a landing party is dispatched to the planet's surface, and there becomes trapped. Spock leads a rescue mission, and becomes trapped in turn.
With two crewmen dead, and unable to contact Montgomery Scott on the Enterprise bridge, Captain Kirk must battle to solve the riddle of the planet Spock calls Anomaly – a planet where no equipment works and none of their science applies… a planet that cannot exist…
Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Bantam TOS characters.
James T. Kirk Spock Montgomery Scott
Dr. James Atheling – astrophysicist Andre Charvat – senior science officer Sharon Follettt – science officer
"Atheling" is a reference by Haldeman to one of the pen names of James Blish, who wrote (or co-wrote) the twelve books of tie-ins for The original series
bridge; landing party; sensors; Starfleet Academy; Enterprise
•Planet of Judgment at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Aug 1, 1977 · The basic plot involves the Enterprise coming across a rogue planet which they choose to investigate while postponing getting a new chancellor for Starfleet Academy there. Upon arrival though the planet appears to be very much alive with aliens more alien than we know.
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Planet of Judgment is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel, the fourth of thirteen published in the 1970s by Bantam Books. The first of two novels written by Joe Haldeman, its first printing was in August 1977.
Feb 16, 2012 · English. "A Bantam book ; 11145-0." "A new Star trek novel." The Enterprise encounters a world orbited by a black hole and ruled by chaos--where man was a helpless plaything for a race of beings more powerful than the laws of the universe. Access-restricted-item.
Planet of Judgment. Cover. FASA Timeline (FASA Roleplaying Game) Stardate 6132.8: The mind shattering odyssey to an impossible world. Never before had the Enterprise been betrayed by its own technology. Never before had their systems, instruments and weapons failed to respond.
On a routine diplomatic mission to Starfleet Academy, our sensors detected the presence of a rogue planet in space, orbited by a sun no larger than a pea – a circumstance impossible to explain by any known scientific law.
