Mirror universe is the unofficial designation for the parallel universe the terran empire and the klingoncardassian alliance originate from. Nov 02, 2018 the definitive chronological viewing order for the marvel cinematic universe the definitive chronological viewing order for the star trek cinematic universe every upcoming star wars story. The books featured one novel for each of the five television series plus the new frontier series. Decandido, glass empires by mike sussman, shards and shadows by margaret cla. Mirror universe book series by multiple authors includes books glass empires, obsidian alliances, and shards and shadows. Something of a dark mirror of the traditionally optimistic, progressive worldview of star trek, the mirror universe sees the benevolent federation replaced by the evil terran empire, a violent, ruthless organization obsessed with conquest. This chronology is intended as a guide to the events depicted in the mirror universe, as well as its internal history, described from that universes pointofview. This is the first part of a series of slides shows detailing the history of the fictional mirror universe from star trek. The way to the stars by una mccormack despite being an inexperienced starfleet cadet, sylvia tilly became essential to the u. The mirror universe is a parallel universe where the patterns of events move in similar manners to that of the primary universe, but the intentions and characterizations are different, often showing evil characteristics in place of good, and vice versa. Stories like this had already been staples of scifi novels and comic books, but this episode propelled the idea into everyones living room.
These stories take you through the darker side of the already dark mirror universe and let you see that there are truly good people on both sides of the major conflicts. The mirror universe is a parallel universe in which the plots of several star trek television episodes take place. Late 21st century to mid22nd century sometime between 2063 and 2155, the lunar colonies are attacked by an emmettetype. Please take it with a grain of salt and bear in mind that for all we know groups and individuals in the mirror universe are likely to take positions and actions contrary to our history. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. It was released on region one dvd in the united states on november 1, 2005. Mirror universe score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. He wrote total 11 books based on the three seasons of original star trek episodes. A guide to reading the star trek litverse providing series by series reading lists for star trek books in chronological order and more. Whereas the star trek universe depicts an optimistic future in which the earthbased united federation of planets values peace, cooperation and exploration, episodes set in the mirror universe feature the humandominated authoritarian terran empire which values war, despotism and conquest instead. The mirror universe is an alternate reality that runs parallel to the main star trek timeline.
A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. The mirror universe has been visited in one episode of star trek. The mirror universe reading list is centered around the series of novels fleshing out the history of the mirror universe, specifically emperor spocks memory omega plan. Kirk and several officers from the uss enterprise in 2267, though in reality already encountered by the uss discovery around a decade earlier. This anthology is set in star trek s original mirror universe and continues some of the stories that were published in mirror universe. The characters in the mirror universe are aggressive, mistrustful and opportunistic in personality. Almost a year in this dark, evil and twisted hell called a universe. Mirror universe is a series of books in the star trek novelverse, filling in the gaps between the episodes taking place in the mirror universe as shown in the various tv series. The fall series except for david r george iis revelation and dust, that is super skippable if you just read the summary. This version postulates the divergence of history to start at the time of the earthromulan war, with the conquest of earth by the. A brief history of star treks mirror universe nerdist.
This is a gleeful, bracing episode that stands out for its. There was an acknowledgement stating that after star trek 7 or star trek 8 the credit for writing star trek novels goes to his wife and mother j. Scotts most recent prose work, the star trek vault. Scott is also the author of comic books 101, a humorous stroll through the history and high points of the american art form known as comic books, published by. Discovery reveals captain georgious chilling final fate. The star trek franchise has a history of episodes and arcs that take. Personal log, recorded under personal security lockout thetatango 74567435c. Hypothetical timeline of the mirror universe this is the hypothetical timeline of the mirror universe. The first two comprise collections of three novellas, the third a series of short stories, and the fourth is a novel expansion of one of the earlier novellas. The original series first ventured into the mirror universe in season 2s.
Star trek mirror universe history, from the original. A history of the future, by michael okuda and denise okuda. In contrast to the prime universe, the course of history has taken a different turn early in earths history and possibly other planets as well. In 2015, the hollywood reporter, noted this episodes scene with frightened riker from the borg universe wanting to stay, as one of the top ten most stunning moments of star trek. As with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror. A short story written by blishs wife known as mudds angels was published with the book.
If youre on the casual side of star trek fandom, but find yourself curious about this deliciously campy alternate reality, we put together a guide to the mirror. These are the mirror universe uniforms that have appeared in the star trek series. Starfleet intelligence, by 2267, referred to this reality as terran empire parallel. Infinite alternate quantum realities are only necessary for the purposes of that one episode. In crossover, mirror kira recaps the tos episode mirror, mirror and how events played out thereafter. Mirror universe relaunch continuity series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. As of november 2019, approximately 850 novels, short story anthologies, novelizations, and omnibus editions, have been published novels based on star trek, the next generation, voyager, and discovery, are in print. New star trek series section 31 to start filming when. Order of star trek books star trek is science fiction franchise covering several different mediums created by american screenwriter and producer gene roddenberry. Wouldnt it be cool to watch the entire liveaction star trek canon in chronological order as the events occur within the star trek universe. But the best known parallel timeline in star trek lore is the socalled mirror universe, introduced 50 years ago in the beloved original series. Mirror universe relaunch continuity book series by multiple authors includes books glass empires, shards and shadows, star trek. The star trek novels were mostly written to accompany the various television series and movies, thereby enriching the mythos even more. Homecoming and farther shore were pretty good, just read unworthy and thought it was the best voyager book ive gotten into so far.
Apr 03, 20 the enterprise crew appears in a mirror universe because the machines are altered by a torment. Pages in category mirror universe the following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. The mirror universe trilogy by william shatner 3 primary works 3 total works a followup series by william shatner with judith and garfield reevesstevens to their odyssey trilogy. The format of the chronology is based more or less on that found in star trek chronology. The original series mirror, mirror 1967 as with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which transporter interference from an ionic storm spits kirk, uhura, scotty, and mccoy out into a parallel universe from their own.
The definitive chronological viewing order for the marvel cinematic universe the definitive chronological viewing order for the star trek cinematic universe every upcoming star wars story. The original series a retronym, followed by several movies and television series most notably star trek. The mirror universe is depicted in no fewer than eight star trek episodes its established that these take place in the same universe. Its telling that the manyworlds theory only really applies to parallels, and elsewhere in star trek the alternate realities arise from fewworlds origins like the mirror universe id argue, time travel shenanigans, and pranks pulled by q. After the series cancellation, paramount television released star trek to television stations as a syndication package, where the series popularity grew to become a major phenomenon within popular culture. This parallel universe coexisted with the prime universe in the same space, but on another dimensional plane. Mirror universe is a novel series published by pocket books. In fact, it almost has a timeline of its own as rich as the prime reality of trek. The following characters are categorized as versions of crew from the mirror universe. In the mirror universe, everyone is a way bigger asshole than they are in the regular star trek timeline. This site is maintained by mark martinez, whose obsession with star trek comics has gotten way out of hand. Enterprise, not to mention appearing in related comics and novels. A spinoff series focusing on section 31 will certainly take star trek in a new direction, and perhaps, finally, were going to have the fully fleshedout star trek universe weve all wanted. Boldly go on a chronological journey through the trek universe by richard edwards 12 march 2020 from the original series to discovery, heres how the star trek timeline fits.
Star treks mirror universe alternate history theory youtube. Mirror universe coexisting on another dimensional plane the astronaut on the moon is seen wearing a ev suit still in use in the mid22ndcentury, suggesting a date much later than the prime universe moon landing in 1969. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. It tells three different stories that take place in the mirror universe of each star trek series. The vulcans make first contact with the terran people. Jan, 2017 7 rules to follow for star trek s mirror universe syfy wire duration.
Enterprise, and their captain, the ruthless jeanluc picard space. Discovery finding its way back home from the mirror universe. The novels are based solely on the mirror universe episodes. Everything we know about the timeline of star treks. His writing credits span several media, including television for episodes of star trek. What universe or timeline is star trek discovery in. Star trek mirror universe glass empire is such a book. Movies, comics, novels, and more westworld clue log. Everything we know about the timeline of star treks mirror. This list also includes the stardate on which the events of each episode took place within the fictional star trek universe. The novels are based solely on the mirror universe episodes of star trek.
It began with a series of six novels published in two books in 2007. Deep space nine, film, short fiction, and comic books. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series. Although star trek into darkness does include a cameo of spock prime, and star trek beyond mentions his death and features some images from the primeline, we dont feel that they are enough of a plot point in those films to officially include them in our chronology of the prime universe. The mirror universe has a rich history, starting in the original series and going all the way through star trek. Along with the various star trek novel series there have also been dozens of authors who have contributed to the franchise, including but not limited to roddenberry himself, g. Mirror universe star trek mu also referred in code as the looking glass arguably the most famous of these universes and the one that most likely originated the term mirror universe at least to the general public.
It is for the most part, but moves some books around to account for spoilers for later books, and more coherent chapters. Star treks mirror universe alternate history theory. In a mirror, darkly was first released for home viewing as part of the star trek. Coming soon, wok and tng era mirror universe uniforms based on the descriptions and drawings from comics and books.
In the mirror universe, the borg were a race of cybernetically enhanced lifeforms which originated in the delta quadrant and spread, as the borg collective, throughout the galaxy, aiming to create a perfect race and bring order to the chaos of the galactic population by assimilating themtransforming them into drones of the collective. Instead of greeting the vulcans with open arms in 2063, the mirror. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, barbara luna. The next generation, go into the alternate mirror, mirror universe to meet the coldblooded crew of the i. The books were quite famous once the show gained popularity and bantam books republished blishs books in three volumes one for each season. During first contact, cochrane kills the vulcan captain and his fellow terrans storm the vulcan ship.
Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967. If you mean a parallel universe like as seen in tng 7x11, parallels, then it should say that. In 2017, it was rated as the 9th best time travel episode in star trek. Greg cox is the new york times bestselling author of numerous star trek novels and short stories. Woodward overview for the first time in the history of star trek. I know i say this a lot, but my god has it really been this long. The most interesting aspect of the entire book, all three stories told by different writers, is that they joyfully mine star trek history, each with a little. In addition to the main novel line, one short story is also connected, from seven deadly sins. After doing some research online, we discovered that no such list exists. Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1.
Star treks mirror universe is one ofhell, themost famous parallel universes in science fiction history. The definitive chronological viewing order for the star trek. Keep in mind this is not a strictly chronological order. Weve known for about a month that discovery would return to the mirror universe, although given the dramas serialized nature far more so than any previous star trek it was difficult to imagine how. With choose your pain, we got our first indications. Also coming soon off duty mockups based on the ds9 mirror universe crew. James blish was the first person to write star trek books through short stories for each episode into one book. The next generation mirror broken by scott tipton and david tipton and j.
The star trek novels continue the mirror universe after season seven of deep space nine, showing us how the terran rebellion is becoming more of a social revolution, as well as giving us perspectives on mirror spocks rise to power as emperor after the initial episode mirror, mirror, empress satos putting down of the rebellion during the. The definitive chronological viewing order for the star. While the borg in the mirror universe had the same hive. Star trek loves traversing to the mirror universe, where the characters turn into their darker, sometimes outright evil, counterparts. Mirror universe is a prose fiction series set in the mirror universe featuring characters from many star trek series. All these books continue the events of tng, ds9, and voy beyond the final filmed events of the franchise, star trek. Mirror universe is a prose fiction series set in the mirror universe featuring. A guide to star trek comics and graphic novels published in the united states and elsewhere with brief plot summaries and cover images or more than you ever needed to know about star trek comics. As recently as 2017, novels based on deep space nine and. The mirror universe was a parallel universe widely recorded as first being visited by james t. Thats the prime timeline along with the mirror universe the evil dimension where everyones bad, first introduced in a 1967 tos episode called mirror mirror. Canon fodder hypothetical timeline of the mirror universe. Mirror universe series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.