1997

In-Universe

Births and Deaths

• Jacques Cousteau dies.

Releases

January

Unlimited, Issue 2.

• TOS novel #81: Mudd In Your Eye, by Jerry Oltion.
• TNG novel #44: The Death of Princes, by John Peel.
• TOS/TNG comic #2: Unlimited, Issue 2, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton.
• DS9 comic #3: The Cancer Within, Part I, by Mariano Nicieza.
• VOY comic #3: Repercussions, by Laurie Sutton.
• SA comic #2: Liberty, by Chris Cooper.

February

Flesh of My Flesh.

• DS9 novel #19: The Tempest, by Susan Wright
• DS9 YA novel #9: Cardassian Imps, by Mel Gilden
• VOY novel #11: The Garden, by Melissa Scott
• TOS comic: Fragile Glass, by Tom DeFalco
• EV comic #1: Flesh of My Flesh, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #4: The Cancer Within, Part II, by Mariano Nicieza
• VOY comic #4: Homeostasis, Part One, by Howard Weinstein
• SA comic #3: Loyalty Test, by Chris Cooper.

March

"The Fires of Pharos".

• VOY novel #12: Chrysalis, by David Niall Wilson
• EV comic #2: The Fires of Pharos, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #5: The Shadow Group, by Mariano Nicieza
• VOY comic #5: Homeostasis, The Conclusion, by Howard Weinstein
• SA comic #4: War and Peace, by Chris Cooper.

April

• TNG novel #45: Intellivore, by Diane Duane
• TNG-SA novel #12: Breakaway, by Bobbi JG Weiss and David Cody Weiss
• EV comic #3: Our Dearest Blood, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TOS/TNG comic #3: Unlimited, Issue 3, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TNG comic: Operation Assimilation, by Paul Jenkins
• DS9 comic #6: Risk, Part One, by Howard Weinstein
• VOY comic #6: Relicquest, Part One, by Ben Raab
• SA comic #5: Love and Death, by Chris Cooper

May

• TOS novel: Avenger, by William Shatner and Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Hardcover)
• DS9 novel #20: Wrath of the Prophets, by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger
• VOY novel #13: The Black Shore, by Greg Cox
• EV comic #4: Nor Iron Bars a Cage, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TOS/TNG comic #4: Unlimited, Issue 4, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #7: Risk, The Conclusion, by Howard Weinstein
• VOY comic #7: Relicquest, Part Two, by Ben Raab
• SA comic #6: Passages, by Chris Cooper

June

• TOS novel #82: Mind Meld, by John Vornholt
• TOS novelization: Starfleet Academy, by Diane Carey
• DS9 YA novel #10: Space Camp, by Ted Pedersen
• EV comic #5: Cloak and Dagger, Part I, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• VOY comic #8: Relicquest, Conclusion, by Ben Raab
• SA comic #7: Hide and Seek, by Chris Cooper

July

• NF novel #1: House of Cards, by Peter David
• NF novel #2: Into the Void, by Peter David
• EV comic #6: Cloak and Dagger, Part II, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• SA comic #8: X², by Chris Cooper

August

• TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge, by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz (hardcover)
• VOY-SA novel #1: Lifeline, by Bobbi JG Weiss and David Cody Weiss
• NF novel #3: The Two-Front War, by Peter David
• NF novel #4: End Game, by Peter David
• DS9 book: Legends of the Ferengi, by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
• EV comic #7: The Flat, Gold Forever, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #8: Public Enemies, Private Lives Part 1, by Mariano Nicieza
• SA comic #9: Return to the Forbidden Planet, by Chris Cooper

September

• TNG novel: Day of Honor, Book One: Ancient Blood, by Diane Carey
• DS9 novel: Day of Honor, Book Two: Armageddon Sky, by L.A. Graf
• VOY-SA novel #2: The Chance Factor, by Diana G. Gallagher and Martin R. Burke
• EV comic #8: Immortal Wounds, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TOS/TNG comic #5: Unlimited, Issue 5, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #9: Public Enemies, Private Lives Part 2, by Mariano Nicieza
• VOY comic #9: Dead Zone, by Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton
• SA comic #10: A Prelude to War, by Chris Cooper

October

• TNG novel: Ship of the Line, by Diane Carey (Hardcover)
• VOY novel: Day of Honor, Book Three: Her Klingon Soul, by Michael Jan Friedman
• TOS novel: Day of Honor, Book Four: Treaty's Law, by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• DS9 YA novel #11: Day of Honor: Honor Bound, by Diana G. Gallagher
• VOY-SA novel #3: Quarantine, by Patricia Barnes-Svarney
• EV comic #9: One of a Kind, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #10: Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom, by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
• VOY comic #10: Ghosts, by Laurie Sutton
• SA comic #11: Judgment, by Chris Cooper

November

• TOS novel #83: Heart of the Sun, by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski
• DS9 novel #21: Trial by Error, by Mark Garland
• VOY novelization: Day of Honor, by Michael Jan Friedman
• EV comic #10: The Fallen, Part I, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TNG/DS9/SA comic #6: Telepathy War Part 4: Heart of Darkness, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TNG/DS9/SA comic: Telepathy War Part 6: Reality's End, by Chris Cooper
• DS9 comic #11: Four Funerals and a Wedding, by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
• VOY comic #11: Leviathan, Part I, by Laurie Sutton
• SA comic #12: Telepathy War Part 1: Renegades, by Chris Cooper

December

• TNG novel #46: To Storm Heaven, by Esther Friesner
• TNG-SA novel #13: The Haunted Starship, by Brad Ferguson
• VOY novel #14: Marooned, by Christie Golden
• EV comic #11: The Fallen, Part II, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #12: Telepathy War Part 2: Command Decisions, by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
• VOY comic #12: Leviathan, Part II, by Laurie Sutton
• SA comic #13: Parents' Day, by Chris Cooper

Connections

• 1997 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1997 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1997 page at the Complete Starfleet Library
• 1997 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.