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{{Novelization|
 
{{Novelization|
 
title=Far Beyond the Stars|
 
title=Far Beyond the Stars|
cover image=[[Image:Far Beyond the Stars.jpg|220px]]|
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cover image=[[Image:Far Beyond the Stars.jpg|200px]]|
series=[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]|
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series=''{{ST|Deep Space Nine}}''|
date=[[1953]] and [[2374]]|
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date=[[1940]], [[1953]] and [[2374]]|
 
author=[[Steven Barnes]]|
 
author=[[Steven Barnes]]|
 
published=[[Paperback]] - 1 June [[1998]]|
 
published=[[Paperback]] - 1 June [[1998]]|
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air date=[[February|11 February]] [[1998]]|
 
air date=[[February|11 February]] [[1998]]|
 
production number=538|
 
production number=538|
story by=Marc Scott Zicree|
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story by=[[memoryalpha:Marc Scott Zicree|Marc Scott Zicree]]|
teleplay=[[Ira Steven Behr]] & Hans Beimler|
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teleplay=[[Ira Steven Behr]] & [[memoryalpha:Hans Beimler|Hans Beimler]]|
 
director=[[Avery Brooks]]|
 
director=[[Avery Brooks]]|
 
comic=no|
 
comic=no|
 
|}}
 
|}}
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Sisko experiences another life where he is Benny Russell, a talented science fiction writer struggling against the racism of the 1950s.
==Introduction ([[wikipedia:blurb|blurb]])==
 
  +
==Introduction==
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
{{stub-publishing}}
 
 
==Characters==
 
==Characters==
 
===Main===
 
===Main===
* [[Benjamin Sisko]] / [[Benny Russell]]
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*[[Benjamin Sisko]] ([[Avery Brooks]])
* [[Odo]] / [[Douglas Pabst]]
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*[[Kira Nerys]] ([[Nana Visitor]])
* [[Worf]] / [[Willie Hawkins]]
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*[[Jadzia Dax]] ([[Terry Farrell]])
* [[Jadzia Dax]] / [[Darlene Kursky]]
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*[[Worf, son of Mogh|Worf]] ([[Michael Dorn]])
* [[Jake Sisko]] / [[Jimmy]]
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*[[Julian Bashir]] ([[Alexander Siddig]])
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*[[Jake Sisko]] ([[memoryalpha:Cirroc Lofton|Cirroc Lofton]])
* [[Miles O'Brien]] / [[Albert Macklin]]
 
  +
===Recurring===
* [[Quark]] / [[Herbert Rossoff]]
 
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*[[Kasidy Yates]] ([[memoryalpha:Penny Johnson|Penny Johnson]])
* [[Julian Bashir]] / [[Julius Eaton]]
 
* [[Kira Nerys]] / [[Kay Eaton]] (K.C. Hunter)
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*[[Joseph Sisko]] ([[Brock Peters]])
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*[[Skrain Dukat]] ([[Marc Alaimo]])
 
  +
*[[Weyoun]] ([[Jeffrey Combs]])
===Others===
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===Other===
* [[Kevin Mulkahey]]
 
  +
*[[Benny Russell]] ([[Avery Brooks]])
* [[Burt Ryan]]
 
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*[[Douglas Pabst]] ([[Rene Auberjonois]])
* [[Roy Ritterhouse]]
 
* [[Kasidy Yates]] / [[Cassie]]
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*[[Kay Eaton]] ([[Nana Visitor]])
  +
*[[Julius Eaton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]])
* [[Joseph Sisko]]
 
  +
*[[Willie Hawkins]] ([[Michael Dorn]])
 
  +
*[[Herbert Rossoff]] ([[Armin Shimerman]])
  +
*[[Albert Macklin]] ([[memoryalpha:Colm Meaney|Colm Meaney]])
  +
*[[Darlene Kursky]] ([[Terry Farrell]])
  +
*[[Jimmy]] ([[memoryalpha:Cirroc Lofton|Cirroc Lofton]])
  +
*[[Cassie]] ([[memoryalpha:Penny Johnson|Penny Johnson]])
 
*[[Kevin Mulkahey]] ([[Jeffrey Combs]])
 
*[[Burt Ryan]] ([[Marc Alaimo]])
 
*[[Roy Ritterhouse]] ([[J. G. Hertzler]])
  +
*[[Unnamed Humans (20th century)|Preacher]] ([[Brock Peters]])
  +
*[[Unnamed Humans (20th century)|Vendor]] ([[Aron Eisenberg]])
  +
===Novelization only===
 
*[[Miles O'Brien]]
  +
*[[Shakaar Edon]]
 
*[[Jenny]]
  +
*[[Ardelia Mathis]]
 
*[[Cooley]]
 
*[[Ajabwe]]
 
*[[Elaine]]
  +
*[[Rike]]
  +
*[[Bill Robinson]]
  +
*[[Sid]]
  +
*[[Swoop]]
  +
===Referenced===
  +
[[Bud Abbott]] | [[Ivie Anderson]] | [[Harold Arlen]] | [[Henry Armstrong]] | [[Louis Armstrong]] | [[James Baldwin]] | [[Richmond Barthé]] | [[Romare Bearden]] | [[Ben Bova]] | [[Ray Bradbury]] | [[John W. Bubbles]] | [[Ford L. Buck]] | [[Cab Calloway]] | [[Jesus Christ]] | [[Lou Costello]] | [[Countee Cullen]] | [[Eva Cunningham]] | [[Walt Disney]] | [[W. E. B. Du Bois]] | [[Duke Ellington]] | [[Harlan Ellison]] | [[Ralph Ellison]] | [[Marcus Garvey]] | [[Dizzy Gillespie]] | [[Benny Goodman]] | [[Coleman Hawkins]] | [[Robert A. Heinlein]] | [[Fletcher Henderson]] | [[Lena Horne]] | [[Langston Hughes]] | [[Zora Neale Hurston]] | [[James P. Johnson]] | [[William H. Johnson]] | [[Joe Louis]] | [[Jimmie Lunceford]] | [[Moms Mabley]] | [[Mary Mallon]] | [[Rocky Marciano]] | [[Pigmeat Markham]] | [[Martok, son of Urthog|Martok]] | [[Chico Marx]] | [[Groucho Marx]] | [[Gummo Marx]] | [[Harpo Marx]] | [[Zeppo Marx]] | [[Thelonious Monk]] | [[Nog]] | [[Odo]] | [[Charlie Parker]] | [[Andrew Preer]] | [[Quark]] | [[A. Philip Randolph]] | [[Gene Roddenberry]] | [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] | [[Billy Rose]] | [[Emma Russell]] | [["Fox" Russell]] | [[Jennifer Sisko]] | [[Bessie Smith]] | [[Cordwainer Smith]] | [[Willie Smith]] | [[Duke Snider]] | [[Joseph Stalin]] | [[Quentin Swofford]] | [[Ed Tucker]] | [[Jules Verne]] | [[Fats Waller]] | [[George Washington]] | [[Ethel Waters]] | [[Chick Webb]] | [[Evelyn Welch]] | [[H. G. Wells]] | [[Mae West]] | [[Richard Wright]]
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
===Locations===
  +
*[[Bajor]]
  +
*[[Deep Space 9]] - [[Operations center]] | [[Habitat ring]] | [[Infirmary]] | [[Station commander's office]]
  +
*[[Earth]] - [[North America]] | [[New York City]] | [[Broadway]]
 
**[[Bronx]]
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**[[Manhattan]] - [[Harlem]] | [[Times Square]] | [[Fifth Avenue]] | [[Seventh Avenue]] | [[34th Street]] | [[Empire State Building]] | [[Pennsylvania Station]] | [[Statue of Liberty]] | [[West Side]]
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**[[Queens]] - [[Flushing Meadows]] | [[Flushing River]] | [[Trylon and Perisphere]]
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{{ref}} [[Africa]] | [[Albany]] | [[Apollo Theater]] | [[Bajoran wormhole]] | [[Cardassia]] | [[Casablanca]] | [[Connie's Inn]] | [[Cotton Club]] | [[Cuba]] | [[England]] | [[Europe]] | [[Eva's Kitchen]] | [[Gamma Quadrant]] | [[Germany]] | [[Great Britain]] | [[Ireland]] | [[Italy]] | [[Japan]] | [[Jamaica]] | [[Luna]] | [[Mali]] | [[Mars]] | [[Mississippi]] | [[Panama]] | [[Pearl Harbor]] | [[Poland]] | [[Puerto Rico]] | [[Savoy Ballroom ]] | [[Siam]] | [[Sirius]] | [[Small's Paradise]] | [[South America]] | [[Washington Monument]] | [[Yugoslavia]]
 
===Starships===
 
===Starships===
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*{{USS|Defiant|NX-74205) (I}}
* ''[[USS Cortez (24th century)|USS Cortez]]''
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{{ref}} {{USS|Cortez|24th century}}
* [[USS Defiant (NX-74205) (I)|''USS Defiant'' (NX-74205)]] - [[Defiant class|''Defiant''-class]]
 
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===Starship classes===
 
  +
*[[Bajoran shuttlepod]]
===Locations===
 
  +
*{{class|Defiant}}
* [[Cardassia]]
 
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*{{class|Perikian}}
* [[Earth]]
 
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{{ref}} [[Jem'Hadar fighter]]
** [[England]]
 
** [[Harlem]]
 
 
 
===Species===
 
===Species===
* [[Cardassian]]s
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*[[Bajoran]]
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*[[Cardassian]]
 
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*[[Human]]
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*[[Klingon]]
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*[[Trill]]
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*[[Vorta]]
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{{ref}} [[Borg (Incredible Tales)|Borg]] | [[Ferengi (Incredible Tales)|Ferengi]] | [[Klingon (Incredible Tales)|Klingon]] | [[Prophets]] | [[Tribble (Incredible Tales)|Tribble]] | [[Vulcan (Incredible Tales)|Vulcan]]
 
===States and Organisations===
 
===States and Organisations===
* [[Dominion]]
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*[[Bajoran Militia]]
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*[[Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation]]
* [[Gnome Press]]
 
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*[[Chevrolet]]
 
  +
*[[Civil rights movement]]
  +
*[[Dogon]]
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*[[Ford Motor Company]]
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*[[General Motors]]
  +
*[[Giants]]
  +
*[[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]]
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*[[League of Nations]]
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*[[Lenox High School]]
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*[[Macy's]]
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*[[New York City Police Department]]
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*[[New York City Subway]]
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*[[New York Stock Exchange]]
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*[[New York Yankees]]
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*[[Planters]]
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*[[Redeemer's Blood Church of Faith]]
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*[[St. Philip's Church]]
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*[[Starfleet]]
  +
*[[United Federation of Planets]]
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*[[United States of America]]
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{{ref}} [[Back-to-Africa movement]] | [[Bajoran Ministry of Commerce]] | [[Brooklyn Ash Removal Company]] | [[Continental Army]] | [[Dominion]] | [[Gnome Press]] | [[Nazi]] | [[Soviet Union]] | [[United States Air Force]] | [[Zulu]]
 
===Others===
 
===Others===
  +
[[1939 New York World's Fair]] | [[1960]] | [[A6M Zero]] | [[American Dream]] | [[American Revolutionary War]] | ''[[Amsterdam News]]'' | [[Automobile]] | [[Baptist]] | [[Basketball]] | [[Baseball]] | [[Bebop]] | [[Bible]] | ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' | "[[Billy Rose's Aquacade]]" | [[Rick Blaine]] | [[Boxing]] | [[Breakfast]] | [[Captain Nemo]] | [[Cardassian silk]] | [[Cavor]] | [[Cent]] | [[Christianity]] | [[Christmas]] | [[Clarinet]] | [[Coca-Cola]] | [[Communism]] | [[Cruller]] | ''[[Deep Space Nine (novella)|Deep Space Nine]]'' | [[Democracity]] | [[Diesel locomotive]] | [[Dollar]] | [[Dominion War]] | [[Doughnut]] | [[Emissary of the Prophets]] | [[Episcopal]] | [[Fascism]] | ''[[Flash Gordon]]'' | [[Flying saucer]] | [[Football]] | [[Frank]] | ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' | [[Futurama]] | ''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'' | [[God]] | ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' | [[Great Depression]] | [[Harlem Stride]] | [[Hugo Award]] | [[Hydrogen bomb]] | ''[[Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder]]'' | [[Jazz]] | [[Judaism]] | [[Kirk (Incredible Tales)|Kirk]] | [[Linotronic]] | [[Loafers]] | [[Locomotive]] | [[Lucite]] | [[Martian]] | ''[[Mickey's Surprise Party]]'' | ''[[Native Son]]'' | ''[[New York Age]]'' | ''[[New York Globe]]'' | ''[[New York Times]]'' | [[Occupation of Bajor]] | [[Operation Return]] | [[Orb]] | [[Peanut]] | [[Piano]] | [[Picard (Incredible Tales)|Picard]] | [[Pneumonia]] | [[President of the United States of America]] | [[Racism]] | [[Raktajino]] | "[[Road of Tomorrow]]" | [[Robor]] | [[Robot]] | [[Saxophone]] | [[Science fiction]] | [[Benjamin Sisko (Incredible Tales)|Benjamin Sisko]] | [[Space station]] | [[Steak and eggs]] | [[Swing music]] | [[Tarzan]] | [[Taxicab]] | [[Television]] | [[Thanksgiving]] | [[Time warp]] | [[Timex]] | [[Uridium]] | [[World War I]] | [[World War II]] | [[Vulcan demicotton]] | [[Vulcan flu]]
* "[[Amsterdam News]]"
 
* [[James Baldwin]]
 
* [[baseball]]
 
* "[[Bible]]"
 
* [[Ray Bradbury]]
 
* [[breakfast]]
 
* [[cent]]
 
* [[Jesus Christ]]
 
* [[Communism]]
 
* [[cruller]]
 
* "[[Deep Space Nine (novella)|Deep Space Nine]]"
 
* [[doughnut]]
 
* [[W.E.B. DuBois]]
 
* [[Fascism]]
 
* [[flying saucer]]
 
* [[frank]]
 
* ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''
 
* [[Futurama]]
 
* "[[Galaxy Magazine]]"
 
* [[God]]
 
* [[steak and eggs]]
 
 
 
==Information==
 
==Information==
  +
*[[Steven Barnes]] included an afterword in the novelization in which he looks at the role of African-Americans in science fiction and the changing attitudes to them. He commented on ''Deep Space Nine'' that it is "''a major cultural turning point for America, and therefore, the world as a whole... DS9 is, as far as I'm concerned, the first successful dramatic television show in history with a non-Caucasian star''".
  +
*"Far Beyond the Stars" was the last ''[[Star Trek]]'' standard episode to receive a novelization. The earlier novelizations included "[[Relics]]", "[[Trials and Tribble-ations]]", "[[Flashback]]" and "[[Day of Honor]]".
 
==Related Stories==
 
==Related Stories==
  +
*Other stories featuring Benny Russell or the stories written by him include "[[Shadows and Symbols]]", ''[[Unity (novel)|Unity]]'', ''[[Warpath]]'', ''[[When the Stars Come a-Calling]]'', "[[Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth]]", "[[Isolation Ward 4]]" and "[[Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor]]".
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Image:Willie Hawkins.jpg|[[Willie Hawkins]]
 
Image:Willie Hawkins.jpg|[[Willie Hawkins]]
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
==Reviews==
 
 
==Connections==
 
==Connections==
* {{memoryalpha|Far Beyond the Stars (novel)}}
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*{{memoryalpha|Far Beyond the Stars (novel)}}
* {{memoryalpha}}
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*{{memoryalpha|Far Beyond the Stars (episode)}}
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*{{Wikipedia}}
 
 
{{Timeline|
 
{{Timeline|
 
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Revision as of 19:15, 16 April 2008

Sisko experiences another life where he is Benny Russell, a talented science fiction writer struggling against the racism of the 1950s.

Introduction

Summary

Characters

Main

Recurring

Other

Novelization only

Referenced

Bud Abbott | Ivie Anderson | Harold Arlen | Henry Armstrong | Louis Armstrong | James Baldwin | Richmond Barthé | Romare Bearden | Ben Bova | Ray Bradbury | John W. Bubbles | Ford L. Buck | Cab Calloway | Jesus Christ | Lou Costello | Countee Cullen | Eva Cunningham | Walt Disney | W. E. B. Du Bois | Duke Ellington | Harlan Ellison | Ralph Ellison | Marcus Garvey | Dizzy Gillespie | Benny Goodman | Coleman Hawkins | Robert A. Heinlein | Fletcher Henderson | Lena Horne | Langston Hughes | Zora Neale Hurston | James P. Johnson | William H. Johnson | Joe Louis | Jimmie Lunceford | Moms Mabley | Mary Mallon | Rocky Marciano | Pigmeat Markham | Martok | Chico Marx | Groucho Marx | Gummo Marx | Harpo Marx | Zeppo Marx | Thelonious Monk | Nog | Odo | Charlie Parker | Andrew Preer | Quark | A. Philip Randolph | Gene Roddenberry | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Billy Rose | Emma Russell | "Fox" Russell | Jennifer Sisko | Bessie Smith | Cordwainer Smith | Willie Smith | Duke Snider | Joseph Stalin | Quentin Swofford | Ed Tucker | Jules Verne | Fats Waller | George Washington | Ethel Waters | Chick Webb | Evelyn Welch | H. G. Wells | Mae West | Richard Wright

References

Locations

Referenced only
Africa | Albany | Apollo Theater | Bajoran wormhole | Cardassia | Casablanca | Connie's Inn | Cotton Club | Cuba | England | Europe | Eva's Kitchen | Gamma Quadrant | Germany | Great Britain | Ireland | Italy | Japan | Jamaica | Luna | Mali | Mars | Mississippi | Panama | Pearl Harbor | Poland | Puerto Rico | Savoy Ballroom | Siam | Sirius | Small's Paradise | South America | Washington Monument | Yugoslavia

Starships

Referenced only
USS Cortez

Starship classes

Referenced only
Jem'Hadar fighter

Species

Referenced only
Borg | Ferengi | Klingon | Prophets | Tribble | Vulcan

States and Organisations

Referenced only
Back-to-Africa movement | Bajoran Ministry of Commerce | Brooklyn Ash Removal Company | Continental Army | Dominion | Gnome Press | Nazi | Soviet Union | United States Air Force | Zulu

Others

1939 New York World's Fair | 1960 | A6M Zero | American Dream | American Revolutionary War | Amsterdam News | Automobile | Baptist | Basketball | Baseball | Bebop | Bible | Buck Rogers | "Billy Rose's Aquacade" | Rick Blaine | Boxing | Breakfast | Captain Nemo | Cardassian silk | Cavor | Cent | Christianity | Christmas | Clarinet | Coca-Cola | Communism | Cruller | Deep Space Nine | Democracity | Diesel locomotive | Dollar | Dominion War | Doughnut | Emissary of the Prophets | Episcopal | Fascism | Flash Gordon | Flying saucer | Football | Frank | From Here to Eternity | Futurama | Galaxy Magazine | God | Gone with the Wind | Great Depression | Harlem Stride | Hugo Award | Hydrogen bomb | Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder | Jazz | Judaism | Kirk | Linotronic | Loafers | Locomotive | Lucite | Martian | Mickey's Surprise Party | Native Son | New York Age | New York Globe | New York Times | Occupation of Bajor | Operation Return | Orb | Peanut | Piano | Picard | Pneumonia | President of the United States of America | Racism | Raktajino | "Road of Tomorrow" | Robor | Robot | Saxophone | Science fiction | Benjamin Sisko | Space station | Steak and eggs | Swing music | Tarzan | Taxicab | Television | Thanksgiving | Time warp | Timex | Uridium | World War I | World War II | Vulcan demicotton | Vulcan flu

Information

  • Steven Barnes included an afterword in the novelization in which he looks at the role of African-Americans in science fiction and the changing attitudes to them. He commented on Deep Space Nine that it is "a major cultural turning point for America, and therefore, the world as a whole... DS9 is, as far as I'm concerned, the first successful dramatic television show in history with a non-Caucasian star".
  • "Far Beyond the Stars" was the last Star Trek standard episode to receive a novelization. The earlier novelizations included "Relics", "Trials and Tribble-ations", "Flashback" and "Day of Honor".

Related Stories

Images

Connections

published order
Previous novelization:
...Sacrifice of Angels
DS9 novelizations Next novelization:
What You Leave Behind
Previous episode:
One Little Ship
DS9 episode produced Next episode:
Honor Among Thieves
Previous episode:
Who Mourns for Morn?
DS9 episode aired Next episode:
One Little Ship
chronological order
Previous Adventure:
Final Entry
nineteenth entry
Pocket Next Adventure:
The Ones Left Behind
sixth, seventh entries
Previous Adventure:
Who Mourns for Morn?
Deep Space Nine Adventures Next Adventure:
One Little Ship
Previous Adventure:
When the Stars Come A-Calling
Benny Russell Universe Next Adventure:
Shadows and Symbols
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2374.
The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes:
Previous Adventure:
The Difficulties of Being Evil
July 1940 Next Adventure:
Home is the Hunter
Russia Chapters
Previous Adventure:
When the Stars Come A-Calling
October 1953 Next Adventure:
Isolation Ward 4