You Have Been, and Always Shall Be, My Friend — The Star Trek Book of Friendship is a small hardcover reference work by Robb Pearlman and Jordan Hoffman presented as a dialogue between the authors. With paintings by J.K. Woodward and a foreward by Robert Picardo and Ethan Phillips, the books explores relationships between characters such as James T. Kirk & Spock, The Doctor & Neelix, Data & La Forge, and Sisko & Nog, as well as frenemies such as Picard & Q and Quark & Odo.
Description[]
- Star Trek has energized friendships for over 50 years. Whether it’s exploring a convention, beaming into a movie theater, or joining in on a landing party watch party, generations have been as united in their love of the franchise’s bold storytelling and stunning action as they are in the honest fully realized relationships of their favorite characters.
- Created by fans for fans, with a foreword from Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Picardo and Ethan Phillips, this is a first-of- its-kind, fully authorized celebration of Star Trek’s most enduring and endearing friendships, including Kirk and Spock, Picard and Data, Janeway and Seven of Nine, Bashir and Garak, and more!
- Whether you and your pals think of yourselves as a Sulu and Chekov, a Burnham and Tilly, or even an Archer and Porthos, this is the perfect book to gift to your best Trek friend or keep for yourself! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book goes to benefit The Planetary Society, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration.
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Characters[]
The Original Series[]
The Next Generation[]
- Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Data • Guinan • Geordi La Forge • Jean-Luc Picard • Q • William T. Riker • Deanna Troi • Spot
Deep Space Nine[]
- Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Garak • Kira Nerys • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko
Voyager[]
- Chakotay • The Doctor • Kathryn Janeway • Harry Kim • Neelix • Tom Paris • Seven of Nine • Tuvok • B'Elanna Torres
Enterprise[]
- Jonathan Archer • Phlox • Porthos • Malcolm Reed • T'Pol • Hoshi Sato • Charles Tucker III
Discovery[]
- Cleveland Booker • Michael Burnham • Keyla Detmer • Grudge • Joann Owosekun • Jett Reno • Saru • Paul Stamets • Sylvia Tilly
Picard[]
Episodes[]
- DS9 episode: "Blood Oath" • DS9 episode: "Distant Voices" • DS9 episode: "Indiscretion" • DS9 episode: "Past Prologue" • DS9 episode: "Rejoined" • DS9 episode: "The Darkness and the Light" • DS9 episode: "The Emissary" • DS9 episode: "The Reckoning" • DS9 episode: "The Wire" • DS9 episode: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" • ENT episode: "Broken Bow" • ENT episode: "Dear Doctor" • ENT episode: "Shuttlepod One" • TNG episode: "A Matter of Honor" • TNG episode: "Chain of Command" • TNG episode: "Data's Day" • TNG episode: "Genesis" • TNG episode: "I, Borg" • TNG movie: Insurrection • TNG episode: "Rascals" • TNG movie: Star Trek: Nemesis • TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds" • TNG episode: "The Loss" • TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man" • TNG episode: "The Pegasus" • TNG episode: "Time's Arrow" • TNG episode: "Yesterday's Enterprise" • TOS movie: Star Trek • TOS episode: "Amok Time" • TOS episode: "The Deadly Years" • TOS episode: "The Galileo Seven" • TOS episode: "The Immunity Syndrome" • TOS episode: "Journey to Babel" • TOS movie: The Motion Picture • TOS episode: "Patterns of Force" • TOS episode: "This Side of Paradise" • TOS movie: The Voyage Home • TOS episode: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" • TOS movie: The Wrath of Khan • VOY episode: "Body and Soul" • VOY episode: "Parallax" • VOY episode: "Repression"
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External links[]
- The Star Trek Book of Friendship article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Star Trek Book of Friendship article at Trek Core.
- The Star Trek Book of Friendship article at Smart Pop Books.