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Star Trek: Rihannsu

January 01, 1970

Star Trek: Rihannsu is a series of interlinked novels, written by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood, published by Pocket Books from 1984 to 2006. The series name was retroactively applied to the first novels with the release of new installments in 2000. A fifth novel was published in 2006.

Star Trek: Rihannsu
Cover of Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (2006)
AuthorDiane Duane
Peter Morwood
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherPocket Books
Published1984–2006
Media typePrint (Paperback)
No. of books5
Websitestartrekbooks.com

Rihannsu refers to the Romulan species first introduced in the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror". However, the Romulan culture and language depicted in the novels are Duane's creations. The novels exist outside the continuity of the Star Trek films and televisions series.[1]

An omnibus published for the Science Fiction Book Club in 2000 is also titled Star Trek: Rihannsu.[2]

Production edit

My Enemy, My Ally (1984) edit

Diane Duane began formulating a story inspired by the episode "The Enterprise Incident" sometime before 1983. Duane was likewise inspired by the reputation of Enterprise's Captain James T. Kirk as a relentless ladies' man. She told Jeff Ayers in Voyages of Imagination (2006) that she wished "somebody would drop in a women" who would give Kirk "a run for his money."[3]: 52–53  "As frequently happens with me, these two very different trains of thought somehow wound up … running on parallel." The character that would later become Romulan Commander Ael, Kirk's foil, emerged soon after, as did the concept for My Enemy, My Ally.[3]: 52–53 

The Romulan Way (1987) edit

The Romulan Way began as an attempt to publish a Romulan (or Rihannsu) dictionary. Pocket Book's editor David Stern suggested a dictionary might not be viable, but an exploration of the Romulan culture might.[3]: 68–70  Inspired by Edith Hamilton's The Greek Way (1930) and The Roman Way (1932), Duane structured the novel as a cultural history using a Starfleet agent in deep cover within the Romulan Empire as a proxy for the reader. The novel was co-written by Duane's husband Peter Morwood, and was completed over a two-week period while Duane worked on the Dinosaucers television series. Of her collaboration with Morwood, Duane said, "by the time we finished, I’d written 50 percent of the manuscript, so neither my agent nor the … editor saw any objection to equal billing on the cover, but I still have no idea how those Colonial Vipers got there…" The painting used for the cover included two craft that resembled fighters from Battlestar Galactica. A glossary of Rihannsu words was included in the final pages of The Romulan Way.

Swordhunt and Honor Blade (2000) edit

The next installments, Swordhunt and Honor Blade, followed in 2000. The novels were originally written as a single volume titled Swordhunt. Pocket Book's editor John J. Ordover recommended releasing two novels instead.[4][3]: 118 

The Empty Chair (2006) edit

Duane had outlined Swordhunt/Honor Blade and The Empty Chair after completing The Romulan Way, and after some delay she was able to recover the "lost impetus" to write the conclusion to the series.[3]: 153  The Empty Chair was published in 2006. Duane posted a "pitch outline" of Swordhunt/Honor Bound and The Empty Chair to her blog in 2016.[5]

Reception edit

C. J. Anders, of io9, said Duane's novels gave the "pointy-eared warriors" a complex backstory, and a believable world "more so than what was explored in the television series or the film Star Trek: Nemesis.[6] Dan Gunther, host of Literary Treks from Trek.fm, lauded Duane as a master world builder, and for "creating such an interesting and vibrant culture, as well as telling a hell of a good story while doing so."[7]

Richard Arnold, Gene Roddenberry's assistant, stated Roddenberry objected to the depiction of the Romulans by Duane and Moorwood.[8] Arnold also stated Roddenberry attempted to "remove" The Romulan Way from publication.

The third novel begins with an editor's note explaining the Rihannsu novels were meant to stand apart from the Star Trek films and television series.[1] When asked about this by Airlock Alpha, Duane said, "Paramount has gone somewhat out of its way to allow me the freedom to share my vision […] with so large an audience."[4]

Novels edit

The novels were published by Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.[9]

No. Title Author(s) Date ISBN
1 My Enemy, My Ally [a] Diane Duane July 1984 0-671-50285-9
2 The Romulan Way [b] Diane Duane and Peter Moorwood August 1987 0-671-63498-4
3 Swordhunt [c] Diane Duane October 2000 0-671-04209-2
4 Honor Blade [d] 0-671-04210-6
5 The Empty Chair 28 November 2006 1-4165-0891-0

Omnibus editions edit

Star Trek: Rihannsu (2000) was a Science Fiction Book Club exclusive.[2] Both editions exclude The Empty Chair (2006)

Title Author(s) Publisher Date ISBN
Star Trek: Rihannsu [e] Diane Duane and Peter Morwood Doubleday October 2000 0-7394-1390-2
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Pocket Books 19 December 2006 1-4165-2577-7

Related novels edit

Two additional novels by Duane contain links to the series.

Title Author Date ISBN
Spock's World Diane Duane September 1988 0-671-66851-X
Dark Mirror December 1993 0-671-79377-2

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ My Enemy, My Ally (1984) was published as Star Trek, Book 18.
  2. ^ The Romulan Way (1987) was published as Star Trek, Book 35.
  3. ^ Swordhunt (2000) was published as Star Trek, Book 95.
  4. ^ Honor Blade (2000) was published as Star Trek, Book 96.
  5. ^ Star Trek: Rihannsu (2000) was published as Science Fiction Book Club 33614.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Duane, Diane (October 2000). "Editor's Note". Swordhunt. Star Trek: Rihannsu. Vol. 3. New York: Pocket Books. pp. vii. ISBN 978-0-671-04209-7.
  2. ^ a b "Publisher:SFBC 2000 - ISFDB". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ayers, Jeff (14 November 2006). Voyage of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-0349-1.
  4. ^ a b "Duane discusses Romulan novels | Airlock Alpha". airlockalpha.com. 2001-07-15. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  5. ^ Duane, Diane (2016-09-29). "RIHANNSU: SWORDHUNT and RIHANNSU: THE EMPTY CHAIR; the outline". Out of Ambit. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  6. ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (2010-02-11). "What Did Diane Duane Think Of Star Trek: Nemesis?". io9. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  7. ^ Gunther, Dan (2011-12-30). "The Empty Chair". www.treklit.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  8. ^ Evans, Scott (1994-03-04). "Richard Arnold Responds". Newsgroup: rec.arts.startrek.fandom. Usenet: 2l624o$8bp@news.mic.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  9. ^ "Series: Rihannsu". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2019-01-05.

External links edit

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Star Trek Rihannsu is a series of interlinked novels written by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood published by Pocket Books from 1984 to 2006 The series name was retroactively applied to the first novels with the release of new installments in 2000 A fifth novel was published in 2006 Star Trek RihannsuCover of Rihannsu The Bloodwing Voyages 2006 My Enemy My Ally 1984 The Romulan Way 1987 Swordhunt 2000 Honor Blade 2000 The Empty Chair 2006 AuthorDiane DuanePeter MorwoodCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreScience fictionPublisherPocket BooksPublished1984 2006Media typePrint Paperback No of books5Websitestartrekbooks wbr com Rihannsu refers to the Romulan species first introduced in the Star Trek episode Balance of Terror However the Romulan culture and language depicted in the novels are Duane s creations The novels exist outside the continuity of the Star Trek films and televisions series 1 An omnibus published for the Science Fiction Book Club in 2000 is also titled Star Trek Rihannsu 2 Contents 1 Production 1 1 My Enemy My Ally 1984 1 2 The Romulan Way 1987 1 3 Swordhunt and Honor Blade 2000 1 4 The Empty Chair 2006 2 Reception 3 Novels 3 1 Omnibus editions 3 2 Related novels 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksProduction editMy Enemy My Ally 1984 edit Diane Duane began formulating a story inspired by the episode The Enterprise Incident sometime before 1983 Duane was likewise inspired by the reputation of Enterprise s Captain James T Kirk as a relentless ladies man She told Jeff Ayers in Voyages of Imagination 2006 that she wished somebody would drop in a women who would give Kirk a run for his money 3 52 53 As frequently happens with me these two very different trains of thought somehow wound up running on parallel The character that would later become Romulan Commander Ael Kirk s foil emerged soon after as did the concept for My Enemy My Ally 3 52 53 The Romulan Way 1987 edit The Romulan Way began as an attempt to publish a Romulan or Rihannsu dictionary Pocket Book s editor David Stern suggested a dictionary might not be viable but an exploration of the Romulan culture might 3 68 70 Inspired by Edith Hamilton s The Greek Way 1930 and The Roman Way 1932 Duane structured the novel as a cultural history using a Starfleet agent in deep cover within the Romulan Empire as a proxy for the reader The novel was co written by Duane s husband Peter Morwood and was completed over a two week period while Duane worked on the Dinosaucers television series Of her collaboration with Morwood Duane said by the time we finished I d written 50 percent of the manuscript so neither my agent nor the editor saw any objection to equal billing on the cover but I still have no idea how those Colonial Vipers got there The painting used for the cover included two craft that resembled fighters from Battlestar Galactica A glossary of Rihannsu words was included in the final pages of The Romulan Way Swordhunt and Honor Blade 2000 edit The next installments Swordhunt and Honor Blade followed in 2000 The novels were originally written as a single volume titled Swordhunt Pocket Book s editor John J Ordover recommended releasing two novels instead 4 3 118 The Empty Chair 2006 edit Duane had outlined Swordhunt Honor Blade and The Empty Chair after completing The Romulan Way and after some delay she was able to recover the lost impetus to write the conclusion to the series 3 153 The Empty Chair was published in 2006 Duane posted a pitch outline of Swordhunt Honor Bound and The Empty Chair to her blog in 2016 5 Reception editC J Anders of io9 said Duane s novels gave the pointy eared warriors a complex backstory and a believable world more so than what was explored in the television series or the film Star Trek Nemesis 6 Dan Gunther host of Literary Treks from Trek fm lauded Duane as a master world builder and for creating such an interesting and vibrant culture as well as telling a hell of a good story while doing so 7 Richard Arnold Gene Roddenberry s assistant stated Roddenberry objected to the depiction of the Romulans by Duane and Moorwood 8 Arnold also stated Roddenberry attempted to remove The Romulan Way from publication The third novel begins with an editor s note explaining the Rihannsu novels were meant to stand apart from the Star Trek films and television series 1 When asked about this by Airlock Alpha Duane said Paramount has gone somewhat out of its way to allow me the freedom to share my vision with so large an audience 4 Novels editThe novels were published by Pocket Books an imprint of Simon amp Schuster 9 No Title Author s Date ISBN 1 My Enemy My Ally a Diane Duane July 1984 0 671 50285 9 2 The Romulan Way b Diane Duane and Peter Moorwood August 1987 0 671 63498 4 3 Swordhunt c Diane Duane October 2000 0 671 04209 2 4 Honor Blade d 0 671 04210 6 5 The Empty Chair 28 November 2006 1 4165 0891 0 Omnibus editions edit Star Trek Rihannsu 2000 was a Science Fiction Book Club exclusive 2 Both editions exclude The Empty Chair 2006 Title Author s Publisher Date ISBN Star Trek Rihannsu e Diane Duane and Peter Morwood Doubleday October 2000 0 7394 1390 2 Rihannsu The Bloodwing Voyages Pocket Books 19 December 2006 1 4165 2577 7 Related novels edit Two additional novels by Duane contain links to the series Title Author Date ISBN Spock s World Diane Duane September 1988 0 671 66851 X Dark Mirror December 1993 0 671 79377 2See also editList of Star Trek novels Romulan VulcanNotes edit My Enemy My Ally 1984 was published as Star Trek Book 18 The Romulan Way 1987 was published as Star Trek Book 35 Swordhunt 2000 was published as Star Trek Book 95 Honor Blade 2000 was published as Star Trek Book 96 Star Trek Rihannsu 2000 was published as Science Fiction Book Club 33614 References edit a b Duane Diane October 2000 Editor s Note Swordhunt Star Trek Rihannsu Vol 3 New York Pocket Books pp vii ISBN 978 0 671 04209 7 a b Publisher SFBC 2000 ISFDB www isfdb org Retrieved 2019 01 04 a b c d e Ayers Jeff 14 November 2006 Voyage of Imagination The Star Trek Fiction Companion New York Pocket Books ISBN 978 1 4165 0349 1 a b Duane discusses Romulan novels Airlock Alpha airlockalpha com 2001 07 15 Retrieved 2010 02 08 Duane Diane 2016 09 29 RIHANNSU SWORDHUNT and RIHANNSU THE EMPTY CHAIR the outline Out of Ambit Retrieved 2019 01 05 Anders Charlie Jane 2010 02 11 What Did Diane Duane Think Of Star Trek Nemesis io9 Retrieved 2019 01 05 Gunther Dan 2011 12 30 The Empty Chair www treklit com Retrieved 2019 01 05 Evans Scott 1994 03 04 Richard Arnold Responds Newsgroup rec arts startrek fandom Usenet 2l624o 8bp news mic ucla edu Retrieved 2019 01 05 Series Rihannsu www isfdb org Retrieved 2019 01 05 External links editOfficial website Star Trek Rihannsu series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Rihannsu at Memory Alpha Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Star Trek Rihannsu amp oldid 1120083647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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