A new sweepstakes offers William Shatner fans the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to see the taping of CBS’s $#*! My Dad Says.

Fans are urged to “send us the funny sh*t your dad says…(in no more than one hundred-and-forty characters, of course)” to have a chance to win the trip for two which will be scheduled for this fall.

Although only one lucky person will win the trip, don’t despair. Three runners-up will each receive a signed copy of Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. In addition, Justin will pick some of the best entries received to appear on his blog.

A new illustrated Star Trek book, Star Trek The Original Series 365 will be appearing in bookstores between now and early September, and the authors of the book, Paula Block and Terry Erdmann tell fans to expect new photographs.

Star Trek The Original Series 365 is a “definite, authorized guide to Star Trek,” and will cover all seventy-nine episodes of the original series.

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Many books, comics, fan films and other creative projects and ideas have been based on Star Trek and its spin-off series and movies, but one of the funnier creations is a comic based on a “Mary Sue” character called “Ensign Sue Must Die.”

Ensign Sue Must Die, a “Trek-tastic parody” created by Clare Mosely and Kevin Bolk, chronicles the arrival and mayhem caused by the arrival on the USS Enterprise of Ensign Mary Amethyst Star Enoby Aiko Archer Picard Janeway Sue.

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Vonda McIntyre, author of The Entropy Effect and several other Star Trek novels, ran into an unexpected problem when writing The Entropy Effect.

She had created a first name for Hikaru Sulu, but Paramount wasn’t happy about the idea at first.

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The full list of Star Trek books for 2011 is available in Star Trek Magazine, which hits newsstands next week.

Courtesy of TrekMovie.com, eager readers can see now what will be published next year.

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Author Terri Osborne, best known to Star Trek readers for her stories set in the Star Trek future, has penned a story set in another popular genre, the world of the undead.

The vampire stories of Osborne and other authors, including New York Times Bestselling author and multiple Bram Stoker award winner Jonathan Maberry, can be read in New Blood, a vampire anthology published by Padwolf Publishing which will debut in June.

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Fans waiting for David Stern‘s Star Trek: The Children of Kings can read the first chapter of the book now.

In Star Trek: The Children of Kings, Captain Christopher Pike responds to a distress call from Starbase 18. When they arrive, they find that the Starbase has been attacked and no survivors remain.

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Apple’s iPad debuted today and for comic book fans, there are four new IDW comic apps available.

Fans of IDW Publishing’s Star Trek comics who purchase the new iPad will also be able to purchase comics and read them on their iPads.

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Fans of Deep Space Nine as well as those who want to know more about Lieutenant Saavik will be interested in two new Trek books, one of which is due out next week, the other to follow in 2011.

Star Trek: Unspoken Truth, written by Margaret Wander Bonanno and due out at the end of the month, tells the story of Lieutenant Saavik, left behind on Vulcan while the crew of the Enterprise is forced to return to Earth to be court-martialed for stealing the Enterprise and destroying it while on a mission to retrieve Spock’s body and katra.

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On Wednesday, March 17, IDW Publishing’s Star Trek Movie Adaptation issue #2 will arrive in stores.

Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Tim Jones and Mike Johnson; with artwork (and cover) by David Messina, this second issue of the Star Trek XI movie adaptation includes some cut scenes.

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Entering a fan writing contest back in 1997 lead to a professional writing career for Dayton Ward.

In 1997, Ward entered the first Strange New Worlds writing contest. His story was good enough to be chosen for inclusion in not only that first volume of Strange New Worlds, but the next two volumes as well.

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Fans of both Star Trek and zombies will be happy with the news that Quirk Books,  publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has acquired the rights to publish Night of the Living Trekkies.

Written by Kevin David Anderson, Night of the Living Trekkies is what happens when “Galaxy Quest meets Dawn of the Dead and all hell breaks loose.”

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Two new Star Trek XI tie-in books aimed at young adults are scheduled for release on November 16, 2010.

The trade paperback-sized books, to cost $7.99, are the initial offerings in what promises to be a series of books, set in Starfleet Academy.

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IDW Publishing’s Star Trek XI movie adaptation comic mini-series will arrive in stores on Wednesday.

The adaptation of last year’s Star Trek movie will include deleted scenes, a preview of which can be seen at io9, as well as brand-new material.

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The revised Pocket Book book release schedule fills the gap left from the removal of four Star Trek XI tie-in books.

In place of the four Star Trek XI tie-in books, some reprints will be offered instead, including two S.C.E. collections of stories.

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