Pocket Books editor Marco Palmieri yesterday announced the tentative Star Trek fiction schedule for June 2005 through January 2006.

The new schedule reflects Pocket Books' recent decision to only publish one mass-market Star Trek paperback per month, rather than the two that had been the norm over the past years (story). As trade paperbacks and hardcovers are counted separately, many months will still see the publication of two physical Trek books, as well as the monthly eBook-only release in the Star Trek: S.C.E. series. The full schedule, with Amazon.com pre-order links when available, can be found below:

June
• Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido
• Tales from the Captain's Table" by various (Trade Paperback)
• S.C.E. #52: Identity Crisis by John J. Ordover (eBook)

  July

• Voyager: String Theory, Book 1: Cohesion by Jeffrey Lang
• Strange New Worlds 8 by various (Trade Paperback)
• S.C.E. #53: Fables of the Prime Directive by Cory Rushton (eBook)

  August

• Vanguard: Harbinger by David Mack
• S.C.E. #54: Security by Keith R.A. DeCandido (eBook)

  September

• Vulcan's Soul, Book I: Exodus by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz
• TNG: Death In Winter by Michael Jan Friedman (Hardcover)
• S.C.E. #55: Wounds, Book One by Ilsa J. Bick (eBook)

  October

• Titan: The Red King by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
• S.C.E. #56: Wounds, Book Two by Ilsa J. Bick (eBook)

  November

• Voyager: String Theory, Book 2: Fusion by Kirsten Beyer
• Voyager: Distant Shores by various (Trade Paperback)
• S.C.E. #57: Out of the Cocoon by William Leisner (eBook)

  December

• Enterprise: Rosetta by David Stern
• S.C.E. #58: Honor by Kevin Killiany (eBook)

  January 2006

• Titan: Orion's Hounds by Christopher L. Bennett
• S.C.E. #59: Blackout by Phaedra M. Weldon (eBook)

  February 2006

• New Frontier: After the Fall by Peter David (Mass Market Reprint)
• New Frontier: Missing in Action by Peter David (Hardcover)
• S.C.E. #60: The Cleanup by Robert T. Jeschonek (eBook)

In addition to the above books, Palmieri noted he is still hopeful the new hardcover Captain's Glory, written by William Shatner (James T. Kirk) with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, will be published during the last quarter of 2005.

Meanwhile, Palmieri also reminded fans that as of yesterday morning, Pocket Books' Starship Titan Design Contest is officially open. Through this contest, Pocket is asking fans to design the U.S.S. Titan, the new starship of Captain Riker, which was mentioned but never seen in Star Trek: Nemesis. As the adventures of the Titan will now be chronicled in a new novel-only series, Pocket is looking for a design it can feature on the cover of an upcoming book in the series. Information on the contest, as well as some background information on the Luna-class of Starfleet vessels that the U.S.S. Titan is part of, can be found on the official contest page.

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