Planet X (novel)

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Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X
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Author Michael Jan Friedman
LanguageEnglish
Genre
Publisher Pocket Books
Publication date
May 1998 [1]
Publication placeUnited States
Pages265
ISBN 0-671-01916-3
OCLC 39043569
LC Class CPB Box no. 1920 vol. 8

Planet X ( ISBN   0671019163) is a 1998 Star Trek novel by Michael Jan Friedman that is a crossover between the X-Men comic book series and the characters of Star Trek: The Next Generation . [2] A New York Times bestseller, [2] it was a sequel to an earlier crossover, detailed in the Marvel Comics one-shot Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men. The story was itself similar to an earlier Star Trek/X-Men crossover comic, where a slightly different team of X-Men encountered the characters of the original Star Trek series. [3] The novel hinted at an attraction between Jean-Luc Picard and Ororo Munroe (Storm) and made a forward-looking reference to the (then-uncast) X-Men feature film by remarking on the uncanny resemblance between Picard and Xavier, as the two converse via the holodeck after a reasonable facsimile of Xavier is programmed into it. Both characters were played by Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men film series. The author stated that "The book sold very, very well". [1]

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Reception

SF Site gave a negative review, stating that "[...] it just never gels. Both the X-Men and Trek characters are so locked in stereotype and corporate rigidity that little can be done with them anymore." [4] /Film said: "It's wankery of the highest order, and one might feel a little sillier for having read it." [5] Gizmodo called it "a delicious little novel" and an "overlooked gem". [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jeff Ayers (November 14, 2006). Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion. Pocket Books. ISBN   9781416525486. Mike continued, "The book sold very, very well. [...]
  2. 1 2 "Best Sellers Plus". New York Times. May 17, 1998. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ Robert G. Weiner (March 17, 2008). "V. Selected Marvel-Related Publications". Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications: An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children's Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965-2005. McFarland & Company. p. 278. ISBN   9780786451159. This novel is a sequel to the comic book Star Trek/X-Men Second Contact [...]
  4. ↑ Shainblum, Mark (1998). "Reviews - Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X". SF Site . Archived from the original on April 17, 1999. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ Seibold, Witney (March 9, 2025). "The Star Trek Book That Predicted Patrick Stewart's Marvel Future". /Film . Static Media. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ Inglis-Arkell, Esther (January 6, 2012). "The Star Trek-X-Men crossover that no one remembers". Gizmodo . Keleops Media. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2025.


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