Shortly after recording Episode 11 about the James Blish books, Barnes and Noble released a leather-bound collection of some of his Star Trek adaptions. Star Trek The Classic Episodes has 43 episodes adapted into novel form by Blish.
The collection is part of Barnes and Noble's Collector Series and was released for the show's 50th Anniversary. It features beautiful art work on the front and back of the leather cover.
The one drawback of this book is that it does not list James Blish as the author on the cover, or anywhere inside. Norman Spinrad wrote the introduction and even he didn't mention Blish. Barnes and Noble does include a card affixed to the back of the book that does state Blish adapted the stories. Perhaps the fact that Blish was not on or in the book prompted them to add the card after printing.
Despite this fact, we highly suggest Star Trek The Classic Episodes for any fan that collects Trek books.
