Planet X (novel)
1998 novel by Michael Jan Friedman
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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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| Author | Michael Jan Friedman |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Publication date | May 1998[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 265 |
| ISBN | 0-671-01916-3 |
| OCLC | 39043569 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 1920 vol. 8 |
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]
