The publishing company Simon And Schuster is most directly responsible for contributing to the Star Trek Expanded Universe through a Copyright on Pocket Books which has generated a large number of Star Trek novels over the past twenty five years. Information in the novels, while sometime contradictory, often serves to provide information to the Star Trek Expanded Universe.
Many of these premises have been accepted by Trek fans as being '').
- : Leonard McCoy was married shortly before obtaining his medical degree. Starting a private practice, McCoy fathered a daughter before being divorced by his wife and losing custody of his child. Sometime after 2260, he closed his medical practice and accepted a staff officer's commission in Starfleet to escape the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
- '': Following the events of '''' was to have been set during this second five-year mission, and there remains a "gap" between the first and second ''Trek'' feature films that suggests such a mission ''might'' have occurred, though this has never been confirmed in any canonical resource. It should be noted that stories that are set in this timeframe do not necessarily conform to any known episode storyline that was planned for ''Phase II''.
- : also has been quoted as saying at science fiction conventions that he speculates often if Chekov is in some way related to Worf 's adoptive Russian parents.
- : The ruling class Romulans of the 23rd century were referred to unofficially as Romulans of the "Smooth Brow". These Romulans were direct descendants of the original Vulcan dissidents that left Vulcan circa AD 1 (Earth Calendar). By the mid-24th century, the Smooth Brow Romulans had lost most of the power on Romulans to be replaced by standard Romulans who, through centuries of inbreeding and off-world marriages, had developed very pronounced forehead ridges. These Romulans occupied most positions of power in the 24th century government and military; however, the Romulans of the Smooth Brow could still be found in the public light. Commander Sela, a Romulan-Human cross, was often mistaken by fellow Romulans as a Smooth Brow. Ambassador Spock was also able to infiltrate Romulan society be posing as a Smooth Brow Romulan.
- : Although various hints have appeared in sundry ''Next Generation'' episodes, only the novel Imzadi actually told the whole story of how Riker and Troi originally met and fell in love - and of what came between them.
- : Shortly after . Critics cite an overdone focus on Kirk as the glorified hero, often leaving Picard and others in downplayed roles. These novels, which are not considered part of the overall continuity of the other Star Trek novels, are collectively referred to by fans as the "Shatnerverse."
- : In "'', Charles 'Trip' Tucker is apparently killed defending his ship against alien pirates. The latest ''Enterprise'' novel, ''The Last Full Measure'', revealed in its final scenes that Trip actually survived the attack and lived on after the events of this episode. It is unknown at present how Trip survived, who ordered that his death be faked, or why. The ''Enterprise'' novels are currently undergoing a relaunch similar to that of DS9, so it is possible that these questions may be answered.
- : The marked difference in the physical characteristics of the ''. (The DC Comics premise was disproved much earlier by the appearance of Kor, Koloth and Kang (now with ridges) in the DS9 episode "Blood Oath").
'''' was a 22 episode set of animated adventures of the ''Enterprise'' crew, which aired originally on NBC from 1973 - 1974 , are no longer officially recognized as canon by Paramount, for reasons that have never been made absolutely clear. This series featured the reappearence of popular characters from the original series, including Harry Mudd and Cyrano Jones , and speculates on what happened to them after they were last seen in live-action. Some ''Star Trek'' novels and comics have utilized characters that were only ever seen in the animated series, most notably Arex and M'Ress . It has been suggested by fans that these stories took place during the fourth or fifth year of Kirk's original "five-year mission." Arguably the most-debated element of TAS is the introduction of Robert April as the first captain of the ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701, which has yet to be made officially canon by Paramount.
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